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[The 1960's]

In Memory of Glenn Corbett (August 17, 1933 — January 16, 1993)

Yesterday would have been Glenn Corbett’s 89th birthday. In tribute to his memory and to the versatility of the roles he portrayed, Scott, Jeff and I will be showing him some love by posting the following Photo Essays. Hope you all enjoy.

An American lead actor and supporting actor, rugged and commanding Glenn Corbett's background didn't seem like it would lead to Hollywood stardom. The son of a garage mechanic, Corbett served a hitch in the navy and later met Judy, the woman who would become his wife, while she was working at a college. With her encouragement, Corbett began to get parts in campus theatricals, and it was while he was in one of these that he came to the attention of the powers-that-be at Columbia Pictures, which signed him to a contract.

His film debut was in The Crimson Kimono (1959). That was followed by supporting roles in The Mountain Road (1960) and Man on a String (1960). He eventually got the lead role in William Castle's suspense thriller Homicidal (1961) and appeared in the TV series Route 66 (1960). His work in "Route 66" got him attention and he was cast in a new series, The Road West (1966), but that was short-lived. ... See full bio »​

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Route 66 (1960-1964)
S03E27 What a Shining Young Man Was Our Gallant Lieutenant (Apr.26.1963)
Glenn Corbett Dick York Martin Milner James Brown John Litel James Olson Dianne RameyArnold Soboloff Carol Ann Lewis​

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Extremely sweet and heartwarming story with standout performances by Glenn Corbett and Dick York. In my opinion, the finest performance of Dick York's storied career. Linc Case (Corbett) looks up his old Army buddy Lieutenant School (York). Linc is shocked to discover the Lieutenant doesn’t even recognize him due to and old combat head injury which has reverted his mind to that of an 8 year old boy. What follows is the beautiful friendship that grows out of Linc’s care and concern.​

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[The 1960's]

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[Jeff Flugel]

Here's my contribution in honor of Glenn Corbett's birthday:

Bonanza – 7.7 “Mighty is the Word”
Glenn Corbett’s career profile must have been in decent standing by this stage (Nov. 7, 1965), as he received special guest star billing here, in his first of two Bonanza appearances, playing Paul Watson, a former gunfighter turned minister doing his best to turn his life around and do the Lord's work. Newly married to devoted wife Sue (pert Sue Randall), we first meet Paul taking on all comers in friendly arm wrestling matches in a Virginia City saloon, using his winnings to fund the building of a church. The Cartwrights are good friends of his, who know his background and support his attempts to rebuild his life. But Ponderosa ranch hand Cliff Rexford (Michael Witney) recognizes Paul as the man who killed his twin brother five years before, and sets out to goad Paul into a gunfight. At first, Paul tries his damnedest to turn the other cheek, even after Cliff takes a sledgehammer to the frame of Paul’s new church…but when Cliff resorts to tearing up Sue’s dress shop and even roughing her up a little bit, Paul tells a furious Little Joe to step aside, and once more straps on his pistol to teach the punk a lesson.

This is a solid outing, part character piece, part morality play, featuring some nice location work around Lake Sherwood, CA (the rather impractically remote locale of Paul’s church). Little Joe is the key Cartwright family member in this story, and Michael Landon gets a fun bit where he engages in some dick measuring target practice with Cliff, trying to get him to back off from his harassment of Paul. Mostly, though, Little Joe fumes and broods, as he struggles to help his friend without going against Paul's pacificistic wishes. This episode also includes a couple of welcome references to older brother Adam (Pernell Roberts having departed the series at the end of the previous season), who is said to have designed the plans for Paul's church. But the main focus here is on the guest cast. Witney gets the showier role, as the glowering, hate-filled Cliff, basically a decent man who - thanks to Paul's decision to wound, not kill, in the final showdown - makes a (slightly hard to swallow) character reformation at the finale, allowing the episode to end on an upbeat, life-affirming note.

Corbett is typically fine here. I’ve always liked the actor, having grown up watching him in several films, particularly westerns like Shenandoah, Chisum, and Big Jake – and of course as Zefram Cochrane on Original Recipe Star Trek. Corbett has been accused by some of being rather wooden onscreen, which I feel is a bit unfair. He wasn’t by any means a fiery, emotive actor. Instead, his default demeanor was one of calm, reassuring strength, embodying the stoic, rugged "manly man of few words" archetype very well.

Corbett passed away (from lung cancer) in 1993 at the relatively young age of 59. Aside from taking over from George Maharis on Route 66, he also co-starred in two other short-lived series, both sadly AWOL on home video: It’s a Man’s World and The Road West. He was also a constant guest star presence up through the early ‘90s, appearing on such programs as 12 O’Clock High, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Virginian, Land of the Giants, The F.B.I., Night Gallery, The Mod Squad, Streets of San Francisco, Cannon, Gunsmoke, Petrocelli, Movin’ On, Barnaby Jones, Fantasy Island, The Fall Guy, Simon & Simon and Dallas (and this is far from a complete list)…not to mention a lengthy stint on the daytime soap, The Doctors. Doubtless his role as Linc Case in Route 66 displays his best, most sensitive work as an actor, but throughout his career he remained a reliable performer, and much as with other similar Silver Age tough guys like Christopher George and Richard Jaeckel, I’m always glad when he shows up on my TV screen.

 

[ScottRE]

Throwing my hat into the ring for Corbett's bday bash...

Star Trek
“Metamorphosis”
Season 2 Episode 9
November 9, 1967​

Written by Gene L. Coon
Directed by Ralph Senensky

Guest starring Glenn Corbett & Elanor Donahue​

Kirk, Spock and McCoy are escorting Commissioner Nancy Hedford (Donahue) in a shuttlecraft from a peace negotiation back to the Enterprise for medical treatment for a rare, but deadly disease. The shuttle is intercepted by an energy being which drags it far off course to an unknown planet. There they meet the planet’s lone inhabitant, Zephram Cochrane (Corbett), the “discoverer of the space warp.” They learn that the being, which Cochrane has named The Companion, brought the shuttle there to keep Cochrane company. As Hedford’s condition worsens, Kirk must convince the Companion to let them go. However, the alien has strong feelings for Cochrane and refuses to comply…

I never cared for this as a kid. There wasn’t any action adventure. But as an adult, it really lands. It’s a sweet love story which demonstrates that love can cross any obstacle and it’s okay. In other words, “love is love.” It’s beautifully written by Coon. William Shatner gives a measured and powerful performances s he tries to convince the Companion to let them go. The music by George Duning is sublime.

Where this episode really shines is in the guest cast. Corbett brings his a-game and delivers a layered performance, first as overly enthusiastic at seeing people after 150 year, then angry as the prospect of an alien using him for emotional pleasure and then vulnerability. This was the first show I ever saw him in, so every other time I ran into Corbett on TV (even on Route 66), he was always “Zephram Cochrane from Star Trek!”

Elanore Donahue is also given a lot to chew on in a, at the time, rare dramatic role for her. She’s wonderful in another multi layered role.

This is one of those uncommon episodes where the story focuses on the guest cast but it’s a great and sensitive story that belongs in the upper echelon of Star Trek.

 

[ScottRE]

And, just for some fun variety here's a bit of forgotten TV trivia; Irwin Allen was riding high with his multiple SF series. In an effort to get more on the air, he produced a few presentation films rather than pilots. One was "City Beneath the Sea." It didn't make it to series, but a 1971 TV movie was made with a different cast. Here Glenn Corbett plays General Matthews.

Not his best work, but honestly, nobody is bucking for an Emmer here. It was an 11 minute short with cut rate effects and a lot of Lost in space background music (and a Spock rip-off played by Larry Montaigne). A great fight at the end with Lloyd Bochner.

 

[bmasters9]

Petrocelli, second-and-final-season episode "Five Yards of Trouble" (OAD Wed. Sept. 24, 1975 on NBC)...

Here, Corbett is Charlie Royer, a kids' baseball coach who is arrested for the murder of a photographer who tried to seduce Charlie's wife; he gets so mad that he does something incredibly outrageous to the photographer's car (long story short, what he does freezes the photographer's car where it is).

Here are a few screenshots thereto (haven't seen it that much lately, but still putting this up to join in the remembrance):

 

[Jeff Flugel]

Petrocelli, second-and-final-season episode "Five Yards of Trouble" (OAD Wed. Sept. 24, 1975 on NBC)...

With Barbara Luna as Glenn Corbett's wife, no less! Thanks for joining in on the Corbett birthday celebrations, Ben!

 

[bmasters9]

With Barbara Luna as Corbett's wife, no less!

Indeed-- should have gotten a few shots of that; good catch!

 

[Bob_S.]

Throwing my hat into the ring for Corbett's bday bash...

Star Trek
“Metamorphosis”
Season 2 Episode 9
November 9, 1967

Written by Gene L. Coon
Directed by Ralph Senensky

Guest starring Glenn Corbett & Elanor Donahue​

Kirk, Spock and McCoy are escorting Commissioner Nancy Hedford (Donahue) in a shuttlecraft from a peace negotiation back to the Enterprise for medical treatment for a rare, but deadly disease. The shuttle is intercepted by an energy being which drags it far off course to an unknown planet. There they meet the planet’s lone inhabitant, Zephram Cochrane (Corbett), the “discoverer of the space warp.” They learn that the being, which Cochrane has named The Companion, brought the shuttle there to keep Cochrane company. As Hedford’s condition worsens, Kirk must convince the Companion to let them go. However, the alien has strong feelings for Cochrane and refuses to comply…

I never cared for this as a kid. There wasn’t any action adventure. But as an adult, it really lands. It’s a sweet love story which demonstrates that love can cross any obstacle and it’s okay. In other words, “love is love.” It’s beautifully written by Coon. William Shatner gives a measured and powerful performances s he tries to convince the Companion to let them go. The music by George Duning is sublime.

Where this episode really shines is in the guest cast. Corbett brings his a-game and delivers a layered performance, first as overly enthusiastic at seeing people after 150 year, then angry as the prospect of an alien using him for emotional pleasure and then vulnerability. This was the first show I ever saw him in, so every other time I ran into Corbett on TV (even on Route 66), he was always “Zephram Cochrane from Star Trek!”

Elanore Donahue is also given a lot to chew on in a, at the time, rare dramatic role for her. She’s wonderful in another multi layered role.

This is one of those uncommon episodes where the story focuses on the guest cast but it’s a great and sensitive story that belongs in the upper echelon of Star Trek.
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I love him in this episode. Such a beautiful love story. This episode is in my top 15.

 

[Rustifer]

Episode Commentary
Leave It To Beaver
"Beaver's I.Q." (S4E9)

When you're a kid in school--and unless you measure up to the social status quo of what's considered "expected" behavior by your peers--there's a minefield of labels that can irrevocably become attached to you. Suck at dodgeball? "Johnny is a spaz". Wearing the wrong tennis shoes? "Phil's mom has to dress him." Can't add up the figures at the blackboard? "Timmy's as dumb as a donkey." You can easily be stuck with one of these designations for the entirety of your school years and beyond, despite any attempt to improve yourself. Imagine applying for a job 20 years later as a qualified nuclear engineer, only to find your hirer was a classmate way back then. "Weren't you the kid who peed his pants while reciting Little Orphan Annie in front of the class?"

Beaver's class is scheduled for a round of I.Q. tests. The school principal, Mrs. Rayburn (Doris Packer), needs to know the status of her pupils' progress in order to apply for Federal funds to upgrade the smoking area in the teachers' lounge. Any leftover cash will be used to resupply her own liquor cabinet. Beaver confers with Gus (Burt Mustin), the 145 year-old town fireman, as to why the end of a hose is called a "nozzle". "Some feller just decided it looked like a nozzle, so that's what it came to be called", Gus opines. Neither he nor Beaver were ever destined to be card-carrying Mensa members.

Beaver mistakes one of Wally's condoms as a balloon; Beaver struggles with a question; Ward tries to asses which kid will be living at home the longest

Ward (Hugh Beaumont) is concerned with Beaver's poor concentration habits, fearful that he and June (Barbara Billingsley) will end up with a 35 year-old living in their basement with a part time job cleaning toilets at the local YMCA. Beaver has dismal expectations of passing the test and worries being sent to "dumb" school, where all the kids have tattoos, come from drunken parentage and have a proclivity towards tinkering with combustion engines. Beaver asks brother Wally (Tony Dow)--who of course exceeded on his I.Q. test--what kind of questions he might encounter. "They might show you a bunch of houses and you need to pick the one without a chimney", Wally advises. "Why would they ask that?" Beaver wonders. "Well, if you can't recognize a house without a chimney, you shouldn't even be walking around," concludes his brother.

Beaver falls further into a funk. June assures him he comes from good genes--why, his grandfather was a professor and considered a genius. She left out the part where he was also indicted for stalking young girls in his underwear. The night before the test, Beaver spends a prodigious amount of time reading encyclopedias, just in case one of the questions concerns the GDP of French Guiana in the 18th century. Much to everyone's surprise, the results of Beaver's test puts him in the top ten of his class, which consists of 12 students. Ward and June are ecstatic, knowing their kid will now probably move out of the house when he's 25 and have a solid position as assistant manager at Red Lobster.

 

[ScottRE]

The Immortal
"Sylvia" Episode 1 (after the pilot movie of the week)
Starring Christopher George. Guests: Don Knight, David Brian, Carol Lynley, Glenn Corbett, Sherry Jackson​

Ben Richards is now being chased by Fletcher (Don Knight). Ben's ex-fiancée Sylvia (the always airheaded Carol Lynley) is now engaged to wealthy David Hiller (Corbett). Ben goes to make sure she's happy. Fletcher chases. Ben gets away. That's pretty much it.

A fun premiere, but there's little to this series other than chases and fights. Chris George is always engaging, the fights are exemplary, some of the best and more energetic of the era. Hal Needham was George's stunt double and he was a near perfect match, even up close. That added a great deal to this action series. The music by Dominc Frontiere was also top class (we NEED this on a CD).

Corbett gives a solid performance as super nice guy Hiller. He's a stand up dude and good with Sylvia. Lynley, gorgeous as she is , always seems zonked out of her head. Everyone around her, in everything I've seen her in, apparantly towers over her intellectually. So when Ben loses her, I feel nothing but relief.

VEI released this one uncut (and cheeeeeeeep) and it's a miracle it's out there at all. The prints are ass the the episodes compressed to fit a maximum amount per disc, but it's a guilty pleasure that I love to revisit.

Nobody has any reason to do their best work, but everyone is solid.

 

[Jeff Flugel]

Episode Commentary
Leave It To Beaver
"Beaver's I.Q." (S4E9)

Typically hilarious stuff, Russ! Good to have you back.

 

[Jeff Flugel]

The Immortal
"Sylvia" Episode 1 (after the pilot movie of the week)
Starring Christopher George. Guests: Don Knight, David Brian, Carol Lynley, Glenn Corbett, Sherry Jackson​

It isn't up there with the superb pilot movie, but I felt "Sylvia" was a solid follow-up, and a good way to write out beautiful space-case Carol Lynley (who, to be fair, is at her most concentrated in this show). It's also fun to see Christopher George and Glenn Corbett in the same episode (plus we get sexy Sherry Jackson as Corbett's sister.)

Agreed entirely about the often rip-roaring action in this show, which seems to include one great car chase every episode. Very happy VEI put this one out, each episode I've watched so far (never having seen these before) has been a blast. The transfers don't sparkle, certainly, but are watchable; we should probably count ourselves fortunate that we even got this one put out on DVD at all.

 

[JohnHopper]

CORBETT SPECIAL

ABC MOVIE OF THE WEEK
The Stranger (1973)
written and co-produced by Gerald Sanford
directed by Lee H. Katzin
produced by Alan A. Armer
music by Richard Markowitz
with Glenn Corbett, Cameron Mitchell, Sharon Acker, Lew Ayres, George Coulouris, Steve Franken, Dean Jagger, Tim O’Connor, Jerry Douglas, Arch Whiting, H.M. Wynant, William Bryant, Virginia Gregg, Steven Marlo, Ben Wright, Buck Young

Three astronauts on their way home to Earth encounter a severe malfunction and only one survives and finds himself on a planet that is a distorted Earth called Terra. Unfortunately, he can't return to his world and must flee and resist a ruthless police State called The Perfect Order and avoids its indoctrinated people. The propaganda of the mass media defines the astronaut as a dangerous escaped mental patient.

It’s a fun cheaply-produced doppelganger Earth drama and paranoid adventure mixed with the tapestry of George Orwell’s 1984 that is written with the template of the fugitive on the run. In this dystopian Earth, Paul Revere, the state of Florida and Cap Kennedy never existed. The best part is the opening hospital scene that is shot like a peeping Tom episode of Mission: Impossible of the Seventies. Prior to this telefilm, other productions used to treat the theme of an alternate Earth: see the season 1 (“Third from the Sun”, starring Fritz Weaver) and the season 4 (“The Parallel”, starring Steve Forrest) episodes of The Twilight Zone and the British feature film Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (starring Roy Thinnes) produced by Gerry Anderson. The cast of the State officials is good: Dean Jagger, Cameron Mitchell, Steve Franken, H.M. Wynant.

 

[tsodcollector]

Growing pains season one,it's one of my all time favorites
F-troop season one great show,truly classic.

 

[JohnHopper]

CORBETT SPECIAL

GUNSMOKE SEASON 10

Episode #11
“Chicken”
written by John Meston
directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
produced by Norman MacDonnell
cinematography by Frank Phillips
music composed and conducted by Fred Steiner
guests: Glenn Corbett, Gigi Perreau, John Lupton, L.Q. Jones, Lane Chandler, Dave Willock, Lane Bradford, Chubby Johnson, Roy Barcroft, Michael Keep, John Pickard, Bob Steele, Bill Hart, Robert Anderson, Rocky Shahan

At night and in a clearing, a hungry man (actor Robert Anderson) with a gun threatens young and naive drover Dan Collins (actor Glenn Corbett) to eat his pot of slumgullion and then leaves. His partner Jim Brady (actor L.Q. Jones) returns to the camp and informs him he is on his way to the ranch of a woman. The next day, Collins stops by the stage station and meet the old owner Harv Rogers (actor Chubby Johnson) and spend the night drinking. The morning after, four outlaws spot the station and two named Coe (actor Bob Steele) and Pete (actor Bill Hart) ride as scouts to raid the stagecoach to come while the other two decide to get rid of their partners. In the end, they all die including Harv Rogers. A few minutes later, Collins awakes and witnesses the dead bodies and listens to the last words of Harv Rogers when the stagecoach stops by and the driver (actor Rocky Shahan), his security man (actor John Pickard) and the passengers congratulate Collins for an act of heroism he didn’t commit. At the Long Branch, Collins rejoins his partner Brady who warns him about his phony reputation of brave man. At the general store, Collins meets and has a crush on farmer Lucy Benton (actress Gigi Perreau) who refuses him for a mysterious reason. Meanwhile big rancher Wes Morgan (actor Lane Chandler) hires a new henchman named Davis (actor Lane Bradford) to do the dirty work of harassing the Benton’s and to make them sell their land. For the last time, Dan and Lucy meet again but things are not what it appears to be …

It’s an engrossing entry with a good twist that tackles two themes: small rancher versus big rancher and legend versus reality which used to be the main topic of John Ford’s 1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. We can see three saloons at Dodge City: the Long Branch, Lady Gay and Bull’s Head.

 

[JohnHopper]

CORBETT SPECIAL

GUNSMOKE SEASON 17

Episode #2
“Phœnix”
written by Anthony Lawrence
directed by Paul Stanley
music by Harry Geller
guests: Glenn Corbett, Mariette Hartley, Gene Evans, Ramon Bieri, Frank Corsentino

Escaped convict John Sontag (actor Ramon Bieri) is chased by three guards riding a horse, caught and sent back to his cell after a beat-up and confesses to his cell-mate named Phœnix (actor Glenn Corbett) that he offers him a killing job against $2,000 but he refuses. Later on, freshly released, Phœnix steps into the gunsmith shop of Newly and buys a handgun while asking the adress of Jesse Hume (actor Gene Evans): his contract. Phœnix stops by Hume’s farm and meets his wife Kate (actor Mariette Hartley) and asks for a labourer job. Meanwhile Newly shows Dillon an old wanted poster of Phœnix. Kate informs Phœnix that her husband is a former sheriff. Dillon drops by the farm, questions Phœnix about his social status and asks Kate if her husband is interesting in a lawman job. Phœnix keep on trying to kill Hume. One day, Hume has an accident nearby the lake and Phœnix is forced to save him and confesses his true intentions to Kate … Dying Sontag escapes from prison and appears at the farm …

It’s a decent reluctant hired killer study paired with a marital backdrop. As in the season 15 “Hackett”, find again a dubious man infiltrating a farm. The typeface of the episode title is new and displays a standard slab serif. Find the first use of the new high angle shot of Dodge City displaying a sky filled with clouds made out of a composite shot.

 

[JohnHopper]

CORBETT SPECIAL

GUNSMOKE SEASON 19

Episode #15
“A Family of Killers”
written by William Keys
directed by Gunnar Hellström
music by Jerrold Immel
guests: Glenn Corbett, Anthony Caruso, Mills Watson, Morgan Paull, Zina Bethune, George Keymas, Frank Corsentino, Stuart Margolin

At night, a rider named Ham Pitchford (actor Morgan Paull) stops at a well-guarded cabin and meets outlaw Elton Sutterfield (actor Anthony Caruso) and his brother Brownie (actor Stuart Margolin) and plan to rob the bank of Dodge City and hang Matt Dillon. The next morning, in a camp, armed with a shotgun US Marshal Bob Hargraves (actor Glenn Corbett) threatens three outlaws and eventually one (Jacob Sutterfield) die, one (Tobin Pitchford: actor George Keymas) is wounded and one (Crazy Charley: actor Mills Watson) runs away. Elton shares his woman Jonnalee Simpson (actress Zina Bethune) with Brownie but she reacts violently and then he orders Ham to go fetch some food at Dodge City but he refuses and receives a beating. Hargraves bring back two men at the marshal’s office and informs Dillon about the killing of his young deputy Benny Lee and he plans to avenge him. Meanwhile Crazy Charley arrives at the cabin and informs Elton about Hargraves’ deed. Ham resumes to the cabin and warns them about the coming of the two US Marshals.

It’s a good and straightforward US Marshals adventure and a mean outlaw leader episode with a good ensemble of bandit characters: violent leader Elton Sutterfield (actor Anthony Caruso) and his brother Brownie (actor Stuart Margolin), Ham Pitchford (actor Morgan Paull), Crazy Charley (actor Mills Watson), Tobin Pitchford (actor George Keymas). It slightly tackles theme of revenge through the character of the guest US Marshal. As in “Women for Sale”, find a woman treated as trash by a criminal. This is the last part of actor Glenn Corbett after the season 10 “Chicken” and the season 17 “Phœnix”.

 

[JohnHopper]

CORBETT SPECIAL

THE FBI SEASON 4

Episode #14
“The Widow”
written by Mark Rodgers
directed by Don Meford
produced by Charles Larson
music by Richard Markowitz
guests: Glenn Corbett, Lynda Day George, Robert Knapp, Arch Johnson, Paul Lukather, Patrick Wayne, Malachy McCourt, Peter Hobbs, Margaret Field, Geoffrey Deuel, Ron Husmann, Fletcher Allen

Three people—two men and a woman—prey on soldiers. The woman, Joyce Carr (Lynda Day George) working as a go-go dancer in a club, entices a sergeant (Arch Johnson) to marry her while one of the men named Cliff Holm (Glenn Corbett) kill him. The new widow then cashes in on the sergeant’s insurance. Erskine and Colby are sent to oversee the case. In the interim, the two men unsuccessfully try to rob a bank. Now, they plan to lure another soldier to his doom for the insurance.

It’s a good criminal couple (Glenn Corbett, Lynda Day George) on the run entry that shows a female serial lover (Lynda Day George) conning soldiers met at bars.

 

[tsodcollector]

In Memory of Glenn Corbett (August 17, 1933 — January 16, 1993)

Yesterday would have been Glenn Corbett’s 89th birthday. In tribute to his memory and to the versatility of the roles he portrayed, Scott, Jeff and I will be showing him some love by posting the following Photo Essays. Hope you all enjoy.

An American lead actor and supporting actor, rugged and commanding Glenn Corbett's background didn't seem like it would lead to Hollywood stardom. The son of a garage mechanic, Corbett served a hitch in the navy and later met Judy, the woman who would become his wife, while she was working at a college. With her encouragement, Corbett began to get parts in campus theatricals, and it was while he was in one of these that he came to the attention of the powers-that-be at Columbia Pictures, which signed him to a contract.

His film debut was in The Crimson Kimono (1959). That was followed by supporting roles in The Mountain Road (1960) and Man on a String (1960). He eventually got the lead role in William Castle's suspense thriller Homicidal (1961) and appeared in the TV series Route 66 (1960). His work in "Route 66" got him attention and he was cast in a new series, The Road West (1966), but that was short-lived. ... See full bio »​

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Route 66 (1960-1964)
S03E27 What a Shining Young Man Was Our Gallant Lieutenant (Apr.26.1963)
Glenn Corbett Dick York Martin Milner James Brown John Litel James Olson Dianne RameyArnold Soboloff Carol Ann Lewis​

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Extremely sweet and heartwarming story with standout performances by Glenn Corbett and Dick York. In my opinion, the finest performance of Dick York's storied career. Linc Case (Corbett) looks up his old Army buddy Lieutenant School (York). Linc is shocked to discover the Lieutenant doesn’t even recognize him due to and old combat head injury which has reverted his mind to that of an 8 year old boy. What follows is the beautiful friendship that grows out of Linc’s care and concern.​

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Great show,truly 60's television classic.