1967

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
CBS Playhouse
George Schaefer, director
Rowland Vance and Adrienne Luraschi, associate directors

In one of TV's most memorable paeans to the fortitude of senior citizens, this Loring Mandel teleplay followed a 70-year-old widower carpenter as he tried out nursing homes at the behest of his adult children. This thoughtful production won an Emmy Award for Melvyn Douglas, who replaced Fredric March at the 11th hour, as the old man, Peter Sherman, and for Mandel and the camera work, and was nominated for best dramatic program, director and supporting actor (Lawrence Dobkin). The show, which aired on 10/17/67, also featured Shirley Booth, Claudia McNeil, Lois Smith and Warren Stevens.