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Dundee And The Culhane
''Dundee and the Culhane'' is an American Western drama series starring John Mills and Sean Garrison that aired on CBS from September 6 to December 13, 1967. Synopsis ''Dundee and the Culhane'' follows the exploits of two frontier lawyers who provided legal defense to their accused clients. Dundee, played by Mills, was an older English lawyer who travelled to the American Old West and partners with a young Irish-American lawyer, nicknamed the Culhane. The title of each episode ended with the word "brief", as in a legal brief. The show attempted to combine the Western and legal show genres, but with little success. CBS had bought it on the strength of its pilot, but after seeing a few additional episodes and scripts, network officials were convinced that the show was going to fail before it even got started. CBS decided in September to replace ''Dundee and the Culhane'' in December with a Jonathan Winters variety hour. Cast *John Mills as Dundee *Sean Garrison as The Culhane Epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mills
Sir John Mills (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills; 22 February 190823 April 2005) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. He excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who often portrayed guileless, wounded war heroes. In 1971, he received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ''Ryan's Daughter''. For his work in film Mills was knighted by Elizabeth II in 1976. In 2002, he received a BAFTA Fellowship from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and was named a Disney Legend by The Walt Disney Company. Early life John Mills was born on 22 February 1908 in North Elmham, Norfolk, the son of Edith Mills (née Baker), a theatre box office manager, and Lewis Mills, a mathematics teacher. Mills was born at Watts Naval School, where his father was a master. He spent his early years in the village of Belton where his father was the headmaster of the village school. He first felt the thrill o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Collins (actor)
Jack Richard Collins (August 24, 1918 – January 31, 2005) was an American film, stage and television actor. He played Mike Brady's boss, Mr. Phillips, in the television series ''The Brady Bunch'', and Peter Christopher's boss, baby-food manufacturer Max Brahms, in the short-lived sitcom television series ''Occasional Wife''. For filmgoers, Collins is easily best remembered for having played San Francisco Mayor Robert Ramsay in Irwin Allen's all-star-cast, box-office-smash, disaster-movie epic ''The Towering Inferno'' (1974). Collins made numerous guest appearances in many television shows. He also appeared in several TV commercials. His acting appearances included ''The Phil Silvers Show'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''Bonanza'', ''Mission Impossible'', ''The Addams Family'', ''My Favorite Martian'', ''Bewitched'', ''I Dream of Jeannie'', ''The Lucy Show'', ''Petticoat Junction'', ''The Odd Couple'', ''Adam-12'', ''Mod Squad'', '' Ironside'', ''The Partridge Family'', ''The Waltons'', ''Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Oates
Warren Mercer Oates (July 5, 1928 – April 3, 1982) was an American actor best known for his performances in several films directed by Sam Peckinpah, including ''The Wild Bunch'' (1969) and ''Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia'' (1974). Another of his most acclaimed performances was as officer Sam Wood in '' In the Heat of the Night'' (1967). Oates starred in numerous films during the early 1970s that have since achieved cult status, such as ''The Hired Hand'' (1971), ''Two-Lane Blacktop'' (1971), and ''Race with the Devil'' (1975). Oates also portrayed John Dillinger in the biopic ''Dillinger'' (1973) and as the supporting character U.S. Army Sergeant Hulka in the military comedy ''Stripes'' (1981). Another notable appearance was in the classic New Zealand film '' Sleeping Dogs'' (1977), in which he played the commander of the American forces in the country. Early life Warren Oates was born and reared in Depoy, a tiny rural community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Oakland
Simon Oakland (August 28, 1915 – August 29, 1983) was an American actor of stage, screen, and television. During his career, Oakland performed primarily on television, appearing in over 130 series and made-for-television movies between 1951 and 1983. His most notable big-screen roles were in '' Psycho'' (1960), ''West Side Story'' (1961), ''The Sand Pebbles'' (1966), ''Bullitt'' (1968), '' The Hunting Party'' (1971), and ''Chato's Land'' (1972). Early life and career Oakland was born in Brooklyn, New York, the eldest of the three sons of immigrant Jewish parents, Jacob Weiss and Ethel Oaklander, born in Romania and Tsarist Russia, respectively. His father was a plasterer and builder. While he later claimed in media interviews to have been born in 1922 (a date repeated in his ''New York Times'' obituary), Social Security and vital records indicate he was born Simon Weiss in 1915; his stage name was derived from his mother's maiden name, Oaklander. He began his performi ... [...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] |
Sam Melville (actor)
Samuel Gardner Melville (August 20, 1936 – March 9, 1989) was an American film and television actor. He appeared as a guest star on many television programs of the 1960s and 1970s. He portrayed Officer Mike Danko in four seasons of Aaron Spelling's ABC series ''The Rookies'', and The Bear in the 1978 surfing movie ''Big Wednesday'', with Celia Kaye as his unnamed "bride". Melville also had small parts in ''Hour of the Gun'' (1967) playing the role of Morgan Earp, '' The Thomas Crown Affair'' (1968) starring Steve McQueen, as Lieutenant James Crandall / Schmidt on ''Hogan's Heroes'' (1966), and the television disaster film ''Terror in the Sky'' (1971) as the co-pilot. On ''Gunsmoke'' and ''Hawaii Five-O'', both on CBS, he played villains as a guest-star. However, on the episode "A Mule ... Like the Army's Mule" of the syndicated anthology series ''Death Valley Days'', Melville portrayed United States Army Lt. Jason Beal, who befriended Sandy King, played by Luke Halpin, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Meeker
Ralph Meeker (born Ralph Rathgeber; November 21, 1920 August 5, 1988) was an American film, stage, and television actor. He first rose to prominence for his roles in the Broadway productions of '' Mister Roberts'' (1948–1951) and ''Picnic'' (1953), the former of which earned him a Theatre World Award for his performance. In film, Meeker is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Mike Hammer in Robert Aldrich's 1955 ''Kiss Me Deadly''. Meeker went on to play a series of roles that used his husky and macho screen presence, including a lead role in Stanley Kubrick's military courtroom drama ''Paths of Glory'' (1957), as a troubled mechanic opposite Carroll Baker in '' Something Wild'' (1961), as a World War II captain in ''The Dirty Dozen'' (1967), and in the gangster film '' The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' (1967). Other credits include supporting roles in '' I Walk the Line'' (1970) and Sidney Lumet's ''The Anderson Tapes'' (1971). He also had a prolific career in te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McIntire
John Herrick McIntire (June 27, 1907 – January 30, 1991) was an American character actor who appeared in 65 theatrical films and many television series. McIntire is well known for having replaced Ward Bond, upon Bond's sudden death in November 1960, as the star of NBC's ''Wagon Train''. He played Christopher Hale, the leader of the wagon train (and successor to Bond's character, Seth Adams) from early 1961 to the series' end in 1965. He also replaced Charles Bickford, upon Bickford's death in 1967, as ranch owner Clay Grainger (brother of Bickford's character) on NBC's '' The Virginian'' for four seasons. Early years John McIntire was born in Spokane, Washington, the son of Byron Jean McIntire and Chastine Uretta Herrick McIntire. He was of Irish descent. He grew up primarily in Eureka, Montana around ranchers, an experience that later inspired his performances in dozens of film and television westerns. Later, he lived in Santa Monica, California. McIntire studied at the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Mayer
Ken Mayer (June 25, 1918 – January 30, 1985) was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Major Robbie Robertson in the 1950s television series, '' Space Patrol''. Following service in the United States Army Air Corps' intelligence division, Mayer pursued acting at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, at which he garnered the "best-actor" award in 1948. In addition to being the announcer on '' The Pinky Lee Show'', Besides ''Space Patrol'', Mayer appeared in the television series, ''Father Knows Best'', ''Whirlybirds'', ''Harbor Command'', ''Casey Jones'', ''Richard Diamond, Private Detective'', '' Adventures of Superman'', ''Jefferson Drum'', ''Cimarron City'', ''The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin'', ''Rescue 8'', ''Yancy Derringer'', ''Gunsmoke'' (Episodes: “Sweet and Sour” in 1957 & “Mistaken Identity” in 1967), '' Trackdown'', ''The Alaskans'', ''Black Saddle'', '' Wanted Dead or Alive'', ''Sugarfoot'', ''Johnny Ringo'', ''Overland Trail'', ''Law of the Plains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Keefer
Donald Hood Keefer (August 18, 1916 – September 7, 2014) was an American actor known for his versatility in performing comedic, as well as highly dramatic, roles. In an acting career that spanned more than 50 years, he appeared in hundreds of stage, film, and television productions. He was a founding member of The Actors Studio, and he performed in both the original Broadway play and 1951 film versions of Arthur Miller's '' Death of a Salesman''. His longest-lasting roles on television were in 10 episodes each of ''Gunsmoke'' and ''Angel''. Early life and career Born in Highspire, Pennsylvania in August 1916, Donald Keefer was the youngest of three sons of Edna (née Hood) and John E. Keefer, who worked as a butcher. When he was in his early twenties, "Don" moved to New York City, where he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating from that prestigious acting school in 1939. That same year, at the New York World's Fair, he performed various roles on stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde Howdy
Clyde Woodard Houdeshell (May 31, 1921 – October 2, 1969) was an American actor and Stunt performer, stuntman. He was known for playing the recurring role of assistant park ranger Hank Whitfield in CBS's television series ''Lassie (1954 TV series), Lassie''. Howdy was also known for his appareances in the American Western (genre), western television series ''Cheyenne (TV series), Cheyenne'' and as a double for actor Clint Walker. Life and career Howdy was born in Ohio. He served in the United States Navy. Howdy began his career in 1955, first appearing in the Western (genre), western television series ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp''. He then made an appearance to the western television series ''Annie Oakley (TV series), Annie Oakley''. Howdy served as a member of the Freedom Riders since 1960 for which he had eanred popularity. He was also a member of the Viewfinders Motorcycle Club. In 1959, Howdy made his stunt debut in the film ''The Young Land'', which starred Patr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Fowley
Douglas Fowley (born Daniel Vincent Fowley, May 30, 1911 – May 21, 1998) was an American movie and television actor in more than 240 films and dozens of television programs, He is probably best remembered for his role as the frustrated movie director Roscoe Dexter in ''Singin' in the Rain'' (1952), and for his regular supporting role as Doc Holliday in ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp''. He was the father of rock and roll musician and record producer Kim Fowley. Early years Fowley was born in The Bronx in New York City. He began acting while attending St. Francis Xavier Military Academy. He later attended Los Angeles City College. Fowley began as a singing waiter and then worked as a copy boy for ''The New York Times'', a runner for a Wall Street broker, a United States Postal Service employee, a barker, a salesman, a professional football player, and finally a professional actor. Military service Fowley's enlistment in the United States Navy during World War II le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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