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Omnibus - Full Cast & Crew

  • 1952-1961
  • 8 Seasons
  • CBS
  • Drama, Documentary, Music
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Starting out as a live show from New York City, "Omnibus" was hosted by Alastair Cooke and featured everything from discussions about science and the arts, to original works by such playwrights as William Saroyan, interviews with celebrated people both inside and outside the arts, and featured performances by many of the most famous actors, singers, and dancers of the day.

Actor

20 Credits
Alistair Cooke
Self - Host, Narrator (segment: Requiem), Self - commentary
Leonard Bernstein
Self, Self (segment "Beethoven's Fifth Symphony"), Self - Conductor (segment "Messiah"), Self - Conductor (segment "The Art of Conducting"), Self - Conductor (segment), Self - Conductor and Commentator, Self - Conductor and Commentator (segment "Introduction to Modern Music"), Self - Conductor and Commentator (segment "The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach"), Self - Musician (segment "The Jazz World"), Self - Musician (segment)
Joseph N. Welch
Self - Narrator, Self - Presenter (segment), Self - Commentator (segment: The Trial of Lizzie Borden), Self - Lawyer (segment "Boyhoods - Joseph N. Welch"), Self - Presenter (segment "One Nation"), Self - Presenter (segment "With Liberty and Justice for All")
Helen Hayes
(segment "Irish Linen"), (segment: The Christmas Tie) (segment: Drug Store, Sunday Noon), (segment: The Twelve Pound Look), Bessie Arlington, Bessie Arlington (segment: A Christmas Tie), Mom (segment "Mom and Leo", Mrs. Dearth (segment), Mrs. Howard V. Larue III, Mrs. Kirby (segment: The Happy Journey), Self - Reader (segment "Mary's Baby"), Self - Storyteller (segment: Mother Goose)
Martin Gabel
Narrator, Narrator (segment "Lincoln Part V: Ann Rutledge"), Narrator (segment "Mr. Lincoln"), Narrator (segment: Lincoln Part I: The End and the Beginning), Narrator (segment: Lincoln Part III: Growing Up), Narrator (segment: Lincoln Part IV: New Salem), Narrator (segment: Lincoln, Part II: Early Boyhood)
James Daly
(segment "Henry Adams"), (segment), (segment: My Heart's in the Highlands), Colonel Billy Mitchell (segment "The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell"), General Robert E. Lee (segment), Narrator (segment "The Fine Art of Murder"), St. Clare (segment "Uncle Tom's Cabin")
Burgess Meredith
(segment "The Sea of Winslow Homer"), (segment "The Virtuous Island"), Avon Horsley Jr. (segment: A Christmas Tie), Everyman (segment: Everyman), Narrator (segment "Excursion House"), Self - Interviewer
Joanne Woodward
Ann Rutledge (segment "Lincoln Part V: Ann Rutledge"), Ann Rutledge (segment "Mr. Lincoln"), Ann Rutledge (segment: Lincoln Part I: The End and the Beginning), Ann Rutledge (segment: Lincoln Part III: Growing Up), Ann Rutledge (segment: Lincoln Part IV: New Salem), Ann Rutledge (segment: Lincoln, Part II: Early Boyhood)
Royal Dano
Abraham Lincoln (segment "Lincoln Part V: Ann Rutledge"), Abraham Lincoln (segment "Mr. Lincoln"), Abraham Lincoln (segment: Lincoln Part I: The End and the Beginning), Abraham Lincoln (segment: Lincoln Part III: Growing Up), Abraham Lincoln (segment: Lincoln Part IV: New Salem), Abraham Lincoln (segment: Lincoln, Part II: Early Boyhood)
Crahan Denton
Tom Lincoln (segment "Lincoln Part V: Ann Rutledge"), Tom Lincoln (segment "Mr. Lincoln"), Tom Lincoln (segment: Lincoln Part I: The End and the Beginning), Tom Lincoln (segment: Lincoln Part III: Growing Up), Tom Lincoln (segment: Lincoln Part IV: New Salem), Tom Lincoln (segment: Lincoln, Part II: Early Boyhood)
Bert Lahr
(segment "Moliere's School for Wives"), Androcles, Arnolphe, Chief Ranger, Mr. Collins, Narrator, Painter (segment: Vive!), Self - Performer (segment "The Big Wheel")
Jessica Tandy
(segment "Minds over Manners"), (segment "The Better Half"), Blanche Du Bois (segment "Courtship"), Jackie (segment: Glory in the Flower), Louisa Catherine Johnson (segment "John Quincy Adams"), Self - Reader (segment "Children's Books")
Hume Cronyn
(segment "Minds over Manners"), (segment "The Better Half"), Bartender (segment: Glory in the Flower), Harold Mitchell (segment "Courtship"), John Quincy Adams (segment "John Quincy Adams"), Self - Reader (segment "Children's Books")
Bud Palmer
Commentator (segment "The Fastest Game of All"), Narrator (segment "Skull Session"), Narrator (segment: Almost All about Horses), Self - Introduction (segment "Gymnastics"), Self - Introduction (segment "Sugar Ray Robinson Visits Stillman's Gym"), Self - Introduction (segment "The Harlem Globetrotters")
Cyril Ritchard
(segment "The Virtuous Island"), (segment "Three Sketches"), (segment: The Twelve Pound Look), Don Andres, Sir Joseph Porter (segment)
Jonathan Harris
(segment "Let There Be Farce"), (segment: The Trial of Anne Boleyn), Courcelles, Matey (segment)
Martyn Green
(segment "H.M.S. Pinafore"), (segment), Judge (segment: Trial by Jury), Ko-Ko (segment: The Mikado), Lob (segment)
Harry Townes
(segment "One Nation Indivisible"), Edward Noyes (segment "The Great Forgery"), James Madison (segment "One Nation"), Woodrow Wilson, segment "The Gambler, the Nun and the Radio")
Christopher Plummer
(segment), (segment: The Trial of Lizzie Borden), Oedipus (segment "Oedipus, the King"), Thomas Mendip
Bramwell Fletcher
(segment "One Nation"), Coll (segment "The Second Shepherds' Play"), Earl of Kent (segment), Mr. Coade (segment)