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-30- (film)
''-30-'' (released as ''Deadline Midnight'' in the UK) is a 1959 film directed by Jack Webb and starring Webb and William Conrad as night managing editor and night city editor, respectively, of a fictional Los Angeles newspaper, loosely based on the real-life (and now defunct) ''Los Angeles Herald-Examiner.'' The title is a reference to -30-, a notation used in journalism to indicate the end of a story or article. Plot Managing editor Sam Gatlin and his staff assemble the early edition of the ''Examiner'', a morning newspaper in Los Angeles. During a particularly active news night, Gatlin and his wife Peggy disagree about adopting a child, as Peggy is infertile. Gatlin is hesitant to adopt because his young son from his first marriage had been killed several years before, presumably in some sort of accident. Longtime reporter Lady Wilson's grandson pilots a military bomber from Honolulu to New York, intending to set a speed record. A child is lost and feared drowned in the L.A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Webb
John Randolph Webb (April 2, 1920 – December 23, 1982) was an American actor, television producer, Television director, director, and screenwriter, most famous for his role as Joe Friday in the Dragnet (franchise), ''Dragnet'' franchise, which he created. He was also the founder of his own production company, Mark VII Limited. Webb started his career in the 1940s as a radio personality, starring in several Radio program, radio shows and Radio drama, dramas—including ''Dragnet'', which he created in 1949—before entering television in the 1950s, creating the television adaptation of ''Dragnet'' for NBC as well as other series. Throughout the 1960s, Webb worked in both acting and television production, creating ''Adam-12'' in 1968, and in 1970, Webb retired from acting to focus on producing, creating ''Emergency!'' in 1972. Webb continued to make television series, and although many of them were less successful and short-lived, he wished to rekindle his prior successes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Valentine
Nancy Valentine (born Annette Valentine; January 21, 1928 – July 31, 2017) was an American model and actress, better known for her marriage to an Indian Maharaja than for her modeling or early film roles. She later had more success in American television, performing in over thirty different series. Biography Early years According to her obituary, Valentine was born in St. Albans, Queens, New York City.The Malibu Times, Obituary: Nancy Annette Valentine, 18 August 2017 (Retrieved 2017-08-27.) She was the middle child of five for Richard and Bertha Valentine.1940 United States Federal Census for Nancy Valentine, New York > Queens > New York > 41-1129, retrieved from Ancestry.com Her father had his own sign painting business in Queens. Her mother said in 1952 that she was born at Smithtown, New York and attended school in East Rockaway, New York. Valentine herself told columnist Earl Wilson she was from Smithtown and had been raised as a Baptist. Her mother said she was never in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Scott (actor)
Mark Scott (born Samuel Marks Solomon; February 21, 1915 – July 13, 1960) was an American actor and broadcaster. He is best known for hosting the ''Home Run Derby'' television show that originally aired in 1960. Biography Scott was a native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Illinois. As an actor, he had minor roles in television series such as '' Dragnet'' and ''Boston Blackie'' and in movies such as '' Hell's Horizon'' and ''-30-''. He was an announcer in 1956 for the Cincinnati Redlegs of Major League Baseball and in 1957 for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League, which transferred out of the city after that season due to the arrival of the Los Angeles Dodgers. As host of the ''Home Run Derby'' show in 1960, Scott both announced the action and interviewed each batter while the batter's opponent was hitting. His most well known line from the show was, "It's a home run or nothing here on ''Home Run Derby''." He died of a heart attack in Burbank, Californi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Gordon (actor)
Phil Gordon (May 5, 1916 – June 15, 2010) was an American actor and dialect coach, most known for his work in television. Gordon's work included roles on ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' (playing Jasper "Jazzbo" Depew), ''Green Acres'', and ''Petticoat Junction''. Gordon was born Phil Gulley on May 5, 1916, in Meridian, Mississippi. His parents were Philomen and Lena Alexina Gulley. He enlisted in the United States Navy and the United Service Organizations (USO) during World War II. He worked as a jazz musician following the end of World War II, touring in Chicago and New Orleans during the 1940s and 1950s. Gordon moved to California in the late 1950s, where he worked as an actor and dialect coach (for ''Green Acres'') in television throughout the 1960s. He departed the television industry and moved to Mobile, Alabama with his wife Jane Dupree Gulley in the late 1970s. He resided in Mobile for the remainder of his life. Phil Gordon died on June 15, 2010, in Mobile at the age of 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tracy
William Tracy (December 1, 1917 – July 18, 1967) was an American character actor. Early life and career Tracy was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is perhaps best known for the role of Pepi Katona, the delivery boy, in '' The Shop Around the Corner'' (1940). He starred in the John Ford film '' Tobacco Road'' (1941), and appeared in ''Brother Rat'' (1938) and Alfred Hitchcock's '' Mr. and Mrs. Smith'' (1941). In 1940, Tracy began a recurring role as Sgt. Dorian "Dodo" Doubleday in eight films teamed with Joe Sawyer as Sgt. Ames, the first six for Hal Roach's Streamliners service comedies, beginning with '' Tanks a Million'' (1941). This B-movie comedy was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Musical Score. In 1942, he starred alongside Randolph Scott, John Payne and Alan Hale Jr in '' To the Shores of Tripoli''. Then back again as Sgt Doubleday for two more at Hal Roach studios and the last two were for Lippert turesPic, concluding with '' Mr. Walkie Talkie'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Dapo
Ronnie Dapo (born May 8, 1952) is an American film and television actor. He is known for playing Flip Rose in the American sitcom television series '' Room for One More''. Life and career Dapo was born in Plattsburgh, New York. At the age of five, he and his family moved to Pontiac, Michigan, then to California. Dapo met his agent, Lola Moore, while travelling on a bus. After Dapo's mother showed her pictures of her children, she asked if "he would like to audition". After his first audition he was cast in Jack Webb's 1959 film ''-30-''. After freelancing for various studios he was signed to a contract with Warner Bros.. Dapo guest-starred on television programs including '' The Fugitive'', ''Wagon Train'', ''The Munsters'', ''Cheyenne'', ''The Sheriff of Cochise'' and ''The Lucy Show''. He also appeared in the 1960 film ''Ocean's 11'' and the 1962 film ''The Music Man''. In 1962 Dapo starred in the ABC television series '' Room for One More'', in which he played Flip Rose. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fay McKenzie
Eunice Fay McKenzie (February 19, 1918 – April 16, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She starred in silent films as a child, and then sound films as an adult, but perhaps she is best known for her leading roles opposite Gene Autry in the early 1940s in five horse opera features. She was also known for her collaborations with director Blake Edwards on five occasions. She also appeared on Broadway, radio, and television, having appeared on screen at ten weeks old in 1918. She was still appearing on screen at the time of her death, with her latest project opposite her son Tom Waldman Jr. in the comedy ''Kill a Better Mousetrap'', based on a play by Scott K. Ratner, filmed in the summer of 2018 and not yet released at the time of her death. She was briefly billed as Fay Shannon. Biography Early life and silent film McKenzie was born on February 19, 1918, in Hollywood, California, to show business parents, film actor Eva (''née'' Heazlitt) and Irish American actor/dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Culver
Howard Culver (June 4, 1918 – August 4, 1984) was an American radio and television actor, best known as hotel clerk Howie Uzzell during the entire run of TV's ''Gunsmoke''. On radio he starred in the title role of the Western adventure series '' Straight Arrow'', which aired on Mutual from May 6, 1948 to June 21, 1951. Biography Culver grew up in Los Angeles, and he was first heard as an actor on CBS while he was a teenager. He served in the Navy for three years during World War II, returning to continue on many San Francisco and Hollywood-based radio shows. In 1948, he was the last actor to portray Ellery Queen on radio's '' The Adventures of Ellery Queen''. After ''Straight Arrow'', he co-starred with Mercedes McCambridge as reporter Jud Barnes on ABC's ''Defense Attorney'' (1951–52). Jack French recalled Culver in his 1996 essay on ''Straight Arrow'': :McCann Erickson decided the new series would be broadcast from Los Angeles, and they quickly chose their cast from West Coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Deacon (actor)
Richard Lewis Deacon (May 14, 1922 – August 8, 1984) was an American television and motion picture actor, best known for playing supporting roles in television shows such as '' The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''Leave It to Beaver'', and ''The Jack Benny Program,'' along with minor roles in films such as '' Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' (1956) and Alfred Hitchcock's '' The Birds'' (1963). Career Deacon often portrayed pompous, prissy, and/or imperious figures in film and television. He made appearances on ''The Jack Benny Program'' as a salesman and a barber, and on NBC's ''Happy'' as a hotel manager. He made a brief appearance in Alfred Hitchcock's film '' The Birds'' (1963). He played a larger role in '' Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' (1956) as a physician in the "book-end" sequences added to the beginning and end of the film after its original previews. In Billy Wilder's 1957 film adaptation of Charles Lindbergh’s ''The Spirit of St. Louis'', Deacon portrayed the chairm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nolan (American Actor)
John F. Nolan (April 30, 1933 – April 7, 2000) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was known for playing the recurring role as John the bartender in the medical drama television series '' Quincy, M.E.''. He also lent his talents to at least 23 other television shows and films including ''Adam-12'', '' Marcus Welby, M.D.'' and the 1970 film ''Airport''. Filmography *''The Hot Angel'' (1958) - Ray *''-30-'' (1959) - Ron Danton *''The Last Time I Saw Archie'' (1961) - Lt. Oglemeyer *''The Big Mouth'' (1967) - F.B.I. Agent *'' Hook, Line & Sinker'' (1969) - Carte Blanche Man (uncredited) *''Airport'' (1970) - Richard Ross - Passenger (uncredited) *''Which Way to the Front? ''Which Way to the Front?'' is a 1970 American comedy film produced, directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, which was his first film for Warner Bros. Plot Brendan Byers III is a rich playboy who enlists to fight in the war against the Axis pow ...'' (1970) - German Officer (uncredited) R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Whittinghill
Noral Edwin "Dick" Whittinghill (March 5, 1913 – January 24, 2001) was an American film and television actor, recording artist and radio DJ in the United States. His early music career included membership in The Pied Pipers vocal group which sang with Tommy Dorsey's big band. Beginning in 1950, Whittinghill was for three decades the popular morning drive disc jockey at radio station KMPC in Los Angeles. During KMPC's heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, his fellow announcers included Ira Cook, Roger Carroll, Johnny Grant, Gary Owens, Johnny Magnus and Geoff Edwards. After his retirement, he was heard on a recorded Sunday program on KMPC, and later as afternoon drive personality at KPRZ, Los Angeles, reversing his traditional KMPC role, as former KMPC afternoon DJ Gary Owens was then KPRZ morning man. Among the features of his program were the "story records," sent in by listeners, in which a short anecdote was completed with a line from a song. For example, the spider told Lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bakalyan
Richard Bakalyan (January 29, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor who started his career playing juvenile delinquents in his first several films. Early life Richard Bakalyan was born on January 29, 1931, in Watertown, Massachusetts, the son of Armenian-born William Nishan Bakalyan and Elsie Florence (née Fancy) Bakalyan, a Canadian from Nova Scotia. He had two brothers. His father died in 1939, when Richard was 8. Growing up in a tough neighborhood, Bakalyan learned boxing to defend himself in street fights. He served a year's probation at age 15 for unknown crimes. Bakalyan served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. After four years of service, he was honorably discharged with the rank of staff sergeant. Career Film Early in his career he was cast as thugs, outlaws, and in military action films, like '' The Delinquents'' (1957), '' The Bonnie Parker Story'' (1958), '' Up Periscope'' (1959), and '' Panic in Year Zero!''. During the filming of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
