Do You Know Me?

The Lady Eve · April 7, 2010

Thanks, finance, the Lee Radziwill clue gave it away?as to your other trivia thread?I glanced at it, don?t remember what it was about, tho?will be back with a bit of trvia?

The Lady Eve · April 8, 2010

This actor was a Hollywood favorite and, though married a few times, was reputed to have settled down with his last wife. Years after his passing it came out that he had, in fact, begun an affair shortly after has last marriage. His paramour had been involved with him before, but they weren?t seeing each other at the time of his nuptials. The popular actor and his mistress were involved for more than 10 years, right up to her engagement and marriage to a producer.

Who was the actor?for some serious extra points, who was the mistress?

The Lady Eve · April 8, 2010

(Sorry I didn?t phrase this in the first person earlier?)

I was in many films before a particular film made me a leading man. I met my inamorata at the wrap party for that film, as a matter of fact.

The Lady Eve · April 9, 2010

I called my wife Betty and my girlfriend Pete...

DownGoesFrazier · April 9, 2010

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Edited by: finance on Apr 9, 2010 10:13 AM

DownGoesFrazier · April 9, 2010

Bogart had an affair, while married to Lauren Bacall? Was "Pete" his hairpiece-maker?

Edited by: finance on Apr 9, 2010 10:17 AM

The Lady Eve · April 10, 2010

?Pete? was Verita Bouvaire Peterson Thompson. She and Bogart reportedly met at the wrap party for *Casablanca*. Verita had been an actress, became wigmaker and stylist to the stars (Gary Cooper, Charles Boyer, Ray Milland, Bogart and others). She wrote a book about it in the early 80s and Jeffrey Meyers makes reference to their affair in his 1997 Bogart biography. Verita worked for Bogart as an all-around assistant for several years. Bogart called Bacall ?Baby? as well as Betty?your turn?

DownGoesFrazier · April 10, 2010

Thanks, Eve

I was a dancer as a child, and appeared in clubs and on stage before my early-'40s film debut. After many supporting roles, I played the title role in a costume drama, and then I became typecast in similar exotic roles, also occasionally appearing in westerns or noirs. On TV, I starred in a well-known comic series in the '60s, and in the early '70s I appeared in a Broadway musical hit.

lavenderblue19 · April 10, 2010

Are you Yvonne De Carlo?

DownGoesFrazier · April 10, 2010

That was quick, Lavender. Your thread.

lavenderblue19 · April 10, 2010

Thanks, Finance- I began on Broadway and did some work on television. I went to Hollywood to pursue a film career. I did play roles in war films and westerns.I returned to television and had a long running TV series. After the series ended I did some more film work.I taught acting and the state that I lived in bestowed an honor on me. I can trace my roots back to an American legend and one of my living cousins is a famous entertainer. Who am I?

Edited by: lavenderblue19 on Apr 10, 2010 10:58 AM

lavenderblue19 · April 11, 2010

I co-wrote the theme song to my television series- and it was a big hit.

MilesArcher · April 12, 2010

Are you Richard Boone, cousin of Pat Boone and descendant of Daniel Boone?

lavenderblue19 · April 12, 2010

Gosh darn, Miles. as soon as I saw your name I knew you got it. I had so many great clues for "Have Gun Will Travel". Loved that show. I had the best calling card.

Oh well, glad to see you back- Richard Boone , that's me. Your thread.

Edited by: lavenderblue19 on Apr 12, 2010 9:07 AM

MilesArcher · April 12, 2010

Thanks, Lavender. I knew about Richard and Pat Boone being cousins when I was checking on names for the "Same Name No Relation" thread. Of course, I couldn't use them then. As you probably know, the "Have Gun-Will Travel" theme was featured in Rob Reiner's film "Stand By Me", and now the show is featured on the Encore western channel. Now, do you know me? I was a popular child actor in the thirties and early forties, but in real life I was very mischeivous and disrespectful of authority. I once literally gummed up the works of the camera on the set with chewing gum. That forced a postonement in shooting for the day. I urinated on some kleeg lights so when they were turned on and heated up, the stench was so bad that the set had to be cleared. Director George Sidney said that he wanted to see me on my 18th birthday, just so he sould punch me in the nose. As I got into my teens, the kid parts were fewer and I became a supporting player. Somehow I seemed to be type cast as a mischeivous adolescent. I was one of the boys who stole a turkey in "Going My Way". I was the guy who pushed the button to open the gym floor over the pool in "It's a Wonderful Life". I was not what you would call a handsome lad. In "White Christmas" it was my picture that was used as Benny Haynes, the brother of Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen. In the fifties I did some television, including several episodes of "The Roy Rogers Show". Roy and Dale were my Godparents. I also became a hunting guide. I got into a fight with my business partner over $50.00. He shot and killed me. The court called it self defense. I was only thirty-one years old. Do you know me?

allaboutlana · April 12, 2010

Are you Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer?

DownGoesFrazier · April 12, 2010

I was thinking about Pat Boone from Lavender's "famous ancestor" clue, but the rest of the clues didn't fit. I didn't know that Richard Boone was also in that family.

MilesArcher · April 12, 2010

Yes, I am Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer. Good work, Lana, your turn now!

allaboutlana · April 13, 2010

Thank you.

?I was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, where I had an early interest in acting. I joined my high school drama club and was encouraged so much there for my performances in Shakespeare productions, that was cast in a professionaI play and even earned a scholarship to Vassar. But I grew homesick and quit after a year to study at the University of Cincinnati. I left my studies to go on tour with a friend who was an actor, who said, I could be a star, if I wanted. With him, I was, as you might say, discovered. From 1933 to 1943, I was in 24 movies, a few of them are still remembered today. You may even have seen me last night. It was rumored that, my father, being the old-school kind he is, wouldn?t let me have a kissing scene in any of my movies. I was called a natural beauty and almost angelic looking. Maybe I looked too pure, as the studio didn?t know what to do with me and I given little to nothing to do in my later films. I married and settled down after deciding the home life was for me, and in later years I would get my masters in languages and teach at UCLA. I am perhaps most identified as giving a special boy a wish, and though you may not know it, you see me or my image every time you see a certain studio?s movies, as I was their model. So perhaps you could say I never did leave Hollywood.?