Bracken's World
| Bracken's World | |
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Dennis Cole as Davey Evans plans a stunt by playing with a model.
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Dorothy Kingsley |
| Written by | Bess Boyle Gerry Day Jerry de Bono Cliff Gould Oliver Hailey Stephen Kandel Dorothy Kingsley Bethel Leslie Robert Lewin Charles McDaniel Robert Presnell, Jr. Sonya Roberts Jerry Ziegman |
| Directed by |
Herschel Daugherty Robert Day Charles S. Dubin Paul Henreid Lee Philips Allen Reisner Nicholas Webster |
| Starring |
Eleanor Parker Warren Stevens Leslie Nielsen |
| Theme music composer | David Rose |
| Composer(s) | David Rose |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 41 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Del Reisman |
| Producer(s) | Dorothy Kingsley Robert Lewin Stanley Rubin |
| Cinematography | William Cronjager |
| Editor(s) | Bill Mosher |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production company(s) | 20th Century Fox Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 19, 1969 – December 25, 1970 |
Bracken's World is an American drama series broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1969 to December 25, 1970. The series was created and produced by Dorothy Kingsley. The Lettermen were featured on the theme song "Worlds", singing lyrics composed for the Season 2 opening and closing credits.
The series centers on a powerful head of Century Studios and a group of up-and-coming starlets. During the first season, Eleanor Parker received top billing as Sylvia Caldwell, executive secretary to John Bracken (voice acted in the first season by Warren Stevens), who was sometimes heard but never seen, but Parker left the series after the first 16 episodes, citing the limited nature of her role. When the second season began, Leslie Nielsen joined the cast to portray Bracken.
Other cast members included Elizabeth Allen, Dennis Cole, Jeanne Cooper, Peter Haskell, Linda Harrison, Karen Jensen, Madlyn Rhue, and Laraine Stephens. Guest stars who appeared in various episodes of Bracken's World included Jack Albertson, Anne Baxter, Joseph Campanella, Gary Collins, Shelley Fabares, Sally Field, Lee Grant, Arthur Hill. Carolyn Jones, Lee Majors, Monte Markham, Tim Matheson. Darren McGavin, Ricardo Montalban, Lois Nettleton, Larry Pennell, Edward G. Robinson, Martin Sheen, Barry Sullivan, Richard Thomas, Forrest Tucker, and Raquel Welch, who appeared as herself in the pilot episode.
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