Goodyear Television Playhouse

Season 1 (1951–52) Season 2 (1952–53) Season 3 (1953–54) Season 4 (1954–55) Season 5 (1955–56) ==Notable guest stars==

• Philip Abbott • Eddie Albert • Don Ameche • Jean-Pierre Aumont • Ed Begly • Ralph Bellamy • William Bendix • Shelley Berman • Theodore Bikel • Claire Bloom • Beulah Bondi • Ernest Borgnine • Eddie Bracken • Lloyd Bridges • Pat Carroll (actress) • John Cassavetes • Lee J. Cobb • Hume Cronyn • Don DeFore • Melvyn Douglas • Mildred Dunnock • Bill Erwin • Gracie Fields • Geraldine Fitzgerald • John Forsythe • Anthony Franciosa • Eva Gabor • Larry Hagman • Margaret Hamilton • Julie Harris • Eileen Heckart • Judy Holliday • Celeste Holm • Grace Kelly • Phyllis Kirk • Jack Klugman • Veronica Lake • Viveca Lindfors • June Lockhart • Jack Lord • Kathleen Maguire • E. G. Marshall • Nan Martin • Raymond Massey • Walter Matthau • Roddy McDowell • Steve McQueen • Sal Mineo • Mildred Natwick • Patricia Neal • Paul Newman • Leslie Nielsen • Anthony Perkins • Robert Preston (actor) • Tony Randall • Thelma Ritter • Jason Robards • Gena Rowlands • Eva Marie Saint • Martha Scott • William Shatner • Lilia Skala • Kim Stanley • Maureen Stapleton • Rod Steiger • Susan Strasberg • Elaine Stritch • Jessica Tandy • Eli Wallach • Tuesday Weld • Joanne Woodward • Dick York ==Production==

Goodyear Television Playhouse was a production of Showcase Productions, Incorporated". Herbert Brodkin was the producer. During his 12-week vacation in 1956, associate producer Philip Barry Jr. produced the series. Other producers included Gordon Duff. Directors included Arthur Penn. ==Critical response==

A review in The New York Times praised Heckart's performance in "My Lost Saints" (1955), saying, "Miss Heckart's brilliant work overshadowed the deficiencies in script construction." The review said that the episode might not have exceeded soap-opera status had it not been for Heckart's acting, but she created "a moving and entirely believable characterization" of a housekeeper who faced a crisis. It concluded, "She raised what was basically an ordinary drama to a level of distinction." ==References==