The Ford Television Theatre Birth of a Hero (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

The Ford Television Theatre

Birth of a Hero (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | 30 min | Drama

Spinster, workaholic banker Kate Osgood, held captive in her house by a man who intends to rob her bank, decides, despite the suspicions of an enamored doctor, to hide his actual intentions when the man saves her from a fire she starts.

Director

Robert Stevenson

Writers

Lillie Hayward (teleplay) | Alice Duer Miller (story)

Producer

Jules Bricken

Cinematographer

Gert Andersen

Editor

Richard Fantl

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Updated Oct 23, 1952

Release date

Oct 23, 1952 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award.

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Cast	+ Add Cast
9 cast members

Name	Known for
Paul E. Burns Seth Means Seth Means See fewer	Smoky River Serenade (1947)
Hal K. Dawson Mr. Collingsworth Mr. Collingsworth See fewer	Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)
Edgar Dearing Police Chief Police Chief See fewer	Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Ellen Drew Katherine Osgood Katherine Osgood See fewer	Christmas in July (1940)
Harvey B. Dunn Mr. Mullins Mr. Mullins See fewer	Bride of the Monster (1955)
Virginia Hall Evelyn Jones Evelyn Jones See fewer	Small Town Girl (1953)
Gordon Oliver Dr. Stephen Ayres Dr. Stephen Ayres See fewer	The Spiral Staircase (1946)
Mark Stevens Bill Bill See fewer	Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)
Russell Trent Fire Chief Fire Chief See fewer	The Well (1951)