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Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
1

First episode date
  
3 October 1952

Network
  
NBC

Genre
  
Anthology

3.9/10
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Original language(s)
  
English

Original network
  
NBC

Final episode date
  
11 September 1953

Number of seasons
  
1

Language
  
English

Original release
  
October 3, 1952 – September 11, 1953

Similar
  
The Philco Television Playhouse, The Alcoa Hour, DuPont Show of the Month, Climax!, Kraft Television Theatre

Gulf Playhouse, also known as Gulf Playhouse: 1st Person and First Person Playhouse, was an American anthology series that aired on Friday nights from 1952–53 on NBC. Originally conceived as a standard live dramatic anthology series, it was later redeveloped as a summer replacements series whose anthology stories were now told as seen through the "eye" of the camera. The actors in each episode would talk to the camera as if it were a person, animal or object.

The series ran for twenty-four episodes with stars that included Rod Steiger, Tony Randall, Kim Stanley, Eddie Bracken, Ward Bond, Wendell Corey, and Kim Hunter. The show's sponsor was Gulf Oil, and it was produced and directed by Frank Telford. Among its other directors was Arthur Penn.

References

Gulf Playhouse Wikipedia