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The Californians (TV Series)
''The Californians'' is a half-hour American Westerns on television, Western television series, set during the California Gold Rush of the 1850s, which was broadcast by NBC from September 24, 1957, through August 27, 1959. Premise The series was set in San Francisco, with episodes focusing on "honest men trying to clean up a wild city overrun by criminals and con men". When episodes began, Sam Brennan owned a newspaper for which Dion Patrick worked as a reporter. Patrick also sought to maintain law and order as a member of a group of vigilantes headed by storekeeper Jack McGivern. Because the program's sponsors "were uneasy about glorifying vigilantes", the producers changed the characters and cast. In March 1958 Matthew Wayne came to San Francisco. He bought a saloon and soon was elected as the city's sheriff. Wayne became the main character, with McGivern and Patrick being phased out. The second season began with Wayne as the city marshal, whose efforts were supported by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Tsien
Maria Lim Bi Yao (; February 4, 1925 – November 2, 2020), known professionally as Maria Tsien (sometimes also credited as Marie Tsien and Maria Tsien McClay) was an American film and television actress in the 1950s and 1960s. She was often cast in productions that were set in Asia, to fill out non-Asian casts. Filmography Film Television References External links *Maria Tsienon TV.comMarie Tsien McClary (sic) on TV.com American television actresses American film actresses 20th-century American actresses Filipino emigrants to the United States 1925 births 2020 deaths 21st-century American women {{US-screen-actor-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Anderson (actor)
John Robert Anderson (October 20, 1922 – August 7, 1992) was an American actor. Life and career Anderson was born in 1922 and raised in Clayton, Illinois. He served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. He also held a master's degree in drama from the University of Iowa. Anderson started out on Broadway, including an appearance in the musical '' Paint Your Wagon'' in 1951. He later worked primarily in film and television. Standing , he bore a strong resemblance to Abraham Lincoln, whom he portrayed three times. He appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's '' Psycho'' (1960) as used car salesman "California Charlie", who sells a car to Marion Crane (Janet Leigh). On television, he appeared in such series as ''The Rockford Files'', '' Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre'', ''Rawhide'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''The Rifleman'', '' Laramie'', '' Have Gun – Will Travel '', ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'', '' The Virginian'', ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'', '' The Californians'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Conway (actor)
Russ Conway (born Russell Zink; April 25, 1913 – January 12, 2009) was a Canadian-American actor best known for playing Fenton Hardy, the father of The Hardy Boys in the 1956-7 ''The Mickey Mouse Club ''The Mickey Mouse Club'' is an American variety television show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996 and briefly returned to social media in 2017. Created by Walt Disney and produced by Walt Disney Productions, the program was first te ...'' serial. Early years Conway graduated from UCLA in 1937, and later earned a master’s in theater arts and a teaching credential from UCLA. During World War II, Conway was in an Army special services unit. For several months, he was entertainment director at Ft. Ord before serving in the Philippines and later in Japan, where he worked as a producer and announcer for Armed Forces Radio. Career He started acting in Hollywood in 1947. His film appearances included “Twelve O’Clock High” (1949), “War of the Worlds” (1953), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Conried
Hans Georg Conried Jr. (April 15, 1917 – January 5, 1982) was an American actor and comedian. He was known for providing the voices of George Darling and Captain Hook in Walt Disney's '' Peter Pan'' (1953), Snidely Whiplash in Jay Ward's '' Dudley Do-Right'' cartoons, Professor Waldo P. Wigglesworth in Ward's '' Hoppity Hooper'' cartoons, was host of Ward's live-action " Fractured Flickers" show and Professor Kropotkin on the radio and film versions of '' My Friend Irma''. He also appeared as Uncle Tonoose on Danny Thomas' sitcom '' Make Room for Daddy'', twice on ''I Love Lucy'', and as the Mad Hatter along with Daws Butler, Dolores Starr, Stanley Adams, Francis Condie Baxter and Cheryl Callaway in ''The Alphabet Conspiracy'' (1959). Early life Conried was born on April 15, 1917, in Baltimore, Maryland, to parents Edith Beryl (née Gildersleeve) and Hans Georg Conried. His Connecticut-born mother was a descendant of Pilgrims, and his father was a Jewish immigrant from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Connors
Krekor Ohanian (August 15, 1925 – January 26, 2017), known professionally as Mike Connors, was an American actor. He was best known for playing private detective Joe Mannix in the CBS television series ''Mannix'' from 1967 to 1975. This role earned him a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award in 1970, the first of six straight nominations, as well as four consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Emmy nominations from 1970 to 1973. He starred in the short-lived series ''Tightrope!'' (1959–1960) and ''Today's FBI'' (1981–1982). Connors' acting career spanned 56 years. In addition to his work on television, he appeared in numerous films, including ''Sudden Fear'' (1952), ''Good Neighbor Sam'' (1964), ''Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious'' (1965), ''Stagecoach (1966 film), Stagecoach'' (1966), ''Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die'' (1966), and ''Too Scared to Scream'' (1985), which he also produced. Early life Connors was born Krekor Oh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Coby
Frederick G. Beckner Jr. (March 1, 1916 – September 27, 1970) was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing Pony Deal in the fifth season of the American western television series ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp''. Coby died on September 27, 1970, at the age of 54. Partial filmography * ''The Cross of Lorraine'' (1943) - French Soldier (uncredited) * ''Girl Crazy'' (1943) - Radio Man (uncredited) * '' Lost Angel'' (1943) - Bit Role (uncredited) * ''A Guy Named Joe'' (1943) - Cadet (uncredited) * '' Two Girls and a Sailor'' (1944) - Sailor (uncredited) * ''Meet the People'' (1944) - Marine (uncredited) * '' Marriage Is a Private Affair'' (1944) - Roger Poole (uncredited) * ''They Were Expendable'' (1945) - Officer at Airport (uncredited) * '' The Scarlet Horseman'' (1946) - Tioga * ''Without Reservations'' (1946) - French Officer (uncredited) * '' The Brute Man'' (1946) - Young Hal Moffat * ''Don Ricardo Returns'' (1946) - Don Ricardo * '' Sweethea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Coburn
James Harrison Coburn III (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American film and television actor who was featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career.AllmoviBiography Coburn was a perfect tough guy in numerous leading roles in Westerns and action films. He played supporting roles in '' The Magnificent Seven'', '' Hell Is for Heroes'', '' The Great Escape'', '' Charade'' and '' Hard Times'' as well as the lead role in '' Our Man Flint'' and its sequel '' In Like Flint'', '' The President's Analyst'', '' Duck, You Sucker!'', '' Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid'', and '' Cross of Iron''. In 1998, Coburn won an Academy Award for his supporting role as Glen Whitehouse in '' Affliction''. In 2002, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries nomination for producing '' The Mists of Avalon''. During the New Hollywood era, he cultivated an image synonymous with "cool". Early life Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Callahan (actor)
James Thomas Callahan (October 4, 1930 – August 3, 2007) was an American film and television actor who appeared in more than 120 films and television programs between 1959 and 2007. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal from 1987 to 1990 of Walter Powell on the syndicated sitcom ''Charles in Charge'', starring Scott Baio. Early years One of three children, Callahan was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to William and Elenora Callahan on October 4, 1930. After his service in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953, he worked for the United States Postal Service. While attending school in the Midwest, he discovered acting and on the advice of a teacher, he enrolled at the University of Washington in Seattle He studied drama and graduated in the late 1950s. Career Callahan played a doomed soldier/journalist in the ''M*A*S*H'' episode " Sometimes You Hear the Bullet". He also had recurring roles in three 1960s series, as Danny Adams in ABC's '' Wendy and Me'', with a cast in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Buchanan
William Edgar Buchanan II (March 20, 1903 – April 4, 1979) was an American actor with a long career in both film and television. He is most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the '' Petticoat Junction'', '' Green Acres'', and '' The Beverly Hillbillies'' television sitcoms of the 1960s. Biography Early life Edgar Buchanan was born to Rose (Kee) Buchanan and William Edgar Buchanan Sr., DDS in Humansville, Missouri. He moved with his family to Oregon when he was seven. His father had a dental practice in Eugene, Oregon, and encouraged his son to follow suit. Buchanan Senior didn't approve of his son's acting ambitions and pushed him to pursue dentistry instead. According to authors Arden and Joan Christen, Edgar's father believed "to choose a career in the theater was to settle for a life of mediocrity and uncertainty". Nevertheless, Edgar took courses in theater at the University of Oregon as a pre-med student, and was part of a Portland acting troupe in graduate school. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Brenlin
George Henry Brendlinger (October 10, 1927 – September 21, 1986) was an American actor. He was known for his starring role of Weasel Martin in the 1957 film '' Young and Dangerous''. Brenlin was born in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Navy. He appeared as Jimmie Burke in an episode of the western television series '' The Deputy'' and as Coley Barnes in the legal drama television series '' Perry Mason''. In 1956, he played a lead role in the Broadway play ''Pictures in the Hallway''. Brenlin guest-starred in television programs including ''Gunsmoke'', ''Bonanza'', '' 12 O'Clock High'', '' The Fugitive'', '' Rawhide'', ''Adam-12'' (4 episodes), ''Columbo'', ''Tales of Wells Fargo'' and '' The Californians''. Brenlin died on September 21, 1986, at the age of 58. He was buried in Riverside National Cemetery. Partial filmography * '' The Proud and Profane'' (1956) - Casualty (uncredited) * ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1957) (Season 2 Episode 29: "Vici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willis Bouchey
Willis Ben Bouchey (May 24, 1907 - September 27, 1977) was an American character actor. Bouchey may be best known for his movie appearances in '' The Horse Soldiers'', '' The Long Gray Line'', '' Sergeant Rutledge'', '' Two Rode Together'', '' The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'', '' The Big Heat'', '' Pickup on South Street'', '' No Name on the Bullet'', and '' Suddenly''. He also made uncredited appearances in ''From Here to Eternity'', '' How the West Was Won'', '' Them!'', '' Executive Suite'', and '' A Star Is Born'', and appears briefly in Frank Capra's comedy '' Pocketful of Miracles''. Radio On old-time radio, Bouchey played the title role in '' Captain Midnight'', Charles Williams in '' Kitty Keene, Inc.'', Stanley Bartlett in ''Midstream'', and Pa Barton in ''The Story of Bud Barton''. He was also a member of the ensemble cast of ''Your Parlor Playhouse''. Television Bouchey was a member of Jack Webb's '' Dragnet'' stock company, billed variously as "Willis Bouchey" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Blake (actor)
Robert Blake (born Michael James Gubitosi; September 18, 1933 – March 9, 2023), billed early in his career as Mickey Gubitosi and Bobby Blake, was an American actor. He was best known for starring in the 1967 film ''In Cold Blood (film), In Cold Blood'', playing the title role in the late 1970s television series ''Baretta'', and playing the Mystery Man in the 1997 film ''Lost Highway (film), Lost Highway''. Blake began his career in the 1930s performing as a child alongside his family in song and as a dancer but became famous as a child actor, with his lead role in the final years of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-era of the ''Our Gang'' (''Little Rascals'') short film series from 1939 to 1944. He also appeared as a child actor in 22 entries of the ''Red Ryder'' film franchise. In the ''Red Ryder'' series and in many of his adult roles, the Italian-American actor was often cast as an American Indian or mestizo character. After a stint in the United States Army, U.S. Army, Blake retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
