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Mickey Manners
Mickey Manners (October 12, 1925 – January 28, 2016) was an American actor, singer, dancer, and stand-up comedian. Acting career He was a regular panelist on the game show ''Pantomime Quiz''. He also appeared on ''Murphy Brown, The Rifleman'', ''Here's Lucy'', ''The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series), The Ghost & Mrs. Muir'', ''Hogan's Heroes'', ''Lost in Space'', ''Get Smart'', and ''Perry Mason (1957 TV series), Perry Mason''. He had small roles in two Jerry Lewis films: ''The Errand Boy'' (1961) and ''Which Way to the Front?'' (1970). In the 1964–1965 season, he starred with John McGiver in the role of Joe Foley on the short-lived CBS sitcom ''Many Happy Returns (TV series), Many Happy Returns'', set in the complaint department of a fictitious Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles department store. He appeared in the 1965 ''Perry Mason (1957 TV series), Perry Mason'' episode, "The Case of the Laughing Lady" as Lenny Linden, the nephew of series' regular Terrance Clay, prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantomime Quiz
''Pantomime Quiz'', initially titled ''Pantomime Quiz Time'' and later ''Stump the Stars'', was an American television game show produced and hosted by Mike Stokey. Running from 1947—1959, it has the distinction of being one of the few television series—along with ''The Arthur Murray Party''; ''Down You Go''; ''The Ernie Kovacs Show'', ''The Original Amateur Hour''; and ''Tom Corbett, Space Cadet''—to air on all four TV networks in the US during the Golden Age of Television. Overview Based on the parlor game of Charades, ''Pantomime Quiz'' was first broadcast locally in Los Angeles from November 13, 1947, to 1949. In that format, it won an Emmy Award for "Most Popular Television Program" at the first Emmy Awards ceremony. The competition involved two teams of four contestants each (three regulars and one guest). In each round, one member acts out (in mime) a phrase or a name while the other three try to guess it. Each team had five rounds (in some broadcasts there w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
