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Gidget Gets Married
''Gidget Gets Married'' is a 1972 American made-for television comedy film produced by Screen Gems for ABC. It was written by John McGreevey, directed by E.W. Swackhamer and starred Monie Ellis as Gidget. Plot Now that Jeff has completed his military service and landed a lucrative job as an engineer, he and Gidget marry and move to Woodlake, Florida, where his new job is. Gidget finds that Jeff's company exerts far too much control over their lives, deciding where they will live and even choosing their friends for them. Gidget's rebellion against this lands Jeff in hot water, and their marriage is sorely tested. Cast * Michael Burns as Jeff Stevens * Monie Ellis as Gidget Stevens * Don Ameche as Otis Ramsey * Joan Bennett as Claire Ramsey * Corinne Camacho as Nancy Lewis * Macdonald Carey as Russ Lawrence * Elinor Donahue as Medley Blaine * Paul Lynde as Louis B. Latimer * Roger Perry as Tom Blaine * Gene Andrusco as Vince Blaine * Radames Pera as Bob Ramsey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Burns (historian)
Michael Thornton Burns (born December 30, 1947) is an American professor emeritus of history at Mount Holyoke College, and a published author and former television and film teen actor, most known for the television series ''Wagon Train''. Background Michael Thornton Burns was born in Mineola, New York, on Long Island, to director and producer Frank Xavier Burns (best known for the early television series, ''Martin Kane, Private Eye'') and Mary Lou DeWeese. He has an older sister, Pamela. In 1949, the family moved to Yonkers. In 1956, the family relocated to Beverly Hills, California, where he attended Beverly Hills High School. He attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia for a year before he transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles. There he took classes mostly in the evening, as he often worked as an actor during many days. He resided in Redondo Beach. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa, ''summa cum laude'' in 1976 with a Bachelor of Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gidget Gets Married Paul Lynde 1972
Gidget () is a fictional character created by author Frederick Kohner (based on his teenage daughter, Kathy) in his 1957 novel, ''Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas''. The novel follows the adventures of a teenage girl and her surfing friends on the beach in Malibu. The name Gidget is a portmanteau of "girl" and "midget". Following the novel's publication, the character appeared in several films, television series, and television movies. Novels The original Gidget was created by Frederick Kohner in his 1957 novel ''Gidget, The Little Girl with Big Ideas'' (reprinted numerous times under the shortened title ''Gidget'', by which it is more widely known), written in the first person and based on the accounts of his daughter Kathy (now Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman) of the surf culture of Malibu Point. The novel was published by Putnam. Kohner, a prolific screenwriter with one Academy Award nomination, published seven sequels to this novel, five of them original novels: * ''Cher Papa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burke Byrnes
Burke Byrnes (born December 9, 1937) is an American former actor, best known as the voice for Daddy Topps in ''The Land Before Time ''The Land Before Time'' is a franchise consisting of American animated film, animated Adventure film, adventure Children's film, family films centered around dinosaurs, including a Movie theater, theatrical movie, various Direct-to-video, st ...''. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1969 to 1994. Filmography References External links * 1937 births Living people 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors Male actors from New York (state) People from Oceanside, New York {{US-voice-actor-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivor Barry
Ivor Barry (12 April 1919 – 12 December 2006) was a Welsh film and television actor. Born in South Wales, Barry served with the British Royal Artillery during World War II and completed his university studies prior to beginning his acting career. After bit parts in England, he moved to Canada in the early 1950s where he also wrote and adapted scripts for radio as well acting in television. He eventually moved to Hollywood in the 1960s, and made many television and film appearances over the next 25 years. He played the part of Wyatt ( Ilan Mitchell-Smith) and Chet (Bill Paxton) Donnelly's grandfather in the 1985 film ''Weird Science''. Barry's television appearances included ''Bonanza'', ''Daniel Boone'', ''Bewitched'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', '' Mission: Impossible'', ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', ''Fantasy Island'', ''Punky Brewster'', and ''Highway to Heaven''. He died of heart failure in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, on 12 December 2006, aged 87. Filmography *'' Unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Fimple
Dennis Clarke Fimple (November 11, 1940 – August 23, 2002) was an American actor. Biography Fimple was born in Ventura, California, the son of Dolly and Elmer Fimple. He graduated from Taft Union High School in 1958 and received a teaching certificate from San Jose State University, where he majored in Drama. He appeared in a variety of TV shows including ''Here Come the Brides'', ''Petticoat Junction'', ''Matt Houston'', ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'', ''Centennial (miniseries), Centennial'', ''Simon & Simon'', ''Highway to Heaven'', ''Sledge Hammer!'', ''Knight Rider (1982 TV series), Knight Rider'', ''Quantum Leap (1989 TV series), Quantum Leap'' and ''ER (TV series), ER''. He also had roles in films such as ''Truck Stop Women'' (1974), ''The Apple Dumpling Gang (film), The Apple Dumpling Gang'' (1975), ''Mackintosh and T.J.'' (1975), ''Stay Hungry'' (1976), ''King Kong (1976 film), King Kong'' (1976), ''The Shadow of Chikara'' (1977), ''Goin' South'' (1978), ''The Wild W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Williams
David James "Tiger" Williams (born February 3, 1954) is a Canadian former professional sports, professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1974–75 NHL season, 1974 to 1987–88 NHL season, 1988. He played in the 33rd National Hockey League All-Star Game, 1981 NHL All-Star Game and the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals. He is the NHL's career leader in penalty minutes. He was nicknamed "Tiger" as a 5-year-old by his minor hockey coach in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. NHL career Williams was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second round (31st overall) of the 1974 NHL amateur draft. He was also drafted by the Cincinnati Stingers of the World Hockey Association (WHA) in the third round (33rd overall) in the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft, but he signed with the Maple Leafs. Williams was best known as an enforcer (hockey), enforcer, but he was also able to score goals. He played on five different NHL teams during his career. He made his NHL debut with the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radames Pera
Radames Pera (born September 14, 1960) is an American actor best known for his role as "Grasshopper", the student Kwai Chang Caine in the 1972 to 1975 television series ''Kung Fu''. Early life and acting career Pera was born in New York City, the son of actress Lisa Pera and Spin Art's inventor, Eugene R. Pera. The couple split shortly after moving to Hollywood with their son in 1963. Over the next five years Lisa reached some notable success as an actor in film and network TV. In 1968, at age eight, Radames was discovered by classic film Director Daniel Mann to play the role of Anthony Quinn and Irene Papas' dying son in the feature '' A Dream of Kings'' (1969). The two met at a dinner party Radames' mother held and he got cast in the role of Stavros. After numerous young character roles, between 1972 until 1975 Radames appeared as Young Caine (better known as "Grasshopper") in the ABC television series ''Kung Fu''. Caine was an orphan from Hunan Province in China who had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Andrusco
Gene Andrusco (April 6, 1961 – March 20, 2000), better known as Gene Eugene, was a Canadian-born actor, record producer, engineer, composer, and musician. Andrusco was best known as the leader of the alternative rock band Adam Again, a member of The Swirling Eddies (credited as Prickly Disco), and as a founding member of the supergroup Lost Dogs. Prior to his music career, Eugene was a child actor including one role as "Young Darrin Stephens" in a 1971 episode of ''Bewitched'' ("Out of the Mouths of Babes"). On top of his own musical projects, Eugene was a record producer producing albums for other contemporary Christian artists ranging from Crystal Lewis to The Prayer Chain to Starflyer 59. Eugene was married to musician and fellow Adam Again band member, Riki Michele Riki Michele (born Michele Bunch, currently Michele Palmer) started her musical career as a female Christian alternative rock artist. Best known as one of the vocalists for Adam Again, she has also recorded f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Perry
Roger Perry (May 7, 1933 – July 12, 2018) was an American film and television actor whose career began in the late 1950s. He served as an intelligence officer in the United States Air Force during the early 1950s. Career Television In the 1960–1961 television season, Perry portrayed attorney Jim Harrigan Jr. in ''Harrigan and Son'', with Pat O'Brien as his father. He guest-starred on numerous American television series from the 1950s through the 1980s. His first television appearance was as Ted Jarvis in the 1958 episode "Paper Bullets" of the syndicated crime drama, ''U.S. Marshal''. In 1960, he appeared with James Coburn and John Dehner in the episode "Friend of the Family" of '' The Texan'', and the premiere episode, "You're Only Young Twice," of '' New Comedy Showcase''. He co-starred in the 1963–1964 series ''Arrest and Trial'' as Detective Sergeant Dan Kirby. He played the scriptwriter Cliff opposite Sharon Farrell and Franchot Tone on Alfred Hitchcock Hour Seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Lynde
Paul Edward Lynde (; June 13, 1926January 10, 1982) was an American comedian, actor, and game-show panelist. A character actor with a distinctively campy and snarky persona that often poked fun at his closeted homosexuality, Lynde was well known for his roles as List of Bewitched characters#Uncle Arthur, Uncle Arthur on ''Bewitched,'' the befuddled father Harry MacAfee in ''Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film), Bye Bye Birdie'', and a regular "center square" panelist on the game show ''Hollywood Squares, The Hollywood Squares'' from 1968 to 1981. He also voiced animated characters for five Hanna-Barbera productions. Lynde regularly topped audience polls of most-liked TV stars, and was routinely admired and recognized by his peers during his lifetime. Mel Brooks once described Lynde as being capable of getting laughs by reading "a phone book, tornado alert, or seed catalogue". Lynde once said that while he would rather be recognized as a serious actor, "we live in a world that needs laught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elinor Donahue
Elinor Donahue (born Mary Eleanor Donahue; April 19, 1937) is an American retired actress known for playing the role of Betty Anderson, the eldest child of Jim and Margaret Anderson, on the 1950s American sitcom ''Father Knows Best''. Early life and career Donahue was born in Tacoma, Washington, the daughter of Doris Genevieve (née Gelbaugh) and Thomas William Donahue on April 19, 1937. Appearing in dancing-chorus film roles from the age of five, Donahue was at one point a ballet-school classmate of future Fred Astaire partner Barrie Chase. She was a child actress working in vaudeville and had several bit parts in movies as a teenager, including ''Love Is Better Than Ever'' (1952), starring Elizabeth Taylor and ''Tea for Two (film), Tea for Two'' (1950) starring Doris Day. She played one of the daughters in ''Three Daring Daughters'' in 1948 and appeared as Mamie Van Doren's sister in ''Girls Town (1959 film), Girls Town'' (1959). ''Father Knows Best'' Donahue achieved star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macdonald Carey
Edward Macdonald Carey (March 15, 1913 – March 21, 1994) was an American actor, best known for his role as the patriarch Dr. Tom Horton on NBC's soap opera '' Days of Our Lives''. For almost three decades, he was the show's central cast member. He first made his career starring in various B-movies of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s (with a few A-picture exceptions like Hitchcock's '' Shadow of a Doubt''). He was known in many Hollywood circles as "King of the Bs", sharing the throne with his "queen", Lucille Ball. Early life Edward Macdonald Carey was born on March 15, 1913 in Sioux City, Iowa. He graduated from the University of Iowa in Iowa City with a bachelor's degree in 1935, after attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison for a year where he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. He became involved with the drama school at the University of Iowa and decided to become an actor. Career Radio and Broadway Carey toured with the Globe Players. He began to work steadily on radi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
