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Father Knows Best
Description
Father Knows Best began as a radio sitcom in 1949 before becoming a long-running television series. Created by Ed James, it followed the Anderson family and starred Robert Young as father Jim Anderson.
Father Knows Best is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin. The series, which began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six seasons and 203 episodes. Created by Ed James, Father Knows Best follows the lives of the Andersons, a middle-class family living in the town of Springfield. The state in which Springfield is located is never specified, but it is generally accepted to be located in the Midwestern United States.
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Showtimes
Original schedule
- 1949–19548:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Cast & Crew
B
Bill Forman
Announcer
MMarvin Miller
Announcer
Ed Begley
Cast
Olan Soule
Cast
V
FVincent Pelletier
Cast
Fran Van Hartesveldt
Director
K
Ken Burton
Director
M
Murray Bolen
Director
E
Ed James
Creator
Eleanor Audley
Elizabeth Smith, neighbor
Herb Vigran
Hector Smith, neighbor
J
Jean Vander Pyl
Margaret Anderson
June Whitley
Cast
Norma Jean Nilsson
Kathy Anderson
R
Rhoda Williams
Betty Anderson
Robert Young
Cast
R
Roy Bargy
Music
Sam Edwards
Billy Smith, neighbor
T
Ted Donaldson
Bud Anderson
P
Paul West
Writer
R
Roswell 'Roz' Rogers
Writer
Audio Clips
0m45s
References
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