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==Select television credits== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! class="unsortable" | Date ! class="unsortable" | Network ! class="unsortable" | Length ! class="unsortable" | Series ! class="unsortable" | Detail |- | February 16, 1949 | ABC | 30 min. | ''Critic at Large'' | "Are Detective Stories Getting Better or Worse?"<br>Moderator [[John Mason Brown]]; guests Clifton Fadiman, Howard Haycraft, Rex Stout and [[J. Scott Smart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ctva.biz/US/TalkShow/CriticAtLarge.htm |title=Critic at Large (1948β49) |publisher=Classic TV Archive |access-date=2016-01-14}}</ref> |- | November 8, 1951 | [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]] | 30 min. | ''[[Crawford Mystery Theatre]]'' | "The Case of the Devil's Heart"<br>Mystery writers and other guests watch a 20-minute filmed episode of the 1947β48 series ''[[Public Prosecutor (TV series)|Public Prosecutor]]'' and guess the solution<br>Moderator [[Warren Hull]]; guest panelists Rex Stout, [[Glenn Langan]] and [[Betty Buehler]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ctva.biz/US/Crime/PublicProsecutor.htm |title=Public Prosecutor (1947β48), Crawford Mystery Theatre (1951β52) |publisher=Classic TV Archive |access-date=2016-01-14}}</ref> |- | December 9, 1956 | ABC | 90 min. | ''[[Omnibus (US TV series)|Omnibus]]'' | "The Fine Art of Murder" (40 minutes)<br>"A homicide as Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], [[Edgar Allan Poe]] [and] Rex Stout would variously present it" (''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808743,00.html?promoid=go |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210024132/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808743,00.html?promoid=go |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 10, 2008 |title=Program Preview |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=December 10, 1956 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=2015-03-22}}</ref><br>Cast: [[Alistair Cooke]] (host), [[Gene Reynolds]] (Archie Goodwin), Robert Eckles (Nero Wolfe), [[James Daly (actor)|James Daly]] (narrator), [[Dennis Hoey]] (Arthur Conan Doyle), Felix Munro (Edgar Allan Poe), [[Herb Voland|Herbert Voland]] ([[C. Auguste Dupin|M. Dupin]]), Jack Sydow, Rex Stout<ref>{{cite journal |date=December 8β14, 1956 |title=Omnibus: The Fine Art of Murder |journal=[[TV Guide (magazine)|TV Guide]] |page=A-18 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/omnibus/the-fine-art-of-murder/episode/794825/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;9 |title=The Fine Art of Murder |website=Omnibus |publisher=[[TV.com]] |access-date=2015-03-22 |archive-date=2008-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211013741/http://www.tv.com/omnibus/the-fine-art-of-murder/episode/794825/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;9 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title='Art of Murder' Steals Onto Omnibus Tonight |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2229&dat=19561209&id=DnEmAAAAIBAJ&pg=4265,2037648&hl=en |newspaper=Sunday Herald |location=Bridgeport, Connecticut |date=December 9, 1956 |access-date=2015-03-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Crosby |first=John |date=December 17, 1956 |title='Omnibus' Explores New TV Programming |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19561217&id=KSVSAAAAIBAJ&pg=7259,1226187&hl=en |newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times|St. Petersburg Times]] |access-date=2015-03-25 }}</ref><br>Writer [[Sidney Carroll]] received the 1957 [[Edgar Award]] for Best Episode in a TV Series<ref>[http://theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php Edgar Awards Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404232840/http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php |date=2019-04-04 }}; retrieved December 3, 2011</ref><br>Episode is in the collection of the Library of Congress (VBE 2397β2398)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/pickford/2000-archive.html |title=Archive of past screenings: 2000 Schedule |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=February 15, 2000 |website=[[Mary Pickford Theater]] |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=2015-03-21}}</ref> |- | February 3, 1957 | CBS | 60 min. | ''Odyssey'' | "The Baker Street Irregulars"<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,723801,00.html |title=Program Preview |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=February 4, 1957 |magazine=Time |access-date=2015-03-23}}</ref><br>A program devoted to Sherlock Holmes that includes the first look inside [[The Baker Street Irregulars]], with film of the organization's annual dinner January 11, 1957<br>Includes remarks by Stout, and a dramatization of "The Red Headed League" recorded at a special BSI meeting December 14, 1956, at Cavanagh's Restaurant, New York City<ref>{{cite book |title=The Baker Street Irregulars |last=Ebin |first=David |date=February 3, 1957 |publisher=[[WorldCat]] |oclc = 62689668}}</ref><br>Preserved on kinescope<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/trustees.html |title=Board of Trustees; Bill Vande Water |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=The Baker Street Irregulars Trust |access-date=2015-03-22}}</ref><br>Cast: [[Charles Collingwood (journalist)|Charles Collingwood]] (host), Rex Stout, [[Richard H. Hoffmann]], Edgar W. Smith, [[Red Smith (sportswriter)|Red Smith]], Michael Clarke Laurence (Sherlock Holmes), Donald Marye (Wilson), Harry Gresham (Hargreave)<ref name="RS Media">{{cite journal |last=McAleer |first=John |date=1989 |title=Rex Stout and the Media |url=http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/stout/author_media.htm#radio |journal=Rex Stout Journal |issue= 5 |location=Ashton, Maryland |publisher=Pontes Press |pages=41β44 |access-date=2015-03-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133000/http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/stout/author_media.htm#radio |archive-date=2015-04-02 }}</ref> |- | September 16, 1957 | CBS | 60 min. | ''[[Studio One (U.S. TV series)|Studio One]]'' | "First Prize for Murder"<br>At the annual banquet of the Mystery Writers of America, novelist Nathaniel Arch fails to appear to receive his award. A stranger shows up who is anxious to find the writer, who is suspected of murder.<br>Live drama by Phil Reisman, from an idea by [[John D. MacDonald]]<br>Cast: [[Darren McGavin]] (Johnny Quigg), [[Robert F. Simon|Robert Simon]], [[Barbara O'Neil]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Monday Evening Television Programs; Recommended |newspaper=Bristol Daily Courier-Times |location=Bristol, Pennsylvania |date=September 16, 1957 }}</ref> (Mrs. Cory), [[Jonathan Harris]] (Master of Ceremonies), [[Philip Coolidge]] (Severns), [[Colleen Dewhurst]], [[Larry Hagman]], [[Ross Martin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/StudioOne_10_%281957-58%29.htm |title=Westinghouse Studio One |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Classic TV Archive |access-date=2015-03-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Studio One β First Prize for Murder |last=Reisman |first=Phil |date=September 16, 1957 |publisher=WorldCat |oclc = 24005035}}</ref><br>Appearing as themselves are Rex Stout, [[George Harmon Coxe]], [[Brett Halliday]], Frances and [[Richard Lockridge]] and [[Georges Simenon]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/stout/author_media.htm#radio |title=Rex Stout Media Coverage |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=The Wolfe Pack |access-date=2015-03-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133000/http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/stout/author_media.htm#radio |archive-date=2015-04-02 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://thetrapofsolidgold.blogspot.com/2010/01/jdm-on-television-part-2.html |title=JDM on Television, Part 2 |last=Smith |first=Steve |date=January 22, 2010 |website=The Trap of Solid Gold |access-date=2015-03-24}}</ref> |- | April 5, 1959 | CBS | 30 min. | ''The Last Word'' | Cast: [[Bergen Evans]] (host), Rex Stout, editor [[Russell Lynes]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Some of Top Programs Coming Week |newspaper=Austin Daily Herald |location=Austin, Minnesota |date=April 4, 1959 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Rex Stout to Appear on 'Last Word' Today |newspaper=Racine Sunday Bulletin |location=Racine, Wisconsin |date=April 5, 1959 }}</ref> |- | September 2, 1969 | ABC | 60 min. | ''[[The Dick Cavett Show]]'' | [[Dick Cavett]]'s guests include Rex Stout<ref name="McAleer"/>{{Rp|495}} |- | 1973 | [[WTTW]] | 30 min. | ''Book Beat'' | "Book Beat On Tour"<br>Chicago journalist Robert Cromie records an interview with Stout at his home in Brewster, New York, on April 24, 1973<ref name="McAleer"/>{{Rp|509}}<br>Program airs on [[PBS|public television]] stations nationwide beginning in November 1973<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Saturday KERA Highlights |newspaper=[[Abilene Reporter-News]] |date=November 18, 1973 }}</ref> |}
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