Four Star Television - California 1964

Beautifully engraved certificate from the Four Star Television Company. This historic document was printed by the Jeffries Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of of a woman in a studio with a Television Camera and the company's logo. This item has the printed signatures of the Company's President, Thomas McDermott and is over 46 years old. Folded from original mailing.




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Four Star Television was founded by Charles Boyer, Thomas McDermott, David Niven and Dick Powell.

FOUR STAR TELEVISION included:

Four Star Playhouse (1952-56) hosts Dick Powell, Ida Lupino, David Niven, Charles Boyer

Richard Diamond, Private Detective (4 Star)(1957-60) starring David Janssen

The David Niven Show (4 Star/NBC)(Summer 1959) host David Niven

The Detectives (4 Star)(1959-62) Robert Taylor

The DuPont Show (4Star) (1959-61) hosted by June Allyson

Michael Shayne (4 Star)(1960-61) starring Richard Denning

Dante (4 Star))(1960-61) starring Howard Duff

The Law and Mr. Jones (4 Star)(1960-62) starring James Whitmore

The Corruptors (4 Star) (1961-62) starring Stephen McNally

The Dick Powell Show (4 Star) (1961-63) anthology series, host Dick Powell

Saints and Sinners (4Star) (1962-63) starring Nick Adams & John Larkin

The Lloyd Bridges Show (4 Star/CBS)(1962-63) host Lloyd Bridges

The Rogues (4Star) (1964-65) David Niven, Charles Boyer, Gig Young

Burke's Law (4 Star)(1963-65) / Amos Burke, Secret Agent (1965-66) Gene Barry

Honey West (4 Star/ABC)(1963-65) starrng Anne Francis & John Ericson



FOUR STAR TV Western series Guide

Zane Grey Theater Four Star for CBS 1956-60 156 episodes x 30 min bw western anthology series hosted by Dick Powell Features Pilots for "Trackdown","The Rifleman" & "The Westerner"

Trackdown Four Star for CBS 1957-59 pilot + 70 episodes x 30 min bw cast Robert Culp ................ Hoby Gilman Ellen Corby ........... Henrietta Porter Norman Leavitt ................... Ralph Pilot featured in "Zane Grey Theater" Adventures of an 1870's Texas Ranger.

Black Saddle imdb / episode guide Four Star for ABC 1958-59 44 episodes x 30 min bw cast Peter Breck ................ Clay Culhane Russell Johnson ....... Marshal Gib Scott Anna Lisa .................. Nora Travers A gunfighter turned lawyer tours the southwest after the Civil War.

Wanted - Dead or Alive Four Star/ Malcolm for CBS 1958-60 98 episdes x 30 min bw (colorized in 1990's) starring Steve McQueen ............. Josh Randall Pilot featured in 'Trackdown' Adventures of a western bounty hunter. Pilot featured in "Trackdown"

The Rifleman Four Star / Sussex for ABC 1958-63 168 episodes x 30 min bw cast Chuck Connors .......... Lucas McCain (1958-63) Johnny Crawford ......... Mark McCain (1958-63) Paul Fix ..... Marshal Micah Torrance (1958-63) Joan Taylor ........ Miss Milly Scott (1960-62) Patricia Blair .......... Lou Mallory (1962-63) Bill Quinn ... Sweeney, the bartender (1958-63) Hope Summers .......... Hattie Denton (1958-63) Harlan Warde ... Banker John Hamilton (1958-62) Joe Higgins ............ Nils Swenson (1961-63) Ralph Moody ............. Doc Burrage (1961-63)

Pilot featured in "Zane Grey Theatre".

Johnny Ringo Four Star for CBS 1959-60 38 episodes x 30 min bw produced by Aaron Spelling cast Don Durant ................ Johnny Ringo Karen Sharpe .............. Laura Thomas Mark Goddard ..................... Cully Terence de Marney .......... Case Thomas

Law of The Plainsman Four Star / Cardiff for NBC 1959-60 30 episodes x 30 min bw cast Michael Ansara ... Deputy U.S.Marshal Sam Buckhart Dayton Lummis .............. Marshal Andy Morrison Gina Gillespie ........................ Tess Logan Nora Marlowe ..................... Martha Commager Robert Harland ............... Deputy Billy Jordon

The Westerner Four Star / Winchester for NBC 1960 pilot + 13 episodes x 30 min bw executive producer Hal Hudson producer Sam Peckinpah cast Brian Keith ............ Dave Blassingame John Dehner .............. Burgundy Smith Henry A. Gobble .................. Digger Marie Selland ..................... Jenny Jimmy Lee Cook Pilot featured in 1959 episode of 'Zane Grey Theatre'

Stagecoach West Four Star / Hilgarde production for ABC 1960-61 38 episodes x 60 min bw cast Wayne Rogers ................ Luke Perry Robert Bray ................. Simon Kane Richard Eyer ................ David Kane James Burke ................ Zeke Bonner

The Big Valley Four Star/Margate for ABC Levy-Garner-Laven production 1965-69 112 episodes x 60 min color 5 seasons cast Barbara Stanwyck ..... Victoria Barkley Richard Long ............ Jarod Barkley Peter Breck ...............Nick Barkley Lee Majors .......................Heath Linda Evans ............. Audra Barkley

FOUR STAR Comedy series Guide

Hey, Jeannie (4 Star)(1956-57) starring Jeannie Carson

Mr Adams And Eve (4 Star) (1957-58) starring Ida Lupino & Howard Duff

The Tom Ewell Show (4 Star)(1960-61) starring Tom Ewell & Marilyn Erskine

Peter Loves Mary (4 Star)(1960-61) starring Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy

Mrs G. Goes To College (4Star)(1961-62) starring Gertrude Berg

McKeever And The Colonel (4 Star)(1962-63) starring Scott Lane & Allyn Joslyn

Ensign O'Toole (4 Star)(1962-63) starring Dean Jones

The Smother Brothers Show (half-hour sitcom) (4Star)(1965-66)

History from OldCompany.com (old stock certificate research service).