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Ben Casey
''Ben Casey'' is an American medical drama television series that aired on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe said "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff served as a medical consultant for the show. Plot The series stars Vince Edwards as medical doctor Ben Casey, the young, intense, and idealistic neurosurgeon at County General Hospital. His mentor is chief of neurosurgery Doctor David Zorba, played by Sam Jaffe, who, in the pilot episode, tells a colleague that Casey is "the best chief resident this place has known in 20 years." In its first season, the series and Vince Edwards were nominated for Emmy awards. Additional nominations at the 14th Primetime Emmy Awards on May 22, 1962 went to Sam Jaffe, Jeanne Cooper (for the episode "But Linda Only Smiled"), Joan Hackett (for the episode "A Certain Time, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Nolan
Kathleen Nolan (born Joycelyn Schrum; September 27, 1933) is an American actress and former president of the Screen Actors Guild. From 1957 to 1962, she played Kate McCoy, a housewife, on the television series ''The Real McCoys''. Early years Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Nolan first appeared on stage on the showboat ''Goldenrod (showboat), Goldenrod'' when she was 13 months old. She acted on the showboat for 12 years. Her family acted in tent shows and had their own troupe, the Circle Stock Company. She graduated from high school in St. Louis and sang on a radio station there. Stage On Broadway, Nolan played Wendy in the original production of the Styne-Comden-Green musical version of ''Peter Pan (1954 musical), Peter Pan'' (1954–1955), starring Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard, a role she repeated in both the 1955 and 1956 live NBC-TV broadcasts on ''Producers' Showcase''. A 1960 version was produced for television broadcast, and converted to videotape, but it does not feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medical Drama
A medical drama is a Television film, television movie or film in which events center upon a hospital, clinic, doctor's office, a paramedic, or any other medical topic or environment. Most recent medical drama (film and television), dramatic programming goes beyond the events pertaining to the characters' jobs and portray some aspects of their personal lives. The longest running prime-time medical drama in the world is the British series ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', airing since 1986, and the longest running medical soap opera is ''General Hospital'', running since 1963. History ''City Hospital (U.S. TV series), City Hospital'', which first aired in 1951, is usually considered to be the first televised medical drama. (The first serialized medical drama was probably the ''Dr. Kildare'' film series (1937–1947), starring a number of actors in the eponymous role, and Lionel Barrymore throughout the series.) ''Medic (TV series), Medic'', which featured Richard Boone, ran two se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barton Heyman
Barton Heyman (January 24, 1937 May 15, 1996) was an American actor. Heyman was a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles where he studied theater arts. As an actor in films, his obituary in the ''Los Angeles Times'' asserts that he came to public attention for his role in the 1995 movie '' Dead Man Walking''. Heyman was also a stage actor, appearing in a number of New York Shakespeare Festival Shakespeare in the Park (or Free Shakespeare in the Park) is a theatrical program that stages productions of Shakespearean plays at the Delacorte Theater, an open-air theater in New York City's Central Park. The theater and the productions are ... productions. Filmography References External links * {{Authority control 1937 births 1996 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male film actors Male actors from Washington, D.C. University of California, Los Angeles alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hari Rhodes
Hari Rhodes (April 10, 1932 – January 15, 1992) was an American author and actor whose career spanned three decades beginning in 1957. He was sometimes billed as Harry Rhodes, and appeared in 66 films and television programs, such as ABC's 1963 TV medical drama series about psychiatry '' Breaking Point''. Early life In a 1968 ''TV Guide'' interview, Rhodes described growing up in a rough section of his native Cincinnati: "We lived between the railroad tracks and the river bank. The flood ran us out every winter, but we'd always come back, kick out the mud and settle down again until flood time. All the boys had to learn how to hop freights and throw pieces of coal off. All I ever knew was rats, roaches, and poverty." When he was 15, Rhodes spent two months learning to copy his mother's signature, and forged it on enlistment papers to join the U.S. Marine Corps. In the Marines, Rhodes was a member of his camp's judo team for two years. He eventually gained the rank of serg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Gilbert
Ed Gilbert (born Edmund Francis Giesbert, June 29, 1931 – May 8, 1999) was an American actor, with extensive credits in both live-action roles and voice work in animation, although he was better known for the latter. He is also credited, under his birth name, with research in entomology and the discovery of new beetle species. He was known for voicing Baloo in '' TaleSpin''. Early life and education Gilbert was born in Chicago to Edmund Wilhelm Giesbert (1893-1971) and Frances Amelia Proudfoot (1895-1986). Gilbert graduated from the University of Chicago and fought in the Korean War. Career During the 1960s, Gilbert appeared on television series such as '' The Gallant Men'', '' Combat!'', '' The Rogues'', and '' Mannix''. In 1966, he guest starred as Robert Cramer on four episodes of '' Ben Casey''. He is known for his role as Fenton Hardy on the 1970s television series '' The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries''. Gilbert provided the voices of Superion, Thrust and Blitzwing in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherwood Price
Frank Sherwood Gell (April 4, 1928 – January 13, 2020) was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing General J. E. B. Stuart in the American historical television series '' The Gray Ghost''. Early life He was born Frank Sherwood Gell in Detroit, Michigan, to Louis and Freida Gell, Jewish immigrants from Imperial Russia who had come to the US as young children.1930 US Federal Census, retrieved froAncestry.com/ref> He had one sibling, an older sister. His parents had different first languages (Russian and Yiddish); he grew up speaking only English. His father owned a butcher shop. His parents divorced while Price was still a child. His mother remarried, and Price was raised by her and his step-father Herman Glassman, a clothing salesman.1940 US Federal Census, retrieved froAncestry.com/ref> Price attended Central High School in Detroit, taking the commercial curriculum rather than college prep. While still in high school he registered for the draft on Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Edwards Sammy Davis Jr
Vince is a given name, it is the anglicisation and shortened form of the name Vincent, as well as a surname. It may refer to: Given name People * Vince Agnew (born 1987), American football player * Vince Cable (born 1943), British politician * Vince Carter (born 1977), basketball player * Vince Catania (born 1977), Australian politician * Vince Clarke (born 1960), English musician with Erasure * Vince Clarke (cricketer) (born 1971), English cricketer * Vince Coleman (other), multiple people * Vince Courville (born 1959), American football player * Vince DiMaggio (1912–1986), American baseball player, older brother of Joe DiMaggio * Vince Dooley (1932–2022), American football coach * Vince Gill (born 1957), American country music singer, songwriter and musician *Vince Gilligan (born 1967), American writer, producer, as well as creator and director of AMC's ''Breaking Bad'' & spin-off ''Better Call Saul'' * Vince Giordano (born 1952), American musician * Vince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Stanley
Kim Stanley (born Patricia Kimberley Reid; February 11, 1925 – August 20, 2001) was an American actress who was primarily active in television and theatre but also had occasional film performances. She began her acting career in theatre and subsequently attended the Actors Studio in New York. She received the 1952 Theatre World Award for her role in '' The Chase'' (1952), and starred in the Broadway productions of ''Picnic'' (1953) and ''Bus Stop'' (1955). Stanley was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her roles in '' A Touch of the Poet'' (1959) and '' A Far Country'' (1962). In the 1950s, Stanley was a prolific performer in television; she later progressed to film, with a well-received performance in '' The Goddess'' (1958). She was the narrator of ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' (1962), and starred in ''Séance on a Wet Afternoon'' (1964), for which she won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Academy Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenda Farrell
Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American actress. Farrell personified the smart and sassy, wisecracking blonde of the Classic Hollywood films. Her career spanned more than 50 years, and she appeared in numerous Broadway plays, films and television series. She won an Emmy Award in 1963 for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her performance as Martha Morrison in the medical drama television series '' Ben Casey''. Farrell began acting on stage as a child and continued with various theatre companies and on Broadway before signing with Warner Bros. A signature 1930s Warner Bros. star, Farrell appeared in films such as '' Little Caesar'' (1931), '' I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' (1932), '' Mystery of the Wax Museum'' (1933) and '' Lady for a Day'' (1933). Starting with '' Smart Blonde'' (1937), Farrell played Torchy Blane, a daring female reporter, in a series of popular films which later was credited by comic book writer Jerry Siegel as the inspirati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George C
George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George, son of Andrew I of Hungary Places South Africa * George, South Africa, a city ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa, a city * George, Missouri, a ghost town * George, Washington, a city * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Computing * George (algebraic compiler) also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952 * GEORGE (computer), early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory in 1957 * GEORGE (operating system), a range of operating systems (George 1–4) for the ICT 1900 range of computers in the 1960s * GEORGE (programming language), an autocode system invented by Charles Leo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Hackett
Joan Ann Hackett (March 1, 1934 – October 8, 1983) was an American actress.Obituary, '' Variety'', October 12, 1983. She acted in film, television, and theatre. She played roles in '' The Group'' (1966), '' Will Penny'' (1968), '' Support Your Local Sheriff!'' (1969), ''The Last of Sheila'' (1973), and '' The Terminal Man'' (1974). In 1982, Hackett was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; she was also the recipient of a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, for her performance as Toby Landau in the 1981 film '' Only When I Laugh''. Hackett was also nominated during the course of her career for a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Laurel Award; she was also the recipient of an Obie Award, a Drama Desk Award, and a Theatre World Award. In 1978, she starred as Christine Mannon in the PBS miniseries version of ''Mourning Becomes Electra''. Early life Hackett was born in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Cooper
Wilma Jeanne Cooper (October 25, 1928 – May 8, 2013) was an American actress, best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' (1973–2013). At the time of her death, she had played Katherine for nearly 40 years, and her name appears on the list of longest-serving soap opera actors in the United States. Cooper also appeared on numerous episodic television series in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as several film roles. She was the mother of three children, the eldest being actor Corbin Bernsen. Early life Wilma Jeanne Cooper was born on October 25, 1928, in Taft, California, the youngest of three children of Albert Troy Cooper and his wife, the former Sildeth Evelyn Moore. The family lived in Kern County for several years, first in Taft until 1942 and then in Bakersfield. Her mother died on August 21, 1944, the year before Jeanne graduated from Taft Union High School. Her father lived for several more decades, dying on Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
