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The President's Plane Is Missing (film)
''The President's Plane Is Missing'' is a 1973 American TV movie directed by Daryl Duke with a screenplay by Ernest Kinoy and Mark Carliner based upon the Robert J. Serling novel of the The President's Plane Is Missing (novel), same name. It aired on the ''ABC Movie of the Week.'' Plot With diplomatic tensions building and the United States facing a possible military confrontation with China, Air Force One mysteriously crashes in the desert while heading to California, with President Jeremy Haines on board. While the crash is being investigated and with the president's fate yet uncertain, Vice President Kermit Madigan becomes acting president. Unfortunately, Haines had left him uninformed of current foreign policies. Madigan must now rely on Haines' cabinet and aides to fill him in on information he lacks, while the aides attempt to further their own agendas. National Security Advisor George Oldenburg claims that Haines was preparing to go to war if the Chinese did not back down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The President's Plane Is Missing (novel)
''The President's Plane Is Missing'' is a 1967 novel by Robert J. Serling. The book was made into a made-for-TV film by the same name, which aired on 23 October 1973 in the United States. The book tells the story of a crash of Air Force One in remote terrain and the uncertainty stemming from the lack of confirmation whether the president of the United States is alive or dead. The Vice President of the United States, vice president, an unpopular figure, pressures the Cabinet of the United States, cabinet to declare him Acting president of the United States, acting president under the terms of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 25th Amendment so he can address a growing crisis with China with a pre-emptive nuclear strike. ''The President's Plane Is Missing'' spent multiple weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list, ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list, and its success enabled Serling to become a full-time writer. Serling later penned a sequel to the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Force One
Air Force One is the official air traffic control designated call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States. In common parlance, the term is used to denote U.S. Air Force aircraft modified and used to transport the president and a metonym for the primary presidential aircraft, VC-25, although it can be used to refer to any Air Force aircraft the president travels on. The idea of designating specific military aircraft to transport the president arose during World War II when military advisors in the War Department were concerned about the risk of using commercial airlines for presidential travel. A C-54 Skymaster was then converted for presidential use; dubbed the ''Sacred Cow'', it carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Yalta Conference in February 1945 and was used for another two years by President Harry S. Truman. The "Air Force One" call sign was created in 1953, after a Lockheed Constellation carrying President Dwigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Leigh
Barbara Leigh (born Barbara Ann Kish, November 16, 1946) is a former American actress and fashion model. Her breakthrough role came in 1972 with the film ''Junior Bonner'', which she starred alongside her then-boyfriend Steve McQueen. She later became the first model to wear the Vampirella costume on the cover of the original Warren ''Vampirella'' magazine, #67 (March 1975). Early life Barbara Leigh was born in Ringgold, Georgia. Leigh married at age 15, and at the age of 17 she gave birth to her only son, Gerry Haynes. Career In 2002, she published a memoir titled ''The King, McQueen, and The Love Machine'' (), which accounts her romances with McQueen, Elvis Presley, and Jim Aubrey in the early 1970s. In January 2014, Barbara Leigh retired from Playboy Enterprises Inc. after working with the company for almost 17 years. Leigh developed hyperthyroidism (Graves' disease Graves' disease (german: Morbus Basedow), also known as toxic diffuse goiter, is an autoimmune disease ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Sikking
James Barrie Sikking (born March 5, 1934) is a former American actor, most known for his role as Lt. Howard Hunter on the 1980s TV series ''Hill Street Blues''. Early years Sikking was born in Los Angeles on March 5, 1934 to Andy and Sue (née Paxton) Sikking. His mother co-founded Santa Monica's Unity-by-the-Sea Church. He graduated from UCLA in 1959 and attended the University of Hawaii. He has two brothers, Tom and Art, and a sister, Joy. Career Sikking starred on the ABC TV series ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' as Dr. David Howser and on the 1997 drama series ''Brooklyn South'' as Captain Stan Jonas. Sikking appeared as Sergeant (later promoted to Lieutenant) Howard Hunter on ''Hill Street Blues'' from 1981 to 1987. He also portrayed Geoffrey St. James on the NBC comedy '' Turnabout'' and voiced General Gordon on the short-lived 1998 cartoon series ''Invasion America''. He is often credited as James B. Sikking, and was sometimes credited as "Jim Sikking" in some of his earlier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillian Lehman
Lillian Lehman is an American actress. The daughter of a Lutheran minister, Lehman was born in Oak Hill, Alabama, but moved with her family to Buffalo, New York, when she was five years old. She was named actress of the year while she attended Kent State University. Lehman played Lena Hart in NBC's soap opera '' Sunset Beach'', nurse Carol Williams on ''Emergency!'', Letty Gilmore on ''Fay'', Ruth Tenafly on ''Tenafly'', and Dr. Joyce Meadows on ABC's ''General Hospital''. She has also been cast in various guest roles on TV, Lehman is a professor emerita of theatre and graduate of California State University, Northridge with a B.A. in theatre. |
Barry Cahill (actor)
Barry Cahill (May 28, 1921 – April 9, 2012) was a Canadian-born American film, theater and television actor, whose professional career spanned more than fifty years. His film credits included ''Grand Theft Auto'', and ''Sweet Bird of Youth''. His television roles included ''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'', ''The Young and the Restless'', ''Dynasty'', and '' Santa Barbara''. Early life Cahill was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on May 28, 1921, to Stephen and Theresa Cahill. Career He portrayed Sam Powers on ''The Young and the Restless'' soap opera during the mid-1970s. On television he appeared regularly during the 1960s through early 1980s, on such network shows as ''Rescue 8'' (in 3 episodes), ''Perry Mason'' (2), ''Have Gun – Will Travel'' (6), '' Bonanza'' (2), ''Ben Casey'' (2), '' 12 O'Clock High'' (4), '' The Virginian'' (5), '' Mission: Impossible'' (3), '' Gunsmoke'' (4), ''The Rookies'' (2), '' Ironside'' (9), '' Kolchak: The Night Stalker'' (2), ''The S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gil Peterson
Gil Peterson is an American former actor and singer best known for such films and television series as ''The Cool Ones'', ''The F.B.I.'' and '' Valley of the Dolls''. Early life and education Peterson was born to H. W. and Mable Peterson in Winona, Mississippi. His older brother, Donald, would later become a NASA astronaut. Peterson played football at both Winona High School and the University of Mississippi in the position of halfback and left-footed punter, graduating from the university in 1958 as a physical education major. During college vacations, Peterson sang in night clubs in the south, and had a screen test in his senior year. He served for several months with the United States Air Force Reserve. Career Peterson moved to Los Angeles, and worked in the physical education department of the school system while pursuing a performing career. Peterson began as a singer with the DownBeats. In 1962, he recorded a single, "Baby, Baby All the Time" with "Nobody's Fool on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Stahl
Richard Stahl (January 4, 1932 – June 18, 2006) was an American actor who mostly appeared in comic roles on television and in films. Early life Born in Detroit, he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. In the 1950s, he was appearing in Off-Broadway productions, where he met his wife to be Kathryn Ish in 1959. In the 1960s, he relocated to San Francisco and became a member of an improvisational comedy group, The Committee. Career Some of Stahl's best known film credits include ''Five Easy Pieces'' (1970), ''The Student Nurses'' (1970), ''Billy Jack'' (1971), ''Beware! The Blob'' (1972), ''Dirty Little Billy'' (1972), ''High Anxiety'' (1977), ''9 to 5'' (1980), '' Tin Man'' (1983), ''The Flamingo Kid'' (1984), '' Overboard'' (1987), ''L.A. Story'' (1991), ''The American President'' (1995) and ''Ghosts of Mississippi'' (1996). He appeared in many TV situation comedies and in occasional dramas, including ''That Girl'', ''The Partridge Family'', ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bull (actor)
Richard William Bull (June 26, 1924 – February 3, 2014) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was best known for his performances as "Doc" on ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' and Nels Oleson on ''Little House on the Prairie''. Personal life Bull was born on June 26, 1924 in Zion, Illinois. After years of living in Los Angeles, he moved back to Chicago in 1994 with his wife Barbara Collentine. The couple moved to the Motion Picture & Television Fund House from Chicago in September 2012. Bull fell into acting by accident. “I never gave a serious consideration about becoming an actor. As a senior in high school, I decided to study music, but a friend suggested we attend the Goodman Theater School. In two weeks the friend dropped out, but I was hooked.” There was a three-year interruption while he served as a radio operator for the Army Air Corps, but when he was discharged in 1946 he resumed his acting studies at Goodman. Career Bull began his stage care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Walker (actor)
William Franklin Walker (July 1, 1896 – January 27, 1992) was an American television and film actor. Walker is best remembered for his role as Reverend Sykes in the 1962 film ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. Career Born in Pendleton, Indiana, Walker began his acting career in 1946. In a career that spanned five decades, Walker appeared in numerous television shows and films including ''Goodyear Television Playhouse'', '' Raintree County'', ''Yancy Derringer'', ''Official Detective'', '' The Amos 'n' Andy Show'', ''The Twilight Zone'', '' Rawhide'', ''Daniel Boone'', ''Good Times'', ''The Long, Hot Summer'', ''To Kill a Mockingbird'', ''Big Jake'', ''What's Happening!!'', ''Twilight's Last Gleaming'', '' The President's Plane is Missing'', ''Our Man Flint'', ''Billy Jack Goes to Washington'', ''Maurie'', '' A Piece of the Action'', ''The Girl Who Had Everything'', and '' The Choirboys''. He was in the 1961 film '' The Mask'', not to be confused with the ''Twilight Zone'' episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Morrow
William Byron Morrow (September 8, 1911 – May 11, 2006) was an American television and film actor. Early life Born in Chicago, Illinois, Morrow served in the Army in World War II, performing in theater productions during his tour of duty. He began appearing in film and television in the late 1950s and amassed some 200 appearances in a career spanning the next 35 years. Morrow's television work ran from ''Peter Gunn'' in the late 1950s to ''Father Dowling Mysteries'' in 1991. He mostly played authority figures, often in uniform. Career He made seven appearances as a judge in CBS's ''Perry Mason'' and played real-life Admiral Chester Nimitz in the pilot episode of NBC's ''Baa Baa Black Sheep'', starring Robert Conrad. In 1961 Morrow appeared in an episode of ''The Tab Hunter Show''. In 1961 and 1962, he was cast as Captain Keith Gregory in the episodes "No Fat Cops" and "The Deadlier Sex" of the ABC crime drama '' The New Breed'', starring Leslie Nielsen. In 1962 Morrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Eastham
Richard Eastham (born Dickinson Swift Eastham; June 22, 1916 – July 10, 2005) was an American actor of stage, film, and television, a concert singer known for his deep baritone voice, and an inventor. Early years Eastham's birth name was chosen in honor of Miss Helen Dickinson Swift, one of his mother's college classmates. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest K. Eastham, and he attended Soldan High School. Prior to serving in the Army during World War II, he was a student at Washington University in St. Louis, where he sang with the St. Louis Grand Opera. Career On Broadway, Eastham was the understudy for Ezio Pinza as "Emile DeBecque" in '' South Pacific'', eventually replacing Pinza on stage. His performance was so well received that he was made the male lead for a two-year national tour of the musical. His other Broadway plays included ''Medea'' and ''Call Me Madam''. Eastham and co-star Janet Blair, in their original roles, headed another tour of ''South Pacific'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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