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Bad Company (1972 Film)
''Bad Company'' is a 1972 American Western film directed by Robert Benton, who also co-wrote the film with David Newman. It stars Barry Brown and Jeff Bridges as two of a group of young men who flee the draft during the American Civil War to seek their fortune and freedom on the unforgiving American frontier. Later classified by critics as an "acid western", ''Bad Company'' attempts in many ways to demythologize the American West in its portrayal of young men forced by circumstance and drawn by romanticized accounts to forge new lives for themselves on the wrong side of the law. Their initial eagerness to be outlaws soon abates, however, when the boys are confronted with the realities of preying on others in a nation ravaged by war and exploitation. The film is often credited with inspiring the name of the classic rock band of the seventies Bad Company which according to Paul Rodgers (the band's lead singer) is incorrect and the name is in fact taken from an illustration in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Benton
Robert Douglas Benton (September 29, 1932 – May 11, 2025) was an American film director and screenwriter. He, along with his co-writer David Newman, was nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the 1967 film '' Bonnie and Clyde''. In 1979, he wrote and directed the film '' Kramer vs. Kramer'', winning the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He won another Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the 1984 film '' Places in the Heart''. Early life Benton was born in Dallas, Texas, to Dorothy (née Spaulding) and Ellery Douglass Benton, a telephone company employee. He grew up in Waxahachie, Texas, and attended the University of Texas, graduating in 1953 with a bachelor of fine arts. Benton served two years in the army and then moved to New York City to pursue a master's degree in art history at Columbia University. However, he dropped out after a semester and joined the staff at Esquire magazine. Career In 1959, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Houser
Jerry Houser (born July 14, 1952) is an American former actor. He is best known for his role as Oscar "Oscy" Seltzer in '' Summer of '42'' and its sequel, ''Class of '44'', as Dave "Killer" Carlson in ''Slap Shot,'' and as Wally Logan, the husband of Marcia Brady, in various ''Brady Bunch'' spinoffs throughout the 1980s and '90s. Early years Houser was born in Los Angeles, and attended North Hollywood High School. Career From 1971 to 2006, he appeared in many films, TV series, animated series, and commercials. Some of his most notable appearances are '' Summer of '42'', ''Slap Shot'' with Paul Newman, and in the ''Brady Bunch'' spin-offs as Marcia's husband, Wally Logan. On television, Houser portrayed Muff on '' We'll Get By'', orderly Haskell on '' The New Temperatures Rising Show'' Steve Frazier, Maude Findlay's nephew, on season 4 episode 21 of ''Maude'' (TV series), and Jeremy Fenton on '' It Takes Two''. He also provided the voices of Grizzle on '' Zazoo U'', Sully on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie And Clyde (film)
''Bonnie and Clyde'' is a 1967 American biographical film, biographical crime film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as Bonnie and Clyde, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, outlaws and romantic partners in the Great Depression-era American South. The cast also features Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, and Estelle Parsons. The screenplay was written by David Newman (screenwriter), David Newman and Robert Benton (with uncredited contributions by Beatty and Robert Towne); Beatty also produced the film. The film was released in the United States by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts on August 13, 1967. Initial critical reception was mixed, but later swung positive, and the film became a significant commercial success, becoming one of the highest-grossing films of 1967. It was nominated for 10 Academy Awards including for Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture, winning Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress (for Estelle Parsons) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert ( ; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American Film criticism, film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter and author. He wrote for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1967 until his death in 2013. Ebert was known for his intimate, Midwestern writing style and critical views informed by values of populism and humanism. Writing in a prose style intended to be entertaining and direct, he made sophisticated cinematic and analytical ideas more accessible to non-specialist audiences. Ebert endorsed foreign and independent films he believed would be appreciated by mainstream viewers, championing filmmakers like Werner Herzog, Errol Morris and Spike Lee, as well as Martin Scorsese, whose first published review he wrote. In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Neil Steinberg of the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' said Ebert "was without question the nation's most prominent and influential film critic," and Kenne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Gehring
Theodore Edwin Gehring Jr. (April 6, 1929 – September 28, 2000) was an American film and television actor. He is known for playing the recurring role as Charlie on 16 episodes of the American sitcom television series ''Alice''. Life and career Gehring was born in Bisbee, Arizona. Gehring began his career in 1965, where he first appeared in ''The Big Valley'', playing Larsh. He continued his career, mainly appearing in film and television, often cast as a policeman, bad guy or anonymous roles, over the years. Later in his career, Gehring guest-starred in numerous television programs including ''Gunsmoke'', ''Battlestar Galactica'' (and its spin-off ''Galactica 1980''), ''M*A*S*H'', '' Star Trek: The Original Series'', ''Get Smart'', ''Bonanza'', ''The Rockford Files'', ''Three's Company'', ''Emergency!'', ''Little House on the Prairie'', '' Quincy, M.E.'', ''Daniel Boone'', ''Death Valley Days'', ''Adam-12'' and '' Mission: Impossible''. He also appeared in films such as ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Tyner
Charles Tyner (June 8, 1923https://sv.findagrave.com/memorial/189067627/charles_vivian-tyner#view-photo=272601851 - November 8, 2017) was an American film, television and stage character actor known principally for his performances in the films ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), ''Harold and Maude'' (1971), ''The Cowboys'' (1972), ''Emperor of the North Pole'' (1973), '' The Longest Yard'' (1974), '' Pete's Dragon'' (1977), '' Hamburger: The Motion Picture'' (1986), '' Planes, Trains and Automobiles'' (1987) and ''Pulse'' (1988). Early years Tyner was a native of Danville, Virginia and served in the United States Army as a combat infantryman in Germany and France during World War II. Career In 1957, Tyner made his debut on Broadway in '' Orpheus Descending''. Two years later, he appeared with Paul Newman in '' Sweet Bird of Youth'' on Broadway. During 1959, Tyner made his film debut with an uncredited part in '' That Kind of Woman''. He worked with Newman again in 1967 as Boss Higgins, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Allison
Jean Allison (October 24, 1929 – February 28, 2024) was an American actress. She appeared in numerous films and television series throughout the 1950s to the 1980s. Biography Jean Allison was born in New York City, on October 24, 1929. She made her debut on television in the mid-1950s and was credited with a host of minor roles and appearances as guest star in dozens of episodes of television series. Allison appeared in one episode of ''The Rifleman;'' two episodes each of '' The Californians'', ''Schlitz Playhouse of Stars'', ''One Step Beyond'', '' Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer'', ''Law of the Plainsman'', ''The Alaskans'', ''Hawaiian Eye'', '' Wanted Dead or Alive'', '' The Detectives'', '' Laramie'', '' Dr. Kildare'', ''Bonanza'', ''Gunsmoke'','' Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law'', ''Charlie's Angels''; three episodes of ''Sheriff of Cochise'', and ''77 Sunset Strip''; and four episodes of ''Emergency!''. She played Nora Borden, whose legs were broken when thrown from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Quade
John William Saunders III (April 1, 1938 – August 9, 2009), better known by the stage name John Quade, was an American character actor who starred in film and in television. He was best known for his role as Cholla, the leader of the motorcycle gang the Black Widows in the Clint Eastwood films ''Every Which Way but Loose'' (1978) and its sequel '' Any Which Way You Can'' (1980). Early life Born in Kansas City, Kansas, Quade attended Perry Rural High School in Perry, Kansas before transferring to Highland Park High School in Topeka on September 7, 1954. While at Highland Park, he was a football tackle and also participated in basketball and track.''Highlander 1992: Seventy-fifth Anniversary Edition''; yearbook of Highland Park High School (Topeka, Kansas), pg. 12 He was a member of the Stamp, Radio, and Chess/Checkers clubs. He graduated from Highland Park in May 1956. Quade attended Washburn University in the fall semester of 1956. He worked for the Santa Fe Railway r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Lauter
Edward Matthew Lauter Jr. ( ; October 30, 1938 – October 16, 2013) was an American actor and stand-up comedian. He appeared in more than 200 films and TV series episodes in a career that spanned over 40 years. Early life Lauter was born and raised in Long Beach, New York, the son of Edward Matthew Lauter and Sally Lee, a 1920s Broadway actress and dancer. He was of German and Irish descent. After graduating from high school, he majored in English Literature in college and received a B.A. degree in 1961 from the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University. While in college, he played basketball. Lauter served for two years in the U.S. Army. Career Lauter's first acting role was a small part in the Broadway production of ''The Great White Hope'', a boxing drama, in 1968. Before that, he was a stand-up comedian. His screen acting debut was in a 1971 episode of the television series ''Mannix''. His first theatrical film role was in the Western '' Dirty Little Billy'' in 1972. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Guth
Raymond John Guth (May 29, 1924 – December 17, 2021) was an American film, stage and television actor. Early years Guth was born on May 29, 1924, in Oil City, Pennsylvania. He studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse while supporting himself Work nights at a morgue. Career Guth originally performed in stage plays. In 1954 he was given an award as best actor by Theater Americana for his performance as Genesius in the play ''The Comedian''. He made his film debut in 1956, appearing in the film ''The Flesh Merchant''. Guth's first credited television appearance was in 1957 in the anthology series ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents''. He continued to work with Hitchcock in film and television. Guth made guest appearances in the television shows ''Wagon Train'', '' The Virginian'', ''Route 66'', ''The High Chaparral'', ''Daniel Boone'', ''Tombstone Territory'', ''Rawhide'' ''The Rifleman'', ''Perry Mason'', and ''Land of the Giants'', and multiple appearances in ''Gunsmoke'', ''Deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Davis (actor)
Jim Davis (born Marlin Davis; August 26, 1909 – April 26, 1981) was an American actor, best known for his roles in Westerns on television, television Westerns. In his later career, he became famous as Jock Ewing in the CBS primetime soap opera ''Dallas (TV series), Dallas'', a role he continued until he was too ill from multiple myeloma to perform. Life and career Born in Edgerton, Missouri, Edgerton in Platte County, Missouri, Platte County in northwestern Missouri, Davis attended high school in Dearborn, Missouri, Dearborn, and the Baptist-affiliated William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, Liberty. At WJC, he played tight end on the football team and graduated with a degree in political science. He served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. He was known as Jim Davis by the time of his first major screen role, which was opposite Bette Davis in the 1948 melodrama ''Winter Meeting''. His subsequent film career consisted of mostly B movies, many of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company with a significant global presence. The company operates in 35 countries and serves over 70 million customers worldwide. It is a systemically important financial institution according to the Financial Stability Board, and is considered one of the "Big Four (banking)#United States, Big Four Banks" in the United States, alongside JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citigroup. The company's primary subsidiary is Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a National bank (United States), national bank that designates its Sioux Falls, South Dakota, site as its main office (and therefore is treated by most U.S. federal courts as a citizen of South Dakota).Rouse v. Wachovia Mortgage, FSB', 747 F.3d 707 (9th Cir. 2014) (citing cases on each side of circuit split and joining majority rule that a national bank is only a citizen of the state in which its main office is located). It is the List of largest banks in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
