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TV CONFIDENTIAL Tribute to William Schallert is available for listening on demand as a free podcast
William Schallert: A Television Favorite A encore presentation of our May 2016 tribute to William Schallert, the amiable, reliable character actor known to Baby Boomers for playing Patty Duke’s dad, Nancy Drew’s dad, Gidget’s dad, Dobie Gillis’ teacher, the Admiral … Continue reading →
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Tagged actors strike 1980, Albin Berg, Andrews Sisters, Arne Rosen Get Smart, Barbara Feldon Get Smart, Barney Miller, Bill Spire, Blossom Axton, Boris Sagal, Buck Henry Get Smart, Charles Aidman Wild Wild West, Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin City Lights, Circle Players, Circle Players Los Angeles, City Lights, Cloris Leachman, Dalton Trumbo, Dalton Trumbo Lonely are the Brave, Dalton Trumbo Spartacus, Danny Arnold), Dennis Weaver Gunsmoke, Dobie Gillis, Dobie Gillis’ teacher, Don Adams Get Smart, Don Siegel Charley Varrick, Ed Asner, Ed Asner Screen Actors Guild president, Edgar Olhmer, Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley movies, Elvis Presley Speedway, Ernest Borgnine, Ernest Borgnine Marty, Gene Wang Perry Marson, George Englund, Gidget’s dad, Gladys Presley, Group Theatre West, Gunsmoke, Harry Axton, Ike The War Years, Ivan Kahn, Ivan Kahn 20th Century Fox, Jack Albertson, Jacqueline Scott Charley Varrick, James Dunn, Jerry Epstein, Jessica Walter, Jim Bowie, Joe Don Baker, Joe Don Baker Charley Varrick, Joe Mantel, John Houseman, Justinian Tibbs, Kathleen Freeman, Ken Englund, Kirk Douglas Lonely are the Brave, Leonard Stern Get Smart, Lew Wasserman, Lew Wasserman Revue, Lew Wasserman Universal, Lonely are the Brave, Mabel Albertson, Mabel Albertson Circle Theatre, Maggie Field, Manny Harris William Marlowe, Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Margaret Field, Margaret Field Sally Field, Marlon Brando, Maverick The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill, Mercury Theatre, Mr. Pomfrit Dobie Gillis, Mr. Zero, Nancy Drew’s dad, Norman Lear, Norman Lear The Alliance, Orson Welles, Pasadena Playhouse, Patty Duke, Patty Duke Screen Actors Guild president, Patty Duke’s dad, Philip Marlowe Gene Wang, Philip Marlowe television series, Robert Conrad Wild Wild West, Robert Duvall Ike The War Years, Ross Martin Wild Wild West, Royce Hall, Royce Hall UCLA, Sadie Thompson, Scottish play Jeannie, Screen Actors Guild alliance, Sidney Chaplin, Somerset Maugham, Strother Marton, That Girl, the Admiral on Get Smart, The Time of Your Life, Tom Kelley, Tom Kelley 20th Century Fox, Volpone, Walter Matthau Charley Varrick, Walter Matthau Lonely are the Brave, Wild Wild West, Wild Wild West Night of the Winged Terror, William Saroyan, William Schallert, William Schallert Admiral Hargrave, William Schallert Arnold Schoenberg, William Schallert Caryn Richman, William Schallert Charley Varrick, William Schallert Circle Theatre, William Schallert Dennis Weaver, William Schallert dialects, William Schallert Dobie Gillis, William Schallert Don Siegel, William Schallert Edwin Schallert, William Schallert Elvis Presley, William Schallert Gene Wang, William Schallert Get Smart, William Schallert Gunsmoke, William Schallert Lonely are the Brave, William Schallert Manny Harris, William Schallert Martin Lane, William Schallert Maverick, William Schallert Mr. Pomfrit, William Schallert Nancy Drew Mysteries, William Schallert Night of the Winged Terror, William Schallert Norman Tarroff, William Schallert Patty Duke, William Schallert Patty Duke Show, William Schallert Perry Mason, William Schallert Philip Marlowe, William Schallert SAG president, William Schallert Screen Actors Guild, William Schallert Screen Actors Guild president, William Schallert Speedway, William Schallert The Admiral, William Schallert The New Gidget, William Schallert The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill, William Schallert UCLA, William Schallert Wild Wild West
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via @Variety: Longtime MCA/Universal executive Sid Sheinberg dies at age 84. A polarizing figure, he helped transform Universal into an international entertainment empire that included the development of Universal City, the highly successful studio-tour theme parks, and a host of blockbuster movies and hit TV series
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Tagged 60 Minutes interview 1980, Columbo, Darren McGavin, E.T., Frank Price, James Garner, Jaws, Lew Wasserman, Magnum p.i., MCA, MCA Universal, McMillan and Wife, mentor Steven Spielberg, Mystery Movie, NBC Mystery Movie, Night Stalker, profit participation, Rock Hudson, Rockford Files, Rockford Files lawsuit, Sid Sheinberg, Sidney Sheinberg, Steven Spielberg, studio tour, Sugarland Express, theme parks, Universal Studios, wheel series
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 423 with guests Robert Wagner and Leslie Bertram Crane is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 423 with guests Robert Wagner and Leslie Bertram Crane Original Airdates: Oct. 19-22, 2018 First hour: Ed welcomes Leslie Bertram Crane. Leslie worked behind the scenes in network television and syndicated television for about twenty years, both in … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1989, A Kiss Before Dying, Academy Awards, Alexander Mundy, Alistair Mundy, All the Fine Young Cannibals, Allan Carr, Angie Dickinson, Audrey Hepburn, Austin Powers, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Banning, Barbara Stanwyck, Beach Blanket Babylon, Beneath the Twelve Mile Reef, Bette Davis, Bill Bertram, Broken Lance, Budd Burton Moss, Budd Moss, Burn the Ice, Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award, Captain and Tennille, Carole Shelley, Charlie Callas, Claudette Colbert, Constance Towers Gavin, Dean Stockwell, Deborah S. Hildebrand, Diane Baker, Dick Clark, Dick Clark Productions, Donald J. Bellisario, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Ed McMahon, Eddie Albert, Edward Binns, Edwina Sandys, Elizabeth Taylor, ER, Frank Price, Fred Astaire, Friends, Gary Collins, Glen Larson, Gold Coast Arts Center, Gold Coast International Film Festival, Golden Age of Hollywood, Golden Era of Hollywood, Greg Mullavey, Harper, Hart to Hart, Hollywood Plateau, Hour Magazine, I Loved Her in the Movies, I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, Irwin Allen, It Takes a Thief, Jaclyn Smith, Jeff Margolis, Jeffrey Hunter, Jerry Lewis, Jerry Lewis telethon, Jill St. John, Joan Blondell, Joan Crawford, Joanne Woodward, Joel Grey, John Cerney, Kirk Driscoll, Larry King, Lesley Anne Down, Leslie Bertram Crane, Lew Wasserman, live television, Love among Thieves, Lucille Ball, Malachi Throne, Marie Osmond, Marilyn Monroe, Merv Griffn, Midway, Mike Myers, Mrs. Anthony Katherine Quinn, Murphy Brown, Natalie Wood, Natasha Gregson Wagner, NCIS, Niki Dantine, Number Two, Oscarcast, Pearl, Pieces of My Heart, Prince Valiant, Quantum Leap, Richard Thomas, Rob Lowe, Robert Crane, Robert Wagner, Rosalind Russell, Scott Bakula, Scott Eyman, Sharon Gless, Sidney Sheldon, Snow White, Solid Gold, Sonia Henie, Stanleys, Star Search, Stefanie Powers, Steve Binder, Steve DeWinter, studio system, Susan Anton, Susan Hayward, Switch, switcher, The American Music Awards, The Curse of the Pink Panther, The Drew Carey Show, The Longest Day, The Pink Panther, The Towering Inferno, The True Story of Jesse James, Tippi Hedren, Toni Tennille, Universal, variety shows, variety television, Windmills of the Gods, With a Song in My Heart, You Must Remember This
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Robert Wagner: Next on TVC
Film and television actor and New York Times bestselling author Robert Wagner will join us, plus Leslie Bertram Crane will take us behind the scenes of the production of variety shows and live television specials. All that and more this … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1989, A Kiss Before Dying, Academy Awards, Alexander Mundy, Alistair Mundy, All the Fine Young Cannibals, Allan Carr, Angie Dickinson, Audrey Hepburn, Austin Powers, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Banning, Barbara Stanwyck, Beach Blanket Babylon, Beneath the Twelve Mile Reef, Bette Davis, Bill Bertram, Broken Lance, Budd Burton Moss, Budd Moss, Burn the Ice, Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award, Captain and Tennille, Carole Shelley, Charlie Callas, Claudette Colbert, Constance Towers Gavin, Deborah S. Hildebrand, Diane Baker, Dick Clark, Dick Clark Productions, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Ed McMahon, Eddie Albert, Edward Binns, Edwina Sandys, Elizabeth Taylor, ER, Frank Price, Fred Astaire, Friends, Gary Collins, Glen Larson, Gold Coast Arts Center, Gold Coast International Film Festival, Golden Age of Hollywood, Golden Era of Hollywood, Greg Mullavey, Harper, Hart to Hart, Hollywood Plateau, Hour Magazine, I Loved Her in the Movies, I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, Irwin Allen, It Takes a Thief, Jaclyn Smith, Jeff Margolis, Jeffrey Hunter, Jerry Lewis, Jerry Lewis telethon, Jill St. John, Joan Blondell, Joan Crawford, Joanne Woodward, Joel Grey, John Cerney, Kirk Driscoll, Larry King, Lesley Anne Down, Leslie Bertram Crane, Lew Wasserman, live television, Love among Thieves, Lucille Ball, Malachi Throne, Marie Osmond, Marilyn Monroe, Merv Griffn, Midway, Mike Myers, Mrs. Anthony Katherine Quinn, Murphy Brown, Natalie Wood, Natasha Gregson Wagner, NCIS, Niki Dantine, Number Two, Oscarcast, Pearl, Pieces of My Heart, Prince Valiant, Richard Thomas, Rob Lowe, Robert Crane, Robert Wagner, Rosalind Russell, Scott Eyman, Sharon Gless, Sidney Sheldon, Snow White, Solid Gold, Sonia Henie, Stanleys, Star Search, Stefanie Powers, Steve Binder, Steve DeWinter, studio system, Susan Anton, Susan Hayward, Switch, switcher, The American Music Awards, The Curse of the Pink Panther, The Drew Carey Show, The Longest Day, The Pink Panther, The Towering Inferno, The True Story of Jesse James, Tippi Hedren, Toni Tennille, Universal, variety shows, variety television, Windmills of the Gods, With a Song in My Heart, You Must Remember This
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