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Rango (TV Series)
''Rango'' is an American Western situation comedy starring comedian Tim Conway which was broadcast in the United States on the ABC television network in 1967 and lasted 17 episodes. Synopsis Rango is an inept, bumbling Texas Ranger in the Old WestMcNeil, Alex, ''Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, Fourth Edition'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, , p. 683.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. 853. who has been assigned to the supply room at the quietest post the Rangers have, Deep Wells Ranger Station, so as to keep him from creating unnecessary trouble. He seems to bring his own trouble with him, however, as after his arrival crime suddenly returns to the Deep Wells area, a place that had seen very little of it during the previous 20 years. Rango's assistant in the supply room is Pink Cloud, an overly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rango (2011 Film)
''Rango'' is a 2011 American computer-animated Western comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski from a screenplay by John Logan. Co-produced by Verbinski with Graham King and John B. Carls, the film stars the voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Ned Beatty, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy, Stephen Root, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone, and Timothy Olyphant. The film's plot centers on Rango (Depp), a chameleon who accidentally ends up in the town of Dirt, an outpost that is in desperate need of a new sheriff. ''Rango'' was produced by Nickelodeon Movies, Verbinski's Blind Wink Productions, and King's GK Films, and distributed by Paramount Pictures, with the animation provided by Industrial Light & Magic.Moody, Annemarie"ILM Jumps to Features with Rango" Animation World Network, September 12, 2008WebCitation archive/ref> ''Rango'' premiered at Westwood on February 14, 2011, and was released in the United States on March 4, 2011. The film was both a major critical and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Native Americans In The United States
Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the mainland United States ( Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Alaska and territories of the United States are generally known by other terms). There are 574 federally recognized tribes living within the US, about half of which are associated with Indian reservations. As defined by the United States Census, "Native Americans" are Indigenous tribes that are originally from the contiguous United States, along with Alaska Natives. Indigenous peoples of the United States who are not listed as American Indian or Alaska Native include Native Hawaiians, Samoan Americans, and the Chamorro people. The US Census groups these peoples as " Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders". European colonization of the Americas, which began in 1492, resulted in a precipitous decline in Native American population because of new diseases, wars, ethni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parley Baer
Parley Edward Baer (August 5, 1914 – November 22, 2002) was an American actor in radio and later in television and film. Despite dozens of appearances in television series and theatrical films, he remains best known as the original "Chester" in the radio version of ''Gunsmoke'', and as the Mayor of Mayberry (Roy Stoner) in ''The Andy Griffith Show''. Early life, family and education Parley Edward Baer was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He studied drama at the University of Utah. Career Baer had a circus background, but he began his radio career at Utah station KSL. Circus Early in his career, Baer was a circus ringmaster and publicist. He left those roles for military service in World War II. In the 1950s, he had a job training wild animals at Jungleland USA in Thousand Oaks, California. Still later, he served as a docent at the Los Angeles Zoo. Military Baer was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, attaining the rank of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Carr (actor)
Michael or Mike Carr may refer to: * Michael Carr (composer) (1905–1968), British composer * Michael Carr (cricketer) (1933–1995), English cricketer * Michael Carr (English footballer) (born 1983), currently playing for Stalybridge Celtic *Michael Carr (Gaelic footballer), played for Donegal *Michael Carr (Labour politician) (1947–1990), British politician, MP for Bootle in 1990 *Michael Carr (Liberal Democrat politician) (born 1946), British politician, MP for Ribble Valley 1991–92 *Mike Carr (game designer) (born 1951), American fantasy writer and game designer *Mike Carr (musician) (1937–2017), English jazz organist, pianist and vibraphonist *Mike Carr (ice hockey) (born 1959), ice hockey player *Michael Carr, presenter of ''Faces of Death ''Faces of Death'' (later re-released as ''The Original Faces of Death'') is a 1978 American mondo horror film written and directed by John Alan Schwartz, credited under the pseudonyms "Conan Le Cilaire" and "Alan Black" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Faye
Herbie Faye (February 2, 1899 – June 28, 1980) was an American actor and vaudeville comedian who appeared in both of Phil Silvers' CBS television series, ''The Phil Silvers Show'' (1955–1959) and ''The New Phil Silvers Show'' (1963–1964). Faye died June 28, 1980 from heart failure. Career Faye worked with Mildred Harris in vaudeville, with Silvers as one of the supporting cast. His relationship with Silvers began in 1928 when Silvers was the straight man in Faye's act. On Broadway, Faye appeared in '' Top Banana'' (1951) and ''Wine, Women and Song'' (1942). In movies, Faye appeared in 1956 as Max in ''The Harder They Fall'', a boxing story starring Humphrey Bogart in his last role. In 1961, he appeared as a cook in the comedy film ''Snow White and the Three Stooges''. In 1962, he portrayed Charlie the bartender, in another boxing film ''Requiem for a Heavyweight'', starring Anthony Quinn Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cliff (actor)
Jack Clifford (November 26, 1918 – May 12, 2001) was an American film and television actor. Cliff was born in Swainsboro, Georgia, where his father was running a minstrel show, He moved to California, where worked as a laborer in film studios. In California Cliff learned to fly and obtained a flight instructor’s licence, but his plans to go into business as an instructor were interrupted by World War II. During the war he served in the United States Army Air Force, reaching the rank of captain. He wanted to work as a pilot in commercial aviation but was turned down because he did not have a college degree. Cliff began his acting career in 1949 in the film ''Fighting Man of the Plains''. His film appearances included '' Frenchie'' (1950), '' Best of the Badmen'' (1951), ''Siege at Red River'' (1954), ''The Second Greatest Sex'' (1955), ''The Fastest Gun Alive'' (1956), ''The Midnight Story'' (1957), ''Period of Adjustment'' and '' Never a Dull Moment'' (1968). His television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Romero
Ned Romero (December 4, 1926 – November 4, 2017) was an American actor and opera singer who appeared in television and film. Early childhood and education Romero was born on December 4, 1926 in Franklin, Louisiana, the seat of St. Mary Parish in South Louisiana, the son of Anna and Sidney Romero. His ancestry was Chitimacha Native American, as well as Spanish and French. Romero was a graduate of Louisiana State University, where he earned a master's degree in music. Stage Romero began his career in 1943 as an opera singer, appearing in productions with the San Francisco Opera and in Los Angeles. He also appeared in musicals, such as '' Kiss Me, Kate'', '' Kismet'' and '' Oklahoma!''. On Broadway, he appeared in ''3 for Tonight'' (1954). Television After twenty years on the stage, he moved into television and film. His first television appearance was an opera skit on CBS's ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'' with Dwayne Hickman, in which he performed a medley of f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Guide
TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ... TV listings, listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine, TV Guide Magazine LLC, in 2008. Corporate history Prototype The prototype of what would become ''TV Guide Magazine'' was developed by Lee Wagner (1910–1993), who was the circulation director of Macfadden Communications Group#Macfadden Publications, MacFadden Publications in New York City in the 1930s – and later, by the time of the predecessor publication's creation, for Cowles Media Company – distributing magazines focusing on movie celebrities. In 1948, Wagner printed New York City area lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McHale's Navy Joins The Air Force
''McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force'' is a 1965 film based upon the television 1962–1966 sitcom ''McHale's Navy''. Series supporting players Joe Flynn and Tim Conway are the leads for this sequel to the first film made in 1964, also named ''McHale's Navy''. Most of the film is based on their two characters, particularly Ensign Parker. Plot Binghamton ( Joe Flynn) is sent to a staff meeting in Brisbane, Australia and is forced to use the PT-73 to get there after Fuji (Yoshio Yoda) sabotages Lt. Carpenter's (Bob Hastings) PT-116. While in Brisbane, Binghamton orders the PT-73 crew to remain on board, but they switch uniforms with Russian crewmen on the adjoining docked ship so they can leave the ship without being noticed. In a mix-up Parker (Tim Conway) switches uniforms with Lt. Harkness (Ted Bessell), who then is mistakenly arrested by the Russian NKGB and put on the Russian ship, but he later escapes and spends the remainder of the movie trying to get back to his post. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McHale's Navy (1964 Film)
''McHale's Navy'' is a 1964 technicolor comedy film based on the 1962–1966 black and white television sitcom ''McHale's Navy'' starring Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway and Joe Flynn, which had in turn originated with a one-hour anthology drama starring Borgnine entitled ''Seven Against the Sea''. The film version was directed by series producer Edward Montagne and its supporting cast includes Carl Ballantine, Gavin MacLeod, Jean Willes, Claudine Longet, and George Kennedy. The film was followed by a sequel entitled ''McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force'' which did not feature Borgnine or Carl Ballantine. A remake entitled ''McHale's Navy'', was released in 1997 and features an appearance by Ernest Borgnine playing a 75-year old McHale. The filming location for New Caledonia is the same as the one used in the series. For more information on the main characters see the TV series ''McHale's Navy''. The movie was released on DVD for Region 1 on January 31, 2011. The film was relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McHale's Navy
''McHale's Navy'' is an American sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the ABC television network. The series was filmed in black and white and originated from a one-hour drama titled "Seven Against the Sea", broadcast on April 3, 1962 as part of the ''Alcoa Premiere'' anthology series. The ABC series spawned three feature films: '' McHale's Navy'' (1964); a sequel, '' McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force'' (1965); and a 1997 sequel-remake of the original series. The show can now be seen on Antenna TV. "Seven Against the Sea" (1962) Academy Award–winning dramatic actor Ernest Borgnine first appeared as Quinton McHale in an hour-long one-shot drama called "Seven Against the Sea", which aired as an episode of ''Alcoa Premiere'' in 1962, an ABC dramatic anthology also known as ''Fred Astaire's Premiere Theatre'' and hosted by Fred Astaire, who introduced television audiences to the Quinton M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
