Pete Kelly's Blues (TV series)

Pete Kelly's Blues is a television series starring William Reynolds which aired in 1959. It was created by Jack Webb, based on his 1951 radio series of the same name and the subsequent film version, Pete Kelly's Blues, from 1955.

Synopsis
Set in Kansas City during the 1920s, the series centered on Pete Kelly, a trumpet player and the leader of Pete Kelly's Original Big Seven Big. Dixieland trumpet player, Dick Cathcart, who's best known as a member of The Lawrence Welk Show, was  dubbed in for the actual playing of Kelly's trumpet.

Cast

 * William Reynolds as Pete Kelly
 * Connee Boswell as Savannah Brown
 * Than Wyenn as George Lupo (Lupo was frequently mention in the radio series, but never actually appeared; Wyenn did play a different character in the movie version.)
 * Phil Gordon as Fred
 * Fred Eisley as Johnny Cassiano