Title

Father Knows Best

CAST

  Jim Anderson ........Robert Young
  Margaret Anderson... Jane Wyatt
  Betty Anderson.....Elinor Donahue
  James Anderson, Jr..... Billy Gray
  Kathy Anderson .... Laurin Chapin

Father Knows Best began as an NBC radio series in 1948, with Robert Young in the starting role. He was the only member of the radio cast that made the transition to TV in 1954.

The TV show ran from October 3, 1954 to April 5, 1963.

The show ran for 15 years, eventually airing original episodes on NBC, CBS and ABC.

Father Knows Best was the classic wholesome family situation comedy. It was set in the typical Midwestern community of Springfield. Where Jim Anderson was an agent for the General Insurance Company. Every evening he would come home from work. take off his sport jacket, put on his comfortable sweater, and deal with the everyday problems of a growing family. In contrast most other family comedies of the period. in which one of the other parents was a blundering idiot, both Jim and his wife Margaret were portrayed as thoughtful, responsible adults. When a family crisis arouse, Jim would claim the waters with a warm smile and some sensible advice.

-TV Tome