Shower of Stars

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Series Directed by

Ralph Levy
(16 episodes, 1954-1958)
Seymour Berns
(12 episodes, 1954-1958)
Ralph Nelson
(1 episode, 1958)

Series Writing Credits

Ronald Alexander
(play) (1 episode, 1955)
Maxwell Anderson
(adaptation) (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
Maxwell Anderson
(teleplay) (1 episode, 1954)
Herbert Baker
(2 episodes, 1955)
Herbert Baker
(writer) (1 episode, 1955)
George Balzer
(4 episodes, 1955-1958)
George Balzer
(written by) (2 episodes, 1955-1958)
Karen DeWolf
(additional dialouge) (1 episode, 1955)
Charles Dickens
(by) (1 episode, 1955)
Charles Dickens
(story "A Christmas Carol") (1 episode, 1954)
Morton S. Fine
(1 episode, 1955)
Morris Freedman
(writer) (1 episode, 1954)
David Friedkin
(1 episode, 1955)
Hal Goldman
(writer) (20 episodes, 1955-1958)
Hal Goldman
(written by) (2 episodes, 1955-1958)
Hal Goldman
(20 episodes, 1955-1958)
Hal Goodman
(2 episodes, 1957-1958)
Hal Goodman
(writer) (1 episode, 1957)
Al Gordon
(writer) (20 episodes, 1955-1958)
Al Gordon
(20 episodes, 1955-1958)
Al Gordon
(written by) (2 episodes, 1955-1958)
Arthur Hopkins
(1 episode, 1955)
Hal Kanter
(1 episode, 1954)
George Kelly
(based on an one-act play by) (1 episode, 1956)
Milton Lazarus
(written by) (1 episode, 1955)
Milton Pascal
(writer) (1 episode, 1954)
Sam Perrin
(4 episodes, 1955-1958)
Sam Perrin
(written by) (2 episodes, 1955-1958)
Howard Snyder
(writer) (8 episodes, 1955-1957)
Howard Snyder
(13 episodes, 1955-1958)
Howard Snyder
(written by) (2 episodes, 1958)
Howard Snyder
(adapted for television by) (1 episode, 1955)
John Tackaberry
(writer) (2 episodes, 1956)
John Tackaberry
(adapted for television by) (1 episode, 1955)
George Manker Watters
(1 episode, 1955)
Hugh Wedlock Jr.
(writer) (8 episodes, 1955-1957)
Hugh Wedlock Jr.
(13 episodes, 1955-1958)
Hugh Wedlock Jr.
(written by) (2 episodes, 1958)
Hugh Wedlock Jr.
(adapted for television by) (1 episode, 1955)

Series Cast

William Lundigan
 Self - Host / ... 22 episodes, 1954-1958
Jack Benny
 Self / ... 19 episodes, 1955-1958
Art Gilmore
 Announcer / ... 10 episodes, 1954-1958
Mary Costa
 Self / ... 7 episodes, 1954-1957
Red Skelton
 Self / ... 6 episodes, 1955-1956
Fredric March
 Ebenezer Scrooge / ... 4 episodes, 1954-1956
Gary Crosby
 Eddie Davis / ... 4 episodes, 1955-1956
Bob Crosby
 Self 4 episodes, 1956-1958
Betty Grable
 Self / ... 4 episodes, 1954-1958
Ed Wynn
 Self 4 episodes, 1954-1958
Harry James
 Self 4 episodes, 1954-1955
Frankie Laine
 Self - Singer / ... 4 episodes, 1955-1956
Ethel Merman
 Self / ... 4 episodes, 1955
George Burns
 Self 3 episodes, 1956-1958
Basil Rathbone
 Marley's Ghost 3 episodes, 1954-1956
Bob Sweeney
 Bob Cratchit / ... 3 episodes, 1954-1956
Mel Blanc
 Self 3 episodes, 1957-1958
Van Johnson
 Self 3 episodes, 1957-1958
Jo Stafford
 Self 3 episodes, 1958
Barrie Chase
 Blonde starlet / ... 3 episodes, 1954-1955
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
 Self 3 episodes, 1955-1958
Georgia Gibbs
 Self / ... 3 episodes, 1955-1957
Shirley MacLaine
 Self 3 episodes, 1955-1956
Marilyn Maxwell
 Self 3 episodes, 1955
Tommy Sands
 Self 3 episodes, 1957-1958
Vincent Price
 Mr. Fitzgerald in Courtroom Skit / ... 3 episodes, 1957
Ray Middleton
 Fred / ... 2 episodes, 1954-1955
Christopher Cook
 Tiny Tim 2 episodes, 1954-1955
Sally Fraser
 Belle / ... 2 episodes, 1954-1955
Craig Hill
 Young Scrooge 2 episodes, 1954-1955
Queenie Leonard
 Mrs. Cratchit 2 episodes, 1954-1955
Rex Evans
 Solicitor 2 episodes, 1954-1955
Tony Pennington
 Solicitor's Companion 2 episodes, 1954-1955
Billy Griffith
 The Book Buyer 2 episodes, 1954-1955
Peter Miles
 Peter Cratchit 2 episodes, 1954-1955
Janine Perreau
 Belinda Cratchit 2 episodes, 1954-1955
Bonnie Franklin
 Susan Cratchit 2 episodes, 1954-1955
Judy Franklin
 Martha Cratchit 2 episodes, 1954-1955
Juney Ellis
 The Housekeeper 2 episodes, 1954-1955
David Rose and His Orchestra
 Themselves 2 episodes, 1955-1958
The Sportsmen Quartet
 Themselves 2 episodes, 1955-1958
Gene Nelson
 Self 2 episodes, 1954-1955
Edgar Bergen
 Self 2 episodes, 1954-1955
Charlie McCarthy
 Self - Ventriloquist's Dummy 2 episodes, 1954-1955
Mario Lanza
 Self 2 episodes, 1954
Rudy Vallee
 Self - Guest Vocalist / ... 2 episodes, 1955-1956
The Andrews Sisters
 Themselves 2 episodes, 1955-1956
Johnnie Ray
 Self 2 episodes, 1955-1956
Martha Tilton
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1955-1956
Gene Austin
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1955-1956
Ziggy Elman
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1955-1956
Lesley-Marie Colburn
 Dancer / ... 2 episodes, 1955-1956
F.E. Miller
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1955-1956
Dick Foran
 Harvey Howell / ... 2 episodes, 1955
Tony Martin
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1955
Bobby Van
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1955
Jack Oakie
 Self 2 episodes, 1955
Dan Dailey
 Self 2 episodes, 1955
Mary Healy
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1955
Betty Kean
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1955
James Burke
 Self 2 episodes, 1955
Peter Lind Hayes
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1955
Jane Kean
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 1955
Chiquita Johnson
 Self 2 episodes, 1958
Paul Weston
 Self 2 episodes, 1958
Don Bestor
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Ruth Hussey
 Agnes Carroll 1 episode, 1955
Janis Paige
 Janis Paige 1 episode, 1958
John Raitt
 John Raitt 1 episode, 1958
Edward Everett Horton
 Ed Hoffman 1 episode, 1955
Barbara Nichols
 Miss Kim O'Day 1 episode, 1958
Dennis Day
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Mary Wickes
 Lizzie 1 episode, 1955
Andy Devine
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Larry Keating
 W.J. Archer 1 episode, 1955
Paul Douglas
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Gil Frye
 Pierre the Head Waiter 1 episode, 1958
John Hoyt
 Principal Bob Wilson 1 episode, 1955
Johnny Green
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Glen Turnbull
 Eddie the Stage Manager 1 episode, 1958
Ronnie Burns
 Tommy Green 1 episode, 1955
Phil Harris
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Frank Sennes
 Frank Sennes 1 episode, 1958
Olive Sturgess
 Mia Caroll 1 episode, 1955
Glenn Ford
 Glenn Ford 1 episode, 1958
Sam Hearn
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Carol Leigh
 Joan Carroll 1 episode, 1955
George Hicks
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Janet Parker
 Ginger Carroll 1 episode, 1955
Joseph Kearns
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Mary Livingstone
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Mahlon Merrick
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Frank Nelson
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Frank Parker
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Robert Sabonjian
 Self - Mayor of Waukegan, Illinois 1 episode, 1958
Larry Stevens
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Ted Weems
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Don Wilson
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Charles Bagby
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Frank Remley
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Wayne Songer
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Sammy Weiss
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Sherry Jackson
 Terry 1 episode, 1954
Groucho Marx
 Self 1 episode, 1954
Jean Hagen
 Margaret 1 episode, 1954
Danny Thomas
 Self 1 episode, 1954
William Bishop
 Steve 1 episode, 1954
Rochelle Hudson
 Alice 1 episode, 1954
Rusty Hamer
 Rusty 1 episode, 1954
James Dunn
 Self 1 episode, 1954
Marvin Kaplan
 W. Somerset Kaplan 1 episode, 1954
Michael O'Shea
 Self 1 episode, 1954
Gil Stratton
 Self 1 episode, 1954
Eddie Mayehoff
 Self 1 episode, 1954
Joan Blondell
 Bonny 1 episode, 1955
Dan O'Herlihy
 Self - Actor 1 episode, 1955
Jeff Donnell
 Self - Actress 1 episode, 1955
William Frawley
 Gabby Mullins 1 episode, 1955
Vivian Vance
 Mrs. Mullins 1 episode, 1955
Cedric Hardwicke
 Self - Actor 1 episode, 1955
Marguerite Chapman
 Self - Cameo 1 episode, 1955
Tom Drake
 Self - Actor 1 episode, 1955
Mary Treen
 Cleaning lady in boarding house skit 1 episode, 1955
Pat O'Brien
 Self - Cameo 1 episode, 1955
Robert Sterling
 Self - Cameo 1 episode, 1955
Cynthia Chenault
 Self - Guest Vocalist 1 episode, 1955
Gracie Allen
 Self 1 episode, 1955
Joe Besser
 Self 1 episode, 1955
Sheila Bromley
 Self 1 episode, 1955
Fortunio Bonanova
 Opera Singer 1 episode, 1955
Joe Cranston
 Self 1 episode, 1955
Yma Sumac
 Opera Singer 1 episode, 1955
Kelly Brown
 Self - Performer 1 episode, 1955
Wally Boag
 Self - Performer 1 episode, 1955
Dickie Humphreys
 Self - Performer 1 episode, 1955
Mel Allen
 Self 1 episode, 1955
Jack Cathcart
 Self - Orchestra Leader 1 episode, 1955
Loyal Underwood
 Self 1 episode, 1955
Roger Wagner Chorale
 Themselves 1 episode, 1955
Harold Lang
 Self - Guest Vocalist 1 episode, 1955
Patti Wharton
 Lady Luck / ... 1 episode, 1955
Joan Druckenmiller
 Child Violinist 1 episode, 1955
Marguerite Piazza
 Dorothy Meadows 1 episode, 1955
Pat Rosemond
 Self 1 episode, 1955
Dick Brown
 Dancer 1 episode, 1955
Ray Arnett
 Self - Performer 1 episode, 1955
Elsa Lanchester
 Mrs. Zooker 1 episode, 1956
Rory Calhoun
 Self 1 episode, 1956
Rhonda Fleming
 Self 1 episode, 1956
Jane Russell
 Self 1 episode, 1956
Nanette Fabray
 Self 1 episode, 1956
Peggy Lee
 Mary Rigley 1 episode, 1956
Joe E. Brown
 Self 1 episode, 1956
Nelson Riddle
 Self 1 episode, 1956
Helen O'Connell
 Self 1 episode, 1956
Les Baxter
 Self 1 episode, 1956
Frankie Lymon
 Self 1 episode, 1956
Connie Haines
 Self 1 episode, 1956
Tex Williams
 Self 1 episode, 1956
Beryl Davis
 Self 1 episode, 1956
The Norman Luboff Choir
 Themselves 1 episode, 1956
Yvonne De Carlo
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Jayne Mansfield
 Jayne Mansfield / ... 1 episode, 1957
Julie London
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Fred MacMurray
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Joan O'Brien
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Carol Channing
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Tallulah Bankhead
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Liberace
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Herb Vigran
 Self - Policeman in Courtroom Skit 1 episode, 1957
The Lennon Sisters
 Themselves 1 episode, 1957
The Krofft Puppets
 Various Characters 1 episode, 1957
Robert B. Williams
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Reginald Gardiner
 Self - Surprise Visitor 1 episode, 1957
Kathy Lennon
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Peggy Lennon
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Janet Lennon
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Dianne Lennon
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Rod McKuen
 Self 1 episode, 1957
George Liberace
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Jimmie Rodgers
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Artie Auerbach
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Jean Durand
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Russell Trent
 Self 1 episode, 1957
The Lester Horton Dancers
 Themselves 1 episode, 1957
Jack Harmon
 Self 1 episode, 1957
Zsa Zsa Gabor
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Patty McCormack
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Hermione Gingold
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Gogi Grant
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Charles Cantor
 Self 1 episode, 1958
Bess Flowers
 Pioneer Woman (uncredited) 1 episode, 1954
Dick Elliott
 Fezziwig (uncredited) 1 episode, 1954
Jimmy Baird
 Boy (uncredited) 1 episode, 1954
Ezelle Poule
 Woman (uncredited) 1 episode, 1954
John Murphy
 The Lamplighter (uncredited) 1 episode, 1954
John Meek
 Boy With Goose (uncredited) 1 episode, 1954
Jack Albertson
 Bartender (uncredited) 1 episode, 1955
Paul Sand
 Self - dancer (uncredited) 1 episode, 1955
Thurl Ravenscroft
 Opera Singer (uncredited) 1 episode, 1955
Douglas Evans
 Gordon (uncredited) 1 episode, 1955
Diane Gump
 Model (uncredited) 1 episode, 1955
George Olsen
 Self (uncredited) 1 episode, 1958

Series Produced by

Ralph Levy
producer (16 episodes, 1954-1958)
Nat Perrin
producer (9 episodes, 1954-1955)
Cecil Barker
executive producer / producer (6 episodes, 1954-1958)
John F. Meyers
associate producer (6 episodes, 1955-1958)
Richard Fisher
associate producer (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
Jule Styne
supervising producer (2 episodes, 1955)
Seymour Berns
producer (1 episode, 1955)
James Starbuck
associate producer (1 episode, 1955)
Jack Langdon
assistant producer (1 episode, 1958)
Ralph Nelson
producer (1 episode, 1958)
Desi Arnaz
executive producer (uncredited) (31 episodes, 1954-1958)
Lucille Ball
executive producer (uncredited) (31 episodes, 1954-1958)

Series Music by

Lyn Murray
(3 episodes, 1956-1957)
Bernard Herrmann
(2 episodes, 1954-1955)
Milton Pascal
(2 episodes, 1954-1955)
Lud Gluskin
(1 episode, 1954)
Gordon Jenkins
(1 episode, 1954)
David Rose
(1 episode, 1955)
Jule Styne
(1 episode, 1955)

Series Cinematography by

George E. Diskant
(2 episodes, 1954-1955)

Series Editing by

Robert Fritch
(2 episodes, 1954-1955)

Series Art Direction by

Robert Tyler Lee
(8 episodes, 1955-1958)
Ralph Berger
(2 episodes, 1954-1955)
Albert M. Pyke
(2 episodes, 1954-1955)

Series Set Decoration by

Buck Henshaw
(3 episodes, 1955)
Edward G. Boyle
(2 episodes, 1954-1955)
George R. Nelson
(2 episodes, 1957-1958)
Dwight Gibson
(1 episode, 1957)

Series Costume Design by

George Whittaker
(3 episodes, 1957-1958)

Series Makeup Department

Karl Herlinger
makeup artist (2 episodes, 1954-1955)

Series Production Management

Lloyd Richards
production manager (2 episodes, 1954-1955)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

John F. Meyers
associate director (3 episodes, 1957-1958)
Jack R. Berne
assistant director (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
Howard A. Quinn
associate director (1 episode, 1958)

Series Sound Department

John C. Grubb
sound recordist (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
Earl B. Mounce
sound recording engineer (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
Robert Reeve
sound editor (2 episodes, 1954-1955)

Series Camera and Electrical Department

Leard Davis
lighting director (2 episodes, 1957)
Doug Morris
lighting director (2 episodes, 1958)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department

Kate Drain Lawson
costumer (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
Alvina Tomin
Mary Costa's gowns / gowns: Mary Costa (2 episodes, 1957-1958)

Series Editorial Department

Dann Cahn
editorial supervisor (2 episodes, 1954-1955)

Series Music Department

Lyn Murray
conductor / musical director (6 episodes, 1957-1958)
Lud Gluskin
musical director / music supervisor / musical direction (5 episodes, 1954-1958)
David Rose
music director / musical director / music arranged and conducted by / original songs (5 episodes, 1955-1958)
Maxwell Anderson
lyrics (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
Victor Bay
associate conductor (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
Leon Birnbaum
music editor (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
Bernard Herrmann
conductor (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
Roger Wagner
vocal supervisor (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
Buddy Bregman
orchestrations (2 episodes, 1955)
Milton Pascal
original songs / special music (2 episodes, 1955)
Norman Luboff
vocal arrangements / vocal direction (1 episode, 1955)
Mahlon Merrick
musical director (1 episode, 1955)
James Starbuck
musical staging (1 episode, 1955)
Jule Styne
music supervisor (1 episode, 1955)
Sid Kuller
special lyrics (1 episode, 1958)
Paul Salamunovich
choral singer (uncredited) (1 episode, 1954)

Series Additional Crew

Robert Colvin
technical director (4 episodes, 1955-1957)
Gene Nelson
choreographer / choreography (4 episodes, 1955)
Jack Langdon
assistant to the producer (4 episodes, 1957-1958)
Miriam Nelson
choreographer (3 episodes, 1955-1956)
Donald Saddler
choreographer (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
A.J. Cunningham
technical director (2 episodes, 1957-1958)
Jack Boyle
choreographer (2 episodes, 1958)
Robert Sidney
choreographer (1 episode, 1954)
Art Gilmore
announcer (1 episode, 1955)
Paul Godkin
choreographer (1 episode, 1955)
Harry King
choreography (1 episode, 1955)
James Starbuck
choreographer (1 episode, 1955)
Rod Alexander
choreographer (1 episode, 1957)
Jack Regas
choreographer (1 episode, 1957)
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