The Brothers is an American television sitcom broadcast by CBS

CBS

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 during its 1956-57 season. Rerun

Rerun

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s of The Brothers were also broadcast by CBS during the summer of 1958 on an alternate-week basis, alternating with repeats of Bachelor Father.

Synopsis

The Brothers was about the small adventures of the Box brothers, Gil and Harvey, who owned a photography

Photography

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 studio in San Francisco

San Francisco, California

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. Harvey was the more aggressive, overbearing brother while Gil was a reserved, shy man who happily allowed his big brother to run things. Both of them had steady girlfriends who were matched to their personalities, Harvey's being the strong-willed, aggressive Dr. Margaret Kleeb and Gil's being the quiet, unassuming Marilee Dorf.

It was one of the first shows to have an unseen character. Andy, the darkroom person, was always heard but never seen.

The series ran opposite Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark (1956 TV series)

Noah's Ark is a 24-episode half-hour drama television series which aired on NBC in the 1956-1957 season. It stars Paul Burke in the title role of the young veterinarian Dr. Noah McCann, partner with the older Dr. Sam Rinehart, played by Victor Rodman , who in the series uses a wheelchair...

, a Jack Webb

Jack Webb

John Randolph "Jack" Webb , also known by the pseudonym John Randolph, was an American actor, television producer, director and screenwriter, who is most famous for his role as Sergeant Joe Friday in the radio and television series Dragnet...

 production starring Paul Burke

Paul Burke (actor)

Paul Burke was an American actor best known for his lead roles in two 1960s ABC television series, Naked City and Twelve O'Clock High...

 on NBC

NBC

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 and Hugh O'Brian

Hugh O'Brian

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's The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

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on ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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.

Cast

Actor	Role
Gale Gordon Gale Gordon Gale Gordon was an American character actor perhaps best remembered as Lucille Ball's longtime television foil—and particularly as cantankerously combustible, tightfisted bank executive Theodore J. Mooney, on Ball's second television situation comedy, The Lucy Show...	Harvey Box
Bob Sweeney	Gilmore "Gilly" Box
Barbara Billingsley Barbara Billingsley Barbara Billingsley was an American film, television, voice and stage actress. She gained prominence in the 1950s movie The Careless Years, acting opposite Natalie Trundy, followed by her best–known role, that of June Cleaver on the television series Leave It to Beaver and its sequel Still...	Barbara
Ann Morriss	Dr. Margaret Kleeb
Nancy Hadley	Marilee Dorf
Oliver Blake	Carl Dorf
Robin Hughes	Barrington Steel
Howard McNear Howard McNear Howard Terbell McNear was an American film, television and radio character actor. McNear is best remembered as Floyd Lawson, the barber in The Andy Griffith Show and as Doc Charles Adams in CBS Radio's Gunsmoke .-Career:McNear was born in Los Angeles, California to Luzetta M. Spencer and Franklin...	Captain Sam Box

Episodes

Ep #	Title	Airdate
1	"Gilly's Birthday"	October 2, 1956
2	"Dorf's Photo Machine"	October 9, 1956
3	"Renting the Attic"	October 16, 1956
4	"The Social Climber"	October 23, 1956
5	"The Class Reunion"	October 30, 1956
6	"The Quadrangle"	November 6, 1956
7	"Girls, Girls, Girls"	November 13, 1956
8	"Captain Sam's Testimonial Dinner"	November 20, 1956
9	"The Babies"	November 27, 1956
10	"The Other Harvey"	December 4, 1956
11	"Box Park"	December 18, 1956
12	"The Christmas Story"	December 25, 1956
13	"Gilly's Adventure"	January 1, 1957
14	"The Brave One"	January 8, 1957
15	"The Crush"	January 15, 1957
16	"Prisoners of Love"	January 22, 1957
17	"The Social Club"	January 29, 1957
18	"Gilly's Investment"	February 5, 1957
19	"Gilly and the Movie Star"	February 12, 1957
20	"Unwelcome Guest"	February 26, 1957
21	"Stop That Bookmaking Up Three"	March 5, 1957
22	"Picnic"	March 12, 1957
23	"A Muscle for Harvey"	March 19, 1957
24	"The Runaways"	March 26, 1957