In Memoriam

Who could possibly forget about Janet Leigh, the original "scream queen?" In a career that spanned more than fifty-five years the versitale actress conquered both film and television. She began in films in 1947. Some of her more notable films include Little Women (1949), Houdini (1953), The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998). Her film career consisted of more than fifty film appearances. On television she appeared as herself on such programs as "Person to Person", "The Colgate Comedy Hour", "Toast of the Town", "What's My Line?", "Password", "The Andy Williams Show", "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour", "The Dean Martin Show", "The Joey Bishop Show", "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In", "The Hollywood Squares", "Dinah!", "Good Morning America", "La...

Given her impressive resume it is hard to believe that Madge Blake didn't begin her career on screen until age 50. She appeared in her first film in 1949 and would go onto appear in 48 more films between then and 1966. In many of appearances however, she was uncredited. Some of her more notable film appearances were in The Long, Long Trailer, Please Murder Me, Ain't Misbehavin and Please Don't Eat the Daisies. Madge became a very well known and well recognizable character actress on television as the medium began to grow. She appeared on such programs as "City Detective", "The Public Defender", "It's a Great Life", "The Star and the Story", "Four Star Playhouse", "Cavalcade of America", "Private Secretary", "December Bride", "General Electric Theater", "Lassie", "Bachelor Father", "The Gale Storm Show", "Studio 57", "Schlitz Playh...

I was only 14 years old when Richard Denning passed away but I remember reading about it and feeling sad. Now, eleven years later, I feel even worse. He was a great actor who had a marvelous career and I wish more attention was given to the long list of accomplishments that this actor left behind. Between 1937 and 1968 he appeared in 91 films. The more notable ones being The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939), The Glass Key (1942), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and An Affair to Remember (1957). On television he could be spotted during the early days of the medium on such programs as "The Bigelow Theatre", "Cavalcade of America", "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars", "TV Reader's Digest", "Cheyenne", "Celebrity Playhouse", "Crossroads", "Lux Video Theatre", "The Ford Television Theatre", "General Electric Theater", "Studio One", "Going my Way" and "Karen."...

Robert Rockwell's career spanned radio, Broadway, television and films. Between 1948 and 1995 he appeared in 26 films. He spent time on the Broadway stage in the 1940's and the 1960's. Rockwell's big break came when he replaced Jeff Chandler (1918-1961) in the role of bashful biology teacher Mr. Phillip Boynton on the radio sitcom "Our Miss Brooks." When the show moved to television in 1952 Rockwell reprised his role. He remained for the entire four season run until the show ended in 1956. Also in 1956 Rockwell appeared in the feature film version of "Our Miss Brooks." The radio show closed its doors in 1957. Rockwell's other television credits include a recurring role as Dr. Greg Hartford on the daytime soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" from 1977 to 1978 and as Lawyer Tom Bishop on the sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" from 1979 to 1984. In other guest starring roles he appeared on "Toast of the Town", ...

Richard Mulligan is a good example of a very talented comedic actor that wasn't appreciated nearly enough and also someone who left us much too soon. Between 1962 and and 1988 he appeared in 22 feature films. In the 1980's he tried Broadway and throughout the 1970's, 1980's and 1990's he appeared in a variety of made for television movies. As a guest, he appeared on such television programs as "The Mike Douglas Show", "Mannix", "Gunsmoke", "I Dream of Jeannie", "Love, American Style", "Bonanza", "The Partridge Family", "Medical Story", "Little House on the Prairie", "Charlie's Angels", "The Love Boat", "The Twilight Zone", "Highway to Heaven" and "The John Larroquette Show." In 1977, Mulligan joined the cast of the controversial ABC sitcom "Soap" playing the underhanded Burt Campbell, husband of Mary Campbell, wh...

Jess Oppenheimer (November 11, 1913 - December 27, 1988) Co-Creator, Producer and Writer (1951-1956) Marc Daniels (January 27, 1912 - April 23, 1989) Director 33 episodes (1951-1953) Bob Carroll, Jr. (August 12, 1918 - January 27, 2007) Co-Creator & Writer Bob Weiskopf (March 13, 1914 - February 20, 2001) Writer (1955-1960) James V. Kern (September 22, 1909 - November 9, 1966) Director 39 episodes (1955-1957) Wilbur Hatch (May 24, 1902 - December 22, 1969) Musical Director Karl Freund (January 16, 1890 - May 3, 1969) Cinematographer Eloise Jensson (November 5, 1922 - February 14, 2004) Costume Designer Still With Us at the time of this Posting Director William Asher (87) Co-Creator & Writer Madelyn Davis (87) Writer (1955-1960) Bob Schiller (90) Assistant Director Jay Sandrich (76) Film & Editing Director Dann Cahn (8?)

***Note both 1896 and 1897 have been given from different sources as a year of birth*** J. Carroll Naish was a character actor who could literally play anyone. Even though he was an Irish-American, Naish often found himself cast in a variety of different roles, as people from origins of Italian, Asian, German, and a variety of others. His most popular ethnic role was a Luigi Basco in the domestic radio sitcom “Life with Luigi” which premiered on September 21, 1948. The show followed the adventures of Italian immigrant Luigi Basco who would write a letter every to his “Mama Mia” in Italy. Co-starring with Naish was veteran actor Alan Reed who played Luigi’s friend and countryman Pasquale. Actor Hans Conried could also be heard as a recurring performer. Between 1926 and 1971 he appeared in 187 films, his first being a bit role in the film What Price Glory. In 1943, he played the villainous Dr. Tito Daka in the serial Batman. Because the project took place during the height of WWII the...