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George Sanders Mystery Theater
''The George Sanders Mystery Theater '' is the title of a 30-minute American television mystery drama series hosted by character actor George Sanders which aired Sundays on NBC in the summer of 1957, replacing the first half of '' Caesar's Hour''. Some of the actors who were cast in the episodes included: Lyle Talbot, June Vincent, S. John Launer, Paul Petersen, John Archer, Robert Horton, Kathryn Crosby, Elisha Cook, Mae Clarke, and Marion Ross Marion Ross (born Marian Ellen Ross; October 25, 1928) is a American former actress. Her best-known role is that of Marion Cunningham on the ABC television sitcom '' Happy Days'', on which she starred from 1974 to 1984 and for which she recei .... Work on the program, which had the working title ''The Mystery Writers Theater of TV'', began two years prior to its debut. After Sanders was signed to be host, the title was changed to use his name. He began working on episodes 16 months prior to the show's debut. The producers were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Fiction
Mystery is a fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story. Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a reasonable opportunity for committing the crime. The central character is often a detective (such as Sherlock Holmes), who eventually solves the mystery by logical deduction from facts presented to the reader. Some mystery books are non-fiction. Mystery fiction can be detective stories in which the emphasis is on the puzzle or suspense element and its logical solution such as a whodunit. Mystery fiction can be contrasted with hardboiled detective stories, which focus on action and gritty realism. Mystery fiction can involve a supernatural mystery in which the solution does not have to be logical and even in which there is no crime involved. This usage was common in the pulp magazines of the 1930s and 1940s, whose titles such as ''Dime My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisha Cook
Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr. (December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995) was an American character actor famed for his work in films noir. According to Bill Georgaris of TSPDT: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They, Cook appeared in a total of 21 film noirs, more than any other actor or actress. He played cheerful, brainy collegiates until he was cast against type as the bug-eyed baby-faced psychopathic killer Wilmer Cook in the 1941 version of '' The Maltese Falcon''. He went on to play deceptively mild-mannered villains. Cook's acting career spanned more than 60 years, with roles in productions including ''The Big Sleep'', ''Shane'', '' The Killing'', ''House on Haunted Hill'', and '' Rosemary's Baby''. Early life, stage, and military service Cook was born in December 1903 in San Francisco, California, the son of Elisha Vanslyck Cook Sr., a pharmacist, and grew up in Chicago. He first worked in theater lobbies selling programs, but by the age of 14 he was already performing in v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halsted Welles
__NOTOC__ Halsted may refer to: People with the surname * Anna Roosevelt Halsted (1906–1975), first child of Franklin Delano Roosevelt * Byron Halsted (1852–1918), American biologist and educator * Fred Halsted (1941—1989), American gay pornographer * George Bruce Halsted (1853–1922), American mathematician * John Halsted (1761-1830), Royal Navy officer * John B. Halsted (born 1798), New York politician * Laurence Halsted (born 1984), British fencer * Lawrence Halsted (1764-1841), Royal Navy admiral * Nick Halsted (1942-2007), British fencer * William Stewart Halsted (1852–1922), pioneering American surgeon Train stations * UIC–Halsted station, on the CTA Blue Line **Halsted station (CTA Metropolitan Main Line), the predecessor of the Blue Line station *Halsted station (CTA Green Line), on the Englewood branch of the CTA Green Line * Halsted station (CTA Orange Line), in Chicago * Halsted station (CTA North Side Main Line), on what is now part of the CTA Brown Line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Benedict
Richard "Pepe" Benedict (born Riccardo Benedetto, January 8, 1920 – April 25, 1984) was an Italian-American television and film actor and director. He was born in Palermo, Italy. He appeared in dozens of television programs and movies from the 1940s to the 1960s, most notably '' Ace in the Hole'' (1951), directed by Billy Wilder. Benedict appeared with Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack in the 1960 movie ''Ocean's 11'' as one of the 11 men who rob five Las Vegas casinos on the same night. He also played the commander of the Mars rescue ship in the 1958 B sci-fi movie '' It! The Terror from Beyond Space''. Benedict's television appearances included '' Adventures of Superman'', ''The Lone Ranger'', ''Perry Mason'', ''Zorro'', '' Dragnet'', ''Peter Gunn'' and ''Hawaii Five-O''. His directing credits included ''Impasse'', an adventure film starring Burt Reynolds. He died of a heart attack at Studio City, Los Angeles, on April 25, 1984, and was interred in Forest Lawn – Holly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Beradino
John Beradino (born Giovanni Berardino, May 1, 1917 – May 19, 1996) was an American infielder in Major League Baseball and an actor. Known as Johnny Berardino during his baseball career, he was also credited during his acting career as John Berardino, John Baradino, John Barardino or John Barradino. Early life and education Beradino was born in Los Angeles. He grew up near Hollywood. Beradino attended Belmont High School, located in downtown Los Angeles. Beradino won a football scholarship to the University of Southern California in 1936. He soon switched to baseball. Beradino is often mentioned as having appeared in the silent '' Our Gang'' comedies produced by Hal Roach as a child actor but has not been identified as having appeared in any of the existing films. Career Baseball After attending the University of Southern California, where he played baseball under coach Sam Barry and was member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, Beradino was a major league player from 1939 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havis Davenport
Havis may refer to: * Havis, Inc., an American manufacturing company People with the surname *Allan Havis Allan Havis is an American playwright whose dramas have pronounced political themes and probe colliding cultures. His works range from minimal-language texts to ambiguous, ironic narratives that delineate the genesis, paradoxes, and seduction of e ... (born 1951), American playwright See also *'' Havis Amanda'', a statue in Helsinki, Finland {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tris Coffin
Tristram Chockley Coffin (August 13, 1909 – March 26, 1990) was a film and television actor from the latter 1930s through the 1970s, usually in westerns or other B-movie action- adventure productions. Early years Coffin's mother was actress Elizabeth Christie, and his uncle was writer Robert P. T. Coffin. Career In 1940, Coffin appeared as Phillips in '' Chasing Trouble'', a comedy espionage film. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jeff King in Republic Pictures' '' King of the Rocket Men'' (1949), the first of three serials starring the "Rocketman" character. During the 1940s and into the early 1950s Coffin appeared in other movie serials, including ''Dick Tracy's G-Men'' (1939), ''Jesse James Rides Again'' (1947), ''Bruce Gentry'' (1949), ''Pirates of the High Seas'' (1950), ''Mysterious Dr. Satan'' (1940), '' Sky Raiders'' (1941), ''Holt of the Secret Service'' (1941), ''Perils of Nyoka'' (1942), ''Federal Agents vs. the Underworld'' (1949), and ''Radar Patr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Wang
In biology, the word gene (from , ; "...Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene to describe the Mendelian units of heredity..." meaning ''generation'' or ''birth'' or ''gender'') can have several different meanings. The Mendelian gene is a basic unit of heredity and the molecular gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is transcribed to produce a functional RNA. There are two types of molecular genes: protein-coding genes and noncoding genes. During gene expression, the DNA is first copied into RNA. The RNA can be directly functional or be the intermediate template for a protein that performs a function. The transmission of genes to an organism's offspring is the basis of the inheritance of phenotypic traits. These genes make up different DNA sequences called genotypes. Genotypes along with environmental and developmental factors determine what the phenotypes will be. Most biological traits are under the influence of polygenes (many different genes) as well as gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerd Oswald
Gerd Oswald (June 9, 1919 – May 22, 1989) was a German director of American films and television. Biography Born in Berlin, Oswald was the son of German film director Richard Oswald and actress Käthe Oswald. He worked as a child actor before emigrating to the United States in 1938. Early production jobs at low-budget studios like Monogram Pictures prepared Oswald for a directorial career. Oswald's film credits include '' A Kiss Before Dying'' (1956), '' Valerie'' (1957), ''Crime of Passion'' (1957), ''Brainwashed'' (1960), and ''Bunny O'Hare'' (1971). His television credits include '' Perry Mason'', ''Blue Light'', ''Bonanza'', '' The Outer Limits'', '' The Fugitive'', ''Star Trek'', '' Gentle Ben'', '' It Takes a Thief'', '' Rawhide'', and ''The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)''. Fans of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' know Oswald as the director of the 1966 film ''Agent for H.A.R.M.'' He was an assistant director for 20 years, including on his father's film '' The Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Peterson (actor)
Paul Joseph Peterson (born October 18, 1964), also known as St. Paul Peterson, is a singer and musician best known for his memberships in the bands The Family and The Time. Life and career Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Peterson was the youngest son in a musical family. He was discovered by Prince in 1983 and groomed to replace Monte Moir as keyboardist of R&B band The Time. Peterson gained exposure when the band appeared in the hit movie '' Purple Rain''. When The Time broke up in 1984, Prince gathered the remnants to form The Family, with Peterson as lead singer. The group's tenure was brief, performing live only once (at First Avenue, where ''Purple Rain'' was filmed). Peterson left to pursue a solo career, releasing his eponymous debut album in 1987. Peterson released two singles, "Intimacy" and "Rich Man" from the album, as well as a video for the latter one. Prince wrote a song about Peterson's early departure from The Family called "Dream Factory", which was later re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Green (actress Born 1920)
Dorothy Green (born Dorothy Jeanette Hufford; January 12, 1920 – May 8, 2008) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Her career spanned more than four decades, with her work principally being in supporting roles on many popular television series from the early 1950s into the 1980s. Early life Born in Los Angeles, California, in 1920, Green was raised in an upper middle-class family, the eldest child of Russell and Gladys Hufford."The Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930" Santa Monica City, Los Angeles County, California; enumeration date April 2, 1930. Bureau of the Census, United States Department of Commerce. Digital copy of original census page available at |
Don Haggerty
Don Haggerty (July 3, 1914 – August 19, 1988) was an American actor of film and television. Early life and education Before he began appearing in films in 1947, Haggerty was a Brown University athlete and served in the United States Army from March 1943 to March 1946.Bailey, Mike"Heart failure claims actor Haggerty" ''Florida Today'', Cape Publications Inc., Melbourne, Florida, August 20, 1988, volume 23, number 145, page 1. Career Usually cast as tough policemen or cowboys, Haggerty appeared in films such as '' Sands of Iwo Jima'' (1949), ''The Asphalt Jungle'' (1951), '' Angels in the Outfield'' (1951) and '' The Narrow Margin''. The B-movie actor continued to appear in films until the early 1980s. Between 1949 and 1955, Haggerty made four guest appearances in the television series ''The Lone Ranger'' – twice as outlaws, once as a crooked sheriff and once as a genuine sheriff. From 1954 to 1955, he starred in the syndicated private eye series '' The Files of Jeffre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
