Guy Madison

Actor

January 19, 1922 (74 years)

† February 6, 1996

Pumpkin Center, California, USA

Biography

Handsome American leading man Guy Madison stumbled into a film career and became a television star and hero to the Baby Boom generation. As a young man he worked as a telephone lineman, but entered the Coast Guard at the beginning of the Second World War. While on liberty one weekend in Hollywood, he attended a Lux Radio Theatre broadcast and was spotted in the audience by an assistant to Henry Willson, an executive for David O. Selznick. Selznick wanted an unknown sailor to play a small bu…

Filmography

6.2

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Jericho - Federal Agent

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.

3.8

Climax!

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.

7.0

What's My Line?

Self

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.

7.8

The Ford Television Theatre

John Harpurhey

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.

6.3

Crossbow

Crossbow follows the adventures of William Tell and takes place in the 14th-century in Switzerland. William Tell and his son are imprisoned by the tyrannical Gessler. As Governor of Austria, Gessler plans to stop the Swiss uprising. Having split the apple on his son's head with his crossbow, much to Gessler's chagrin, there is no stopping William Tell's legendary strength and skill.

5.3

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Wild Bill Hickok

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.

6.8

General Electric Theater

Adam Tenney

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.

7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.

6.2

Old Shatterhand

Capt. Bradley

Renegades trying to get the army to abandon their fort get the Indians addicted to whiskey, then convince them to attack and drive out the soldiers.

6.0

On the Threshold of Space

Capt. Jim Hollenbeck

In the early stages of the space program, Capt. Jim Hollenbeck undergoes any experiment needed to ensure success in the new Air Force branch -- even though he's not required to be a subject in the tests. Always remaining a constant source of support, his wife, Pat, accepts his unwavering commitment to scientific progress. When Maj. Ward Thomas becomes the new head of the program, Hollenbeck must convince him of the necessity of taking the extra steps.

6.2

The Last Frontier

Captain Glenn Riordan

Three trappers become scouts for a cavalry captain who loses his fort to a hated colonel.

6.4

Red River

Bill Meeker, Rancher

Remake of the 1948 John Wayne feature about a man who rebels against his tyrannical guardian during a crucial cattle drive.

6.6

Since You Went Away

Sailor Harold E. Smith

In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters.

4.3

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Star at Screening

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

6.4

Till the End of Time

Cliff W. Harper

Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with bad debts. And Cliff can't decide what he wants to do with his life, although he gets encouragement from war widow Pat Ruscomb.

5.6

Gunmen Of The Rio Grande

Wyatt Earp / Laramie

Wyatt Earp comes to a small town, Rio Bravo, to help the woman saloon owner against the town villain and to save a mine owner from robbery.

5.2

The Hard Man

Steve Burden

A Texas Ranger turns deputy sheriff; a woman wants him to kill her cattle-baron husband.

6.4

The Command

Capt. Robert MacClaw

Once the commanding officer of a cavalry patrol is killed, the ranking officer who must take command is an army doctor.

5.3

Drums in the Deep South

Maj. Will Denning

Two old friends find themselves on opposite sides during the Civil War in a desperate battle atop an impregnable mountain.

N/A

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

Self

Some of TV and film's popular western actors reunite in this tribute special hosted by Glenn Ford.