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J. Pat O'Malley
James Rudolph O'Malley (15 March 1904 – 27 February 1985) was an English actor and singer who appeared in many American films and television programmes from the 1940s to 1982, using the stage name J. Pat O'Malley. He also appeared on the Broadway stage in ''Ten Little Indians'' (1944) and ''Dial M for Murder'' (1954). ''The New York Times'' drama critic Theodore Goldsmith praised O'Malley's performance in ''Ten Little Indians'', calling him "a rara avis, a comedian who does not gauge the success of his efforts by the number of laughs he induces at each performance". Career Early years Born into an Irish family in Burnley, Lancashire, O'Malley sang with Jack Hylton and his orchestra in the United Kingdom from 1930 to 1935. Known at that time as Pat O'Malley, in 1930 he sang " Amy, Wonderful Amy", a song about aviator Amy Johnson, performed by Hylton's band. At the end of 1935, Hylton and O'Malley came to the United States to record with a band composed of American musicians, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Gordon
Susan Gordon (July 27, 1949 – December 11, 2011) was an American actress who appeared in films and numerous episodes of television programs such as ''The Twilight Zone'', ''My Three Sons'', and ''The Donna Reed Show''. Life and career Gordon was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of film director Bert I. Gordon and his wife, Flora (Lang) Gordon. She began her career, at age eight, as a last-minute substitute for another young actress in 1958's '' Attack of the Puppet People'', directed by her father, who subsequently directed her in three additional films — '' The Boy and the Pirates'', '' Tormented'' (both 1960) and 1966's '' Picture Mommy Dead'', her final film. In 1959, she acted and sang in the semi-biographical film, '' The Five Pennies'', playing the daughter of musician, composer and bandleader Red Nichols, portrayed by Danny Kaye. On television, Gordon appeared in ''The Twilight Zone'' episode "The Fugitive", as Jenny, a child with a leg br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of fiction typically Setting (narrative), set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated with Americana (culture), folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. The frontier is depicted in Western media as a sparsely populated hostile region patrolled by cowboys, Outlaw (stock character), outlaws, sheriffs, and numerous other Stock character, stock Gunfighter, gunslinger characters. Western narratives often concern the gradual attempts to tame the crime-ridden American West using wider themes of justice, freedom, rugged individualism, manifest destiny, and the national history and identity of the United States. Native Americans in the United States, Native American populations were often portrayed as averse foes or Savage ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rescue 8
''Rescue 8'' is a syndicated American action adventure drama series about Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD) Rescue Squad 8. It premiered in 1958 and originally ran for two seasons with syndicated reruns continuing for almost a decade thereafter. Premise, cast, and characters Rescue 8, like 26 other rescue units with the LACFD, responded when people faced life-and-death situations. Attached to Fire House Station 8, the unit was headed by veteran rescueman Wes Cameron. Skip Johnson was his assistant. The show starred Jim Davis as Wes Cameron and Lang Jeffries as Skip Johnson. Nancy Rennick portrayed Patty Johnson, and Mary K. Cleary portrayed Susan Johnson, the wife and daughter, respectively of Skip Johnson. Tom McKee played the chief. Production Created by George Draine and Paul Frees, the series was produced by Screen Gems, with directors Dann Cahn and William Witney. ''Rescue 8'' produced 73 half-hour episodes. The first season ran on Tuesday evenings, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederate States Of America
The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or Dixieland, was an List of historical unrecognized states and dependencies, unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States from 1861 to 1865. It comprised eleven U.S. states that declared Secession in the United States, secession: South Carolina in the American Civil War, South Carolina, Mississippi in the American Civil War, Mississippi, Florida in the American Civil War, Florida, Alabama in the American Civil War, Alabama, Georgia in the American Civil War, Georgia, Louisiana in the American Civil War, Louisiana, Texas in the American Civil War, Texas, Virginia in the American Civil War, Virginia, Arkansas in the American Civil War, Arkansas, Tennessee in the American Civil War, Tennessee, and North Carolina in the American Civil War, North Carolina. These states fought against the United States during the American Civil War. With Abraham Lincoln's 1860 Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rebel (American TV Series)
''The Rebel'' is a 76-episode United States, American Westerns on television, Western television series starring Nick Adams (actor, born 1931), Nick Adams that ran on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC network from 1959 to 1961. ''The Rebel'' was one of the few Mark Goodson#Mark Goodson–Bill Todman Productions (1948–1982), Goodson-Todman Productions outside of their game show ventures. Synopsis The series portrays the adventures of young Confederate States Army, Confederate army veteran Johnny Yuma, an aspiring writer, played by Nick Adams. Haunted by his memories of the American Civil War, Yuma, in search of inner peace, roams the American West, specifically the Texas Hill Country and South Plains. He keeps a journal of his adventures and fights injustice where he finds it with a revolver and his dead father's sawed-off, double-barreled shotgun. Cast Main Adams was the star, and only regular actor of this series. He was involved in the show's design, inception, and writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast Television broadcaster, television and radio Radio network, network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. ABC is headquartered on Riverside Drive in Burbank, California, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Team Disney – Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network maintains secondary offices at 77 66th Street (Manhattan), West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, which houses its broadcast center and the headquarters of its news division, ABC News (United States), ABC News. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. The youngest of the "Big Three (American television), Big Three" American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronado 9
''Coronado 9'' is an American crime drama series starring Rod Cameron that aired in syndication in 1960. Synopsis Set in San Diego, California, the series follows Dan Adams (Cameron), a former United States Navy intelligence officer turned private detective. The show's title was taken from the telephone exchange of Adams's office. The Revue Productions series had 39 episodes that aired from September 6, 1960, and May 31, 1961. ''Coronado 9'' was produced by Richard Irving. Lawrence Kimble wrote scripts for it. It was sponsored in at least 70 markets by the Falstaff Brewing Company. Guest stars * Rayford Barnes * Kathie Browne * King Calder * Anthony Caruso * Virginia Christine * Steve Darrell * Don Devlin * Roy Engel * Bill Erwin * Beverly Garland * Coleen Gray * Clark Howat * Ted Jordan * DeForest Kelley * Robert Knapp * Sue Ane Langdon * Nan Leslie * Ann McCrea * Doug McClure * Eve Miller * Read Morgan * Ed Nelson * Jay Novello * J. Pat O'Malley * William Scha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Detective (TV Series)
''City Detective'' is a half-hour syndicated television crime drama starring Rod Cameron as Bart Grant, a tough 1950s New York City police lieutenant. The show's title was a bit of a misnomer, as Grant fought crime "from Mexico to the Mojave Desert to New York City". Herschel Daugherty directed the series, and Lawrence Kimble wrote for it. Blake Edwards was a writer and an associate producer. Sixty-five episodes were produced from 1953 to 1955. Revue Productions rented space from Republic Studios for filming the series. Guest stars * Mike Connors guest-starred as Massey in the 1955 episode "Baby in the Basket". * Chuck Connors appeared as Sam in the 1955 episode "Trouble in Toyland". * Walter Coy appeared as Hilton in "Christmas Pardon" on January 1, 1953. * Fess Parker appeared as Tony in the 1955 episode "Hearts and Flowers". * DeForest Kelley appeared twice on ''City Detective'', as Benjamin in "An Old Man's Gold" Kelley and in "Crazy Like a Fox". * Carolyn Jones ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gunn
''Peter Gunn'' is an American detective fiction, private eye television series, starring Craig Stevens (actor), Craig Stevens as Peter Gunn with Lola Albright as his girlfriend, lounge singer Edie Hart. The series was broadcast by NBC from September 22, 1958, to 1960 and by American Broadcasting Company, ABC in 1960–61. The series was created by Blake Edwards, who also wrote 39 episodes and directed nine. According to Vincent Terrace, ''Peter Gunn'' was the first detective series whose character was created especially for television, instead of adapted from other media. The series is probably best remembered today for its music by film and television composer Henry Mancini, including the iconic "Peter Gunn (song), Peter Gunn Theme", which was nominated for an Emmy Award and two Grammy Award, Grammys for Mancini. Subsequently the theme has been performed and recorded by many jazz, rock and blues musicians. The progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer recorded the song, add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice (1954 TV Series)
''Justice'' is an American drama television series about lawyers with The Legal Aid Society of New York City that aired on NBC from April 8, 1954, to March 25, 1956. The series stars Gary Merrill and Dane Clark; Clark was subsequently replaced by William Prince. It is narrated by Westbrook Van Voorhis. Overview Broadcast live, the series presented stories of poor people who needed legal help, primarily in criminal cases but sometimes in civil cases. Clark portrayed Richard Adams in 1954–1955, and Prince took over the role in 1955–1956. Merrill played Jason Tyler in 1954–1955. Guest stars included Gisele MacKenzie. Sponsored by the American Tobacco Company, the program initially was broadcast on Thursdays from 8:30 to 9 p.m. Eastern Time. In October 1955 it was moved to Sundays from 10:30 to 11 p.m. E.T. References External links * *Moment of Panic (Season 3, Episode 14) via YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legal Drama
Legal drama, also called courtroom drama, is a genre of film and television that generally focuses on narratives regarding legal practice and the justice system. The American Film Institute (AFI) defines "courtroom drama" as a genre of film in which a system of justice plays a critical role in the film's narrative. Legal dramas have also followed the lives of the fictional Lawyer, attorneys, defendants, plaintiffs, or other persons related to the practice of law present in television show or film. Legal drama is distinct from Police procedural, police crime drama or detective fiction, which typically focus on police officers or detectives investigating and solving crimes. The focal point of legal dramas, more often, are events occurring within a courtroom, but may include any phases of legal procedure, such as Jury trial, jury deliberations or work done at law firms. Some legal dramas Film à clef, fictionalize real cases that have been litigated, such as the play-turned-movie, Inh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serial (radio And Television)
In television program, television and radio programming, a serial is a show that has a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode-by-episode fashion. Serials typically follow main story arcs that span entire television seasons or even the complete run of the series, and sometimes spinoffs, which distinguishes them from episodic television that relies on more stand-alone episodes. Worldwide, the soap opera is the most prominent form of serial dramatic programming. In the United Kingdom, the first serials were direct adaptations of well-known Serial (literature), literary works, usually consisting of a small number of episodes. Serials rely on keeping the full nature of the story hidden and revealing elements episode by episode, to encourage spectators to tune in to every episode to follow the plot. Often these shows employ recapping segments at the beginning and cliffhangers at the end of each episode. The invention of recording devices such as VCRs and Digital video re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
