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Mr. Merlin
''Mr. Merlin'' is an American sitcom that ran for one season, from 1981 to 1982, about Merlin the wizard (played by Barnard Hughes), who is immortal, living in modern-day San Francisco, and disguised as Max Merlin, a mechanic. ''Mr. Merlin'' was produced by Larry Rosen and Larry Tucker, working as the Larry Larry Company, in association with Columbia Pictures Television. Premise Merlin hires Zachary Rogers ( Clark Brandon) to work in his garage, and when Zac pulls a crowbar out of a bucket of cement, the crowbar is revealed to be Arthur's sword Excalibur and Merlin must reveal himself to Zac and make him an apprentice. Leo Samuels (Jonathan Prince) is Zac's best friend, who naturally has no idea his best buddy is a "wizard in training". Elaine Joyce is Alexandria ("Alex"), Max's equally magical liaison with an unseen "council" (who insisted Merlin take on an apprentice or lose both his powers and immortality). Cast Main * Barnard Hughes as Max Merlin, Merlin the Magic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Situation Comedy
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new characters in each sketch, and stand-up comedy, where a comedian tells jokes and stories to an audience. Sitcoms originated in radio, but today are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. A situation comedy television program may be recorded in front of a studio audience, depending on the program's production format. The effect of a live studio audience can be imitated or enhanced by the use of a laugh track. Critics disagree over the utility of the term "sitcom" in classifying shows that have come into existence since the turn of the century. Many contemporary American sitcoms use the single-camera setup and do not feature a laugh track, thus often resembling the dramedy shows of the 1980s and 1990s rather t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of California cities by population, fourth most populous in California and List of United States cities by population, 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the County statistics of the United States, fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Astin
John Allen Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an American actor and director who has appeared in numerous stage, television and film roles. He is best known for starring in ''The Addams Family'' (1964–1966), as patriarch Gomez Addams, reprising the role in the television film '' Halloween with the New Addams Family'' (1977) and the animated series ''The Addams Family'' (1992–1993). Astin starred in the TV film ''Evil Roy Slade'' (1972). Other notable film roles include ''West Side Story'' (1961), ''That Touch of Mink'' (1962), ''Move Over, Darling'' (1963), ''Freaky Friday'' (1976), ''National Lampoon's European Vacation'' (1985), ''Teen Wolf Too'' (1987) and ''The Frighteners'' (1996). Astin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his directorial debut, the comedic short ''Prelude'' (1968). He has been married three times. His second wife was actress Patty Duke, and Astin is the adoptive father of Duke's son, actor Sean Astin. Early years Astin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Comic
''TV Comic'' was a British comic book magazine published weekly from 9 November 1951 until 29 June 1984. Featuring stories based on television series running at the time of publication, it was the first British comic to be based around TV programmes;"British Comics Reference , British TV-related Comic Strips," DownTheTubes.net. Retrieved 25 Feb. 2021. it spawned a host of imitators. Publication history Originally started by '''', ''TV Comics'' was later sold to , and ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holly Gagnier
Holly Gagnier (born December 12, 1958) is an American actress. Early life Gagnier was born in Los Angeles, California. Her parents were Hugh Gagnier, a cinematographer and Eleanor Gagnier, a stenographer for the United Nations. Eleanor served as a stenographer on the Nuremberg trials. Holly is one of five siblings. Career A former actress, Gagnier's notable roles include long running stints on daytime's ''One Life to Live'', ''Days of Our Lives'' in the ground-breaking role of young teen mother Ivy Jannings, and on ''General Hospital'' as the insane Jennifer Smith. While on ''One Life to Live'', she appeared on the ''Oprah Winfrey Show'' as one of daytime's most popular characters. She was a series regular on ''Baywatch'', and has had recurring roles on several television series including ''Pacific Blue (TV series), Pacific Blue'', ''Middle Ages (TV series), Middle Ages'', and as a young teen on ''House Calls'' opposite Lynn Redgrave. She has been seen on television shows inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Roche
Eugene Harrison Roche (September 22, 1928 – July 28, 2004) was an American actor and the original " Ajax Man" in 1970s television commercials. Personal life Roche was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Mary M. (née Finnegan) and Robert F. Roche, who was at the time serving in the U.S. Navy. He served in the U.S. Army after graduating from high school. He married Marjory Perkins in 1953. The couple had nine children, including actor Eamonn Roche and Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Sean Roche. They divorced in 1981. Eugene Roche remarried in 1982 and remained married to his second wife, Anntoni C. Roche (née Bratman), until his death in 2004. Career After playing theater on various stages since 1953, Roche made his Broadway debut in 1961 as a bit player in the play ''Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole'' with Darren McGavin and went on to appear in ''Mother Courage'' with Anne Bancroft in 1963, and in ''The White House'' with Helen Hayes in 1964.Vallance, To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Wilson
Rita Wilson (born Margarita Ibrahimoff; October 26, 1956) is an American actress, singer, and producer. Her film appearances include ''Volunteers'' (1985), ''Sleepless in Seattle'' (1993), '' Now and Then'' (1995), ''That Thing You Do!'' (1996), ''Jingle All the Way'' (1996), '' The Story of Us'' (1999), '' Runaway Bride'' (1999), '' It's Complicated'' (2009), and ''Larry Crowne'' (2011), and she appeared in the television series ''The Good Wife'' and ''Girls''. Wilson has performed on Broadway, and has produced several films, including ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' (2002). As a singer/songwriter, Wilson has released the albums ''AM/FM'', ''Rita Wilson'', ''Bigger Picture'', and ''Halfway to Home''. In March 2019, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Early life Rita Wilson was born Margarita Ibrahimoff in Los Angeles where she grew up. Her mother, Dorothea Tzigkou ( el, Δωροθέα Τζίγκου), was Greek, raised in Sotirë near Dropull i Sipërm in Albania, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Mary Stewart
Catherine Mary Stewart (; born 22 April 1959) is a Canadian actress. Her film roles include '' The Apple'', ''The Last Starfighter'' and ''Weekend at Bernie's''. She was also the original Kayla Brady in '' Days of our Lives''. Early life Stewart was born on 22 April 1959, in Edmonton, Alberta, the daughter of Mary (Stewart) and John Ralph Nursall. Her parents taught at the University of Alberta, her mother a physiology teaching assistant and her father a biology professor. Stewart attended Strathcona Composite High School. She first took jazz dance lessons, and moved to London after high school to study dance and general performing arts, and where she passed the audition for her first movie, ''The Apple''. Career In 1980, Stewart landed a role in '' The Apple'', a musical science fiction cult film. During the production of ''The Apple'', the director Menahem Golan took issue with her original name Mary Nursall and insisted she change it, which she did using her mother's maide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Stewart
Milton "Mel" Stewart (September 19, 1929 – February 24, 2002) was an American character actor, television director, and musician who appeared in numerous films and television shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. He is best known for playing Henry Jefferson on ''All in the Family'' and for playing section chief Billy Melrose on the television series ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King''. Stewart is sometimes credited as Melvin Stewart or Mel Stuart. Career Mel Stewart began his acting career in 1959 with small roles in TV and films. In the early 1960s, Stewart also appeared in the Broadway shows ''Purlie Victorious'', ''The Hostage'', ''The Cool World'', and ''Simply Heavenly''. Stewart's early career also included notable work as a voice actor. He provided the narration for "Scenes in the City", a long jazz composition with a text by Lonne Elder and Langston Hughes that appeared on Charles Mingus' 1957 album A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry. In 1961, Stewart recorded an album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacy Keach Sr
Walter Stacy Keach Sr. (May 29, 1914 – February 13, 2003), known professionally as Stacy Keach Sr. was an American actor whose screen career spanned more than five decades. Biography Keach was born in Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, Illinois. He was of English descent. His career ranged from 1942 to 1997, with more than seventy movie and television appearances. He and his wife, the former Mary Cain Peckham, were members of the Peninsula Players summer theater program during the 1930s. Keach appeared in a 1955 episode of ''The Lone Ranger (TV series), The Lone Ranger''. Keach also appeared as Sheriff Ben Mason in the 1957 episode "Last Chance" of the American Broadcasting Company, ABC/Warner Brothers Western (genre), western television series, ''Colt .45 (TV series), Colt .45''. That same year, he was cast as Jed Hammer in the episode "Trail's End" of the ABC/WB western series, ''Sugarfoot'', starring Will Hutchins. Keach was cast in 1957 and 1958 in five episodes of the NBC west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Basehart
John Richard Basehart (August 31, 1914 – September 17, 1984) was an American actor. He starred as Admiral Harriman Nelson in the television science-fiction drama ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' (1964–68). He also portrayed Wilton Knight in the pilot episode of the TV series ''Knight Rider'' (1982), and provided the narration that was heard during the opening credits throughout the entire series. Basehart was equally active in cinema, receiving National Board of Review Awards for his performances in ''Fourteen Hours'' (1951) and ''Moby Dick'' (1956). He was further nominated for a BAFTA Award for his role in ''Time Limit'' (1957), the only film directed by Karl Malden. Career One of his most notable film roles was the acrobat and clown known as "the Fool" in the acclaimed Italian film ''La Strada'' (1954), directed by Federico Fellini. He also appeared as the killer in the film noir classic ''He Walked by Night'' (1948), as a psychotic member of the Hatfield clan in ''R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeAnna Robbins
DeAnna Robbins (born June 15, 1959) is an American former actress known for her role as Lisa in the 1981 slasher film '' Final Exam'', and for her role as Cindy Lake on the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''. She also appeared as Diane Parker on '' Days of Our Lives'' as Diane Parker, and as Kathleen McDougal on the NBC series '' Santa Barbara''. Biography Early life Robbins was raised in Tempe, Arizona. Film and television career Robbins made her film debut in the slasher film '' Final Exam'' (1981), followed by a regular guest starring role as Cindy Lake on ''The Young and the Restless''. She also guest-starred in many television shows and soap operas throughout the 1980s, including ''Eight Is Enough'', '' Mr. Merlin'', ''The Young and the Restless'', ''Hotel'', '' Matt Houston'', '' Days of Our Lives'', '' Crazy Like A Fox'', and ''Finder of Lost Loves''. She also portrayed the character of Aimee Godsey in three television film spin-offs of ''The Waltons''. Robbins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
