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King Moody
Robert "King" Moody (December 6, 1929 – February 7, 2001) was an American actor, best known for playing Shtarker in the television series ''Get Smart'' and for his portrayal as Ronald McDonald in the McDonald's commercials from 1969 to 1985. Early life Moody was born in New York City on December 6, 1929. Career Moody played the spaceship captain in '' Teenagers From Outer Space'' and various other roles in forty movies and television episodes, including ''Bonanza'', ''The Bob Newhart Show'', ''CHiPs'', ''Combat!'', ''The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'', '' Dragnet'', and ''Sea Hunt''. He became the fifth portrayer of Ronald McDonald in 1969, playing the character for 16 years in McDonald's commercials, until 1985. Personal life Moody married Rachel Rosenthal in 1960; the marriage lasted for nineteen years before they divorced in 1979. He married his second wife Jacqueline L. Larson in 1981, but they divorced in 1984 after three years of marriage. Death Moody died on February 7, 2001 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teenagers From Outer Space (film)
''Teenagers from Outer Space'' (a.k.a. ''The Gargon Terror'' (UK title), ''The Boy from Outer Space'', and originally titled ''The Ray Gun Terror'') is a 1959 American Independent film, independent black-and-white science fiction cult film released by Warner Bros. The film was produced, written and directed by Tom Graeff and stars David Love, Dawn Bender, Bryan Grant, Harvey B. Dunn, Tom Graeff and King Moody. ''Teenagers from Outer Space'' was distributed theatrically by Warner Bros. on a double feature with ''Gigantis the Fire Monster''. In the film, a young alien named Derek becomes a fugitive on Earth after he defies his crew's directive to eradicate human life in order to use Earth as grazing grounds for giant voracious livestock they call Gargons. In 1987, the film entered the List of films in the public domain in the United States, public domain in the United States because Warner Bros. did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication. Plot A fly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terror At Black Falls
''Terror at Black Falls'' is a 1962 American Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ... film directed by Richard C. Sarafian. Sarafian's directing debut, the film was shot in black and white in 1959 in Scotland, Arkansas and released in 1962. The plot involves a Mexican gunman who seeks vengeance after a mob lynches his son for a horse theft he did not commit. He takes hostages in the town's saloon before being confronted by the sheriff. The film was criticized for its slow pace and was not successful at the box office. Cast References External links * 1960s American films 1960s English-language films 1962 directorial debut films 1962 films 1962 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films American films about revenge American Western (g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Births
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic Counter-revolutionary, counter-revolution in Mexico. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a British high court, ruled that Canadian women are persons in the ''Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General)'' case. The 1st Academy Awards for film were held in Los Angeles, while the Museum of Modern Art opened in New York City. The Peruvian Air Force was created. In Asia, the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Soviet Union engaged in a Sino-Soviet conflict (1929), minor conflict after the Chinese seized full control of the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway, which ended with a resumption of joint administration. In the Soviet Union, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, General Secretary Joseph S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Smart, Again!
''Get Smart, Again!'' is a 1989 American made-for-television comedy film based on the 1965–1970 NBC/ CBS sitcom '' Get Smart!'' starring Don Adams and Barbara Feldon reprising their characters of Maxwell Smart and Agent 99. It originally aired February 26, 1989 on ABC (the network that rejected the original pilot for ''Get Smart!''). Synopsis Maxwell Smart, acting as a protocol officer since CONTROL was disbanded in the early 1970s, is reactivated as a counterintelligence agent by Commander Drury, of the United States Intelligence Agency. KAOS, long considered defunct, has been revitalized by a corporate takeover. Its first scheme involves turning a forgotten American scientist and using his weather control machine to extort US$250 billion from the United States Government. Drury, convinced that only Smart has the expertise to combat KAOS, gives him ''carte blanche'' to reactivate former CONTROL agents to assist him in his task. Along with Drury's bumbling aide, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nutt House (film)
''The Nutt House'', initially titled ''The Nutty Nut'', is a 1992 comedy film directed by Adam Rifkin. It stars Stephen Kearney, Traci Lords and Amy Yasbeck. It was also the last film for Emil Sitka, Sandra Gould and King Moody. Plot Identical twins Philbert and Nathan Nutt were separated at birth. Philbert is married to a wealthy heiress with a mistress and a political campaign for President of the United States. Nathan suffers from a severe case of multiple personality disorder and has spent his life in a lunatic asylum. Nathan shows up on his brother's doorstep and what begins as a case of mistaken identity spirals out of control. Cast * Stephen Kearney as Philbert Nutt / Nathan Nutt * Traci Lords as Miss Tress * Amy Yasbeck as Diane Nutt * Robert Trebor as Buddy * Robert Colbert as Board Doctor * Emil Sitka as Geeves * Sandra Gould as Ma Belle * Catherine Bach as Benefit Reporter Production Filming took place on location in Los Angeles, California in the summer of 1991. Crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dark Backward
''The Dark Backward'' (also known as ''The Man with Three Arms'') is a 1991 American black comedy film written and directed by Adam Rifkin. It stars Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, and Wayne Newton. It follows a garbage man who tries his hand at stand-up comedy, failing miserably until a third arm mysteriously grows from his back. The film was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on July 26, 1991, by Greycat Films. It received mixed reviews from critics and underperformed at the box office, but has since become a cult film. For his performance, Newton was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. Plot summary Marty Malt (Judd Nelson) is an unhappy garbage man who moonlights as an atrociously unfunny standup comic. He lives in a dark, grimy, garbage-strewn urban netherworld, where a company named Blump's apparently owns everything. His best friend and fellow trash collector, Gus (Bill Paxton), is the only one who laughs at his jokes, and his sincerit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get To Know Your Rabbit
''Get to Know Your Rabbit'' is a 1972 American comedy film written by Jordan Crittenden and directed by Brian De Palma. Plot Corporate executive Donald Beeman, fed up with the rat race, impulsively quits his job and takes to the road as a traveling tap dancing magician under the tutelage of Mr. Delasandro. His former boss Mr. Turnbull, determined to convince him to return to his nine-to-five existence, chases after him as he performs his routine in seedy nightclubs and honky tonks, but instead the two create Tap Dancing Magicians, a course for pressured businessmen. When their little venture becomes one of the most successful corporations in the world, Donald ironically finds himself feeling the same way he did when he originally quit his job. Cast Production Brian De Palma achieved success with his 1968 underground comedy '' Greetings'' and was hired by Warner Bros. to direct ''Get to Know Your Rabbit'' in 1970 after he had directed a follow-up to '' Greetings'' called ''Hi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Which Way To The Front?
''Which Way to the Front?'' is a 1970 American comedy film produced, directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, which was his first film for Warner Bros. Plot Brendan Byers III is a rich playboy who enlists to fight in the war against the Axis powers, but is classified 4-F. He really wants to fight, so he enlists other 4-Fs and some loyal volunteers from his own service staff and forms his own mercenary army, financing their training and equipment. Once completed, they travel to the front in Italy, with Byers impersonating a Nazi general named Eric Kesselring. The plan is to pull back the German lines, since the front has remained static for too long, enabling the Allies to push forward again. The mission does not go smoothly and they must overcome several obstacles, including the fiery wife of the local mayor who is the real Kesselring's lover, and the real Kesselring's involvement in an assassination attempt on Hitler. Afterwards, they face their next mission: infiltrating t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strawberry Statement (film)
''The Strawberry Statement'' is a 1970 American comedy-drama directed by Stuart Hagmann, loosely based on James Simon Kunen, James Kunen's 1968 The Strawberry Statement, non-fiction account of the 1968 Columbia University protests, Columbia University protests. Set against the backdrop of Counterculture of the 1960s, 1960s counterculture, the film follows Simon, an apathetic college student at a fictional San Francisco university, as he becomes involved in campus demonstrations opposing the construction of a gymnasium on contested community land. Produced during a time of social upheaval, the film blends fictional storytelling with documentary-style elements, featuring a soundtrack emblematic of the era, including songs by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Joni Mitchell. While it won the Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival), Jury Prize at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival, the film polarized critics and underperformed commercially, with many critiquing its stylized direction and commercia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shakiest Gun In The West
''The Shakiest Gun in the West'' is a 1968 American comedy Western film starring Don Knotts. It was directed by Alan Rafkin and written by Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum. The film is a remake of '' The Paleface'', a 1948 film starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell. Plot Jesse W. Heywood graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become an American frontier dentist. As a city slicker, he finds himself bungling in a new environment. On his way west, his stagecoach is held up and robbed by two masked bandits. A posse catches one of them, Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing. Facing prison, Penelope is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers that also involves a local Indian tribe. Because the wagon train she plans to accompany will not permit single women to join, she tricks Heywood into a sham marriage. This is after her prearranged marshal husband is murdered. They then join the wagon train with approval of the leader of the train. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet November (1968 Film)
''Sweet November'' is a 1968 American romantic comedy film written by Herman Raucher and starring Sandy Dennis, Anthony Newley and Theodore Bikel. The film originally had been written as a stage play by Raucher, but before it was performed, Universal Pictures got wind of the project and paid Raucher $100,000 () to stop work on the play and adapt it as a screenplay.. A 2001 remake starred Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron. Plot Successful British box manufacturer Charlie Blake (Anthony Newley) meets Sara Deever (Sandy Dennis) when they both take a driver's exam in New York City. She tries to get a few answers from him, but he gets expelled for cheating. They run into each other later and go out on a date. When they return to her apartment, Charlie meets Alonzo (Theodore Bikel), Sara's older, vegetarian friend. Then Richard (Sandy Baron) bursts in; he begs her to let him stay with her, but she has already packed his bag. After he leaves, Charlie asks her why Richard referred t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
