| Four Star Television |
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| Company name | Four Star Television |
| Fate | Sold |
| Successors | Four Star International |
| Foundation | 1952 |
| Location | Los Angeles |
| Industry | Television production |
| Key people | David Charnay&
Dick Powell&
David Niven&
Ida Lupino&
Charles Boyer |
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Four Star Television, also called Four Star International, was an American television production company. Founded in 1952 as Four Star Productions by prominent Hollywood actors Dick Powell, David Niven, Ida Lupino, and Charles Boyer. The company produced many well-known shows of the early days of television, including, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater,, Stagecoach West, The June Allyson Show (aka The DuPont Show Starring June Allyson), The Dick Powell Show, Burke's Law, The Rogues and The Big Valley. Powell played an important role in Four Star's success in television that he became the President of the company. In 1955. Powell formed Four Star Films, Inc., as an affilate company to produce shows as The Rifleman, Trackdown, Wanted: Dead or Alive Richard Diamond, Private Detective andThe Detectives Starring Robert Taylor. In the late winter of 1958, both Four Star Productions and Four Star Films were merged into a newly-formed Four Star Television, a holding company which became publicy-traded on American Stock Exchange onJanuary 12,1959.
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