ABC Stage 67

The story

ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and original musicals.

It premiered on American Broadcasting Company on September 14, 1966 with Murray Schisgal's The Love Song of Barney Kempinksi, directed by Stanley Prager and starring Alan Arkin as a man enjoying the sights and sounds of New York City in his last remaining hours of bachelorhood. Arkin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama and the program was nominated as Outstanding Dramatic Program.

Future programs included appearances by Petula Clark, Bobby Darin, Sir Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney, Peter Sellers, David Frost, and Jack Paar.

ABC's effort to bring culture to the masses was a noble but unsuccessful experiment. Scheduled first against I Spy on Wednesdays and then The Dean Martin Show on Thursdays, the show consistently received low ratings. Its last production, an adaptation of Jean Cocteau's one-woman play The Human Voice starring Ingrid Bergman, aired on May 4, 1967.

"Stage 67" was not actually a part of the primary ABC facilities in Los Angeles. It was produced at the old Monogram Studios backlot that was later sold to KCET.

Cast

D Diahann CarrollSelf L Lauren BacallSelf (archive footage) · Self L Lee GrantRuth · Laura L Laurence OlivierSelf · Self (archive footage) E Eddie Foy Jr.Casey D David PowersSelf G Geraldine PageWoman D Diana SandsSelf - Wife E Estelle WinwoodSarah L Libby MorrisSelf D Dick ShawnPaul Benderhof M Michael RedgraveSir Simon Canterville / The Ghost

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M Maureen PryorRebecca D Dick CavettSelf - Host R Ricky NelsonCarlos O'Connor D Dorothy StickneyMrs. Monday K Katharine HoughtonBonnie R Robert YoungSelf - Host R Richard HaydnWhitey A Alistair CookeSelf - Host I Ingrid BergmanA Woman A Arlene GolonkaMary B Ben JohnsonSheriff Barbee R Rex EverhartKlein J Julie FelixSelf J John ForsytheSelf M Maurice ChevalierSelf D Donnie Melvin L Lou JacobiComedian D Dick GregorySelf - Civil Rights Marcher C Charmian CarrElla Harkins P Peter GennaroSelf R Reginald GardinerUncle Andrew B Bob LindSelf T Theodore BikelHomer T. Hatch K Kay WalshGreta R Robert GerringerGeorge Blessing A Anne BancroftVirginia A Arthur KennedyLieutenant Hammond T Tippy WalkerVirginia Otis J James CocoMr. Zuckerman J Joe NamathQuarterback A Albert FinneySelf P Peter NooneDavid, the Duke of Cheshire L Lew AyresArthur D Dina MerrillGinny Weldon H Honor BlackmanJane & Jill Marriott A Alan ArkinBarney Kempinski G Godfrey CambridgeSelf - Husband B Brandon De WildeCarl Boyer J Joanie SommersAngie B Bobby DarinSelf L Lavinia Cassels R Ronnie SchellSelf P Per OscarssonOlaf Helton H Hugh GriffithHerr Hoffman A Anthony PerkinsCharles Snell L Larry GatesRoscoe Potts C Count BasieSelf J John GielgudRich Man M Moms MableySelf - Maid C Connie StevensFlame W Will MackenzieJerome J Joan DarlingPeg D Dana ElcarLou Coolidge C Christine Marler P Peter RobbinsHerbert D Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Mr. Otis L Leon AmesGray J Jill BennettFrida Holmeier L Larry BlydenTodd Bronson D Danny La RueSelf A Alan KingLeo N Natalie SchaferMrs. Otis J James BroderickHal Crady F Fred ClarkDean Severance V Vera MilesAdele H Hamilton DyceKoorp P Petula ClarkSelf K Kenneth ConnorSelf