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How To Frame A Figg
''How to Frame a Figg'' is a 1971 comedy film about a bookkeeper's bungling assistant, Hollis Alexander Figg (played by Don Knotts), in the Dalton city hall, who finds himself framed for embezzlement. Plot Hollis Figg is an earnest if not too bright man whose devoted friend is a local sanitation worker, and whose girlfriend is the equally earnest Ema Letha, a pretty waitress at the diner across the street from City Hall, where Figg works as an accountant. When the Mayor, his staff, and Mr. Spaulding, the richest man in town, decide they need more cover for their shameless skimming from the city's coffers, they fire three of the four accountants in the basement and replace them with a giant computer named LEO (Large-Capacity Enumerating Officiator), keeping Figg whom they deem the dimmest of the three to run the computer that he barely comprehends. When Figg unexpectedly (and quite accidentally) stumbles upon discrepancies in a road works budget, they promote him to the "third f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Rafkin
Alan Rafkin (born Alfred Irwin Rafkin; July 23, 1928 – August 6, 2001) was an American television director, director, television producer, producer, and actor for television. Biography Rafkin was born in New York City to Til and Victor Rafin. He attended Admiral Farragut Academy in Pine Beach, New Jersey and Syracuse University in New York. Alan Rafkin was one of the most prolific sitcom directors of all time, helming such series as ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'', ''It's Garry Shandling's Show,'' ''Murphy Brown'', ''Get Smart'', ''Coach (TV series), Coach'', ''The Tim Conway Show (1970 TV series), The Tim Conway Show'', ''Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers'', and ''Viva Valdez''. According to his autobiography ''Cue the Bunny on the Rainbow'' (its title is taken from a direction on ''Captain Kangaroo''), Rafkin directed episodes of over 80 different sitcom series. He won an Emmy Award, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Alan Rafkin
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Pictures Films
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1971 Films
The year 1971 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1971 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, ''Eat the Document'', premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour. *April 23 - Melvin Van Peebles film ''Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song'' becomes the highest-grossing independent film of 1971. *May - The first permanent IMAX projection system begins showing at Ontario Place's "Cinesphere" in Toronto. *May 10 - Frank Yablans becomes President of Paramount Pictures. *Britain's National Film School begins operation at Beaconsfield Film Studios. Awards Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): :''The Go-Between'', directed by Joseph Losey, United Kingdom Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): :''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' (''Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini''), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of American Films Of 1971
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John Archer (actor)
John Archer (born Ralph Bowman; May 8, 1915 – December 3, 1999) was an American actor. Early life Archer was born Ralph Bowman in Osceola, Nebraska, the son of Eunice Melba (née Crawford) and Joseph Emmett Bowman. Archer moved to California at the age of five. He attended Hollywood High School and the University of Southern California, where he studied cinematography, expecting work behind the camera. Radio When finding work in the field of cinematography proved difficult Archer drifted into acting, working as a radio announcer and actor, including one year (beginning in 1944DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 14) in the starring role of Lamont Cranston in ''The Shadow'', a role originally played by Orson Welles. Stage Archer honed his acting skills in plays at the Ben Bard Playhouse. He appeared on Broadway in ''The Odds on Mrs. Oakley'' (1944), ''One-man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Quinn
William Tyrell Quinn (1912 – April 29, 1994) was an American film actor. Quinn was born in 1912 in New York. He performed with his older brothers in a children's act in vaudeville. Quinn began working on radio around 1934. He starred as a detective on ''Little Herman'' on ABC in the late 1940s. Other radio programs on which he appeared included '' Counterspy'', ''The FBI in Peace and War'', ''Gangbusters'', and ''Mr. District Attorney''. Quinn appeared in more than 150 acting roles over seven decades, starting in the 1920s in silent films and ending in 1989 in '' Star Trek V: The Final Frontier''. He was a regular on '' Archie Bunker's Place''. His other television roles include ''The Odd Couple'', in which he played the recurring role of the roommates' physician, Dr. Melnitz; ''The Rifleman'' as Sweeney, the bartender; ''McHale's Navy''; and Mary's father in ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. In 1971, he was featured in the Universal Pictures movie ''How to Frame a Figg'' starri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Millhollin
Arthur James Millhollin (August 23, 1915 – May 23, 1993) was an American character actor. Early years Millhollin was born in Peoria, Illinois. He grew up in Council Bluffs, Iowa, performing in many school plays, graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1933 and then became active with the Omaha Community Playhouse. Stage On Broadway, Millhollin appeared in ''Saratoga'' (1959), ''The Girls in 509'' (1958), and ''No Time for Sergeants'' (1955). Television In 1961, Millhollin also appeared in two sitcoms: as Osborne in "Pity the Poor Working Girl" on ABC's sitcom ''Margie'' and as Harold in two episodes, "Mr. Big Shot" and "The Wedding", of CBS's ''The Ann Sothern Show''. Millhollin was cast as Dr. Heydon in the 1961 episode "Dennis Is a Genius" and as a burglar in "The Uninvited Guest" (1963) on the CBS sitcom '' Dennis the Menace'', starring Jay North in the title role. Near the end of 1961, he guest-starred as Mr. Pinkham in "The Dead End Man," in the series finale ... [...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] |
Bruce Kirby (actor)
Bruce Kirby (born Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu; April 28, 1925 – January 24, 2021) was an American character actor. Career Bruce Kirby started his television career in the 1950s with appearances in ''Goodyear Television Playhouse''. During the 1960s, he appeared in ''I Dream of Jeannie'', '' The Nurses'', '' The Defenders'', ''Car 54, Where Are You?'' (in 9 episodes), ''Hogan's Heroes'' (in 3 episodes), and ''The Patty Duke Show'' among others. He played in ''Bonanza'' (in 3 episodes), '' Ironside'' (in 3 episodes), ''Barney Miller'' (in 3 episodes), ''The Rockford Files'' (in 3 episodes), ''The Marcus-Nelson Murders'', ''Kojak'' (in 6 episodes), ''M*A*S*H'' and '' Alice'' during the 1970s. In the 1980s, he appeared in ''Remington Steele'', ''Hunter'' (in 5 episodes), ''Night Court'', '' Matlock'', ''Hill Street Blues'', ''Lou Grant'' and ''Punky Brewster''. His 1990s television credits include ''The Golden Girls'', ''L.A. Law'', '' In the Heat of the Night'', '' Murphy Brown'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Hastings
Robert Francis Hastings (April 18, 1925 – June 30, 2014) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Lt. Elroy Carpenter on ''McHale's Navy'' and voicing Commissioner James Gordon in the DC Animated Universe. Early life Hastings was born in Brooklyn, New York, a son of Charles and Hazel Hastings. His father was a salesman. He started out as a boy singer on ''National Barn Dance'', ''Doug Gray's Singing Gang'' and ''Coast to Coast on a Bus''. He also portrayed Jerry on the radio program ''The Sea Hound''. Hastings served during World War II as a navigator on B-29s in the United States Army Air Corps. Career After Hastings returned from military service, he played the role of Archie Andrews in a series based on the Archie comic book series on NBC Radio from 1945 to 1953. Hastings moved to television in 1949, performing in early science-fiction series, including '' Atom Squad''. In 1954, he was the featured pitch-man (acting as an amateur magician) for Baker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
