The Name of the Game (1968)
Plot.
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Irving
Executive Producer / Director
Norman Lloyd
Producer
Gene Barry
Glenn Howard
Leslie Stevens
Producer / Director / Writer
David Victor
Producer
Susan Saint James
Peggy Maxwell
Robert Stack
Dan Farrell
Dean Hargrove
Producer / Writer
Anthony Franciosa
Jeff Dillon
Boris Sagal
Producer / Director
Ben Murphy
Joe Sample
George Eckstein
Producer
Cliff Potts
Andy Hill
Jo De Winter
Helena
Mark Miller
Ross Craig
Michael Bow
Albert
Anne Baxter
Betty-Jean Currier
Barry Shear
Director
John Llewellyn Moxey
Director
Nicholas Colasanto
Director
Sutton Roley
Director
Lamont Johnson
Director
Seymour Robbie
Director
Marvin J. Chomsky
Director
Steven Spielberg
Director
Leo Penn
Director
Alvin Ganzer
Director
John Newland
Director
Harvey Hart
Director
Robert Day
Director
Don Taylor
Director
Alexander Singer
Director
Michael Caffey
Director
Herbert Kenwith
Director
Marc Daniels
Director
Ben Gazzara
Director
William A. Graham
Director
Lawrence Dobkin
Director
James Neilson
Director
Richard A. Colla
Director
Oscar Rudolph
Director
Don McDougall
Director
Daniel Petrie
Director
Ralph Senensky
Director
Abner Biberman
Director
Earl Schwarz
Sound
Dick Nelson
Writer
Anthony Spinner
Story / Writer
William Link
Writer
Henry Slesar
Writer
Mark Rodgers
Writer / Story
Robert L. Collins
Writer
Richard Levinson
Writer
Anthony Skene
Writer
Steven Bochco
Writer
Robert Buckner
Writer
John McGreevey
Writer
Barry Oringer
Writer
Philip DeGuere Jr.
Writer
Jack Turley
Writer
Ronald Austin
Writer
Gilbert Ralston
Writer
Gene L. Coon
Writer
Philip Wylie
Writer
David P. Harmon
Writer
Sy Salkowitz
Writer
Margaret Armen
Writer
Ed Adamson
Writer
Robert E. Thompson
Story
Walter Brough
Story
Tim Kelly
Writer
Harold Livingston
Writer
Luther Davis
Writer
Carol Sobieski
Writer
Herman Groves
Writer
Robert M. Young
Writer
Eric Peters
Writer
Richard H. Landau
Writer
Robert Soderberg
Story
Arthur Weingarten
Writer
Irv Pearlberg
Writer
Richard Neubert
Writer
Richard Alan Simmons
Writer
Alvin Sapinsley
Writer
Shimon Wincelberg
Writer
Don Brinkley
Writer
James D. Buchanan
Writer
James M. Miller
Writer
William D. Gordon
Writer
Marion Hargrove
Writer
William Shatner
Peter
JoAnna Cameron
Carole Crown
Peter Falk
Lewis Corbett
Orson Welles
Narrator
Robert Webber
William McKendricks
Claudine Longet
Lianne Jevret
Jeanne Crain
Mrs. McKendricks
John Payne
Russ (FBI Agent)
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Mira Retzyk
Joan Hackett
Jean Thorndyke
Ruth Roman
Bea Decker
Joseph Campanella
Charles Thorndyke
Victor Jory
Victor Foss
Burl Ives
Arthur Jellicoe
Dana Elcar
Hood
Bradford Dillman
Earl Keith
Paul Mantee
Father Minetti
Lois Nettleton
Ruth Prochek
Laraine Day
Grace Jellicoe
Alan Oppenheimer
Harvey
John Saxon
Peter Max
Nina Foch
Angela Morgan
Paul Lukas
Baron Vincennes
Robert Loggia
Arnold
Don Gordon
Art Panadero
Senta Berger
Mariette Bern
Martin Balsam
Herb Witmer
Noah Keen
Bob Miley
Troy Donahue
Norman Hoak
Julie Sommars
Barbara Ellis
John Agar
Bert Walker
Laraine Stephens
Lorraine Farrell
Josephine Hutchinson
Millie Farrell
Cloris Leachman
Vera Walker
Shannon Farnon
Phyllis Hoak
Victoria Paige Meyerink
Nancy Farrell
Anne Francis
Carol Sherman
Kevin McCarthy
Carter Haines
Geraldine Brooks
Evelyn Smith
John van Dreelen
Deist
Juliet Prowse
Aja Fowler
Gary Collins
Sheriff Beal
Gypsy Rose Lee
Rosetta Stewart
Simon Scott
Harbald
Ed Begley
Gabe Sobel
Kathie Browne
Vicky
Cesare Danova
Alfieri
Louis Jourdan
Mario Lompardi
Harvey Lembeck
Jack Stephens
Dana Wynter
Countess Lompardi
Robert Young
Herman Allison
Ralph Meeker
Senator Goddard
Glenda Farrell
Woman
Jessica Walter
Linda Ramsey
Farley Granger
Hoagland Walters
Suzanne Pleshette
Geneva Rogers
Sean Garrison
Buck Hambleton
Lloyd Bochner
Tom Ramsey
Ricardo Montalban
Father Bernard Torres
Martha Hyer
Billie Ramsey
Ken Renard
William
Adrienne Marden
Judge Davidson
Lloyd Kino
Coroner
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Emilio Fazio
Pete Duel
Andrei Chernin
Bethel Leslie
Miss Haggblad
Roddy McDowall
Philip Saxon
Susan Oliver
Tatiana Czaleynokis
Boris Karloff
Mikhail Orlov
Richard Jaeckel
Malchek
Louise Sorel
Marie Fazio
Lilia Skala
Madame Orlov
June Allyson
Joanne Robins
Darren McGavin
Sam Hardy / Jesse Gil McCray
Scott Brady
Marty Lench
Kevin Coughlin
Sonny
Veronica Cartwright
Nancy Robins
Arch Johnson
Sgt. Cook
Ed Peck
Capt. Charles Stein
Raymond St. Jacques
Lieutenant Ross Cutler
Herb Jeffries
W.B. Keys
Abbey Lincoln
Claudia Lee
D'Urville Martin
Carlton
Albert Popwell
Chagga
Susan Strasberg
Cheryl Bridges
Jeff Morrow
Col. Malcolm Parks / Dr. Wallace
Andrew Prine
Jigger
Nancy Ames
Louise Hahn
Don Stroud
Lincoln Bridges
Jack Klugman
Art Trager / Frank Dovnik
Mel Tormé
Mort Binder
Harry Dean Stanton
Joe Joe
Richard Van Vleet
Hal Martin
Ivan Dixon
John X. Lee / Mayor Conway 'Connie' Walker
Clive Clerk
Tino Torres
Harry Guardino
Raul Oliva
Simon Oakland
Luis Fierro
Robert Lansing
Fred Martin
Clu Gulager
Bill Danziger / Steve Heywood
Ann Blyth
Kay Martin
Nancy Kovack
Linda Mathews
Fritz Weaver
Col. Walter Scharz
Gia Scala
Renata Marino
Ray Danton
Pietro Bertelli
Gene Evans
Sgt. Ernest Maxwell
Jason Wingreen
Hammond / District Attorney Hammond
Richard Webb
Col. Warren Travis
Steve Ihnat
Ralph Hoak / Capt. Oliver
Vera Miles
Tracy Cannon / Marisa Cummings
Bernie Hamilton
Doc Cullen
Dina Merrill
Nancy Devlin
Larry D. Mann
Max Korbell
Jordan Christopher
Bruce Roxton
Bo Svenson
G.B. Mosbie
Jackie DeShannon
Leora
Larry Storch
Norman Turley / James Kelso
Dane Clark
Bill Oliver / Brian Smith
Paul Fix
Old Bob / Judge O'Connor
Grace Lee Whitney
Suzette
Donald Sutherland
Jerry Trevor
Tisha Sterling
Niobe Redsmith / Alice Ward
Paul Winfield
Barada
Robert Goulet
Dr. Claude Evenhauer
Carol Lawrence
Janice Ridgely
David Brian
Elton Wakefield
Harold J. Stone
Harry Mudd
Jack Carter
Ernie Cori / Bill Crail
Pierre Jalbert
Dr. Nieves
Brandon De Wilde
Bobby Currier
Julie Harris
Verna Ward
Lonny Chapman
Ralph Currier
Stephen McNally
Ed Brock / Albert Lang
Stanley Adams
Mr. Stephens
Burr DeBenning
Harry Ward
Estelle Winwood
Henrietta Tate / Hester Collins
Anne Helm
Maria Ward
Whit Bissell
Wainwright / Donald Merrick
Edmond O'Brien
John Bergman
Edward Andrews
Milton Spencer
Severn Darden
Cameron
Sidney Blackmer
Roman Stepanak / Clarence Dunhill
Felice Orlandi
Angelito Fidel
Paul Stewart
Dr. Rubias
Louise Latham
Helen Bigelow
Regis Cordic
Chairman Walt
Michael C. Gwynne
Dr. Parker
Keenan Wynn
Ed Wallaby / Lester
Gloria Manon
Dr. Arnold
Stuart Nisbet
Dr. Simmons
Jay C. Flippen
Grover / Zack Witten
Geoffrey Lewis
Bates
Joan Crawford
Committee Member (uncredited)
Shirley Jones
Jackie Harding
Roscoe Lee Browne
Wamumba
Alan Caillou
Graham
Ossie Davis
Kubani
Jonathan Hole
Victor Masters
Craig Huebing
Russo
Janet MacLachlan
Nicole
Van Johnson
Sullivan / Jack Newell
James McEachin
Jackson / Henderson
John Marley
Frank Chaney
Frank Marth
Carl Lund
Barry Nelson
Frank Sandler
Sharon Farrell
Sandrelle / Jesse Boone
Arthur O'Connell
Charlie Sherwin
Ed Asner
Cesare Marino / Vince Leonard
Lorraine Gary
Carla Frazier
Peter Mark Richman
Robert Coates / Latimer
Jack Kelly
Frank Fowler / Creighton Howell
William Windom
D.W. / Charlie Ross
Broderick Crawford
Harry Ricco / Wolf Lang / Bianchi
Jack Hogan
Richter
David Opatoshu
Arthur Serokin / Anartha
Honor Blackman
Bethany Cromwell
Maurice Evans
Harold Wyler
Brian Bedford
Anthony Malcolm
Murray Matheson
Dave Rogers
Anthony Caruso
Eddie Clark
Eric Christmas
Alfred Crammidge
Lester Matthews
Sir Winston More
Patrick O'Moore
Lord Lansdale
Richard Peel
Martin Ross
Steve Forrest
Colonel Walter Royce / Sheriff A.J. Ward
Nigel Davenport
David Windom
Peter Davies
Stephen Grey
Carla Borelli
Lisa Bertelli / Priscilla
Laurence Naismith
Reddington
James Robertson Justice
Fitzwilliam
George Murdock
Dr. George Bertrand / Sergeant Joe Ames
Janice Rule
Madeline Grey
Michael Anderson Jr.
Bobby
Norman Fell
Winston Polk
Percy Rodriguez
Reston
Russ Tamblyn
John Earl
Sal Mineo
Sheldon
Henry Jones
George / The Reverend Mr. McKim
George O'Hanlon
Manager
Michele Carey
Evelyn 'Evvy' Trager
Denny Miller
Bill 'Beau' Beauregard
John Kerr
Father Billy Keaton / Stuart Clark
Coleen Gray
Sylvia Trager
Charles Boyer
Henri Jarnoux
Vernon Dobtcheff
Dedushko
Craig Stevens
Lang Roberts
Pernell Roberts
Hank
Shelly Novack
Russ Dickson / Sergeant Mike Wojcik
Davey Davison
Julie Witten
Dorothy Lamour
Stella Fisher
Rafael Campos
Quito Mendares
James Whitmore
Dr. Harry Roarke
Barry Sullivan
Sen. Creston Collins / Dane Bigelow
Strother Martin
Nanyface
Marsha Hunt
Claudia Loring
David Sheiner
Lieutenant Martinez / Colonel Bandar
Michael Larrain
Greg Roarke
Jan Sterling
Elsa Roarke
Dennis Weaver
Walter Grayson
Sándor Szabó
Professor Zorkin
Diane Baker
Elaine Brennan
Phyllis Kirk
Edith
Karen Black
Monica Garrison
Sue Ane Langdon
Harriet
Sandra Gould
Bonnie
Hal Holbrook
Mayor John Adrian
Diana Hyland
Lisa Adrian
Joanna Barnes
Ardith Williams
Charles Drake
Tom Laraby
Robert DoQui
Sergeant Ollie O'Neill
Ron Hayes
Captain James Wynn
Ida Lupino
Monique Madison
Roy Jenson
Dillon's Interrogator
Jill Townsend
Jackie Buchanan
Jill St. John
Michelle Howell
Kaz Garas
Sheriff Finnegan
Rod Cameron
Esau Billings
John Colicos
Rafael
William Conrad
Arnold Wexler / Director
John Ireland
Mel Wexler
Gene Raymond
Sen. Reeland
Barbara Werle
Roberta
Antoinette Bower
Katherine Benning
Barry Atwater
Sheriff Lucas
Edward G. Robinson Jr.
Carl Rodenski
Ina Balin
Thalia
Nico Minardos
Nikos
Tim O'Connor
Callahan
Celeste Holm
Irene Comdon
Herbert Anderson
Roger Dall
Lee Meriwether
Bridget
Hazel Court
Miss Playfair
Michael Walker
Mark
Yvonne De Carlo
Mrs. Levene
Rudy Vallee
Myron Lesser
Matt Clark
Frankie / Harris
Edward Everett Horton
Philip Armistead
Irene Tsu
Miss Takashima
Michael Ansara
Ben Kaliman
Anna Navarro
Amelia / Madame Bandar
Warren Stevens
Charles Lawrence
H.M. Wynant
Colonel Mara
Gloria Grahame
Madame Noh
Robert Carricart
Colonel Kraton
David Carradine
Jason Blake
Tom Bosley
Charlie Reid
Lee Grant
Edwina Booker
Jacqueline deWit
Mattie
Yaphet Kotto
Wyman Jackson
Nehemiah Persoff
Ambassador
Albert Paulsen
Benitez
Hermione Gingold
Vivian Forsyte
Arthur Hill
Councilman Gerald Brighton
Michael Callan
Tommy Crail
Brenda Scott
Angela Dean
William Smithers
Dave Martin
Charlie Picerni
Parker
Len Wayland
Priest / Officer
Gavin MacLeod
Lewie Franklin
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 20, 1968
StatusEnded
Seasons3
Episodes76
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
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Wiki.
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack, which aired from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes each. The show was a wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The program had the largest budget of any television series at that time.
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