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Mayday At 40,000 Feet!
''Mayday at 40,000 Feet!'' (aka ''Panic in the Open Sky'' and ''Mayday: 40,000 ft!'') is a 1976 American made-for-television drama film, directed by Robert Butler. The film stars David Janssen, Don Meredith and Christopher George, along with an all-star cast primarily playing the roles of passengers and crew aboard an airliner in crisis.Erickson, Hal"Movie Review: Mayday at 40,000 Feet!"''The New York Times''. Retrieved: December 10, 2014. Robert Butler was "... one of the premium directors of series TV through four decades", although he also became a specialist in "one-off" television and film features. ''Mayday at 40,000 Feet!'' was an example of the 1970s "disaster" film, as well, it also very much fits the additional genre of the complex, heavily character-driven ensemble cast picture. The film explores the personal dramas and interactions that develop among the passengers and crew as they deal with a deadly onboard emergency. Plot During a major snow storm, Transcon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Butler (director)
Robert Stanton Butler (November 16, 1927 – November 3, 2023) was an American film and Emmy awards, Emmy Award-winning television director. He is best known for his work in television, where he directed the pilots for a number of series including ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'', ''Hogan's Heroes, '' ''Batman (TV series), Batman'', ''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman '' and ''Hill Street Blues''. Career Butler graduated from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he majored in English. He was first in an army band, before his career as a Stage management, stage manager and an assistant before launching his directing career with an episode of ''Hennesey'' (starring Jackie Cooper and including a young Ron Howard)Susan King"Director Robert Butler put stamp on 'Batman,' other landmark series" ''Los Angeles Times'', February 15, 2014. and then went on to direct such shows as ''The Untouchables (1959 TV series), The Untouchables'', ''Dr. Kildare ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shani Wallis
Shani Wallis (born 14 April 1933) is an English actress and singer, who has worked in theatre, film, and television in both her native United Kingdom and in the United States. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she is known for her roles in the West End and for the role of Nancy in the 1968 Oscar-winning film musical ''Oliver!'' Biography Wallis was born in Tottenham, London, and made her first stage appearance at the age of four. She later studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She made her theatrical debut in a lead role as young princess Maria in ''Call Me Madam'' at the London Coliseum in March 1952. Wallis sprang to global fame when appearing as Nancy in the Oscar-winning musical film ''Oliver!'' in 1968, starring alongside Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes, Ron Moody as Fagin, Jack Wild as the Artful Dodger, and Mark Lester as Oliver. Afterwards, Wallis received an offer to star in the television series ''The Brady Bunch'', but turned it down because she wan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Airways
World Airways, Inc. was an American airline headquartered in Peachtree City, Georgia in Greater Atlanta. During the regulated era that ended after 1978, World was a supplemental air carrier. After US airline deregulation in 1979, the company operated mostly non-scheduled services but did fly scheduled passenger services as well, notably with McDonnell Douglas DC-10 wide body jetliners. World Airways ceased all operations on March 27, 2014. History World Airways was founded on March 29, 1948 by Benjamin Pepper with the introduction of ex-Pan Am Boeing 314 flying boats. Ed Daly, Edward Daly, however, is thought of as World's founder. He bought the airline in 1950 for $50,000 and proceeded to acquire Douglas DC-4, DC-4s. World Airways started as a supplemental air carrier, the term used by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) to denote charter carriers. The CAB was the US government agency that tightly regulated the US airline industry until 1978. In fact, prior to 1955, the CAB ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Shot Mayday At 40,000 Feet!
Screen or Screens may refer to: Arts * Screen printing or ''silkscreening'', a printing method * Big screen, a nickname for motion pictures * Split screen (filmmaking), showing two or more images side by side * Stochastic screening and Halftone photographic screening, methods of simulating grays with one-color printing Filtration and selection processes * Screening (economics), the process of identifying or selecting members of a population based on one or more selection criteria * Screening (biology), idem, on a scientific basis, ** of which a genetic screen is a procedure to identify a particular kind of phenotype ** the Irwin screen is a toxicological procedure * Sieve, a mesh used to separate fine particles from coarse ones * Mechanical screening, a unit operation in material handling which separates product into multiple grades by particle size Media and music * ''Screen International'', a film magazine covering the international film markets * ''Screen'' (journal), a fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buck Young
John Otto "Buck" Young (April 12, 1920 – February 9, 2000) was an American actor who played the role as Sergeant Whipple on the '' Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'' TV series, and Deputy Joe Watson on ''The Andy Griffith Show''. In 1944, during World War II, Young was drafted into the US Army Air Forces. He married actress Peggy Stewart in 1953 and had two children, Grey Young and Abigail Young who each acted in one film. He was the brother-in-law of Stewart's sister, Patricia O'Rourke, and her husband, Wayne Morris. In 1962, he appeared three times in James Arness's TV Western series ''Gunsmoke'', playing “Carl” in S7E24’s “Coventry”, “Corporal Stone” in S7E27's “Wagon Girls” & “John” in S8E1’s “Call Me Dodie”. Buck Young took the part as Sgt Whipple in the ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'' TV series at the beginning of the show in 1964. He acted in a total of 95 films and the ''Gomer Pyle. U.S.M.C.'' series. Buck Young also played in Barnaby Jones in the episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall (September 10, 1931 – June 12, 2022) was an American character actor. He is known for his collaborations with Paul Thomas Anderson, including '' Hard Eight'' (1996), ''Boogie Nights'' (1997), and ''Magnolia'' (1999). He also starred in leading roles in films, such as ''Secret Honor'' (1984) and ''Duck'' (2005). Hall had supporting roles in many films, including ''Midnight Run'' (1988), '' Say Anything...'' (1989), ''The Truman Show'' (1998), ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999), '' The Insider'' (1999), '' The Contender'' (2000), '' Bruce Almighty'' (2003), ''Dogville'' (2003), ''Zodiac'' (2007), '' 50/50'' (2011), and ''Argo'' (2012). He received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead for his role in ''Hard Eight'' and two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture for ''Boogie Nights'' and ''Magnolia''. Hall is also known for his prolific work on television. His early televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Molinaro
Albert Francis Molinaro (born Umberto Francesco Molinaro; June 24, 1919 – October 30, 2015) was an American actor. He played Al Delvecchio on ''Happy Days'' and Officer Murray Greshler on '' The Odd Couple''. He also appeared in many television commercials, including On-Cor frozen dinners. Early life Umberto Francesco Molinaro was born and raised in the Columbus Park neighborhood of Kenosha, Wisconsin, the second-youngest of ten children of Raffaele and Teresa Molinaro, who had emigrated from Marano Principato in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy. Molinaro's father was a prominent tavern/restaurant/hotel owner, and a leader of the Kenosha Italian community who financially sponsored hundreds of Italians to immigrate to the United States. Molinaro's brother Joseph was Kenosha County's longest-serving district attorney and retired as a municipal judge, and his brother George served 30 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, including one session as Speaker. At school Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pickard (American Actor)
John M. Pickard (June 25, 1913 – August 4, 1993) was an American actor who appeared primarily in television Westerns. Early life Pickard was born in Lascassas in Rutherford County, near Murfreesboro in Middle Tennessee. He graduated from the Nashville Conservatory in Nashville, Tennessee. His first acting roles were small parts in films, mostly uncredited, beginning in 1936 as a dueling soldier in the picture '' Mary of Scotland'', based on the 16th century queen, Mary of Scotland. Career Pickard returned to acting after the war and appeared in supporting roles in scores of Westerns and action dramas before landing the starring role in the syndicated television series, '' Boots and Saddles'', set in an Arizona fort in the late 19th century. His second film role, also uncredited, came in John Wayne's '' Wake of the Red Witch'' (1948). Pickard's first television guest-starring roles were in crime dramas in 1951 and 1952, respectively -- ''Racket Squad'', with Reed Had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bryant (actor)
William Bryant (born William Robert Klein; January 31, 1924 – June 26, 2001) was an American actor. Film Born in Detroit, Bryant was a character actor who appeared in films such as ''King Dinosaur'' (1955), '' Escape from San Quentin'' (1957), '' Experiment in Terror'' (1962) with Glenn Ford, '' How to Murder Your Wife'' and ''The Great Race'' with Jack Lemmon, '' What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'' (1966), McQ'' (1974), and '' Walking Tall Part II'' (1975). He also played several roles in the classic western movies '' Heaven with a Gun'' (1969), ''Chisum'' (1970), '' Macho Callahan'' (1970), ''Wild Rovers'' (1971), ''The Deadly Trackers'' (1973). Television Most of his career was made on television, including ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'', ''Frontier'', ''Casey Jones'', ''Tales of the Texas Rangers'', '' The Gray Ghost'', '' Maverick'', '' The Rebel'', ''Have Gun – Will Travel'', ''The Rifleman''(S5 E7 "The Assailants"), '' Laramie'', '' The Virginian'', ''Rawhide'', ''Lancer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Vanders
Warren Vanders (born Warren John Vanderschuit; May 23, 1930 – November 27, 2009) was an American character actor on television and in films. Biography He was born in San Fernando, California, as Warren John Vanderschuit. Under the name Warren Vanders, he secured a recurring role as Chuck Davis in fifteen episodes of the NBC modern western television series, ''Empire''. He also portrayed Roy Bean on the TV series '' Hell Town''. He guest starred in such series as ''Tate'', ''The Big Valley'' (twice), '' The Fugitive'' (twice), ''Bonanza'' (five times between 1965 and 1971), ''Daniel Boone'' (eight times), ''Alias Smith and Jones'' (as Curly Red Johnson in "The Day the Amnesty Came Through"), ''The Waltons'', ''Gunsmoke'' (twelve times), ''Combat!'' (twice), ''Kung Fu'', ''Hawaii Five-O'' (1970, as Jase Gorman in the episode: The Payoff), ''The Rockford Files'', and '' How the West Was Won''. He appeared in such films as ''Nevada Smith'' with Steve McQueen, ''Hot Lead and Cold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hari Rhodes
Hari Rhodes (April 10, 1932 – January 15, 1992) was an American author and actor whose career spanned three decades beginning in 1957. He was sometimes billed as Harry Rhodes, and appeared in 66 films and television programs, such as ABC's 1963 TV medical drama series about psychiatry '' Breaking Point''. Early life In a 1968 ''TV Guide'' interview, Rhodes described growing up in a rough section of his native Cincinnati: "We lived between the railroad tracks and the river bank. The flood ran us out every winter, but we'd always come back, kick out the mud and settle down again until flood time. All the boys had to learn how to hop freights and throw pieces of coal off. All I ever knew was rats, roaches, and poverty." When he was 15, Rhodes spent two months learning to copy his mother's signature, and forged it on enlistment papers to join the U.S. Marine Corps. In the Marines, Rhodes was a member of his camp's judo team for two years. He eventually gained the rank of serg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Drake (actor)
Tom Drake (born Alfred Sinclair Alderdice; August 5, 1918August 11, 1982) was an American actor. Drake made films starting in 1940 and continuing until the mid-1970s, and also made TV acting appearances. Retrieved 11th December 2008 Early life and career Drake was born in , New York, and attended and graduated from . ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
