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Pillars Of The Sky
''Pillars of the Sky'' is a 1956 American CinemaScope Western film directed by George Marshall and starring Jeff Chandler and Dorothy Malone. Plot Oregon Country 1868: Indians of many tribes trust Sgt. Emmett Bell, who rides into Dr. Joseph Holden's mission with his Indian scouts. However, troop and weapon movements by new U.S. Cavalry commanding officer Col. Steadlow have endangered the peace and angered the chiefs, in particular one called Kamiakin. An outraged Bell tries to appeal to Steadlow as well as Capt. Tom Gaxton, whose wife Calla was once in love with him. Calla and another woman are taken captive but are rescued by Bell, rekindling his and Calla's romance. The Indians ambush a large cavalry patrol and, after a fierce fightwith extensive dead and wounded on both sidesthe surviving soldiers break through the Indians and manage to escape to Holden's mission, using it as a fortification against an expected attack. Appeals for a truce go in vain. However, a particularly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Poster
A film poster is a poster used to promote and advertise a film primarily to persuade paying customers into a theater to see it. Studios often print several posters that vary in size and content for various domestic and international markets. They normally contain an image with text. Today's posters often feature printed likenesses of the main actors. Prior to the 1980s, illustrations instead of photos were far more common. The text on film posters usually contains the film title in large lettering and often the names of the main actors. It may also include a tagline, the name of the director, names of characters, the release date, and other pertinent details to inform prospective viewers about the film. Film posters are often displayed inside and on the outside of movie theaters, and elsewhere on the street or in shops. The same images appear in the film exhibitor's pressbook and may also be used on websites, DVD (and historically VHS) packaging, flyers, advertisements in newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ward Bond
Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and starred in the NBC television series ''Wagon Train'' from 1957 to 1960. Among his best-remembered roles are Bert the cop in Frank Capra's ''It's a Wonderful Life'' (1946) and Captain Clayton in John Ford's ''The Searchers'' (1956). Early life Bond was born in Benkelman in Dundy County, Nebraska. The Bond family, John W., Mabel L., and sister Bernice, lived in Benkelman until 1919 when they moved to Denver, Colorado, where Ward graduated from East High School. Bond attended the Colorado School of Mines and then went to the University of Southern California and played football on the same team as future USC coach Jess Hill. At 6' 2" and 195 pounds, Bond was a starting lineman on USC's first national championship team in 1928. He graduated from USC in 1931 with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering. Bond and John Wayne, who as Marion Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Coy
Walter Darwin Coy (January 31, 1909 – December 11, 1974) was an American stage, radio, film, and, principally, television actor, arguably most well known as John Wayne's character's brother in ''The Searchers'' (1956). Early years Originally from Great Falls, Montana, Coy was the son of Theodore Coy, who had a furniture store. The family moved to Seattle, Washington, around 1923. He played varsity football at the University of Washington and majored in dramatics. Before Coy became an actor, he worked at salmon canneries in Alaska. In 1929, he moved to New York. During World War II, he served in the Army. Career Coy performed on Broadway from 1930 to 1948. He appeared in several early Group Theatre productions. He was the first actor to play Lone Wolf on the radio series of the same name. Broadway roles * ''The House of Connelly'' (1931) - Charlie and as Seranader * ''Night Over Taos'' (1932) - Felipe * '' Men in White'' (1933) - Dr. Bradley * ''Gold Eagle Guy'' (1934) - Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Votrian
Ralph Votrian (May 16, 1934 – April 13, 2017) was an American film, television and voice actor. Votrian was born in Chicago, Illinois. As a child, Votrian performed on old-time radio programs. He graduated from John Burroughs High School in Burbank, California, and served in the United States Marine Corps. He appeared in the films ''Girls in the Night'', ''The Bold and the Brave'', ''Until They Sail'', ''The Happy Years'', '' Screaming Eagles'', '' The Young Guns'' and ''Pillars of the Sky''. Votrian guest-starred in television programs including ''The Twilight Zone'', ''Johnny Ringo'', ''Black Saddle'', '' Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal'', '' The Tall Man'', ''Rescue 8'' and '' Rawhide''. He provided additional voices for television programs such as '' El-Hazard'', '' As Told by Ginger'', '' Masked Rider'' (as King Lexian) ''Rave Master'' and ''Gatchaman (OVA)'', and was the narrator for '' Reign: The Conqueror''. Votrian died on April 13, 2017, in Burbank, California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ellis (child Actor)
Robert Ellis (September 24, 1933 – November 23, 1973) was an American film and television actor in the 1940s and 1950s, who was the last actor to play Henry Aldrich on the radio series ''The Aldrich Family''. Early life Robert Ellis was born in Chicago, Illinois to Fern Bloomfield. He was educated in professional children's schools in New York City and Hollywood and later studied theater arts at Columbia University. Career He made his acting debut at age 5 and appeared in some 50 movies and television shows, sometimes billed as "Bobby Ellis." In 1948, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences awarded him a special certificate for his acting and dancing role as Buster Tyme in the movie '' April Showers'', which starred Ann Sothern and Jack Carson. He portrayed Ralph Grainger, a college friend of Ronnie Burns, on the final two seasons of ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show''. He died of kidney failure at the age of 40 in Los Angeles. At the time of his deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Milner
Martin Sam Milner (December 28, 1931 – September 6, 2015) was an American actor and radio host. He is best known for his performances on two television series: ''Route 66'', which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964, and ''Adam-12'', which aired on NBC from 1968 to 1975. Early years Milner was born on December 28, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Mildred (née Martin), a Paramount Theater circuit dancer, and Sam Gordon Milner, who worked as a construction hand and later a film distributor. Sam was a Polish-Jewish immigrant. The family left Detroit when Milner was a young child, moved frequently, and settled in Seattle, Washington by the time he was nine. There he became involved in acting, first in school, and then in a children's theater group at the Cornish Playhouse. When Milner was a teenager, he moved with his family to Los Angeles where his parents hired an acting coach and later an agent for him. Milner had his first screen test and began his film career with his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Smith (American Comedy Actor)
Paul Smith (born February 5, 1929) is an American comic character actor with a perpetually perplexed or, alternatively, bemused expression, who, during the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s, appeared in scores of television episodes, primarily sitcoms, including regular roles in five series, and was also seen in numerous theatrical features, television films and commercials, frequently in brief, sometimes unbilled, comedic bits. Best known for ''The Doris Day Show'' (1969-1971). Acting career during the 1950s Born in Pennsylvania's second-largest city, Pittsburgh, Arthur Paul Smith moved to Los Angeles and, by the time of his 22nd birthday in 1951, began a 31-year acting career which lasted until his retirement, at age 53, in 1982. During the 1950s, he was seen in twenty-four theatrical features, from 1951's '' I Want You'' to 1959's ''The FBI Story'', with his work in thirteen of those being uncredited and the remainder providing him with mostly small parts which were credited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Hogan
Pat Hogan (born Thurman Lee Haas; February 3, 1920 – November 21, 1966) was an American actor. He mostly played Native Americans over the course of his career. He was best known for his portrayal of Chief Red Stick in the film ''Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier'' (1955). Career Born in Oklahoma to Claude Red Elk and Ann McTigue, Hogan was a member of the Oneida tribe. He attended Roosevelt High School in St. Louis and Pasadena Junior College, where he studied art. He appeared in many western television series and a few movies. Onstage, he starred in Arrowhead (1953), The Last Frontier (1955)Indian Paint (1965). Indian Paint starred his brothers-in-law, Johnny Crawford and Robert L. "Bobby" Crawford Jr. He was married to their sister, who now goes by the name of Nance Crawford. She was listed in his obituary as Nancy Scott. Three children survive, including Shawna, Brian, and Kathie. Hogan debuted on film in ''Fix Bayonets'' (1952). In 1954, Hogan portrayed C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floyd Simmons
Floyd Macon Simmons (April 10, 1923 – April 1, 2008) was an American athlete and actor who competed mainly in the decathlon. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. Biography Raised in Charlotte, Simmons was the son of a builder and former football coach of Davidson College. Nicknamed "Chunk" by a nurse for his size when still a baby, Simmons played football for Central High School in Charlotte, North Carolina where he graduated in 1942. During World War II he was wounded in action in Italy while serving with the 10th Mountain Division. He competed for the United States in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, England in the decathlon where he won the bronze medal. He repeated this feat four years later in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, where he again won the bronze medal. He continued to compete in Masters athletics into his 80s. He died in Charlotte, North Carolina. In addition to competing in sports Simmons was contracted to Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olive Carey
Olive Carey (born Olive Fuller Golden; January 31, 1896 – March 13, 1988) was an American film and television actress, and the mother of actor Harry Carey Jr. Life and career Carey was born Olive Fuller Golden in New York City, the daughter of Ada (Maxwell), who was from Surrey, and George Fuller Golden (originally George Michael Fuller), a vaudeville entertainer. In 1912, her father died, "leaving a wife and four children destitute." She had a sister, Ruth Fuller Golden, who also acted in films. Film Carey's screen debut was in ''Sorrowful Jones'' (1913). She next acted in '' Tess of the Storm Country'' (1914). (An obituary indicates that the name of her initial film was '' The Sorrowful Shore''.) She appeared in more than 50 films, mostly westerns, including ''Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'', often playing tough tomboy parts. Television In 1956, Carey guest starred in the episode "Death in the Snow" of NBC's anthology series, '' The Joseph Cotten Show''. In 1957 and 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ansara
Michael George Ansara (April 15, 1922 – July 31, 2013) was an American actor. He portrayed Cochise in the television series '' Broken Arrow'', Kane in the 1979–1981 series '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'', Commander Kang in ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart in the NBC series ''Law of the Plainsman'', and provided the voice for Mr. Freeze in '' Batman: The Animated Series'' and several of its spin-offs. Ansara received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in the television industry, located at 6666 Hollywood Boulevard. Early life Michael George Ansara was born in a small village in the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, and his family immigrated to the United States when he was two years old. He was of Greco Lebanese descent. They lived in Lowell, Massachusetts, for a decade before moving to California. He originally wanted to be a physician, but developed a passion for becoming a performer after he began taking acting cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willis Bouchey
Willis Ben Bouchey (May 24, 1907 – September 27, 1977) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 150 films and television shows. He was born in Vernon, Michigan, but raised by his mother and stepfather in Washington state. Bouchey may be best known for his movie appearances in ''The Horse Soldiers'', ''The Long Gray Line'', ''Sergeant Rutledge'', ''Two Rode Together'', ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'', ''The Big Heat'', ''Pickup on South Street'', ''No Name on the Bullet'', and '' Suddenly''. He also made uncredited appearances in ''From Here to Eternity'', '' How the West Was Won'', ''Them!'', ''Executive Suite'', and '' A Star is Born'', and appears briefly in Frank Capra's cameo-filled comedy ''Pocketful of Miracles''. Radio On old-time radio, Bouchey played the title role in ''Captain Midnight'', Charles Williams in ''Kitty Keene, Inc.'', Stanley Bartlett in ''Midstream'', and Pa Barton in ''The Story of Bud Barton''. He was also a member of the ens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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