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Dick Wesson (actor)
Richard Lewis Wesson (November 19, 1922 – April 25, 1996) was a prolific character actor, comedian, comedy writer, and producer. Biography Dick Wesson was born on November 19, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts. A comedian, impressionist and singer, Wesson appeared with his brother Gene in a comedy act appropriately called "The Wesson Brothers". They had some hit records such as "Oodles of Boodle" and "All Right Louie, Drop the Gun". Wesson married Wini Walsh and they had one child together, daughter Eileen Wesson (b. 1947). In 1949, Wesson became a television series regular with Jim Backus in ''Hollywood House''. Making his film debut in '' Destination Moon'' (1950), Wesson signed a contract as a supporting actor with Warner Bros., leaving that studio in 1953. His films for Warner's included ''Burning Arrow'', ''Calamity Jane'' (1953), and ''Desert Song''. Wesson played comedy relief in all his films, frequently as a World War II soldier in '' Breakthrough'' (1950) and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamity Jane (film)
''Calamity Jane'' is a 1953 American Technicolor Western musical film directed by David Butler and starring Doris Day and Howard Keel. The musical numbers were staged and directed by Jack Donohue, who a year later would direct the Day musical, '' Lucky Me'' (1954). The film is loosely based on the life of Wild West heroine Calamity Jane (Doris Day) and explores an alleged romance between her and Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel). ''Calamity Jane'' was devised by Warner Bros. in response to the success of the 1950 film '' Annie Get Your Gun'', and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for " Secret Love" (Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster), and was also Oscar-nominated for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture ( Ray Heindorf) and Best Sound, Recording ( William A. Mueller). The songs and screenplay would form the basis of a 1961 stage musical of the same name that has had a number of productions. Plot Dakota Territory, the 1870s. Tough-talking, hard-riding, stra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Behind The Gun
''The Man Behind the Gun'' is a 1953 American Western film about the establishment of the city of Los Angeles. It was directed by Felix Feist and stars Randolph Scott. at TCDB Plot Working as an undercover agent, Ransome Callicut travels west by stagecoach. Notorious bandit Vic Sutro tries to rob it, but Callicut captures him and turns over Sutro to an Army captain, Roy Giles, upon arrival in California. School teacher Lora Roberts, another passenger, has made the trip to marry Giles, but she becomes ensnared in Senator Mark Sheldon's nefarious schemes and also discovers Giles has been seeing Chona Degnon, a singer. Sheldon murders a rival senator, Creegan, and fakes his own death. He kidnaps Lora as w ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starlift
''Starlift'' (a.k.a. ''Operation Starlift'') is a 1951 American musical film released by Warner Bros. in directed by Roy Del Ruth and written by Karl Lamb and John D. Klorer. The film stars Janice Rule, Dick Wesson, Ron Hagerthy and Ruth Roman. ''Starlift'' was made during the beginning of the Korean War and centers on an Air Force flyer's wish to meet a film star, and her fellow stars' efforts to perform for injured men at the air force base. ''Starlift'' features many of Warner Bros. top stars, including Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, James Cagney, Gene Nelson, Jane Wyman, Randolph Scott, Virginia Mayo and Phil Harris in cameo appearances as themselves. Plot United States Air Force flyers Rick Williams ( Ron Hagerthy) and Mike Nolan ( Dick Wesson) attempt to meet Nell Wayne ( Janice Rule), a (fictitious) film star performing in a star-studded musical in San Francisco. Rick and Nell were both from the same small town, but had never met. Mike attempts to convince both th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunny Side Of The Street (film)
''Sunny Side of the Street'' is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Richard Quine and starring Frankie Laine and Billy Daniels. Plot summary Betty Holloway ( Terry Moore) a receptionist at a major TV station hopes to secure a break for her singer boyfriend Ted Mason (Jerome Courtland), Betty enlists the aid of Laine. Mason's career really takes off when a team of TV writers discover that he's the childhood sweetheart of Gloria Pelly ( Audrey Long), the daughter of an important sponsor. Cast * Frankie Laine as himself * Billy Daniels as himself * Terry Moore as Betty Holloway * Jerome Courtland as Ted Mason * Toni Arden as herself * Lynn Bari as Mary * Audrey Long as Gloria Pelley * Dick Wesson as Dave Gibson * William Tracy as Al Little * Willard Waterman as John 'J.R.' Stevens * Jonathan Hale as Cyrus Pelley * Amanda Blake Amanda Blake (born Beverly Louise Neill, February 21, 1929 – August 16, 1989) was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Thorpe – All-American
''Jim Thorpe – All-American'' (UK title: ''Man of Bronze'') is a 1951 American biographical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Burt Lancaster as Jim Thorpe, the great Native American athlete who won medals at the 1912 Olympics and distinguished himself in various sports, both in college and on professional teams. The film features some archival footage of both the 1912 and 1932 Summer Olympics, as well as other footage of the real Thorpe (seen in long shots). Charles Bickford plays the famed coach Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner, who was Thorpe's longtime mentor. Bickford also narrates the film, which told of Thorpe's athletic rise and fall, ending on an upbeat note when he was asked by a group of boys to coach them. Phyllis Thaxter portrays Thorpe's first wife. The film's production company Warner Bros. used a number of contract players in the film, as well as a few Native American actors. Plot During a banquet, legendary football coach "Pop" Warner rises and gives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside The Walls Of Folsom Prison
''Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison'' is a 1951 American film noir crime film directed by Crane Wilbur and starring Steve Cochran and David Brian. Set in Folsom State Prison in California, the film was seen both in the United States and Europe. Country singer Johnny Cash saw this movie while serving in the United States Air Force in West Germany in October 1951, and used it as an inspiration for his hit song "Folsom Prison Blues," which he recorded numerous times between 1955 and his death in 2003. The film was featured in the 2005 biographical film ''Walk the Line'', in which Cash (played by Joaquin Phoenix) and other Air Force personnel are depicted seeing the film. Plot summary During the 1920s, before the 1944 California prison reform, Warden Ben Rickey ( Ted De Corsia) rules Folsom Prison with a ruthless hand. He believes that prisons should be used for punishment, rather than rehabilitation to reduce the incidence of repeated returns to jail (recidivism). His methods are v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friends And Lovers (TV Series)
''Friends and Lovers'' (also known as ''Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers'') is an American sitcom starring Paul Sand which centers on a musician in Boston, Massachusetts, and his personal relationships. It was Sand's only starring role in a television series. The show aired from September 14, 1974, to January 4, 1975.McNeil, Alex, ''Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, pp. 305–306.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. 804. Cast * Paul Sand: Robert Dreyfuss * Michael Pataki: Charlie Dreyfuss * Penny Marshall: Janice Dreyfuss * Dick Wesson: Jack Riordan * Steve Landesberg: Fred Meyerbach * Craig Richard Nelson: Mason Woodruff * Jack Gilford: Ben Dreyfuss * Jan Miner: Marge Dreyfuss Synopsis Robert Dreyfuss is a young bachelor and double-bass player who returns to Boston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petticoat Junction
''Petticoat Junction'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 1963 to April 1970. The series takes place at the Shady Rest Hotel, which is run by Kate Bradley; her three daughters Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo; and her uncle Joe Carson. The series is one of three interrelated shows about rural characters produced by Paul Henning. ''Petticoat Junction'' was created upon the success of Henning's previous rural/urban-themed sitcom ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' (1962–1971). The success of ''Petticoat Junction'' led to a spin-off, ''Green Acres'' (1965–1971). ''Petticoat Junction'' was produced by Filmways, Inc. Premise The show centers on the goings-on at the rural Shady Rest Hotel. Widowed Kate Bradley (Bea Benaderet) is the proprietor. Her lazy but lovable Uncle Joe Carson ( Edgar Buchanan) supposedly helps her in the day-to-day running of the hotel, while she serves as a mediator in the various minor crises that befall her three be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Sister Eileen (TV Series)
''My Sister Eileen'' is an American situation comedy broadcast during the 1960–1961 television season. It depicts the lives of two sisters, one a writer and the other an actress, who move to New York City to further their careers. Premise ''My Sister Eileen'' focuses on Ruth and Eileen Sherwood, sisters from Ohio who moved to New York City to pursue their respective careers. Ruth, the more serious and more sensible of the two, aspires to be a writer, while the younger and more attractive Eileen dreams of achieving success as an actress. The two women find an apartment in a Greenwich Village brownstone owned by Mr. Appopoplous and befriend reporter Chick Adams. Ruth accepts a job with publisher D. X. Beaumont and becomes close with her co-worker Bertha. However, the better part of her time is spent supervising Eileen, who has a tendency to fall for every con artist and potential boyfriend who crosses her path while her agent Marty Scott struggles to find her auditions. Cast * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beverly Hillbillies
''The Beverly Hillbillies'' is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971. It had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts, a poor, backwoods family from the hills of the Ozarks, who move to posh Beverly Hills, California, after striking oil on their land. The show was produced by Filmways and was created by Paul Henning. It was followed by two other Henning-inspired "country cousin" series on CBS: '' Petticoat Junction'' and its spin-off ''Green Acres'', which reversed the rags-to-riches, country-to-city model of ''The Beverly Hillbillies''. ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' ranked among the top 20 most-watched programs on television for eight of its nine seasons, ranking as the No. 1 series of the year during its first two seasons, with 16 episodes that still remain among the 100 most-watched television episodes in American history. It accumulated seven Emmy nominations during its run. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bob Cummings Show
''The Bob Cummings Show'' (also known in reruns as ''Love That Bob'') is an American sitcom starring Bob Cummings, which was broadcast from January 2, 1955, to September 15, 1959. The program began with a half-season run on NBC, then ran for two full seasons on CBS, and returned to NBC for its final two seasons. The program was later rerun on ABC daytime and then syndicated under the title ''Love That Bob''. A similar (but less successful) follow-up series, '' The New Bob Cummings Show'', was broadcast on CBS during the 1961–62 television season. Overview The series stars Cummings as dashing Hollywood photographer, Air Force reserve officer, and ladies' man, Bob Collins. The character's interest in aviation and photography mirrored Cummings' own, with his character's name the same as the role he played in the 1945 film ''You Came Along''. The series also stars Rosemary DeCamp as his sister Margaret MacDonald. In some episodes, Cummings also doubled as Bob and Margaret's gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The People's Choice (TV Series)
''The People's Choice'' is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from 1955 to 1958. It was primarily sponsored by the Borden Company. Production of the series was overseen by George Burns's company, McCadden Productions. It stars Jackie Cooper as Socrates "Sock" Miller, who is a former Marine Korean War veteran and a young politician living in fictitious New City, California. Sock has a basset hound named "Cleo", whose thoughts (voiced by Mary Jane Croft), baleful observations of Sock's dilemmas, are recorded on the soundtrack for the viewers' amusement. The real name of the dog that played Cleo was "Bernadette". Much of Cleo's dialog consists of wisecracks. The popularity of the basset hound breed increased markedly with the run of the show. Overview In the first season, Sock is an ornithologist and a city council member, who is living in a trailer park with his maiden Aunt "Gus" Bennett, short for Augusta ( Margaret Irving) who had raised Sock after his parents' dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
