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.
Certificate Vignette
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)
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