The Millionaire - "The Lee Randolph Story" with Jack Lord (1958)

[@w520520]

Wow~What's wrong??? It's complicated and confusin.... Jack Lord is so younger...so handsome...so cool......so....I miss him. Thank you your upload.

[@linehaulal8448]

I loved that show.Too bad they don't make movies like this anymore

[@santafejack]

Oh, how I loved watching this as a kid. Many thanks for providing this.

[@vrinda5303]

You're welcome.

[@billb2479]

Some sites say $1 million then (late 50s) was equivalent to $8 million today, but I have to think it was really more.

[@sagcat2072]

Thank you so much Vrinda for putting this up. I am in the Uk and don't believe this was ever shown here. I am a fan of Jack Lord and without you, my chance of ever seeing this would be zero! It was a good show.

[@vrinda5303]

sag cat You're welcome, sag cat. I love Jack Lord, too. I am the co-author of his biography. We've got a long way to go, but we're going to get there. Stay tuned ...

[@reach4thestars67]

Good episode. Thank you for uploading.

[@spinout3]

thanks for uploading. never seen this before. love anything with jack lord in it.

[@vrinda5303]

spinout3 You're welcome. I love everything he does!

[@RonaldVaughan]

I still need to see the most famous episode...the one where John Bearsford Tipton actually visits a man in prison....thanks...

[@glennso47]

As a little kid I wondered why he never came to my house and gave my folks money they desperately needed.

[@daisyflowers9334]

I remember my Mom saying that " I wish Michael Anthoney would visit our house!... LOL

[@kurtnmia]

Thanks for posting. I remember this as a kid.

[@SoundJudgment]

These sorts of 'Guest Star' TV series was to help promote or 'showcase' a rising-star for TV shows down the road. It was a way to let the public see future stars show off their acting-talents in some anthology setting, where they didn't have to play reoccurring roles under contract . And as we all know, Jack Lord went on to other great things in television during the years following. ;)

[@marthamclaughlin7010]

thanks for putting this on i remember great tv

[@jack1394]

It just makes you wish there were more movies starring Jack Lord in the late 50s and 60s. Films that were known by the mainstream, not end up being on the list of rarely-found B-Movies.

[@shannonroylance5480]

I'm In Love With Jack Lord!!!

[@jeang3130]

Oo he is just soo gorgeous Jack that is.

[@RRaquello]

Two famous radio voices. Marvin Miller was "the Whistler" and of course Paul Frees. One thing I wonder-how did he manage to give someone a million dollars "tax free"? I can imagine getting a million bucks, then, at the end of the year the IRS asks you where you got it and you can't tell them. Of course it's a fantasy show.

[@TheVintageTVArchive]

I just found out that Heroes & Icons airs this show every weekday. Hopefully, that's a sign it may come to Me-TV in the future.

[@anthonylong1979]

New York's T.V. Station WWOR Channel-9 had shown The Millionaire (1950's) T.V. Series back in the Early 1970's. I Remember watching episodes during prime time hours.

[@TheVintageTVArchive]

Why doesn't Me-TV air this show regularly? I can't find this show anywhere.

[@Juliaflo]

It is scheduled to be part of a new over-the-air digital channel called DECADES, which officially launches on May 25, 2015. DECADES is currently in 'soft-launch' on a few stations.

[@prentisspowell8148]

When I was a kid in the first grade I thought this show was real.....I also thought that I Love Lucy was real also since Lucy and Desi Arnaz were married in real life....thought that TV camera men just followed these people around recording their lives.....did not have to worry about suspension of disbelief back then....oh, to be young and that innocent once again.....and aside from this childhood memory, what a great show!!!! The networks cannot seem to come up with any new ideas. This is an old premise that would work today, even in an hour long format if it were true to the style pioneered by the original.

[@plutoplatters]

I vaguely remember this as a small kid

[@donp55]

The voice of The Millionaire seems to sound like the legendary Paul Frees.

[@michaeldanello3966]

Don Paschal:. It was, in all 200+ episodes.

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

If you have more of these episodes, please upload. I hadn't seen these since I was a little girl back in the early 1960s.

[@frankw8876]

The way it ended, what was that about? Is he a nut case or brother setting him up? BTW, I never thought Jack Lord could be this young!

[@vrinda5303]

The brother was setting him up.

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

I love the voice of Tipton -- any credit to the actor who did that? Sounded a bit like William Conrad.. (Cannon)

[@bobthetvfan]

There have been a couple of shows with a similar premise: "Sweepstakes" (1979), which focused on the finalists in a million-dollar state lottery; and "Lottery!" (1983), which showed an IRS agent and a representative of the fictional Irish Intersweep Lottery. The problems: the earlier show seemed to spend all its time on the winners waiting for the television show that awarded the money to go on the air; the latter show spent too much time on the search for the winners. I think John Beresford Tipton spent more than $1 million on each check; in fact, I think he paid the taxes before Mr. Anthony delivered them.

[@vrinda5303]

You're welcome! Thank you for watching and posting.

[@fromthesidelines]

When you have someone like John Beresford Tipton, a MULTI- BILLIONAIRE, who has access to unlimited wealth....and power....and someone who can control EVERY facet of his life and business affairs- who's to say the IRS didn't "look the other way" when he handed out those checks?

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

When I worked for the NYU Club years ago..the photo of their football team stars had a stunning guy...Jack Shaughnessy up on the wall. He changed his last name to "Lord" and went on for a while, to make B movies..then got discovered for Hawaii Five-O. The rest is history!! "Book 'em, Danno.."

[@vrinda5303]

Jack's real last name was not Shaughnessy. It was Ryan.

[@MrUhwoody]

"Book 'em, Dano."

[@soulguy10306]

This show was a drama but some episodes during season 2 and 3 were played as comedies with an audience laugh track

[@MrTantalust]

The voice of the millionaire also played Boris Badenov and 10,000 other cartoon roles.

[@RichRodgersOnline]

I wished they would have a new series.. Maybe call it, "The Lottery" .

[@RonaldVaughan]

Only one episode does one SEE the mysterious JOHN BEARS FITZTIPTON. I really want to see that one....

[@helenavondrakenstein4969]

John Beresford Tipton

[@fromthesidelines]

Actually, BILL FORMAN was "The Whistler"; Marvin was the announcer for the show's sponsor, Signal Oil.

[@DataWaveTaGo]

"Just sign this and ... ". "No!" "Well this is a short show ... think I'll go to the watering hole .."

[@tomservo56954]

I just assumed he dropped the IRS a few hundred thousand a check to take care of it...

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

OMG is my age showing..for Jack Lord, BEFORE "Five-O"..there was a rodeo series...STONEY BURKE!? Gadzooks..

[@anthonylong1979]

They(the T.V.Networks) should do an updated version of "The Millionaire" (1950's) T.V. Series now! I'm just suggesting it. G-bye!

[@douglaswaggoner7487]

The love of money is a root of a multitude of evils.

[@tomservo56954]

These are everyday people who find themselves with more money than they ever dreamed of dropped into their lives.

[@irish89055]

Multi Billionaire eh?... wow in the late 50's ? Multiply by around 6 for this period for todays value.. 6 million dollar man..

[@tzimmert4]

Rev Ike brought me here.

[@johnclark4593]

Jack Lord could have been JFK's "double". Amazing that he never played JFK in a movie.

[@vonskull]

Mr. Tipton would run out of money considering Eisenhower had a 90% income tax on the very rich.

[@tomservo56954]

That rate wasn't from dollar one...it was only for the amount above a certain figure.

[@tomservo56954]

And the 90% was a marginal rate, over a certain income--you didn't pay that from dollar one.

[@plutoplatters]

and to think of all the greatness money brings the Kardashians !!

[@noahzark6755]

I would spend it mostly on women and booze, and just waste the rest.