Father Knows Best Cast Where Are They Now
Billy gray elinor donahue robert young jane wyatt and lauren chapin.
Father knows best cast where are they now. Photos tv season 1. The show initially got canceled after its first season on cbs but then nbc picked it up and aired it for three years. William thomas gray born january 13 1938 is an american actor who after portraying bullseye tag younger brother of annie oakley in the pilot episode of the tv series annie oakley opted to join the series for which he is best known playing james bud anderson jr. From 1960 to 1972 fred macmurray starred as the widowed dad to three boys.
In 1977 the show would be the subject of a pair of nbc tv movies father knows best reunion and father knows best. The series debuted on cbs in october 1954. Mike robbie and chip. Father knows best is an american sitcom starring robert young jane wyatt elinor donahue billy gray and lauren chapin the series which first began on radio in 1949 aired for six seasons with a total of 203 episodes.
Photos tv season 3. Father knows best tv series 1954 1960 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. In father knows best from 1954 1960. Perhaps the producers of father knows best also suffered from back pain as it took the show a few seasons to even break into the top 30 nielsen ratings.
Promotional portrait of the cast of the television series father knows best. Clockwise from lower left. The young actress beat out 78 other hopefuls for the role of 9 year old kathy or kitten as she was called by her dad robert young chapin s life since then wasn t as cheery. Photos tv season 2.
Additionally he portrayed a young jim thorpe in jim thorpe all american and. It ran for one season and was canceled the following year.