Oliver Wendell Douglas

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Oliver Wendell Douglas was the major character in the 1960s CBS situation comedy Green Acres. Portrayed by Hollywood veteran Eddie Albert, Oliver Wendell Douglas was a New York City attorney embraced a long harbored a dream of moving to the Midwest and operating a farm rather than practicing "big city" law. The character's name was inspired by famed Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and possibly also by then-Supreme Court justice William Orville Douglas.

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Oliver Wendell Douglas was the major character in the 1960s CBS situation comedy Green Acres. Portrayed by Hollywood veteran Eddie Albert, Oliver Wendell Douglas was a New York City attorney embraced a long harbored a dream of moving to the Midwest and operating a farm rather than practicing "big city" law. The character's name was inspired by famed Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and possibly also by then-Supreme Court justice William Orville Douglas.

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Subject ID: 80329