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List Of Wanted Dead Or Alive Episodes
''Wanted Dead or Alive (TV series), Wanted Dead or Alive'' is an American Westerns on television, Western television series starring Steve McQueen as bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons in 1958–1961. The black-and-white program was a Spin-off (media), spin-off of a March 1958 episode of ''Trackdown (TV series), Trackdown,'' a 1957–1959 Western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Vincent Fennelly for Four Star Television in association with CBS Television, CBS.Billy Hathorn, "Roy Bean, Temple Houston, Bill Longley, Ranald Mackenzie, Buffalo Bill, Jr., and the Texas Rangers: Depictions of West Texans in Series Television, 1955 to 1967", ''West Texas Historical Association, West Texas Historical Review'', Vol. 89 (2013), pp. 103–104 The series made McQueen a television star. He would later crossover into comparable status on the big screen, making him the first TV star to do so. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1958–1959) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanted Dead Or Alive (TV Series)
''Wanted Dead or Alive'' is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–1961. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of '' Trackdown,'' a 1957–1959 Western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Vincent Fennelly for Four Star Television in association with CBS.Billy Hathorn, "Roy Bean, Temple Houston, Bill Longley, Ranald Mackenzie, Buffalo Bill, Jr., and the Texas Rangers: Depictions of West Texans in Series Television, 1955 to 1967", '' West Texas Historical Review'', Vol. 89 (2013), pp. 103–104 The series made McQueen, known for the concept of "cool" in entertainment, a television star. He later became the first TV star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen. Synopsis Josh Randall is a Confederate veteran and bounty hunter with a soft heart. He often donates his earnings to the needy, and helps his prisoners if they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Adams (actor, Born 1931)
Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock (July 10, 1931 – February 7, 1968), better known as Nick Adams, was an American film and television actor and screenwriter. He was noted for his roles in several Cinema of the United States, Hollywood films during the 1950s and 1960s, including ''Rebel Without a Cause'' and ''Giant (1956 film), Giant'' along with his starring role in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC Television show#Seasons/series, television series ''The Rebel (American TV series), The Rebel'' (1959–1961). He also led the cast of several Japanese productions, including ''Frankenstein Conquers the World'', ''Invasion of Astro-Monster'', and ''The Killing Bottle''. Decades after his death from a prescription drug overdose at the age of 36, his widely publicized friendships with James Dean and Elvis Presley would stir speculation about both his private life and the circumstances of his death. In an ''AllMovie'' synopsis for Adams's last film, reviewer Dan Pavlides wrote, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everett Sloane
Everett H. Sloane (October 1, 1909 – August 6, 1965) was an American character actor who worked in radio, theatre, films, and television. Early life Sloane was born in Manhattan on October 1, 1909, to Nathaniel I. Sloane and Rose (Gerstein) Sloane.Ancestry.com, ''California, Death Index, 1940–1996'' [database online], Provo, Utah. US: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2000. Retrieved December 30, 2014. Aged seven, he played Puck (Shakespeare), Puck in a production of William Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at Manhattan's Public School 46, and decided to become an actor. He completed two years at the University of Pennsylvania, and left in 1927 to join Jasper Deeter's Hedgerow Theatre repertory company. He made his New York stage debut in 1928. Sloane took a Wall Street job as a stockbroker's runner, but when his salary was cut in half after the stock market crash of 1929, he began to supplement his income with radio work. He became the sleuth's assistant on WOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank D
Frank, FRANK, or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a Germanic people in late Roman times * Franks, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades Currency * Liechtenstein franc or frank, the currency of Liechtenstein since 1920 * Swiss franc or frank, the currency of Switzerland since 1850 * Westphalian frank, currency of the Kingdom of Westphalia between 1808 and 1813 * The currencies of the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland (1803–1814): ** Appenzell frank ** Aargau frank ** Basel frank ** Berne frank ** Fribourg frank ** Glarus frank ** Graubünden frank ** Luzern frank ** Schaffhausen frank ** Schwyz frank ** Solothurn frank ** St. Gallen frank ** Thurgau frank ** Unterwalden frank ** Uri frank ** Zürich frank Places * Frank, Alberta, Canada, an urban community, formerly a village * Franks, Illinois, United States, an unincorporated community * Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don McDougall (director)
Don McDougall (born September 28, 1917 – February 7, 1991) was an American television director and screenwriter. McDougall directed numerous episodes of television shows including '' Wanted: Dead or Alive'', '' Rawhide'', ''Bonanza'', ''Mannix'', '' Ironside'', '' Star Trek: The Original Series'', ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', and '' CHiPs''. He also directed for shows such as ''The Rifleman'', '' Mission: Impossible''. ''Dallas'', '' Kolchak: The Night Stalker'', '' The Dukes of Hazzard'', and ''Wonder Woman''. In 1974, he directed three episodes of ''Planet of the Apes'' that featured Mark Lenard and were photographed by Jerry Finnerman. McDougall directed the three main stars of ''Star Trek'' in non-''Star Trek'' productions. He directed Leonard Nimoy in a 1965 episode of '' The Virginian'' and directed William Shatner in two episodes of the NBC series ''Barbary Coast'' in 1975. It is DeForest Kelley Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Hale Jr
Alan Hale Jr. (born Alan Hale MacKahan; March 8, 1921 – January 2, 1990) was an American actor and restaurateur. He was the son of actor Alan Hale Sr. His television career spanned four decades, but he was best known for his secondary lead role as Captain Jonas Grumby, better known as The Skipper, on the 1960s CBS comedy series ''Gilligan's Island'' (1964–1967), a role he reprised in three ''Gilligan's Island'' television films and two spin-off cartoon series. Hale appeared in more than 200 films and television roles from 1941. He appeared primarily in Westerns, portraying the Sundance Kid in '' The Three Outlaws'' (1956) opposite Neville Brand as Butch Cassidy, performing with Kirk Douglas in '' The Big Trees'' (1952), Audie Murphy in '' Destry'' (1954), Ray Milland in '' A Man Alone'' (1955), Robert Wagner in '' The True Story of Jesse James'' (1957), and Hugh Marlowe in '' The Long Rope'' (1961). He also appeared in musical comedies opposite Don DeFore in '' It Happ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel A
Samuel is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Bible, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although the text does not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of ''Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His genealogy is also found in a pedigree of the Kohathites (1 Chronicles 6:3–15) and in that of Heman the Ezrahite, apparently his grandson (1 Chronic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Perrin
Victor Herbert Perrin (April 26, 1916 – July 4, 1989)Cox, Jim (2007). ''Radio Speakers: Narrators, News Junkies, Sports Jockeys, Tattletales, Tipsters, Toastmasters and Coffee Klatch Couples Who Verbalized the Jargon of the Aural Ether from the 1920s to the 1980s--A Biographical Dictionary.'' Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., p. 228: . was an American radio, film, and television actor, perhaps best remembered for providing the "Control Voice" in the original version of the television series ''The Outer Limits'' (1963–1965). He was also a radio scriptwriter as well as a narrator in feature films and for special entertainment and educational projects, such as the original Spaceship Earth and Universe of Energy rides at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Early years Perrin was born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, the elder of two sons of Kathryn (née Mittlesteadt) and Milton A. Perrin, who was a traveling salesman. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Moody (actor)
Ralph Moody (November 5, 1886 – September 6, 1971 ) was an American actor with over 50 movie and over 100 television appearances, plus numerous radio appearances. Moody spent more than four decades working in stock theater throughout the United States, including having his own troupe for almost half of that span. In 1939, he began working in radio at WIBW in Topeka, Kansas. Later, he became an announcer and actor at WLW radio in Cincinnati, Ohio. Moody was a regular supporting actor, in various roles, on radio broadcasts of ''Gunsmoke'' and '' Dragnet'', and also performed on the '' Roy Rogers Show'' and ''Wild Bill Hickok''.Dunning, op. cit."Wild Bill Hickok" pp. 721-722/ref> He portrayed Gramps on ''The Trouble with the Truitts'' on NBC Radio. At the age of 62, Moody began a string of film and television appearances, including films such as ''Road to Bali'', ''Toward the Unknown'', '' The Legend of Tom Dooley'', and '' The Story of Ruth''. On television, he played Jay B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Talbot
Gloria Maude Talbott (February 7, 1931 – September 19, 2000) was an American film and television actress. Early life and career Gloria Talbott was born in Glendale, California. Her great-grandfather Benjamin F. Patterson arrived from Ohio in 1882 and bought some acreage in the area. He later assisted with the platting of the city. She began her career as a child actress in such films as '' Maytime'' (1937), '' Sweet and Low-Down'' (1944), and '' A Tree Grows In Brooklyn'' (1945). She attended Glendale High School. In 1947, she was chosen as the winner of the "Miss Glendale" beauty pageant. In November 1948, Talbott was in the cast of ''One Fine Day'', a comedy presented on stage at the Biltmore Theater in Los Angeles. Her sister, Lori Talbott, also became an actress. Film roles Talbott worked in film regularly during the 1950s. In 1952, she had the role of Rose Rodriguez in ''The Rodriguez Story'' featurette. She appeared in ''Crashout'' (1955), the Humphrey Bogart c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Banks
Joan Banks (October 30, 1918 – January 18, 1998) was an American film, television, stage, and radio actress (described as "a soapbox queen"), who often appeared in dramas with her husband, Frank Lovejoy. Early life Banks attended a school of Russian ballet as a little girl and excelled as a swimmer during high school. Her talent earned her a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Art, and she attended Hunter College. Career Radio Banks first appeared on radio with Walter O'Keefe in 1936, when she was 18. At that same age, she became the first "feminine stooge" for Stoopnagle and Budd on their show. Her other roles on radio programs include: Film Banks began her Hollywood career with small roles in such films as '' Cry Danger'' (1951) and '' Washington Story'' (1952). She became better known in the 1950s and early 1960s for her many appearances as a supporting actress in films such as ''My Pal Gus''. In 1961, Banks appeared in the movie ''Return to Peyton Place'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Thorson
Russell Thorson (October 14, 1906 – July 6, 1982 ) was an American actor, perhaps best known for his co-starring role as Det. Lt. Otto Lindstrom in American Broadcasting Company, ABC's 1959–1962 hit crime drama, ''The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor''. Background Thorson was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and his family moved to Montana when he was 12 years old. In 1930, Thorson graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. Career In the early 1940s, Thorson played Charles Meredith in ''Midstream'' on radio, replacing Hugh Studebaker when Studebaker had health problems. He starred in a later version (1949–1952) of the radio series, ''I Love a Mystery'', as Jack Packard, alongside Jim Boles as Doc and Tony Randall as Reggy. His other radio parts included the title roles in ''The Tom Mix Ralston Straightshooters'' and ''Dr. Paul'' and Bart Friday in ''Adventures by Morse''. He was also a member of the cast of ''Family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
