Father Knows Best The Matchmaker (Season 1, Episode 21)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Father Knows Best

The Matchmaker (Season 1, Episode 21)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Margaret's cousin Louise is visiting. The Andersons have a dinner party for Louise and her boyfriend Tom. Margaret hopes Tom will propose to Louise. Margaret does everything to make the mood romantic, despite the children's interruptions.

Director

William D. Russell

Writers

Dorothy Cooper (screenplay) | Ed James (characters) (story)

Producer

Eugene B. Rodney

Cinematographer

Gert Andersen

Editor

Richard Fantl

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 20, 1955

Release date

Feb 20, 1955 (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)
Lyn Guild Louise Louise See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)
William Hudson Tom Tom See fewer	The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
John Philip Dayton Nieghbor boy (uncredited) Nieghbor boy (uncredited) See fewer	The Joy of Natural Childbirth (1985)