Father Knows Best Grandpa Retires (Season 3, Episode 36)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Father Knows Best

Grandpa Retires (Season 3, Episode 36)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

The Andersons visit Margaret's family. Her father feels his health is failing and he needs to sell his business to retire. Jim helps him close up the father's print shop. The father is stubborn about every aspect, and Jim finds out why.

Director

Peter Tewksbury

Writers

Ed James (characters) | Roswell Rogers (written by)

Producer

Eugene B. Rodney

Cinematographer

Frank G. Carson (as Kit Carson)

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Edit Released

Updated May 29, 1957

Release date

May 29, 1957 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 6 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 3 wins & 18 nominations

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Young Jim Anderson Jim Anderson See fewer	Crossfire (1947)
Jane Wyatt Margaret Anderson Margaret Anderson See fewer	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Elinor Donahue Betty Anderson Betty Anderson See fewer	Pretty Woman (1990)
Billy Gray Bud Anderson Bud Anderson See fewer	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Lauren Chapin Kathy Anderson Kathy Anderson See fewer	Father Knows Best (1954)
Ernest Truex Grampa Grampa See fewer	His Girl Friday (1940)
Sylvia Field Grandma Grandma See fewer	The Best of Broadway (1954)
Herbert Anderson Verle Wisman Verle Wisman See fewer	Battleground (1949)
Ken Christy Ed Ed See fewer	The Werewolf (1956)