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Happy Birthday! Dick Elliott (1886) Eve Arden (1908) Al Lewis (1923) Gary Collins (1938) Jill Clayburgh (1944) At Rest: Inger Stevens (1970) Agnes Moorehead (1974) Tom Poston (2007)
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Happy Birthday! Celeste Holm (1917) Lennie Weinrib (1935) Lane Smith (1936) At Rest: Alfred Hitchcock (1980)
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Happy Birthday! Sidney Toler (1874) Carolyn Jones (1929 or 1930) Madge Sinclair (1938) At Rest: Ed Begley (1970) Dabbs Greer (2007)
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In honor of Jack Klugman's 91st birthday today's post will remember him and the cast of one his best pieces of work... 12 Angry Men (film, 1957) Martin Balsam (1919-1996) - Juror #1 John Fiedler (1925-2005) - Juror # 2 Lee J. Cobb (1911-1976) - Juror # 3 E.G. Marshall (1914-1998) - Juror # 4 Jack Klugman (1922-2012) - Juror # 5 Edward Binns (1916-1990) - Juror # 6 Jack Warden (1920-2006) - Juror # 7 Henry Fonda (1905-1982) - Mr. Davis, Juror # 8 Joseph Sweeney (1882-1963) - Mr. McCardle, Juror # 9 Ed Begley (1901-1970) - Juror # 10 George Voskovec (1905-1981) - Juror # 11 Robert Webber (1924-1989) - Juror # 12 It is worth noting, Mr. Klugman was the last surviving member of the cast until his passing on Christmas Eve 2012.
Remembering a Legend (807)
August 6, 1911 - April 26, 1989 24 years later... In Memoriam Remembers: Lucille Ball
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Happy Birthday! Vic Perrin (1916) Stafford Repp (1918) At Rest: Gypsy Rose Lee (1970) Irene Ryan (1973) Jim Davis (1981) Herb Voland (1981) Broderick Crawford (1986) Mason Adams (2005)
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At Rest: George Sanders (1972) Ginger Rogers (1995) Beatrice Arthur (2009) Dorothy Provine (2010)
Happy Administrative Professionals Day! (804)
Since today is Administrative Professionals Day we are remembering ten very memorable TV bosses and the actors who portrayed them... Vic Tayback (1930-1990) as Mel Sharples on "Alice" (1976-1985) Gordon Jump (1932-2003) as Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson on "WKRP in Cincinnati" (1978-1982) Raymond Bailey (1904-1980) as Mr. Milburn Drysdale on "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962-1971) Nancy Marchand (1928-2000) as Mrs. Margaret Pynchon on "Lou Grant" (1977-1982) David White (1916-1990) as Larry Tate on "Bewitched" (1964-1972) John Hamilton (1887-1958) as Perry White on "Adventures of Superman" (1952-1958) Edward Platt (1916-1974) as The Chief on "Get Smart" (1965-1970) Sherman Hemsley (1938-2012) as George Jefferson on "The Jeffersons" (1975-1985) Gale Gordon (1906-1995) as Mr. Theodore J. Mooney on "The Lucy Show" (1963-1968) & as Harrison Otis Carter on "Here's
A personal favorite! (802)
April 22, 1906 - May 26, 2005 This gentleman is a personal favorite...it is always nice to remember him on my blog. His career spanned from the 1920's to the 1990's...covering his time as a circus trapese filer, a radio voice actor, a stage actor, a motion picture star and finally a television star. Here are some highlights from his career... Films (not a complete list) Brother Rat, Brother Rat and a Baby, The Wagons Roll at Night, Out of the Fog, The Fuller Brush Girl, Oklahoma!, The Longest Day and The Longest Yard... Television (not a complete list) "Suspense" "Robert Montgomery Presents" "Goodyear Playhouse" "Climax!" "The Loretta Young Show" "Playhouse 90" "Wagon Train" "The United States Steel Hour" "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." "Columbo" "McCloud" "Kung Fu" "Simon & Simon" "Hotel"
90 years... (801)
April 22, 1923 - June 23, 2006 Today would've been the 90th birthday of one of the most influential producers in television history. He began as an actor, appearing on such shows as "The Lone Wolf", "I Love Lucy", "Dragnet", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "Gunsmoke." His list of credits as a producers is very long....below are just some of the projects he was involved with. "The Dick Powell Theatre" "The Lloyd Bridges Show" "Burke's Law" "Honey West" "Starsky and Hutch" "Family" "Vega$" "Charlie's Angels" "Fantasy Island" "Hart to Hart" "Matt Houston" "T.J. Hooker" "Life With Lucy" "The Love Boat" "The Colbys" "Hotel" "Dynasty" "Models, Inc." "Melrose Place" "Beverly Hills, 902
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Remembering Those We've Lost in 2013 (to date) Ned Wertimer Tony Lip Conrad Bain Patty Andrews The Honorable Edward I. Koch Robin Sachs Dale Robertson Bonnie Franklin Malachi Throne Richard Griffiths Milo O'Shea Annette Funicello Jonathan Winters Frank Bank
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Sorry, no tribute for today...not feeling well. There will be something very nice for post #800 tomorrow! Be well!
Remembering the cast of "Perry Mason" (1957-1966) [797]
Today the great Barbara Hale turns 91 years old. In honor of her birthday we are paying tribute to all of her late co-stars from "Perry Mason" a legal/detective CBS drama in which she played secretary Della Street from 1957 to 1966 and then again in more than 30 made for television films on NBC from 1985 to 1995. Raymond Burr (1917-1993) as Perry Mason William Hopper (1915-1970) as Paul Drake Ray Collins (1889-1965) as Police Lieutenant Arthur Tragg William Talman (1915-1968) as District Attorney Hamilton Burger Wesley Lau (1921-1984) as Police Lieutenant Andy Anderson This program is a personal favorite and it is an honor to remember these men who have left us and also to acknowledge the great lady of the cast that is still with us today.
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Happy Birthday! Charles Chaplin (1889) Joan Alexander Stanton (1916) Barry Nelson (1917) Peter Ustinov (1921) Edie Adams (1927)
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Happy Birthday! Hazel Pierce (1893) Harry Morgan (1915) Lee Bergere (1918) Chuck Connors (1921) At Rest: Natalie Schafer (1991) Arnold Johnson (2000) Larry Linville (2000) Dixie Carter (2010)
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Happy Birthday! R.G. Armstrong (1917) At Rest: Marian Jordan (1961) Barry Nelson (2007) Mike Wallace (2012)
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April 6, 1929 - August 7, 1972 Today we celebrate the life and career of an actress who left us much too young...she began in films at age 18, mostly in uncredited roles. She became a very familiar face on television for the next twenty plus years. "Racket Squad", "Gang Busters", "Meet Corliss Archer", "Schlitz Playhouse", "The Ford Television Theatre", "Four Star Playhouse", "Cavalcade of America", "Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre", "The Gale Storm Show: Oh, Susanna!", "December Bride", "Playhouse 90", "The People's Choice", "Climax!", "Perry Mason", "Make Room for Daddy", "Studio 57", "Adventures of Superman", "The Thin Man", "Maverick", "Sea Hunt", "The Jack Benny Program", "Lux Playhouse", "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour", "I Love Lu
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Happy Birthday! Spencer Tracy (1900) Bette Davis (1908) Gregory Peck (1916) Christopher Hewett (1921) Gale Storm (1922) Chao-Li Chi (1927) Frank Gorshin (1933) At Rest: Charlton Heston (2008) **the people on this list were the best, so rare to get this many great talents on the same day**
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Happy Birthday! John Brown (1904) Bea Benaderet (1906) Frances Langford (1913 or 1914) David White (1916) Anthony Perkins (1932) Kenneth Mars (1935) Caroline McWilliams (1945)
Remembering the "Lucy Land Players" (782)
Lucille Ball was well known for only using performers who could always deliver. Each of the people listed below are well known to any "Lucy" fan but they also had large and long careers of their own starring with some of Hollywood's biggest actors. Doris Singleton (1919-2012) -Also appeared on "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "Gunsmoke", "My Three Sons" and many more Elvia Allman (1904-1992) -Radio, "The Abbott and Costello Show", "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" - could be seen on "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "Murder, She Wrote", "The Odd Couple" etc... Mary Jane Croft (1916-1999) -Radio, "My Favorite Husband", "Our Miss Brooks", "Beulah" - also appeared on "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet", "The People's Choice", "Our Miss Brooks" etc Ruth Perrott (1899-1996) -Radio, "My Favorite Husband" e
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Happy Birthday! Ned Glass (1906) Maurice Tarplin (1911) Jack Grimes (1926) George Grizzard (1928) Gordon Jump (1932)