Omnibus
Starting out as a live show from New York City, 'Omnibus' was hosted by Alastair Cooke and featured everything from discussions about science and the arts to original works by such playwrights as William Saroyan, interviews with celebrated people both inside and outside the arts, and featured performances by many of the most famous actors, singers and dancers of the day.
Direction
Gene Kelly
Yul Brynner
Sidney Lumet
Peter Ustinov
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Arthur J. Ornitz
Michael Ritchie
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Bob Banner
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Jean Benoît-Lévy
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Paul Bogart
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Norman Campbell
Gower Champion
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Fielder Cook
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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Tad Danielewski
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Michael Dreyfuss
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Charles S. Dubin
Richard Dunlap
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Peter Glushanok
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William A. Graham
David Greene
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Jeffrey Hayden
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Astrid Henning-Jensen
Bjarne Henning-Jensen
Don Hewitt
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Herbert Hirschman
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Harry Horner
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Irving Jacoby
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Clark Jones
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Wes Kenney
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Joseph Krumgold
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Richard Leacock
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Ralph Levy
Norman Lloyd
Delbert Mann
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Andrew McCullough
Gian Carlo Menotti
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Gene Milford
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Robert Ellis Miller
Ralph Nelson
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Paul Nickell
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Byron Paul
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Daniel Petrie
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Rai Purdy
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Ernest Reid
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Gordon Rigsby
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Cyril Ritchard
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Seymour Robbie
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Jack Sameth
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Alex Segal
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Leo Seltzer
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Elliot Silverstein
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John Stix
David Swift
Willard Van Dyke
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James Walsh
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Judd Whiting
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Arthur Zegart
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Roger Englander
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Lee Rothberg
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Fred Carney
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E. Martin Browne
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Richard Eckler
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James Lee
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John Burrell
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Hal Davis
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David Epstein
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Fons Ianelli
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Ruth Rawson
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Robert Sharpe
Cast
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Alistair Cooke
Self
Self - Host
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Alistair Cooke
Self
Narrator (segment: Requiem)
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Alistair Cooke
Self
Self - commentary
Leonard Bernstein
Self
Self
Leonard Bernstein
Self
Self (segment \Beethoven's Fifth Symphony\)
Leonard Bernstein
Self
Self - Conductor (segment \Messiah\)
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Joseph N. Welch
Self
Self - Narrator
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Joseph N. Welch
Self
Self - Presenter (segment)
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Joseph N. Welch
Self
Self - Commentator (segment: The Trial of Lizzie Borden)
Helen Hayes
(segment \Irish Linen\)
Helen Hayes
(segment: The Christmas Tie) (segment: Drug Store, Sunday Noon)
Helen Hayes
(segment: The Twelve Pound Look)
Martin Gabel
Narrator
Martin Gabel
Narrator (segment \Lincoln Part V: Ann Rutledge\)
Martin Gabel
Narrator (segment \Mr. Lincoln\)
James Daly
(segment \Henry Adams\)
James Daly
(segment)
James Daly
(segment: My Heart's in the Highlands)
Burgess Meredith
(segment \The Sea of Winslow Homer\)
Burgess Meredith
(segment \The Virtuous Island\)
Burgess Meredith
Avon Horsley Jr. (segment: A Christmas Tie)
Royal Dano
Abraham Lincoln (segment \Lincoln Part V: Ann Rutledge\)
Royal Dano
Abraham Lincoln (segment \Mr. Lincoln\)
Royal Dano
Abraham Lincoln (segment: Lincoln Part I: The End and the Beginning)
Joanne Woodward
Ann Rutledge (segment \Lincoln Part V: Ann Rutledge\)
Joanne Woodward
Ann Rutledge (segment \Mr. Lincoln\)
Joanne Woodward
Ann Rutledge (segment: Lincoln Part I: The End and the Beginning)
Crahan Denton
Tom Lincoln (segment \Lincoln Part V: Ann Rutledge\)
Crahan Denton
Tom Lincoln (segment \Mr. Lincoln\)
Crahan Denton
Tom Lincoln (segment: Lincoln Part I: The End and the Beginning)