I Led Three Lives

I Led Three Lives

infobox television
show_name = I Led Three Lives


caption =
format = Drama
runtime = 25 minutes per episode
creator =
starring = Richard Carlson
country = United States
network =
first_aired = October 1 1953
last_aired = May 1 1957
num_seasons = 3
num_episodes = 117
list_episodes =
imdb_id = 0045397
tv_com_id = 5873

"I Led Three Lives" was an American television show which was syndicated by Ziv Television Programs from 1953 to 1956. It was loosely based on the life of Herbert Philbrick, a Boston advertising executive who infiltrated the U.S. Communist Party on behalf of the FBI in the 1940s and wrote a bestselling book on the topic, "I Led Three Lives: Citizen, 'Communist', Counterspy" (1952). The part of Philbrick was played by Richard Carlson.

History

"I Led Three Lives" lasted 117 episodes. Philbrick narrated each episode and served as a technical consultant — and all scripts were approved by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. Nonetheless, the episodes often had very little to do with the actual events of Philbrick's life, with plotlines taking Philbrick on journeys to Europe and South America. They gradually became more and more outlandish, featuring such supposed "Communist plots" as an attempt to convert vacuum cleaners into bomb launchers.

Interestingly, the show was a favorite of accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald when he was a teenager. [ [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/oswald/interviews/oswald.html frontline: who was lee harvey oswald?: interview: robert oswald | PBS ] ]

The show was a companion piece of sorts to the radio drama "I Was a Communist for the FBI", which dealt with a similar subject and was also syndicated by Ziv from 1952 to 1954.

Main Cast

* Richard Carlson - Herbert Philbrick
* Virginia Stefan - Eva Philbrick
* Patricia Morrow - Constance Philbrick
* Charles Maxwell - Special Agent Joe Carney
* William Hudson - Special Agent Mike Andrews
* John Beradino - Special Agent Steve Daniels
* John Zaremba - Special Agent Jerry Dressler
* Ed Hinton - Special Agent Henderson

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Three Versions of Judas — Author Jorge Luis Borges Original title Tres versiones de Judas Country Argentina Language Spanish …   Wikipedia

  • Three Days As the Crow Flies — is a novel by art impressario Danny Simmons. A slice of life , all of the events of the book unfold within an three day period. Published in 2004, Three Days As The Crow Flies gives the reader a glimpse of the 1980 s art scene in downtown… …   Wikipedia

  • Three Stooges — [ thumb|400px|right|Moe Howard, Curly Howard and Larry Fine.] The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. They were commonly known by their first …   Wikipedia

  • Three Laws of Robotics — In science fiction, the Three Laws of Robotics are a set of three rules written by Isaac Asimov, which almost all positronic robots appearing in his fiction must obey. Introduced in his 1942 short story Runaround , although foreshadowed in a few… …   Wikipedia

  • Three Angels' Messages — Part of a series on Seventh day Adventism Background …   Wikipedia

  • Days of our Lives storylines — This is an overview of major historical storylines from the daytime drama Days of our Lives .1960sThe HortonsWhen the show debuted in 1965, it centered around the Horton family. Dr Tom Horton and his wife Alice had five children: Tom Jr., who had …   Wikipedia

  • Minor characters of Days of our Lives — The following are minor but notable fictional characters on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, whose connections to the major families are either weak or non existent. Contents 1 Recent/current minor characters 1.1 Dr. Richard Baker 1.2… …   Wikipedia

  • Days of Our Lives — Infobox Television Soap Opera show name = Days of Our Lives caption = Opening title screen, during which the show s trademark voiceover is heard: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives network = NBC , SOAPnet genre = Soap… …   Wikipedia

  • Days of our Lives — Main title card Genre Soap opera Created by Ted Corday Betty Corday …   Wikipedia

  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms — Infobox Book name = Romance of the Three Kingdoms title orig = 三國演義 image caption = An illustration of the book author = Luo Guanzhong illustrator = cover artist = country = China language = Chinese series = subject = genre = Historical novel… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”