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Blue Thunder (TV Series)
''Blue Thunder'' is an American Action (fiction), action drama television series based on the Blue Thunder, movie of the same title that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 6 until April 16, 1984, featuring the ''Blue Thunder (helicopter), Blue Thunder'' helicopter. The series revolves around the tactical helicopter being operated by a four-person LAPD Air Support Division team, but partially controlled by APEX, a fictional federal government agency that oversees and monitors (also occasionally assigns missions) its operations and maintenance, which is on loan to the police force for usage against criminal elements and security threats. ''Blue Thunder'' used the converted Aérospatiale Gazelle helicopter and large portions of stock footage from the 1983 film. A ground unit named "Rolling Thunder" backed up the helicopter in the television series. This was a large support van with a desert camouflage off-road vehicle stored inside. The television series cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action (genre)
Action fiction is a literary genre, genre in literature that focuses on stories involving high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of subgenres, such as Spy fiction, spy novels, Adventure fiction, adventure stories, tales of terror, intrigue ("cloak and dagger"), and Mystery fiction, mysteries. These kinds of stories utilize Thriller (genre), suspense, the tension that is built up when the reader wishes to know how the Conflict (narrative), conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or the solution to a mystery of a Thriller (genre), thriller. The intricacies of human relationships or the nuances of philosophy and psychology are rarely explored in action fiction, typically being fast-paced mysteries that merely seek to provide the reader with an exhilarating experience. Action fiction can also be a plot element of Literature, non-literary works such as graphic novels and film. Genre fiction Action genre is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live
''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') is an American Late night television in the United States, late-night live television, live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC. The show's premiere was hosted by George Carlin on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title ''NBC's Saturday Night''. The show's comedy sketches, which often parody popular culture and politics, are performed by a Saturday Night Live cast members, large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that is usually based on current events and ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!, Live from New York, it's ''Saturday Night''!", properly beginning the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard McEveety
Bernard E. McEveety, Jr. (May 13, 1924 – February 2, 2004) was an American film and television director. Family McEveety was born in New Rochelle, New York; his brothers, Vincent McEveety and Joseph McEveety were also Hollywood directors and producers. His nephew is producer Stephen McEveety, who often collaborates with Mel Gibson (''The Passion of the Christ''). Career McEveety worked primarily in TV, but also directed several feature films. He directed '' The Brotherhood of Satan'' and '' Ride Beyond Vengeance'', and did second-unit work on another cult horror film, '' The Return of Dracula''. McEveety's huge TV output included 31 episodes of the TV series '' Combat!''. He also directed Jodie Foster in her debut film, Disney's '' Napoleon and Samantha''. He produced the TV series ''Cimarron Strip'', which he often directed, as well. His Western directing credits include such television series as ''Rawhide'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''Bonanza'', '' The Virginian'', ''The Big Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Anderson
Sam Anderson (born c. 1946/1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his character roles such as Sam Gorpley on '' Perfect Strangers'', Principal Willis DeWitt on '' Growing Pains'', Holland Manners on ''Angel'', dentist Bernard Nadler on '' Lost'', Doctor Harad in ''Friends'', and in film, as the principal in '' Forrest Gump''. Early life Anderson was born in Clark, South Dakota and grew up in Wahpeton, North Dakota. He received a Master of Arts degree in American literature and creative writing at the University of North Dakota and the University of Wisconsin. During the 1970s, he taught drama at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California. Career Anderson is best known for his roles as mailroom supervisor Mr. Gorpley on '' Perfect Strangers'', Mike Seaver's adversarial Principal DeWitt on '' Growing Pains'', a chief of Cardiology on '' ER'', the lawyer Holland Manners on the first two seasons of ''Angel'' and as Bernard on '' Lost''. In addition, he was on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darleen Carr
Darleen Carr (born Darlene Farnon;Monush, Barry (2015). The Sound of Music FAQ : All That's Left to Know About Maria, the Von Trapps, and Our Favorite Things'. Milwaukee, WI : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. p. 140. "Those contributing to the additional vocals were Randy Perkins, Diane Burt, Sue McBain, and Charmian Carr’s younger sister, Darlene Farnon (who would follow her sibling’s lead and change her professional name to Darlene Carr).""Valley Children Greeted by Noted Ballerina at Party; Charming young dancers" ''The Van Nuys News''. November 25, 1960. p.3-A. Retrieved July 12, 2024. "Nine-year-old Darlene Farnon of Mission Hills is in the foreground and 14-year-old Amelia Casson of Panorama City stands at right. Over 30 Valley child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Hamilton
Edward Leslie "Ted" Hamilton (born 1937), is an Australian retired singer, composer, playwright, entrepreneur, and actor. He is known for playing the Pirate King in ''The Pirate Movie'' and police constable Kevin Dwyer in TV series ''Division 4'' (1969–73). In 2002, he played Merlin in the TV series ''Guinevere Jones''. He also played in ''Homicide'', ''The Love Boat'', ''M*A*S*H'', ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', '' Mission: Impossible'', and ''Rafferty's Rules''. Biography Hamilton began performing in nightclubs in 1955, and live on national radio. He guest-starred on ''The Ford Show'', ''Calling The Stars'' and '' The Gladys Moncrieff Show''. He also had hit records with "Primrose Lane" and "The Things We Did Last Summer". His most successful single was a 1959 duet with the late Ray Melton on His Master's Voice with a cover of US duo Travis and Bob's '59 hit " Tell Him No". Their cover reached #6 in Melbourne, and was a top-20 hit in Sydney, Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Alldredge
Dennis Michael Alldredge (April 13, 1941 – December 19, 1997) was an American film and television actor. He played Frank Foley in the short-lived drama television series '' Almost Grown''. He also played Bill Graham in the miniseries '' V'' and Tony Montana's lawyer George Sheffield in the 1983 film '' Scarface''. Alldredge guest-starred in numerous television programs, including '' ER'', '' The Bob Newhart Show'', '' Quantum Leap'', '' One Day at a Time'', '' Three's Company'', '' The Dukes of Hazzard'', ''Punky Brewster'', '' Who's the Boss?'' and ''All in the Family''. He also appeared on two segments of the 1985 anthology television series '' The Twilight Zone''. Alldredge died of lung cancer on December 19, 1997, in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Lewis (actor)
Geoffrey Bond Lewis (July 31, 1935 – April 7, 2015) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 200 films and television shows, and was principally known for his film roles alongside Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford. He often portrayed villains or eccentric characters. Life and career Lewis was born July 31, 1935, in Plainfield, New Jersey, but spent much of his youth in Wrightwood, California. He studied theater arts at San Bernardino Valley College for two years, then worked as a truck driver and at other odd jobs before launching his career as an actor. He took acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City and performed off-Broadway and at regional theaters in Massachusetts. He tried breaking into Hollywood in the 1960s. Lewis appeared in TV series including ''Bonanza'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''Mannix'', '' Mission: Impossible'', ''Cannon,'' ''Barnaby Jones'', ''Mork & Mindy'', ''The Golden Girls'', '' Lou Grant'', ''Mama's Family'', '' Magnum, P.I.'', ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Safran
Donald Bernard Safran (January 17, 1930 – February 17, 2014) was an American film and television screenwriter, producer and marketing executive. He was also a reporter, film critic and arts and entertainment editor for the ''Dallas Times Herald'', as well as a reporter for ''The Hollywood Reporter''. Early years and journalism Born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Lafayette High School. He served two years in the United States Marine Corps before studying journalism at Mexico City College and Arizona State University. He joined the ''Times Herald'' in 1956 as a movie critic, as well as covering nightclubs in Dallas. The latter ultimately led to him speaking with Jack Ruby via telephone. Their conversations were cited in the Warren Report, following John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963 and Ruby's shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Safran also hosted a radio program, ''Night Scene'' on KRLD, during which he interviewed celebrities, and was one of the founders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lynch
Richard Lynch (February 12, 1940 – June 19, 2012) was an American actor best known for portraying villains in films and television. His film credits included '' Scarecrow'', '' The Seven-Ups'' (both 1973), '' God Told Me To'' (1976), '' The Sword and the Sorcerer'' (1982), '' Invasion U.S.A.'' (1985), ''Little Nikita'', '' Bad Dreams'' (both 1988), '' Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge'' (1991), and ''Halloween'' (2007). He appeared as Wolfe in the 1978 science fiction TV series ''Battlestar Galactica'', and appeared again in its sequel series ''Galactica 1980'', as Commander Xaviar. Lynch's other TV roles included ''Starsky and Hutch'', ''Baretta'', '' T. J. Hooker'', '' Blue Thunder'', ''Airwolf'', ''The A-Team'', '' The Fall Guy'', ''Charmed'', ''Vega$'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', and '' Star Trek: The Next Generation''. Early life and career Richard Hugh Lynch was born on February 12, 1940 (sometimes incorrectly cited as 1936) in Brooklyn, New York City to Catholic pare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeri Taylor
Jeri Cecile Suer (June 30, 1938 – October 24, 2024), known professionally as Jeri Taylor, was an American television scriptwriter and producer who wrote many episodes of the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and '' Star Trek: Voyager'' series. Early life Jeri Cecile Suer was born in Evansville, Indiana, on June 30, 1938. She attended Indiana University Bloomington, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Taylor also received her M.A. in English from California State University, Northridge in 1966. ''Star Trek'' screenwriting Taylor wrote scripts for television series like '' Little House on the Prairie'' and '' The Incredible Hulk'', then served as a producer and director on '' Quincy, M.E.'' and '' Jake and the Fatman''. While working on ''Jake and the Fatman'', Taylor and her producer partner David Moessinger hired J. Michael Straczynski (who would later go on to create ''Babylon 5 ''Babylon 5'' is an American space opera television series created by wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Thunder
''Blue Thunder'' is a 1983 American action thriller film directed by John Badham. The Blue Thunder helicopter itself did exist as two copies of modified French Aérospatiale Gazelles. A spin-off television series, also called '' Blue Thunder'', ran for 11 episodes in 1984. Plot Frank Murphy is a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) air support division pilot and troubled Vietnam War veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder. His newly assigned observer is novice Richard Lymangood. The two patrol the city at night and give assistance to police forces on the ground when needed. Upon returning from patrol, the pair are placed under a two-week suspension for allegations of voyeurism during a nearby mugging incident gone wrong that leads to the shooting death of city councilwoman Diana McNeely. Murphy is shortly reinstated for duty and is instructed to attend a private sunrise demonstration in the Mojave Desert at "Pinkville" and is selected to pilot an advanced helicopter, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
