About ABC Stage 67
- Released on September 14, 1966
ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and original musicals.
It premiered on American Broadcasting Company on September 14, 1966 with Murray Schisgal's The Love Song of Barney Kempinksi, directed by Stanley Prager and starring Alan Arkin as a man enjoying the sights and sounds of New York City in his last remaining hours of bachelorhood. Arkin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama and the program was nominated as Outstanding Dramatic Program.
Future programs included appearances by Petula Clark, Bobby Darin, Sir Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney, Peter Sellers, David Frost, and Jack Paar.
ABC's effort to bring culture to the masses was a noble but unsuccessful experiment. Scheduled first against I Spy on Wednesdays and then The Dean Martin Show on Thursdays, the show consistently received low ratings. Its last production, an adaptation of Jean Cocteau's one-woman play The Human Voice starring Ingrid Bergman, aired on May 4, 1967.
"Stage 67" was not actually a part of the primary ABC facilities in Los Angeles. It was produced at the old Monogram Studios backlot that was later sold to KCET.
Full Cast of ABC Stage 67
Diahann Carroll plays Self (2 episodes)
Eddie Foy Jr. plays Casey (1 episode)
David Powers plays Self (1 episode)
Lauren Bacall plays Self (1 episode)
Geraldine Page
Diana Sands plays Self - Wife (1 episode)
Estelle Winwood plays Sarah (1 episode)
Libby Morris plays Self (1 episode)
Dick Shawn plays Paul Benderhof (1 episode)
Michael Redgrave plays Sir Simon Canterville / The Ghost (1 episode)
Maureen Pryor plays Rebecca (1 episode)
Dick Cavett plays Self - Host (1 episode)
Ricky Nelson plays Carlos O'Connor (1 episode)
Dorothy Stickney plays Mrs. Monday (1 episode)
Katharine Houghton plays Bonnie (1 episode)
Robert Young plays Self - Host (1 episode)
Richard Haydn plays Whitey (1 episode)
Alistair Cooke plays Self - Host (1 episode)
Ingrid Bergman plays A Woman (1 episode)
Arlene Golonka plays Mary (1 episode)
Ben Johnson plays Sheriff Barbee (1 episode)
Rex Everhart plays Klein (1 episode)
Julie Felix plays Self (1 episode)
John Forsythe plays Self (1 episode)
Maurice Chevalier plays Self (1 episode)
Donnie Melvin
Lou Jacobi plays Comedian (1 episode)
Dick Gregory plays Self - Civil Rights Marcher (1 episode)
Charmian Carr plays Ella Harkins (1 episode)
Peter Gennaro plays Self (1 episode)
Reginald Gardiner plays Uncle Andrew (1 episode)
Bob Lind plays Self (1 episode)
Theodore Bikel plays Homer T. Hatch (1 episode)
Kay Walsh plays Greta (1 episode)
Robert Gerringer plays George Blessing (1 episode)
Anne Bancroft plays Virginia (1 episode)
Arthur Kennedy plays Lieutenant Hammond (1 episode)
Tippy Walker plays Virginia Otis (1 episode)
James Coco plays Mr. Zuckerman (1 episode)
Joe Namath plays Quarterback (1 episode)
Albert Finney plays Self (1 episode)
Peter Noone plays David, the Duke of Cheshire (1 episode)
Lew Ayres plays Arthur (1 episode)
Dina Merrill plays Ginny Weldon (1 episode)
Honor Blackman plays Jane & Jill Marriott (1 episode)
Alan Arkin plays Barney Kempinski (1 episode)
Godfrey Cambridge plays Self - Husband (1 episode)
Brandon De Wilde plays Carl Boyer (1 episode)
Joanie Sommers plays Angie (1 episode)
Bobby Darin plays Self (1 episode)
Lavinia Cassels
Ronnie Schell plays Self (1 episode)
Per Oscarsson plays Olaf Helton (1 episode)
Hugh Griffith plays Herr Hoffman (1 episode)
Anthony Perkins plays Charles Snell (1 episode)
Larry Gates plays Roscoe Potts (1 episode)
Count Basie plays Self (1 episode)
John Gielgud plays Rich Man (1 episode)
Moms Mabley plays Self - Maid (1 episode)
Connie Stevens plays Flame (1 episode)
Will Mackenzie plays Jerome (1 episode)
Joan Darling plays Peg (1 episode)
Dana Elcar plays Lou Coolidge (1 episode)
Christine Marler
Peter Robbins plays Herbert (1 episode)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. plays Mr. Otis (1 episode)
Leon Ames plays Gray (1 episode)
Jill Bennett plays Frida Holmeier (1 episode)
Larry Blyden plays Todd Bronson (1 episode)
Danny La Rue plays Self (1 episode)
Alan King plays Leo (1 episode)
Natalie Schafer plays Mrs. Otis (1 episode)
James Broderick plays Hal Crady (1 episode)
Fred Clark plays Dean Severance (1 episode)
Vera Miles plays Adele (1 episode)
Hamilton Dyce plays Koorp (1 episode)
Petula Clark plays Self (1 episode)
Kenneth Connor plays Self (1 episode)
George Kirby plays Self (1 episode)
Hugh Franklin plays Howard Boyer (1 episode)
L.Q. Jones plays Deputy (1 episode)
Tony Randall plays Inspector Berry / Geoffrey Judge (1 episode)
Peter Sellers plays Self (1 episode)
Phyllis Newman plays Mary Severance (1 episode)
Bernard Fox plays Jack (1 episode)
Olivia de Havilland plays Ellie Thompson (1 episode)
Barnard Hughes plays Lathrop Hyde (1 episode)
Redd Foxx plays Self - Pool Hustler (1 episode)
Stuart Whitman plays Steve (1 episode)
Leonardo Cimino plays Dino (1 episode)
Donald O'Connor plays Hermes (1 episode)
Ronnie Corbett plays Self (1 episode)
Lee Grant plays Laura (1 episode) , Ruth (1 episode)
Jason Robards plays Royal Earle Thompson (1 episode)
Dustin Hoffman plays J.J. Semmons (1 episode)
Harry Belafonte plays Self (1 episode)
Ruth White plays Geraldine (1 episode)
Carol Lynley plays Self (1 episode)
Laurence Olivier plays Self (1 episode)
Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham plays Self - Comedian (1 episode)
Carole Mathews plays Kay Bartlett (1 episode)
Conrad Nagel plays Mr. Mallory (1 episode)
Jerry Giesler plays Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Jackie Robinson
James Mason plays Otto Hoffman (1 episode)
Laurent Plancel
Crew of ABC Stage 67
Writing
Directing
Production
- Diahann Carroll
- Eddie Foy Jr.
- David Powers
- Lauren Bacall
- Geraldine Page
- Diana Sands
- Estelle Winwood
- Libby Morris
- Dick Shawn
- Michael Redgrave
- Maureen Pryor
- Dick Cavett
- Ricky Nelson
- Dorothy Stickney
- Katharine Houghton
- Robert Young
- Richard Haydn
- Alistair Cooke
- Ingrid Bergman
- Arlene Golonka
- Ben Johnson
- Rex Everhart
- Julie Felix
- John Forsythe
- Maurice Chevalier
- Donnie Melvin
- Lou Jacobi
- Dick Gregory
- Charmian Carr
- Peter Gennaro
- Reginald Gardiner
- Bob Lind
- Theodore Bikel
- Kay Walsh
- Robert Gerringer
- Anne Bancroft
- Arthur Kennedy
- Tippy Walker
- James Coco
- Joe Namath
- Albert Finney
- Peter Noone
- Lew Ayres
- Dina Merrill
- Honor Blackman
- Alan Arkin
- Godfrey Cambridge
- Brandon De Wilde
- Joanie Sommers
- Bobby Darin
- Lavinia Cassels
- Ronnie Schell
- Per Oscarsson
- Hugh Griffith
- Anthony Perkins
- Larry Gates
- Count Basie
- John Gielgud
- Moms Mabley
- Connie Stevens
- Will Mackenzie
- Joan Darling
- Dana Elcar
- Christine Marler
- Peter Robbins
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
- Leon Ames
- Jill Bennett
- Larry Blyden
- Danny La Rue
- Alan King
- Natalie Schafer
- James Broderick
- Fred Clark
- Vera Miles
- Hamilton Dyce
- Petula Clark
- Kenneth Connor
- George Kirby
- Hugh Franklin
- L.Q. Jones
- Tony Randall
- Peter Sellers
- Phyllis Newman
- Bernard Fox
- Olivia de Havilland
- Barnard Hughes
- Redd Foxx
- Stuart Whitman
- Leonardo Cimino
- Donald O'Connor
- Ronnie Corbett
- Lee Grant
- Jason Robards
- Dustin Hoffman
- Harry Belafonte
- Ruth White
- Carol Lynley
- Laurence Olivier
- Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham
- Carole Mathews
- Conrad Nagel
- Jerry Giesler
- Jackie Robinson
- James Mason
- Laurent Plancel