Four Star Playhouse had four rotating actors they were, Dick Powell, David Niven, Charles Boyer and Ida Lupino. Originally it was to be Dick Powell, Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea and Rosalind Russell, but that never happened. In its first year Four Star was on every other week sharing its spot with Amos 'N Andy show. Into the second season Four Star became weekly. Dick Powell played a character named Willie Dante who ran Dante's Nightclub. This character was shown in several episodes. The photo is from the episode 'Go Ahead and Jump' with Dick Powell as Eddie the cabdriver. The format of the episodes varied from comedy to drama.
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | 0 | ||
| Season 1 | September 1952 | June 1953 | 20 |
| Season 2 | September 1953 | April 1954 | 31 |
| Season 3 | September 1954 | June 1955 | 38 |
| Season 4 | October 1955 | August 1956 | 42 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unassigned Episodes | 131 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | February 1954 | June 1956 | 3 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 128 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Kellino | 23 | 09/24/1953 - 03/22/1956 | |
| Robert Florey | 20 | 09/25/1952 - 04/26/1956 | |
| Blake Edwards | 7 | 11/20/1952 - 03/04/1954 | |
| Robert Aldrich | 3 | 09/10/1953 - 10/22/1953 | |
| Ida Lupino | 3 | 07/19/1956 | |
| Richard Kinon | 3 | 03/11/1954 - 07/19/1956 | |
| Harold Shumate | 2 | 01/29/1953 | |
| Frank McDonald | 2 | 02/11/1954 - 04/22/1954 | |
| William A. Seiter | 2 | 02/17/1955 - 01/26/1956 | |
| Robert Aldridge | 1 | 12/24/1953 | |
| Charles Einstein | 1 | 12/30/1954 | |
| Thomas Flanagan | 1 | 06/09/1955 | |
| Anthony Coldeway | 1 | 10/21/1954 | |
| Jules Bricken | 1 | 12/31/1953 | |
| Lord Dunson | 1 | 10/23/1952 | |
| Mary Synon | 1 | 06/18/1953 | |
| Octavus Roy Cohen | 1 | 03/04/1954 | |
| Somerset Maugham | 1 | 01/21/1954 | |
| Jackson Hill | 1 | 03/18/1954 | |
| George Jenkins | 1 | 12/18/1952 | |
| William Cameron Menzies | 1 | 01/21/1954 | |
| Thomas W. Phipps | 1 | 01/28/1954 | |
| Amory Hare | 1 | 12/24/1953 | |
| John Bingham | 1 | 03/24/1955 | |
| William Asher | 1 | 11/11/1954 | |
| Rose Simon Kohn | 1 | 02/24/1955 | |
| James Neilson | 1 | 06/23/1955 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwen Bagni | 8 | 12/04/1952 - 12/31/1953 | |
| John Bagni | 8 | 12/04/1952 - 12/31/1953 | |
| Frederick Brady | 5 | 02/11/1954 - 07/19/1956 | |
| Dick Carr | 3 | 12/09/1954 - 12/15/1955 | |
| Seeleg Lester | 3 | 06/18/1953 - 10/22/1953 | |
| Frederick J. Lipp | 3 | 10/14/1954 - 04/07/1955 | |
| Merwin Gerard | 3 | 06/18/1953 - 10/22/1953 | |
| Richard Carr | 2 | 04/28/1955 - 01/26/1956 | |
| Larry Marcus | 2 | 09/25/1952 - 10/21/1954 | |
| Ronald Colman | 2 | 10/23/1952 | |
| Milton Merlin | 2 | 10/23/1952 - 05/21/1953 | |
| Eugene Vale | 1 | 12/16/1954 | |
| Paul Elbogen | 1 | 10/21/1954 | |
| Harold Swanton | 1 | 04/26/1956 | |
| Joyce Selznick | 1 | 12/15/1955 | |
| Robert L. Hecker | 1 | 03/17/1955 | |
| Arthur Weiss | 1 | 02/24/1955 | |
| Leonard Freeman | 1 | 12/23/1954 | |
| László Görög | 1 | 05/12/1955 | |
| Don Ettlinger | 1 | 01/21/1954 | |
| Willard Wiener | 1 | 12/08/1955 | |
| Leroy H. Zehren | 1 | 04/14/1955 | |
| Thelma Robinson | 1 | 03/18/1954 | |
| Marc Brandel | 1 | 03/22/1956 | |
| Clock Dailey | 1 | 11/18/1954 | |
| Frederic Brady | 1 | 02/17/1955 | |
| Joseph Grushkin | 1 | 06/23/1955 | |
| Leonard St. Clair | 1 | 12/18/1952 | |
| James Neal Harvey | 1 | 11/11/1954 | |
| Kenneth Higgins | 1 | 05/26/1955 | |
| Jennings Cobb | 1 | 03/18/1954 |
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