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Ironside (season 7)
'' Ironside'' is a Universal television series that ran on NBC from September 14, 1967, to January 16, 1975. The series starred Raymond Burr as a paraplegic Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside. ''Ironside'' consists of a movie-length pilot, eight seasons of episodes, and a reunion TV-movie. Series overview At present, the first four seasons have been released on DVD by Shout! Factory Shout! Factory is an American home video and music company founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy .... at TVShowsOnDVD.com Pilot movie (1967) Episodes Season 1 (1967–68) Season 2 (1968–69) Seas ...
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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] |
Winston Miller
Winston Miller (June 22, 1910 – June 21, 1994) was an American screenwriter, film producer, and actor. He wrote for more than 60 films and television shows between 1936 and 1976. He began as an actor in silent films, appearing in eleven films between 1922 and 1929. He was the screenwriter for many TV series including ''Wagon Train'' Episode 13, Season 1 in 1957: "The Clara Beauchamp Story" with Nina Foch and Shepperd Strudwick. Earl Bellamy was the director. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the younger brother of silent film star Patsy Ruth Miller. He died in Los Angeles from a heart attack. Selected filmography * ''The Love Piker'' (1923) * ''The Light That Failed'' (1923) * ''Kentucky Pride'' (1925) * '' Stella Dallas'' (1925) * ''The Vigilantes Are Coming'' (1936) * '' Dick Tracy'' (1937) * ''The Painted Stallion'' (1938) * ''The Royal Mounted Patrol'' (1941) * ''Man from Cheyenne'' (1942) * '' S.O.S. Coast Guard'' (1942) * '' Good Morning, Judge'' (1943) * '' Home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Roberts (writer)
Benjamin Eisenberg Roberts (March 23, 1916 – May 12, 1984) was an American film and television writer, producer and one of the creators of the ''Charlie's Angels'' and ''Time Express'' television series. In 1958 he was nominated for an Academy Award for writing the Lon Chaney biopic '' Man of a Thousand Faces''. He has also been nominated for two Emmy awards and an Edgar Award. In 1972, Roberts won a Golden Globe Award for Best Television series, drama for ''Mannix''. Roberts entered New York University at age 16, graduating three years later. By the time he was 22, Roberts was successfully running his own independent public-relations counseling firm and was contributing comedy material to several Broadway musicals. In 1941, he collaborated with another young writer, Ivan Goff, on the theatrical suspense thriller ''Portrait in Black''. He briefly worked in films in the early 1940s, returned to the stage for six years, then settled in Hollywood permanently in 1949. All of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Goff
Ivan Goff (17 April 1910 – 23 September 1999) was an Australian screenwriter, best known for his collaborations with Ben Roberts including ''White Heat'' (1949), '' Man of a Thousand Faces'' (1957), '' Legend of the Lone Ranger'' (1981), and the pilot for ''Charlie's Angels'' (1976). Biography Early Years Goff was born in Perth, the son of two concert musicians. He attended Perth Boys Central School and grew up in Claremont. At 15, he began writing for a local newspaper, but soon became dissatisfied by the isolation he felt. "Living in Australia made me crazy", he later said in an interview. "It took a month for a book to get to Australia, a year for a play and forever for an idea." Leaving for England Goff was private secretary to novelist Louis Goulding. Goff was working for ''The West Australian'' as a journalist but resigned his job in April 1930 to travel to the US. Travelling with a friend, E Irwin, he went via Sydney and Auckland, then Fiji – where they were arres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Eames Boardman
True Eames Boardman (born William True Boardman Jr., October 25, 1909 – July 28, 2003) was an American actor and scriptwriter. Born in Seattle, Washington, Boardman was the only child of actress Virginia Eames and action-adventure star True Boardman. Boardman's education included a bachelor's degree in English literature from UCLA and a master's degree in theater from Occidental College. He began acting in 1912 and had acted in six films by the age of 10. He acted with Charles Chaplin in Shoulder Arms in 1918. Boardman was a writer for ''Silver Theater'', a dramatic anthology series on CBS radio in the 1930s and 1940s. On May 21 and May 28, 1939, he also appeared as an actor on the program, starring with Helen Hayes in "Crossroads for Two," a two-part drama. During World War II, Boardman was an Army captain whose duties included creating radio programming for American troops via the Armed Forces Radio Service. Family He is the grandfather of Lisa Gerritsen. Death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Riesner
Dean Riesner (November 3, 1918 – August 18, 2002) was an American film and television writer. Biography Riesner was born in New Rochelle, New York. His father, Charles Reisner, was a German American silent film director, and Dean began acting in films at the age of four as Dinky Dean. His most notable role was in Charlie Chaplin's 1923 film '' The Pilgrim''. His career at this young age ended because his mother wanted her son to have a real childhood. As an adult, his first job in films was as a co-writer of the 1939 Ronald Reagan movie ''Code of the Secret Service''. Riesner won an Oscar for directing ''Bill and Coo'' (1948), a feature film with a cast of real birds, costumed as humans, acting on the world's smallest film set. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Riesner worked primarily in television, including writing for '' Rawhide'' and the "Tourist Attraction" episode of '' The Outer Limits'', although he occasionally contributed to feature films like ''The Helen Morgan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Senensky
Ralph Senensky (born May 1, 1923) is an American television director and screenwriter. He studied at the Pasadena Playhouse and worked as a stage director before directing for television. He directed multiple episodes for dozens of television shows from 1961 to 1988, including '' The Fugitive'', the original series of ''Star Trek'', ''The Partridge Family'' and ''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 fil ...''. Filmography Films Television References Further reading "Ralph Senensky Directing Little Theater Production" ''Mason City Globe-Gazette''. January 5, 1949. p. 12 External links *at StarTrekHistory.comRalph's Trek- personal blogRalph's Cinema Trek: A Journey in Film - senensky.com- personal website * 1923 births American bloggers America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Mason (producer)
Paul Mason may refer to: *Paul Mason (author) (1898–1985), American author * Paul Mason (coastwatcher) (1901–1972), Australian coastwatcher and member of the Legislative Council of Papua and New Guinea *Paul Mason (diplomat) (1904–1978), British ambassador *Paul Mason (journalist) (born 1960), British journalist and writer *Paul Mason (footballer) (born 1963), British footballer *Paul Nicholas Mason (born 1958), Canadian novelist, playwright, and journalist * Paul Mason (sculptor) (1952–2006), British sculptor * Paul Mason (meteorologist) (Paul James Mason, born 1946), British meteorologist * Pablo Mason or Paul Mason, British author and retired Royal Air Force pilot * Paul Jonathan Mason (born 1960), Britain's heaviest man *Paul Mason (bishop) (Paul James Mason, born 1962), Roman Catholic bishop in Southwark * Paul Mason (coach), American football player and coach See also *Paul Masson Paul Masson (1859 – October 22, 1940) was an early pioneer of California vitic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luther Davis
Luther Berryhill Davis (August 29, 1916 – July 29, 2008) was an American playwright and screenwriter. Early life an education Davis was born in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Culver Military Academy in 1934 and received a bachelor of arts from Yale College in 1938.Weber, Bruce"Luther Davis: Tony-award winning writer of musical and movies" ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, volume 82, number 6, August 6, 2008, A-11. He served in the United States Army Air Forces until 1945, rising to the rank of major. While in the army air forces, he served in Asia and Europe. Career In collaboration with Charles Lederer, Robert Wright, and George Forrest, Luther Davis wrote '' Kismet'', ''Timbuktu!'', and two different treatments of Vicki Baum’s novel ''Grand Hotel'' (''At the Grand'' for the Los Angeles and San Francisco Light Opera Association and the Broadway musical version, '' Grand Hotel, The Musical''). He received two Tony Awards in 1954 (with Lederer) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Sheldon
Leonard James Schleifer (November 12, 1920 – March 12, 2016) was an American television director. Sheldon directed for television programs including ''The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series), The Twilight Zone'', ''The Fugitive (1963 TV series), The Fugitive'', ''The Donna Reed Show'', ''The Millionaire (TV series), The Millionaire'', ''Death Valley Days'', ''Route 66 (TV series), Route 66'', ''The Love Boat'', ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'', ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', ''Gunsmoke#Television series (1955–1975) and TV movies, Gunsmoke'', ''Bridget Loves Bernie'', ''Room 222'', ''Harbor Command'', ''Love, American Style'', ''The Waltons'', ''The Virginian (TV series), The Virginian'', ''That Girl''. ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', ''My Three Sons'', ''Petticoat Junction'', ''Naked City (TV series), Naked City'' and ''Sledge Hammer!''. He died in March 2016 at his home in Manhattan, New York from complications of cancer, at the age of 95. In an interview with novelist Matthew Rettenmun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Kandel
Stephen Kandel (born April 30, 1927) is an American television writer. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1950. Filmography He has written episodes for many popular series, from ''Sea Hunt'' in the 1950s through ''MacGyver'' in the 1980s, with stops in between at ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', ''Mannix'', ''Wonder Woman'', ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', ''Cannon'', ''Barnaby Jones'', ''Banacek'', and others. He is credited with writing the pilot episodes of ''Daktari'', ''Broken Promises'', and ''Chamber of Horrors'', and creating the series ''Iron Horse''. Films Television Awards He is a recipient of the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe award and the Writers Guild of America Humanities award. According to film commentator Tom Weaver, Kandel's "resume reads like a Baby Boomer's dream list of must-see TV". Family Kandel's father, Aben Kandel, was also a screenwriter. His younger sister, Lenore Kandel, was a Beat Generation The Beat Generation was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Leader
Anton Leader (December 23, 1913 – July 1, 1988) was an American television director. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 23, 1913. He directed radio dramas in New York in the 1940s and moved to Los Angeles in 1948. Subsequently, he worked as a free-lancer for Universal Studios and Columbia Pictures, among others. From the middle 1950s to the middle 1970s he directed many episodes of the popular television series of that era. Known as "Tony" to friends and colleagues, his screen credits alternated between "Tony Leader" and the more formal "Anton M. Leader." He died in Los Angeles, California, on July 1, 1988. Family Leader was married to his wife, Rosalind , for 43 years. He was father to a son, Zachary Zachary is a male given name, a variant of Zechariah – the name of several Biblical characters. People *Pope Zachary (679–752), Pope of the Catholic Church from 741 to 752 * Zachary of Vienne (died 106), bishop of Vienne (France), martyr a ... and a daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
