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Bracken's World
''Bracken's World'' is an American drama television series that aired on NBC from September 19, 1969, to December 25, 1970. The series was created and produced by Dorothy Kingsley. In addition, Kingsley also wrote several episodes. The Lettermen performed the second-season theme song "Worlds". Synopsis The series centres on a powerful head of Century Studios and a group of up-and-coming starlets. During the first season, Eleanor Parker received top billing as Sylvia Caldwell, executive secretary to John Bracken (voice-acted in the first season by Warren Stevens), who was sometimes heard, but never seen. Parker left the series after the first 16 episodes, citing the limited nature of her role. When the second season began, Leslie Nielsen joined the cast to portray Bracken. Other cast members included Elizabeth Allen, Dennis Cole, Jeanne Cooper, Peter Haskell, Linda Harrison, Karen Jensen, Madlyn Rhue, and Laraine Stephens. Guest stars who appeared in various episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Cole
Dennis Lee Cole (July 19, 1940 – November 15, 2009) was an American actor in film and television. Cole worked mostly on television, with numerous guest appearances in the 1960s and '70s. After the 1991 murder of his only son, Joe Cole, he became an activist who spoke against violence on television. Career Cole began performing in his native Detroit and moved to Los Angeles in the 1960s. His bleached-blond, athletic look of a quintessential California surfer earned him the attention of physique magazines. He worked as a model and stuntman before making the transition to acting. His first big acting break came when he landed a starring role in the police drama '' Felony Squad'', which ran from 1966 to 1969. He appeared for one season (1969–1970) as Davey Evans in '' Bracken's World''. He co-starred with Rod Taylor in the TV series '' Bearcats!'' (1971) and played Lance Prentiss on the TV soap series ''The Young and the Restless'' (1981–82). Cole made guest appearances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Del Reisman
Del Reisman (April 13, 1924 – January 8, 2011) was an American television producer, story editor and screenwriter whose lengthy credits included ''The Twilight Zone'' and '' The Untouchables''. Del Reisman was raised in Los Angeles. He received a bachelor's degree in English and journalism from the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and served as a bombardier on board a B-17 in the European theater from 1942 to 1945. He achieved the rank of first lieutenant. Reisman began his career in television on the 1950s shows, ''Playhouse 90'' and '' Matinee Theater'', which were both anthology series broadcast live. He collaborated closely with Rod Serling on ''The Twilight Zone'', which aired from 1959 until 1964, as the series' story editor. His additional production and screenwriting credits included ''The Lieutenant'', '' Peyton Place'', ''The Streets of San Francisco'', ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', '' Flamingo Roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Collins (actor)
Gary Ennis Collins (April 30, 1938 – October 13, 2012) was an American actor and television host. Throughout his career, he won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1984 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985. Early life and education Collins was born in Venice, California. He was raised there by a single mother, who was a waitress and factory worker. Collins attended Venice High School and graduated with the class of 1955. After attending Santa Monica College, he went into the United States Army. Early career Collins enlisted in the Army and served in Europe, where he was a radio and television performer for the Armed Forces Network. After his return, he performed at the Barter Theatre, a year-round repertory theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, whose director Robert Porterfield provided chances for many aspiring actors. Film and television Collins made a career in television, co-starring, with Jack Warden and Mark Slade, in the 1965 series '' The Wackiest Ship in the Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Campanella
Joseph Anthony Campanella (November 21, 1924 – May 16, 2018) was an American character actor. He appeared in more than 200 television and film roles from the early 1950s to 2009. Campanella was widely known for his roles as Joe Turino on ''Guiding Light'' from 1959 to 1962, Lew Wickersham on the detective series ''Mannix'' from 1967 to 1968, Brian Darrell on the legal drama '' The Bold Ones: The Lawyers'' from 1969 to 1972, Harper Deveraux on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' from 1987 to 1992, co-host of '' Science International'' from 1976 to 1979, and his recurring role as Jonathan Young on ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' from 1996 to 2005. He narrated the ''Discover'' science series on the Disney Channel from 1992 until 1994. Campanella voiced the character of Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard on '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' (1994–1997). Campanella was nominated for a Daytime and Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award throughout his career. Early life Campanella wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress, star of Hollywood films, Broadway theatre, Broadway productions, and television series. She won an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe, and two Laurel Awards, and was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award, Emmy. A granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright, Baxter studied acting with Maria Ouspenskaya and had some stage experience before making her film debut in ''20 Mule Team'' (1940). She became a contract player of 20th Century-Fox and was loaned to RKO Pictures for the role of Lucy Morgan in Orson Welles's ''The Magnificent Ambersons (film), The Magnificent Ambersons'' (1942). She was the leading lady in Billy Wilder's ''Five Graves to Cairo'' (1943). In 1947, she won both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Sophie MacDo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Albertson
Harold "Jack" Albertson (June 16, 1907 – November 25, 1981) was an American actor, comedian, dancer and singer who also performed in vaudeville. Albertson was a Tony, Oscar, and Emmy winning actor, which ranks him among a rare stature of 24 actors who have been awarded the " Triple Crown of Acting". For his performance as John Cleary in the 1964 play '' The Subject Was Roses'' and its 1968 film adaptation, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. This again places him among a select status as one of eleven peers who have won both awards for the same role. His other roles include Grandpa Joe in '' Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' (1971), Manny Rosen in '' The Poseidon Adventure'' (1972), and Ed Brown in the television sitcom '' Chico and the Man'' (1974–1978), for which he won an Emmy. For his contributions to the television industry, Albertson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laraine Stephens
Laraine Stephens (born 24 July 1941) is a retired American actress. Stephens was born in Oakland, California. She studied at both Los Angeles City College and the University of California, Los Angeles. A coloratura soprano, Stephens performed in operas before moving into acting. On television, Stephens played Diane Waring in '' Bracken's World'', Irene Stefan in '' Eischied'', Claire Kronski in ''Matt Helm'', Susan Wentworth in O.K. Crackerby!, Claire Estep in '' Rich Man, Poor Man Book II'', and Dr. Karen Fletcher in ''Women in White''. She also appeared in the TV series ''Leave It to Beaver'', '' Surfside 6'', '' The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'', '' Laramie'', '' Laredo'', '' The F.B.I.'', ''Tarzan'', '' The Name of the Game'', ''I Dream of Jeannie'', ''Love, American Style'', '' Nanny and the Professor'', '' Cade's County'', ''The Mod Squad'', '' Marcus Welby, M.D.'', '' Mission: Impossible'', ''Mannix'', '' McCloud'', ''Barnaby Jones'', ''Cannon'', '' Movin' On'', '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madlyn Rhue
Madlyn Soloman Rhue (née Madeline Roche), (October 3, 1935 – December 16, 2003) was an American film and television actress. Early life and education Rhue was born in Washington, D.C., graduated from Los Angeles High School, and studied drama at Los Angeles City College. Entertainment career Rhue debuted in show business at age 17 as a dancer at the Copacabana night club in New York City. At that time she decided to create a stage name for herself by adapting the title of the film '' 13 Rue Madeleine'' (1947). From the 1950s to the 1990s, she appeared in some 20 films, including '' Operation Petticoat'' (1959); '' The Ladies Man'' (1961); '' A Majority of One'' (1961); '' It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (1963); '' Kenner'' (1969); and '' Stand Up and Be Counted'' (1972). Rhue guest-starred in dozens of television series, beginning with '' Cheyenne'' (1955). She played Ricardo Montalbán's wife in a 1960 episode of ''Bonanza'', "Day of Reckoning". That year, she also p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Jensen
Karen Jensen is an American actress. Biography Born in San Francisco, Jensen is the daughter of Charles and Claire Jensen. She was the youngest person to win the Miss San Carlos title. After she participated in other pageants, she became a model and was photographed for billboard advertising for Granny Goose Potato Chips. A William Morris Agency talent scout saw her in the Miss California pageant, and after she passed a screen test she received a Warner Bros. contract. Jensen's acting debut came in 1965 in the television situation comedy '' Wendy and Me.'' She performed on some other TV shows before leaving Warner Bros. and going to Universal. Her film debut came in ''Out of Sight ''Out of Sight'' is a 1998 American action comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Frank, adapted from Elmore Leonard's 1996 novel. The first of several collaborations between Soderbergh and actor George Clooney, it was ...'' (1966). Jensen was married to actor John Neilso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Harrison (actress)
Linda Melson Harrison (born July 26, 1945) is an American television and film actress. She played Nova (Planet of the Apes), Nova in the science fiction film classic ''Planet of the Apes (1968 film), Planet of the Apes'' (1968) and the first sequel, ''Beneath the Planet of the Apes''; she also had a cameo appearance, cameo in Tim Burton's 2001 remake of the original. She was a regular cast member of the 1969–70 NBC television series ''Bracken's World''. She was the second wife of film producer Richard D. Zanuck (''Jaws (film), Jaws'', ''Cocoon (film), Cocoon'', ''Driving Miss Daisy'', ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''); her youngest son is producer Dean Zanuck (''Road to Perdition'', ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''). Early life and family Linda Melson Harrison was born in Berlin, Maryland. She was the third of five daughters of Isaac Burbage Harrison, a Plant_nursery, nurseryman, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Haskell
Peter Haskell (October 15, 1934 – April 12, 2010) was an American actor who worked primarily in television. Early years Haskell attended Browne & Nichols and later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Harvard University following a two-year stint in the United States Army where he rose to the rank of Private First Class. His plan to study at Columbia Law School was derailed when he was cast in the off-Broadway play ''The Love Nest'', with James Earl Jones and Sally Kirkland. Guest appearances followed on '' The Outer Limits'', '' Twelve O'Clock High'', '' Dr. Kildare'', '' Combat!'', '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', '' Ben Casey'', '' The Fugitive'', '' The F.B.I.'' '' The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', '' The Big Valley'', '' Mannix'', '' Medical Center'', '' The Streets of San Francisco'', '' Barnaby Jones'', ''Cannon A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black po ... [...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] |
