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Father Knows Best is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin. The series, which began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six seasons and 203 episodes.
Watch episodes, trailers, cast and crew, trivia and more of the popular 1950s comedy series about Jim Anderson and his common-sense wife Margaret and their children Betty, Bud and Kathy. The show won six Primetime Emmys and was based on a radio show.
- (2.7K)
- 1954-10-03
- Comedy, Family
- 30
Father Knows Best ran on television for 6 seasons; from October, 1954 to May, 1960. The series debuted on CBS in October 1954 and--believe this or not: it ra...
- Robert Young (Jim Anderson) Jim Anderson is the patriarch of the family and works as an insurance agent. But his most important work comes at home, where he does all in his power to give his family a good life, because, after all, Father Knows Best.
- Jane Wyatt (Margaret Anderson) Margaret Anderson is the homemaker and matriarch of the family, who brought realism, devotion, and strength to the household.
- Elinor Donahue (Betty Anderson) Betty Anderson, known as “Princess,” is your typical teenager, but since it was the ’50s, it was all rosy and she was radiant, if sometimes a little too perfect.
- Billy Gray (James Anderson) James Anderson, also known as Bud, is the archetypal wisecracking teen who often went to Dad with some misguided notion, only for father to guide Bud back on track.
Father Knows Best | TV Time. 6 seasons • 1954 • Ended. Family, Comedy. An overly rosy portrayal of life in the 1950s depicting the daily lives of insurance agent Jim Anderson, his wife Margaret, and their three children, Bud, Betty, and Kathy.
Watch Father Knows Best Free Online | 6 Seasons. Maybe he didn't always know best, but beginning in 1954, insurance salesman Jim Anderson of Springfield was America's favorite head of household.
Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.
