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Date With The Angels
''Date with the Angels'' is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from May 10, 1957, to January 29, 1958, starring Betty White as Vicky Angel. Synopsis The series, which stars Betty White and Bill Williams, began as a replacement for '' The Ray Anthony Show'' for the same sponsor, Chrysler's Plymouth division. Tom Kennedy was the show's announcer and spokesman for Plymouth. The series revolves around newly married Vicki Angel and her insurance salesman husband Gus Angel who get themselves and their friends and neighbors into various comedic situations. Besides White and Williams, the series also featured for several episodes Richard Deacon, Richard Reeves, Roy Engel, Maudie Prickett and Burt Mustin. Tom Kennedy was the off-camera announcer at the end of episodes. Among the series' guest stars were Nancy Kulp, Madge Blake, Dennis Day, Liberace, Joan Vohs, Chuck Connors, Reta Shaw, Dave Willock, Sid Melton, Russell Hicks, Hugh O'Brian, Hanley Stafford, and Willard Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James V
James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was List of Scottish monarchs, King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death in 1542. He was crowned on 21 September 1513 at the age of seventeen months. James was the son of King James IV and Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England. During his childhood Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland was governed by regents, firstly by his mother until she remarried, and then by his first cousin once removed, John Stewart, Duke of Albany. James's personal rule began in 1528 when he finally escaped the custody of his stepfather, Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus. His first action was to exile Angus and confiscate the lands of the Clan Douglas, Douglases. James greatly increased his income by tightening control over royal estates and from the profits of justice, customs and feudal rights. He founded the College of Justice in 1532 and also acted to end lawlessness and rebellion in the Anglo-Scottish border, Borders and the Hebrides. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Engel
Roy Engel (born Leroy Englewood Stults Jr.;"Missouri, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLFM-JTCJ : Thu Jul 18 04:43:41 UTC 2024), Entry for Leroy Englewood Stults and Virginia Groves Stults, 16 Oct 1940. September 13, 1913"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPC2-HDQ : 26 November 2014), Roy Engel, 29 Dec 1980; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento. – December 29, 1980) was an American actor on radio, film, and television. He performed in more than 150 films and almost 800 episodes of television programs. Career Engel's ancestry was Irish and Dutch. His father was Roy Engelwood Stults. Engel was a Letterman (sports), letterman in football Rockhurst High School and Rockhurst University, Rockhurst College. After he graduated from college, he worked in a warehouse. Engel's career in radio began at KCMO in Kansas City. His firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Melton
Sidney Meltzer (May 22, 1917 – November 2, 2011), known professionally as Sid Melton, was an American actor. He played the roles of incompetent carpenter Alf Monroe in the CBS sitcom ''Green Acres,'' Ichabod 'Ikky' Mudd as sidekick to Captain Midnight (aka Jett Jackson The Flying Commando in syndication) and Uncle Charlie Halper, proprietor of the Copa Club, in ''The Danny Thomas Show'' and its spin-offs. He appeared in about 140 film and television projects in a career that spanned nearly 60 years. Among his most famous films were '' Lost Continent'' with Cesar Romero, '' The Steel Helmet'' with Gene Evans and Robert Hutton, '' The Lemon Drop Kid'' with Bob Hope, and '' Lady Sings The Blues'' with Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams. He was a regular on ''The Danny Thomas Show'' and ''Green Acres'', and appeared in flashback on several episodes of ''The Golden Girls'' as Salvadore Petrillo, the long-dead husband of Sophia (played by Estelle Getty) and father of Dorothy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Willock
David Willock (August 13, 1909 – November 12, 1990) was an American character actor. He appeared in 181 films and television series from 1939 to 1979. Biography Born in 1909, Willock began his professional career in vaudeville in 1931, teaming with his boyhood friend Jack Carson in a comedy song and dance routine. For a time in the mid-1930s, he was a reporter and editor for a Milwaukee newspaper. He first appeared on screen in '' Good Girls Go to Paris'' (1939), in an uncredited bit part. He teamed with Carson again when Carson invited him to write for his radio show; Willock wrote and played the part of Carson's nephew Tugwell on '' The Jack Carson Show'' from 1943 to 1949. Willock and Cliff Arquette had their own radio and television shows in the early 1950s. Both versions were called ''Dave and Charley''; the radio version was heard circa 1950, but the television version of it was on the air for only three months in early 1952.He appeared on television in S2 E15 of "W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reta Shaw
Reta Shaw (September 13, 1912 – January 8, 1982) was an American character actor, character actress known for playing strong, hard-edged, working women in film and on many of the most popular television programs of the 1960s and 1970s in the United States. She may be best remembered as the housekeeper, Martha Grant, on the television series ''The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series), The Ghost & Mrs. Muir'' and as the cook, Mrs. Brill, in the 1964 film ''Mary Poppins (film), Mary Poppins''.Galbraith, Jane. " She also played “Big Maude Tyler” an escaped convict on The Andy Griffith show “Convicts At Large” aired 12/10/1962TV Servant Had Proper Spirit for Part. ''Los Angeles Times''. January 18, 1982, p.22. Early life Reta M. Shaw was born in South Paris, Maine, on September 13, 1912, to Howard Shaw. Her father was an orchestra leader. Shaw's younger sister was actress Marguerite Shaw. The daughter and granddaughter of women who believed in Spiritualism (beliefs), spirit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Connors
Kevin Joseph "Chuck" Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in both Major League Baseball ( Brooklyn Dodgers 1949, Chicago Cubs, 1951) and the National Basketball Association (Boston Celtics 1946–48). With a 40-year film and television career, he is best known for his five-year role as Lucas McCain in the highly rated ABC series '' The Rifleman'' (1958–63). Early life and education Connors was born on April 10, 1921, in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City to Marcella (; 1894–1971) and Alban Francis "Allan" Connors (1891–1966), immigrants of Irish descent from Newfoundland and Labrador."Fifteenth Census of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Vohs
Joan Vohs (July 30, 1927 – June 4, 2001) was an American model and film and television actress. Early years Vohs was a native of St. Albans, Queens, in New York City, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs William Vohs, who also had two younger daughters. She danced with The Rockettes before becoming an actress. She later danced with Agnes DeMille's troupe and became a Connover model. Career Vohs made her movie debut in ''Girls School'' for Columbia Pictures. She was an occasional hostess on the program ''Faith of Our Children''. She appeared on several episodes of ''Fireside Theater'' and on ''Bachelor Father (U.S. TV series), Bachelor Father'', ''Family Affair'', ''Maverick (TV series), Maverick'', and ''Perry Mason (1957 TV series), Perry Mason'', among other programs. Personal life Vohs married John Stephens in 1952. They had one son, William, and one daughter, Laurie. She was an active Sunday school teacher. Death Vohs died on June 4, 2001, of heart failure in Tarzana, Califor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberace
Władziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987) was an American pianist, singer and actor. He was born in Wisconsin to parents of Italian and Polish Americans, Polish origin and enjoyed a career spanning four decades of concerts, recordings, television, motion pictures and endorsements. At the height of his fame from the 1950s to 1970s, he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world with established concert residencies in Las Vegas and an international touring schedule. He embraced a lifestyle of flamboyant excess both on and off stage, and never publicly acknowledged his homosexuality. Early life and education Władziu Valentino Liberace (known as Lee to his friends and Walter to family)Barker, 2009, p. 12. was born in West Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 16, 1919. His grandfather Valentino Liberace (1836–1909) was a casket maker from Formia in central Italy where his father, musician Salvatore ("Sam") Liberace (1885–1977), was born. His mother, Frances Zuchows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Day
Dennis Day (born Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty; May 21, 1916 – June 22, 1988) was an American actor, comedian and singer. He was of Irish descent. Early life Day was born and raised in the Throggs Neck Clason Point section of Bronx in New York City, the second of five children born to Irish immigrants Patrick McNulty and Mary (née Grady) McNulty. His father was a factory electric power engineer. Day graduated from the Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary and attended Manhattan College in the Bronx, where he sang in the glee club. In 1939, Gene McNulty, as Day was then known, sang on network radio with bandleader Larry Clinton. The Clinton broadcasts were aimed at the collegiate audience, and were often broadcast from a college campus. The 23-year-old McNulty won an audience poll as a favorite vocalist. Radio Day appeared for the first time on Jack Benny's radio show on October 8, 1939, taking the place of another tenor, Kenny Baker. He remained associated with Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madge Blake
Madge Blake (née Cummings; May 31, 1899 – February 19, 1969) was an American character actress best remembered for her role as Larry Mondello's mother, Margaret Mondello, on the CBS/ ABC sitcom ''Leave It to Beaver'', as Flora MacMichael on the ABC/CBS sitcom '' The Real McCoys'', and as Aunt Harriet Cooper in 96 episodes of ABC's ''Batman''. Gene Kelly had a special affection for her and included her in each of his films following her role in ''An American in Paris''. Early life Blake and her husband James Lincoln Blake received a citation for some of their work from the U.S. government. Blake was a niece of actor Milburn Stone, who played the role of Doc Adams on ''Gunsmoke'' Western series. Acting career She did not begin to study acting until she was 50 years old, when she enrolled at the Pasadena Playhouse and took advantage of whatever influence or contacts Milburn Stone had to land acting roles. Blake portrayed gushy gossip columnist Dora Bailey in ''Singin' in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Kulp
Nancy Jane Kulp (August 28, 1921 – February 3, 1991) was an American character actress, character actor, writer and comedian best known as The Beverly Hillbillies#Jane Hathaway, Miss Jane Hathaway on the CBS television series ''The Beverly Hillbillies''. Early life Kulp was born to Robert Tilden and Marjorie C. (née Snyder) Kulp in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She was their only child. Kulp's father was a traveling salesman, and her mother was a schoolteacher and later a principal. The family moved from Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, to Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida, sometime before 1935. In 1943, Kulp graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from Florida State University, Florida State College for Women (now Florida State University). She continued her studies for a master's degree in English and French at the University of Miami, where she was a member of the sorority Pi Beta Phi. Early in the 1940s, she also worked as a feature writer for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guest Star
The term guest appearance generally denotes the appearance of a guest in an artistic or pop-culture setting. The guests themselves (referred to as guest artists, featured artists, guest stars, or guest fighters, depending on context), are distinguished from the other real artists or fictional characters by not being part of or fitting the usual theme of the cast. They are usually recognisable on their own and only appear once or rarely within that cast. By medium Show business In show business, a guest appearance is the participation of an outsider performer (such as a musician or actor) in an event such as a music record or concert, show, etc., when the performer does not belong to the regular band, cast, or other performing group. In music, such an outside performer is often referred to as a guest artist. Classical performance arts Guest appearances have been known in theatre, ballet, and classical music for centuries, with guests both from the home country and from ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
