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Michael Caffey
Michael Terrance Caffey (born July 14, 1930 – May 5, 2017) was an American television director. Early life Michael's parents were Benjamin Franklin Caffey (1902–1983) and Verna Marguerite Caffey (1905–1972). Personal life Michael Caffey married Ann Gorey in 1949. Together they have 13 children. One of his children is Charlotte Caffey an American rock and roll guitarist and songwriter, best known for her work in the Go-Go's in the 1980s, including writing "We Got the Beat." Via Charlotte he is the father in law of the Redd Kross singer and guitarist, Jeff McDonald. Another child is Thomas Caffey who composes music for films. Thomas' most recent work was the trailer for 10,000 BC. One of his youngest children is Joyce Caffey who owns Ultrasonic Music in Los Angeles, California. Michael Caffey owned Bird Rock Island. The Island surrounds Bird Rock State Marine Conservation Area. Film career He began his career as an editor on The Ten Commandments. He was a director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Caffey
Charlotte Irene Caffey (born October 21, 1953) is an American guitarist, best known for her work in the rock band the Go-Go's in the 1980s, including writing " We Got the Beat". Career Caffey began her musical career playing bass guitar in the early Los Angeles punk band The Eyes before joining the Go-Go's in 1978 and switching to guitar. She remained friends with fellow band member Belinda Carlisle after the initial breakup of the Go-Go's and wrote songs for Carlisle's solo albums. From 1988 until 1992, she led her own band, The Graces, with Meredith Brooks and Gia Ciambotti, who released the album ''Perfect View'' in 1989. Caffey also co-wrote the theme song to the television series '' Clueless'' with Anna Waronker, and played piano on the album version of " Foolish Games" by Jewel, as well as co-writing the No. 1 U.S. country hit " But for the Grace of God" with Keith Urban. Caffey wrote the book, music, and lyrics for '' Lovelace: A Rock Musical'' with Anna W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here's Boomer
''Here's Boomer'' is an American adventure/drama television series produced by Paramount Television that premiered on the NBC network on March 14, 1980. A television film called ''A Christmas for Boomer'' aired on December 6, 1979 and served as the pilot. A spin-off of the live-action series '' The Red Hand Gang'', the show follows the adventures of the titular stray dog, "Boomer" and ran for two seasons, ending its run on August 14, 1982, with the final original episode, "Flatfoots," airing on July 3 of that year. Synopsis The series followed the adventures of Boomer, a stray dog that traveled around helping people in trouble. The part of Boomer in all of the shows was played by a four-year-old mongrel named Johnny, who was trained by Ray Berwick. One early title considered for the series was ''Here's Johnny'', after the dog who played the part, but was rejected owing to the use of that catch-phrase on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. Johnny reportedly earned $3,5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Doctors
''The Bold Ones: The New Doctors'' (also known as ''The New Doctors'') is an American medical drama that lasted for four seasons on NBC, from 1969 to 1973. Overview The series focuses on the life of Dr. David Craig (E. G. Marshall), an extremely successful neurosurgeon who is so renowned in his field that he is able to open his own very exclusive clinic called ''The David Craig Institute of New Medicine''. Craig has enlisted two "bold" young medical executives, chief of surgery Dr. Ted Stuart (John Saxon) and Paul Hunter ( David Hartman). The character Dr. Stuart was later replaced by Dr. Cohen (Robert Walden). ''The New Doctors'' was part of ''The Bold Ones'', a rotating series of dramas that also included ''The Protectors'' (with Leslie Nielsen), '' The Lawyers'' (with Burl Ives) and '' The Senator'' (with Hal Holbrook). ''The New Doctors'' was the only one of the four series to last for the entire run. David Hartman was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for portraying Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rookies
''The Rookies'' is an American police procedural series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department (SCPD). History The success of Joseph Wambaugh's book, ''The New Centurions'', as well as NBC's ratings success with ''Adam-12'', had sparked interest at the time in a more realistic depiction and storytelling of the typical uniformed police officer. Although various incidents during the late 1960s and early 1970s, particularly in California, had sparked controversy and negative feelings toward police officers in general, ''The Rookies'' tried to better humanize the character of a police officer and show the struggles that new, younger men and women (who were often Vietnam-era military veterans and/or college graduates) faced in their lives as law enforcement persons sworn to serve and protect the public. The pilot for the series began as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serpico
''Serpico'' is a 1973 American neo-noir biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino in the title role. The screenplay was adapted by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler from the book of the same name written by Peter Maas with the assistance of its subject, Frank Serpico. The story details Serpico's struggle with corruption within the New York City Police Department during his eleven years of service, and his work as a whistleblower that led to the investigation by the Knapp Commission. Producer Dino De Laurentiis purchased the rights from Maas. Agent Martin Bregman joined the film as co-producer. Bregman suggested Pacino for the main part, and John G. Avildsen was hired to direct the film. Pacino met with Serpico to prepare for the role early in the summer of 1973. After Avildsen was dismissed, Lumet was hired as his replacement. On a short notice, he selected the shooting locations and organized the scenes; the production was filmed in July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannix
''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that ran from 1967 to 1975 on CBS. It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller. The title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator played by actor Mike Connors. Premise During the first season of the series, Joe Mannix works for a large Los Angeles detective agency called Intertect, which was the planned original title of the show. His superior is Lew Wickersham, played by Joseph Campanella. Intertect uses computers to help solve crimes. As opposed to the other employees, Mannix belonged to the classic American detective archetype, thus he usually ignores the computers' solutions, disobeys his boss's orders, and sets out to do things his own way. He wears plaid sport coats and has his own office that he keeps sloppy between his assignments. Lew has cameras in all the rooms of the Intertect offices monitoring the performance of his employees and providin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judd For The Defense
''Judd, for the Defense'' is an American legal drama originally broadcast on the ABC network on Friday nights from September 8, 1967, to March 21, 1969. Synopsis The show stars Carl Betz, who had previously spent eight years in the role of Dr. Alex Stone, husband of Donna Reed in ABC's ''The Donna Reed Show''. In his new role, reportedly based on high-profile lawyers such as F. Lee Bailey and Percy Foreman, Betz played Clinton Judd, a flamboyant attorney based in Houston, who often took on controversial cases across the country. Playing his top assistant, Ben Caldwell, was Stephen Young. Even before the show premiered, Foreman threatened a lawsuit by saying that the program was "appropriating for commercial purposes my career as a lawyer." Throughout the course of the two-year run of the show, there were never enough viewers to establish Foreman's claim, although critics gave it positive reviews. Undoubtedly, the skittishness of viewers was a result of the program's dealing wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hondo (TV Series)
''Hondo'' is an American Western drama series starring Ralph Taeger that aired on ABC from September 8 until December 29, 1967 during the 1967 fall season. The series was produced by Batjac Productions, Inc., Fenady Associates, Inc., and MGM Television. Overview ''Hondo'' is based on the 1953 3D film of the same name starring John Wayne and Geraldine Page, which was in turn an offshoot of a July 5, 1952 ''Collier's'' short story "The Gift of Cochise". Below the name of the teleplay author, each episode states, "Hondo" based on a screen play by James Edward Grant / from a story by Louis L'Amour. The storyline concerns Hondo Lane, a former Confederate cavalry officer who had moved west following the Civil War and taken an Indian bride, only to see her killed as part of a massacre of Indians conducted by United States Army troops. Now Hondo and his dog, Sam, travel alone and seek to prevent further trouble between the Army and the remaining Indians. They also fight to coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garrison's Gorillas
''Garrison's Gorillas'' is an American Broadcasting Company, ABC Television program, TV series originally broadcast from 1967 to 1968; a total of 26 hour-long episodes were produced. It was inspired by the 1967 film ''The Dirty Dozen'', which featured a similar scenario of training Allied prisoners for World War II military missions. ''Garrison's Gorillas'' was canceled at the close of its first season and replaced by ''The Mod Squad'' in 1968. It managed to gather a cult following in China in the 1980s. Plot This action series focused on a group of commandos recruited from stateside prisons to use their special skills against the Germans in World War II. They had been promised a parole at the end of the war if they worked out (and if they lived). The alternative was an immediate return to prison; if they ran, they could expect execution for desertion. The four were: "Actor" (Cesare Danova, Cesare' Danova), a handsome, resonant-voiced con man; "Casino" (Rudy Solari), a tough, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Name Of The Game (TV Series)
''The Name of the Game'' is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack, which aired from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes each. The show was a wheel series, setting the stage for ''The Bold Ones'' and the ''NBC Mystery Movie'' in the 1970s. The program had the largest budget of any television series at that time. Plot The series was based on the 1966 television movie '' Fame Is the Name of the Game'', which was directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starred Tony Franciosa. ''The Name of the Game'' rotated among three characters working at Howard Publications, a large magazine publishing company—Jeffrey "Jeff" Dillon (Franciosa), a crusading reporter with ''People'' magazine (not to be confused with the real-life periodical that debuted in 1974); Glenn Howard ( Gene Barry, taking over for George Macready, who had originated the role in the earlier film), the sophisticated, well-connected publisher; and Daniel "Dan" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young Rebels
''The Young Rebels'' is an American adventure TV series that was broadcast by ABC as part of its 1970 fall lineup on Sunday night at 7:00 p.m Eastern time. Stars Richard Ely and Philippe Forquet died within a month of each other. Plot ''The Young Rebels'' was the story of a group of youthful guerrillas fighting on the Patriot side in the American Revolutionary War (a.k.a. The War of American Independence). They were part of the fictional "Yankee Doodle Society", based in Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1777. Their goal was to harass the British forces however they could and serve as spies for the rebels. The four main characters were Jeremy (Richard Ely), son of the mayor of Chester, Isak ( Louis Gossett Jr.), a former slave, Henry (Alex Henteloff), a bright young, bespectacled man who looked a lot (by design) like a younger Benjamin Franklin, whom he greatly admired, and Elizabeth (Hilary Thompson), Jeremy's even-younger girlfriend. Any parallel between this "youth movement" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legmen
''Legmen'' is an American drama television series that aired on NBC on Friday nights from January 20 to March 16, 1984. Premise Jack Gage and David Taylor were two college students in southern California, who to make extra money did the legwork for private eye Oscar Armismendi, and in later episodes Tom Bannon. Cast *Bruce Greenwood as Jack Gage *John Terlesky as David Taylor *Don Calfa as Oscar Armismendi *Claude Akins Claude Aubrey Akins (May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994) was an American character actor with a long career on stage, screen, and television. He was best known as Sheriff Lobo on the 1979–1981 television series '' B.J. and the Bear'', and ... as Tom Bannon Episodes US television ratings References External links *{{IMDb title, 0086748 NBC original programming 1980s American drama television series 1984 American television series debuts 1984 American television series endings Television shows set in California American action television se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
