MilesArcher

Are you Joseph Schildkraut?

Sorry, Dan. I should have said "although I was not a singer or dancer". My bad!

Yes, that's me. I was Oscar nominated for "Battlegound". I co-starred with James Arness in "Them". I appeared in both "Kiss Me Kate" and "Oklahoma", and I starred in "Black Like Me". My TV series was "The Law And Mr. Jones", and I did commercials for Miracle Gro plant food. I played the stage manager in "Our Town" many times. My son is James Whitmore Jr. Good work, Eve, It's your turn now.

Marsha Hunt Groucho's TV Show Was "You _____ Your Life" A Song From "No, No, Nanette" Was "______ For Two" She Played Wilma In The TV Series "Buck Rogers In The 25th Century" + He Played A Ship's Captain In "The African Queen"

Is it "Devil And The Deep"?

The Buccaneers Commencement Of The Finish

Any takers for Joyce Van Patten?

After more than a week, I'll give the answer. It's Brent. Now here's an easy one: Bob and Lex

Edgar Buchanan - for some reason I had more trouble solving this one than any I can remember From "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" Is The Line "All The Rams That Chase The _______ Sheep Are Determined There'll Be New Sheep" She Played The Title Role In "Belle Starr" The Original Movie Lassie Was A Male Dog Named _______ + Also From A Song In "Carousel" Is The Line "The Vittles We ______ Were Good, You Bet!"

Well, it's got to be D.W. Griffith. I always thought he had more hair.

Did you know that Thornton Wilder wrote "Our Town" while in residence at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire? The fictional town of Grover's Corners was supposedly based on the towns of that region, including Peterborough, Jaffrey, and Dublin. Although it didn't debut there, a professional summer theater called the Peterborough Playhouse stages a production of it every few years. If you're touring New England in the summer, you should check it out. Now, do you know me? Well, guess what, I made my debut at the Peterborough Playhouse in the 1940's. I went on to Broadway, where I won a Tony award, and then I was brought out to Hollywood by MGM. In only my second picture, a highly regarded World War II film, I received an Oscar nomination. I suddenly became very busy, alternating between movies and stage work. In the fifties, I appeared in what is now considered by some to be a science fiction cult classic. My co-star was a young actor who would go on to become a major TV star in a western series. I did mainly supporting roles in films, although occasionally I would play the lead. I appeared in a couple of big budget musicals, although I did not sing or dance. After doing all kinds of films, both dramas and comedies, I starred in a movie where I appeared in essentially black face. It was not a comedy, nor was it a musical. It was a socially relevant film for it's time. I also starred in my own TV series in the sixties. It lasted two seasons. I guest starred in just about every TV show there was for a few years, while still making some movies, but the stage was my first love, and in the seventies, I became the king of the one man shows. In my later years, I returned many times to the Peterborough Playhouse, where it all began. One of my sons became an actor and I worked with him several times. When I died, not that long ago, some obituaries said I was best remembered for a series of TV commercials that I had done as a celebrity endorser. After a lifetime of work on the stage, in movies and TV shows, that's how I was to be remembered? Oh well, I guess that's show business! Do you know me now?

I'm pretty sure that the man seated is Hal Roach. I don't recognize the man standing, but since Hal Roach appears to be reading a script, I will guess that it's H.M."Beany" Walker. Beany wrote title cards for Roach in the silent days and became his top dialogue writer when they made the transition to sound.

I believe it's "Flesh". A 1932 movie directed by John Ford (the man with glasses), and starring Wallace Beery as a German wrestler.

Thanks, finance. I'll be back with one a little later.

Are you Frank Craven?

I believe it's "The Rogue Song", an operetta with Lawrence Tibbett. It was filmed in color around 1930 and is now considered a "lost" film. Laurel And Hardy had small, comic relief roles.

I've got to make these questions a little tougher. Yes, I'm Edgar Kennedy, the master of the slow burn. The series of short films that I starred in was called "The Average Man". I started out as one of the Keystone Kops and made a career out of playing cops on the beat. Your turn, Dan. Make it a good one!

Thanks, finance. Do you know me? I go back pretty far. In fact, I had been a boxer and a singer before getting into silent movies. I became one of the most prolific and popular character actors in Hollywood. In the early years, I worked with Sennett, Chaplin, Arbuckle, and all the greats. I made the transition to sound films very easily. I did a lot of work with Laurel and Hardy in both silent and sound films. I played a lot of cops, bartenders, merchants,and hotel clerks. My trademark was playing a man with a temper who becomes frustrated by the antics of the stars. I was also a bit of a pioneer. In the early thirties, way before television, I starred in my own series of short situation comedies about a harried husband with a scatterbrained wife and zany in-laws. It was sort of a forerunner of television shows like "The Life Of Riley", or " The Honeymooners", in which I always had some bright idea that never panned out and everything that could go wrong did go wrong. I made about six episodes a year for about seventeen years, Sadly, very few people know about them now. At the same time, I continued to work in features with the likes of the Marx brothers, Thelma Todd, and Our Gang. I was well known for a famous facial reaction when I was exasperated. Do you know me now?

Are you Bruce Dern?

Federico Fellini He Played The Hitman Hired to Kill Hitman Tom Hanks In "Road To Perdition" Alexandra Zuck's Professional Name Tom Hanks Was Featured In "Catch Me If You _______" + She Played The Young Kidnap Victim In Hitchcock's Original "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (If you know your Tom Hanks movies, this should be easy)

Tina Louise Basketball Playing Dog "_______ Bud" Bogie's Role Opposite Bergman Maria Ouspenskaya Was The Gypsy Woman In "The _______ Man" Andy Devine Had A TV Show Called "Andy's ________" In "Oklahoma", The _______ Is As High As An Elephant's Eye + Ida Lupino Starred In "Lust For _______"

Since the thread is open, I'll start with a new name: Joyce Van Patten

Winchell George and Eve

You got it, finance! Your turn.

Thanks, Eve. I saw "Blonde Venus" many years ago at a college screening. I wish TCM would show it. I do recall that in the movie Marlene Dietrich encountered a woman of, shall we say, questionable morals. Dietrich asked her what she did. The woman replied "I'm a taxi dancer". Then Dietrich asked "Do you charge for the first mile?" Now, what movie featured a future star of the Lawrence Welk show in a small role as a young singer in a college musical production? By the way, if you don't know what a taxi dancer was, think of the song "Ten Cents A Dance" or perhaps one from "Sweet Charity" called "Hey, Big Spender".