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'''''Biff Baker, U.S.A.''''' is a forgotten [[United States|American]] half-hour crime drama that aired twenty-six episodes on [[CBS]] [[television]] from November 6, 1952, to March 26, 1953, and again in syndication for five weeks in the fall of 1954.<ref name=ctva>{{cite web|url=http://ctva.biz/US/Spy/BiffBakerUSA.htm|title=''Biff Baker, U.S.A.''|publisher=Classic TV Archives|accessdate=April 29, 2020}}</ref> The program stars Alan Hale, Jr. (1921-1990) as a [[Cold War]] spy posing as an import-export dealer. Randy Stuart (1924-1996) plays Louise Baker, his wife and partner in spying, usually behind the [[Iron Curtain]].
'''''Biff Baker, U.S.A.''''' is a forgotten [[United States|American]] half-hour crime drama that aired twenty-one episodes on [[CBS]] [[television]] from November 6, 1952, to March 26, 1953, and again in syndication for five weeks in the fall of 1954.<ref name=ctva>{{cite web|url=http://ctva.biz/US/Spy/BiffBakerUSA.htm|title=''Biff Baker, U.S.A.''|publisher=Classic TV Archives|accessdate=April 29, 2020}}</ref> The program stars Alan Hale, Jr. (1921-1990) as a [[Cold War]] spy posing as an import-export dealer. Randy Stuart (1924-1996) plays Louise Baker, his wife and partner in spying, usually behind the [[Iron Curtain]].
Hale was cast as Biff Baker twelve years before he began the role of "The Skipper" opposite Bob Denver (1935-2005) in CBS's fantasy situation [[comedy]], ''Gilligan's Island,'' which aired from 1964 to 1967, and five years before he portrayed railroad engineer Jonathan Luther "Casey" Jones (1863-1900) in a syndicated adventure series of the same name. The first twenty-one episodes of ''Biff Baker, U.S.A.'' aired on CBS; the final five segments were broadcast in syndication.<ref name=ctva/> The series aired on CBS at 9 p.m. Eastern on Thursdays, opposite Jack Webb's ''[[Dragnet]]'' crime drama on [[NBC]]. On CBS ''Biff Baker'' followed the alternation of the later controversial sitcom ''Amos 'n' Andy'' and the anthology series, ''Four Star Playhouse.''
Hale was cast as Biff Baker twelve years before he began the role of "The Skipper" opposite Bob Denver (1935-2005) in CBS's fantasy situation [[comedy]], ''Gilligan's Island,'' which aired from 1964 to 1967, and five years before he portrayed railroad engineer Jonathan Luther "Casey" Jones (1863-1900) in a syndicated adventure series of the same name. The first twenty-one episodes of ''Biff Baker, U.S.A.'' aired on CBS; the final five segments were broadcast in syndication.<ref name=ctva/> The series aired on CBS at 9 p.m. Eastern on Thursdays, opposite Jack Webb's ''[[Dragnet]]'' crime drama on [[NBC]]. On CBS ''Biff Baker'' followed the alternation of the later controversial sitcom ''Amos 'n' Andy'' and the anthology series, ''Four Star Playhouse.''
*Lawrence Dobkin
*Lawrence Dobkin
*Carl Esmond
*Carl Esmond
*Frank Ferguson
*Peter Graves
*Peter Graves
*Lee Marvin
*Lee Marvin
*Jay Novello
*Jay Novello
*Ann Robinson
*Ann Robinson
*Kenneth Tobey
*Victor Sen Yung<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044238/episodes?year=1954&ref_=ttep_ep_yr_nx|title=Biff Baker, U.S.A.|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=April 29, 2020}}</ref>
*Victor Sen Yung<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044238/episodes?year=1954&ref_=ttep_ep_yr_nx|title=Biff Baker, U.S.A.|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=April 29, 2020}}</ref>