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Father Knows Best is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin. The series, which began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six seasons and 203 episodes.
Father Knows Best: Created by Ed James. With Robert Young, Lauren Chapin, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray. The popular radio show comes to life in this hit sitcom about a wise family man, Jim Anderson, his common-sense wife Margaret and their children Betty, Bud and Kathy.
- (2.7K)
- 1954-10-03
- Comedy, Family
- 30
Jan 14, 2005 · The beloved series "Father Knows Best" — which, since first airing a little more than 50 years ago, has become a lightning rod for questions of cultural and social values of the 1950s — almost didn't make it to a second season. The series, which debuted on CBS at 10 p.m. Eastern Time, Sunday, Oct. 3, 1954, did not do well in the ratings.
Father Knows Best, which began life as a radio series in 1949, evolved into a CBS television sitcom in 1954. An archetypal representation of 1950s ideals of family life, it came to be regarded as an important influence on American family values.
The brainchild of producer Eugene Rodney and series star Robert Young (who played Jim Anderson, a salesman for the General Insurance Company), Father Knows Best debuted as a radio sitcom in 1949. The series was transplanted to CBS television on 3 October 1954.
Nov 29, 2019 · Born February 22, 1907, in Chicago, Robert actually got his start on the big screen, appearing in more than 100 films between 1931 and 1962, largely in “B” movies which were shot quickly...
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Aug 1, 2023 · Father Knows Best (1954 - 1960): The popular radio show comes to life in this hit sitcom about a wise family man, Jim Anderson, his common-sense wife Margaret, and their children Betty, Bud, and Kathy.
