Professor Gerhardt's Secret

The Halls of Ivy featured Ronald Colman as William Todhunter Hall, the president of small, Midwestern Ivy College, and Benita Hume as his wife, Victoria, a former British musical comedy star who sometimes feels the tug of her former profession, and followed their interactions with students, friends, and college trustees. Others in the cast included Herb Butterfield as testy board chairman Clarence Wellman, Willard Waterman (then starring as Harold Peary's successor as The Great Gildersleeve) as board member John Merriweather, and Bea Benaderet, Elizabeth Patterson, and Gloria Gordon as the Halls' maids. Alan Reed (television's Fred Flintstone) appeared periodically as the stuffy English teacher, Professor Heaslip. Other actors who appeared included Virginia Gregg, Lee Patrick, Jean Vander Pyl, Rolfe Sedan, Sidney Miller, William Tracy, Sam Edwards, Arthur Q. Bryan, Barton Yarborough, James Gleason, Jerry Hausner and other actors.

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The Halls of Ivy featured Ronald Colman as William Todhunter Hall, the president of small, Midwestern Ivy College, and Benita Hume as his wife, Victoria, a former British musical comedy star who sometimes feels the tug of her former profession, and followed their interactions with students, friends, and college trustees. Others in the cast included Herb Butterfield as testy board chairman Clarence Wellman, Willard Waterman (then starring as Harold Peary's successor as The Great Gildersleeve) as board member John Merriweather, and Bea Benaderet, Elizabeth Patterson, and Gloria Gordon as the Halls' maids. Alan Reed (television's Fred Flintstone) appeared periodically as the stuffy English teacher, Professor Heaslip. Other actors who appeared included Virginia Gregg, Lee Patrick, Jean Vander Pyl, Rolfe Sedan, Sidney Miller, William Tracy, Sam Edwards, Arthur Q. Bryan, Barton Yarborough, James Gleason, Jerry Hausner and other actors.

The Halls of Ivy&nbsp;featured Ronald Colman as William Todhunter Hall, the president of small,&nbsp;Midwestern&nbsp;Ivy College, and Benita Hume as his wife, Victoria, a former British musical comedy star who sometimes feels the tug of her former profession, and followed their interactions with students, friends, and college trustees. Others in the cast included&nbsp;Herb Butterfield&nbsp;as testy board chairman Clarence Wellman,&nbsp;Willard Waterman&nbsp;(then starring as&nbsp;Harold Peary's successor as&nbsp;The Great Gildersleeve) as board member John Merriweather, and&nbsp;Bea Benaderet,&nbsp;Elizabeth Patterson, and Gloria Gordon as the Halls' maids.&nbsp;Alan Reed&nbsp;(television's Fred Flintstone) appeared periodically as the stuffy English teacher, Professor Heaslip. Other actors who appeared included&nbsp;Virginia Gregg,&nbsp;Lee Patrick,&nbsp;Jean Vander Pyl,&nbsp;Rolfe Sedan,&nbsp;Sidney Miller,&nbsp;William Tracy,&nbsp;Sam Edwards,&nbsp;Arthur Q. Bryan,&nbsp;Barton Yarborough,&nbsp;James Gleason,&nbsp;Jerry Hausner&nbsp;and other actors.

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