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Dream West
''Dream West'' is a 1986 American television miniseries starring Richard Chamberlain and directed by Dick Lowry. Development The seven-hour miniseries was broken into three parts (2 hours, 2 hours, and 3 hours). Part 1 aired on Sunday, April 13, 1986.Holston, Noel (11 April 1986)Cbs' 'Dream West' Spirited Miniseries ''Orlando Sentinel'' It was the 16th most-watched show of that week.(17 April 1986)Nielsen Ratings ''Chicago Tribune'' Part 2 had been intended to follow the next day, but was postponed a day until April 15 due to a press conference by President Ronald Reagan about Libya (see 1986 United States bombing of Libya). Part 3 was moved to Sunday, April 20. Part 2 was the 15th most watched television show for its week, and Part 3 came in 8th place.(24 April 1986)Nielsen Ratings ''Chicago Tribune'' Plot The film was based on the 1984 novel of the same name by David Nevin, based on the life of 19th century explorer and politician John C. Frémont.Hevesi, Dennis (29 March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Novel
Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other types of narrative, including theatre, opera, cinema, and television, as well as video games and graphic novels. An essential element of historical fiction is that it is set in the past and pays attention to the manners, social conditions and other details of the depicted period. Authors also frequently choose to explore notable historical figures in these settings, allowing readers to better understand how these individuals might have responded to their environments. The historical romance usually seeks to romanticize eras of the past. Some subgenres such as alternate history and historical fantasy insert intentionally ahistorical or speculative elements into a novel. Works of historical fiction are sometimes criticized for lack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Krige
Alice Maud Krige (; born June 28, 1954) is a South African actress and producer. Her big break came in 1981, when she starred as the Gilbert and Sullivan singer Sybil Gordon in the British historical film ''Chariots of Fire'', and as Eva Galli / Alma Mobley in the American supernatural horror film ''Ghost Story''. She received a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in the West End theatre production of '' Arms and the Man'' (1981) and later joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. Krige starred in various British, South African, European, and American films throughout her career. She starred in ''King David'' (1985), '' Barfly'' (1987), '' Haunted Summer'' (1988), '' See You in the Morning'' (1989), '' Sleepwalkers'' (1992), and '' Institute Benjamenta'' (1995). She played the role of the Borg Queen in the science fiction film '' Star Trek: First Contact'' (1996), for which she received a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, and reprised the role in '' Star Trek: Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Ferrer
Melchor Gastón FerrerAncestry Library Edition (August 25, 1917 – June 2, 2008) was an American actor, director, and producer, active in film, theatre, and television. He achieved prominence on Broadway before scoring notable film hits with '' Scaramouche'' (1952), '' Lili'' (1953), and '' Knights of the Round Table'' (also 1953)''.'' He starred opposite his wife, actress Audrey Hepburn, in '' War and Peace'' (1956) and produced her film ''Wait Until Dark'' (1967). Beginning in the 1970s, Ferrer acted extensively in Italian films and appeared in several cult hits, including '' The Antichrist'' (1974), '' The Black Corsair'' (1976) and '' Nightmare City'' (1980). He was also a co-founder of the La Jolla Playhouse. Early life Ferrer was born in Elberon, New Jersey, of Spanish and Irish descent. His father, Dr. José María Ferrer (December 3, 1857 – February 23, 1920), was born in Havana, Cuba, of Spanish ancestry. José was an authority on pneumonia and served as c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ensign
Michael Ensign (born February 13, 1944Ragan, David (1992). Who's Who in Hollywood, 1900–1976 : The Largest Cast of International Film Personalities Ever Assembled'. New York : Facts on File. p. 496. .) is an American actor who mostly played small roles. One of his most-known roles was Benjamin Guggenheim in the 1997 film ''Titanic''. Early life A native of Safford, Arizona, Ensign was raised in both the United States and England. Born into a family in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he later became a member of the Episcopal Church, attending a parish which is in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and spent the first ten years of his professional career working in the theatre in Britain. Career He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1970s, appearing in productions of ''As You Like It'', ''Love's Labour's Lost'', and ''Cymbeline'' amongst others. He has appeared in ''Irene'', '' Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff East
Jeffrey Franklin East (born October 27, 1957) is an American retired actor. Beginning his professional acting career at the age of fourteen, East is known for his portrayal of Huckleberry Finn in the United Artists feature films '' Tom Sawyer'' (1973) and ''Huckleberry Finn'' (1974), as well as for his portrayal of a teenage Clark Kent in Richard Donner's '' Superman: The Movie'' (1978). Early life East was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to parents Ira and Joan Ann East. His father worked in real estate and his mother was a homemaker. East grew up with three siblings: an older sister named Anne, an older brother named Ronald, and a twin sister named Jane. Career East's feature film credits include ''The Flight of the Grey Wolf'' (1974), '' Stranger in Our House'' (1978), ''Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith'' (1979), '' Klondike Fever'' (1980), '' Deadly Blessing'' (1981), '' Up the Creek'' (1984), '' Dream West'' (1986), '' Pumpkinhead'' (1988), '' Another Chance'' (1989), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Bergere
Lee Bergere (born Solomon Bergelson; April 10, 1918 – January 31, 2007) was an American actor, known for his role as Joseph Anders in the 1980s television series ''Dynasty''. Stage Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bergere began his career in 1936 at age 18 as Danny Kaye's understudy in the Broadway production of '' Lady in the Dark''. He appeared as the Duke, with Richard Kiley reprising his role as Don Quixote, when the Broadway hit ''Man of La Mancha'' premiered in Los Angeles in 1967. Through the years, Bergere also played Quixote as well as other characters in the show in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York. His Broadway credits also include ''Happiness Is Just a Little Thing Called a Rolls Royce'', and ''Right Next to Broadway''. Television Bergere debuted on television on an episode of the live series '' Studio One'' with James Dean. He made three guest appearances on ''Perry Mason'', two in 1963. In "The Case of the Witless Witness" he portrayed James Wall, a Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Anderson (actor)
John Robert Anderson (October 20, 1922 – August 7, 1992) was an American actor. Life and career Anderson was born in 1922 and raised in Clayton, Illinois. He served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. He also held a master's degree in drama from the University of Iowa. Anderson started out on Broadway, including an appearance in the musical '' Paint Your Wagon'' in 1951. He later worked primarily in film and television. Standing , he bore a strong resemblance to Abraham Lincoln, whom he portrayed three times. He appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's '' Psycho'' (1960) as used car salesman "California Charlie", who sells a car to Marion Crane (Janet Leigh). On television, he appeared in such series as ''The Rockford Files'', '' Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre'', ''Rawhide'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''The Rifleman'', '' Laramie'', '' Have Gun – Will Travel '', ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'', '' The Virginian'', ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'', '' The Californians'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Akins
Claude Aubrey Akins (May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994) was an American character actor. He played Sonny Pruit in '' Movin' On'', a 1974–1976 American drama series about a trucking team; Sheriff Lobo on '' The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo'', a 1979–1981 television series; and in a variety of other roles on television as well as in feature films. Early years Akins was born in Nelson, Georgia, and grew up in Bedford, Indiana, the son of Maude and Ernest Akins. Although film reference books gave his age at death as 75, Akins' son said his father was born in 1926, which is supported by public records. He was part Cherokee. Akins served in the Pacific with the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. After the war, he graduated from Northwestern University in 1949, where he had majored in theatre arts and was trained in Shakespeare. He began his theatrical career at the Barter Theater in Abington, Virginia. He became an actor on Broadway in the late 1940s, and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Zerbe
Anthony Jared Zerbe (born May 20, 1936) is an American actor. His notable film roles include the post-apocalyptic cult leader Matthias in ''The Omega Man'', a 1971 film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel, '' I Am Legend''; as an Irish Catholic coal miner and one of the Molly Maguires in the 1970 film '' The Molly Maguires''; as a corrupt gambler in '' Farewell, My Lovely''; as the leper colony chief Toussaint in the 1973 historical drama prison film '' Papillon''; as Abner Devereaux in '' Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park''; as villain Milton Krest in the James Bond film ''Licence to Kill''; Rosie in '' The Turning Point''; Roger Stuart in '' The Dead Zone''; Admiral Dougherty in '' Star Trek: Insurrection''; and Councillor Hamann in ''The Matrix Reloaded'' and '' The Matrix Revolutions''. Life and career Zerbe was born in Long Beach, California, the son of Catherine (née Scurlock) and Arthur LeVan Zerbe. He went to Newport Harbor High School. He attended Pomona Coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Weaver
Fritz William Weaver (January 19, 1926 − November 26, 2016) was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 theatre, television, and film productions in a career spanning nearly 60 years. Weaver won the 1970 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance for his performance as Jerome Malley in the original Broadway production of ''Child's Play'', and was nominated for Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for '' The Chalk Garden'' (1958). He was also well-known as a Shakespearean, and for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the musical ''Baker Street''. On screen, he made his film debut in Sidney Lumet's '' Fail Safe'' (1964), and appeared in '' Marathon Man'' (1976), '' Black Sunday'' (1977), '' Demon Seed'' (also 1977), '' Creepshow'' (1982), and '' The Thomas Crown Affair'' (1999). Weaver portrayed Dr. Josef Weiss in the 1978 television miniseries ''Holocaust'', for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kit Carson
Christopher Houston Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent and United States Army, U.S. Army officer. He became an American frontier legend in his own lifetime through biographies and news articles; exaggerated versions of his exploits were the subject of dime novels. His understated nature belied confirmed reports of his fearlessness, combat skills, tenacity, as well as profound effect on the Territorial evolution of the United States, westward expansion of the United States. Although he was famous for much of his life, historians in later years have written that Kit Carson did not like, want, or even fully understand the fame that he experienced during his life. Carson left home in rural Missouri at 16 to become a mountain man and trapper in the West. In the 1830s, he accompanied Ewing Young on an expedition to Alta California, Mexican California and joined fur-trapping expeditions into the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sutter
John Augustus Sutter (February 23, 1803 – June 18, 1880), born Johann August Sutter and known in Spanish as Don Juan Sutter, was a Switzerland, Swiss immigrant who became a Mexican and later an American citizen, known for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento, California, the state's capital. His employee James W. Marshall discovered gold, leading to the founding of the mill-making team at Sutter's Mill. Sutter, however, saw his own business ventures fail during the California gold rush, though those of his elder son, John Augustus Sutter Jr., were more successful.Sutter, John A. Jr. & Ottley, Allan R. (Ed.). ''Statement: Regarding Early California Experiences''. Sacramento Book Collectors Club. 1943. Early life Sutter was born on February 23, 1803, in Kandern, Margraviate of Baden, Baden in present-day Germany, to Johann Jakob Sutter, a Construction foreman, foreman at a paper mill, and Christina Wilhelmine Sutter (née Stober). His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
