The Web (1950 TV series)
The Web is an American dramatic anthology series that aired live on CBS for four seasons from July 11, 1950, to September 26, 1954.The program was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman, and was narrated by Jonathan Blake.[3] Among the future stars who appeared on The Web are: Other notable television and film actors whose careers were either launched or furthered by appearing on the series: Wesley Addy, Denise Alexander, Robert Allen, Joseph Anthony, Bertha Belmore, Donald Buka, Don Briggs, Peter Capell, Richard Carlyle, Audrey Christie, Clay Clement, Nancy Coleman, Jerome Cowan, James Daly, James Darren, Diana Douglas (married to Kirk and mother to Michael), Mildred Dunnock, Robert Emhardt, Hugh Franklin, Jack Grimes, Preston Hanson, Russell Hardie, Will Hare, Jonathan Harris, Vinton Hayworth, Duke of Iron, George Ives, Conrad Janis, Edith King, Phyllis Kirk, Richard Kollmar, Charles Korvin, Berry Kroeger, Anna Lee, Audra Lindley, Lynn Loring, Gene Lyons, John Marley, Catherine McLeod, Meg Mundy, John Newland, Peter Pagan, Neva Patterson, Robert Pastene, John Randolph, Rex Reason, George Reeves, Maria Riva (daughter of Marlene Dietrich), Anthony Ross, Polly Rowles, Herbert Rudley, Alfred Ryder, Mary Sinclair, Howard Smith, Warren Stevens, Haila Stoddard, Mary Stuart, Murvyn Vye, Richard Webb, Roland Winters and noted television theme composer Morton Stevens (composed Hawaii Five-O (1968) theme and others).Joseph Anthony, John Baragrey, Whit Bissell, Sidney Blackmer, Ray Boyle, John Connell, Peter Cookson, Jerome Cowan, Pat Crowley, James Daly, Charles Dingle, Mildred Dunnock, Betty Field, Paul Ford, Tamara Geva, Don Hanmer, Russell Hardie, Tom Helmore, Peter Hobbs, Anne Jackson, Edith King, Paul Langton, Jane Morgan, Lenka Peterson, William Redfield, Edmon Ryan, Alfred Ryder, Anne Seymour, Ann Shoemaker, Mary Sinclair, Edgar Stehli, Haila Stoddard, Beatrice Straight, Reba Tassell, Richard Webb, Patricia Wheel, Christine White, Perry Wilson Wesley Addy, Joseph Anthony, Joseph Barbera as Joseph Roland, Arthur Batanides, Harry Bellaver, Sidney Blackmer, Alan Coe Bunce, Norman Burton, Frank Campanella, Connie Clausen, Patricia Collinge, Russell Collins, Ben Cooper, Joan Copeland, Adrienne Corri, Jerome Cowan, James Daly, Robert Dryden, Mildred Dunnock, Stephen Elliott, Bramwell Fletcher, Constance Ford, Virginia Gilmore, John Hamilton, Russell Hardie, Dean Harens, Michael Higgins, John Hudson, Martin Kosleck, Berry Kroeger, Wesley Lau, Audra Lindley, Alexander Lockwood, Joan Lorring, Joe Maross, Carmen Mathews, Darren McGavin, John McLiam, Eli Mintz, Dennis Patrick (as Dennis Harrison), Lloyd Richards, Robert F. Simon, Mary Sinclair, Howard St. John, Robert Sterling, Warren Stevens, Harry Townes, Richard Webb, Patricia Wheel, Perry Wilson, Bill Zuckert as William Zuckert A review of the premiere episode in the trade publication Variety called The Web "a fair whodunit".[16] It complimented the work of actors Robert Pastene, John Shay, and Anna Minot and "good production touches", including use of the camera as the 12th juror in a trial.