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The Bell Telephone Hour
The Bell Telephone Hour
Summary
“The Bell Telephone Hour” was a musical variety show that aired on “NBC” TV from 12 January 1959 to 14 June 1968 that showcased the best in Broadway, Classical, Concert, Jazz and Popular music each week. The series had its’ own house band appropriately named the “Bell Telephone Orchestra”. The show also had its’ own theme song being the “Bell Waltz” composed by “Donald Voorhees” who was also the show's Orchestra conductor. Some of the greatest violinists of the 1960’s performed on this show that aired in the old “Black & White” format. Some of these great violinists included “Erica Mornin”, “Isaac Stern", "Michael Rabin", "Ruggiero Ricci", "Yehudi Menuhin" and "Zino Francesacatti". From time to time some of the great singers and bandleaders of the 1960’s would perform on the show as well. Some of these were “Bing Crosby”, “Gordon MacRae”, “John Gary”, “Leslie Uggams”, “Mary Martin”, “Nelson Eddy”, “Patti Page” and “Roy Rogers”. The TV show followed on the heels of its’ predecessor with the same name on “NBC” radio that aired from 29 April 1940 to 1958 on Monday nights at 8 PM. The name of the show was derived from its’ Major sponsor “Bell Telephone Laboratories”. The TV version began airing on Friday nights at 8:30 PM once a month. It later was given it’s same time slot now airing every other week alternating with another show on the other weeks such as News shows and specials. The show time slot changed quite often over the years. In September 1960 it aired at 9 PM and in September 1961 it moved to 9:30 PM. In October 1963 it moved to Tuesday nights at 10 PM, September 1965 it moved to Sunday night at 6:30 PM and in September 1967 it made its' final move back to Friday night at 10 PM.
Cast
Jacques d'Amboise
Harry Belafonte
Polly Bergen
José Iturbi
John Raitt
Jack Jones
Johnny Desmond
Renata Tebaldi
Marilyn Van Derbur
Grant Johannesen
Howard Keel
Rosemary Clooney
Alfred Drake
Sally Ann Howes
Red Nichols
Patrice Munsel
Gordon MacRae
Gene Nelson
Allegra Kent
Carol Lawrence
Maureen O'Hara
Shirley Jones
Ray Bolger
Steve Lawrence
Jane Wyatt
Robert Merrill
Dorothy Collins
Lena Horne
Ella Fitzgerald
Martha Wright
Risë Stevens
Melissa Hayden
Gisele MacKenzie
Maria Tallchief
Andre Eglevsky
Giorgio Tozzi
Nicolai Gedda
Burl Ives
Brian Sullivan
Dolores Gray
Burgess Meredith
Taina Elg
Lorin Hollander
Marge Champion
Gower Champion
Sheila MacRae
Benny Goodman
Barbara Cook
Frank Assunto
Fred Assunto
Duke Assunto
Edward Villella
Kelly Brown
Stanley Holloway
Lupe Serrano
Barbara Meister
Royes Fernandez
Eddie Condon
Bobby Hackett
Ralph Sutton
Peanuts Hucko
Joe Williams
Mickey Sheen
Ruth Earl
Jane Earl
Bob Flick
John Paine
Mike Kirkland
Dick Foley
Guy Lombardo
Pete Fountain
Jane Wyman
Woody Herman
Florence Henderson
Fritz Weaver
John Forsythe
James C. Mathis III
Gabriella Tucci
Sholom Secunda
John Gielgud
Maurice Evans
Arthur Gold
Robert Fizdale
Janet Reed
Duke Ellington
Russell Nype
Ann Blyth
Isaac Stern
Eileen Farrell
Joe Bushkin
José Ferrer
Zino Francescatti
Dave Guard
Bob Shane
Nick Reynolds
Nina Novak
George Zoritch
Alan Howard
Connee Boswell
Edie Adams
Johnny Cash
Walter Cassel
Edmund Karlsrud
Art Lund
Jaye P. Morgan
Vic Damone
André Previn
Teddy Wilson
Ira Gershwin
Earl Wild
Lisa Della Casa
Penny Ambrose
Kathy Lennon
Janet Lennon
Peggy Lennon
Dianne Lennon
Thomas Mitchell
Louis Armstrong
Jack Cassidy
Jane Froman
Art Carney
Les Paul
Mary Ford
Amparo Iturbi
Emmanuel Chabrier
Ethel Merman
Beatrice Lillie
Carl Sandburg
Julie Andrews
Larry Douglas
Nanette Fabray
Victoria de los Ángeles
Bob Hamilton
Gloria Stevens
Katherine Damon
Mel Pahl
Connie Francis
Eddie Hodges
Roger Williams
Gene Puerling
Bob Morse
Clark Burroughs
Don Shelton
Ralph Bellamy
Alicia Alonso
Nora Kaye
Mia Slavenska
Gregor Piatigorsky
Lucine Amara
Jerome Hines
Warren Martin
Dennis King
Robert Rounseville
Groucho Marx
Sharon Randall
Melinda Marx
Helen Traubel
Red Norvo
Flip Phillips
Ernie Green
Maria Marshall
Melissa Hayden
Francisco Moncion
Conrad Ludlow
Michael Lland
Van Cliburn
Janet Blair
Earl Wrightson
Gretchen Wyler
Bambi Linn
Arthur Whittemore
Jack Lowe
Robert Preston
Mahalia Jackson
Peter Palmer
Jo Stafford
Bill Hayes
Mindy Carson
Genevieve
Jane Powell
Helen Hayes
Farley Granger
Michael Rabin
Donald Voorhees
Igor Youskevitch
Roberta Lubell
Scott Douglas
Ruth Ann Koesun
Keith Andes
Erik Bruhn
Valerie Bettis
Mildred Miller
Zizi Jeanmaire
Dirk Sanders
Roberta Peters
Theodor Uppman
Russell Arms
Paul Whitman
Scott Lane
Dwight Marfield
Ralph Brewster
Gracie Fields
Frank Baxter
Violette Verdy
Joan Sutherland
Alessandro Giannini
Thomas Andrew
Anita Darian
Don McKay
Buddy Schwab
Freda Holloway
Polly Rowles
Birgit Nilsson
Tommy Rall
Paul Hartman
Wolfgang Schanzer
Arlene Francis
George Shirley
Ron Husmann
Paula Stewart
Lauri Peters
Brian Davies
Eileen Rodgers
Harve Presnell
Patricia McBride
Jaime Laredo
Chad Mitchell
Mike Kobluk
Joe Frazier
Francesca Roberto
Tony Charmoli
Anna Moffo
Richard Tucker
Louis Teicher
Arthur Ferrante
Anita Bryant
Jan Peerce
Gianna D'Angelo
Carla Fracci
Janis Paige
Peter Marshall
Constance Towers
Diahann Carroll
John Davidson
Anita Gillette
Status:
Ended
Original Language:
English
Type:
Scripted
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