Dr. Kildare

Dr. James Kildare was the primary character in a series of American theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, an early 1950s radio series, and a 1960s television series of the same name. The character was invented by the western fiction author, Frederick Schiller Faust.

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American - Film - Radio - Television - Western fiction - Frederick Schiller Faust

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The character began the film series as a medical intern; after becoming a doctor he was mentored by an older physician, Dr. Leonard Gillespie. After the first ten films, the series eliminated the character of Kildare and focused instead on Gillespie.

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Films in the series included:

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• Internes Can't Take Money (1937), starring Joel McCrea as Kildare IMDb page
• Young Dr. Kildare (1938), which introduced Lew Ayres in the Kildare role, and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie IMDb page
• Calling Dr. Kildare (1939) IMDb page
• The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939) IMDb page
• Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940) IMDb page
• Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940) IMDb page
• Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940) IMDb page
• The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941) IMDb page
• Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941) IMDb page
• Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942) IMDb page

Later films in the series without Kildare:

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• Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942) IMDb page
• Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942), which introduced Gillespie's assistants Dr. Randall Adams (Van Johnson) and Dr. Lee Wong How (Keye Luke) IMDb page
• Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943) IMDb page
• Three Men in White (1944) IMDb page
• Between Two Women (1945) IMDb page
• Dark Delusion (1947), without Johnson IMDb page
 
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