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TV series / 1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Episode directors
Fred Hamilton
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City …
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The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
Cast
Eddie CantorSelf - Host · Self
Dean MartinSelf · Self - Host
Jerry LewisSelf - Host · Self
Bob HopeSelf - Host · Self
Donald O'ConnorSelf - Host · Self · Self - Guest Host
Bud AbbottSelf - Host · Self
Sidney MillerSelf
Lou CostelloSelf - Host · Self
Gordon MacRaeSelf - Host · Self
Jimmy DuranteSelf · Self - Cameo
Danny ArnoldSelf
Hal MarchSelf
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Tom D'AndreaSelf
Eddie FisherSelf
Anna Maria AlberghettiSelf
Ben BlueSelf
Peggy LeeSelf
Scatman CrothersSelf
Fred AllenSelf
Sid FieldsSelf · Self - Uncle Charlie / Carmen's Father
Cesar RomeroSelf
Marilyn MaxwellSelf
Gene NelsonSelf
George RaftSelf (uncredited)
Danny ThomasSelf
Phil HarrisSelf
Tony MartinSelf
Charlton HestonSelf · Self - Host
Edgar BergenSelf · Self - Host / Ventriloquist
Frank SinatraSelf
Milton FromeMr. Groh / Waiter · Self - Col. Frome / Det. Murphy / restaurant Patron · Minor Role · Self
Joel GreySelf
Mickey RooneySelf
Tony CurtisSelf
Kay StarrSelf
Bob FosseSelf
Spike JonesSelf
Connie HainesSelf
George JesselSelf
Jack AlbertsonSelf
Milton BerleSelf
Harpo MarxSelf
Rhonda FlemingSelf - Hostess · Self
Bobby ClarkSelf
Jack CarsonSelf - Host
Kaye BallardSelf
Ed WynnSelf
Vivian BlaineSelf
Broderick CrawfordSelf
Hedy LamarrSelf
Harry BelafonteSelf
Grace HartmanSelf
Janet LeighSelf
Robert StraussSelf
Gale RobbinsSelf
Mike MazurkiSelf
Wally CoxSelf
Harry von ZellSelf
Robert CummingsSelf
Ronny GrahamSelf
Jane MorganSelf
Corinne CalvetSelf
Paul WinchellSelf
Robert PaigeSelf - Host · Self
Bert LahrSelf
LiberaceSelf
Ethel MermanSelf
Dinah ShoreSelf
Jack WebbSelf
Rosemary ClooneySelf
Louis ArmstrongSelf
Peter LeedsSelf
Sheldon LeonardSelf
Jack CarterHuckleberry Haines · Self
Kirk DouglasUlysses (archive footage) · Self
Janis PaigeSelf
Jan PeerceSelf
Gloria DeHavenSelf
Ann SheridanSelf
Frances LangfordSelf
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