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Planet Of The Apes (TV Series)
''Planet of the Apes'' is a 1974 American science fiction television series that was broadcast on CBS. The series features Ron Harper, James Naughton, Roddy McDowall, Mark Lenard, and Booth Colman. It is based on the 1968 movie ''Planet of the Apes'' and its sequels, which were, in turn, based on the 1963 novel '' La Planète des singes'' (translated as ''Planet of the Apes'') by Pierre Boulle. Overview The series begins with the crash of an Earth spaceship that encountered a time warp while approaching Alpha Centauri on August 19, 1980. The spaceship is crewed by three astronauts, one of whom has died in the crash. The other two astronauts, Colonel Alan Virdon and Major Peter J. Burke, are unconscious but are rescued by a old man who carries them to an old bomb shelter. After the old man opens a book containing historical text and pictures of Earth circa 2500, the two astronauts are convinced that they are indeed on a future Earth. The crash is also witnessed by a young chimpan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Hirschman
Herbert Hirschman (April 13, 1914 – July 3, 1985) was an American television producer and director. He produced shows as ''Perry Mason'' and the fourth season of ''The Twilight Zone''. Hirschman died in July 1985 of an illness A disease is a particular abnormal condition that negatively affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism, and that is not immediately due to any external injury. Diseases are often known to be medical conditions that ar ..., at the age of 71. Filmography References External links * 1914 births 1985 deaths American television directors American television producers {{US-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Harper Wayne Foster Zina Bethune Planet Of The Apes 1974
Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald. Ron or RON may also refer to: Arts and media * Big Ron (''EastEnders''), a TV character * Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character *Ron Douglas, the protagonist in ''Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe Alasky *Ron Weasley, a character in ''Harry Potter.'' Language * Ron language, spoken in Plat State, Nigeria * Romanian language (ISO 639-3 code ron) People Mononym *Ron (singer), Rosalino Cellamare (born 1953), Italian singer Given name *Ron (given name) Surname *Dana Ron (born 1964), Israeli computer scientist and professor *Elaine Ron (1943-2010), American epidemiologist *Emri Ron (born 1936), Israeli politician *Ivo Ron (born 1967), Ecuadorian football player *Jason De Ron (born 1973), Australian musician *José Ron (born 1981), Mexican actor *Liat Ron, actress, dancer and dance instructor * *Lior Ron (born 1982), Israeli-American film and trailer composer and musician *Michael Ron (born 1932), Israeli fencer * Michael Røn (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Oringer
Barry Oringer (December 3, 1935 – January 10, 2021) was an American producer and screenwriter. He was known for writing the pilot episode of the American soap opera TV series ''Hotel'' with John Furia Jr. Life and career Born in New York, Oringer was raised in a Jewish family. He attended Brooklyn College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama and English. Oringer began his career in 1962, when he wrote the English script for Curtis Bernhardt's film ''Damon and Pythias''. He then wrote for television programs including ''The Invaders'', ''Mannix'', '' The Fugitive'', ''Ben Casey'', ''Barnaby Jones'', ''The F.B.I.'', ''Lancer'' and '' The Virginian''. Oringer died in January 2021, of Lewy body disease at his home in Novato, California Novato (Spanish for "Novatus") is a city in Marin County, California, in the North Bay region of the Bay Area. At the 2020 census, Novato had a population of 53,225. History What is now Novato was originally the site of se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert W
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Earle Haley
Jack Earle Haley (born July 14, 1961) is an American actor and director. His earliest roles included Moocher in ''Breaking Away'' (1979) and Kelly Leak in ''The Bad News Bears'' (1976), ''The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training'' (1977) and ''The Bad News Bears Go to Japan'' (1978). After spending many years as a producer and director of television commercials, he revived his acting career with a supporting role in ''All the King's Men (2006 film), All the King's Men'' (2006). This was followed by his performance in ''Little Children (film), Little Children'' (2006), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His subsequent notable roles include the antihero Rorschach (comics), Rorschach in ''Watchmen (film), Watchmen'' (2009), horror icon Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film), the remake of ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (2010), and Grewishka, a cyborg criminal in ''Alita: Battle Angel'' (2019). He played Odin Quincannon in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard McEveety
Bernard E. McEveety, Jr. (May 13, 1924 – February 2, 2004) was an American film and television director. Family McEveety was born in New Rochelle, New York; his brothers, Vincent McEveety and Joseph McEveety were also Hollywood directors and producers. His nephew is producer Stephen McEveety, who often collaborates with Mel Gibson (''The Passion of the Christ''). Career McEveety worked primarily in TV, but also directed several feature films. He directed '' The Brotherhood of Satan'' and ''Ride Beyond Vengeance'', and did second-unit work on another cult horror film, ''The Return of Dracula''. McEveety's huge TV output included 31 episodes of the TV series ''Combat!''. He also directed Jodie Foster in her debut film, Disney's ''Napoleon and Samantha''. He produced the TV series ''Cimarron Strip'', which he often directed, as well. His Western directing credits include such television series as '' Rawhide'', '' Gunsmoke'', '' Bonanza'', '' The Virginian'', '' The Big Vall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California. BART serves 50 stations along six routes on of rapid transit lines, including a spur line in eastern Contra Costa County which uses diesel multiple-unit trains and a automated guideway transit line to the Oakland International Airport. With an average of weekday passengers as of and annual passengers in , BART is the fifth-busiest heavy rail rapid transit system in the United States. BART is operated by the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District which formed in 1957. The initial system opened in stages from 1972 to 1974. The system was extended most recently in 2020, when Milpitas and Berryessa/North San José stations opened as part of the Silicon Valley BART extension in partnership with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). Services BART serves large portions of its three member counties – San Francisco, Alameda, and Contra Costa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward J
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte. Other variant forms include French Édouard, Italian Edoardo and Odoardo, German, Dutch, Czech and Romanian Eduard and Scandinavian Edvard. Short forms include Ed, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy and Ned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Laven
Arnold Laven (February 3, 1922 – September 13, 2009) was an American film and television director and producer. He was one of the founders and principals of the American film and television production company Levy-Gardner-Laven. Laven was a producer of, among other things, the western television series ''The Rifleman'' and ''The Big Valley''. He also directed motion pictures, including ''Without Warning!'', ''The Rack (1956 film), The Rack'', ''The Monster That Challenged the World'', ''Geronimo (1962 film), Geronimo'', ''Rough Night in Jericho (film), Rough Night in Jericho'', and ''Sam Whiskey''. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Laven directed dozens of episodes of television series, including episodes of ''Mannix'', ''The A-Team'', ''Hill Street Blues'', ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', ''Fantasy Island (1977 TV series), Fantasy Island'', ''The Rockford Files'' and ''CHiPs''. Early years Laven was born in Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Los Angeles, Califo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don McDougall (director)
Don McDougall (born September 28, 1917 – February 7, 1991) was an American television director and screenwriter. McDougall directed numerous episodes of television shows including ''Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series), Wanted: Dead or Alive'', ''Rawhide (TV series), Rawhide'', ''Bonanza'', ''Mannix'', ''Ironside (1967 TV series), Ironside'', ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', and ''CHiPs''. He also directed for shows such as ''The Rifleman'', ''Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series), Mission: Impossible''. ''Dallas (1978 TV series), Dallas'', ''Kolchak: The Night Stalker'', ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', and ''Wonder Woman (TV series), Wonder Woman''. In 1974, he directed three episodes of ''Planet of the Apes'' that featured Mark Lenard and were photographed by Jerry Finnerman. McDougall directed the three main stars of ''Star Trek'' in non-''Star Trek'' productions. He directed Leonard Nimoy in a 1965 episode of ''The Virginian'' and directed William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Wallace
Art Wallace was an American television writer best known for his work on the gothic soap opera ''Dark Shadows''. He began work in television in the 1940s, on the anthology series '' Studio One'' and ''Kraft Television Theater''. Over the years, Wallace wrote for ''Tom Corbett, Space Cadet'', ''Combat!'', ''Star Trek'', and many other shows. The teleplay on which Dark Shadows was based was called "The House" and was an episode of the anthology series ''Goodyear Playhouse'' in 1957. When Dan Curtis had the idea for ''Dark Shadows'', he offered the job of producer to Art Wallace, who declined the job. Wallace offered to write the show and recommended Robert Costello for the job of producer. In 1966, working with Dan Curtis he wrote the bible and first eight weeks' worth of early episodes of ''Dark Shadows''. He wrote the next nine weeks of shows alternating with film writer Francis Swann. Wallace was also a story consultant for the soap opera ''All My Children''. His wife, Elizabeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Weis
Don Weis (May 13, 1922 – July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director. Biography Weis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Emma (née Wiener; 1889–1971) and Meyer Weis (1886-1942). He graduated from the University of Southern California where he studied film. During World War II, Weis served in the Air Force as a film technician. After the war, he began working at MGM directing such films as ''Bannerline'' (1951), ''Just This Once'' (1952), ''You for Me'' (1952) and '' The Affairs of Dobie Gillis'' (1953). Weis began directing for television in 1954 and worked on such series as '' M*A*S*H'', '' Ironside'', '' It Takes a Thief'', '' Twilight Zone'', '' Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1955), ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Happy Days'', '' Starsky and Hutch'', ''CHiPs'', ''The Courtship of Eddie's Father'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', '' The Andros Targets'', and ''The San Pedro Beach Bums'', among others. Weis won two Directors Guild of America Awards for television directi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
