FATHER KNOWS BEST


October 3, 1954 - May 23, 1960
CBS & NBC Situation Comedy - 203 Episodes

Cast:

Jim Anderson:   Robert Young
Margaret Anderson:   Jane Wyatt
Betty Anderson:   Elinor Donahue
Bud Anderson:   Billy Gray
Kathy Anderson:   Lauren Chapin
Miss Thomas, Jim's secretary:   Sarah Selby
Claude Messner, Bud's friend:   Jimmy Bates
Kippy Watkins, Bud's friend:   Paul Wallace
Joyce Kendell, Bud's girlfriend:   Roberta Shore
Ralph Little, Betty's boyfriend:   Robert Chapman
Ed Davis, neighbor:   Robert Foulk
Myrtle Davis, neighbor:   Vivi Jannis
Dottie Snow, Betty's friend:   Yvonne Lime
Hubert Armstead, principal:   Sam Flint
April Adams:   Sue George
Max Perkins:   Robert Paget
Doyle Hobbs:   Roger Smith

607 South Maple Street, Springfield.
The dreams, ambitions and frustrations of the Anderson family:
Jim, manager of the General Insurance Company; his wife
Margaret; and their children, Betty, Bud, and Kathy.

Every evening Jim would come home from the office, take off
his sports jacket, put on his comfortable sweater, and
deal with the everyday problems of a growing family.



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