Martin Milner, George Maharis circa 1960 Photo by Gabi Rona
Tribute to George Maharis
Original Airdates: June 16-19, 2023
TVC 614.1: Actor and author James Rosin joins Ed as TV Confidential pays tribute to George Maharis, the Brandoesque actor known around the world as Buz Murdock on Route 66 (CBS, 1960-1964). George Maharis passed away this past Wednesday, May 24 at age ninety-four. Jim interviewed Maharis for his book Route 66: The Television Series; he not only remained friends with the actor for the rest of his life, but spoke to Maharis just a few weeks before his death. Among other topics this segment, Jim clarifies some of the misinformation and innuendo surrounding Maharis’ departure from Route 66 in the middle of the third season. (Maharis himself addressed this subject when he appeared on TV Confidential in March 2012; we replay that interview in our second hour of this week’s program.)
George Maharis, Cary Grant, and Route 66
Original Airdates: June 16-19, 2023
TVC 614.2: James Rosin, author of Route 66: The Television Series and other books on popular culture, talks to Ed about the advice that Cary Grant gave George Maharis shorte before Maharis left Route 66 in the middle of the third season, after the actor had a near-fatal relapse of hepatitis. George Maharis passed away this past Wednesday, May 24 at age ninety-four. Jim not only interviewed Maharis for Route 66: The Television Series, but remained friends with the actor right up to his death.
George Maharis of Route 66
Original Airdates: June 16-19, 2023
TVC 614.4: From March 2012: Ed welcomes actor, singer, and painter George Maharis (Route 66, Exodus, The Most Deadly Game). George Maharis passed away this past Wednesday, May 24 at age ninety-four.
George Maharis on Why He Left Route 66
Original Airdates: June 16-19, 2023
TVC 614.5: From March 2012: George Maharis, in his own words, clarifies some of the misinformation surrounding his departure from Route 66 in the middle of the third season. George Maharis passed away this past Wednesday, May 24 at age ninety-four.
George Maharis, Mike Wallace, and The Sounds of Lost Television
Original Airdates: June 16-19, 2023
TVC 614.6: From March 2012: Ed plays audio highlights of George Maharis’ appearance on the May 18, 1962 edition of PM East, the New York-based late night television talk show hosted by Mike Wallace, in which Maharis discussed what he may have done with his life had he not pursued acting, and why he was thinking of leaving Route 66 at the end of the third season. (Though he did not know it at the time he spoke to Wallace, Maharis would end up leaving the series in the middle of the third season, following a near-fatal release of hepatitis.) Audio courtesy of Phil Gries of Archival Television Audio, ATVAudio.com. George Maharis passed away this past Wednesday, May 24 at age ninety-four.
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