In Memoriam

Happy Birthday! Eve Arden (1908) Al Lewis (1923) Jill Clayburgh (1944) At Rest: Inger Stevens (1970) Agnes Moorehead (1974) Tom Poston (2007)

A True Legend... November 30, 1929 - April 18, 2012 In Memoriam Remembers: Dick Clark 

August 6, 1911 - April 26, 1989 In Memoriam Remembers: Lucille Ball

Happy Birthday! Stafford Repp (1918) At Rest: Gypsy Rose Lee (1970) Irene Ryan (1973) Jim Davis (1981) Mason Adams (2005)

A fine actor was born on this day 106 years ago... His film career began in 1938 and he went onto appear in such projects as Brother Rat, The Fuller Brush Girl, The Longest Day and The Longest Yard. On television he starred in "Leave it to Larry" in the 1950's and from 1965 to 1971 he played Oliver Wendell Douglas on the hit rural sitcom "Green Acres."  He also brought his character to "Green Acres" sister shows "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Petticoat Junction."  Some other television credits include "Robert Montgomery Presents", "The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse", "Climax!", "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse", "Playhouse 90", "Wagon Train", "The Love Boat", "Murder, She Wrote" and "Falcon Crest."  His time on "Falcon Crest" reunited him with his Brother Rat co-star, Jane Wyman.  His final guest role (and acting project) w...

Happy Birthday! Charlie Chaplin (1889) Barry Nelson (1917) Peter Ustinov (1921) Edie Adams (1927)

Happy Birthday! Marian Jordan (1898) Hans Conried (1917) Elizabeth Montgomery (1933) At Rest: Clara Blandick (1962) Raymond Bailey (1980) Ernestine Wade (1983) Greta Garbo (1990) Rusty Burrell (2002)

Happy Birthday! Born: June 3, 1911 Died: April 14, 1999 She appeared in several films and television shows during her long career.  On television she appeared on such shows as "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet", "Dragnet", "Lux Video Theatre", "Perry Mason", "Dennis the Menace", "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.", "Hazel" and "Honey West."  These are only a few of the shows on her credits list. Classic television lovers will recognize her in her notable guest roles: Miss Hanna on "I Love Lucy" Mr. Mooney's Secretary on "The Lucy Show" Myrt "Hubcaps" Lesh on "The Andy Griffith Show" Mrs. Emma Poke on "The Beverly Hillbillies" Mother Lurch on "The Addams Family" She is best remembered for her work as Esther "Grandma" Walton on "The Waltons" from the show's beginning in 1972 until age and illness forced her to l...

Happy Birthday! Howard Keel (April 13, 1919 - November 7, 2004) -MGM film star, mostly musicals and westerns, also appeared on television ("Here's Lucy", "The Love Boat") and co-starred opposite Larry Hagman, Linda Gray, Barbara Bel Geddes and others when he played oil baron Clayton Farlow on the hit prime time soap opera "Dallas" from 1981 to 1991. Don Adams (April 13, 1923 - September 25, 2005) -Film and television star best known as Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 on "Get Smart" from 1965 to 1970.  Also appeared on "The Steve Allen Show" and "The Bill Dana Show."  In later years he returned as Maxwell Smart in the 1980 film The Nude Bomb, the 1989 TV-movie "Get Smart, Again!" and the 1995 revivial of the show.  In the world of animation he provided the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo and Inspector Gadget.  

Happy Birthday! Harry Morgan (1915) Chuck Connors (1921) At Rest: Natalie Schafer (1991) Arnold Johnson (2000) Larry Linville (2000) Dixie Carter (2010)

Happy Birthday! Spencer Tracy (1900) Bette Davis (1908) Gregory Peck (1916) Christopher Hewett (1922) Gale Storm (1922) Frank Gorshin (1933) At Rest: Charlton Heston (2008)

Happy Birthday! Bea Benaderet (1906) Frances Langford (1914) David White (1916) Anthony Perkins (1932) Caroline McWilliams (1945) Heath Ledger (1979) At Rest: Edgar Buchanan (1979) Gloria Swanson (1983)

Happy Birthday! Buddy Ebsen (1908) -Jed Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies" and the title role on "Barnaby Jones" not to mention many other television shows and films during a half century long career. Dabbs Greer (1917) -Long time character actor - "Adventures of Superman", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Little House on the Prairie" just to name a few. Jack Webb (1920) -Best known as the straight laced Joe Friday on "Dragnet" on both radio and television in the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's.