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Dr. Simon Locke
''Dr. Simon Locke'' (on-screen title is ''Doctor Simon Locke'') is a Canadian medical drama that was syndicated to television stations in the United States from 1971 to 1974 through the sponsorship of Colgate-Palmolive. After the first season, the show was renamed ''Police Surgeon''. Plot The series was initially a medical drama that originated from the fictional rural town of Dixon Mills, where a young physician, Dr. Simon Locke (played by soap opera star Sam Groom), yearning for more than the big-city medical environment, arrives in town to assist veteran physician Dr. Andrew Sellers (played by veteran actor Jack Albertson), with some pushback and resistance from the local citizens to the new doctor. The plot lines were more fitting for a big city medical drama, including a typhoid epidemic, child abuse, and even a murder. The series co-starred Len Birman as Sheriff Dan Palmer and Nuala Fitzgerald as Nurse Louise Wynn. In 1972, Albertson left the show, and the series was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilton Schiller
Wilton Schiller (July 24, 1919 – July 27, 2014) was an American producer and screenwriter. He produced the last season of the American crime drama television series '' The Fugitive''. Career Schiller started his career, as screenwriting on radio and performing comedy, after graduating from University of Chicago. In 1950s–1960s, Schiller wrote episodes of several television programs, including, ''Lassie'', '' Have Gun -- Will Travel'', '' The Millionaire'', '' Dragnet'', ''Man with a Camera'', '' M Squad'', ''Leave It to Beaver'' and ''Rawhide''. In 1960s–1970s, Schiller became a producer on the medical drama ''Ben Casey'' for 26 episodes. He produced ''Mannix'' for the first season. He also screenplayed the 1964 film '' The New Interns'' and taught screenwriting at University of California. Schiller became producer for the crime drama television series '' The Fugitive'' in 1966, replacing producer Alan Armer. In the 1970s–1980s, Schiller pioneered co-productions on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Abuse
Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical abuse, physical, child sexual abuse, sexual, emotional and/or psychological abuse, psychological maltreatment or Child neglect, neglect of a child, especially by a parent or a caregiver. Child abuse may include any act or Negligence, failure to act by a parent or a caregiver that results in actual or potential wrongful harm to a child and can occur in a child's home, or in organizations, schools, or communities the child interacts with. Different jurisdictions have different requirements for mandatory reporting and have developed different definitions of what constitutes child abuse, and therefore have different criteria to remove children from their families or to prosecute a criminal charge. History As late as the 19th century, cruelty to children, perpetrated by employers and teachers, was commonplace and widespread, and corporal punishment was customary in many countries, but in the first half of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972–73
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an artificial canal between the Tigris a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Candy
John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian who is best known for his work in Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood films. Candy first rose to national prominence in the 1970s as a member of the Toronto branch of the Second City and its Second City Television, SCTV sketch comedy series. He rose to international fame in the 1980s with his roles in comedy films such as ''Stripes (film), Stripes'' (1981), ''Splash (film), Splash'' (1984), ''Brewster's Millions (1985 film), Brewster's Millions'' (1985), ''Armed and Dangerous (1986 film), Armed and Dangerous'' (1986), ''Spaceballs'' (1987), ''Planes, Trains and Automobiles'' (1987), ''The Great Outdoors (film), The Great Outdoors'' (1988), ''Uncle Buck'' (1989), and ''Cool Runnings'' (1993). He also appeared in supporting roles in ''The Blues Brothers (film), The Blues Brothers'' (1980), ''National Lampoon's Vacation'' (1983), ''Little Shop of Horrors (film), Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keenan Wynn
Francis Xavier Aloysius James Jeremiah Keenan Wynn (July 27, 1916 – October 14, 1986) was an American character actor. His expressive face was his wikt:stock-in-trade, stock-in-trade; though he rarely carried the leading actor, lead role, he had prominent billing in most of his film and television roles. Early life Wynn was born on July 27, 1916, in New York City, the son of vaudeville comedian Ed Wynn and his wife, the former Hilda Keenan. He took his stage name from his maternal grandfather, Frank Keenan, one of the first Broadway theatre, Broadway actors to star in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood. His father was Jewish American, Jewish and his mother was of Irish Catholics, Irish Catholic background. Ed Wynn encouraged his son to become an actor, and to join The Lambs, The Lambs Club, which he did in 1937. Career Theatre and radio Wynn began his career as a stage actor. He appeared in several plays on Broadway, including ''Remember the Day'' (1935), ''Black Widow' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Sheen
Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. His work spans over six decades of television and film, and his accolades include three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Sheen rose to prominence in his breakthrough roles in Terrence Malick's crime drama '' Badlands'' (1973) and Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War drama '' Apocalypse Now'' (1979). Sheen is also known for such notable films as '' The Subject Was Roses'' (1968), '' Catch-22'' (1970), '' The California Kid'' (1974), '' Gandhi'' (1982), '' Wall Street'' (1987), '' Gettysburg'' (1993), '' The American President'' (1995), '' Catch Me If You Can'' (2002), '' The Departed'', '' Bobby'' (both 2006), and '' Judas and the Black Messiah'' (2021). He also portrayed Uncle Ben in '' The Amazing Spider-Man'' (2012). He is also known for portraying Robert F. Kennedy in '' The Missiles of October'' (1974), Eddie Slovik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ansara
Michael George Ansara (; April 15, 1922 – July 31, 2013) was an American actor. A Syrian-American, he was often cast in Arabic and American Indian roles. His work in both film and television spanned several genres including historical epics, Westerns, and science fiction. He portrayed Cochise in the television series '' Broken Arrow'' 1956-1958, Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart in the NBC series '' Law of the Plainsman,'' Commander Kang in '' Star Trek: The Original Series'', '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', and '' Star Trek: Voyager'', Kane in the 1979–1981 series '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'', and provided the voice for Mr. Freeze in the DC Animated Universe. Ansara was married three times, each time to an actress. He was first married to Jean Byron, who played Patty Duke's mother on '' The Patty Duke Show''. They divorced in 1956. While starring in the '' Broken Arrow'' series, he met and married Barbara Eden. They appeared in the 1961 film '' Voyage to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Pleasence
Donald Henry Pleasence (; 5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor. He was known for his "bald head and intense, staring eyes," and played more than 250 stage, film, and television roles across a nearly sixty-year career. Pleasence began his career on stage in the West End before having a screen career, which included starring in a 1954 BBC adaptation of George Orwell's ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'', before playing numerous supporting and character roles, developing a reputation for playing "nervy, unstable characters" including Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe in '' The Great Escape'' (1963), the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film '' You Only Live Twice'' (1967), SEN 5241 in ''THX 1138'' (1971), and the deranged Clarence "Doc" Tydon in '' Wake in Fright'' (1971). He also maintained an acclaimed career on the Broadway stage. Pleasence starred as psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis in ''Halloween'' (1978) and four of its sequels, a role for which he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Nielsen
Leslie William Nielsen (February 11, 1926November 28, 2010) was a Canadian actor and comedian. With a career spanning 60 years, he appeared in more than 100 films and 150 television programs, portraying more than 220 characters. He made his acting debut in 1950, appearing in 46 live television programs a year. He made his film debut in 1956, with supporting roles in several dramas, westerns and romance films produced from the 1950s to 1970s. Although his memorable performances in the films ''Forbidden Planet'' and ''The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film), The Poseidon Adventure'' gave him standing as a dramatic actor, Nielsen later gained enduring recognition for his Deadpan, deadpan comedy roles during the 1980s, after being cast for the Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker comedy film ''Airplane!'' In his comedy roles, he specialized in portraying characters oblivious to and complicit in their absurd surroundings. His performance in ''Airplane!'' marked a turning point which made him "th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shatner
William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the ''Star Trek'' franchise, from his 1966 debut as the captain of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), ''Enterprise'' in the Where No Man Has Gone Before, second pilot of the Star Trek: The Original Series, first ''Star Trek'' television series to his final appearance as Captain Kirk in the seventh ''Star Trek'' feature film, ''Star Trek Generations'' (1994). Shatner began his screen acting career in Canadian films and television productions before moving into guest-starring roles in various American television shows. He appeared as James Kirk in all the episodes of ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', 21 of the 22 episodes of ''Star Trek: The Animated Series'', and the first seven List of Star Trek films, ''Star Trek'' movies. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences before, during and after his time in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
