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The Lineup (TV Series)
''The Lineup'' is an American police drama which aired on CBS radio from 1950 to 1953 and on CBS television from 1954 to 1960. Syndicated reruns of the series were broadcast under the title ''San Francisco Beat''. Radio The radio version depicted the investigations of Lieutenant Ben Guthrie (played by Bill Johnstone, one of several actors to play The Shadow on radio) and Sergeant Matt Greb (played by Wally Maher until his death on December 27, 1951), later replaced by Sergeant Pete Carger (played by Jack Moyles), detectives in the police force of an unnamed "great American city". The primary writer of the radio series was Blake Edwards. Television The television version was set specifically in San Francisco and was produced with the cooperation of the San Francisco Police Department, which received a credit at the close of each episode. It starred Warner Anderson as Guthrie and Tom Tully as Grebb. Grebb was now an inspector instead of a sergeant because at the time the ser ...
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Marshall Reed
Marshall Jewel Reed (May 28, 1917 – April 15, 1980) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1943 and 1978. He was born in Englewood, Colorado. Early years Reed's parents were Walter George Reed and Ruth Dustin. By age 10, he was acting in children's theater, and he managed two drama groups while he was in high school. Before becoming a professional actor, "he held various odd jobs such as horse trainer, meter reader, bookkeeper, and mail clerk."Aaker, Everett (2006). ''Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . Pp. 465–467. Stage Summer stock theatre at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado, provided Reed's first professional experience with acting. Besides appearing in plays there, he made costumes and constructed scenery. Later he worked with other theatrical groups in the Denver area, writing and producing as well as acting. Still later, he had his own stock company on the West Coast and acted in summer stock in ...
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San Francisco Police Department
The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) is the Municipal police, municipal law enforcement agency of the San Francisco, City and County of San Francisco, as well as San Francisco International Airport in San Mateo County, California, San Mateo County. In 2000, the SFPD was the 11th largest police department Law enforcement in the United States, in the United States. The SFPD (along with the San Francisco Fire Department and the San Francisco Sheriff's Department) serves an estimated population of 1.2 million, including the daytime-commuter population and thousands of other tourists and visitors. The department's motto is the same as that of the city and county: ''Oro en paz, fierro en guerra'', Spanish for ''Gold in peace, iron in war''. History Early years The SFPD began operations on August 13, 1849, during the California gold rush under the command of Captain Malachi Fallon. At the time, Chief Fallon had a force of one deputy captain, three sergeants and 30 o ...
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Eve Miller
Eve Marilyn Miller (born Marilyn Miller; August 8, 1923 – August 17, 1973) was an American actress who appeared in 41 films between 1945 and 1961. She was born in Los Angeles, California, and died in Van Nuys, California. She died by suicide at age 50. Early life Born in Los Angeles, California, Miller was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stanley Miller and was raised in San Francisco, where her father was a piano salesman. During the early years of World War II, Miller worked as a welder in a shipyard and later, before the war ended, became a department store clerk. Movie career In 1951, after several small parts in television and movies such as '' The Vicious Years'' (1950), Miller came to the attention of producer-director Ida Lupino and through her influence was cast in Warner Brothers' '' The Big Trees'', starring opposite Kirk Douglas. Several more parts followed such as '' The Winning Team'' with Ronald Reagan and '' Kansas Pacific'' starring Sterling Hayde ...
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Joyce Meadows
Joyce Meadows (born Joyce Johanna Burger; born April 13, 1933 or 1935) is a Canadian-American film and television actress. Life and career Meadows was born in Arrowwood, Alberta, later moving with her family to Montana and then California. She worked as a singer while in high school, and was a winner of the Miss Sacramento pageant, after which she moved to Hollywood, California. She studied acting there under Jeff Corey, earning her scholarship to the Pasadena Playhouse. Meadows moved to Los Angeles, California, where she began her screen career in the 1956 film ''Flesh and the Spur''. Meadows guest-starred in numerous television programs, including '' Bachelor Father'', ''77 Sunset Strip'', '' Harbor Command'', ''Perry Mason'', ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''Wagon Train'', ''Tales of Wells Fargo'', ''The Restless Gun'', ''Highway Patrol'', '' Wanted: Dead or Alive'', '' The Millionaire'', '' Kraft Suspense Theatre'', ''The Man and the Challenge'', and '' Maverick''. She al ...
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Douglas Kennedy (actor)
Douglas Richards Kennedy (September 14, 1915 – August 10, 1973) was an American actor who appeared in more than 190 films from 1935 to 1973. Early years Kennedy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dion W. Kennedy. He served in the U. S. Army from 1940 to 1945. Career Kennedy was a character player and occasional leading man in Hollywood. Making his debut in 1935, he played a significant number of supporting roles and was able to secure contract-player status, first at Paramount Pictures and later at Warner Brothers. His acting career was interrupted by World War II service as a major in the Signal Corps with the Office of Strategic Services and Army Intelligence. After the military, he returned to films and played character roles, often western villains or territorial marshals, as well as isolated leads in low-budget pictures. Kennedy had a starring role in the series '' Steve Donovan, Western Marshal'', with Eddy Waller as his sidekick Rusty Lee. He was also one of the ...
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Rodolfo Hoyos Jr
Rodolfo is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Rodolfo (footballer, born 1989), Rodolfo Xavier Neves, Brazilian striker * Rodolfo (footballer, born 1991), Rodolfo Alves de Melo, Brazilian goalkeeper * Rodolfo (footballer, born 1992), Rodolfo José da Silva Bardella, Brazilian forward * Rodolfo (footballer, born May 1993), Rodolfo de Almeida Guimarães, Brazilian attacking midfielder * Rodolfo (footballer, born October 1993), Rodolfo Freitas da Silva, Brazilian forward *Rodolfo Albano III, Filipino politician * Rodolfo Vera Quizon Sr. (1928-2012), Filipino actor and comedian better known as Dolphy. * Rodolfo Bodipo (born 1977), naturalized Equatoguinean football striker *Rodolfo Dantas Bispo (born 1982), Brazilian footballer *Rodolfo Calle (born 1964), Bolivian politician * Rodolfo Camacho (born 1975), Colombian road cyclist *Rodolfo Escalera (1929–2000), Mexican American Oil Painter who specialized in realism *Rodolfo Fariñas (born 1951), Filipino politician *R ...
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Ron Hagerthy
Ronald F. Hagerthy (born March 9, 1932) is an American actor on television and in films. Early years Hagerthy was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, but moved to Glendale, California, before he started school. He attended Glendale City College and once worked as an ambulance driver. His acting career was interrupted by two years' service in the Army. Career On television, in the 1950s, Hagerthy portrayed Clipper King (nephew of the title character) in the modern Western series, '' Sky King''. He also appeared on '' Matinee Theater'', ''Bonanza'', ''Gunsmoke'' (as "Blackie" in S1E38's "Unknown Grave" – 1956), '' Navy Log'', ''Tales of Wells Fargo'', and '' New Comedy Showcase''. He also appeared in an episode of The Rifleman, "The Deserter" (March 15, 1960, S2E25). On film, Hagerthy portrayed Dick Cvetic in '' I Was a Communist for the FBI'' (1951) and Cpl. Rich Williams in '' Starlift'' (1951). He also appeared in '' Make Haste to Live'', '' Eighteen and Anxious'', ''Charge at ...
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Walter Coy
Walter Darwin Coy (January 31, 1909 – December 11, 1974) was an American stage, radio, film, and, principally, television actor, arguably most well known as the brother of John Wayne's character in ''The Searchers'' (1956). Early years Originally from Great Falls, Montana, Coy was the son of Theodore Coy, who had a furniture store. The family moved to Seattle, Washington, around 1923. He played varsity football at the University of Washington and majored in dramatics. Before Coy became an actor, he worked at salmon canneries in Alaska. In 1929, he moved to New York. During World War II, he served in the Army. Career Coy performed on Broadway from 1930 to 1948. He appeared in several early Group Theatre productions. He was the first actor to play Lone Wolf on the radio series of the same name. Broadway roles * '' The House of Connelly'' (1931) - Charlie and as Seranader * '' Night Over Taos'' (1932) - Felipe * '' Men in White'' (1933) - Dr. Bradley * '' Gold Eagle Guy'' (1 ...
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Russ Conway (actor)
Russ Conway (born Russell Zink; April 25, 1913 – January 12, 2009) was a Canadian-American actor best known for playing Fenton Hardy, the father of The Hardy Boys in the 1956-7 ''The Mickey Mouse Club ''The Mickey Mouse Club'' is an American variety television show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996 and briefly returned to social media in 2017. Created by Walt Disney and produced by Walt Disney Productions, the program was first te ...'' serial. Early years Conway graduated from UCLA in 1937, and later earned a master’s in theater arts and a teaching credential from UCLA. During World War II, Conway was in an Army special services unit. For several months, he was entertainment director at Ft. Ord before serving in the Philippines and later in Japan, where he worked as a producer and announcer for Armed Forces Radio. Career He started acting in Hollywood in 1947. His film appearances included “Twelve O’Clock High” (1949), “War of the Worlds” (1953), ...
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Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categories. The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively. Other notable U.S. national Emmy events include the Children's and Family Emmy Awards, Children's & Family Emmy Awards for children's and family-oriented television programming, the Sports Emmy Awards for sports programming, News & Documentary Emmy Awards for news and documentary shows, and the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for technological and engineering achievements. #Regional, Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the ...
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Nielsen Ratings
Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre, films (via the AMC Theatres MAP program), and newspapers. Headquartered in New York City, it is best known for the Nielsen ratings, an audience measurement system of television viewership that for years has been the deciding factor in canceling or renewing television shows by television networks. As of August 2024, it is the primary part of Nielsen Holdings. NMR began as a division of ACNielsen, a marketing research firm founded in 1923. In 1996, NMR was split off into an independent company, and in 1999, was purchased by the Dutch conglomerate VNU. In 2001, VNU also purchased ACNielsen, thereby bringing both companies under the same corporate umbrella for years. NMR is also a sister company to Nielsen//NetRatings, which measures Internet and digital media audiences. VNU was reorganized and renamed the Nielsen Company in 2007. NMR was separated again from Ni ...
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Art Gilmore
Arthur Wells Gilmore, known as Art Gilmore (March 18, 1912 – September 25, 2010) was an American actor and announcer heard on radio and television programs, children's records, movies, trailers, radio commercials, and documentary films. He also appeared in several television series and a few feature films. Biography Reared in Tacoma, Washington, Gilmore attended Washington State University in 1931, where he was a member of the Chi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity and a member of the Alpha Omicron chapter of Theta Chi fraternity. In 1935, he was hired to work as an announcer for Seattle's KOL Radio. In 1936, he became a staff announcer for the Warner Brothers radio station KFWB in Hollywood and then moved to the CBS-owned station KNX as a news reader. During World War II he served as a fighter-director U.S. Navy officer aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean. Leaving the Navy, he decided to become a professional singer and returned to Hollywood. ...
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