American Playhouse
American Playhouse was an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. It premiered on January 12, 1982 with The Shady Hill Kidnapping, written and narrated by John Cheever and directed by Paul Bogart. Its final broadcast, In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway, a rerun of a behind-the-scenes look at Tony Kushner's award-winning play in two parts, aired on January 1, 1994. The series proved to be the springboard for the careers of numerous performers, including David Marshall Grant, Laura Linney, A Martinez, Conchata Ferrell, Eric Roberts, Lynne Thigpen, John Malkovich, Peter Riegert, Lupe Ontiveros, Ben Stiller, and Megan Mullally.
Direction
Ralph Bakshi
Jonathan Demme
Emile Ardolino
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Sharron Miller
Bill Duke
Edward Lachman
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Stephen Tolkin
Robert Allan Ackerman
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Gwen Arner
William Asher
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Jon Robin Baitz
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Neema Barnette
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Richard Bartlett
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Fred Barzyk
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Noel Black
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Jeff Bleckner
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Paul Bogart
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Alan Bridges
Kirk Browning
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Barry Crane
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Mark Cullingham
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Barry Davis
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Robert Deubel
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Michael Dinner
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Anthony Drazan
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Charles S. Dubin
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Jan Egleson
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Huck Fairman
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Michael Fields
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David Fishelson
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Frank Galati
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David Gelfand
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Allan A. Goldstein
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Steve Gomer
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Andrew Grieve
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John Hanson
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Anthony Herrera
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Jay Holman
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Terry Hughes
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Peter H. Hunt
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Robert Iscove
James Ivory
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John Jacobs
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David Hugh Jones
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Mustapha Khan
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Barbara Kopple
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Kevin Kuhlke
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Charles Lane
James Lapine
Stan Lathan
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Philip Leacock
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Victor Lobl
John Lone
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Dezsö Magyar
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Matt Mahurin
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Marshall W. Mason
Vivian Matalon
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Perry Miller Adato
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Neal Miller
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Marva Nabili
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Rob Nilsson
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Amram Nowak
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Trevor Nunn
Jack O'Brien
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Emiko Omori
Gordon Parks
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Tristram Powell
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Evelyn Purcell
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Tina Rathborne
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Alastair Reid
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Deborah Reinisch
Norman René
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Lloyd Richards
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Michael Roemer
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Perry Rosemond
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Ralph Rosenblum
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Paul Saltzman
Jonathan Sanger
Don Scardino
Michael Schultz
Stephen Schwartz
Oz Scott
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Calvin Skaggs
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Luis Soto
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John Stix
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Eric Till
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Jesús Salvador Treviño
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Paul Watson
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Douglas Williams
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Herbert Wise
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George C. Wolfe
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William Woodman
Joanne Woodward
Robert M. Young
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Zoe Zinman
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Susan Rogers
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Chuck Portz
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Tom Bywaters
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Nino J. Martin
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Harry Moses
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Michael Hadley
Cast
Jeffrey DeMunn
Brently Mallard
Jeffrey DeMunn
George
Jeffrey DeMunn
George Pierce Baker
Elizabeth Franz
Aunt Josephine
Elizabeth Franz
Doctor
Elizabeth Franz
Dottie McCann
Edward Herrmann
Alger Hiss
Edward Herrmann
The Headmaster
Sada Thompson
Fanny Church
Sada Thompson
Katherine Gerard - Andre's Mother
Sada Thompson
Mrs. Antrobus
Barnard Hughes
King
Barnard Hughes
Ludlow Whitney
Barnard Hughes
The King
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Patrick Day
Huck
Ken Howard
Sam Evans
Ken Howard
Pudd'nhead Wilson
John Harkins
Whittaker Chambers
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Maria Tucci
Priscilla Hiss
Samm-Art Williams
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