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Abdullah (I Dream Of Jeannie)
''I Dream of Jeannie'' is an American fantasy sitcom starring Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and whom she eventually marries. Produced by Screen Gems, the series originally aired from September 1965 to May 1970 on NBC. The series ran for five seasons and produced 139 episodes. The first season consisted of 30 episodes filmed in black and white, then colorized later in 2006 for DVD release by Sony. All later seasons were filmed in color. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1965–66) All first-season episodes were originally filmed in black and white Black-and-white (B&W or B/W) images combine black and white to produce a range of achromatic brightnesses of grey. It is also known as greyscale in technical settings. Media The history of various visual media began with black and white, ..., but were colorized subsequently for the Sony DVD releases and some syndication air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Dream Of Jeannie
''I Dream of Jeannie'' is an American Fantasy television, fantasy sitcom television series created by Sidney Sheldon and starring Barbara Eden as a beautiful but guileless 2,000-year-old Jinn, genie and Larry Hagman as an astronaut with whom she Love at first sight, falls in love and eventually marries. Produced by Screen Gems, the show originally aired for List of I Dream of Jeannie episodes, 139 episodes over five seasons, from September 18, 1965, to May 26, 1970, on NBC. Plot In the pilot episode, "The Lady in the Bottle", astronaut Captain Tony Nelson, United States Air Force, is on a space flight when his Space capsule, one-man capsule ''Stardust One'' comes down far from the planned recovery area, near a deserted island in the South Pacific. On the beach, Tony notices a strange bottle that rolls by itself. When he rubs it after removing the stopper, smoke spews out and a beautiful Persian language, Persian-speaking female genie materializes and surprises Tony by kiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Reeves (actor)
Richard Jourdan "Dick" Reeves (August 10, 1912 – March 17, 1967) was an American character actor best known for playing henchmen and thugs. He performed in hundreds of film and television roles between the 1940s and 1960s. Early life and film career Richard Jourdan Reeves grew up in an affluent section of Queens, New York, the elder of two children of bank executive Walter Reeves and his wife, the former Marie Titsink. He studied music in school; and then, at the age of 18, he worked as a seaman, spending much of his time in the 1930s aboard ships that plied the New York-Havana route. In April 1942, shortly after the United States entered World War II, Reeves enlisted in the U.S. Army and by war's end had risen to the rank of sergeant in the 1208 Service Command Unit. After the war, he resumed his efforts to get more film work as an actor in Los Angeles, where by the late 1940s and early 1950s he became a busy supporting player in various movie productions. Television B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Air Force
The Women's Air Force (WAF) was a program which served to bring women into limited roles in the United States Air Force. WAF was formed in 1948 when President Truman signed the Women's Armed Services Integration Act, allowing women to serve directly in the military. The WAF program ended in 1976 when women were accepted into the USAF on an equal basis with men. WAF was distinct from the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS), a small group of female civilian transport pilots that was formed in 1942 with Nancy H. Love as commander. WAFS was folded into the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) in 1943; WASP was disbanded in December 1944. Life in the WAF When the USAF was officially formed in 1947, a number of former Women's Army Corps members (WACs) continued serving in the Army but performed Air Force duties, as the Air Force did not admit women in its first year. Some WACs chose to transfer to the WAFs when it became possible. At its inception in 1948, WAF was limited t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mako (actor)
was a Japanese-American actor, credited mononymously in almost all of his acting roles as simply Mako (マコ), pronounced "MAH-ko". His career in film, on television, and on stage spanned five decades and 165 productions. He was an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and Tony Award nominee. Born and raised in Kobe, Mako moved to the United States after the Second World War, where his dissident parents had moved to escape political persecution. After serving with the U.S. Army during the Korean War, he trained in acting at the Pasadena Playhouse and later co-founded the East West Players. His role as Po-Han (his second credited role on film) in the 1966 film '' The Sand Pebbles'' saw him nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. His other various roles included Kichijiro in the 1971 film adaptation of ''Silence'', Oomiak "The Fearless One" in '' The Island at the Top of the World'' (1974), Akiro the Wizard in ''Conan the Barbarian'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hudson (actor)
Jonathan C. Hudson (January 24, 1919 – April 8, 1996) was an American actor who appeared in the films '' Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'' with Burt Lancaster and '' G.I. Blues'' with Elvis Presley. Biography Born and raised in Gilroy, California, Hudson served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, where he attained the rank of second lieutenant, and then embarked on his acting career. In the 1940s, he was married to film/TV actress Mary LaRoche. He made guest appearances on numerous television shows, such as ''Perry Mason'', '' Dragnet 1967'', ''77 Sunset Strip'', ''I Dream of Jeannie'', ''Sea Hunt'', ''Gunsmoke'', and ''Adam-12''. Hudson acted on Broadway in ''The Eve of St. Mark'', ''Junior Miss'', ''Craig's Wife'', and ''January Thaw''. Death Hudson died at age 77 on April 8, 1996, in Los Angeles, California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oreg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Morrow
William Byron Morrow (September 8, 1911 – May 11, 2006) was an American television and film actor. Early life Born in Chicago, Illinois, Morrow served in the Army in World War II, performing in theater productions during his tour of duty. He began appearing in film and television in the late 1950s and amassed some 200 appearances in a career spanning the next 35 years. Morrow's television work ran from ''Peter Gunn'' in the late 1950s to ''Father Dowling Mysteries'' in 1991. He mostly played authority figures, often in uniform. Career He made seven appearances as a judge in CBS's '' Perry Mason'' and played real-life Admiral Chester Nimitz in the pilot episode of NBC's '' Baa Baa Black Sheep'', starring Robert Conrad. In 1961 Morrow appeared in an episode of '' The Tab Hunter Show''. In 1961 and 1962, he was cast as Captain Keith Gregory in the episodes "No Fat Cops" and "The Deadlier Sex" of the ABC crime drama '' The New Breed'', starring Leslie Nielsen. In 1962 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Rafkin
Alan Rafkin (born Alfred Irwin Rafkin; July 23, 1928 – August 6, 2001) was an American director, producer, and actor for television. Biography Rafkin was born in New York City to Til and Victor Rafkin. He attended Admiral Farragut Academy in Pine Beach, New Jersey and Syracuse University in New York. Alan Rafkin was one of the most prolific sitcom directors of all time, helming such series as '' The Andy Griffith Show'', '' The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', '' What's Happening!!'', '' M*A*S*H'', '' It's Garry Shandling's Show,'' '' Murphy Brown'', '' Get Smart'', '' Coach'', '' The Tim Conway Show'', '' Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers'', and '' Viva Valdez''. According to his autobiography ''Cue the Bunny on the Rainbow'' (its title is taken from a direction on '' Captain Kangaroo''), Rafkin directed episodes of over 80 different sitcom series. He won an Emmy for an episode of "One Day At A Time" and two CableACE Awards for his work on "It's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magda Harout
Magda L. Kardashian ( Harout, April 22, 1926 – September 9, 2021) was an American film, television and stage actress. Life and career Harout was born in Los Angeles, California on April 22, 1926, to Armenian-born stage actor Yeghishe Harout, and his wife Gohar. Her father was also the proprietor of the Ivar Theatre, which opened on the Hollywood Boulevard in 1951. During the 1940s, Harout was a pageant queen, and in 1943 she sold war bonds to support U.S. troops during World War II. On May 29, 1947, she married Robert Thomas Kardashian (1920–1998), an Army Air Forces veteran, at the First Congregation Church in Los Angeles. They later honeymooned in Hawaii. Her stage credits included ''Nine Armenians'' (1997) by Leslie Ayvazia and ''The Kiss at City Hall'' (2000). She received a number of awards for her appearances on stage, including from LA Weekly, Drama-Logue and the LA Drama Critics Circle. In 1999, Harout played the role of Aunt Alma in the independent comedy film '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Brocco
Carl Peter Brocco (January 16, 1903 – December 20, 1992) was an American screen and stage actor. He appeared in over 300 credits, notably ''Spartacus'' (1960) and '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975), during his career spanning over 60 years. Early years Brocco was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brocco. Career Brocco acted on stage with the Walter Hampton Players. He debuted on Broadway in ''Centuries'' (1927); he also performed in Shakespeare's ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' (1938). Brocco appeared as a criminal type in three episodes of TV's '' Adventures of Superman''."Adventures of Superman", complete cast and crew at IMDb He holds the distinction of having been killed off in two of them, a relative rarity for villains in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Sundstrom
Florence E. "Flo" Sundstrom (February 9, 1918 – June 25, 2001) was an American actress who had an active career in theatre, television, and film. A prominent character actress on Broadway from 1936-1959, she notably created the roles of Bella in the world premiere of Anita Loos's '' Happy Birthday'' in 1946, Bessie in the world premiere of Tennessee Williams's ''The Rose Tattoo'' in 1951, and Mrs. Marie "Fatty" Pert in Ketti Frings's ''Look Homeward, Angel'' in 1957. She made her film debut as Flora in the film adaptation of ''The Rose Tattoo'' in 1955, and thereafter remained active as a character actress in American television and film into the 1990s. She was a main cast member in the 1955–1956 season of ''The Life of Riley'', portraying a new neighbor of the Riley family. Life and career Florence E. Sundstrom was born February 9, 1918, in New York City, the younger of two daughters of U.S. Navy Captain Einar William Sundstrom and Jetta Marie (Osmundsen) Sundstrom. She w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Corden
Henry Corden ( Cohen; January 6, 1920 – May 19, 2005) was a Canadian-born American actor, best known for assuming the voice of Fred Flintstone after the death of Alan Reed in 1977. His official debut as Fred's new voice was in a 1965 Hanna-Barbera record, ''Saving Mr. Flintstone'', although he had previously provided the singing voice for Reed in the 1966 theatrical film '' The Man Called Flintstone'' and the Hanna-Barbera specials '' Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This?'' (1966) and '' Energy: A National Issue'' (1977). He took over the role as Fred Flintstone full time starting with the syndicated weekday series '' Fred Flintstone and Friends'' for which he provided voice-overs on brief bumper clips shown in between segments. Early years Corden was born January 6, 1920, in Montreal to Jewish immigrants Max and Emma Cohen. His father was a meat curer who had been born in Romania; his mother was originally from Russia. The family mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Kiel
Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was an American actor. Standing tall and often referred to as "the Gentle Giant", he was known for portraying Jaws in '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) and '' Moonraker'' (1979). Kiel's next-most-recognized role is the tough but eloquent Mr. Larson in ''Happy Gilmore'' (1996). Other notable films include '' The Longest Yard'' (1974), '' Silver Streak'' (1976), '' Force 10 from Navarone'' (1978), '' Cannonball Run II'' (1984), '' Pale Rider'' (1985) and ''Tangled'' (2010). On television, he portrayed the giant alien in the highly regarded 1962 '' Twilight Zone'' episode, " To Serve Man". Early life Kiel was born on September 13, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan. His extraordinary height was a result of gigantism, a condition caused by an excess of human growth hormone. When he was nine years old, his family moved to Los Angeles County, California, where Kiel graduated from Baldwin Park High School. Before becoming a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
