93rd BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE • WILLIAM SHATNER (March 22, 1931)
William Shatner Biography
William Shatner OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1966 debut as the captain...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • PETER GRAVES (March 18, 1926-March 14, 2010)
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE SEASON 7
Episode #11
“Kidnap” (1972)
producer: Barry Crane
executive producer: Bruce Geller
assistant to the producer: Dale Tarter
story consultant: Laurence Heath
story editor: Stephen Kandel
script...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • PETER GRAVES (March 18, 1926-March 14, 2010)
Peter Graves Biography
Peter Graves (born Peter Duesler Aurness; March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010) was an American actor who portrayed Jim Phelps in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973 and in its revival...
Thanks. Much appreciated. I'm glad that you returned to Mission: Impossible.
“The Killer” was so good that the new series did it again.
My three favorite series with Conrad remain:
The Wild Wild West
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Centennial
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • ROBERT CONRAD (March 1, 1935-February 8, 2020)
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE SEASON 5
Episode #1
“The Killer” (1970)
producer: Bruce Lansbury
executive producer: Bruce Geller
associate producer: Barry Crane
story consultant: Laurence Heath
script supervisor: Barbara Atkinson
writer...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • ROBERT CONRAD (March 1, 1935-February 8, 2020)
Robert Conrad Biography
Robert Conrad (born Conrad Robert Falk; March 1, 1935 – February 8, 2020) was an American film and television actor, singer, and stuntman. He is best known for his role in the 1965–1969 television series...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • JOHN VERNON (February 24, 1932-February 1, 2005)
John Vernon Biography
John Keith Vernon (born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz; February 24, 1932 – February 1, 2005) was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in...
I like Dan Clark who played heavies and mavericks on many CBS series like Rawhide (the season 3 “Incident of the Night Visitor”), Mission: Impossible (the season 7 “Hit”), Mannix, Hawaii Five-O. Bold Venture features the one and only Luana Anders: just for the actress you must watch it.
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • KEVIN McCARTHY (February 15, 1914-September 11, 2010)
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE SEASON 6
Episode #9
“Invasion” (1971)
producer: Bruce Lansbury
executive producer: Bruce Geller
associate producer: Barry Crane
story consultant: Laurence Heath
script supervisor: Barbara Atkinson...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • KEVIN McCARTHY (February 15, 1914-September 11, 2010)
Kevin McCarthy Biography
Kevin McCarthy (February 15, 1914 – September 11, 2010) was an American stage, film and television actor, remembered as the male lead in the horror science fiction film Invasion of the Body...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • LESLIE NIELSEN (February 11, 1926-November 28, 2010)
THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO SEASON 2
Episode #4
“Before I Die” (1973)
producer: John Wilder
executive producer: Quinn Martin
executive story consultant: William Robert Yates
writer: Albert Ruben
director: William Hale...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • LESLIE NIELSEN (February 11, 1926-November 28, 2010)
Leslie Nielsen Biography
Leslie William Nielsen OC (11 February 1926 – 28 November 2010) was a Canadian-American actor and comedian. With a career spanning sixty years, he appeared in more than one hundred films and one...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • BILL BIXBY (January 22, 1934 - November 21, 1993)
Bill Bixby Biography
Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby III (January 22, 1934 – November 21, 1993) was an American actor, director, producer, and frequent game-show panellist. Bixby’s career spanned more than three decades...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • FRITZ WEAVER (January 19, 1926-November 26, 2016)
Fritz Weaver Biography
Fritz William Weaver (January 19, 1926 − November 26, 2016) was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 theatre, television, and film productions in a career spanning nearly 60 years. Continue to...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • ALFRED RYDER (January 5, 1916-April 16, 1995)
THE WILD WILD WEST SEASON 2
Episode #22
“The Night of the Deadly Bubble” (1967)
creator: Michael Garrison
producer: Bruce Lansbury
assistant to the producer: Joe Kirby
associate producer: Leonard Katzman
story consultant: Henry...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • ALFRED RYDER (January 5, 1916-April 16, 1995)
Alfred Ryder Biography
Alfred Ryder (born Alfred Jacob Corn; January 5, 1916 – April 16, 1995) was an American television, stage, radio, and film actor and director, who appeared in over one hundred television shows...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • JOHN COLICOS (December 10, 1928-March 6, 2000)
THE FBI SEASON 7
Episode #22
“The Test” (1972)
producer: Philip Salzman
associate producer: Mark Weingart
executive producer: Quinn Martin
story consultant: Robert Heverly
writer: Mark Weingart
director: Michael O’Herlihy...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • JOHN COLICOS (December 10, 1928-March 6, 2000)
John Colicos Biography
John Colicos (December 10, 1928 – March 6, 2000) was a Canadian actor. He performed on stage and television in the United States and Canada. Colicos began his acting career with the Canadian Art Theatre...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • JOHN DEHNER (November 23, 1915-February 4, 1992)
THE WILD WILD WEST SEASON 1
Episode #16
“The Night of the Steel Assassin” (1966)
creator: Michael Garrison
producer: John Mantley
executive producer: Philip Leacock
assistant to producers: Herbert DuFine
production associate...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • JOHN DEHNER (November 23, 1915-February 4, 1992)
John Dehner Biography
John Dehner (DAY-ner) (born John Dehner Forkum, also credited Dehner Forkum; November 23, 1915 – February 4, 1992) was an American stage, radio, film, and television actor. From the late 1930s to the late...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • INA BALIN (November 12, 1937-June 20, 1990)
STONEY BURKE
Episode #3
“Child of Luxury” (October 15, 1962)
produced, written, directed by Leslie Stevens
Music clips from the episode “Child of Luxury” of the contemporary western series Stoney Burke (1962-1963) in which wealthy...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • JAMES DALY (October 23, 1918-July 3, 1978)
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE SEASON 1
Episode #25
“Shock” (1967)
producer: Joseph Gantman
executive producer: Bruce Geller
associate producer: Barry Crane
executive in charge of production: Herbert F. Solow
story consultants: William Read...
90th BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE • DAVID McCALLUM (September 19, 1933)
ROD SERLING’S NIGHT GALLERY SEASON 2
Episode #5 • Offering #1
“The Phantom Farmhouse” (1971)
producer: Jack Laird
production associates: Anthony Redman and Herbert Wright
executive story consultant: Gerald Sanford
writer: Halsted...
TRIBUTES: ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
CLINT EASTWOOD TRIBUTE, PART 2
RAWHIDE SEASON 2
Episode #1
“Incident of the Day of the Dead” (1959)
producer: Charles Marquis Warren
associate producer: Ernest J. Nims
story editor: Endre Bohem
writers: David Victor and Herbert Little Jr.
director: Stuart...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • JAMES COBURN (August 31, 1928-November 18, 2002)
COMBAT! SEASON 2
Episode #3
“Masquerade” (1963)
first title: “Operation Grief”
producer: Gene Levitt
associate producer: Richard Caffey
executive producer: Selig J. Seligman
writer: Anthony Wilson
director: John Peyser...
94th BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE • VERA MILES (August 23, 1929)
COLUMBO SEASON 3
Episode #1
“Lovely but Lethal” (1973)
producer: Douglas Benton
executive producers: Dean Hargrove and Roland Kibbee
associate producer: Robert F. O’Neill
executive story consultant: Jackson Gillis
writer: Jackson Gillis...
94th BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE • VERA MILES (August 23, 1929)
GUNSMOKE SEASON 16
Episode #4
“Sam McTavish, M.D.” (1970)
producer: Joseph Dackow
executive producer: John Mantley
post production executive: Ron Honthaner
executive story consultant: Calvin Clements
assistant story consultant: Paul F...
94th BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE • VERA MILES (August 23, 1929)
THE FBI SEASON 5
Episode #3
“The Swindler” (1969)
producer: Philip Salzman
associate producer: Mark Weingart
story consultant: Robert Heverly
writer: Andy Lewis
director: William Hale
director of phtotgraphy: William W. Spencer
composer...