Make Room For Daddy (The Danny Thomas Show)
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another sitcom where the star portrayed a show business
personality - this time in a vehicle for Danny Thomas.
Thomas played Danny Williams, a nightclub singer whose work
inevitably interfered with his family life.
The situation arose from his performing activities and humorous
family crises, all underpinned by character actors like Sid Melton
(who played Danny's club manager) and Hans Conreid (who played
Danny's Lebanese uncle Tonoose).
Between 1953 and 1964 there were two version of the program
with minor cast changes made in 1957 when Thomas switched from ABC
to CBS.
Moreover, in the 1960s there were two television movies
updating the growth of the Williams clan, and in 1970 a new
program, Make Room For Granddaddy, which ran for one season
with many of the original cast members.
The Thomas program also served as a production wellspring for
many other series. Its producer was former motion pictures
heavyweight Sheldon Leonard who later produced such series as The
Dick Van Dyke Show and I Spy.
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