Tag: The Greatest Show on Earth
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RIP LARRY STORCH
1923-2022 Lawrence Samuel Storch was an actor and comedian best known for his comic television roles, including the bumbling Corporal Randolph Agarn on “F Troop” (1965-67). He started acting on television in 1951. Several of his early appearances were at or for Desilu. In February 1955, Larry Storch appeared on the Desilu variety series “Shower of Stars”…
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RIP DEAN STOCKWELL
1936-2021 Robert Dean Stockwell was a film and television actor with a career spanning over 70 years. As a child actor under contract to MGM, he first came to the public’s attention in films such as Anchors Aweigh (1945), The Green Years (1946), Gentleman’s Agreement (1947), and Kim (1950). He was an uncredited extra in Abbott…
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RIP MICHAEL CONSTANTINE
1927 – 2021 Michael Constantine was born Constantine Joanides in Reading, Pennsylvania, to Greek parents. He made his Broadway debut in the hit play “Inherit the Wind” on April 21, 1955. On October 19, 1959, Constantine was part of the opening-night cast of the hit play “The Miracle Worker,” appearing in the role of Dr. Anagnos.…
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REMINISCING
August 14, 1977 By Frank Swertlow, Chicago Daily News BEVERLY HILLS – During the first years of television, Ed Wynn, the radio and stage comic, was trying to break into television with a half-hour comedy on CBS. (1) One night, he invited a couple of second echelon performers to make an appearance: a comedienne, known…
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HAPPY IN HER NEW DOUBLE ROLE
July 7, 1963 HOLLYWOOD (AP) – The president of Desilu Productions Inc. had a special interest in inspecting the sumptuous new quarters for television’s Dr. Casey, Vincent Edwards. (1) It was the same building in which the president Lucille Ball had a tiny dressing room when she was an RKO starlet 25 years ago. Long the…
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EDDIE ALBERT
April 22, 1906 Eddie Albert was born Edward Albert Heimberger in Rock Island, Illinois, the oldest of the five children. When he was one year old, his family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied at Central High School in Minneapolis and joined the drama club. His schoolmate Harriet Lake (later known as Ann Sothern) graduated in…
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QUICK! LOVE IS HER FAVORITE CAREER
November 27, 1950 The November 27, 1950 issue of Quick featured Lucille Ball on its cover. Quick was published by Cowles Magazines, Inc., from 1949 to 1953. They also published Life. Readers were encouraged to “Get Quick on your newsstand an carry it in your pocket or your purse… and read it wherever you are”.…
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STANLEY FARRAR
October 4, 1910 Stanley Farrar was born in Alameda, California, on October 4, 1910. He moved to Los Angeles, where he worked in radio, and he also appeared as a character actor in films and television shows. His first screen role was an uncredited background appearance in 1947′s Fear in the Night starring Paul Kelly…
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LUCY: 40 YEARS OF TELEVISION
1963 Part Two ~ JULY to DECEMBER Lucille Ball agrees to a second season of “The Lucy Show” which dominates the second half of 1963. “Talent Scouts” (S2;E12) ~ September 17, 1963 Host Merv Griffin welcomes celebrity guests Lucille Ball, Phil Silvers, Glynis Johns, Red Skelton and Bea Benadaret to present the talent hopefuls in this…