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At Rest: Jonathan Hale (1966) Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (1977) Zara Cully (1978) Paul Harvey (2009) Jane Russell (2011)

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Happy Birthday! William Demarest (1892) Elizabeth Taylor (1932) Mary Frann (1943)

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Happy Birthday! William Frawley (1887) Robert Alda (1914) Jackie Gleason (1916) Mason Adams (1919) Tony Randall (1920) At Rest: David Doyle (1997)

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February 20, 1906 - June 30, 1995 Happy Birthday! In Memoriam Remembers: Gale Gordon

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Born: March 13, 1929 This is one of those posts I truly regret having to write.  I've admired this actor for about fourteen years now since he provided the voice of the villianous Farmer Brown in an episode of "The New Batman Adventures."  His first film appearance was uncredited in Thunder Road in 1958.  His first screen credit didn't come until The Beatniks in 1960. In 1956 he made his first appearance on television in an episode of "Sheriff of Cochise" playing a character named Doyle Ranker.  He would later reprise the role on an episode of "U.S. Marshal."  From 1959 to 1960 he appeared on the series "Black Saddle" and from 1960 to 1962 he appeared on "Maverick."  In 1965 he began playing the role that earned him a place in television history.  "The Big Valley" starring Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Long, Linda Evans and Lee Majors ran until 1969.  His character, Nick Barkley, was the hot headed middle son who was

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Happy Birthday! Cesar Romero (1907) Kevin McCarthy (1914) Mary Jane Croft (1916) Keene Curtis (1923) Harvey Korman (1927) At Rest: Wally Cox (1973) Ethel Merman (1984) McLean Stevenson (1996)

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Happy Birthday! Eva Gabor (1919) Kim Stanley (1925) Leslie Nielsen (1926) At Rest: Lee J. Cobb (1976) George O'Hanlon (1989) William Conrad (1994) Don Porter (1997) Caroline McWilliams (2010)

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Happy Birthday! Burt Mustin (1884) Lana Turner (1921) Audrey Meadows (1922) Jack Lemmon (1925) At Rest: Harriet MacGibbon (1987)

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Happy Birthday! William Talman (1915) Ida Lupino (1918) At Rest: Liberace (1987) Ossie Davis (2005)

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Happy Birthday! Joey Bishop (1918) John Fiedler (1925) Victor Buono (1938) At Rest: Nancy Kulp (1991) Audrey Meadows (1996) Al Lewis (2006) Jean Byron (2006) France Reid (2010)