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Grindl
''Grindl'' is an American situation comedy that began in fall 1963 on NBC, originally sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The show, starring Imogene Coca in the title role, lasted for one season. Synopsis Grindl (Coca) worked for Foster's Temporary Employment service and was employed doing domestic work. The show revolved around the different humorous situations she would get into with each new job she was assigned to each week. The first show featured guest star Telly Savalas, who would later star as Kojak. Other guest stars included George Kennedy, Paul Lynde, Robert Q. Lewis, Jack Albertson, Robert Karnes, Darryl Richard, and Leif Erickson. ''Grindl'' was scheduled on Sunday nights at 8:30 p.m. in September 1963, sandwiched between ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'' and ''Bonanza'', both major hits. The series was pitted against the second half of ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' on CBS which greatly contributed to its low ratings. It was canceled in spring 1964, after completin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imogene Coca
Imogene Coca (born Emogeane Coca; November 18, 1908 – June 2, 2001) was an American comic actress best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on '' Your Show of Shows''. Starting out in vaudeville as a child acrobat, she studied ballet and wished to have a serious career in music and dance, graduating to decades of stage musical revues, cabaret and summer stock. In her 40s, she began a celebrated career as a comedian on television, starring in six series and guest starring on successful television programs from the 1940s to the 1990s. She was nominated for five Emmy Awards for ''Your Show of Shows'', winning Best Actress in 1951 and singled out for a Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting in 1953. Coca was also nominated for a Tony Award in 1978 for '' On the Twentieth Century'' and received a sixth Emmy nomination at the age of 80 for an episode of '' Moonlighting''. She possessed a rubbery face capable of the broadest expressions — ''Life'' magazine compared her to Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Booth (actor)
William Allen Booth (November 7, 1949 – December 31, 2006) was an American child actor, best known for his role as Dennis Mitchell's best friend Tommy Anderson on the CBS sitcom '' Dennis the Menace'', based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name. He made guest appearances on ''The Twilight Zone'', ''My Three Sons'', ''The Donna Reed Show'', '' Lawman'', ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,'' and ''The Andy Griffith Show''. He also provided the voice for Wentworth in the 1962 Merrie Melodies episode ''Honey's Money''. Booth graduated from Crescenta Valley High School in 1967, from the University of Southern California in 1971, and from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1974. He became a practicing lawyer and moved to Los Osos, California in 1977. He taught business and real estate law at both Cuesta College and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, both located in San Luis Obispo County, California. He divorced his wife Kathern. He practiced law in Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telly Savalas
Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American actor and singer whose career spanned four decades. Noted for his bald head and deep, resonant voice, he is perhaps best known for portraying Lt. Theo Kojak on the crime drama series '' Kojak'' (1973–1978) and James Bond archvillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the film ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969). Savalas' other roles include '' Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962), ''The Greatest Story Ever Told'' (1965), ''Battle of the Bulge'' (1965), '' The Dirty Dozen'' (1967), '' Kelly's Heroes'' (1970), '' Horror Express'' (1972), '' Lisa and the Devil'' (1974) and ''Escape to Athena'' (1979). For ''Birdman of Alcatraz'', he was nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. As a singer, Savalas released a cover of the Bread song " If", which became a UK No. 1 single in 1975. The song also peaked at number 12 in Australia. Early life Aristotelis Savalas was born in Garde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Swift (director)
David "Dave" Swift (July 27, 1919 – December 31, 2001) was an American screenwriter, animator, director, and producer. He is best known for writing and directing the 1967 film, '' How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying''. Swift also worked as an animator and filmmaker at The Walt Disney Studios where he adapted the story of ''Pollyanna'' for the screen and wrote and directed '' The Parent Trap'' (1961). Life and career Born in Minneapolis, Swift's father owned a factory that made sausage casings. After the depression, he dropped out of school at the age of 17 and boarded a freight train to California to pursue his goal of working for Walt Disney. After arriving in Los Angeles, Swift worked several odd jobs to earn money including working as an usher at the Warner Bros. theater. In between work, he attended art school and also attended Hollywood High School at night. He began his career at The Walt Disney Studio as an office boy and rose to be an assistant animato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Gems
Screen Gems is an American brand name used by Sony Pictures' Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, a subsidiary of Japanese multinational conglomerate, Sony Group Corporation. It has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation, initially as a cartoon studio, then a television studio, and later on as a film studio. The label currently serves as a film production and distribution label that specializes in genre films, mainly horror. Animation studio: 1921–1946 Early years (1921–1933) When producer Pat Sullivan came to Harry Warner to sign a contract with him on his and Otto Messmer's series Felix the Cat, he declined and instead told his soon-to-be former secretary Margaret J. Winkler that she should form her own company and take control of the distribution of the series. Winkler formed M.J. Winkler Productions and soon also took control of Max and Dave Fleischer's series '' Out of the Inkwell''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Ackerman
Harry Stephen Ackerman (November 17, 1912 – February 3, 1991) was an American television producer, credited with creating or co-creating twenty-one series, seven of which were at one time being broadcast simultaneously. Some of the sitcoms in which he was involved in production during the 1950s and 1960s are also among the most popular American shows in the early history of the “small screen”, such as ''Father Knows Best'', '' Dennis the Menace'', '' Leave It to Beaver'', '' The Farmer's Daughter'', ''Hazel'', ''Bewitched'', ''The Flying Nun'', and ''Gidget''. Ackerman was known in the entertainment industry as the “dean of television comedy”, although he was instrumental too in developing many dramatic classics and documentaries, such as ''The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'', '' The Day Lincoln Was Shot'', and '' The 20th Century''. Early life and education Harry Ackerman was born in Albany, New York and attended Dartmouth College as a theater arts major. Career Ackerma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Kennedy
George Harris Kennedy Jr. (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. He played "Dragline" opposite Paul Newman in ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role and being nominated for the corresponding Golden Globe. He received a second Golden Globe nomination for portraying Joe Patroni in ''Airport'' (1970). Among the notable films he had a significant role in are ''Cool Hand Luke'', '' Charade'', '' Strait-Jacket'', '' McHale's Navy'', '' Shenandoah'', '' The Sons of Katie Elder'', '' The Flight of the Phoenix'', '' The Dirty Dozen'', '' The Boston Strangler'', '' Guns of the Magnificent Seven'', '' Thunderbolt and Lightfoot'', '' The Good Guys and the Bad Guys'', '' Airport 1975'', ''Earthquake'', '' The Eiger Sanction'', and '' The Naked Gun''. Kennedy was the only actor to appear in all four films in the ''Airport'' series, reprising the rol ... [...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 barely closeted homosexuality, Lynde was well known for his roles as Uncle Arthur on ''Bewitched,'' the befuddled father Harry MacAfee in '' Bye Bye Birdie'' and as a regular "center square" panelist on the game show '' 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 laughter and I've decided if I can make people laugh, I'm making an important contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Q
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Karnes
Robert Anthony Karnes (June 19, 1917 – December 4, 1979) was an American film, stage and television actor. Life and career Karnes was born in Kentucky. He served in World War II, where he had interest into acting and going to Hollywood, California, when World War II ended. He began his film and television career in 1946, as appearing in the film '' The Bamboo Blonde'', where he played the uncredited role of a Nightclub Patron. Karnes also began his stage career, where he appeared in the play ''Hamlet''. Later in his career, Karnes appeared in numerous television programs including ''Gunsmoke'', ''Bonanza'', ''The Twilight Zone'', ''The Waltons'', ''The Rockford Files'', ''M*A*S*H'', ''The Streets of San Francisco'', ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''Emergency!'', ''Perry Mason'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', '' The Fugitive'', '' The Untouchables'', '' Mission: Impossible'' and '' Ironside'', among others. He also starred, co-starred and appeared in films such as ''Miracle on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Albertson
Harold Albertson (June 16, 1907 – November 25, 1981), known professionally as Jack Albertson, was an American actor, comedian, dancer and singer who also performed in variety. Albertson was a Tony, Oscar, and Emmy winning actor. For his performance as John Cleary in the 1964 play '' The Subject Was Roses'' and its 1968 film adaptation, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His other notable roles include Grandpa Joe in '' Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' (1971), Manny Rosen in '' The Poseidon Adventure'' (1972), and Ed Brown in the television sitcom '' Chico and the Man'' (1974–78), for which he won an Emmy. For his contributions to the television industry, Albertson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1977 at 6253 Hollywood Boulevard. Early life Albertson was born on June 16, 1907, in Malden, Massachusetts, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants Flora (née Craft) and Leopold Alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darryl Richard (actor)
Darryl Richard Rosenberg (born March 18, 1946) is an American television and theatre actor. He is known for playing the role of Morton "Smitty" Smith in the American sitcom television series ''The Donna Reed Show''. Born in the United States. Richard began his career in 1953, first appearing in the anthology television series ''Suspense'', where he played the role of Ivan. He then appeared on Broadway plays from 1954, appearing in the Broadway play ''King of Hearts'', in which he played the role of Billy. His theatre appearances include ''Miss Isobel'', ''A Roomful of Roses'', ''Portofino'', ''Harbor Lights'' and '' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof''. Richard guest-starred in television programs including ''Mr. Novak'', ''The Phil Silvers Show'', ''The Rifleman'', ''The Detectives'', ''Sam Benedict'', '' The Betty Hutton Show'', ''The Twilight Zone'' (with Tom Lowell) and ''The Tom Ewell Show''. In 1961, Richard played the role of Morton "Smitty" Smith in the American sitcom television s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
