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Dragnet 1967
''Dragnet'' is an American television series. It ran for four seasons, from January 12, 1967, to April 16, 1970. To differentiate it from the earlier 1950s '' Dragnet'' television series, the year in which each season ended was made part of the on-screen title—the series started as ''Dragnet 1967'' and ended as ''Dragnet 1970''. The entire series aired Thursdays at 9:30–10:00 pm (EST) and was directed by Jack Webb. All four seasons of this series have been released on DVD; Season 1 ("Dragnet 1967") by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, and seasons 2 ("1968"), 3 ("1969") and 4 ("1970") by Shout! Factory. This was the second television series in a ''Dragnet'' media franchise encompassing film, television, books and comics. It has the distinction of being one of the first examples of a discontinued American TV series being revived years later with original cast members. Cast * Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday *Harry Morgan as Officer Bill Gannon *Other cast members included, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Webb
John Randolph Webb (April 2, 1920 – December 23, 1982) was an American actor, television producer, Television director, director, and screenwriter, who is most famous for his role as Joe Friday, Sgt. Joe Friday in the Dragnet (franchise), ''Dragnet'' franchise, which he created. He was also the founder of his own production company, Mark VII Limited. Early life Webb was born in Santa Monica, California, on April 2, 1920, son of Samuel Chester Webb and Margaret (née Smith) Webb. He grew up in the Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, Bunker Hill section of Los Angeles. His father left home before Webb was born, and Webb never knew him. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Webb lived in the parish of Our Lady of Loretto Church and attended Our Lady of Loretto Elementary School in Echo Park, Los Angeles, Echo Park, where he served as an altar boy. He then attended Belmont High School (Los Angeles), Belmont High School, near downtown Los Angeles. Webb was elected student body president o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Culver
Howard Culver (June 4, 1918 – August 4, 1984) was an American radio and television actor, best known as hotel clerk Howie Uzzell during the entire run of TV's ''Gunsmoke''. On radio he starred in the title role of the Western adventure series ''Straight Arrow'', which aired on Mutual from May 6, 1948 to June 21, 1951. Biography Culver grew up in Los Angeles, and he was first heard as an actor on CBS while he was a teenager. He served in the Navy for three years during World War II, returning to continue on many San Francisco and Hollywood-based radio shows. In 1948, he was the last actor to portray Ellery Queen on radio's ''The Adventures of Ellery Queen''.Dunning, John. (1998). ''On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio''. Oxford University Press. . pp. 8–9. After ''Straight Arrow'', he co-starred with Mercedes McCambridge as reporter Jud Barnes on ABC's '' Defense Attorney'' (1951–52). Jack French recalled Culver in his 1996 essay on ''Straight Arrow'': :McCann Erick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Perrin
Victor Herbert Perrin (April 26, 1916 – July 4, 1989)Cox, Jim (2007). ''Radio Speakers: Narrators, News Junkies, Sports Jockeys, Tattletales, Tipsters, Toastmasters and Coffee Klatch Couples Who Verbalized the Jargon of the Aural Ether from the 1920s to the 1980s--A Biographical Dictionary.'' Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., p. 228: . was an American radio, film, and television actor, perhaps best remembered for providing the "Control Voice" in the original version of the television series '' The Outer Limits'' (1963–1965). He was also a radio scriptwriter as well as a narrator in feature films and for special entertainment and educational projects, such as the original Spaceship Earth and Universe of Energy rides at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Early years Perrin was born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, the elder of two sons of Kathryn (née Mittlesteadt) and Milton A. Perrin, who was a traveling salesman. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Dubbins,
Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places *County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON * Don (river), a river in European Russia * Don River (other), several other rivers with the name *Don, Benin, a town in Benin * Don, Dang, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gujarat, India *Don, Nord, a ''commune'' of the Nord ''département'' in northern France *Don, Tasmania, a small village on the Don River, located just outside Devonport, Tasmania *Don, Trentino, a commune in Trentino, Italy * Don, West Virginia, a community in the United States *Don Republic, a temporary state in 1918–1920 *Don Jail, a jail in Toronto, Canada People Role or title * Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian title, given as a mark of respect *Don, a crime boss, especially in the Mafia , ''Don Konisshi'' (コニッシー) *Don, a resident assistant at universities in Canada and the U.S. *University don, in British and Irish universities, especially at Oxford, Cambridge, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Vincent
Virginia Vincent (May 3, 1918 – October 3, 2013) was an American film, television and theatre actress. She was known for playing the role of "Jennie Blake" in the 1958 film ''The Return of Dracula''. Vincent died in October 2013, at the age of 95 in United States. Partial filmography *''California Passage'' (1950) - Mazie (uncredited) *''The Company She Keeps'' (1951) - Annabelle Bird (uncredited) *''Taxi (1953 film), Taxi'' (1953) - Hortense (uncredited) *''The Helen Morgan Story'' (1957) - Sue *''The Return of Dracula'' (1958) - Jennie Blake *''The Black Orchid (film), The Black Orchid'' (1958) - Alma Gallo *''I Want to Live!'' (1958) - Peg *''Perry Mason - The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister'' (1958) - Harriet Bain *''Never Steal Anything Small'' (1959) - Ginger *''The Real McCoys'' (1962) - Nancy Templeton *''Love with the Proper Stranger'' (1963) - Anna *''Navajo Run'' (1964) - Sarah Grog *''Tony Rome'' (1967) - Sally Bullock *''Sweet November (1968 film), Sweet Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Eisley
Anthony Eisley (January 19, 1925 – January 29, 2003) was an American actor best known as one of the detective leads, Tracy Steele, in the ABC/Warner Brothers television series ''Hawaiian Eye''. Early in his career, he was credited as Fred EisleyFred Eisley, aka Anthony Eisley at IBDB and later was sometimes billed as Tony Eisley. Biography Born Frederick Glendinning Eisley in , , his father was a general sales manager for a large corporation.Stage work Following service in the |
Sidney Clute
Sidney Richard Clute (April 21, 1916 – October 2, 1985) was an American film and television actor. He was notable for playing Detective Paul La Guardia on 57 episodes of the American police procedural drama ''Cagney & Lacey'' (1982–85). He also played "Detective Simms" on 10 episodes in '' McCloud''. Clute guest-starred in numerous television programs including ''Hawaii Five-O'', ''Emergency!'', ''The Rockford Files'', '' Kolchak: The Night Stalker'', ''All in the Family'', '' Adam-12'' and ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. He also appeared in a few episodes of ''Lou Grant'', ''Wagon Train'', '' Hogan's Heroes'', ''My Three Sons'' and ''Cannon''. Clute died on October 2, 1985, of cancer at the St. George Hospital in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Patten (actor)
Robert Fitz Randolph Patten (October 11, 1925 – December 29, 2001) was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for playing Lieutenant Jesse Bishop in the 1949 film ''Twelve O'Clock High''. Patten died in December 2001 of cancer at his home in Malibu, California, at the age of 76. Partial filmography *'' Black Gold'' (1947) - Jockey (uncredited) *''The Street with No Name'' (1948) - Robert Danker (uncredited) *''Apartment for Peggy'' (1948) - Student (uncredited) *'' When My Baby Smiles at Me'' (1948) - Sailor (uncredited) *''Mother Is a Freshman'' (1949) - Young Man (uncredited) *''Mr. Belvedere Goes to College'' (1949) - Joe Fisher *''It Happens Every Spring'' (1949) - Cab Driver (uncredited) *''Sand'' (1949) - Boyd *''Slattery's Hurricane'' (1949) - Lieutenant at Desk (uncredited) *''I Was a Male War Bride'' (1949) - Interne (uncredited) *''Father Was a Fullback'' (1949) - Manager (uncredited) *''Twelve O'Clock High'' (1949) - Lieutenant Jesse Bish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Bartell
Harry Alfred Bartell (November 29, 1913 – February 26, 2004)Aaker, Everett (2006). ''Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . p. 34. was an American actor and announcer in radio, television and film. With his rather youthful sounding voice, Bartell was one of the busiest West Coast character actors from the early 1940s until the end of network radio drama in the 1960s. Early years Bartell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, but grew up in Houston, where he got his start at station KRPC. He graduated from Rice University in 1933 and attended Harvard Business School. In 1942, he joined the staff of KWKW radio as an announcer. Radio Upon moving to California, Bartell became a favorite of producer/director Norman MacDonnell, performing frequently on ''Escape'' (notably as Ronald Dawson in ''The Second Class Passenger'' and Peyton Farquar in Ambrose Bierce's ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge''), and was a leading member of the ''Gunsmoke'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Brubaker
Robert Brubaker (October 9, 1916 – April 15, 2010) was an American character actor best known for his roles in television and movie westerns, including '' Gunsmoke'' and ''40 Guns to Apache Pass''. Early years Brubaker was born in Robinson, Illinois, on October 9, 1916, the son of George Brubaker. His interest in acting developed when he was a student at Robinson Township High School. He dropped out of Northwestern University after two years and went to New York. Military service During World War II, Brubaker was an aircraft commander in the U.S. Army Air Force. Later, he served during the Berlin Airlift, and in the Korean War he was a part of the Strategic Air Command. Career Brubaker debuted as a professional actor in ''Oh Say Can You Sing, Dance or Act'' (1936), a production of the Federal Theatre Project. While he worked at radio station KMPC, Brubaker caught the attention of an executive of Paramount Pictures, and his film debut came in a bit part in ''Blonde A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Nisbet
Stuart Nisbet (January 17, 1934 – June 23, 2016) was an American character actor and former President of the Nesbitt/Nisbet Society of North America. Early life Born in Los Angeles, California, Nisbet studied theater at Los Angeles City College and California State University, Los Angeles. Career Nisbet guest starred on such television shows as ''Mama's Family''; ''Murder, She Wrote''; ''L.A. Law''; ''Little House on the Prairie''; ''Quincy, M.E.'' (in 2 episodes); ''Three's Company''; ''McMillan & Wife''; ''Emergency!''; ''The Rockford Files''; '' Kolchak: The Night Stalker''; ''Happy Days''; ''Adam-12'' (in 2 episodes); ''Columbo'' (in 2 episodes); ''Cannon''; ''Mannix'' (in 5 episodes); ''Night Gallery''; ''Bonanza'' (in 9 episodes); '' Laredo'', '' McCloud''; ''The Partridge Family''; ''Love, American Style'' (in 2 episodes); '' The Name of the Game''; '' Dragnet'' (in 8 episodes); ''The Golden Girls''; ''Get Smart'' (in 3 episodes); ''Mayberry R.F.D.''; ''The Wild Wild W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacy Harris
Stacy Harris (July 26, 1918 – March 13, 1973) was an American actor with hundreds of film and television appearances. His name is sometimes found misspelled Stacey Harris. Early years Harris was an Army pilot whose leg was injured in a plane crash less than six months after he enlisted in 1937. That injury prevented him from re-enlisting when World War II began, but he served with the American Field Service as an ambulance driver and with the French Foreign Legion as a dispatch rider. Before becoming an actor, he held a variety of jobs, including newspaper reporter, boxer, sailor, and artist. Theatre Harris acted in five Broadway plays and received a New York Critics Award. Radio Harris was known for his role as agent Jim Taylor on ABC Radio's '' This is Your FBI''. In 1946, Jerry Devine, that program's producer-director, told newspaper columnist Jack O'Brian: "Stacy has just the sort of voice I need for the quiet authority of the special agent on my show. On top of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
