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Fred Beir
Frederick Edwin Beir (September 21, 1927 – June 3, 1980) was an American film and television actor. Born in Niagara Falls, New York, Beir began his career in 1950, appearing in the television series ''The Philco Television Playhouse''. He also appeared on Broadway in ''The Terrible Swift Sword'' (1955). He continued to star or co-star in films and guest-star in television programs. TV programs on which Beir appeared included ''The Odd Couple'', '' Kolchak: The Night Stalker'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'', '' The Outer Limits'', ''Wagon Train'', ''The Time Tunnel'', '' Mission: Impossible'', ''Mannix'', ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', ''The Rockford Files'', ''Barnaby Jones'' and ''The Twilight Zone''. He also starred and co-starred in films, such as '' The Violators'', ''Assassination'', ''Fort Courageous'', '' Three Dollars of Lead'', '' M.M.M. 83'' and '' The Organization''. Beir last appeared in the TV program ''Lou Grant''. Beir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Hotchkis
Joan Hotchkis (September 21, 1927 – September 27, 2022) was an American stage, screen and television actress, writer and performance artist. A lifetime member of the Actors Studio and the Dramatists Guild, Hotchkis was best known for playing Dr. Nancy Cunningham for several seasons on ''The Odd Couple'', for co-writing with Eric Morris the seminal acting manual "No Acting Please" (1977), which is still used in colleges and conservatories, and for her groundbreaking performance art works in the 1990s. Early life Hotchkis was born in Los Angeles on September 21, 1927. Her father, Preston, worked in insurance and investment; her mother, Katharine (Bixby), hailed from a family of cattle ranchers in Orange County that turned Rancho Los Alamitos into a 26,000-acre cattle ranch. Hotchkis was raised in San Marino, and attended Westridge School in nearby Pasadena. She studied at Smith College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1949. She then obtained a master's degree in Earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannix
''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that ran from 1967 to 1975 on CBS. It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller. The title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator played by actor Mike Connors. Premise During the first season of the series, Joe Mannix works for a large Los Angeles detective agency called Intertect, which was the planned original title of the show. His superior is Lew Wickersham, played by Joseph Campanella. Intertect uses computers to help solve crimes. As opposed to the other employees, Mannix belonged to the classic American detective archetype, thus he usually ignores the computers' solutions, disobeys his boss's orders, and sets out to do things his own way. He wears plaid sport coats and has his own office that he keeps sloppy between his assignments. Lew has cameras in all the rooms of the Intertect offices monitoring the performance of his employees and providing ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal bleeding, prolonged cough, unexplained weight loss, and a change in bowel movements. While these symptoms may indicate cancer, they can also have other causes. Over 100 types of cancers affect humans. Tobacco use is the cause of about 22% of cancer deaths. Another 10% are due to obesity, poor diet, lack of physical activity or excessive drinking of alcohol. Other factors include certain infections, exposure to ionizing radiation, and environmental pollutants. In the developing world, 15% of cancers are due to infections such as ''Helicobacter pylori'', hepatitis B, hepatitis C, human papillomavirus infection, Epstein–Barr virus and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). These factors act, at least partly, by changing the genes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Grant (TV Series)
''Lou Grant'' is an American drama television series starring Ed Asner in the title role as a newspaper editor that aired on CBS from September 20, 1977, to September 13, 1982. The third spin-off (after '' Rhoda'' and ''Phyllis'') of the sitcom ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''Lou Grant'' was created by James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, and Gene Reynolds. ''Lou Grant'' won 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series twice. Asner received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1978 and 1980. In doing so, he became the first person to win an Emmy Award for both Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for portraying the same character. ''Lou Grant'' also won two Golden Globe Awards, a Peabody Award, an Eddie Award, three awards from the Directors Guild of America, and two Humanitas Prizes. Summary and setting Lou Grant works as city editor of the fictional ''Los Angeles Tribune' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie channel, movie-oriented pay television, pay-TV television network, network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown Atlanta, Midtown business district of Atlanta, Georgia. The channel's programming consists mainly of Golden age (metaphor), classic theatrically released feature films from the Turner Entertainment film library – which comprises films from Warner Bros. (covering films released before 1950), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (covering films released before May 1986), and the North American distribution rights to films from RKO Pictures. However, Turner Classic Movies also licenses films from other studios and occasionally shows more recent films. The channel is available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta (as Turner Classic Movies), Latin America, France, Greece, Cyprus, Spain, the Nordic countrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Organization (film)
''The Organization'' is a 1971 DeLuxe Color American crime film, crime thriller film starring Sidney Poitier and directed by Don Medford. It was the last of the trilogy featuring the police detective Virgil Tibbs that had begun with ''In the Heat of the Night (film), In the Heat of the Night'' (1967), followed by ''They Call Me Mister Tibbs!'' (1970). In ''The Organization'', Tibbs is called in to hunt down a gang of urban revolutionaries, suspected of a series of crimes. The screenplay was penned by James R. Webb, and the film co-stars Barbara McNair, Gerald S. O'Laughlin, Sheree North and Raul Julia. Plot After a break-in at the San Francisco headquarters of a company, the police are called in. One of the executives has been murdered, and the security guard has been bludgeoned. It is not a simple robbery, as the executive was killed by shots from two different guns, nothing was stolen, and there are several other unexplained facts. Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier, Poitier) is cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tres Dólares De Plomo
''Tres dólares de plomo'' ( it, Tre dollari di piombo) is a 1964 Spaghetti Western film directed by Pino Mercanti. Plot Cast *Fred Beir as Rudy Wallace *Evi Marandi as Anne (as Evy Harandis) (as Evy Marandi) * Francisco Nieto as Morrison *Richard Saint-Bris as Laurence (as Rich. St. Bris) *Dina De Santis (as Dyna De Saint) (as Dina De Saint) *Olivier Mathot as Morrison Henchman (as Oliver Mathot) *Roberto Messina as Mark (as Roberto Messanger) *Ángel Álvarez *Andrea Fantasia as Ex-Sheriff External links * * Tres dólares de plomo' at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film ... 1964 films Spanish Western (genre) films Italian Western (genre) films 1960s Italian-language films 1964 Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films Films direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Courageous
''Fort Courageous'' is a 1965 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Richard H. Landau. The film stars Fred Beir, Don "Red" Barry, Hanna Landy, Harry Lauter, Walter Reed and Joe Patridge. The film was released on May 1, 1965, by 20th Century Fox. Plot An ex-cavalry sergeant, being escorted to prison after being convicted of a crime he didn't commit, finds himself leading the remnants of a unit that has been under Indian attack at a fort. The commanding officer has been killed, the Indians vastly outnumber them, and the only bargaining chip they have is the fact that they have captured the Indian chief's son. Cast *Fred Beir as Sgt. Lucas *Don "Red" Barry as Capt. Howard *Hanna Landy as Ruth Tate *Harry Lauter as Joe *Walter Reed as Doc *Joe Patridge as Soldier * Fred Krone as Soldier *Michael Carr as Indian * George Sawaya as Indian *Cheryl MacDonald as Elizabeth Tate Production Parts of the film were shot at the Kanab movie fort, Johnson Canyon, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assassination (1967 Film)
''Assassination'' is a 1967 Italian thriller-spy film starring Henry Silva. It marked the directorial debut of Emilio Miraglia.Marco Giusti. ''007 all'italiana''. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. . Plot A Secret Service agent, supposedly dead, discovers that his wife is planning to marry the double agent he must expose. Cast * Henry Silva as John Chandler / Philip Chandler * Fred Beir as Bob * Evelyn Stewart as Barbara * Peter Dane as Lang * Bill Vanders as Thomas * Fred Farrell as Morrison (as Fred Farrell) * Roberto Maldera as Otto (as Bob Molden) * Karl-Heinz Menzinger as Hans (as Karl Menzinger) * Gunther Scholtz as Senator * Gert von Zitzewitz as Baron Reception The Italian film critic Francesco Puma described the film as "ambiguous, crepuscular and uneasy" and as a Eurospy version of ''The Late Mattia Pascal ''The Late Mattia Pascal'' ( ) is a 1904 novel by Luigi Pirandello. It is one of his best-known works and was his first major treatment of the theme of the mask.''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Violators
''The Violators'' is a 1957 American crime film directed by John Newland, written by Ernest Pendrell, and starring Arthur O'Connell, Nancy Malone, Fred Beir, Clarice Blackburn and Henry Sharp. It was released on November 27, 1957, RKO Pictures. Plot A probation officer who is known for his sympathetic attitude towards juvenile delinquents is confronted with a personal conflict when his daughter falls in love with a boy who is himself in trouble with the law. Cast *Arthur O'Connell as Solomon Baumgarden *Nancy Malone as Debbie Baumgarden *Fred Beir as Jimmy Coogan *Clarice Blackburn as Eva Baumgarden *Henry Sharp as David Baumgarden *Mary Michael as Mrs. Riley *Joseph Julian as Mr. Riley *Bill Darrid as Anthony Calini *Sheila Copelan as Sharon Riley *Bernard Lenrow as Judge McKenna *Martin Freed as Barnie *Mercer McLeod as Judge Blatz *Eva Steen as Jean *Norman Rose as Stephen *Maxine Stewart as Salesgirl *Margaret Draper as Molly Coogan Casey *Frank Maxwell as Sam *John McGov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV Series)
''The Twilight Zone'' (marketed as ''Twilight Zone'' for its final two seasons) is an American science fiction horror anthology television series created and presented by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from October 2, 1959, to June 19, 1964. Each episode presents a stand-alone story in which characters find themselves dealing with often disturbing or unusual events, an experience described as entering "the Twilight Zone," often with a surprise ending and a moral. Although predominantly science-fiction, the show's paranormal and Kafkaesque events leaned the show towards fantasy and horror. The phrase "twilight zone," inspired by the series, is used to describe surreal experiences. The series featured both established stars and younger actors who would become much better known later. Serling served as executive producer and head writer; he wrote or co-wrote 92 of the show's 156 episodes. He was also the show's host and narrator, delivering monologues at the begi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnaby Jones
''Barnaby Jones'' is an American detective television series starring Buddy Ebsen as a formerly retired investigator and Lee Meriwether as his widowed daughter-in-law, who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, California. The show was originally introduced as a midseason replacement on the CBS network and ran from 1973 to 1980. Halfway through the series' run, Mark Shera was added to the cast as a much younger cousin of Ebsen's character, who eventually joined the firm. ''Barnaby Jones'' was produced by QM Productions (with Woodruff Productions in the final two seasons). It had the second-longest QM series run (seven and a half seasons), following the nine years of ''The FBI''. The series followed the characteristic Quinn Martin episode format with commercial breaks dividing each episode into four "acts," concluding with an epilogue. The opening credits were narrated by Hank Simms. The first episode of the show, "Requiem for a Son", featured a crossover with another QM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
