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6 unusual facts about Kraft Television Theatre


Burt Brinckerhoff

He acted in several television anthologies in the 1950s, including several performances on Kraft Television Theatre, as well as episodes of Armstrong Circle Theatre and others.

Cultural depictions of James I of England

Everett Sloane in The King's Bounty (1955), in the American TV series Kraft Television Theatre

Fred J. Scollay

He made numerous appearances in such programs as Studio One, Kraft Television Theatre, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Naked City, The Defenders, Dr. Kildare, and Gunsmoke, among many others.

Jacques Bergerac

He then went on to appear as Armand Duval in a television production of Camille for Kraft Television Theatre, opposite Signe Hasso.

Kraft Television Theatre

Beginning October 1953, ABC added a separate series (also titled Kraft Television Theatre), created to promote Kraft's new Cheez Whiz product.

Nelson S. Bond

It was televised three times - on Broadway Previews (1946), The Philco Television Playhouse (1949) and the Kraft Television Theatre (1953).


The Problem of Cell 13

The story was adapted for television by Arthur A. Ross in 1962 as part of the U.S. series Kraft Mystery Theater.


see also

1947–48 United States network television schedule

Although television was still in its infancy, several notable series debuted during the series, particularly Mary Kay and Johnny (first sitcom to be broadcast on network television in the US, and likely the world's second television sitcom after British series Pinwright's Progress) and Kraft Television Theatre (which paved the way for the many live anthology series of the early 1950s).