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Kaz (TV Series)
''Kaz'' is an American crime drama and courtroom drama series that aired Sundays at 10:00 pm and Wednesdays at 9:00 pm (EST) on CBS from September 10, 1978, to April 22, 1979. Overview Ron Leibman starred as Martin "Kaz" Kazinski, a Polish American former convict who became a criminal defense attorney after he was released from prison. Leibman won an Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actor in a drama. Nevertheless, the show failed to capture an audience and was cancelled after 22 episodes due to middling ratings. The show ranked 53rd out of 114 shows that season with an average 17.0/28 rating/share.https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/79-OCR/BC-1979-06-18-OCR-Page-0056.pdf#search=%22rounding%20up%20the%20ratings%22 In her 2019 memoir, Demi Moore wrote that she got her first acting role in a bit part on this show playing a teen prostitute. Cast * Ron Leibman as Martin "Kaz" Kazinski * Patrick O'Neal as Samuel Bennett * Linda Carlson as Kat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Leibman
Ron Leibman (; October 11, 1937 – December 6, 2019) was an American actor. He won both the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play in 1993 for his performance as Roy Cohn in ''Angels in America''. Leibman also won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1979 for his role as Martin 'Kaz' Kazinsky in his short-lived crime drama series '' Kaz''. Leibman appeared in films such as ''Where's Poppa?'' (1970), '' The Hot Rock'' (1972), ''Norma Rae'' (1979), and '' Zorro, The Gay Blade'' (1982). Later in his career, he became widely known for his recurring role as Dr. Leonard Green on ''Friends'' (1996–2004), and for providing the voice of Ron Cadillac on '' Archer'' (2013–2016). Early life Leibman was born October 11, 1937, in Manhattan to Grace (née Marks), who was of Russian-Jewish descent, and Murray Leibman, a Russian-Jewish immigrant who worked in the garment business. Leibman graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University. Career Leibman w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Rolfe
Samuel Harris Rolfe (born Samuel Harris Rosenbaum, February 18, 1924 – July 10, 1993) was an American screenwriter best known for creating (with Herb Meadow) the 1950–60s highly rated CBS television series ''Have Gun – Will Travel'', as well as his work on the 1960s NBC television series ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' and '' The Eleventh Hour''. A prolific radio, film and television writer for over 30 years, Rolfe described the craft as requiring "Stubbornness, masochism and perhaps some inherited insensitivity to pain. Writing is the most exasperating, most tormenting, loneliest occupation in the world". Early life Rolfe was born Samuel Harris Rosenbaum on February 18, 1924 in New York City. He was the first of Max and Sylvia (née Kshonsky) Rosenbaum's two children. Both of Rolfe's parents were Russian immigrants. His father worked at a bookbinding company, while his mother worked as a seamstress. Rolfe served in the US Army during World War II. After being discharged in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Stone
Leonard Stone ( Steinbock; November 3, 1923 – November 2, 2011) was an American character actor who played supporting roles in over 120 television shows and 35 films. Early life Stone was born in Salem, Oregon, the son of Jewish parents Julia Marguerite ( Easton) and Albert Michael Steinbock. He was a graduate of Salem High School. He majored in speech and drama at Willamette University, graduating ''cum laude''. Military service He was a midshipman during training with the U.S. Navy, going on to serve as " skipper on a minesweeper in Japanese waters" during World War II. Stage Stone started his career as a young actor studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London He performed in the West End, on Broadway, and toured the world. He traveled for eight years in Australia and New Zealand with the musical '' South Pacific''. In 1959, he won the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor in '' Redhead'', a Bob Fosse musical. He also was in the Tony Award-nominated cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Crawford
Oliver Crawford (August 12, 1917 – September 24, 2008) was an American screenwriter and author who overcame the Hollywood blacklist during the McCarthy Era of the 1950s to become one of the entertainment industry's most successful television writers. Shows that Crawford wrote for include ''Star Trek'', ''Bonanza'', '' Quincy, M.E.'', '' Perry Mason'', and the ''Kraft Television Theatre''. Early life Born in Chicago, Illinois, Crawford attended the Chicago Art Institute and the Goodman Theatre school. His classmates at Goodman included Sam Wanamaker and Karl Malden, both of whom became his lifelong friends. Career Crawford began working in the television industry as a writer in the early 1950s. By 1953, he had contracted to work with both Harold Hecht and Burt Lancaster. Shortly after he signed his contract to work with Lancaster, Crawford was summoned in 1953 to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee, which was investigating suspected Communist sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Gammell
Robin Gammell (born September 22, 1936) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor."Transplanted to Hollywood". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 24, 1981. Career Gammell began acting as a junior ensemble member at the Stratford Festival, playing roles including Robin Starveling in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', Octavius in ''Julius Caesar'', Ariel in ''The Tempest'', and Malcolm in ''Macbeth''; he later reprised this role for the 1961 television film ''Macbeth'' opposite Sean Connery in the title role. He later moved on to film and television work, including the films '' The Pyx'' (1973), ''Lipstick'' (1976), '' Raid on Entebbe'' (1977), ''Rituals'' (1977), '' Full Circle'' (1977), '' The Concorde ... Airport '79'' (1979), '' Murder by Phone'' (1982), '' The Star Chamber'' (1983), '' Project X'' (1987) and '' Striker's Mountain'' (1987), recurring or starring roles in '' Wiseguy'', '' WIOU'', '' Street Legal'', ''Amazing Grace'', ''Millennium'', '' Manhattan, AZ'' and ''Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert W
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'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name 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 En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Nelson
Barry Nelson (born Robert Haakon Nielsen; April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007) was an American actor, noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond. Early life Nelson was born in San Francisco, the son of Norwegian immigrants, Betsy (née Christophersen) and Trygve Nielsen. His year of birth has been subject to some debate, but is listed as 1917 on both his 1943 Army Air Forces enlistment record and his 1993 voter registration records. He graduated from UC Berkeley in 1941, where he performed as an actor in student theatre productions. Career With MGM, Nelson made his screen debut in the role as Paul Clark in '' Shadow of the Thin Man'' (1941) starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, with Donna Reed. He followed that with his role as Lew Rankin in the film noir '' Johnny Eager'' (1942) starring Robert Taylor and Lana Turner. During his service in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, Nelson debuted on the Broadway stage in Moss Hart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Garner (actor)
Martin Garner (July 9, 1927 – September 28, 2001) was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing the role of Mr. Weinstein in the 1983 film ''Twilight Zone: The Movie''. Born in Brooklyn, New York. Garner appeared in television programs including ''Barney Miller'', ''Taxi (TV series), Taxi'', ''The John Larroquette Show'', ''Mr. Belvedere'', ''Cagney & Lacey'', ''St. Elsewhere'', ''Welcome Back, Kotter'', ''The A-Team'', ''The Bob Newhart Show'' and ''Kojak''. He also appeared in films such as ''My Favorite Year'', ''Airplane II: The Sequel'', ''Oh, God! You Devil'', ''The Frisco Kid'' and ''The Big Fix (1978 film), The Big Fix''. Garner died on September 28, 2001 at the Lillian Booth Actors Home, Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey. He was buried at Calverton National Cemetery in Long Island, New York. Filmography Film Television References External links * *Rotten Tomatoes profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Garner, Martin 1927 births 2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Roberts (screenwriter)
Stanley Roberts (1916–1982) was an American screenwriter. He was nominated for an Academy Award for the film ''The Caine Mutiny'' in the category of Best Adapted Screenplay. Partial filmography * ''Young Dynamite ''Young Dynamite'' is a 1937 American crime film directed by Leslie Goodwins from a screenplay by Joseph O'Donnell and Stanley Roberts, adaptation by Arthur G. Durlam. The film stars Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, and Charlotte Henry. Plot C ...'' (1937) References External links * 1916 births 1982 deaths American male screenwriters 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-screen-writer-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Tigar
Kenneth Tigar (born September 24, 1942) is an Americans, American actor, primarily on United States, American television, and translator. Life Kenneth Leslie Tigar was born into a Jewish family in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and raised in the Greater Boston Area. He received his BA and Ph.D. in German literature from Harvard University. As an undergraduate, he was active in theater as both an actor and a director. He spent a year at the University of Göttingen and performed in Vienna and other European cities. Career Tigar made his film debut in ''The Happy Hooker (film), The Happy Hooker'' (1975). He went on to play Mr. Raymaker in ''Just One of the Guys'' (1985) and Professor Swivet in ''18 Again!'' (1988). Tigar's later film roles include playing a bomb squad leader in ''Lethal Weapon 2'' (1989) and ''Lethal Weapon 3'' (1992), Weil in ''Primal Fear (film), Primal Fear'' (1996), a lawyer in ''Conspiracy Theory (film), Conspiracy Theory'' (1997), and a brief but pivotal part as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Roche
Eugene Harrison Roche (September 22, 1928 – July 28, 2004) was an American actor and the original " Ajax Man" in 1970s television commercials. Personal life Roche was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Mary M. (née Finnegan) and Robert F. Roche, who was at the time serving in the U.S. Navy. He served in the U.S. Army after graduating from high school. He married Marjory Perkins in 1953. The couple had nine children, including actor Eamonn Roche and Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Sean Roche. They divorced in 1981. Eugene Roche remarried in 1982 and remained married to his second wife, Anntoni C. Roche (née Bratman), until his death in 2004. Career After playing theater on various stages since 1953, Roche made his Broadway debut in 1961 as a bit player in the play ''Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole'' with Darren McGavin and went on to appear in ''Mother Courage'' with Anne Bancroft in 1963, and in ''The White House'' with Helen Hayes in 1964. Television co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Cintron
Sharon Cintron (January 16th 1945 - July 31st 2017) was an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1963 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. She later held a recurring role on the TV series ''Baretta''. Filmography Films * ''How Sweet It Is!'' (1968) .... Agatzi Girl Television *Kaz-A Little Shuck and a Whole Lotta Jive (1978-09-10) * "Baretta" **Woman Trouble (1978-03-23) .... Mimi **Just for Laughs (1978-02-09) .... Mimi **New Girl in Town (1977-09-28) .... Mimi **Everybody Pays the Fare (1977-02-23) .... Mimi **Don't Kill the Sparrow (1977-01-12) .... Mimi **Can't Win for Losin' (1976-12-15) .... Mimi **Shoes (1976-10-27) .... Mimi **They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To (1976-10-20) .... Mimi **Runaway Cowboy (1976-10-06) - Mimi **Dead Man Out (1976-03-03) - Mimi **The Blood Bond (1976-02-18) - Mimi **Murder for Me (1976-01-14) - Mimi **When Dues Come Down (1975-11-12) - Mimi **The Fire Man (1975-10-0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
