MilesArcher Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Excellent, Lavender. It is indeed Jesse White. I'd say your memory is still pretty good. Now, who is this actor? Do you know what he has in common with Jesse White? Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Gordon Jump, character actor par excellence, with WKRP on his resume. He was the "Maytag repairman" after Mr. White. Sepiatone Link to post Share on other sites
pkb79 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 New TCm doc. I saw an advanced screening. Watch this weekend and month. TCM ORIGINAL http://influxmagazine.com/and-the-oscar-goes-to/ Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Sepiatone got Gordon Jump, The "Big Guy" on "WKRP In Cincinnati". He indeed succeeded Jessie White as that lonely Maytag repairman. Now, do you know this lovely actress? She started as a dancer in several musicals in the late forties. This next one is from a fifties western. Link to post Share on other sites
lavenderblue19 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Sally Forrest. I remember her best as Mickey Rooney's love interest in *The Strip* and Dana Andrews love interest in *While The City Sleeps* Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Yes, Lavender, it's the lovely Sally Forrest. The last photo is from "Vengeance Valley". Now,, do you know this character actor? His career went from the thirties to the sixties. Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Rufe Davis, Last seen on "Petticoat Junction". As a kid, I would sit and listen for HOURS to his recording of "The Old Sow Song" Sepiatone Edited by: Sepiatone on Feb 4, 2014 1:04 PM Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Yes, Sepiatone, It's Rufe Davis, who played Floyd Smoot, engineer of "The Cannonball" on "Petticoat Junction". Earlier in his career, he had succeeded Max Terhune in the role of Lullaby Joslin in "The Three Mesquiteers" western movie series. Others who had that role included Raymond Hatton and Jimmie Dodd. Yes, the same Jimmie Dodd who would become the adult leader of the Mickey Mouse Club's Mousketeers in the fifties. Jimmie went from the Mesquiteers to the Mouseketeers. Here is Rufe with "The Old Sow Song". Sepiatone, this may have kept you entertained for hours, but it doesn't do much for me! Now, here is an actress who was on a popular TV series in the sixties. Do you know her? Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo2 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Harriet E. MacGibbon, who as the snooty Mrs. Drysdale in "The Beverly Hillbillies"(sure goin' through those old Monday night CBS hayseed sitcoms, aren't ya Miles? ) would get a "conniption fit" at the drop of a hat. Link to post Share on other sites
Dothery Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I've seen Jesse White in a hundred movies, but my favorite was always his turn as the aide to the doctor at the sanitarium in "Harvey." Funniest thing in the movie. A man of incredible talent. Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Ah, THERE you are, Dothery! Yeah, I liked White's performance in HARVEY, too. But NOT enough to ever try and egg and onion sandwich. Sepiatone Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Well, Dargo got Harriet MacGibbon, and yes, I have been sort of combing the casts of the Paul Henning sitcoms lately, so now we'll get away from those and feature a dramatic actress who was very active in the fifties and sixties. She was in movies and many dramatic TV shows. I believe that she also spent time on a soap opera. Do you know her? Oh, and welcome back Dothery! Link to post Share on other sites
lavenderblue19 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Constance Ford. *Summerplace* *Rome Adventure* and yes, she was on the soap opera Another World for years as Rachael MacKenzie's mom. When I watched that soap about 30-40 years ago she was on practically every episode Link to post Share on other sites
sewannie Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 *Constance Ford. Summerplace Rome Adventure and yes, she was on the soap opera Another World for years as Rachael MacKenzie's mom. When I watched that soap about 30-40 years ago she was on practically every episode* She remained on that soap as Ada Hobson right up to her death in 1993. I also saw her in a couple of Perry Mason episodes...the more memorable was when she played a woman with split personalities. Link to post Share on other sites
Dothery Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Thanks, Miles ... I have wandered far afield, but I'm back on the home range once more. Link to post Share on other sites
Hibi Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Yes, I saw her in that Perry Mason episode not too long ago......... Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Lavender got Constance Ford. Thank you Lavender for your informative comments. And thanks to all the others for their input, as well. Now, here is an actress who was a contemporary of Constance Ford. She had a long career as a dramatic actress in both movies and television. Do you know her? When she was young, she was a striking beauty. She could look like the girl next door. Here she is with Paul Newman. She played character parts as she got older. Link to post Share on other sites
darkblue Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Shirley Knight. Easy one - very distinctive look. Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Yes, Dark Blue got her. Shirley Knight has been around a long time. She's a former leading lady who adapted well to character parts as she aged. Now, here is an actor whose face you all know. He was all over TV and movies for many years in small roles. He's one of those guys whose name escapes most people. Do you know him? If you saw him in a western, he was probably playing a store keeper. Link to post Share on other sites
Hibi Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 J. D. Cannon?? Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo2 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Sandy Kenyon, and indeed quite the busy television actor in the '50s and '60s, Miles. Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Good work, Dargo. His name is indeed Sandy Kenyon. He was in a long forgotten, one season TV series with Forrest Tucker in the fifties called "Crunch And Des". It was filmed in Bermuda, but I must confess that I don't remember it. He was in a 60's series called "The Travels Of Jamie McPheeters" with a young Kurt Russell. That also lasted only one season. Most of his long career was spent as a guest actor in many TV series. Now, who is this actor? He had a famous relative. Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo2 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 That would be "The Time Tunnel" 's Robert Colbert, Miles. But sorry, I don't know who his famous relative would be. Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Good work, Dargo. It is indeed Robert Colbert. Now comes the embarrassing part. I had heard that he was related to Claudette Colbert, but when I checked after your post, well, I can only quote Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca" when he said "I was misinformed". Now here is an actor who was once a professional athlete. Do you know him? Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo2 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 That would be long-time "General Hospital" star John Beradino, who before his acting career has a fairly long and successful career in Major League Baseball. Link to post Share on other sites
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