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Comeback (Land Of The Giants)
{{episode list , Title = Six Hours to Live , EpisodeNumber = 28 , EpisodeNumber2 = 2 , ProdCode = 4706 , OriginalAirDate = {{Start date, 1969, 9, 28 , WrittenBy = Daniel B. Ullman , DirectedBy = Sobey Martin , ShortSummary = The little people overhear an anxious farmer named Cass admit to committing a murder for which an innocent man named Reed is to be executed. Steve decides to help Reed, and contacts a reporter named Simmons, who is covering the execution. In exchange for the story of his career, Simmons sneaks Steve and Dan into Reed's cell and the two help him escape. Meanwhile, the other Earthlings try to delay Cass and his wife, who are trying to sneak out of town with a stash of money they stole during the crime. When Reed shows up to confront them, they think he is a ghost, and Cass confesses to the murder and theft while being secretly tape recorded. ''Guest Stars:'' Richard Anderson (Joe Simmons), Anne Seymour (Martha Cass), George Mitchell (actor), George Mitchel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land Of The Giants
''Land of the Giants'' is a one-hour American science fiction television series that aired on ABC for two seasons, beginning on September 22, 1968, and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. ''Land of the Giants'' was Allen's fourth science-fiction TV series. The show was released by 20th Century Fox Television. The series was filmed entirely in color and ran for 51 episodes. The show starred Gary Conway, Deanna Lund and special guest star Kurt Kasznar. Five novels based on the television series, including three written by acclaimed science-fiction author Murray Leinster, were published in 1968 and 1969. Series overview Set in 1983 (at that time, 15 years in the future), the series concerns the passenger aircraft ''Spindrift'', which is lost during a suborbital spaceflight from Los Angeles to London. Just beyond Earth's boundary with space, the ship is dragged through a "dimension lock" and crashes on a planet which is similar to Earth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doodles Weaver
Winstead Sheffield "Doodles" Weaver (May 11, 1911 – January 16, 1983) was an American character actor, comedian, and musician. Born into a wealthy West Coast family, Weaver began his career in radio. In the late 1930s, he performed on Rudy Vallée's radio programs and ''Kraft Music Hall''. He later joined Spike Jones' City Slickers. In 1957, Weaver hosted his own NBC variety show ''The Doodles Weaver Show''. In addition to his radio work, he also recorded a number of comedy records, appeared in films and guest-starred on numerous television series from the 1950s through the 1970s. Weaver made his last onscreen appearance in 1981. Despondent over poor health, Weaver fatally shot himself in January 1983. Early life Weaver was born in Los Angeles, one of four children born to Sylvester Laflin Weaver, a wealthy roofing contractor, and Nellie Mabel (Amabel) Dixon Weaver. His older brother was Pat Weaver, who served as the president of NBC in the 1950s. Weaver's niece is actress Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Turley
Jack Bradford Turley (July 21, 1927 – January 19, 2021) was an American screenwriter. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team for his work on ''General Hospital''. His credits included ''Gunsmoke'', ''Bonanza'', ''Tales of Wells Fargo'', '' The Fugitive'', ''Rawhide'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', ''O'Hara, U.S. Treasury'', ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', ''The Love Boat'', ''Vega$ ''Vegas'' (stylized as ''Vega$'') is an American crime drama television series starring Robert Urich that aired on ABC from September 20, 1978, to June 3, 1981, with the pilot episode airing April 25, 1978. ''Vegas'' was produced by Aaron Spel ...'' and '' 12 O'Clock High''. Turley died in January 2021, at the age of 93. References External links * 1927 births 2021 deaths American male screenwriters American soap opera writers American male television writers American television writers 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pickard (American Actor)
John M. Pickard (June 25, 1913 – August 4, 1993) was an American actor who appeared primarily in television Westerns. Early life Pickard was born in Lascassas in Rutherford County, near Murfreesboro in Middle Tennessee. He graduated from the Nashville Conservatory in Nashville, Tennessee. His first acting roles were small parts in films, mostly uncredited, beginning in 1936 as a dueling soldier in the picture '' Mary of Scotland'', based on the 16th century queen, Mary of Scotland. Career Pickard returned to acting after the war and appeared in supporting roles in scores of Westerns and action dramas before landing the starring role in the syndicated television series, '' Boots and Saddles'', set in an Arizona fort in the late 19th century. His second film role, also uncredited, came in John Wayne's '' Wake of the Red Witch'' (1948). Pickard's first television guest-starring roles were in crime dramas in 1951 and 1952, respectively -- ''Racket Squad'', with Reed Had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myron Healey
Myron Daniel Healey (June 8, 1923 – December 21, 2005) was an American actor. He began his career in Hollywood, California during the early 1940s and eventually made hundreds of appearances in movies and on television during a career spanning more than half a century. Early years Healey was born in Petaluma in Sonoma County, California, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Healey. He served in World War II as an Air Corps navigator and bombardier, flying in B-26 Martin Marauders in the European Theatre. After the war he continued military duties, retiring in the early 1960s as a captain in the United States Air Force Reserve. Acting career Healey's film debut came in 1943 with '' Young Ideas.'' Returning to film work after WWII, he played villains and henchmen in low-budget Western films. He also did some screenwriting. In the post-war period he was frequently seen in Westerns from Monogram Pictures, often starring Johnny Mack Brown, Jimmy Wakely and Whip Wilson. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arch Whiting
Harold Joseph Archambault (September 29, 1936 – May 7, 2007) was an American television actor. He was known for playing the role of Sparks in the American science fiction television series ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea''. Life and career Whiting was born in Larchmont, New York. He began his career in the 1950s, where Whiting worked as a production assistant on the variety television program ''The Ed Sullivan Show''. Whiting studied acting with Sanford Meisner. In 1959, he appeared in the television series ''Paradise Kid'', in which Whiting said that, "it was a flop". He continued his career, mainly appearing on television, as his credits includes, '' The Fugitive'', ''Mannix'', ''Land of the Giants'', '' The F.B.I.'', '' Star Trek: The Original Series'', ''Joe Forrester'', ''Cannon'', ''Garrison's Gorillas'', '' Run for Your Life'', ''Barnaby Jones'' and '' The Bold Ones: The Lawyers''. Later in his career, Whiting co-starred in the science fiction television series '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Batanides
Arthur Batanides (April 9, 1923 – January 10, 2000) was an American film and television actor, originally from Tacoma, Washington. Life and career Arthur Batanides was born in Tacoma, Washington on April 9, 1923. He became enamored with acting after performing stand-up routines in front of fellow GIs in Europe during World War II. He was educated in dramatic art at the Actors' Lab in Los Angeles, followed by extensive stage experience. Batanides guest starred in such series as ''Crusader'', ''Tombstone Territory'', ''Zorro'', '' Combat!'', ''The Twilight Zone'', ''The Asphalt Jungle'', '' One Step Beyond, Blue Light'', ''Lost in Space'', '' Mission: Impossible'', ''The Silent Force'', '' I Spy'', ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''The Wild Wild West'', ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''Bearcats!'', '' The Odd Couple'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Bonanza'', ''Columbo'' and ''Happy Days''. He appeared as Bill Golding in the season six, 1963 episode of '' Perry Mason'' titled "The C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Ruskin
Joseph Ruskin (born Joseph Richard Schlafman; April 14, 1924 – December 28, 2013) was an American character actor. Early life Ruskin was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. After graduating high school in Cleveland, he served in the U.S. Navy and studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University, and began acting at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. Although he gained his greatest recognition in television and film, he continued to appear on stage throughout his career. He was Jewish. Career Ruskin appeared in an episode of '' The Outer Limits'', called " Production and Decay of Strange Particles". He played in ''The Time Tunnel'' episode "Revenge of the Gods", as well as two separate, two-part '' Mission: Impossible'' episodes—"Old Man Out" and "The Slave"—as well as the episodes "The Brothers" and "The Puppet". He had a non-credited role as the voice of the Kanamits in ''The Twilight Zone'' episode " To Serve Man", a season after playing the genie in another episode, " The Man in the Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Bennett (screenwriter)
Charles Alfred Selwyn Bennett (2 August 1899 – 15 June 1995) was an English playwright, screenwriter and director probably best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock. Biography Early life Charles Bennett was born in a disused railway carriage in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England, the son of Lilian Langrishe Bennett (1863–1930), an actress and artist. Bennett's mother told him his father was Charles Bennett, a civil engineer killed in a boiler explosion, though he thought it was actor Kyrle Bellew (1855–1911). Bennett had an elder brother, Frederick (known as Eric), and a younger brother, Vere. His father is recorded in his baptismal register as Frederick Bennett, engineer. The film historian John Belton has asserted that Bennett's father died when he was four. In the 1911 census, Lilian Bennett recorded herself as a widow, and an artist. Bennett was mostly educated at home, but also briefly at St Mark's College, Chelsea. Actor Bennett was a child actor, appearing i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance LeGault
William Lance LeGault Sr. (May 2, 1935 – September 10, 2012) was an American actor. He was best known as U.S. Army Colonel Roderick Decker in the 1980s American television series ''The A-Team''. Early and personal life LeGault was born May 2, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Mary Jean (née Kovachevich; died December 21, 1980) and Ernest Legault (1906–1941). LeGault's father was French-Canadian from Moose Creek, Ontario, Canada. LeGault's mother, Mary, was born in Illinois, the daughter of immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The family was poor. He lived in an orphanage for a time between his father's death in 1941 and when his mother remarried in 1943. He started working at 11, and was fired from the railroad at 13 when they discovered he was not 18 as he had claimed. He grew up in Chillicothe, Illinois and graduated from Chillicothe Township High School in 1955. He received a full football scholarship to the Municipal University of Wichita, where he majored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Trinka
Paul Francis Trinka (January 26, 1932 – December 28, 1973) was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing Patterson in the American science fiction television series ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea''. Life and career Trinka was born in Blairsville, Pennsylvania to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Trinka. He had 4 sisters and a brother. He attended Blairsville Middle-High School where he graduated in 1952, and served in the United States Army in Korea. He also served in the United States Air Force. After being discharged, Trinka attended Los Angeles City College, where he studied in drama and psychology. He performed in theatre in New York and Los Angeles, California. Trinka began his screen career in 1959, appearing in the film ''Operation Dames''. He also guest-starred in television programs including ''Ben Casey'', ''My Three Sons'' and ''Adventures in Paradise''. Trinka co-starred in the science fiction television series ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Abbott (actor, Born 1905)
John Albert Chamberlain Kefford (5 June 1905 – 24 May 1996) was an English actor professionally known as John Abbott. His memorable roles include the invalid Frederick Fairlie in the 1948 film '' The Woman in White'' and the pacifist Ayelborne in the ''Star Trek'' episode "Errand of Mercy". He also played Sesmar in an episode of '' Lost in Space'', "The Dream Monster", in 1966. Abbott was known as a Shakespearean actor. Biography Abbott was born in the district of Stepney in London on 5 June 1905. He had two siblings - a sister, Ivy Skeates of Cambridge, and a brother, Harold Kefford. In 1933, he began his career in show business when he made his professional stage debut in a revival of Dryden's '' Aureng-zebe'' with Sybil Thorndike. He then joined the Old Vic Company and appeared in Shakespearean roles, including Claudius in a production of ''Hamlet'' at Elsinore Castle in Denmark with Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, and Alec Guinness. His first Broadway role was that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
