reneex Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 I am requesting a Summer Under the Stars tribute to handsome actor, Richard Egan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Great idea. I'm sure a lot of people are not aware of some really great movies he was in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athos Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 One Richard Egan film I would love to see is The View from Pompey's Head (1955) with Dana Wynter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Yeah, I'm one of them. Only know A SUMMER PLACE('59) and LOVE ME TENDER('56). I lkie him well enough and too would be interested in more of his work. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LsDoorMat Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Richard Egan was in quite a few Universal films of the 50s. It might be difficult and expensive to get some of these films. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Faiola Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 I have a print of VOICE IN THE MIRROR, about the starting-up of an Alcoholics Anonymous-type group. It's Universal-International and would be a great choice for an Egan fest. Also in the film is radio great Harry Bartell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumman Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 I'm not familiar with his work, After seeing his film biography he would be an interesting addition to Summer under the Stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 6 hours ago, Sepiatone said: Yeah, I'm one of them. Only know A SUMMER PLACE('59) and LOVE ME TENDER('56). I lkie him well enough and too would be interested in more of his work. Sepiatone You missed Underwater when Jane Russell was Star of the Month? Hard to miss what the film was clearly promoting! Oh, and Richard Egan is in the film as her husband. Egan was also featured on Noir Alley in the film Wicked Woman. You should recall the film since it also featured iconic noir actor Percy Helton. (you may recall that Joe and I teased you about this about a year ago because you were unware of how many noirs Helton was in). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Gog is available on YouTube, with Egan playing a government agent investigating sabotage, although Herbert Marshall steals the show with a flamethrower. Untamed is also available on YouTube, with Egan playing against type in that one. I'd like to see 300 Spartans. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I thought he did an excellent job in the RKO western TENSION AT TABLE ROCK (1956). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Quick sidetrack here, folks. Sorry. Am I the only one who as kid would occassionally confuse Richard Egan with Phil Carey? (...uh-huh, uh-huh...I THOUGHT so!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougieB Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 After Underwater! he reteamed with Jane Russell for my favorite guilty pleasure. Raoul Walsh's The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956). Jane was a pistol and Richard Egan was second only to Robert Mitchum in his ability to pair with her believably, in my opinion. It's Twentieth Century-Fox, but TCM has shown it and there's a stunning widescreen print out there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeHolman Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 recently watched this a couple of times on FXM RETRO ... SHOWN WITH NO COMMERCIALS OR LECTURE ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 16 hours ago, jamesjazzguitar said: You missed Underwater when Jane Russell was Star of the Month? Hard to miss what the film was clearly promoting! Oh, and Richard Egan is in the film as her husband. Egan was also featured on Noir Alley in the film Wicked Woman. You should recall the film since it also featured iconic noir actor Percy Helton. (you may recall that Joe and I teased you about this about a year ago because you were unware of how many noirs Helton was in). Yep, I missed UNDERWATER for whatever reason escapes me now. I also don't recall you and Joe teasing me about Helton. I have seen him in a few noirs, but was mostly familiar with him in various old movie character parts and many TV appearances in '50's and early '60's television shows. And he is high on my "favorite character actors" list. 13 hours ago, Dargo said: Quick sidetrack here, folks. Sorry. Am I the only one who as kid would occassionally confuse Richard Egan with Phil Carey? (...uh-huh, uh-huh...I THOUGHT so!) I don't see how you could because: 1. They bear absolutely NO resemblance to each other and... 2. Part of that could be because Carey was almost(it seemed ) TWICE as tall as Egan. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 16 minutes ago, Sepiatone said: I don't see how you could because: 1. They bear absolutely NO resemblance to each other and... 2. Part of that could be because Carey was almost(it seemed ) TWICE as tall as Egan. Sepiatone So, no in your case here, eh Sepia? Well, I guess my "confusion" back in the day between the two actors was probably due to them both being the "ruggedly handsome" sort, both their careers coinciding during the same Hollywood era, and the fact that they both would never break into A-list status and despite both having "leading man" looks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Really it seems that Egan had more roles in more "A-list" films than Carey, who I thought did deserve better consideration. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 21 minutes ago, Dargo said: So, no in your case here, eh Sepia? Well, I guess my "confusion" back in the day between the two actors was probably due to them both being the "ruggedly handsome" sort, both their careers coinciding during the same Hollywood era, and the fact that they both would never break into A-list status and despite both having "leading man" looks. I would say that these actors were considered "A" list by their respective studios...Carey at Columbia and Egan at RKO then 20th Century Fox. Not everyone has to be on the level of a Cary Grant or John Wayne (who are probably A+ list). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I thought Richard Egan was a dam good actor. he woulda made a great starship captain. besides Gog he made another cheapie sci-fi picture about a family caught in some kinda space-time warp. it was remade with jim davis. his friend Rod Serling wanted him to host The Twilight Zone but CBS said no so ole Rod said "hell, I'll host it myself. Egan deserved better roles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 On 3/13/2021 at 9:18 PM, TopBilled said: I thought he did an excellent job in the RKO western TENSION AT TABLE ROCK (1956). yeah, that is a favorite of mine too. he's Wes Tancred and helps out one-armed cameron mitchell a sheriff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dargo Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, NipkowDisc said: yeah, that is a favorite of mine too. he's Wes Tancred and helps out one-armed cameron mitchell a sheriff. OH, you mean in that, ahem, "A-list" picture??? (...sorry guys, but as much as I've always liked Richard Egan too, AND Phil Carey for that matter, NEITHER of 'em were "A-list-ers"...ever) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Really, not until TCM put a few movies he was in on, I only knew Carey from his tenure on LAREDO and later as Asa Buchanan on ONE LIFE TO LIVE. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 My earliest recollection of Richard Egan was in "Demetrius and the Gladiators". He was not the star, but he had one memorable scene where he terrorized poor Debra Paget. Everyone thought that he had killed her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 7 hours ago, Terrence1 said: My earliest recollection of Richard Egan was in "Demetrius and the Gladiators". He was not the star, but he had one memorable scene where he terrorized poor Debra Paget. Everyone thought that he had killed her. And I think mine might have been while watching him on TV in his starring role in Elvis' first movie... (...of course by the looks of its poster here, one would think Elvis was the lead in this picture) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 7 hours ago, Sepiatone said: Really, not until TCM put a few movies he was in on, I only knew Carey from his tenure on LAREDO and later as Asa Buchanan on ONE LIFE TO LIVE. Sepiatone And, one of the things I'll always associate Phil Carey with was a series of TV commercials that ran out west here during the mid-'60s for a regional brand of potato chips named Granny Goose... (..in fact, to this very day, I'll still sometimes ask someone, "What's in the bag, Goose?"...they of course will have NO idea what I'm talkin' about) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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