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The Ghosts Of Buxley Hall
''The Ghosts of Buxley Hall'' is a 1980 American made-for-television fantasy-comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Bruce Bilson and starring Dick O'Neill, Victor French, Louise Latham and Monte Markham. It was originally broadcast as a two-part episode of '' Disney's Wonderful World'' on December 21 and December 28, 1980. ''The Ghosts of Buxley Hall'' was filmed on location at Banning House in the Wilmington section of Los Angeles, California. Synopsis When the 100-year-old Buxley Military Academy falls on hard financial times and is forced to merge with a school for girls, the academy's resident ghosts – General Eulace C. Buxley, Bettina Buxley and Sergeant Major Chester B. Sweet – are aggrieved and aroused from their sleep to seek justice. Outraged by this disrespect of tradition, the spirits are further appalled by a modern world of equal rights for women and rock 'n' roll, as well as the dishonest designs a wealthy matron has for the school. The gh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sy Gomberg
Sy Gomberg (August 19, 1918 – February 11, 2001) was an American Oscar-nominated film screenwriter, producer, and activist, who taught screenwriting to University of Southern California students for over a decades. Gomberg was born in New York City, and grew up in Newark, New Jersey. He spent World War II in the First Motion Picture Unit in Hollywood. After the war, he was a contributor to ''Collier's Weekly'' and the ''Saturday Evening Post''. In 1951, he received an Academy Award nomination for ''When Willie Comes Marching Home'' – which was based on a story Gomberg originally wrote for ''Collier's''. He was also nominated the same year for Best Screenplay for ''Summer Stock''. He also created, produced and wrote the 1960s ABC legal drama ''The Law and Mr. Jones'' starring James Whitmore. A supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union, Gomberg organized members of the film industry to march with Martin Luther King Jr., in Alabama. In 1957 Gomberg married actress Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Disney Anthology Television Series
The Walt Disney Company has produced an anthology television series since 1954 under several titles and formats. The program's current title, ''The Wonderful World of Disney'', was used from 1969 to 1979 and again from 1991 to the present. The program moved among the Big Three television networks in its first four decades, but has aired on ABC since 1997 and Disney+ since 2020. The original version of the series premiered on ABC in 1954. The show was broadcast weekly on one of the Big Three television networks until 1990, a 36-year span with only a two-year hiatus in 1984–85. The series was broadcast on Sunday for 25 of those years. From 1991 until 1997, the series aired infrequently. The program resumed a regular schedule in 1997 on the ABC fall schedule, coinciding with Disney's purchase of the network in 1996. From 1997 to 2008, the program aired regularly on ABC. Since then, ABC has continued the series as an occasional special presentation from 2008 onward, the most recen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Becker
Tony Becker (born September 14, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor best known for his role as Private Daniel 'Danny' Purcell on the 1987-1990 CBS Vietnam War series ''Tour of Duty''. Career Becker's first television role was on the short-lived ABC network sitcom ''The Texas Wheelers'' at age 11, He also co-starred on the series '' The Oregon Trail'' and ''For Love and Honor'' and had a recurring role as Drew Cutler on ''The Waltons'', a role he later reprised in several reunion movies. In addition, he also guest starred on numerous television series including ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'', ''Lou Grant'', ''Little House on the Prairie'', '' Knots Landing'', '' Matlock'', ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' and '' Melrose Place''. He also had a small part in the 1986 action thriller film ''Iron Eagle ''Iron Eagle'' is a 1986 action film directed by Sidney J. Furie who co-wrote the screenplay with Kevin Alyn Elders, and starring Jason Gedrick and Louis Gossett Jr.Mann, Rode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ericson
John Ericson (sometimes spelled Erickson; September 25, 1926 – May 3, 2020) was a German-American film and television actor known primarily for his co-star role with actress Anne Francis on the ABC television series ''Honey West'' in the 1965-66 season. Early life Ericson's parents were Ellen Wilson, a Swedish actress and operatic star, and Carl F. Meibes, who later became president of a New York food extract corporation. The family left Germany, reportedly to escape the rising Nazi regime, and came to the United States. Ericson trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York in the same class as Grace Kelly, Jack Palance and Don Rickles. Career Ericson gained early acting experience with stock companies at the Gateway Theatre in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. He appeared on Broadway in the original 1951 production of ''Stalag 17'', directed by José Ferrer. Ericson made a number of films for MGM in quick succession in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stu Gilliam
Stewart Byron "Stu" Gilliam (July 27, 1933 datalounge.com; accessed July 21, 2018. – October 11, 2013) was an American actor and and TV comedian. Biography Stewart Byron Gilliam was born in a middle-class area of , the grandson of a church minister. He left home at the age of 14 to perform with a circus as ventriloquist in state fairs, then after a few years began to appear in clubs in Chicago. During his two-year service in the Korean War, he entertained troops as a ventriloquist. In the 1950s/60s he performed his act in clubs nationwide with black audiences, including the |
John Myhers
John Benjamin Myhers (December 18, 1921 – May 27, 1992) was an American stage and screen actor. His film roles included playing Mr. Bratt in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' (1967), Robert Livingston in the 1972 film adaptation of the Broadway musical ''1776'', and as the leader of the Roman Senate in Mel Brooks' ''History of the World, Part I'' (1981). Early life and education Myhers was born in Strum, Wisconsin, the son of Ole Myhers (1896–1941) and Mabel (née Borreson) Myhers (1902–1964), who later married Hal DeRoach. Myhers began singing at the age of 12 and won several leading roles in the St. Paul Civic Opera during his student years at McPhail School of Music in St. Paul. He served in the United States armed forces in Italy during World War II and stayed in Rome for 11 years after the war. He studied at the American Academy and earned a doctoral degree in literature from the University of Rome. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tricia Cast
Patricia M. Cast (born November 16, 1966) is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Nina Webster on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''. Career Cast came to prominence on the television series ''The Bad News Bears'' in 1979 as Amanda Whirlitzer, the role originated by Tatum O'Neal in the 1976 film of the same name. After years of acting in television films, she starred with Jason Bateman as his sister on the television series ''It's Your Move''. This performance led to a short stint on the soap opera '' Santa Barbara''. In 1986, Cast began her most notable role, Nina Webster on the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'', where she was reunited with her good friend and Bad News Bears co-star, Kristoff St. John. In 1992, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for her portrayal. Cast went on to reveal in 1993 that she only expected her role to be short term on the soap opera. In September 2000, it was announced that Cast had requested to be release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Juttner
Christian Juttner (born May 20, 1964) is a former American film and television actor. He began his career as a child actor and is best known for his roles in the 1978 films ''Return from Witch Mountain'' and ''I Wanna Hold Your Hand''. Life and career Juttner was born on May 20, 1964 in Los Angeles, California. While known for his roles in a few Disney films, Juttner also appeared in many television shows throughout the 1970s including ''Bewitched'', '' Ironside'', ''Emergency!'', ''The Bionic Woman'', ''Wonder Woman'', ''ABC Afterschool Specials'', ''Lou Grant'', ''Trapper John, M.D.'' and ''Alice''. He appeared in several other films including ''Return from Witch Mountain'', ''I Wanna Hold Your Hand "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and recorded on 17 October 1963, it was the first Beatles record to be made using four-track equipment. With advance orders ...'' and '' The Swarm''. Sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renne Jarrett
Renne Gail Jarrett (born January 28, 1946) is an American actress. She appeared in TV dramas beginning as a child. Notable TV roles included the title role in the short-lived NBC comedy '' Nancy''. Jarret has made more than 100 commercials, and has also performed on Broadway. Early years Born in Manhattan, Jarrett is the daughter of Barbara and Robert E. Jarrett. Her father managed mutual funds, and her mother managed Jarrett's career. She and her two younger sisters, were child actors and models. She is a graduate of the Nightingale-Bamford School, and she attended Northwestern University. She was a debutante in 1963 and was a member of the Junior League. Career By age eight, Jarrett had appeared more than 25 times on dramatic television programs, including '' Studio One'' and was a regular on the daytime drama ''Portia Faces Life''. She created the role of Eileen McCallion on ''Love of Life'' and acted on ''The Edge of Night'' and ''The Secret Storm''. She had the title ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Franken
Stephen Robert Franken (May 27, 1932 – August 24, 2012) was an American actor who worked in film and television for over fifty years. Career Franken, the son of a Hollywood press agent, was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Cornell University in 1953. His first screen role was in 1958 as Willie in the episode "The Time of Your Life" on the anthology series ''Playhouse 90''. Another early role was as Bully in the 1961 episode "The Pit" of the series '' The Rebel'', starring Nick Adams. He played the lead guest-starring role in the 1961 episode "The Case of Willie Betterley" in '' Lock Up''. In 1962, he was cast as Dunc Tomilson in "The Yacht-Club Gang" on ''Checkmate''. He appeared as Jerry Allen in two episodes of the ''Mr. Novak''. In 1964, he appeared in ''The Time Travelers''. In 1965, he appeared in "Birth of a Salesman" on ''McHale's Navy'', and in "Tim and Tim Again" on ''My Favorite Martian''. Producer Rod Amateau saw him in a Los Angeles stage producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Porter
Donald Cecil Porter (September 24, 1912 – February 11, 1997) was an American stage, film and television actor. On television, he played Peter Sands, the boss of Ann Sothern's character on ''Private Secretary'', and Russell Lawrence, the widowed father of 15-year-old Frances "Gidget" Lawrence (Sally Field) in the 1965 ABC sitcom ''Gidget''. Life and career Porter was born in Miami, Oklahoma, and as a youth also lived in Nebraska and Oregon. He joined the Oklahoma National Guard at the age of 14, claiming to be 18, and was commissioned a lieutenant. He served as a combat photographer during World War II and also appeared in training films. Porter's first roles as an actor began when he was 17, playing dramatic parts on the radio. In 1936 he appeared on stage in Portland in Maxwell Anderson's '' Elizabeth the Queen''. He went on to appear in more than 200 plays. His Broadway credits include ''The Front Page'' (1968), ''Plaza Suite'' (1967), and ''Any Wednesday'' (1963). He a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vito Scotti
Vito Giusto Scozzari (January 26, 1918 – June 5, 1996), also known as Vito Scotti, was an American character actor who played both dramatic and comedy roles on Broadway, in films, and later on television, primarily from the late 1930s to the mid-1990s. He was known as a man of a thousand faces for his ability to assume so many divergent roles in more than 200 screen appearances in a career spanning 50 years and for his resourceful portrayals of various ethnic types. Of Italian heritage, he played everything from a Mexican bandit, to a Russian doctor, to a Japanese sailor, to an Indian travel agent. Early life and career Vito Giusto Scozzari was born 26 Jan 1918 in San Francisco, California. He was the son of Giusto and Virginia Ambroselli Scozzari. His family spent the early 1920s in Naples. The family returned to the United States on 4 July 1924 and lived briefly at 802 South 8th Street in Philadelphia before moving to New York City the following year. In 1925, after the Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
