Wednesday, August 21, 2013

LEAGUE OF THEMSELVES - HUBBELL ROBINSON



 

AS SEEN IN:
'You'll Never Get Rich'
"Bilko's TV Pilot"


SYNOPSIS:
Hubbell Robinson showed an interest in casting Private Duane Doberman as a comic sidekick in a CBS Western, but was horrified by the pilot directed by Sgt. Bilko.


For a concise biography, click here.

From the Classic TV History Blog (link to the left)
Hubbell Robinson [was] a former CBS executive who was shown the door when the network veered away from the dramatic anthologies that he had championed.  Robinson landed at Revue, the bustling television company run by MCA, where he produced segments for the prestigious 'Sunday Showcase'.  In 1960, the cult classic 'Thriller' went out under Robinson’s banner, and he sold '87th Precinct' the following year.  


Robinson has an entry in the "Encyclopedia of Televsion Volume 1" and you can read his pages here.



BCnU!

1 comment:

Mike Doran said...

Hubbell Robinson was a real CBS bigwig of that time, but in the Bilko episode that's Alexander Scourby playing him.

I guess the real Hubbell Robinson wasn't right for the part ...