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Laredo (TV Series)
''Laredo'' is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1965–67, starring Neville Brand, William Smith, Peter Brown, and Philip Carey as Texas Rangers. It is set on the Mexican border around Laredo in Webb County in South Texas. The program presented 56 episodes in color. It was produced by Universal Television. The series has a comedic element, but like another NBC series that premiered in 1965, '' The Wackiest Ship in the Army'', it was an hour in length, had no laugh track, and characters were not infrequently killed in it, thus going against three unofficial rules for sitcoms at the time. The pilot episode of ''Laredo'' aired in 1965 on NBC's '' The Virginian'' under the title "We've Lost a Train". In 1969, the pilot was released theatrically under the title ''Backtrack''. Three episodes from the series were edited into the 1968 feature film ''Three Guns for Texas''. Synopsis The series were about three members of the Texas Rangers and their comm ... [...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] |
The Wackiest Ship In The Army (TV Series)
''The Wackiest Ship in the Army'' is an American comedy drama adventure television series that aired for one season on NBC between September 19, 1965, and April 17, 1966. Produced by Harry Ackerman and Herbert Hirschman, the series was loosely based on the The Wackiest Ship in the Army (film), 1960 film starring Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson, which itself was a fictionalized account of a real wartime vessel. Although often referred to as a Television comedy, comedy series, the show violated three unwritten rules that unofficially defined TV sitcoms at the time: It was an hour in length (almost all comedy series were only a half-hour, and the few attempts at hour sitcoms were unsuccessful), it had no laugh track, and characters were sometimes killed in it. Synopsis The series is set in the Pacific War, Pacific theater of World War II and centers on the crew of the USS ''Kiwi'', a leaky, wooden, twin-masted schooner whose mission is to carry out covert missions behind Japan during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chad & Jeremy
Chad & Jeremy were a British musical duo consisting of Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde, who began working in 1962 and had their first hit song in the UK with " Yesterday's Gone" (1963). That song became a hit in the United States in the following year as part of the British Invasion. Unlike the rock-music sounds of their peers, Chad & Jeremy performed in a soft, folk-inflected style characterized by hushed and whispered vocals. The duo had a string of hits in the United States, including " Willow Weep for Me", " Before and After", and their biggest hit, " A Summer Song". After some commercial failures and divergent personal ambitions, Chad & Jeremy disbanded in 1968. Chad Stuart continued to work in the music industry, while Jeremy Clyde became a film and stage actor. In the early 1980s, the duo reunited to record a new album and perform concerts, including a multi-band British Invasion nostalgia tour. After another long period of separation, in the early 2000s, Chad & Jeremy bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X Brands
X Brands (July 24, 1927 – May 8, 2000), sometimes credited as "Jay X. Brands", was an American actor of German ancestry known for his roles on various television series and in some films between 1956 and the late 1970s. His best-known recurring character is ''Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah'' ("Wolf Who Stands In Water"), the shotgun-toting American Indian on ''Yancy Derringer'', a 1958-1959 CBS series set in post-Civil War New Orleans, Louisiana, New Orleans and starring Jock Mahoney in the title role. Early life Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Jay X Brands was the youngest of three children of Pansy H. (''née'' Allen) and William G. Brands."Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940" Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, April 10, 1940. FamilySearch. Retrieved May 25, 2018. By 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve Arden
Eve Arden (born Eunice Mary Quedens, April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990) was an American film, radio, stage and television actress. She performed in leading and supporting roles for nearly six decades. Beginning her film career in 1929 and on Broadway theatre, Broadway in the early 1930s, Arden's first major role was in the RKO Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures drama ''Stage Door'' (1937) opposite Katharine Hepburn, followed by roles in the comedies ''Having Wonderful Time'' (1938) and ''At the Circus'' (1939). She received an Academy Awards, Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress for her role in ''Mildred Pierce (film), Mildred Pierce'' (1945). Somewhat surprisingly for an actress of Arden's refinement and wit, she appeared to good effect in a number of films noir, some exceptionally high-profile, including ''Mildred Pierce'', ''The Unfaithful (1947 film), The Unfaithful'' (1947), ''The Arnelo Affair'' (1947), ''Whiplash ... [...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" 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 other films in which he had a significant role are '' Lonely Are the Brave'', '' Charade'', '' Strait-Jacket'', ''McHale's Navy'', '' Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte'', '' Mirage'', '' Shenandoah'', ''The Sons of Katie Elder'', '' The Flight of the Phoenix'', '' In Harm's Way'', '' The Dirty Dozen'', '' The Boston Strangler'', '' Guns of the Magnificent Seven'', '' tick… tick… tick…'', '' Cahill U.S. Marshal'', '' Thunderbolt and Lightfoot'', '' The Good Guys and the Bad Guys'', ''Earthquake'', '' The Eiger Sanction'' and '' The Delta Force''. Kennedy i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Akins
Claude Aubrey Akins (May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994) was an American character actor. He played Sonny Pruit in '' Movin' On'', a 1974–1976 American drama series about a trucking team; Sheriff Lobo on '' The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo'', a 1979–1981 television series; and in a variety of other roles on television as well as in feature films. Early years Akins was born in Nelson, Georgia, and grew up in Bedford, Indiana, the son of Maude and Ernest Akins. Although film reference books gave his age at death as 75, Akins' son said his father was born in 1926, which is supported by public records. He was part Cherokee. Akins served in the Pacific with the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. After the war, he graduated from Northwestern University in 1949, where he had majored in theatre arts and was trained in Shakespeare. He began his theatrical career at the Barter Theater in Abington, Virginia. He became an actor on Broadway in the late 1940s, and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wolders
Robert Wolders (28 September 1936 – 12 July 2018) was a Dutch television actor known for his role in the US television series '' Laredo'' and appearing in series such as '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', '' Bewitched'' and ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. He was married to Merle Oberon, and was the longtime partner of Audrey Hepburn. Career Wolders came to the US in the early 60s to study psychotherapy at the University of Rochester. At the advice of one of his professors he took up acting. After finishing university, he enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, expecting to return to the University of Rochester afterward. Instead, he was offered an acting job by Universal. Typecast as a "Latin Lover" because of his good looks and exotic accent, Wolders started out appearing in TV series like '' Flipper'' and '' The John Forsythe Show''. He signed a contract with Universal Pictures that led to several film roles as well as landing the role of Erik Hunter in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Aikins In Bonanza (The Mill)
Claude may refer to: People and fictional characters * Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Claude (surname), a list of people * Claude Callegari (1962–2021), English Arsenal supporter * Claude Debussy (1862–1918), French composer * Claude Kiambe (born 2003), Congolese-born Dutch singer * Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009), French anthropologist and ethnologist * Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher traditionally called just "Claude" in English * Claude Makélélé (born 1973), French football manager * Claude McKay (1890–1948), Jamaican-American writer and poet * Claude Monet (1840–1926), French painter * Claude Rains (1889–1967), British-American actor * Claude Shannon (1916–2001), American mathematician, electrical engineer and computer scientist * Madame Claude (1923–2015), French brothel keeper Fernande Grudet Places * Claude, Texas, a city * Claude, West Virginia, an unincorporated community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wolders Laredo 1966
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 Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laredo (TV Series)
''Laredo'' is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1965–67, starring Neville Brand, William Smith, Peter Brown, and Philip Carey as Texas Rangers. It is set on the Mexican border around Laredo in Webb County in South Texas. The program presented 56 episodes in color. It was produced by Universal Television. The series has a comedic element, but like another NBC series that premiered in 1965, '' The Wackiest Ship in the Army'', it was an hour in length, had no laugh track, and characters were not infrequently killed in it, thus going against three unofficial rules for sitcoms at the time. The pilot episode of ''Laredo'' aired in 1965 on NBC's '' The Virginian'' under the title "We've Lost a Train". In 1969, the pilot was released theatrically under the title ''Backtrack''. Three episodes from the series were edited into the 1968 feature film ''Three Guns for Texas''. Synopsis The series were about three members of the Texas Rangers and their comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunga Din (film)
''Gunga Din'' is a 1939 American adventure film from RKO Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures directed by George Stevens and starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., loosely based on the 1890 Gunga Din, poem of the same name by Rudyard Kipling combined with elements of his 1888 short story collection ''Soldiers Three''. The film is about three British sergeants and Gunga Din, their native Bhishti, ''bhisti'' (water bearer), who fight the Thuggee, an Indian murder cult, in colonial British Raj, British India. The supporting cast features Joan Fontaine, Eduardo Ciannelli, and in the title role, Sam Jaffe. The epic film was written by Joel Sayre and Fred Guiol from a storyline by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, with uncredited contributions by Lester Cohen, John Colton (screenwriter), John Colton, William Faulkner, Vincent Lawrence, Dudley Nichols, and Anthony Veiller. In 1999, ''Gunga Din'' was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
