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Billy Mahan
Billy Mahan (July 9, 1930 – August 30, 2002) was an American film actor. A child actor, he played the recurring role of Bobby Jones in Twentieth Century Fox's Jones Family series of films. His son is voice actor Kerrigan Mahan.Drew p.180 Selected filmography * '' Every Saturday Night'' (1936) * '' Educating Father'' (1936) * ''Back to Nature'' (1936) * '' The Jones Family in Big Business'' (1937) * ''Hot Water'' (1937) * '' Borrowing Trouble'' (1937) * ''A Trip to Paris ''A Trip to Paris'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker), Malcolm St. Clair and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Spring Byington.Drew p.180 It was part of the Jones Family series of films. The film's sets ...'' (1938) * '' Quick Millions'' (1939) * '' Young as You Feel'' (1940) References Bibliography * Drew, Bernard A. ''Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide''. Routledge, 2013. * Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for Hypocrisy, hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the Tragedy, tragic Greek chorus, chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of acting pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role", which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Water (1937 Film)
''Hot Water'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Spring Byington. It is part of the Jones Family series of films.Drew p.180 The Jones father decides to run for mayor, leading the current incumbent to try to disgrace his son. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ... Chester Gore. Plot Partial cast References Bibliography * Bernard A. Drew. ''Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide''. Routledge, 2013. External links * * * 1937 films 1937 comedy films American comedy films Films directed by Frank R. Strayer 20th Century Fox films American black-and-white films Films scored by Samuel Kaylin 1930s English-language films 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Births
Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on January 1, 2257, at . * January 26 – The Indian National Congress declares this date as Independence Day, or as the day for Purna Swaraj (Complete Independence). * January 28 – The first patent for a field-effect transistor is granted in the United States, to Julius Edgar Lilienfeld. * January 30 – Pavel Molchanov launches a radiosonde from Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, Slutsk in the Soviet Union. February * February 10 – The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launch the Yên Bái mutiny in the hope of ending French Indochina, French colonial rule in Vietnam. * February 18 – While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh confirms the existence of Pluto, a celestial body considered a planet until redefined as a dwarf planet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young As You Feel (1940 Film)
''Young as You Feel'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Jed Prouty, Spring Byington and Joan Valerie. It was part of Twentieth Century Fox's Jones Family series of films. The film's plot was similar to that of the 1931 film '' Young as You Feel''. ''Young as You Feel'' is the last of the Jones Family films. Plot Mr. John Jones, Jones family patriarch, sells his drugstore and takes his clan to the big city. Expecting to enjoy a more sophisticated and cosmopolitan lifestyle, the Jones are fleeced by con men of all their savings. The family return to their small town for good. Dwyer, 1996 p. 231: Filmography, plot synopsis. Cast * Jed Prouty as John Jones * Spring Byington as Mrs. John Jones * Joan Valerie as Bonnie Jones * Russell Gleason as Herbert Thompson * Kenneth Howell as Jack Jones * George Ernest as Roger Jones * June Carlson as Lucy Jones * Florence Roberts as Granny Jones * Billy Mahan as Bobby Jones * Helen Ericson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quick Millions (1939 Film)
''Quick Millions'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St Clair and co-written by Buster Keaton, one of the series of seventeen 20th Century Studios Jones Family films beginning with ''Every Saturday Night'' (1936) and ending with ''On Their Own'' (1940). Spring Byington appeared in all seventeen; Jed Prouty in all but the last one. ''Quick Millions'' is one of the two Jones Family films with gags and a story line provided by Keaton, briefly moonlighting from MGM for his old friend Malcolm St. Clair, tdirector of seven in Jones Family series. Plot After returning from an adventure in Hollywood, patriarch Jones na d his clan discover they have inherited a gold mine from his uncle Ezra. When the family travels to the Grand Canyon to inspect the claim, they are approached by swindlers, who assure them that they have inherited a rich gold mine. At the remote mountain cabin, John Jones and his brood discover no fortune. Mr. Jones is almost fleeced by a fraudulen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Trip To Paris
''A Trip to Paris'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker), Malcolm St. Clair and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Spring Byington.Drew p.180 It was part of the Jones Family series of films. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Haldane Douglas and Bernard Herzbrun. Plot The Jones family take a vacation to Paris. Cast * Jed Prouty as John Jones * Shirley Deane as Bonnie Thompson * Spring Byington as Mrs. John Jones * Russell Gleason as Herbert Thompson * Kenneth Howell as Jack Jones * George Ernest as Roger Jones * June Carlson as Lucy Jones * Florence Roberts as Granny Jones * Billy Mahan as Bobby Jones * Marvin Stephens as Tommy McGuire * Joan Valerie as Marguerite Varloff * Harold Huber as Willie Jones * Nedda Harrigan as Countess Varloff * Leonid Kinskey as Emile * Clay Clement as Duroche References Bibliography * Bernard A. Drew. ''Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide''. Routle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borrowing Trouble
''Borrowing Trouble'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer, starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Spring Byington.Drew p.180 ''Borrowing Trouble'' is part of the Jones Family series of films, and is also known by its alternative title, ''The Jones Family in Borrowing Trouble''. Plot The Jones Family's drugstore is robbed, but they believe they know the culprit. Cast * Jed Prouty as John Jones * Shirley Deane as Bonnie Jones * Spring Byington as Mrs. John Jones * Russell Gleason as Herbert Thompson * Kenneth Howell as Jack Jones * George Ernest as Roger Jones * June Carlson as Lucy Jones * Florence Roberts as Granny Jones * Billy Mahan as Bobby Jones * Marvin Stephens as Tommy McGuire * Andrew Tombes as Uncle George * Howard C. Hickman as Judge Walters * Cy Kendall as Chief Kelly * Joe Downing as Charlie * George Walcott as Lester McGuire * Dick Wessel as Joe * Wade Boteler Wade Boteler (October 3, 1888 – May 7, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jones Family In Big Business
''Big Business'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Spring Byington. It was part of Twentieth Century Fox's Jones Family series of films.Drew p.180 The film's art direction was by Chester Gore. The Jones Family invest in an oil well An oil well is a drillhole boring in Earth that is designed to bring petroleum oil hydrocarbons to the surface. Usually some natural gas is released as associated petroleum gas along with the oil. A well that is designed to produce only gas m .... Plot Cast References Bibliography * Bernard A. Drew. ''Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide''. Routledge, 2013. External links * * * 1937 films 1937 comedy films American comedy films Films directed by Frank R. Strayer 20th Century Fox films American black-and-white films Films scored by Samuel Kaylin 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage, television, or in film, movies. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated terms include teenage actor or teen actor, an actor who gained popularity as a Adolescence, teenager. Many child actors find themselves struggling to adapt as they become adults, mainly due to typecasting. Macaulay Culkin and Lindsay Lohan are two particularly famous child actors who eventually experienced much difficulty with the fame they acquired at an early age. Some child actors have successful acting careers as adults; for example Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, Selena Gomez. Other child actors have gone on to successful careers in other fields, including director Ron Howard, politicians Lech Kaczyński, Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński, and singer Jenny Lewis. Regulation In the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back To Nature
The human back, also called the dorsum (: dorsa), is the large posterior area of the human body, rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck. It is the surface of the body opposite from the chest and the abdomen. The vertebral column runs the length of the back and creates a central area of recession. The breadth of the back is created by the shoulders at the top and the pelvis at the bottom. Back pain is a common medical condition, generally benign in origin. Structure The central feature of the human back is the vertebral column, specifically the length from the top of the thoracic vertebrae to the bottom of the lumbar vertebrae, which houses the spinal cord in its spinal canal, and which generally has some curvature that gives shape to the back. The ribcage extends from the spine at the top of the back (with the top of the ribcage corresponding to the T1 vertebra), more than halfway down the length of the back, leaving an area with less protection between the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Educating Father
''Educating Father'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, and Dixie Dunbar. It was part of the Jones Family series of films.Drew p.180 Plot Cast * Jed Prouty as John Jones * Shirley Deane as Bonnie Jones * Dixie Dunbar as Millicent * Spring Byington as Mrs. John Jones * Kenneth Howell as Jack Jones * June Carlson as Lucy Jones * George Ernest as Roger Jones * Florence Roberts as Granny Jones * Billy Mahan as Bobby Jones * Francis Ford as Sheriff Hart * Charles Tannen as Jim Courtney * J. Anthony Hughes as Dick Harris * David Newell as Eddie Gordon * Clarence Wilson as Jess Boynton * Jonathan Hale as Fred Humphrey * Erville Alderson as Dr. Willoughby * Dick Elliott as Townley * Phyllis Fraser as Girl in Drugstore * Selmer Jackson as Prof. Howard * Landers Stevens John Landers Stevens (1877–1940) was an American stage and film actor. A character actor he appeared in prominent screen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
