Several movies were produced about Wilhelm Voigt ( most of them based on Zuckmayer's play ), among others Der Hauptmann von Köpenick with Heinz Rühmann in 1956, with Rudolf Platte in 1960 ( TV ) and Harald Juhnke in 1997.

Haley continued to score hits throughout the 1950s such as " See You Later, Alligator " and he starred in the first rock and roll musical movies Rock Around the Clock and Don't Knock the Rock, both in 1956.

She starred in Alfred Hitchcock's suspense film, The Man Who Knew Too Much ( 1956 ) with James Stewart.

He also produced the feature film Forever, Darling ( 1956 ), in which he and also Ball starred.

Kaye starred in 17 movies, notably The Kid from Brooklyn ( 1946 ), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ( 1947 ), The Inspector General ( 1949 ), Hans Christian Andersen ( 1952 ), and – perhaps his most accomplished performance – The Court Jester ( 1956 ).

Kaye starred in several movies with actress Virginia Mayo in the 1940s, and is well known for his roles in films such as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ( 1947 ), The Inspector General ( 1949 ), On the Riviera ( 1951 ) co-starring Gene Tierney, Knock on Wood ( 1954 ), White Christmas ( 1954, in a role originally intended for Fred Astaire, then Donald O ' Connor ), The Court Jester ( 1956 ), and Merry Andrew ( 1958 ).

He starred in Attack, ( 1956 )

had a good supporting role in the Western Seven Men from Now ( 1956 ) and starred in The Missouri Traveler ( 1958 ) but it took over one hundred episodes as Chicago cop Frank Ballinger in the successful 1957-1960 television series M Squad to actually give him name recognition.

Dolenz began his show business career in 1956 when he starred in a children ’ s show called Circus Boy under the name Mickey Braddock.

Niven enjoyed success in 1956, when he starred as Phileas Fogg in Michael Todd's immensely successful production of Around the World in 80 Days.

She starred, in 1956, in a half-hour syndicated television musical-variety show The Rosemary Clooney Show.

Flynn starred in a 1956 anthology series The Errol Flynn Theatre that was filmed in England, where he presented the episodes and sometimes appeared in them.

Several notable films based on stories from Australian literature ( generally with strong rural themes ) were made in Australia in the 1950s-but by British and American production companies, including A Town Like Alice ( 1956 ) which starred Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch ; The Shiralee ( 1957 ) also starring Peter Finch with Australian actors Charles Tingwell, Bill Kerr and Ed Devereaux in supporting roles ; Roberry Under Arms, again starring Finch in 1957 ; and Summer of the Seventeenth Doll ( 1959 ), starring Ernest Borgnine, John Mills and Angela Lansbury ; and in 1960, The Sundowners was shot in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales with foreign leads Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Ustinov but a supporting cast including Australians Chips Rafferty, John Meillon and Leonard Teale.

The play had run from 1955 to 1956 and also starred Mansfield as Rita.

Following a succession of average westerns and the poorly received Foreign Intrigue ( 1956 ), Mitchum starred in the first of three films with British actress Deborah Kerr.

Between 1953 and 1958 he worked steadily in films and television, including the 1956 movie The Swan ( which starred Grace Kelly ).

In 1956 Lucy and Desi starred in the feature film Forever, Darling with James Mason.

Among his numerous television roles, Carmichael guest starred with Keenan Wynn, Anthony George, and Olive Carey in the 1956 episode " Death in the Snow " of the NBC anthology series, The Joseph Cotten Show.

In 1956, she again starred with Fredric March, this time in The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.

She starred in My Son John ( 1952 ) and Anastasia ( 1956 ), and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as an elderly stowaway in the disaster film Airport ( 1970 ).

She starred in The Glass Menagerie ( 1950 ), Just for You ( 1952 ), Let's Do It Again ( 1953 ), The Blue Veil ( 1951 ) ( another Oscar nomination ), the remake of Edna Ferber's So Big ( 1953 ), Magnificent Obsession ( 1954 ) ( Oscar nomination ), Lucy Gallant ( 1955 ), All That Heaven Allows ( 1955 ), and Miracle in the Rain ( 1956 ).

In 1956, Crain starred opposite Glenn Ford, Russ Tamblyn and Broderick Crawford in the Western film The Fastest Gun Alive directed by Russell Rouse.

" In 1956 she starred in the film The Solid Gold Cadillac.

The film starred Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, and its soundtrack was # 1 on the 1956 album charts.

The 1956 film version of Carousel, made in CinemaScope 55, again starred Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, the same leads as the film version of Oklahoma!

He hosted and occasionally starred in his Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater on CBS from 1956 – 1961, and his final anthology series, The Dick Powell Show on NBC from 1961 through 1963: after his death, the series continued through the end of its second season ( as The Dick Powell Theater ), with guest hosts.

Among the tracks he recorded was an early version of " That'll Be The Day ", which took its title from a line that John Wayne's character says repeatedly in the 1956 film The Searchers.

While he continued to be prolific throughout the 1930s and 1940s, he is probably best known for his 1956 film The Ten Commandments ( which is very different from his 1923 film of the same title ).

Day played the title role in the thriller / noir Julie ( 1956 ) with Louis Jordan.

* 1952: I Love Lucy ( 3 episodes, 1952 – 1956 ) ... aka " Lucy in Connecticut "-USA ( rerun title ) ... aka " The Sunday Lucy Show "-USA ( rerun title ) ... aka " The Top Ten Lucy Show " – USA ( rerun title ) – Lucy and Bob Hope ( 1956 ) TV episode ( performer: " Nobody Loves the Ump " ( uncredited )) – Ricky's European Booking ( 1955 ) TV episode ( performer: " Forever, Darling " ( uncredited )) – Cuban Pals ( 1952 ) TV episode ( performer: " The Lady in Red ", " Similau ")

According to a Greg Johnson biographical note on Booker, the song title " Gonzo " comes from a character in a movie called The Pusher, which in turn may have been inspired by a 1956 Evan Hunter novel of the same title.

With an average age of 22, the media labelled the back-to-back title winning side of 1956 " the Busby Babes ", a testament to Busby's faith in his youth players.

The material they recorded was released in 1956 on an album whose title, Birth of the Cool, gave its name to the " cool jazz " movement that developed at the same time and partly shared the musical direction begun by Davis ' group.

They did not win another league title until 1956, aided by a number of future Pro Football Hall of Fame players such as running back Frank Gifford, linebacker Sam Huff, and offensive tackle Roosevelt Brown, as well as all-pro running back Alex Webster.

( For example, the title of the Perry Mason detective novel The Case of the Negligent Nymph ( 1956 ) by Erle Stanley Gardner is derived from this meaning of the word.

The Giants defeated the Broncos by the score of 39 – 20, winning their first ever Super Bowl and their first NFL title since 1956.

Williams lost the batting title to Mickey Mantle in 1956, batting. 345 to Mantle's. 353, with Mantle on his way to winning the Triple Crown.

In 1956 Gassman played the title role in a production of

" Next came Alexander the Great ( 1956 ), written, directed, and produced by Robert Rossen, with Burton in the title role, on a loan out to United Artists, and again with Claire Bloom co-starring.

Aniara ( full original title: Aniara: en revy om människan i tid och rum ) is a poem of science fiction written by the Swedish Nobel laureate Harry Martinson in 1956.

By sharing seventh place with 11 / 20 at Gothenburg, Spassky qualified for the 1956 Candidates ' Tournament, held in Amsterdam, automatically gaining the grandmaster title, and was then the youngest to hold the title.

* In 1956, a British-Italian epic titled Helen of Troy was released, directed by Oscar-winning director Robert Wise and starring Italian actress Rossana Podestà in the title role.

Included in their number are Milt Campbell, the 1956 Olympic Decathlon gold medalist ( the first African-American to earn this title ); and Joe Black, the first African-American pitcher to win a World Series game.

The Nun's Story is the title of a 1956 novel by Kathryn Hulme.