Gordon Jones

Gordon Jones

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gordon Wynnivo Jones (April 5, 1911 – June 20, 1963) was an American character actor, a member of John Wayne's informal acting company best known for playing Lou Costello's TV nemesis "Mike the Cop" and appearing as The Green Hornet in the first of two movie serials based on that old-time radio program. Iowa-born Jones had been a student athlete and star football guard ("Bull" Jones) at University of California, Los Angeles, and had also played a few seasons of professional football. He started out playing small roles in Wesley Ruggles' and Ernest B. Schoedsack's The Monkey's Paw (1933), his first credited role in Sam Wood's Let 'Em Have It (1935), and Sidney Lanfield's Red Salute (1935). By 1937, he had moved on to a contract at RKO Radio Pictures. In 1940, Jones had the title role in The Green Hornet but did not reprise the role in the sequel. Jones held a reserve commission in the army and was called into the service after filming his roles as "The Wreck" in My Sister Eileen (1942) and "Alabama Smith" in Flying Tigers (1942), a John Wayne vehicle that was one of the most popular action films of the war. This picture began Jones' 20-year onscreen association with Wayne, who was also a former football player at the University of Southern California. Jones remained associated with the service after the war, encouraging college students to consider the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. After resuming his acting career in the late 1940s, Jones appeared in prominent roles in the John Wayne features Big Jim McLain (1952) and Island in the Sky (1953). By the end of the 1940s, Jones had aged into a beefier screen presence and into very physical character roles. He was no longer a leading man but he had developed a comic villain persona which meshed with the work of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Jones' association with the duo began in The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947) with the role of the film's heavy, Jake Frame, and continued through their television series The Abbott and Costello Show. Jones played "Mike the Cop", Costello's hulking, loud-voiced antagonist. The program was produced for only two seasons, but ensured continued recognition for Jones via frequent reruns and a 21st Century DVD release. Jones also remained busy in films and on television throughout the 1950s, in pictures that ranged from the sci-fi chiller The Monster That Challenged the World to the Tony Curtis/Janet Leigh sex comedy The Perfect Furlough, and on TV series ranging from The Real McCoys to The Rifleman. Jones also appeared in two very successful Disney movies during the early '60s, The Absent-Minded Professor and Son of Flubber. He played harried school coaches in both pictures. He also starred with Mitzi Green and Virginia Gibson in the short-lived TV sitcom So This Is Hollywood (1955), and had a recurring role as neighbor Butch Barton during the early years of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet Jones returned to the John Wayne stock company portraying Douglas, the bureaucrat antagonist to Wayne's G.W. McLintock in the Western comedy McLintock! (1963). Jones unexpectedly succumbed to a heart attack on June 12, 1963, five months before the release of that movie. Jones has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on the West side of the 1600 block of Vine Street.

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  • Paub Txog: Acting
  • Hnub yug: 1911-04-05
  • Qhov chaw yug: Alden, Iowa, USA
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Gordon Jones Movies

  • 1950
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    Belle of Old Mexico

    Belle of Old Mexico

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1942
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    My Sister Eileen

    My Sister Eileen

    6.7 1942 HD

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  • 1947
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    The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

    The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

    6.1 1947 HD

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  • 1947
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    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    6.8 1947 HD

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  • 1953
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    Island in the Sky

    Island in the Sky

    6.2 1953 HD

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  • 1932
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    Wild Girl

    Wild Girl

    6 1932 HD

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  • 1942
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    Flying Tigers

    Flying Tigers

    6.2 1942 HD

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  • 1941
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    Among the Living

    Among the Living

    6.074 1941 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

    The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

    5.8 1960 HD

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  • 1963
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    McLintock!

    McLintock!

    6.5 1963 HD

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  • 1959
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    Battle of the Coral Sea

    Battle of the Coral Sea

    5.7 1959 HD

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  • 1949
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    Mr. Soft Touch

    Mr. Soft Touch

    6.8 1949 HD

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  • 1949
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    Tokyo Joe

    Tokyo Joe

    6.069 1949 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Monster That Challenged the World

    The Monster That Challenged the World

    5.6 1957 HD

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  • 1953
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    Take the High Ground!

    Take the High Ground!

    5.7 1953 HD

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  • 1950
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    Trigger, Jr.

    Trigger, Jr.

    4.6 1950 HD

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  • 1941
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    The Feminine Touch

    The Feminine Touch

    5.1 1941 HD

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  • 1940
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    Up in the Air

    Up in the Air

    5.5 1940 HD

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  • 1952
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    Sound Off

    Sound Off

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1949
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    Easy Living

    Easy Living

    5.9 1949 HD

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  • 1942
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    Highways by Night

    Highways by Night

    6 1942 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Winning Team

    The Winning Team

    5.5 1952 HD

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  • 1936
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    Strike Me Pink

    Strike Me Pink

    6.6 1936 HD

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  • 1951
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    Spoilers of the Plains

    Spoilers of the Plains

    6 1951 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Arizona Cowboy

    The Arizona Cowboy

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1937
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    Sea Devils

    Sea Devils

    5.7 1937 HD

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  • 1950
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    Trail of Robin Hood

    Trail of Robin Hood

    4.7 1950 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Palomino

    The Palomino

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1955
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    Treasure of Ruby Hills

    Treasure of Ruby Hills

    4 1955 HD

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  • 1957
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    Spring Reunion

    Spring Reunion

    5.8 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

    Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

    6.1 1957 HD

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  • 1938
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    Rich Man, Poor Girl

    Rich Man, Poor Girl

    5.9 1938 HD

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  • 1948
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    A Foreign Affair

    A Foreign Affair

    7 1948 HD

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  • 1940
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    I Take This Oath

    I Take This Oath

    4.3 1940 HD

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  • 1950
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    North of the Great Divide

    North of the Great Divide

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1950
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    Sunset in the West

    Sunset in the West

    7.8 1950 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Perfect Furlough

    The Perfect Furlough

    7.1 1958 HD

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  • 1937
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    Fight for Your Lady

    Fight for Your Lady

    4.3 1937 HD

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  • 1952
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    Gobs and Gals

    Gobs and Gals

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1958
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    Live Fast, Die Young

    Live Fast, Die Young

    5.7 1958 HD

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  • 1951
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    Corky of Gasoline Alley

    Corky of Gasoline Alley

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1935
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    Let 'em Have It

    Let 'em Have It

    7 1935 HD

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  • 1937
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    They Wanted to Marry

    They Wanted to Marry

    5 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    Quick Money

    Quick Money

    4 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    There Goes My Girl

    There Goes My Girl

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1938
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    I Stand Accused

    I Stand Accused

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1936
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    Walking on Air

    Walking on Air

    5.8 1936 HD

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  • 1961
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    Everything's Ducky

    Everything's Ducky

    7.5 1961 HD

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  • 1955
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    Smoke Signal

    Smoke Signal

    6.7 1955 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Doctor Takes a Wife

    The Doctor Takes a Wife

    6.5 1940 HD

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  • 1937
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    We Who Are About to Die

    We Who Are About to Die

    6.8 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Big Shot

    The Big Shot

    5 1937 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Shaggy Dog

    The Shaggy Dog

    6.1 1959 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Long Shot

    The Long Shot

    5.8 1939 HD

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  • 1936
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    Devil's Squadron

    Devil's Squadron

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1939
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    Invitation to Happiness

    Invitation to Happiness

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1953
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    Woman They Almost Lynched

    Woman They Almost Lynched

    6.2 1953 HD

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  • 1939
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    Henry Goes Arizona

    Henry Goes Arizona

    6 1939 HD

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  • 1940
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    Girl from Havana

    Girl from Havana

    5 1940 HD

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  • 1936
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    Night Waitress

    Night Waitress

    5.8 1936 HD

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  • 1941
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    You Belong to Me

    You Belong to Me

    5.8 1941 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Untamed Breed

    The Untamed Breed

    5 1948 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Green Hornet

    The Green Hornet

    5.5 1940 HD

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  • 1935
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    Red Salute

    Red Salute

    5.8 1935 HD

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  • 1939
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    Pride of the Navy

    Pride of the Navy

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1941
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    The Blonde from Singapore

    The Blonde from Singapore

    5 1941 HD

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  • 1951
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    Heart of the Rockies

    Heart of the Rockies

    6 1951 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Texas Rangers Ride Again

    The Texas Rangers Ride Again

    5.5 1940 HD

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  • 1936
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    Don't Turn 'em Loose

    Don't Turn 'em Loose

    4.8 1936 HD

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  • 1952
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    Wagon Team

    Wagon Team

    6 1952 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon

    The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1952
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    Big Jim McLain

    Big Jim McLain

    5 1952 HD

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  • 1939
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    Disputed Passage

    Disputed Passage

    6 1939 HD

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  • 1948
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    Black Eagle

    Black Eagle

    6 1948 HD

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  • 1949
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    Black Midnight

    Black Midnight

    6 1949 HD

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  • 1948
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    Sons of Adventure

    Sons of Adventure

    1 1948 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Outlaw Stallion

    The Outlaw Stallion

    5 1954 HD

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  • 1937
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    China Passage

    China Passage

    5.5 1937 HD

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  • 1939
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    Big Town Czar

    Big Town Czar

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1961
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    Master of the World

    Master of the World

    5.9 1961 HD

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  • 1959
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    Battle Flame

    Battle Flame

    6 1959 HD

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  • 2011
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    The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?

    The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?

    8 2011 HD

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  • 1938
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    Out West with the Hardys

    Out West with the Hardys

    6.2 1938 HD

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  • 1949
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    Dear Wife

    Dear Wife

    6 1949 HD

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  • 1947
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    Whispering City

    Whispering City

    4.8 1947 HD

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  • 1944
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    Youth Runs Wild

    Youth Runs Wild

    4.2 1944 HD

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  • 1950
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    Big Timber

    Big Timber

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

    The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

    5.9 1959 HD

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  • 1958
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    77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

    6.7 1958 HD

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  • 1955
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    Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

    5.8 1955 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    7 1950 HD

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  • 1960
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    Surfside 6

    Surfside 6

    5 1960 HD

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.6 1957 HD

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  • 1959
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    Hawaiian Eye

    Hawaiian Eye

    5 1959 HD

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  • 1954
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    Lassie

    Lassie

    6.133 1954 HD

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  • 1959
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    Dennis the Menace

    Dennis the Menace

    6.7 1959 HD

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  • 1957
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    Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

    7.4 1957 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

    6.7 1955 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Gene Autry Show

    The Gene Autry Show

    4.8 1950 HD

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  • 1957
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    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    6.2 1957 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Abbott and Costello Show

    The Abbott and Costello Show

    7.3 1952 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

    The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

    4.5 1951 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Adventures of Jim Bowie

    The Adventures of Jim Bowie

    3.7 1956 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

    7 1958 HD

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  • 1957
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    Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

    4.2 1957 HD

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  • 1959
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    Laramie

    Laramie

    6.4 1959 HD

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  • 1951
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    Racket Squad

    Racket Squad

    6 1951 HD

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  • 1952
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    Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

    3.5 1952 HD

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  • 1953
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    I'm the Law

    I'm the Law

    5 1953 HD

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  • 1952
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    Dangerous Assignment

    Dangerous Assignment

    3.5 1952 HD

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  • 1957
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    Maverick

    Maverick

    6.8 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

    4.2 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    6.2 1957 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    7.1 1962 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Case of the Dangerous Robin

    The Case of the Dangerous Robin

    1 1960 HD

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