Tag: My Three Sons
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FRANK GERSTLE
September 27, 1915 Francis M. Gerstle was born in New York City on September 27, 1915. He appeared in 60 films between 1950 and 1970 and 110 television programs between 1951 and 1970. He was usually seen in stern authoritarian roles as cops, doctors, or military types. Gerstle (above left) uttered one of the most…
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RETA SHAW
September 13, 1912 Reta M. Shaw was born in South Paris, Maine, on September 13, 1912. Her father was an orchestra leader. Shaw’s younger sister was actress Marguerite Shaw. The daughter and granddaughter of women who believed in spiritualism, Shaw reportedly once told a newspaper interviewer that she had been “brought up on a ouija board." She…
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JAY NOVELLO
August 22, 1904 Jay Novello was born Michael Romano in Chicago to Italaian-American parents. Novello began his 47-year acting career in the 1930s, performing on radio. Novello was limited mostly to bits in minor films, one of his notable being the officious Spanish consul in Frank Capra’s Pocketful of Miracles (1961). Novello’s first role as a…
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RICHARD REEVES
August 10, 1912 Richard Reeves was born on August 10, 1912 in New York City as Richard Jourdan Reeves. Although he specialized in playing henchmen, gangsters and street thugs, he actually came from a well-off family; his father was a bank executive he and grew up in an upscale section of Queens, New York. He studied…
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RIP Gene Reynolds
1923-2020 Although best known as the six-time Emmy-winning Producer of “M*A*S*H” (1972-83), he was also an actor who played the role of Mr. Taylor, who rents the Ricardo apartment when they move to Connecticut in “Lucy Hates To Leave” (S6;E16 ~ February 4, 1957). His wife (who wanted to cut the legs off Lucy’s new sofa)…
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LUCY GOES TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY: PART 2
S2;E2 ~ September 29, 1969 Directed by George Marshall ~ Written by Gene Thompson Synopsis Visiting the U.S. Air Force Academy, Lucy takes a tour and mistakes the General in charge for a janitor! Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Gale Gordon (Harrison Otis Carter), Lucie Arnaz (Kim Carter), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Craig Carter)…
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