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Granville Van Dusen
Granville Van Dusen (born March 16, 1944 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota) is an American stage, screen, and voice actor who portrayed Race Bannon in the 1986 television series ''The New Adventures of Jonny Quest'', '' Jonny's Golden Quest'', ''Jonny Quest vs. The Cyber Insects'', and two episodes of ''The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest''. Other acting credits Van Dusen appeared on CBS daytime soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' and ABC's ''Port Charles''. He was also the second actor to portray attorney Walter Telford on the Canadian-based soap opera, '' High Hopes''. He also has appeared in the sitcom ''Soap'' as a doctor taking care of, and ultimately falling for, Jessica Tate (portrayed by actress Katherine Helmond). He also appeared in many TV series such as ''Kojak''; ''The Bionic Woman''; ''CHiPs''; ''Three's Company''; '' Matlock''; '' Diagnosis: Murder''; ''Walker, Texas Ranger''; ''Barnaby Jones''; ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman''; '' Rhoda''; ''The Eddie Capra Mysteri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Grand Rapids is a city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States, and it is the county seat. The population is 11,126 according to the 2020 census. The city is named for the long rapids in the Mississippi River which was the uppermost limit of practical steamboat travel during the late 19th century. Today the rapids are hidden below the dam of UPM Paper Company. History Grand Rapids became a logging town, as the Mississippi River provided an optimal method of log shipment to population centers. Blandin paper mill opened in 1902. The Forest History Center is a State Historic Site and a living history museum that recreates life as it was in a turn of the 20th century logging camp. Costumed interpreters guide visitors through a recreated circa 1890s logging camp to educate the public on the history of white pine logging and its relevance to today's economy. Miles of nature trails, educational naturalist programming, and an interpretive museum are also located on the site. Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matlock (TV Series)
''Matlock'' is an American mystery legal drama television series created by Dean Hargrove, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by Intermedia Entertainment Company (first season only), The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions (called Strathmore Productions in the first two seasons) and Viacom Productions, originally aired from March 3, 1986, to May 8, 1992, on NBC, and from November 5, 1992, to May 7, 1995, on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS' ''Perry Mason'' (both ''Matlock'' and the 1980s ''Perry Mason'' television films were created by Dean Hargrove), with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial from the jury. Since 1991, reruns of ''Matlock'' have been shown in syndication and on TBS, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Waltons
''The Waltons'' is an American historical drama television series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II. It was created by Earl Hamner Jr., based on his 1961 book ''Spencer's Mountain'' and the 1963 film of the same name. The series aired from 1972 to 1981. The television film ''The Homecoming: A Christmas Story'' was broadcast on December 19, 1971. Based on its success, the CBS television network ordered the first season of episodes (to be based on the same characters) and that became the television series ''The Waltons''. Beginning in September 1972, the series aired on CBS for nine seasons in total. After the series was canceled in 1981, three television film sequels aired in 1982 on NBC, with three more in the 1990s on CBS. ''The Waltons'' was produced by Lorimar Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution in syndication. The show's end sequence featured the family saying goodnight to one another befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ironside (1967 TV Series)
''Ironside'' is an American television crime drama that aired on NBC over eight seasons from 1967 to 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside (usually addressed by the title "Chief Ironside"), a consultant for the San Francisco police department (formerly chief of detectives), who was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot while on vacation. The character debuted on March 28, 1967, in a TV movie entitled ''Ironside''. When the series was broadcast in the United Kingdom, from late 1967 onward, it was broadcast as ''A Man Called Ironside''. The show earned Burr six Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations. ''Ironside'' is a production of Burr's Harbour Productions Unlimited in association with Universal Television. Plot The series revolves around former San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Chief of Detectives Robert T. Ironside (Raymond Burr), a veteran of more than 20 years of police service, forced to retire from the department after a sniper's bullet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearts Of The West
''Hearts of the West'', released in Europe as ''Hollywood Cowboy'', is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Howard Zieff, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Blythe Danner, and Alan Arkin. Set in 1930s Hollywood, the story revolves around a wannabe Western writer who finds himself cast as a leading man in several B-movie Westerns. Despite good reviews, the film was a financial disappointment for MGM upon release in 1975, but it has since developed a significant cult following from midnight showings and college campus screenings. Screenwriter Rob Thompson launched his career with this film. He went on to be a major creative talent on the television series ''Northern Exposure'' (for which he won an Emmy) and ''Monk''. Plot In 1933, Lewis Tater (Jeff Bridges), an aspiring novelist who harbors dreams of becoming the next Zane Grey, decides to leave his family home in Iowa to go to the University of Titan in Nevada so he can soak up the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Ain't Easy (film)
''It Ain't Easy'' (also known as ''Into the Storm'' and ''The Winnipeg Run'') is a 1972 American film, starring Lance Henriksen, Barra Grant Barra Grant (born Barbara Carol Wayne) is an American actress, screenwriter, film director and playwright. Biography Grant was born Barbara Carol Wayne in New York City, the daughter of Allan Wayne, a doll company executive, and Bess Myerson, M ..., and Bill Moor. External links 1972 films 1970s adventure drama films 1972 independent films American auto racing films American adventure drama films American independent films Films set in Manitoba Films set in Minnesota Films shot in Minnesota Motorsports in fiction 1972 directorial debut films 1972 drama films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films {{adventure-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Statue (1971 Film)
''The Statue'' is a 1971 British comedy film starring David Niven, Robert Vaughn, and Virna Lisi and directed by Rodney Amateau. John Cleese and Graham Chapman appear in early career roles as the Niven character's psychiatrist and a newsreader, respectively. Niven plays a Nobel Prize-winning professor who suspects his wife, played by Lisi, of infidelity when she makes and unveils an 18-foot statue of him with private parts recognisably not his own. The film is based on the play called ''Chip, Chip, Chip'' by Alec Coppel. Plot Professor Alex Bolt has developed a new universal language, Unispeak, which has made him internationally famous, winning a Nobel Prize at a surprise ceremony. His wife Rhonda has made a sculpture of her husband at the behest of the US State Department, commissioned by his friend, US Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ray Whitely, for $50,000, in order to promote Unispeak. It is intended that the sculpture be unveiled in London's Grosvenor Square. The sculpt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The West Wing
''The West Wing'' is an American serial (radio and television), serial political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006. The series is set primarily in the West Wing of the White House, where the Oval Office and offices of presidential senior personnel are located, during the fictitious Democratic Party (United States), Democratic administration of President Josiah Bartlet. ''The West Wing'' was produced by Warner Bros. Television and featured an List of The West Wing characters, ensemble cast, including Martin Sheen, John Spencer (actor), John Spencer, Allison Janney, Rob Lowe, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, Janel Moloney, Dulé Hill, and Stockard Channing. For the first four seasons, there were three executive producers: Sorkin (lead writer of the first four seasons), Thomas Schlamme (primary director), and John Wells (TV producer), John Wells. After Sorkin left the series, Wells assume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Adventures Of Superman
''The New Adventures of Superman'' is a half-hour series of six-minute animated Superman adventures produced by Filmation that were broadcast Saturday mornings on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 5, 1970. The 68 segments appeared as part of three different programs during that time, packaged with similar shorts featuring ''The Adventures of Superboy'' and other DC Comics superheroes. History These adventures were the first time that Superman (and his guise of Clark Kent), Lois Lane and Perry White had been seen in animated form since the Fleischer brothers had immortalized them in the Superman short films of the 1940s. The first TV series produced by Filmation Associates, ''The New Adventures of Superman'' was extremely popular in its Saturday morning time slot and employed the services of several DC Comics writers including George Kashdan, Leo Dorfman and Bob Haney. Many of the character designs (later based upon the artwork of Superman artist Curt Swan in the show's th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
