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Doc (1975 TV Series)
''Doc'' is an American sitcom produced by MTM Enterprises which aired on CBS from August 16, 1975, to October 30, 1976. Synopsis ''Doc'' starred Barnard Hughes as Dr. Joe Bogert, an elderly, kindhearted general practitioner who divided his time between dealing with his dysfunctional patients and his even more dysfunctional family. Hughes had been seen occasionally on the CBS-TV sitcoms ''All in the Family'' as Father John Majeski and on ''The Bob Newhart Show'' as Bob's father Herb Hartley. On ''Doc'', actress Elizabeth Wilson costarred with Hughes as Joe's wife Annie, Judith Kahan as his daughter Laurie, John Harkins as Laurie's husband, and Mary Wickes as Joe's nurse, Tully. During the first season, the show had good ratings, partially due to its timeslot (Saturdays at 8:30 p.m., sandwiched between mega-hits ''The Jeffersons'' and '' The Mary Tyler Moore Show''). CBS, however, thought the ratings should be better considering the scheduling and ordered that the show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irwin Corey
"Professor" Irwin Corey (July 29, 1914 – February 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comic, film actor and activist, often billed as "The World's Foremost Authority". He introduced his unscripted, improvisational style of stand-up comedy at the San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17t ... club the hungry i. Lenny Bruce described Corey as "one of the most brilliant comedians of all time." Biography Corey was born Irwin Eli Cohen to a Jewish family on , in Brooklyn, New York. Poverty-stricken after his father deserted the family, his mother was forced to place him and his five siblings in the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York, where Corey remained until his early teens. He then rode in boxcars out to California, and enrolled himself at Belmont High School (Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Brinckerhoff
Burton Field Brinckerhoff (born October 25, 1936) is an American actor, director, and producer. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his role as Igor in the play '' Cactus Flower'' (1965–1968), a Daytime Emmy Award for directing an episode of the television series ''The ABC Afternoon Playbreak'' (1973), and three Primetime Emmy Awards for directing episodes of the television series ''Lou Grant'' (1978–1982). Early life and education Brinckerhoff was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and initially raised in Ben Avon, Pennsylvania. His father, Rev. Dr. J. Howard Brinckerhoff, was minister of the Ben Avon Presbyterian Church, and Marion (née Field) Brinckerhoff. The family moved to New York City when Burt was five years old. His mother was director of Director of Christian Education at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. Brinckerhoff became interested in acting while attending Horace Mann School. He performed in a senior class play and, after graduating, in summer stock theatre. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lloyd (writer)
David Gibbs Lloyd (July 7, 1934 – November 10, 2009) was an American screenwriter and producer for television. He wrote for many sitcoms, such as ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''The Bob Newhart Show'', ''Taxi'', '' Cheers'', ''Frasier'' and ''Wings''. Lloyd wrote "Chuckles Bites the Dust", an October 1975 episode of the ''Mary Tyler Moore Show'', for which he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series. Family Lloyd was married to Arline. The couple had five children, television writers Stephen and Christopher, as well as Julie, Amy, and Douglas. Death He died on November 10, 2009, aged 75, from prostate cancer at his home in Beverly Hills, California. The November 18, 2009, episode of ''Modern Family'' (which was co-created by his son Christopher), " Great Expectations", on ABC ended with an "In Memory" screen dedicating the episode to David's life. Filmography *''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' (1963-1970) *''The Dick Cavett Show'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Storm (director)
Howard Storm (born December 11, 1931) is an American film director, television director, and actor. Storm's acting credits include '' The New Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''Rhoda'', and ''Sanford and Son'', among other television series. In 1975, he began his directing career, directing episodes of ''Laverne & Shirley'', '' Busting Loose'', '' Joanie Loves Chachi'', ''Mork & Mindy'', ''Taxi'', '' The Redd Foxx Show'', ''Full House'', '' ALF'', and '' Head of the Class'', among other series. In 1985, Storm directed his only feature film, ''Once Bitten'', starring Lauren Hutton and Jim Carrey. In 2010, he made a small guest appearance in the film ''Valentine's Day Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Christian feast day honoring one or two early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine and, thr ...''. References External linksAn Interview with Howard Storm, February 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Vitte
Raymond Vitte (1949–1983) was an American actor who starred mostly in comedy and drama films in the 1970s and early 1980s. He made numerous guest appearances on television shows and was a cast member of the show ''Doc'' in 1976. Vitte, who had been fevered for days and acting strangely for hours in his Los Angeles home, died in 1983 following a scuffle with two Los Angeles Police Department The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially known as the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the municipal police department of Los Angeles, California. With 9,974 police officers and 3,000 civilian staff, it is the third-large ... officers who were transporting Vitte to a nearby hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. Filmography In 1981, Vitte also appeared on '' Gimme a Break'' as Ken. Only five episodes of his final show "The Quest" had aired when the series was cancelled in Nov 1982. Tragically, Ray Vitte died only 3 months later after the LA police departmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ogden Stiers
David Allen Ogden Stiers ( ; October 31, 1942 – March 3, 2018) was an American actor and conductor. He appeared in numerous productions on Broadway, and originated the role of Feldman in '' The Magic Show'', in which he appeared for four years between 1974 and 1978. In 1977, he was cast as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III, M.D., on the television series ''M*A*S*H'', a role he portrayed until the series' conclusion in 1983, and which earned him two Emmy Award nominations. He appeared prominently in the 1980s in the role of District Attorney Michael Reston in several '' Perry Mason'' television films, and voiced a number of Disney characters during the 1990s and 2000s, most notably Cogsworth in 1991's '' Beauty and the Beast'', Governor Ratcliffe and Wiggins in 1995's '' Pocahontas'', Kamaji in 2001's '' Spirited Away'', and Dr. Jumba Jookiba in the '' Lilo & Stitch'' franchise. He appeared in television again on the supernatural drama series '' The Dead Zone'' as Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audra Lindley
Audra Marie Lindley (September 24, 1918 – October 16, 1997) was an American actress, most famous for her role as landlady Helen Roper on the sitcom ''Three's Company'' and its spin-off ''The Ropers''. Life and career Audra Lindley was born into Los Angeles show business. Her father, Bert Lindley, was a film and stage actor. Lindley got her Hollywood start as a stand-in. This progressed to stunt work, and she eventually became a contract player with Warner Bros. In 1943, she went to New York in her mid-20s to work in theater. Among her many Broadway plays during her long career were: '' On Golden Pond'', '' Long Day's Journey into Night'', and ''Horse Heavens''. After a break from acting to raise five children, she began to make steady appearances on television in the early 1960s, including the role of Sue Knowles on the soap opera ''Search for Tomorrow'', and a five-year stint as manipulative Aunt Liz Matthews on the soap opera '' Another World''. She had regular roles as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (also known simply as ''Mary Tyler Moore'') is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns and starring actress Mary Tyler Moore. The show originally aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977. Moore portrayed Mary Richards, an unmarried, independent woman focused on her career as associate producer of a news show at the fictional local station WJM in Minneapolis. Ed Asner co-starred as Mary's boss Lou Grant, alongside Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel, and Betty White, with Valerie Harper as friend and neighbor Rhoda Morgenstern, and Cloris Leachman as friend Phyllis Lindstrom. ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' proved to be a groundbreaking series in the era of second-wave feminism; portraying a central female character who was neither married nor dependent on a man was a rarity on American television in the 1970s. The show has been celebrated for its complex, relatable characters and story lines. ''The Mary Tyler Moore S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jeffersons
''The Jeffersons'' is an American sitcom television series that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, to July 2, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. ''The Jeffersons'' is one of the longest-running sitcoms in history, the second-longest-running series with a primarily African American cast by episode count and the first to prominently feature a married interracial couple. Show The show focuses on George and Louise Jefferson, a prosperous African-American couple who have been able to move from Queens to Manhattan owing to the success of George's dry-cleaning chain, Jefferson Cleaners. The show was launched as the second (and longest running) spin-off of '' All in the Family'', on which the Jeffersons had been the neighbors of Archie and Edith Bunker. The show was the creation of Norman Lear. ''The Jeffersons'' eventually evolved into more of a traditional sitcom, but episodes occasionally focused on serious issues such as alcoholism, racism, suicide, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harkins (actor)
John Raymond Harkins (September 7, 1932 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Life and career Born in St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended Normandy High School, Harkins began acting professionally in the mid-1950s on the Broadway stage after studying at the University of Iowa. A life member of The Actors Studio, Harkins appeared in productions of ''The Terrible Swift Sword'', ''Good as Gold'', and ''Mother Courage and Her Children'', prior to making his television debut in a 1965 episode of ''The Trials of O'Brien''. The next year, Harkins made his film debut in ''The Three Sisters'', opposite Shelley Winters and Geraldine Page. From 1967 to 1970, he appeared in various roles on ''Dark Shadows'', and appeared in guest roles on ''Harry O'', and had roles in several television movies. In 1975, Harkins had a recurring role on the CBS sitcom ''Doc''. He also appeared in "Chuckles Bites the Dust", a memorable episode of ''The Mary Tyler Moore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Kahan
Judith Kahan (born May 24, 1948) is an American actress and television writer. Early years Kahan was born May 24, 1948, in Roslyn Heights, New York, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Kahan. She attended Boston University's School of Fine and Applied Arts. Career Although she has primarily appeared in film and television roles, she has also appeared onstage in a number of theatrical productions, including a co-starring role as Fredrika Armfeldt in the original Broadway production of ''A Little Night Music'' from 1973–74. Selected filmography Actress * ''Doc'' (1975–1976, TV Series) as Laurie Bogert Fenner * ''All's Fair'' (1976–1977, TV Series) as Ginger Livingston * ''Rush It'' (1977) as Catherine * '' Free Country'' (1978) as Anna Bresner * ''Mary'' (1978) * '' Twice Upon a Time'' (1983) as The Fairy Godmother (voice) (credited as Judith Kahan Kampmann) * '' Valerie's Family'' (1986–1987, TV Series) as Annie Steck * ''Stealing Home'' (1988) as Laura Appleby * ''Hot S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
