%The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (1956-57) satarring Wally Cox
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The Classic TV Archive - US Comedy Series
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
Episode Guide
version 1.0 December 2002
compiled
by
The Classic TV Archive
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/2950/

with contributions by:
John King, New York

references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)

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THE ADVENTURES OF HIRAM HOLLIDAY
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California National Productions
an NBC Film Presentation
for
NBC (Wednesdays 8:00pm EST)
sponsors - Jello and Sanka Coffee
Bases on Stories Created by Paul Gallico
Produced/ Directed/ Written by Philip Rapp
Associate Producer Robert Stillman
Music by Raoul Kraushaar

US comedy series 1956-57 26 plus episodes x 30 min bw
US release date 3Oct56

starring
Wally Cox as Hiram Holliday
Ainslie Pryor as Joel Smith

Premise:
In this mid-'50s comedy, Wally Cox plays Hiram Holliday, a shy proofreader
for a New York newspaper who surprises everyone with an array of hidden
abilities, including fencing, piloting and art forgery. Along with a
reporter (Ainslie Pryor), Cox embarks on amazing adventures around the
world.

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NBC Wednesday 8:00 pm Eastern

[01] Hiram Holliday: ATTACHE CASE
03Oct56 NBC

[02] Hiram Holliday: LAPIDARY WHEEL
10Oct56 NBC

[03] Hiram Holliday: FALSE MONARCH
17Oct56 NBC
guest cast:
Richard Aherne .... Earl
Angela Greene .... Queen of Rovakia
Thurston Hall .... Harrison Prentice
John Wengraf .... King's Aide

[04] Hiram Holliday: THE HOLLOW UMBRELLA
24Oct56 NBC
8Aug60 BBC UK Mon 6.50pm
An innocent in Paris finds himself part of a high-wire act.

[05] Hiram Holliday: THE SEA CUCUMBER
31Oct56 NBC
9Aug60 BBC UK Tue 6.50pm
Hiram is looking for an unusual sea plant, but a band of
international spies suspects him of other aims.

[06] Hiram Holliday: GIBRALTER ROAD
07Nov56 NBC
10Aug60 BBC UK Wed 6.50pm
Scotland Yard, gypsies, and the British Army are all involved
when the invincible Hiram studies wild life on the Rock of
Gibralter.

[07] Hiram Holliday: MONACO HERMIT CRAB
14Nov56 NBC

[08] Hiram Holliday: HAWAIIAN HAMZAH
21Nov56 NBC

[09] Hiram Holliday: SWISS TITMOUSE
28Nov56 NBC

[10] Hiram Holliday: WRONG REMBRANT
5Dec56 NBC

[11] Hiram Holliday: DANCING MOUSE
12Dec56 NBC
11Aug60 BBC UK, Thur 6.50pm
A Japanese mouse leads Hiram a merry dance through a fairground
in Genoa.

[12] Hiram Holliday: CHRISTMAS IN VIENNA
19Dec56 NBC

[13] Hiram Holliday: ROMANTIC PIGEON
26Dec56 NBC

[14] Hiram Holliday: STURMZIG CUNIEFORM
02Jan57 NBC Wed
12Aug60 BBC UK, Fri 6.50pm
a California National presentation filmed for NBC/NBC, Inc.
producer, Philip Rapp
director, William J. Hole
writer, Richard Powell.
Editors, Fred Feitshaus, Bruce B. Pierce
photography, Lester Schorr
music, Raoul Kraushaar.
Starring: Wally Cox, with Ainslie Pryor
Guest Cast:
Thurston Hall, Hillevi Rombin, Kenneth Alton,
Harold Dyrenforth, Kurt Katch.
Synopsis 1:
Holliday is in Sturmzig, a strategically important nation in which
a new king is to be chosen. Holliday thwarts the nefarious schemes
of the evil Baron; but is inadvertantly chosen king. After he defeats
the Baron and his henchman, he abdicates.
Synopsis 2:
On a visit to a small European State, Hiram, wins both a crown
and a queen, but rejects them in favor of an ancient engraved
tablet.
Contents: Commercials: Jell-o -- Sanka.


[15] Hiram Holliday: MOROCCAN HAWK MOTH
09Jan57 NBC

[16] Hiram Holliday: UNKISSED BRIDE
16Jan57 NBC

[--] 23Jan57 - no details

[17] Hiram Holliday: SHIPWRECKED ANCESTOR
30Jan57 NBC

[--] 06Feb57 - no details

[18] Hiram Holliday: ERSATZ JOEL
13Feb57 NBC

[19] Hiram Holliday: HIRAM'S HOLIDAY
20Fe77b57 NBC Wed

[20] Hiram Holliday: MISGUIDED MISSILE
27Feb57 NBC Wed
California National presentation filmed for NBC
producer, Philip Rapp
director, George Cahan
writer, Phil Rapp.
Photography, Lester Schorr.
Cast/perfomers: Wally Cox, Stanley Adams, Lita Milan, Marcel Rousseau.
Synopsis:
Hiram switches identities with a French scientist in an attempt to
keep the secret of the first Earth satellite from foreign agents.
Contents: Commercials: Sanka.
(Final NETWORK show of series)

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This series received shabby treatment by the network [NBC]
Here are some details on the episodes NOT broadcast on the network.
Air dates are first run New York via WPIX (ch 11). [JK]
             
   [21] Hiram Holliday: PASTO DURO
  230ct59 first run New York via WPIX (ch 11).
 
   [22] Hiram Holliday: THE ADVENTURE OF THE VANISHING HOUSE
30Oct59 first run New York via WPIX (ch 11).
A band of criminals intend to enter the Bank of France through
    a secret tunnel in a nearby house.

   [23] Hiram Holliday: THE ADVENTURE OF THE SURPLUS GENERAL 
11Dec59 first run New York via WPIX (ch 11).
    When the King of Borokavia is imprisoned by his archenemy,
    Hiram comes in disguise to rescue him.

   [24] Hiram Holliday: THE ADVENTURE OF THE DIAMOND EATER
18Dec59 WPIX (ch.11) New York
19Apr66 BBC UK, Tue 5pm
Produced and Directed by Philip Rapp
Written by Richard Powell
Associate Producer Robert Stillman
guest cast:
Lita Milan
Stanley Adams
John O'Malley
Ben Wright
other credits:
Director of Photography Lester Shorr
Production Designed by Arthur Lonergan
Supervising Film Editor Fred Feitshans
Asistant Director Robert G. Vreeland
Film Editor Bruce B. Pierce, A.C.E.
Sound Jack Goodrich
Wardrobe Frank Tauss, Maria Donovan
Make-up Webster Phillips
Script Supervisor John Franko
Property Master Tom Colehan
Music Supervision Raoul Kraushaar
Fencing Master Fred Cavens
Casting Director Lynn Stalmaster
Special Effects by Jack Rabin, Louis De Witt
Copyright MCMLVII California National Productions
RCA Sound Recording
An NBC Film Presentation
a California National Production
    A French scoundrel poses as a Hindu potentate and tries to
    claim his weight in tributary diamonds.

   [25] Hiram Holliday: AMONTILLADO     
Unaired on NBC Network   

   [26] Hiram Holliday: THE ADVENTURE OF THE INVISIBLE MAN
Unaired on NBC Network

[27] Hiram Holliday: THE SURPLUS GENERAL
Unaired on NBC Network

[--] "Amsterdam."

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