December Bride Football Hero (Season 3, Episode 11)
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy

December Bride

Football Hero (Season 3, Episode 11)

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy

On the way to Kansas City, the gang stops in the town where Matt went to college. Matt is a legend for a winning football catch, but there's more to the story, a secret Matt doesn't want Ruth to know about.

Director

Jerry Thorpe

Writers

Bill Derman | Lou Derman | Parke Levy

Producer

Parke Levy

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 24, 1956

Release date

Dec 24, 1956 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Cast	+ Add Cast
15 cast members

Name	Known for
Spring Byington Lily Ruskin Lily Ruskin See fewer	You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Dean Miller Matt Henshaw Matt Henshaw See fewer	December Bride (1954)
Frances Rafferty Ruth Henshaw Ruth Henshaw See fewer	Girl Crazy (1943)
Harry Morgan Pete Porter Pete Porter See fewer	MAS*H (1972)
Verna Felton Hilda Crocker Hilda Crocker See fewer	Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Harry Cheshire Norris Norris See fewer	Impact (1949)
Parley Baer Coach Coach See fewer	License to Drive (1988)
Joe Conley Butch Butch See fewer	Cast Away (2000)
Gary Gray Sandy Sandy See fewer	The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
Yvonne Lime Tommy Tommy See fewer	I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Ralph Sanford Guard Guard See fewer	Copacabana (1947)
Burt Mustin Hank Hank See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)
Leonard Bremen Man (as Lennie Bremen) Man (as Lennie Bremen) See fewer	The Front Page (1974)
Joe Brown Man Man See fewer	The Oklahoma Woman (1956)
Fritz Ford Joe (as Frederick Ford) Joe (as Frederick Ford) See fewer	Damien: Omen II (1978)