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Frank Maxwell
Charles Francis Maxwell (November 17, 1916 – August 4, 2004) was an American actor who served as president of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists from 1984 to 1989. Life and career A native of The Bronx borough of New York City, and a graduate of the University of Michigan, he appeared in 151 films or television programs. Maxwell began his acting career on the Broadway stage, appearing in such notable plays as ''Death of a Salesman'' (playing the role of Willy Loman's son, "Happy"), '' South Pacific'' (playing "Luther Billis," a role that went to Ray Walston in the film version), and ''Stalag 17''. His first television acting roles were in 1950 in episodes of the ''Goodyear Playhouse''/''Philco Playhouse'' followed in 1951 by an appearance in the episode "The Overcoat" of the television series ''Big Town''. Maxwell subsequently appeared in such series as ''Decoy'', with Beverly Garland, ''Peter Gunn'' (twice), ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (five episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bronx, New York
The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New York City borough of Queens, across the East River. The Bronx has a land area of and a population of 1,472,654 in the 2020 census. If each borough were ranked as a city, the Bronx would rank as the ninth-most-populous in the U.S. Of the five boroughs, it has the fourth-largest area, fourth-highest population, and third-highest population density.New York State Department of Health''Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State – 2010'' retrieved on August 8, 2015. It is the only borough of New York City not primarily on an island. With a population that is 54.8% Hispanic as of 2020, it is the only majority-Hispanic county in the Northeastern United States and the fourth-most-populous nationwide. The Bronx is div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decoy (TV Series)
''Decoy'' (also titled ''Policewoman Decoy'') is an American crime drama television series created for syndication and initially broadcast from October 14, 1957, to July 7, 1958, with 39 black-and-white 30-minute episodes. The series was groundbreaking, as the first American police series with a female protagonist. Many ''Decoy'' episodes are in the public domain. Synopsis The series starred Beverly Garland as Patricia "Casey" Jones, a female police officer in New York City. The undercover nature of Jones's work had her appearing as women in a variety of roles, including gun molls, hookers, nurses, and singers. Jones had no partner in her police work, and episodes revealed little about her personal life, with occasional exceptions of references to a love affair with a police officer who died on duty. Popularity ''Decoy'' was ranked among the top-10 syndicated programs, not only during its initial release, but also "long after production closed down". Production Stuart Rosenb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Corruptors
''Target: The Corruptors!'' is an American crime drama series starring Stephen McNally which aired on ABC from September 29, 1961 to June 8, 1962. The series was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television. Plot Cast Main cast * Stephen McNally as Paul Marino * Robert Harland as Jack Flood * Jo Helton as Rose Vaclavic (recurring role) * Dennis Cross as Reicher (recurring role) Guest stars * Ed Asner * Parley Baer * Martin Balsam * Ed Begley * Robert Burton * William Conrad * Michael Constantine * Wendell Corey * Robert Culp * Barbara Eden * Jack Elam * Peter Falk * Felicia Farr * Constance Ford * Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. * Alan Hale, Jr. * David Janssen * Brian Keith * Ray Kellogg * Jess Kirkpatrick * Jack Klugman * Shirley Knight * Bethel Leslie * Robert Loggia * Frank Lovejoy * Walter Matthau * Vic Morrow * Jeanette Nolan * James Nusser * Edmond O'Brien * Dan O'Herlihy * Warren Oates * Suzanne Pleshette * Gilman Rankin * Gena Rowlands * Penny Santon * Simon Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Asphalt Jungle (TV Series)
''The Asphalt Jungle'' is a 1961 American police procedural television series starring Jack Warden, Arch Johnson, and William Smith (actor), Bill Smith about a squad of detectives targeting organized crime in the Midwestern United States. Inspired by the 1950 film ''The Asphalt Jungle'', it aired from April 2 to June 25, 1961, on American Broadcasting Company, ABC.McNeil, Alex, ''Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, p. 64.Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present, Sixth Edition'', New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, , p. 63. ''The Asphalt Jungle''s pilot episode was re-edited and lengthened to create the 1961 theatrical film ''The Lawbreakers''. Synopsis The police department's Metropolitan Squad specializes in fighting organized crime in an unnamed Midwestern United States, Midwestern city. The squads members are elite detectives led b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong (TV Series)
''Hong Kong'' is a 26-episode adventure/drama series (plus an initial pilot episode) which aired on ABC television during the 1960–1961 season and helped to catapult Australian actor Rod Taylor into a major film star, primarily in the 1960s, beginning with his role in Alfred Hitchcock's '' The Birds''. The series was a production of 20th Century Fox Television, and the final credit of each episode stated: "Filmed by Twentieth Century Fox Television Inc. at its Hollywood studios and in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong". Synopsis ''Hong Kong'' was set in the then British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. Taylor portrayed Glenn Evans, a U.S. journalist who worked in the exotic Far Eastern city. His search for stories led him into encounters with smugglers, murderers, drug peddlers, and mysterious women who would disappear behind beaded curtains. Taylor’s principal costars were Lloyd Bochner, who portrayed Chief Inspector Neil Campbell, and Jack Kruschen as Tully the bartender. In the tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follow The Sun (TV Series)
''Follow the Sun'' is an American television adventure series that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from September 17, 1961, to April 8, 1962. The episodes follow a pair of freelance magazine writers based in Hawaii who seek out interesting stories while leading an active social life both on the mainland and aboard their boat, ''The Scuber''. The series is characterized by a host of guest appearances by popular film and television actors. Dell Comics issued a contemporaneous series of comic books based on the show in 1961 and 1962. Production The series was co-produced by Roy Huggins and Marion Hargrove at 20th Century Fox. The plotline was designed as a follow-up to ''Hong Kong (TV series), Hong Kong'', which Huggins had lately produced, "with two freelance journalists based in Honolulu encountering mystery and their fair share of beautiful women in their weekly Hawaiian adventures". Hargrove left the project after the fifth episode and Huggins reworked the cast list, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cain's Hundred
''Cain's Hundred'' is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from 1961 to 1962. The series was produced by Vanadas Productions, Inc. in association with MGM Television. Synopsis ''Cain's Hundred'' follows the life of Nicholas Cain (Peter Mark Richman), a former lawyer for the mob. After becoming engaged to be married, Cain decides to leave his life of crime. His departure from the underworld, however, prompts a mob boss to put out a "hit" on him, but the gunman misses Cain and mistakenly kills his fiancée Stella (portrayed by actress Carol Rossen). Seeking revenge, Cain then teams up with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to find and bring 100 mobsters to justice. The series aired opposite ''The Garry Moore Show'', a variety show that aired on CBS. Cast * Peter Mark Richman as Nicholas Cain * Carol Rossen as Stella Caulfield Notable guest stars * Philip Abbott * Edward Andrews * Ed Asner * Jim Backus * Martin Balsam * Majel Barrett * Robert Blake * Lloyd Boch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Deputy (TV Series)
''The Deputy'' is an American Western series starring Henry Fonda that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1961. Fonda portrayed Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Allen Case played Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun. Synopsis Fonda narrated most episodes and appeared briefly at the beginning and ending of most segments. He played the lead in only six episodes in the first season and 13 in the second. Usually, he gave his deputy the assignment, and on rare occasions, thanked him at the conclusion of the episode. As Fred MacMurray did while shooting the sitcom series ''My Three Sons'', Fonda performed all of his work on ''The Deputy'' in several lengthy sessions, so as to leave himself free for other projects. Although based in Silver City, the marshal's district also covered several nearby towns. Deputy McCord was a storekeeper who bore arms with great reluctance. Wallace Ford appeared as the elderly marshal, Herk Lamson, with Betty Lou Kei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man And The Challenge
''The Man and the Challenge'' is an American adventure fiction television series about a scientist who tests problems of human survival. It stars George Nader and aired on NBC during the 1959–1960 television season. Synopsis Dr. Glenn Barton is an athlete, explorer, adventurer, and former United States Marine who has become a physician and a research scientist for the Institute of Human Factors, a United States Government agency that designs and conducts experiments to study human endurance and its limits.McNeil, Alex, ''Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, Fourth Edition'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, , p. 512.Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (Sixth Edition)'', New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, , p. 633. His wide-ranging curiosity and interests suit him well for his assignments, which involve him testing equipment and personnel under conditions of extreme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Saddle
''Black Saddle'' is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44 episodes on NBC from January 10, 1959, to May 6, 1960. The half-hour program was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television, and the original backdoor pilot was an episode of CBS's ''Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater'', with Chris Alcaide originally portraying the principal character, Clay Culhane. Synopsis Detailed in the second episode of season two ("The Saddle"), series star Peter Breck's character, Clay Culhane, is a gunfighter who becomes a lawyer after his two brothers are killed in a bushwhack. Clay is seriously injured, but survives thanks to a man called McKinney, who nurses him back to health. McKinney turns out to be a former judge, who retired after sentencing one of his own sons to death for murder. Under McKinney, Culhane decides that his life should take a different direction, and studies the judge's law books. He is further taught court procedure by the judge. A year lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whirlybirds
''Whirlybirds'' (sometimes called ''The Whirlybirds'' or ''Copter Patrol'') is a syndicated American drama/adventure television series, which aired for 111 episodes — broadcast from February 4, 1957, through January 18, 1960. It was produced by Desilu Studios. Plot synopsis The program features the exploits of Chuck Martin (Kenneth Tobey) and Pete "P. T." Moore ( Craig Hill), owners of a fictitious helicopter chartering company, Whirlybirds, Inc., in the Western United States. Martin and Moore sell their services to various clients at the fictional airport Longwood Field. The ''Whirlybirds'' series was, like ''I Love Lucy , The Untouchables,and later Star Trek, a'' product of Desilu Studios. One particular episode of ''I Love Lucy'', Number 140, became pivotal to the Bell 47's public image as the definitive light helicopter of the 1950s. In No. 140, titled "Bon Voyage" and first aired on CBS on January 16, 1956, Lucy Ricardo misses the sailing of her trans-Atlantic oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fugitive (1963 TV Series)
''The Fugitive'' is an American crime drama television series created by Roy Huggins and produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television. It aired on ABC from September 1963 to August 1967. David Janssen starred as Dr. Richard Kimble, a physician who is wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder and sentenced to death. En route to death row, Dr. Kimble's train derails over a switch, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man" (played by Bill Raisch). At the same time, Richard Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard (Barry Morse). ''The Fugitive'' aired for four seasons, with 120 51-minute episodes produced. The first three seasons were filmed in black-and-white, while the fourth and final was filmed in color. The series was nominated for five Emmy Awards and won the Emmy for Outstanding Dramatic Series in 1966. In 2002, it was ranked number 36 on ''TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
