Cavalcade of StarsCavalcade of StarsSeason 11949 · 66 episodesEpisodes1Premiere with guest stars Peter Lorre, Joan EdwardsJack Carter stars with guests singer Joan Edwards, actor Peter Lorre, bird whistlers The Arnauts, comedy team McCarthy and Farrell, and acrobats The Fontaines. Lorre does a recitation of "The Telltale Heart" and joins Carter in a mad scientist sketch. Edwards performs at the piano and teams with Carter for "You're Adorable."2Ella Logan, Maurice Rocco3Marilyn Maxwell4Mimi Benzell5Vivian Blaine, Mata & Hari6Kay Starr7Pearl Bailey8Kitty Kallen, The Four Step Brothers9Victor Borge, Thelma Carpenter10Henny Youngman, Ethel Smith11Janet Blair, Zero Mostel12Gladys Swarthout, the Dunhills, Mimi Benzell, Cabot & Dresden, Professor Irwin Corey13Vivian Blaine. Georgia Gibbs, Phil Foster, the Treniers14Luba Malina, Ray Malone15Paul Winchell, Donald Richards, Joan Edwards, the Clark Brothers16Hazel Scott, Jackie Miles17Connee Boswell, Carlos Ramirez18Kitty Carlisle, Tito Guizar, Jean Carroll19Cab Calloway, Marie McDonald, Gil Lamb20Carol Bruce, Josh White, Alice Pearce21Bert Lahr, Mata & Hari, the DeCastro Sisters22Vivian Blaine, Zero Mostel23Gali-Gali Luxor, Milt Douglas, Willie Shore24Kitty Kallen, Bert Wheeler, Donald Richards, Rudy Cardenas25Jackie Coogan, Hal LeRoy, Lina Romay26Pinky Lee, Ilona Massey27Vera Vague, Joan Merrill28Smith & Dale, the DeMarco Sisters29Monica Lewis, Jack Durant30Paul Winchell & Jerry Mahoney, Hazel Scott31Jean Carroll32Chico Marx33Frances Langford, The Four Step Brothers34Mindy Carson, Leo DeLyon35Robert Merrill, The Mello-Larks, Jack E. Leonard36Andy Russell, Della Russell, Patricia Bowman, Stan Freeman37Jane Pickens, Buck & Bubbles38Guest Host: Bert Wheeler; Guest Star: Johnny Coy39Guest Host: Jackie Miles; Guest Star: Betty Bruce40Jerry Lester debut as host; guest stars: Janis Paige, Dorothy Jarnac, Baccaloni41Connie Haines, Maurice Rocco42Janet Blair43Chester Morris, Kyle MacDonnell, Dizzy Gillespie44John Loder, Gertrude Niesen, Bert Gordon45Kyle MacDonnell, Bert Wheeler, Jerry Wayne46J. Carrol Naish, Kyle MacDonnell, Louis Nye, Carl Reiner47Jackie Robinson, Kyle MacDonnell, Johnny Johnston, Gali-GaliLester as a clown called Arthur Clodfrey (takeoff on Arthur Godfrey), magician Galli-Galli make baby chicks appear under cups, MacDonnell sings "The Boy Next Door", and Jackie Robinson appears in a sketch visiting a kid in a wheelchair.48Sam Levenson, Kyle MacDonnell49Smith & Dale, the Four Step Brothers, Mimi Benzell, Leonard Sues50Jack Pearl & Cliff Hall, Joan Edwards, Elsa & Waldo51Jackie Robinson, Mindy Carson52Keye Luke, Ray Malone, Susan Miller, Carl Ravazza53John Garfield, Kim Stanley, Paul Winchell & Jerry Mahoney54Kitty Kallen, Larry Storch55Vivian Blaine, Carlos Ramirez, Jackie Miles56Anna Maria Alberghetti, Wally Brown, Beatrice Kay, Leonard Sues57Georgia Gibbs58Jackie Gleason debut as host; guest stars: Rose Marie, the DeCastro SistersJackie Gleason debuts as host with Rose Marie, comic Hank Ladd, acrobat Ladd Lyon, singing DeCastro Sisters, and dancer Evelyn Farney. Gleason duets with Rose and in a sketch at a hat check counter. DeCastros sing a Latin-American number.59Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Fisher60Ella Fitzgerald, Kate Murtagh, Mary Raye & Naldi61The Modernaires, Evelyn Farney62Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Clare, Billy Daniels63Andy and Della Russell, Clarence Stroud64Victor Borge, Frances Langford65Richard Tucker66Smith & Dale, Gracie Barrie & the BeachcombersSeason 2Season 3