Father Knows Best Formula for Happiness (Season 5, Episode 30)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Father Knows Best

Formula for Happiness (Season 5, Episode 30)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Jim has a strange dream that involves a television broadcast, a mysterious intruder named Charles Barter, and the formula for happy living. In the days that follow, the dream seems to come true.

Director

Peter Tewksbury

Writers

Dorothy Cooper (written by) | Ed James (characters)

Producer

Eugene B. Rodney

Cinematographer

Frederick Gately

Editor

Robert B. Hoover

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 6, 1959

Release date

Apr 6, 1959 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

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

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10 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)
Sarah Selby Miss Thomas Miss Thomas See fewer	Tower of London (1962)
Abraham Sofaer U.N. Diplomat U.N. Diplomat See fewer	The Naked Jungle (1954)
Jonathan Harris Intruder Intruder See fewer	Lost in Space (1965)
Alexander Lockwood Charles Barter Charles Barter See fewer	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
E. Leslie Thomas Dr. Daley Dr. Daley See fewer	The Brain from Planet Arous (1957)