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Young Maverick
''Young Maverick'' is a 1979 Western television series and a sequel to the 1957–1962 series '' Maverick'', which had starred James Garner as roving gambler Bret Maverick. Charles Frank played Ben Maverick, the son of Bret's first cousin Beau Maverick, making him Bret's first cousin once removed. Frank's real-life wife Susan Blanchard played his girlfriend Nell, while John Dehner (a frequent guest-star in various roles in several ''Maverick'' episodes including " Shady Deal at Sunny Acres") appeared as a frontier marshal who had arrested Ben's father Beau decades before. The series was cancelled by CBS after six hour-long episodes had been shown, leaving two which were never aired on the network. All eight episodes were screened later that year on BBC1 in the UK. The 1978 TV-movie ''The New Maverick'', featuring Garner as Bret, Frank as Ben, Jack Kelly as Bret's brother Bart Maverick, and Blanchard as Nell, served as the pilot for the series. Kelly did not appear in the ser ... [...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] |
James Garner
James Scott Garner (né Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor. He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, which included ''The Great Escape (film), The Great Escape'' (1963) with Steve McQueen; Paddy Chayefsky's ''The Americanization of Emily'' (1964) with Julie Andrews; ''Cash McCall'' (1960) with Natalie Wood; ''The Wheeler Dealers'' (1963) with Lee Remick; ''Darby's Rangers'' (1958) with Stuart Whitman; Roald Dahl's ''36 Hours (1964 film), 36 Hours'' (1965) with Eva Marie Saint; as a Formula 1 racing star in ''Grand Prix (1966 film), Grand Prix'' (1966); Raymond Chandler's ''Marlowe (1969 film), Marlowe'' (1969) with Bruce Lee; ''Support Your Local Sheriff!'' (1969) with Walter Brennan; Blake Edwards's ''Victor/Victoria'' (1982) with Julie Andrews; and ''Murphy's Romance'' (1985) with Sally Field, for which he received an Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award nomination. He also starred in several television series, including pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting roles in films including ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), '' Kelly's Heroes'' (1970), '' Dillinger'' (1973), ''The Godfather Part II'' (1974), '' Alien'' (1979), ''Escape from New York'' (1981), '' Christine'' (1983), '' Repo Man'' (1984), '' One Magic Christmas'' (1985), '' Pretty in Pink'' (1986), '' The Last Temptation of Christ'' (1988), '' Wild at Heart'' (1990), '' The Straight Story'' (1999), '' The Green Mile'' (1999), '' The Man Who Cried'' (2000), '' Alpha Dog'' (2006), '' Inland Empire'' (2006), '' Rango'' (2011), '' The Avengers'' (2012), and '' Seven Psychopaths'' (2012). He had rare lead roles in '' Paris, Texas'' (1984) and in '' Lucky'' (2017). Early life and education Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky, to Sheridan Harry Stanton, a tobacco farmer and barber, and Ersel (née Moberly), a cook. His parents div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hillerman
John Benedict Hillerman (December 20, 1932 – November 9, 2017) was an American actor best known for his starring role as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III on the television series '' Magnum, P.I.'' that aired from 1980 to 1988. For his role as Higgins, Hillerman earned five Golden Globe nominations, winning in 1981, and four Emmy nominations, winning in 1987. He retired from acting in 1999. Early life and career Hillerman was born in Denison, Texas, the son of Christopher Benedict Hillerman, a gas station owner, and Lenora Joan (''née'' Medlinger). He was the middle child with two sisters. His father was the grandson of immigrants from Germany and Holland, and his mother the daughter of immigrants from Austria and Germany. He was a first cousin once removed of author Tony Hillerman. Hillerman developed an interest in opera at the age of ten, and traveled to Dallas to watch Metropolitan Opera productions. He attended St. Xavier's Academy, and after graduation, he attended the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Fairchild
Morgan Fairchild (born Patsy Ann McClenny; February 3, 1950) is an American actress. She began acting in the early 1970s and has had roles in several television series since then. Fairchild began her career on the CBS daytime soap opera '' Search for Tomorrow'' as Jennifer Pace from 1973 to 1977. In 1978, she appeared on the primetime soap opera ''Dallas'' as the first actress to portray Jenna Wade, before taking a lead role on the NBC series '' Flamingo Road'' in 1980 (for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama). In 1984, she co-starred on ABC's short-lived television drama '' Paper Dolls'', and then appeared on '' Falcon Crest'' as attorney Jordan Roberts from 1985 to 1986. Fairchild has also performed in theater and played guest roles on television comedies, including '' Murphy Brown'' (for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series), ''Two and a Half Men'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Mills
Donna Mills (born Donna Jean Miller; December 11, 1940) is an American actress. She began her television career in 1966 with a recurring role on ''The Secret Storm'', and in the same year appeared on Broadway in Woody Allen's comedy '' Don't Drink the Water''. She made her film debut the next year in '' The Incident''. She then starred for three years on the soap opera '' Love Is a Many Splendored Thing'' (1967–70), before starring as Tobie Williams, the girlfriend of Clint Eastwood's character in the 1971 cult thriller ''Play Misty for Me''. Mills played the female lead in the heist film '' Murph the Surf'' (1975), and had starring roles in a number of made-for-television movies during the 1970s. In 1980, Mills landed the role of Abby Cunningham on the primetime soap opera ''Knots Landing'', and was a regular on the show until 1989. For this role, she won the ''Soap Opera Digest'' Award for Outstanding Villainess three times, in 1986, 1988, and 1989. She has since starred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Woods
James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American actor. Known for fast-talking, intense roles on screen and stage, he has received numerous accolades, including three Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He started his career in minor roles on and off- Broadway before making his Broadway debut in ''The Penny Wars'' (1969), followed by '' Borstal Boy'' (1970), '' The Trial of the Catonsville Nine'' (1971) and '' Moonchildren'' (1972). Woods' early film roles include '' The Visitors'' (1972), '' The Way We Were'' (1973) and '' Night Moves'' (1975). He starred in the NBC miniseries ''Holocaust'' (1978) opposite Meryl Streep. He rose to prominence portraying Gregory Powell in '' The Onion Field'' (1979). He earned two Academy Awards nominations: one for Best Actor for his role as journalist Richard Boyle in '' Salvador'' (1986) and for Best Supporting Actor for playing white suprema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McIntire
John Herrick McIntire (June 27, 1907 – January 30, 1991) was an American character actor who appeared in 65 theatrical films and many television series. McIntire is well known for having replaced Ward Bond, upon Bond's sudden death in November 1960, as the star of NBC's ''Wagon Train''. He played Christopher Hale, the leader of the wagon train (and successor to Bond's character, Seth Adams) from early 1961 to the end of the series in 1965. He also replaced Charles Bickford, upon Bickford's death in 1967, as ranch owner Clay Grainger (brother of Bickford's character) on NBC's '' The Virginian'' for four seasons. Early years John McIntire was born in Spokane, Washington, the son of Byron Jean McIntire and Chastine Uretta Herrick McIntire. He was of Irish descent. He grew up primarily in Eureka, Montana, around ranchers, an experience that later inspired his performances in dozens of film and television westerns. Later, he lived in Santa Monica, California. McIntire studied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Duff
Howard Green Duff (November 24, 1913July 8, 1990) was an American actor. He started in radio during World War II before appearing in many Hollywood features and television programs from 1947 to 1990. He also directed for television. His career was marked by accusations of disloyalty during the red scare of the 1950s. Early life Duff was born in Charleston, Washington (today a part of Bremerton), in 1913. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle in 1932, where he began acting in school plays after he was cut from the school basketball team. Duff worked locally in Seattle-area theater until entering the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He was eventually assigned to their radio service, and announced re-broadcasts prepared for the Armed Forces Radio Service ( AFRS). In this role, he served as the announcer for the drama '' Suspense'', dated March 16, 1943. Career Sam Spade Duff's most memorable radio role was as Dashiell Hammett's private eye Sam S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Kelly (actor)
John Augustus Kelly Jr. (September 16, 1927 – November 7, 1992) was an American film and television actor most noted for the role of Bart Maverick in the television series '' Maverick'', which ran on ABC from 1957 to 1962. Kelly shared the series, rotating as the lead from week to week, first with James Garner as Bret Maverick (1957–1960) then with Roger Moore as Beau Maverick (1960–1961) and Robert Colbert as Brent Maverick (1961, for two episodes), before becoming the only Maverick (alternating with reruns from the Garner era) in the fifth season. Kelly later became a politician, serving from 1983 to 1986 as the mayor of Huntington Beach, California. Early life John Augustus Kelly Jr. was born in Astoria, Queens, New York, one of four children, to Ann Mary (née Walsh) and John Augustus Kelly Sr. Jackie, as he was called as a child, came from a prominent theatrical family. His mother, Ann "Nan" Kelly, had been a popular stage actress and John Robert Powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Maverick
''The New Maverick'' is a 1978 American Western television film based on the 1957–1962 series '' Maverick'' starring James Garner as Bret Maverick. ''The New Maverick'' also stars Charles Frank as newcomer cousin Ben Maverick (son of Beau Maverick), Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick, and Susan Sullivan as Poker Alice Ivers. James Garner and Jack Kelly had been 29 and 30 years old, respectively, at the beginning of the original series and were 50 and 51 while filming ''The New Maverick''. The TV-movie was a pilot for the series '' Young Maverick'', which featured Frank and only lasted a few episodes. Directed by Hy Averback and written by Juanita Bartlett, the movie was filmed while Garner's series ''The Rockford Files'' was on hiatus. Garner would later star in '' Bret Maverick'', another attempt at a series revival inspired by this TV-movie, for the 1981-82 season. Garner wrote in his memoir that the film "didn't quite make it," calling it "a near miss." Cast * James G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shady Deal At Sunny Acres
"Shady Deal at Sunny Acres", starring James Garner and Jack Kelly, remains one of the most famous and widely discussed episodes of the Western comedy television series '' Maverick''. Written by series creator Roy Huggins (teleplay) and Douglas Heyes (story) and directed by Leslie H. Martinson, this 1958 second-season episode depicts gambler Bret Maverick (James Garner) being swindled by a crooked banker (John Dehner) after depositing the proceeds from a late-night poker game. He then surreptitiously recruits his brother Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly) and a host of other acquaintances to mount an elaborate sting operation to recover the money. As Huggins noted during a lengthy discussion of the episode in his Archive of American Television interview, the first half of the 1973 movie ''The Sting'' seems based on Huggins' script. While Bart and all of the series' recurring characters join forces to energetically flim-flam the banker ("....if you can't trust your banker, who can you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
