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Lee Wallace (actor)
Lee Wallace (born Leo Melis; July 15, 1930 – December 20, 2020) was an American actor of film, stage, and television. Early life Wallace was born as Leo Melis in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Celia ( Gross) and Eddie Melis. Career His movie roles include more than a dozen productions big and small, including ''Klute'' (1971), ''The Hot Rock (film), The Hot Rock'' (1972), ''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' (1974) as the Mayor of New York City, ''The Happy Hooker (film), The Happy Hooker'' (1975), ''Diary of the Dead (1976 film), Diary of the Dead'' (1976), ''Thieves (1977 film), Thieves'' (1977), ''Private Benjamin (1980 film), Private Benjamin'' (1980) as Mr. Waxman, ''World War III (miniseries), World War III'' (1982), ''Daniel (1983 film), Daniel'' (1983), Batman (1989 film), ''Batman'' (1989) as Gotham City's Mayor Borg, and ''Used People'' (1992). John Simon (critic), John Simon in his review of Batman called Wallac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice (American TV Series)
''Alice'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from August 31, 1976, to March 19, 1985. The series is based on director Martin Scorsese's 1974 film ''Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore''. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start life over again and finds a job working at a roadside diner in Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner, where Alice is employed. With more than 200 episodes over nine seasons, ''Alice'' was the longest-running American television sitcom to feature a woman in the starring role until it was surpassed by ''Roseanne'' in 1996. Series summary After her husband Donald is killed in a trucking accident, Alice Spivak Hyatt (Lavin) and her young son Tommy (played by Alfred Lutter in the television pilot, reprising his role from the film, but portrayed by Philip McKeon thereafter) head from their New Jersey home to Los Angeles so Alice can pursue a singing care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Theatre
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, American and British English spelling differences), many of the List of Broadway theaters, extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling ''Theatre'' as the proper noun in their names. Many performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations also use the spelling ''theatre''. or Broadway, is a theatre genre that consists of the theatrical performances presented in 41 professional Theater (structure), theaters, each with 500 or more seats, in the Theater District, Manhattan, Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End theatre, West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world. While the Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway thoroughfare is eponymous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Equalizer (1985 TV Series)
''The Equalizer'' is an American Action film, action crime drama (genre), drama television series, originally airing on CBS from September 18, 1985, to August 24, 1989, which was co-created by Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim. It starred Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, a retired intelligence agent with a mysterious past, who uses the skills from his former career to exact justice on behalf of innocent people who find themselves in dangerous circumstances, while sometimes also dealing with people from his past in covert operations who want to pull him back in or settle old scores. In the years after its cancellation, the show became a popular cult classic that inspired further works, including #Film series, three feature films and a The Equalizer (2021 TV series), re-imagined series. Series plot elements The series stars British actor Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, a former covert operations officer of an unnamed US government intelligence organization, which was often refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn (; born Szmuel Gelbfisz; ; July 1879 (most likely; claimed to be August 27, 1882) January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-born American film producer and pioneer in the American film industry, who produced Hollywood's first major motion picture. He was best known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood. He was awarded the 1973 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1947) and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1958). Early life Goldwyn was likely born in July 1879, although he claimed his birthday to be August 27, 1882. At the time, most Jews fabricated their ages to prevent future conscription for the Russian Empire. He was born as Szmuel Gelbfisz in Warsaw to Hasidic Jewish parents, Aaron Dawid Gelbfisz, a peddler, and his wife, Hanna Frymet (''née'' Fiszhaut). He left Warsaw penniless after his father's death and made his way to Hamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Year's Blonde
''This Year's Blonde'' is a 1980 American television film directed by John Erman and starring Constance Forslund as Marilyn Monroe, Lloyd Bridges as Johnny Hyde, and Norman Fell. Based on the Garson Kanin novel '' Moviola'' about Monroe, the film was presented as part of a three-night TV special event on NBC titled ''Moviola: A Hollywood Saga''. ''This Year's Blonde'' was the first of two TV movies about Monroe in 1980; the second was '' Marilyn: The Untold Story'', starring Catherine Hicks. Cast * Constance Forslund as Marilyn Monroe * Lloyd Bridges as Johnny Hyde * Norman Fell as Pat Toledo * Vic Tayback as Harry Cohn * Michael Lerner as Jack L. Warner * John Marley as Joe Schenck *Richard Seer as Norman * Lee Wallace as Samuel Goldwyn * William Frankfather as John Huston * Philip Sterling as Dr. Freed *Sondra Blake as Mrs. Baker * Barney Martin as Eddie Mannix * Michael Strong as Sol Silverman *Peter Maloney as Darryl Zanuck *Stephen Keep Mills as Dore Schary * Peggy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Associates (American TV Series)
''The Associates'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from September 23, 1979, to April 17, 1980. Despite being cancelled after nine of its thirteen episodes aired, it was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Synopsis The show is centered on a group of three young novice lawyers who worked at a Wall Street law firm. Based on the novel of the same name by John Jay Osborn Jr., the series stars Martin Short, Alley Mills, Shelley Smith, as associates, Joe Regalbuto, as partner, Wilfrid Hyde-White, as senior partner, and Tim Thomerson, as mailboy/gofer. Cast * Martin Short as Tucker Kerwin * Joe Regalbuto as Eliot Streeter * Tim Thomerson as Johnny Danko * Alley Mills as Leslie Dunn * Shelley Smith as Sara James * Wilfrid Hyde-White as Emerson Marshall Production The series was based on the book, ''The Associates'', by John Jay Osborn, Jr., author of '' The Paper Chase'', but he was "not intimately connected with i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
''The Eddie Capra Mysteries'' is an American mystery television series starring Vincent Baggetta as a lawyer who investigates murders and has a knack for solving them. Original episodes aired on NBC from September 8, 1978, to January 12, 1979.McNeil, Alex, ''Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, p. 250.Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present, Sixth Edition'', New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, , p. 306. Cast * Vincent Baggetta . . . Eddie Capra * Wendy Phillips . . . Lacey Brown * Ken Swofford . . . J. J. Devlin * Michael Horton . . . Harvey Winchell * Seven Ann McDonald . . . Jennie Brown Synopsis Eddie Capra is an unconventional young lawyer who recently graduated from New York University Law School and works for Devlin, Linkman, and O'Brien, a conventional, snooty, and very prestigious law firm in Los Angeles, California, tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Grant (TV Series)
''Lou Grant'' is an American drama television series starring Ed Asner in the title role as a newspaper editor that aired on CBS from September 20, 1977, to September 13, 1982. The third spin-off (after '' Rhoda'' and '' Phyllis'') of the American sitcom ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''Lou Grant'' was created by James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, and Gene Reynolds. ''Lou Grant'' won 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series twice. Asner received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1978 and 1980. In doing so, he became the first person to win an Emmy Award for both Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for portraying the same character. ''Lou Grant'' also won two Golden Globe Awards, a Peabody Award, an Eddie Award, three awards from the Directors Guild of America, and two Humanitas Prizes. Summary and setting Lou Grant works as city editor of the fictional ''Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kojak
''Kojak'' is an American Action film, action Crime film, crime Drama (film and television), drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theophilus "Theo" Kojak. Taking the time slot of the popular ''Cannon (TV series), Cannon'' series, it aired on CBS from 1973 to 1978. In 1999, ''TV Guide'' ranked Theo Kojak number 18 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list. Production The show was created by Abby Mann, an Academy Award–winning film writer best known for his work on drama anthologies such as ''Robert Montgomery Presents'' and ''Playhouse 90''. Universal Television approached him to do a story based on the 1963 Career Girls Murders, Wylie-Hoffert murders, the brutal rape and murder of two young professional women in Manhattan. Owing to poor and corrupt police work and the prevailing casual attitude toward suspects' civil rights, the crimes in the Wylie-Hoffert case were pinned on a youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War And Love (1985 Film)
''War and Love'' is a 1985 American drama film directed by Moshé Mizrahi, written by Abby Mann, and starring Sebastian Keneas, Kyra Sedgwick, David Spielberg, Cheryl Gianini, Eda Reiss Merin and Brita Youngblood. It was released on September 13, 1985, by The Cannon Group, Inc. Plot Jacek, who is Jewish, miraculously manages to survive World War II in Nazi-occupied Poland. As a subplot to Jacek's story, which also involves a love affair with Haling (Kyra Sedgwick) and German soldiers' repeated attempts to kill him, is a tale of how young kids in the Warsaw ghetto devise their own method of fighting oppression. Cast *Sebastian Keneas as Jacek * Kyra Sedgwick as Halina * David Spielberg as Aron *Cheryl Gianini as Zlatka *Eda Reiss Merin as Masha *Brita Youngblood as Hela *Reuel Schiller as Lutek *Eric Faber as Yankele * Stephen Mailer as Sevek *Matthew Bonfiglio as Rudy *Liliana Komorowska as Esther * Dennis Boutsikaris as Marek * Shmuel Wolf as Warszawski * Lee Wallace as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
