Colonel Humphrey Flack
| Colonel Humphrey Flack | |
|---|---|
| Also known as |
''The Fabulous Fraud The Adventures of Colonel Flack The Imposter'' |
| Directed by |
John Rich Seymour Robbie |
| Starring |
Alan Mowbray Frank Jenks |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of episodes |
39 (original DuMont run) 78 (total) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network |
DuMont (1953-1954) Syndication (1958-1959) |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | October 7, 1953 – 1959 |
Colonel Humphrey Flack is an American sitcom which ran Wednesdays at 9pm ET from October 7, 1953 to July 2, 1954 on the DuMont Television Network, then revived from 1958 to 1959 for first-run syndication.[1]
The series also aired under the titles The Fabulous Fraud, The Adventures of Colonel Flack, and The Imposter.
Overview
The series is about a con man who conned other conmen, who gave some of the money to the needy. Colonel Humphrey Flack starred prolific British actor Alan Mowbray as the Colonel, and Frank Jenks as his sidekick, Uthas P. ("Patsy") Garvey. The TV series was based on a popular series of short stories by Everett Rhodes Castle published in The Saturday Evening Post.
The pilot for the series aired on May 31, 1953 on an episode of the ABC Album/Plymouth Playhouse.[2]
When the series was revived in 1958, it was retitled Colonel Flack. The 39 episodes (all remakes of the original 39 episodes) aired from October 5, 1958 to July 5, 1959 in syndication.[3] The syndicated programs were made by Desilu Productions and featured Mowbray and Jenks in their original roles.[4]
Episode status
At least 12 episodes of the DuMont series are in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive[5] and two episodes are at the Paley Center for Media.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- 1953-54 United States network television schedule
References
- ↑ CTVA entry
- ↑ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 943. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
- ↑ epguides.com: Colonel Flack
- ↑ Erickson, Hal (1989). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-7864-1198-8. P. 56.
- ↑ UCLA archive entry
Bibliography
- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1
External links
- Colonel Humphrey Flack at the Internet Movie Database
- List of episodes of original DuMont run
- List of episodes at CTVA
- Opening credits at YouTube
- DuMont historical website