Behind Closed Doors (1958 TV series)
Behind Closed Doors is an American spy drama television series.An anthology series, Behind Closed Doors each week depicted international intrigue and Western counterespionage incidents during the Cold War.[1][2] United States Navy Commander Matson both hosts the series and appears as a character in some of its episodes.Harry Ackerman, then vice-president of Screen Gems, created Behind Closed Doors.[3]: 50 The episodes of Behind Closed Doors are based on the files of Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias, who served in the United States Navy from 1912 to 1946 and spent a 25-year career in naval intelligence,[1][2] culminating in a tour as the Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence.
Bruce GordonSam GalluScreen GemsEllis M. Zacharias1958–59 television seasonWesterncounterespionageCold WarUnited States NavyCommanderRear AdmiralHarry Ackermannaval intelligenceDeputy Director of Naval Intelligenceexecutive producerLiggett & Myers Tobacco CompanyDick Powell's Zane Grey TheatrePat BooneEastern TimePaul WendkosPaul MonashsubmarineFloridaCape CanaveralJoe MarossJacques AubuchonPeter WhitneyBill HenryVirginia ChristineKathleen O'Malleypersistent vegetative stateSoviet Unionguided missileFrancis LedererJohn WengrafArline SaxJack KruschenGene RothGerd OswaldUnited Nationsnuclear weaponsLondonRussian languageUniversity of OxfordReginald GardinerLester MatthewsAlexander RamatiSoviet Air ForcelieutenantKenneth TobeyJim BannonMelinda ByronDouglas EvansRichard Tregaskisjet engineSam BuffingtonBek NelsonIrving WallaceUnited States GovernmentJudith EvelynDenver PyleStewart BradleyRuth TerryRuth LeeIllinoisNike Herculesnuclearsurface-to-air missileCaptainJohn DoucetteRalph ClantonWilliam BryantAngela GreeneWilliam QuinnLos AngelesCaliforniaRobert KnappJeanne BairdWalter MaslowAlan CaillouSoviet NavyAlbaniaUnited States Sixth Fleet1958 Lebanon crisisJames BestMyron HealeyFrancis DeSalesBoris SagalCzechoslovakiacommunist governmentFlorence MarlyJohn BannerIsraeliCommunistHusseinJordanGovernment of JordanRichard WebbZiva RodannJohn SuttonAbraham SofaerGeorge KeymasCharles BennettYugoslaviasculptorJeanette SterkeFerdy MayneCarl DueringEric PohlmannGlyn OwenScotlandRobert AyresDermot WalshEdwin RichfieldRichard ShawRichard CaldicotfencingWest GermanyCarl EsmondRichard JaeckelCorey AllenhashishLebanonMiddle EastnarcoticsFrank Gerstle