Pete and Gladys
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Bob Fisher
Larry Rhine
Bob Schiller
Bob Weiskopf
Devery Freeman
James V. Kern
Sidney Lanfield
| Pete and Gladys | |
|---|---|
 Harry Morgan and Cara Williams from Pete and Gladys (1960) | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Parke Levy |
| Written by | Alan Lipscott Bob Fisher Larry Rhine Bob Schiller Bob Weiskopf Devery Freeman |
| Directed by | Leslie Goodwins James V. Kern Sidney Lanfield |
| Starring | Harry Morgan Cara Williams |
| Theme music composer | Parke Levy Lee Wainer |
| Ending theme | Wilbur Hatch |
| Composers | Jerry Goldsmith Wilbur Hatch Lucien Moraweck Carl Brandt |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 72 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Parke Levy (1961–1962) |
| Producers | Parke Levy (1960–1961) Devery Freeman (1961–1962) |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | El Camino Productions CBS Television Network |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 18, 1960 – September 10, 1962 |
| Related | |
| December Bride | |
Pete and Gladys is an American television sitcom starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams that aired on CBS every Monday at 8:00 pm Eastern and Pacific time for two seasons, beginning on September 19, 1960. The last episode was broadcast on September 10, 1962.
One of CBS television's most popular and highly rated sitcoms of the 1950s, December Bride, starred Spring Byington and co-starred Harry Morgan as next-door neighbor Pete Porter. Pete spent most of his time complaining about his scatterbrained wife Gladys, who was unseen to viewers. In this spin-off series, Gladys emerges as the gorgeous redhaired comedienne Cara Williams. Pete is an insurance salesman, and the happy couple resides in Westwood, California.
Besides leading-man Peter, another carryover from December Bride during the first season was the character of Hilda Crocker (Verna Felton), a close equivalent of I Love Lucy's Ethel Mertz; she appeared in 23 episodes. Frances Rafferty, another December Bride veteran, appeared in seven episodes of Pete and Gladys as Nancy (a different character from her role in the original series). Barbara Stuart had a recurring first-season role as Gladys' friend Alice, and Ernest Truex appeared in six episodes as Gladys' widowed father, "Pop".[1]
Guest stars
- Jack Albertson
- Norman Alden
- Morey Amsterdam
- Eleanor Audley
- Raymond Bailey
- Majel Barrett
- Bea Benaderet
- Whitney Blake
- Willis Bouchey
- Frank Cady
- Harry Cheshire
- Richard Deacon
- Fifi D'Orsay
- Donna Douglas
- Gale Gordon
- Sandra Gould
- Sterling Holloway
- Ron Howard
- Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
- Marty Ingels
- Ted Knight
- Nancy Kulp
- Charles Lane
- Nan Leslie
- Howard McNear
- Carole Mathews
- Strother Martin
- Doris Packer
- Sue Randall
- Cesar Romero
- Sig Ruman
- Reta Shaw
- Doris Singleton
- Olan Soule
- Will Wright
Reception
Pete and Gladys never made it into the Nielsen ratings top 30 during the course of its primetime run. After it ceased production, it was repeated as part of the CBS weekday-morning line up. It aired at 11:30 am EST for two years from October 1, 1962 to October 2, 1964.
Williams was nominated for a 1962 Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by a Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She lost to veteran Shirley Booth of NBC's Hazel.
