Alcoa Theatre
Overview
Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate Monday nights from October 7, 1957 to September 16, 1960. The program also aired under the title Turn of Fate, with the stories depicting the difficulties faced by individuals who are suddenly thrust into unexpected and perilous dangers. Alcoa Theatre was syndicated together with Goodyear Theatre as Award Theatre. In 1955, The Alcoa Hour premiered in a one-hour format aired on Sunday nights, but it was reduced to 30 minutes, retitled Alcoa Theatre, and moved to Monday evening in 1957. The show employed an alternating rotating company of actors: David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Jack Lemmon and Charles Boyer. Each appeared in dramatic and light comedic roles through the first season.
Cast
David Niven
Robert Medhill / Mark Garron / Paul Evans / Jeff Carleton / Paul Martel
Jane Powell
Harriet Kennedy / Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz / Kathy Dorn
Jack Carson
Augie Adams / Bert Kennedy
James Nolan
Roger Donovan / O'Brien
Paul E. Burns
Proprietor / Papa Saintene
Robert Ryan
Trilbridge / Mike Ripetti
John Eldredge
Dr. Leopold / Jud Cowan
Edward Binns
Major Robert Fielding / Captain Posen
Lawrence Dobkin
Lieutenant Lacy / Joe Frazier
Harold J. Stone
Tony Busso / Lt. Oran Nelson
DeForest Kelley
Jake Britin / Marshal
Susan Gordon
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Arthur O'Connell
Charles Herbert
Angie Dickinson
Ruth Garron
Whit Bissell
Chris Wallis
Jon Shepodd
Paul Hunter
Sam Flint
Judge
Kort Falkenberg
Paul Harbach
Stuart Whitman
Captain Sam McCurdy
Steven Geray
Station Master
Paul Busch
Border Guard
John Stephenson
Major Lennart
Charles Boyer
Dr. Jacques Roland
Judith Braun
Gallia
Richard Hale
Dr. Alex Farget
Nestor Paiva
Aubert
Fredd Wayne
Lieutenant Brackett
John Reach
Knobby
Fran Keegan
Mrs. Donovan
Douglas Dick
Gordon Kennedy
Virginia Gregg
Judith Kennedy
Harry Jackson
Reeves
Edward Platt
Lieutenant
Bill Schallert
Wilson
David Janssen
Mike Harper
James Flavin
Gavin Marshall
Craig Duncan
Chief
Marjorie Bennett
Mrs. Hoskins
John Cliff
Driver
Catherine McLeod
Edie
John Morley
Father Boniface
Malcolm Atterbury
Spud
Thomas E. Jackson
Detective
Jack Lemmon
Ashley
Doe Avedon
Ruth
Lana Wood
Pat
Ross Elliott
Gordon
John Gallaudet
Sgt. Lewis
Bruce MacFarlane
Stripes
Sol Gorss
Sports
Barbara Lawrence
Ruth Evans
Richard Long
Allan Bishop
Keye Luke
Mike
Agnes Moorehead
Mrs. Adams
Read Morgan
Ed
Eve McVeagh
Miss Bellows
Don Grady
Mason (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Marty (uncredited)
George Maharis
Johnny Cesare
Mason Curry
Doctor Alvin Morris
John Dehner
Whitney Blake
Carrie
Kathryn Card
Mrs. Gilroy
Gerald Mohr
Jason Nichols
Russ Conway
Pete Bannion
Richard Reeves
Pal Jensen
Henry Silva
Tom Longman
Russell Thorson
Harrison
Eugene Iglesias
Joey
Richard Jaeckel
Spenser
Adam Williams
Wohlman
Joe Mantell
Dick Crane
Marvin Kaplan
Harry Cooper
Irene Ryan
Martha Henderson
Dick York
Corporal James Sloan
Jeremy Slate
Sam Spears
Willis Bouchey
Marshal
Lillian Bronson
Granny
Frank Ferguson
Milbanks
Joseph Mell
Bertelli
Gayle Kellogg
Roger
Douglas Fowley
Pop
John Indrisano
Babe
Lester Dorr
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Frances Rafferty
Kathy Morton
Ellen Corby
Elvira Moss
Byron Foulger
Elkins
George Eldredge
Mailman
Patrick Macnee
Sergeant Shaw
Robert Vaughn
Lt. Dave Hutchins
Paul Bryar
Corporal
Michael Landon
Johnny Risk
Alan Hale Jr.
Sven Svenson
Terry Frost
Miner (uncredited)
Troy Melton
Deputy (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Miner (uncredited)
Jesse White
John Burke
Walter Coy
Confederate General
Midge Ware
Liz
Steve Peck
Frank Piper
Tom Greenway
Capt. Quincy
Richard Shannon
Prosecutor
Tol Avery
Judge
Doug DeCosta
Officer Collins
Joanna Barnes
Eve Freemont
Gary Merrill
Dick Bowen
William Swan
Jim Miller
Leon Alton
Reporter (uncredited)
George Ford
Reporter (uncredited)
Lee Bergere
Stan Gorman
Paul Reed
Walter Slezak
Finch
David White
Mills
- Rating source
- TMDB
- Keywords
- #anthology
