Father Knows Best Bud, the Caretaker (Season 5, Episode 8)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Father Knows Best

Bud, the Caretaker (Season 5, Episode 8)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Bud is given charge of watching a neighbor's car while he is out of town. Bud is only to start the car every few days and not drive it around town. Alas, he drives it and the car gets scratched.

Director

Peter Tewksbury

Writers

Ed James (characters) | Roswell Rogers (written by)

Producer

Eugene B. Rodney

Cinematographer

Frank G. Carson (as Kit Carson)

Editor

Robert B. Hoover

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 3, 1958

Release date

Nov 3, 1958 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 6 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 3 wins & 18 nominations

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Young Jim Anderson Jim Anderson See fewer	Crossfire (1947)
Jane Wyatt Margaret Anderson Margaret Anderson See fewer	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Elinor Donahue Betty Anderson Betty Anderson See fewer	Pretty Woman (1990)
Billy Gray Bud Anderson Bud Anderson See fewer	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Lauren Chapin Kathy Anderson Kathy Anderson See fewer	Father Knows Best (1954)
Paul Wallace Kippy Kippy See fewer	Gypsy (1962)
Alice Lunsford Girl Girl See fewer	Father Knows Best (1954)
John McIntire Mr. Whitcomb Mr. Whitcomb See fewer	Psycho (1960)