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unusual facts about Desilu



Barbara Stuart

In 1960, Stuart appeared as the legendary gambler Poker Alice in three episodes of the CBS-Desilu western series The Texan, starring Rory Calhoun.

Damian O'Flynn

He appeared in two secondary roles in sixty episodes of the American Broadcasting Company/Desilu series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role of Marshal Wyatt Earp.

I'm Dickens, He's Fenster

I'm Dickens, He's Fenster is an American sitcom that ran on ABC during the 1962-63 season (co-sponsored by Procter & Gamble and Consolidated Cigar's El Producto), and was created and produced by Leonard Stern, filmed at Desilu.

John Milford

From 1959 to 1960, Milford was cast in ten episodes as the historical Ike Clanton on the ABC/Desilu series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, starring Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp.

Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center

The Desilu Studios museum contains the replicas of the original "I Love Lucy" TV sets that were created for the show's 50th Anniversary tour, and other artifacts related to the show and its creators and co-stars; the Tropicana Room is a recreation of Ricky Ricardo's nightclub from the show.

Steve London

Steve London (born August 1, 1930) is an American television and film actor and attorney, best known for his role as Federal Agent Jack Rossman on the ABC/Desilu Television series, The Untouchables from 1959–1963, which starred Robert Stack as Eliot Ness.

The Fortune

The film was shot on location in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and on a segment of street constructed in the corner of the former RKO Forty Acres backlot where the "Stalag 13" sets for TV's Hogan's Heroes were located during the Desilu days.

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

Desilu produced the show, which was mostly filmed at their Los Angeles studios with occasional on-location shoots at Lake Arrowhead, Las Vegas and Sun Valley, Idaho.

Yvonne Lime Fedderson

Lime's first television appearance was on her future husband's The Millionaire as the character "Eileen" in "The Story of Joy Costello." She appeared in 1956 as Mary Lou Carter in the episode, "The Select Females," of the CBS/Desilu series, The Adventures of Jim Bowie starring Scott Forbes.


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