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Actor Robert Young was the dad in "Father Knows Best." My Father--who knows best--still lives! pdwroswell, 2007, Flickr In the late 1950s, there was a television series called "Father Knows Best." Father Knows Best was a situation comedy depicting a wholesome family growing up in the Midwest.

Today We Live is a weird blend of famous talents, most of them miscast, contributing to an MGM adaptation of an original story by William Faulkner, a favorite associate of producer-director Howard Hawks.

THE BRIDE WALKS OUT is a mildly amusing but fairly dated romantic comedy starring Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, and Robert Young.

One reason scientists haven't made more progress in the fight to prevent cancer is not enough money, U.S. experts say.

In the 1950s, TV portraits of dad were painted with idealism. Going back to Jim Anderson in "Father Knows Best," these white-collar dads wore a suit and tie to the office, came home to their well-behaved kids and talked about their day over family dinner.

And when it premiered on radio, the title was one punctuation mark longer than the TV version: "Father Knows Best?" The original title was meant to be a question.

As a group, TV fathers tend to be bumbling but always well meaning. Above, Robert Young, Homer Simpson, and Bill Cosby When it comes to television Dads, the outside shell often turns out to be more different than the filling in the center.

In power, no one will probably ever top Sylvia Plath's writing on the subject of Daddy.

The family doctor portrayed by Robert Young in "Marcus Welby, M.D." needs to make a big comeback.

State senators who represent coastal counties are trying again to loosen the ban on seawalls.

Warner Archive, the DVD on demand service launched last month, today added 15 more titles to the 150 originally offered.

The old TV show is being turned into a modern day movie...with a few "tweaks." As Jim Anderson, Robert Young was the father who did it right in "Father Knows Best." Now, Variety says "Father Knows Best" is being turned into a movie.