Peter Cookson, the Glossary
Peter Cookson (May 8, 1913 – January 6, 1990) was an American stage and film actor of the 1940s and 1950s.[1]
Table of Contents
67 relations: A Guy Named Joe, Actors Studio, Adventures of Kitty O'Day, And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird, Appointment with Adventure, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Beatrice Straight, Behind City Lights, Birth name, Bone tumor, Broadway Television Theatre, Can-Can (musical), Cole Porter, Cornell University, Detective Kitty O'Day, Don't Gamble with Strangers, Dorothy Payne Whitney, DuPont Show of the Month, Fear (1946 film), Four Winds (play), G. I. Honeymoon, Henry James, Investment banking, It's All Right with Me, Justice (1954 TV series), Kirkus Reviews, Leonard Knight Elmhirst, Lights Out (radio show), Los Angeles Times, Milwaukie, Oregon, NBC Matinee Theater, New Dramatists, Northridge, Los Angeles, Pasadena Playhouse, Patricia Neal, Peter W. Cookson Jr., Pneumonia, Rashomon (play), Robert Montgomery Presents, Seagulls Over Sorrento, Shadow of Suspicion, Southfield, Massachusetts, Star Tonight, Strange Confession, Strange Conquest, Studio One (American TV series), Suspense (American TV series), Swingtime Johnny, Telephone Time, The Billy Rose Show, ... Expand index (17 more) »
A Guy Named Joe
A Guy Named Joe is a 1943 American supernatural romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming.
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Actors Studio
The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights located on West 44th Street in Hell's Kitchen, New York City.
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Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Adventures of Kitty O'Day is a 1945 American comedy mystery film directed by William Beaudine and starring Jean Parker, Peter Cookson and Tim Ryan.
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And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird
And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird is a 1991 American comedy film written and directed by Tony Cookson in his feature directorial debut.
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Appointment with Adventure
Appointment with Adventure is an American dramatic anthology television program that was broadcast from April 3, 1955, until April 1, 1956, on CBS.
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Armstrong Circle Theatre
Armstrong Circle Theatre is an American anthology drama television series which ran from June 6, 1950, to June 25, 1957, on NBC, and from October 2, 1957, to August 28, 1963, on CBS.
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Beatrice Straight
Beatrice Whitney Straight (August 2, 1914 – April 7, 2001) was an American theatre, film and television actress and a member of the prominent Whitney family.
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Behind City Lights
Behind City Lights is a 1945 American crime film directed by John English and written by Richard Weil and Gertrude Walker.
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Birth name
A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth.
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Bone tumor
A bone tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue in bone, traditionally classified as noncancerous (benign) or cancerous (malignant).
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Broadway Television Theatre
Broadway Television Theatre is a one-hour syndicated television anthology series produced by WOR-TV in New York City.
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Can-Can (musical)
Can-Can is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and a book by Abe Burrows.
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Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter.
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Cornell University
Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York.
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Detective Kitty O'Day
Detective Kitty O'Day is a 1944 American comedy mystery film directed by William Beaudine and starring Jean Parker, Peter Cookson and Tim Ryan.
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Don't Gamble with Strangers
Don't Gamble with Strangers is a 1946 American crime drama film.
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Dorothy Payne Whitney
Dorothy Payne Elmhirst (Whitney, previously Straight; January 23, 1887 – December 14, 1968) was an American-born social activist, philanthropist, publisher and a member of the prominent Whitney family.
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DuPont Show of the Month
DuPont Show of the Month was a 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961.
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Fear (1946 film)
Fear is a 1946 American low-budget film noir directed by Alfred Zeisler and produced by Monogram Pictures.
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Four Winds (play)
Four Winds is a 1953 thriller play by the British writer Alex Atkinson.
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G. I. Honeymoon
G.I. Honeymoon is a 1945 film directed by Phil Karlson.
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Henry James
Henry James (–) was an American-British author.
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Investment banking
Investment banking is an advisory-based financial service for institutional investors, corporations, governments, and similar clients.
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It's All Right with Me
"It's All Right with Me" is a popular song written by Cole Porter, for his 1953 musical Can-Can, where it was introduced by Peter Cookson as the character Judge Aristide Forestier.
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Justice (1954 TV series)
Justice is an American drama television series about lawyers with The Legal Aid Society of New York City that aired on NBC from April 8, 1954, to March 25, 1956.
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Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviews is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus.
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Leonard Knight Elmhirst
Leonard Knight Elmhirst (6 June 1893 – 16 April 1974) was a British philanthropist and agronomist who worked extensively in India.
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Lights Out (radio show)
Lights Out is an American old-time radio program devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Milwaukie, Oregon
Milwaukie is a city mostly in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States; a very small portion of the city extends into Multnomah County.
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NBC Matinee Theater
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from October 31, 1955, to June 27, 1958.
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New Dramatists
New Dramatists is an organization of playwrights founded in 1949 and located at 424 West 44th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in the Hell's Kitchen (Clinton) neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
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Northridge, Los Angeles
Northridge is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles.
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Pasadena Playhouse
Pasadena Playhouse is a Tony Award-winning historic performing arts venue located 39 S. El Molino Avenue in Pasadena, California.
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Patricia Neal
Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal; January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen.
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Peter W. Cookson Jr.
Peter W. Cookson Jr. (born November 17, 1942) is an American sociologist, academic, and author.
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Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli.
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Rashomon (play)
Rashomon is the name of several different stage productions, all ultimately derived from works by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.
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Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American drama television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950, until June 24, 1957.
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Seagulls Over Sorrento
Seagulls Over Sorrento is a 1954 British war drama film made by the Boulting brothers based on the play of the same name by Hugh Hastings.
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Shadow of Suspicion
Shadow of Suspicion is a 1944 American comedy crime film directed by William Beaudine and starring Marjorie Weaver, Peter Cookson and Tim Ryan.
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Southfield, Massachusetts
Southfield is a village located at the junction of Norfolk and East Hill Roads within the town of New Marlborough in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Star Tonight
Star Tonight, an American television anthology series, aired on ABC from February 3, 1955, to August 9, 1956.
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Strange Confession
Strange Confession is a 1945 noir-mystery horror film, and is the fifth installment in The Inner Sanctum Mysteries anthological film series, which was based on the popular radio series of the same name.
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Strange Conquest
Strange Conquest is a 1946 American drama film directed by John Rawlins and written by Roy Chanslor.
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Studio One (American TV series)
Studio One is an American anthology drama television series that was adapted from a radio series.
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Suspense (American TV series)
Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to 1954.
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Swingtime Johnny
Swingtime Johnny is a 1944 American comedy musical film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews and Laverne Andrews.
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Telephone Time
Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958.
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The Billy Rose Show
The Billy Rose Show, aka Billy Rose's Playbill, is a 30-minute American dramatic anthology series produced by Jed Harris.
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The Girl Who Dared
The Girl Who Dared is a 1944 American mystery film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by John K. Butler.
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The Heiress (1947 play)
The Heiress is a 1947 play by American playwrights Ruth and Augustus Goetz adapted from the 1880 Henry James novel Washington Square.
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The Innocents (play)
The Innocents is a play written by William Archibald that premiered on Broadway in 1950 and was revived in 1976.
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The Millionaire (TV series)
The Millionaire is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1955 to 1960.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American television anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955.
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The Right Honourable Gentleman
The Right Honourable Gentleman is a 1962 play by Michael Dyne, first staged in 1964.
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The Scarlet Horseman
The Scarlet Horseman is a 1946 American Western film serial from Universal Pictures.
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The United States Steel Hour
The United States Steel Hour is an anthology series which brought hour-long dramas to television from 1953 to 1963.
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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.
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Theatre World Award
The Theatre World Award is an American honor presented annually to actors and actresses in recognition of an outstanding New York City stage debut performance, either on Broadway or Off-Broadway.
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Tony Award for Best Play
The Tony Award for Best Play (formally, an Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award given to the best new (non-musical) play on Broadway, as determined by Tony Award voters.
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Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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Washington Square (novel)
Washington Square is a novel written in 1880 by Henry James about a father's attempts to thwart a romance between his naïve daughter and the man he believes wishes to marry her for her money.
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Whitney family
The Whitney family is a formerly prominent American family descended from non-Norman English immigrant John Whitney (1592–1673), who left London in 1635 and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts.
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Willamette River
The Willamette River is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow.
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Willard Dickerman Straight
Willard Dickerman Straight (January 31, 1880 – December 1, 1918) was an American investment banker, publisher, reporter, diplomat and by marriage, a member of the Whitney family.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cookson
Also known as Cookson, Peter.
, The Girl Who Dared, The Heiress (1947 play), The Innocents (play), The Millionaire (TV series), The New York Times, The Philco Television Playhouse, The Right Honourable Gentleman, The Scarlet Horseman, The United States Steel Hour, The Web (1950 TV series), Theatre World Award, Tony Award for Best Play, Variety (magazine), Washington Square (novel), Whitney family, Willamette River, Willard Dickerman Straight.