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Ric Carrott
Ric Carrott (born February 5, 1949) is an American actor who was active during the 1970s. Youthful-looking and handsome, Carrott's only regular television series role was as Captain Chris Gentry, on the Saturday morning children's series ''Space Academy'', but he made guest appearances on numerous popular shows of the decade. These included ''Nanny and the Professor'', ''The Partridge Family'', ''Love American Style'', ''Dirty Sally'', ''The Bob Newhart Show'', ''The Odd Couple'', '' The Blue Knight'', ''The Streets of San Francisco'', '' Lucas Tanner'', ''S.W.A.T.'', ''Cannon'', and later ''The Rockford Files'', ''Starsky and Hutch'', ''Barnaby Jones'', ''Fantasy Island'' and ''Three's Company''. Carrott originated the role of Chuck Cunningham, in the pilot for ''Happy Days'' (which aired as a segment of ''Love, American Style'', "Love and the Happy Days"), later played by Gavan O'Herlihy in the series. His film work includes roles in '' The Swinging Cheerleaders'' (also known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americans
Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals make up the majority of Americans, many dual citizens, expatriates, and permanent residents could also legally claim American nationality. The United States is home to people of many racial and ethnic origins; consequently, American culture and law do not equate nationality with race or ethnicity, but with citizenship and an oath of permanent allegiance. Overview The majority of Americans or their ancestors immigrated to the United States or are descended from people who were brought as slaves within the past five centuries, with the exception of the Native American population and people from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands, who became American through expansion of the country in the 19th century, additionally America expanded into American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Northern Mariana Islands in the 20th century. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnaby Jones
''Barnaby Jones'' is an American detective television series starring Buddy Ebsen as a formerly retired investigator and Lee Meriwether as his widowed daughter-in-law, who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, California. The show was originally introduced as a midseason replacement on the CBS network and ran from 1973 to 1980. Halfway through the series' run, Mark Shera was added to the cast as a much younger cousin of Ebsen's character, who eventually joined the firm. ''Barnaby Jones'' was produced by QM Productions (with Woodruff Productions in the final two seasons). It had the second-longest QM series run (seven and a half seasons), following the nine years of ''The FBI''. The series followed the characteristic Quinn Martin episode format with commercial breaks dividing each episode into four "acts," concluding with an epilogue. The opening credits were narrated by Hank Simms. The first episode of the show, "Requiem for a Son", featured a crossover with another QM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Television Actors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Hell Was In Session
''When Hell Was in Session'' is a memoir by U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Jeremiah Denton, recounting his experiences as an American prisoner of war (POW) during the Vietnam War. A Navy pilot, Denton's jet was shot down over North Vietnam in July 1965. Denton and his navigator, Bill Tschudy, parachuted down and were soon taken prisoner. Both men spent seven years and seven months in North Vietnam as often-tortured POWs. In 1979, the book was made into a television movie starring Hal Holbrook. It was adapted by screenwriter Jake Justiz, also known as Lee Pogostin. Denton, James Stockdale (who graduated with Denton at the Naval Academy), Larry Guarino, and James Robinson Risner, distinguished themselves as members of the American POW resistance movement from 1965 to 1973, helping POWs accomplish their sworn goal to "return with honor". ''Return with Honor'' was later used as the title of a documentary film released in 2000 about American POWs during the Vietnam War, narrated and produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Flight
Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain death is sometimes used as a legal definition of death. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. Death is an inevitable process that eventually occurs in almost all organisms. Death is generally applied to whole organisms; the similar process seen in individual components of an organism, such as cells or tissues, is necrosis. Something that is not considered an organism, such as a virus, can be physically destroyed but is not said to die. As of the early 21st century, over 150,000 humans die each day, with ageing being by far the most common cause of death. Many cultures and religions have the idea of an afterlife, and also may hold the idea of judgement of good and bad deeds in one's life (heaven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathon Man (film)
''Marathon Man'' is a 1976 American thriller film directed by John Schlesinger. It was adapted by William Goldman from his 1974 novel of the same title and stars Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane and Marthe Keller. In the film, "Babe" Levy, a graduate student (Hoffman), becomes embroiled in a plot by Nazi war criminal Christian Szell (Olivier) to retrieve stolen diamonds from a safe deposit box owned by Szell's dead brother. Babe becomes unwittingly involved due to his brother Doc's (Roy Scheider) dealings with Szell. It was a critical and box office success, with Olivier earning an Academy Awards, Oscar nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor for his role as Szell, the film's antagonist. Plot Thomas "Babe" Levy is a history Ph.D. student and an avid runner researching the same field as his father, H. V. Levy, who died by suicide after being investigated during the Joseph McCarthy era. Babe's brother, Henry "Doc" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother, Jugs & Speed
''Mother, Jugs & Speed'' is a 1976 American black comedy film directed by Peter Yates. It stars Bill Cosby (Mother), Raquel Welch (Jugs), Harvey Keitel (Speed), and Larry Hagman as employees of an independent ambulance service trying to survive in Los Angeles. Plot The F+B Ambulance Company is locked in an intense battle with the Unity Ambulance Company to win a city contract for providing ambulance service to a territory within Los Angeles. Their star driver is "Mother" Tucker (Bill Cosby), a talented antihero who drinks alcohol on duty, harasses nuns, and behaves brazenly towards practically everybody he meets, including his partner Leroy (Bruce Davison). Indeed, the entire company is a band of misfits, including the hypersexual John Murdoch (Larry Hagman), his partner Walker ( Michael McManus), putative medical student Bliss (Allan Warnick), and brash Texan "Rodeo" Moxey (Dick Butkus). Handling calls at the switchboard is Jennifer (Raquel Welch), whom the drivers nickname "J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunburst (film)
''Sunburst'' is a 1975 American thriller film directed by James Polakof. The film is also known as ''Slashed Dreams'' (American video title), and stars Peter Hooten, Kathrine Baumann, Ric Carrott, Anne Lockhart, Robert Englund and Rudy Vallee. Premise A pair of students go on a trip up to the mountains to look for a former college friend who has dropped out to become a hermit, and encounter two rednecks who assault them. Cast *Peter Hooten as Robert * Kathrine Baumann as Jenny *Ric Carrott as Marshall * Anne Lockhart as Tina *Robert Englund as Michael Sutherland *Rudy Vallee as Proprietor *James Keach as Levon *David Pritchard as Danker *Randy Ralston as The Pledge *Susan McCormick as Susan * Peter Brown as The Professor Soundtrack * Roberta Van Dere - "Pretty Things" (Words and Music by Ed Bogas) * Roberta Van Dere - "I'm Ready" (Words and Music by Ed Bogas) * Roberta Van Dere - "Animals Are Clumsy Too" (Words and Music by Ed Bogas) * Roberta Van Dere - "Take The Tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earthquake (1974 Film)
''Earthquake'' is a 1974 American ensemble disaster drama film directed and produced by Mark Robson and starring Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner. The plot concerns the struggle for survival after a catastrophic earthquake destroys most of the city of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Directed by Robson with a screenplay by George Fox and Mario Puzo, the film starred a large cast of well-known actors, including Heston, Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold, Richard Roundtree, Marjoe Gortner, Barry Sullivan (actor), Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Victoria Principal, and (under an alias) Walter Matthau. It is notable for the use of an innovative sound effect called Sensurround, which created the sense of actually experiencing an earthquake in theatres. Plot On his way to work, former football star Stewart Graff, having just fought with his wife Remy, visits Denise Marshall, an actress who is the widow of one of his friends. He drops off an autographed football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swinging Cheerleaders
''The Swinging Cheerleaders'' is a 1974 comedy-drama film written and directed by exploitation film auteur Jack Hill (who was credited for writing the film as Jane Witherspoon). The film was also released under the titles ''Locker Room Girls'' and ''H.O.T.S. II''. It is the sequel of sorts to the 1973 film ''The Cheerleaders'', directed by Paul Glickler; and was itself followed by ''Revenge of the Cheerleaders'' (1976), directed by Richard Lerner; and ''The Great American Girl Robbery'' (1979) (aka ''Cheerleaders Wild Weekend''), directed by Jeff Werner. Plot In order to write an article for the Mesa University college newspaper on how cheerleading demeans women, Kate (Jo Johnston) infiltrates the cheerleading squad. The other cheerleaders deal with their own problems: Mary Ann (Colleen Camp) struggles to get her promiscuous football player boyfriend, Buck (Ron Hajek), to propose to her; Lisa ( Rosanne Katon) is having an affair with statistics teacher Professor Thorpe (Jason So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavan O'Herlihy
Gavan John O'Herlihy (29 July 1951 – 15 September 2021) was an American actor. He was known for playing Chuck Cunningham in the first episodes of '' Happy Days'', as well as his appearances in films such as ''Never Say Never Again'', '' Death Wish 3'', ''Willow'', and '' Superman III''. Early life O'Herlihy was born 29 July 1951 in Malibu, California, the son of Irish parents, actor Dan O'Herlihy and his wife, Sandymount native Elsie Bennett. After graduating from Phillips Academy in Massachusetts, he attended Trinity College, Dublin and as an avid tennis player, he became Irish National Tennis Champion. Career He has over thirty screen credits to his name, most of them in villainous or antagonistic roles such as ''Never Say Never Again'', '' Superman III'', '' Death Wish 3'' and '' The Last Outlaw''. His role as Airk Thaughbaer in the 1988 fantasy ''Willow'' is one of the few heroic roles that he has portrayed, as well as that of the dashing American Loyalist officer from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
