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The Night Of The Grizzly
''The Night of the Grizzly'' is a 1966 Western film starring Clint Walker, Martha Hyer, Keenan Wynn, Jack Elam and Nancy Kulp. Directed by Joseph Pevney and written by Warren Douglas, the film was released by Paramount Pictures on April 20, 1966. It was Pevney's final feature film. The film's plot centers around Marshall "Big Jim" Cole (Clint Walker), who inherits land in Wyoming and trades his dangerous lawman's life for the life of a rancher. But he barely gets his family settled when new dangers plague them – a treacherous grizzly bear is on a murderous rampage; angry neighbors covet Cole's property, and an outlaw he once sent to prison seeks revenge. The film contains scenery from Holcomb Valley, Big Bear Lake, California, United States and Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, United States. Plot Jim Cole, his wife Angela, their children Charlie and Gypsy, niece Meg, and friend Sam Potts arrive in a small Wyoming town. Jim inherited a ranch and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Pevney
Joseph Pevney (September 15, 1911 – May 18, 2008) was an American film and television director. Biography Born in New York City, Pevney made his debut in vaudeville as a boy soprano in 1924. Although he hated vaudeville, he loved the theatre and developed a career as a stage actor, appearing in such plays as ''Home of the Brave (play), Home of the Brave'', ''The World We Make'', ''Key Largo'', ''Golden Boy'', and ''Nature Son''. A short career as a film actor followed, his most significant appearance being in the classic boxing film ''Body and Soul (1947 film), Body and Soul'' (1947) with John Garfield, in which he played the role of Shorty Pulaski. Before turning to film, he served in the Signal Corps in World War II, then did more time on stage. Beginning with ''Shakedown (1950 film), Shakedown'' (1950), Pevney became a film director, film and television director, with a directing career that spanned over 80 productions from 1950 to 1984. Among his films were Robert Loui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holcomb Valley
Holcomb Valley is a valley located in the San Bernardino Mountains about five miles north of Big Bear Lake. It was the site of some of the most prolific gold mines in Southern California. It was named after William F. Holcomb, who found gold there in 1860. Holcomb's discovery spurred the largest gold rush in the Southern California region."NO. 619: HOLCOMB VALLEY" , State Historical Landmarks, San Bernardino County The of Belleville was founded near there and flourished for about ten years before being abandoned. The site is now registered as |
Victoria Paige Meyerink
Victoria Paige Meyerink is a producer and former child actress. At the age of four, Meyerink became Danny Kaye's co-star on the CBS variety series ''The Danny Kaye Show'' and, in 2006, was honored by the Young Artist Award, Young Artist Foundation with its Young Artist Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award, Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for her role on the series. Biography The daughter of actress Jeanne Baird, Meyerink became a model when she was two and a half years old. Although she received a season-long contract to perform on ''The Danny Kaye Show'', she left the program after the laughter of the audience began to upset her. She went on to co-star with Anne Francis in ''Brainstorm (1965 film), Brainstorm'', with Clint Walker in ''The Night of the Grizzly'' and with Elvis Presley in ''Speedway (1968 film), Speedway'', in which her character longs to marry Elvis’ character, prompting Elvis to sing “Your Time Hasn’t Come Yet, Baby.” On televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regis Toomey
John Francis Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor. Early life Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey, and attended Peabody High School. He initially pondered a law career, but acting won out and he established himself as a musical stage performer. Career Educated in dramatics at the University of Pittsburgh, where he became a brother of Sigma Chi, Toomey began as a stock actor and eventually made it to Broadway. Toomey was a singer on stage until throat problems (acute laryngitis) while touring in Europe stopped that aspect of his career. In 1929, he appeared in his first films, starting out as a leading man, but finding more success as a character actor, ''sans'' his toupee. In 1941, Toomey appeared in '' You're in the Army Now'', With Jane Wyman. In the same year, Toomey appeared in '' Meet John Doe'' where he makes a key speech in front of Gary Cooper. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Haggerty
Don Haggerty (July 3, 1914 – August 19, 1988) was an American actor of film and television. Early life and education Haggerty was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. Before he began appearing in films in 1947, Haggerty was a Brown University athlete and attended the Experimental Theatre of Vassar College. He served in the United States Army from March 1943 to March 1946 in counterintelligence. '''', Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, volume 61, number 119, May 4, 1952, page 42. Bailey, Mike [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Med Flory
Meredith Irwin Flory, known professionally as Med Flory (August 27, 1926 – March 12, 2014), was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and actor. Early years Flory was born in Logansport, Indiana, United States. His mother was an organist and encouraged him to learn clarinet as a child. During World War II, he was an Army Air Force pilot, and after the war he received his college degree in philosophy from Indiana University. Career Flory played in the bands of Claude Thornhill and Woody Herman in the early 1950s, before forming his own ensemble in New York City. In 1955, he relocated to California and started a new group, which played at the 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival. In the late 1950s, he played with Terry Gibbs, Art Pepper, and Herman again, playing both tenor and baritone saxophone. He was cast in twenty-nine episodes from 1956 to 1957 of the ABC variety show, '' The Ray Anthony Show''. In the 1960s, Flory was less active in music, working in television and film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Jackson
Sammy Jackson (August 18, 1937 – April 26, 1995) was an American actor, known particularly for his roles reflecting rural life, and a country music disc jockey, although he also played pop-standards during 1983 at Los Angeles's KMPC. He also recorded several 45 RPM singles in country and rockabilly styles between 1959 and 1965. Biography and persona Born in Henderson, North Carolina, Jackson wished to be an actor and moved to California working as a shipping clerk but was contracted to Warner Brothers where he appeared saying one line in the film '' No Time for Sergeants''. He appeared in the syndicated American Civil War drama '' Gray Ghost'' and on the Warner Brothers Television series '' 77 Sunset Strip'' starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., and in the TV series '' Maverick'', opposite James Garner in the episode "Trooper Maverick" as Private Heaven. In 1973, he appeared in the TV series '' Adam 12''. ''No Time for Sergeants'' When Jackson read that Warner Brothers was g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Ely
Ronald Pierce Ely (June 21, 1938 – September 29, 2024) was an American actor and novelist, best known for portraying Tarzan in the 1966–1968 NBC series ''Tarzan (1966 TV series), Tarzan'' and playing the lead role in the film ''Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze'' (1975). He hosted the ''Miss America'' pageant telecast in 1980 and 1981. Career Ely won the role of Tarzan in 1966 after playing supporting roles in films such as ''South Pacific (1958 film), South Pacific'' (1958), as an airplane navigator, ''The Fiend Who Walked the West'' (1958) and ''The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker'' (1959). During the filming of ''Tarzan'', Ely did almost all of his own stunts, and received over two dozen injuries, including two broken shoulders and several lion bites. Ely's height (6'4") and athletic build also won him the title role in the film ''Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze'' (1975), as well as various guest shots. He was in five episodes of the series ''Fantasy Island''; in one, in 1978, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Gordon
Leo Vincent Gordon (December 2, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American character actor and screenwriter. During more than 40 years in film and television he was most frequently cast as a supporting actor playing brutish bad guys but occasionally played more sympathetic roles just as effectively.Magers, Boyd, Characters and Heavies', westernclippings.com, retrieved December 1, 2012 Early life and career Gordon was born in Brooklyn in New York City on December 2, 1922. Reared by his father in dire poverty, Gordon grew up during the Great Depression. He left school in the eighth grade, went to work in construction and demolition, and then joined the New Deal agency, the Civilian Conservation Corps, in which he participated in various public works projects. After the United States entered World War II in 1941, Gordon enlisted in the U.S. Army, in which he served for two years and received an honorable discharge. Gordon was in southern California where he and a cohort attem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Corby
Ellen Hansen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999) was an American actress and screenwriter. She played the role of List of The Waltons characters#Esther Walton, Esther "Grandma" Walton on the Columbia Broadcasting System, CBS television series ''The Waltons'', for which she won three Emmy Awards. She was also nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Aunt Trina in ''I Remember Mama (film), I Remember Mama'' (1948). Early life Ellen Hansen was born in Racine, Wisconsin, Racine, Wisconsin, to immigrant parents from Denmark. She grew up in Philadelphia. An interest in amateur theater while in high school led her to Atlantic City in 1932, where she briefly worked as a chorus girl. She moved to Hollywood that same year and got a job as a script girl at RKO Studios and Hal Roach Studios, where she often worked on ''Our Gang'' comedies, alongside her future husband, cinematographer Francis Corby. She held that position for the next 12 ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Brodie
Kevin Brodie (born May 31, 1952) is an American film director, screenwriter, and former child actor. He is the son of actors Steve Brodie and Barbara Ann Stillwell. Career As a child, Brodie had small roles in such films as '' Some Came Running'' (directed by Vincente Minnelli, 1958), ''The Five Pennies'' (1959) and '' Battle at Bloody Beach'' (1961). His first major role was in ''The Night of the Grizzly'' (1966), playing the son of Clint Walker. In 1967, he appeared in the comedy '' Eight on the Lam''. During the same period he also made guest appearances on such popular television shows as ''Cheyenne'', ''Ben Casey'', ''Death Valley Days'', ''My Three Sons'', ''Mister Ed'', and ''Mannix''. In 1975 he was one of the leads in the low budget sci-fi thriller '' The Giant Spider Invasion'', appearing with his father, Steve Brodie. In the 1970s, he moved into production, working as an assistant director, line producer and writer. He has written and directed a small number of fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candy Moore
Candace Lee Klaasen (born August 26, 1947), better known as Candy Moore, is an American actress from Maplewood, New Jersey. Moore attended UCLA School of Theatre Arts. Moore began her career appearing on television series such as ''Leave It to Beaver'' and '' Letter to Loretta''. In 1962, she was cast as Lucille Ball's daughter Chris Carmichael on ''The Lucy Show''. Moore remained a regular on ''The Lucy Show'' through the end of the 1964–1965 season after which the premise of the show was retooled and most of the supporting cast was written out. Moore also appeared nine times on ''The Donna Reed Show'', five as Angie Quinn, the girlfriend of series character Jeff Stone (Paul Petersen). Career In 1959–1960, she appeared in two episodes of the second season of ''One Step Beyond'', as Carolyn Peters in "Forked Lightning" (ep. 9), and as Callie Wylie in "Goodbye Grandpa" (ep. 38). In 1961, she played Margie Manners, the kitchen seductress of Wally Cleaver, in the ''Leave It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
