Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (TV series)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is an American sitcom that aired on ABC starring Fess Parker. The series, which aired from October 1962 to March 1963, was based on the 1939 Frank Capra film of the same name, starring James Stewart in the title role.Synopsis
Fess Parker as Eugene Smith, an honest but unsophisticated U.S. senator from an unidentified small-populated state. According to the story line, Eugene Smith is elected to a Senate vacancy after the death of an incumbent. The series also features Sandra Warner as Parker's wife, Pat Smith; country music singer Red Foley as the senator's Uncle Cooter, Rita Lynn as Smith's secretary, Miss Kelly, and Stan Irwin as Smith's chauffeur, Arnie.Guest stars
- Harpo Marx
- Buster Keaton
- Charles Lane
- Jim Nabors
- Hope Summers
- Kay Starr
- Edward Everett Horton
- Leo Gorcey
- Jack Carter
- Cecil Kellaway
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Production notes
The series, a Screen Gems Production, aired at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday. It followed ABC's short-lived The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show, a Western comedy and variety show, and preceded the long-running The Lawrence Welk Show. Its competition on CBS was the legal drama The Defenders and NBC's The Joey Bishop Show.
