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Quiz about From Big Screen To Small Screen

From Big Screen To Small Screen Quiz

In a prior quiz I dealt with actors who had graduated from TV to movies. Here, the quiz deals with actors who followed movie careers with roles in TV series.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
64,326

Updated
Jun 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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7580

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Question 1 of 10

1. Fred MacMurray and Bing Crosby both followed up fine movie careers with TV series. In each series the TV wife was played by the same actress. Who was she? Hint

Polly Bergen

Sheree North

Julie Adams

Beverly Garland

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Question 2 of 10

2. George Montgomery and Stuart Whitman both went from movie careers to TV Westerns. What word occurred in the title of both Western series? Hint

'Gold'

'Cimarron'

'Rifle'

'West'

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Question 3 of 10

3. Sam Jaffe and Raymond Massey also followed movie careers with TV series. What roles did they play? Hint

Doctors

Teachers

Lawyers

Politicians

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Question 4 of 10

4. John Payne and Rory Calhoun both ended up in TV series of the same type. What type was it? Hint

Variety Show

Sitcom

Drama

Western

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Question 5 of 10

5. Barbara Stanwyck followed a huge career in movies with a starring role in a TV Western. Where did her fictional Western family live? Hint

California

Nevada

Arizona

Texas

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Question 6 of 10

6. Ward Bond followed his movie career with a starring role in 'Wagon Train'. Who was his co-star in the series? Hint

Eric Fleming

Robert Horton

John Ericson

Gardner McKay

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Question 7 of 10

7. Robert Taylor - one-time spouse of Barbara Stanwyck - also went from movies to a TV series. What role did he play? Hint

Policeman

Restaurant Owner

Musician

Newspaperman

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Question 8 of 10

8. Walter Brennan capped a fine movie career with a role in a tv series. Who was his co-star? Hint

Dennis Weaver

Richard Crenna

Edgar Buchanan

Jack Kelly

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Question 9 of 10

9. Boris Karloff didn't act in a TV series - but he served as the 'host' for at least one. Which show was it? Hint

'Thriller'

'Way Out'

'One Step Beyond'

'Outer Limits'

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Question 10 of 10

10. Ronald Reagan was the host of this TV Western. Hint

'Lawman'

'Death Valley Days'

'26 Men'

'Dakotas'

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Fred MacMurray and Bing Crosby both followed up fine movie careers with TV series. In each series the TV wife was played by the same actress. Who was she?

Answer: Beverly Garland

Garland played Barbara to MacMurray's Steve in 'My Three Sons'. She also played Bing's wife in 'The Bing Crosby Show'.

2. George Montgomery and Stuart Whitman both went from movie careers to TV Westerns. What word occurred in the title of both Western series?

Answer: 'Cimarron'

Montgomery starred in 'Cimarron City'. Whitman starred years later in 'Cimarron Strip'.

3. Sam Jaffe and Raymond Massey also followed movie careers with TV series. What roles did they play?

Answer: Doctors

Jaffe played Dr. Zorba to Vince Edward's Ben {Casey;} Massey played Dr. Gillespie to Richard Chamberlain's Dr. Kildare. (Jaffe was fine in 'Asphalt {Jungle';} Massey was terrific in 'Abe Lincoln in Illinois'.)

4. John Payne and Rory Calhoun both ended up in TV series of the same type. What type was it?

Answer: Western

Calhoun - true to form - followed a mostly Western movie career with the starring role in 'The Texan'. Payne starred in 'The Restless Gun'.

5. Barbara Stanwyck followed a huge career in movies with a starring role in a TV Western. Where did her fictional Western family live?

Answer: California

The powerful Barkley family lived in Stockton, California. (The other great Western family, the Cartwrights of 'Bonanza', lived in Nevada.)

6. Ward Bond followed his movie career with a starring role in 'Wagon Train'. Who was his co-star in the series?

Answer: Robert Horton

Horton was a good-looking guy with a fine voice who never made it big. Fleming starred in 'Rawhide'. Ericson was with Anne Francis in 'Honey West'. McKay starred in 'Adventures in Paradise'.

7. Robert Taylor - one-time spouse of Barbara Stanwyck - also went from movies to a TV series. What role did he play?

Answer: Policeman

He was the head of 'The Detectives'.

8. Walter Brennan capped a fine movie career with a role in a tv series. Who was his co-star?

Answer: Richard Crenna

The show was 'The Real McCoys'. Buchanan was Judge Roy Bean. Kelly was Bart Maverick.

9. Boris Karloff didn't act in a TV series - but he served as the 'host' for at least one. Which show was it?

Answer: 'Thriller'

'As sure as my name is Boris Karloff, this will be a thriller.'

10. Ronald Reagan was the host of this TV Western.

Answer: 'Death Valley Days'

'Dakotas' was an early role for Chad Everett.

Source: Author robert362

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