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Peter Loves Mary
''Peter Loves Mary'' is an American situation comedy starring Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy which centers around a show-business couple and their family who move from New York City to the suburbs. Original episodes aired from 12 October 1960 until 31 May 1961.McNeil, Alex, ''Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, Fourth Edition'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, , p. 655.Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–present (Sixth Edition)'', New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, , p. 816. Synopsis Peter and Mary Lindsey are a headlining husband-and-wife nightclub act in which he is a corny comic and she is a singer. Mary and the Lindseys′ longtime housekeeper – the upbeat, wisecracking Wilma, who calls Peter "Squire Lindsey" — decide that it would be better for Peter and Mary's 8-year-old daughter Leslie (who without explanation ages into an 11-year-old as the season progres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Simon
Daniel Simon (December 18, 1918, The Bronx, New York – July 26, 2005, Portland, Oregon) was an American television writer and comedy teacher. Biography The older brother of playwright Neil Simon, the two siblings wrote comedy together until Neil left to write plays. Danny would wrote for television shows including ''Your Show of Shows'', ''The Colgate Comedy Hour'', ''The Phil Silvers Show'', ''Make Room for Daddy'', ''My Three Sons'', ''The Carol Burnett Show'', ''Kraft Music Hall'', ''Diff'rent Strokes'', and '' The Facts of Life''. He later became a comedy teacher. Quotations Woody Allen said about Simon, "I've learned a couple of things on my own since and modified things he taught me, but everything, unequivocally, that I learned about comedy writing I learned from him". Jimmy Boyd, "Being around Danny always makes me and everyone else happy. He is always up and positive, and he sees humor in absolutely everything. It is endless funny one-liners. In rehearsal I could r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Reed
Alan Reed (born Herbert Theodore Bergman; August 20, 1907 – June 14, 1977) was an American actor, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone on ''The Flintstones'' and various spinoff series. He also appeared in many films, including ''Days of Glory (1944 film), Days of Glory'', ''The Tarnished Angels'', ''Breakfast at Tiffany's (film), Breakfast at Tiffany's'', ''Viva Zapata!'' (as Pancho Villa), and ''Nob Hill (1945 film), Nob Hill'', and various television and radio series. Early years Alan Reed was born Herbert Theodore Bergman on August 20, 1907, in New York City to Jewish parents. His father was a Lithuanian-Jewish immigrant and his mother was born in the United States to Ukrainian-Jewish parents from Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia."Fred Flintsto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pattie Regan
Pattie may refer to: Food * Savoury pattie, a fried mashed potato dish from Hull in England * York Peppermint Pattie, a chocolate confectionery People Given name * Pattie Boyd (born 1944), English model, photographer and author * Pattie Brooks, American singer * Pattie Coldwell (1952–2002), British TV presenter and journalist * Pattie Deakin (1863–1934), wife of Australian Prime Minister Alfred Deakin * Pattie Howard, American gospel and R&B singer * Pattie Mallette (born 1975), Canadian author and film producer * Pattie Menzies (1899–1995), wife of Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies * Pattie Obey, American Jazz dance choreographer * Little Pattie (born 1949), Australian singer Surname * Brian Pattie (born 1975), American auto-racing crew chief * Geoffrey Pattie (born 1936), British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament * James Ohio Pattie (c. 1804–1851), American frontiersman and author Other uses * Dame Pattie, International 12-metre class ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Watkins
Linda Mathews Watkins (May 23, 1908 – October 31, 1976) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Early years Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Watkins was the daughter of Gardiner and Elizabeth R. (née Mathews) Watkins. Her father was active in real estate in Boston. She was related to physicist Albert A. Michelson and painter Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore. Watkins attended a teachers' college because her parents wanted her to teach. She later went to study at the Theatre Guild. Career Stage After six months Watkins began to appear with the Theater Guild's summer repertory program in Scarborough, New York. Three weeks after she finished a course at the Theater Guild's Dramatic School, she had the lead in ''The Devil in the Cheese''. When producer Charles Hopkins asked Watkins if she preferred playing comedy or drama, she replied, "Tragedy". He was casting for a comedy production and Watkins was offered the lead role. Watkins gained additional acting experience ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Squire
Katherine Squire (March 9, 1903 – March 29, 1995) was an American actress who appeared on Broadway and in regional theater, movies and television, from the 1920s through the 1980s. Early life Squire was born in Defiance, Ohio. She attended Ohio Wesleyan University and, after graduation, began acting in regional theater at the Cleveland Play House. Squire later studied acting at the American Laboratory Theater. Career Squire made her Broadway stage debut in 1927 in ''Much Ado About Nothing''. She later appeared in Broadway productions of ''Goodbye Again'' (1932), ''Hipper's Holiday'', ''Three Men on a Horse'' (1937), and ''Lady of Letters'' (1935), among other plays. In 1951, Squire made her television debut in an episode of ''Pulitzer Prize Playhouse''. For the remainder of the decade, she appeared in guest roles on '' Goodyear Playhouse'', ''Robert Montgomery Presents'', ''Westinghouse Studio One'', ''The United States Steel Hour'', and ''Playhouse 90''. In 1954, she por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hartman
Paul Hartman (March 1, 1904 – October 2, 1973) was an American dancer, stage performer and television actor. Early years Born in San Francisco, California, Hartman was the son of Ferris Hartman, who was sometimes called the "Ziegfeld of the Pacific Coast" and actress Josie Hart. He began performing as a dancer with his sister when he was 4 years old. Hartman attended the University of California. After he left there, he worked for a newspaper in San Francisco, beginning as a copy boy and later becoming a reporter. He left the newspaper for the theater because the latter offered more money. Career In 1922, he teamed up with Grace Barrett for a dancing comedy vaudeville act that consisted of them both paying homage to and gently mocking the popular dances of the day, from ballet to swing. They married in 192 Along with Grace, Paul made his Broadway debut in ''Ballyhoo of 1932'' alongside Bob Hope. They appeared in Cole Porter's ''Red Hot and Blue'' a few years later, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Friedberg
William Friedberg (April 22, 1915 - April 7, 1965) was an American producer and screenwriter. Friedberg started his career in 1950 writing for ''All Star Revue''. In 1951 he appeared in the broadway play ''Two on the Aisle''. He also wrote an episode of ''The Colgate Comedy Hour'' with screenwriter Nat Hiken. He later wrote for 43 episodes of Hiken's comedy series ''The Phil Silvers Show''. Friedberg’s writing credits also include ''The Jackie Gleason Show'', ''Car 54, Where Are You?'' and ''Peter Loves Mary''. In 1957, he won a Primetime Emmy for Best Comedy Writing - Variety or Situation Comedy. Friedberg died in April 1965 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ..., at the age of 49. References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Schwartz (screenwriter)
David Schwartz is an American composer, known for his scoring of the music for several television series. He composed most of the songs for ''Arrested Development'', and he returned as the series composer for the fourth season, which debuted on Netflix. Schwartz attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City and the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He began composing music for television and film in 1990. The theme for his first network television series, '' Northern Exposure'', resulted in a Grammy nomination. "Theme from '' Northern Exposure''", credited to Schwartz, hit #15 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in late 1992. He scored every episode of the show's six season run. He has scored themes for television productions including ''Reaper'', '' Two of Us'', ''The Good Place'', '' Deadwood'', ''Arrested Development'', ''Carpoolers'', ''Running Wilde'', and ''Beverly Hills, 90210''. His film credits include ''You Stupid Man''. He is the father of singer-son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Ryan (screenwriter)
Terry Ryan (November 26, 1922 – May 5, 2001) was an American screenwriter. Awards and honors Ryan won Emmy Awards for his work on ''The Phil Silvers Show'' in 1955 and 1957. References External links * 1922 births 2001 deaths American television producers Primetime Emmy Award winners 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-screen-writer-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Miller (actor)
Sidney L. Miller (born Sid Miller; October 22, 1916 – January 10, 2004) was an American actor, director and songwriter. Biography Sidney Miller was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. His first acting role was in the movie '' Penrod and Sam'' (1931), although uncredited. In 1937, he made his radio debut on the ''Jack Benny Program'' episode "Christmas Shopping", as a man whom Benny mistakes for a department store floorwalker. The actor was also a regular performer on ''Cavalcade of America'', '' Suspense'' and '' Nightbeat''. Miller had a small, but memorable role, as would-be wrestling announcer Mo Kahn in MGM's '' Boys Town'' (1938), alongside Mickey Rooney. He reprised the character in the sequel, ''Men of Boys Town'' (1941). He co-starred and co-directed, alongside his good friend Donald O'Connor, in one of the first musical sitcoms on television, '' Here Comes Donald''. After joining Disney, he wrote for and directed ''The Mickey Mouse Club'' (1955). Miller directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard McNear
Howard Terbell McNear (January 27, 1905 – January 3, 1969) was an American stage, screen, and radio character actor. McNear is best remembered as the original voice of Doc Adams in the radio version of ''Gunsmoke'' and as Floyd Lawson, the barber on ''The Andy Griffith Show'' (1961–1967). Career McNear studied at the Oatman School of Theater and later joined a stock company in San Diego. McNear also worked in radio from the late 1930s, including in the 1937–1940 radio serial '' Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police'' as ace operator Clint Barlow. McNear could be effective in such authoritative roles, but he gravitated more toward character roles, often comic. He enlisted as a private in the United States Army Air Corps on November 17, 1942, during World War II. He created the role of Doc Charles Adams in CBS Radio's '' Gunsmoke'' (1952–1961). McNear was under contract to CBS for many years and was featured in many of the network's radio and TV programs. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Langan
Glenn Langan (July 8, 1917 – January 26, 1991) was an American character actor on stage and films. Early years Born in Denver, Colorado, Langan was the son of Thomas Langan and Kate Quinn Langan. He attended schools there. His early training in acting came in Denver, where he was stage manager at Elitch's Gardens, handling various behind-the-scenes duties. Langan went to New York, washing dishes in a cafeteria and taking other jobs while he sought acting jobs by visiting producers' offices. Fainting on a street resulted in a stay in Polyclinic Hospital for treatment of malnutrition. Career Langan made his Broadway debut in ''Glamour Preferred'' (1940). His other Broadway credits included ''A Kiss for Cinderella'' (1942), and ''Fancy Meeting You Again'' (1952). He made his credited film debut in ''The Return of Doctor X'' (1939). His other stage experiences included performing in ''Johnny Belinda'' and ''Glamor Preferred''. Langan appeared as a French professor in the roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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