cujas Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Thanx-- This next actor is really non-descrip but he keeps popping up on my playlist and is rather good. As a kid, I watched him on a TV series that mirrored current events--but I'm finding out that he acted in "A" films from the late '30's. In 2 that I recently bought He played: 1) a rich graduate student who socializes with a high society wife of a DA--late 30's 2) An ad man who has no scruples--late 40's Have fun with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Was this actor in the cast of THE HUCKSTERS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 No--another movie about people who work on fashion magazines and direct advertising for the mags. Please see the original question below. Edited by: cujas on Dec 20, 2011 4:20 PM Edited by: cujas on Dec 20, 2011 5:16 PM Edited by: cujas on Dec 20, 2011 5:16 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Hint: this actor portrayed a character in a late 50's early '60s series that was based on an American hero from the era of the Kennedy Administration.--not a politican though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 To review--this actor started in the late 30's--he appeared then in a film playing a rich graduate student who was "escorting" the DA's wife-- In the 40's this actor went noir as an Magazine Ad Executive who would do anthing to stay in the game. In the late 50's--early '60's, this actor starred in a TV series where he loosely portrayed an American hero from the Kennedy Administration Era.--not a politican, but someone heroic who was associated with President Kennedy's political policies and goals for the country. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Hint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Hint: he was an archi-conservative for Goldwater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashback42 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 cujas, this one is intriguing, but it has me stumped. I think you've planted a clue pointing toward *The Name of the Game*, but I spent those years in an environment where the TV was in the Common Room, and the sports fans usually carried the vote. For the same reason, I saw very little of *Slattery's People*. Someone else is going to have to solve this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I'm thinking that you are William Lundigan. Men Into Space is the TV show. The space program was so important to the Kennedy Administration. Lundigan along with Walter Brennan were Goldwater supporters and I think the noir is *Dishonored Lady* the other *Wives Under Susipcion* ????? Edited by: lavenderblue19 on Dec 30, 2011 9:40 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Lavender, this was a hard one--but, I think, for us Boomers quite fair. You did a wonderful job and are a quite talented player. Bonne Annee-- Lavender, take it away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Thank You cujas. A great question. Back later with one. (take a look at musicals on tap) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 This guy was an interesting man. The public perceives him a certain way and yet his pre Hollywood days are very different than the way we usually think of him. An interesting fact is that he made one film with a director and they could not stand each other. They refused to work together again. Even though this guy did get to play a lot of different roles, we think of him usually in certain types of films.. What's interesting is this director is known for the same type of film. Who was this guy? (extra credit for the name of the director and the film they made together) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 He had a signature style that would be recognizable to film fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranklinPangborn Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Gary Cooper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Not Gary Cooper. However, this guy has won Oscars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Is it Walter Brennan? He made "My Darling Clementine" for John Ford. The two did not get along and never worked together again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Yup, Walter Brennan. Grew up in a well to do area of Massachusetts. He studied to become an engineer. Outside of film roles, he did not speak with that accent we're so accustomed to hearing from him. Brennan and Ford couldn't get along while filming *My Darling Clementine* and never worked together again. I enjoy him so much, however his politics and attiude about Civil Rights leave a lot to be desired. Good work, Miles, yer up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Thanks. Do you know us? We are two brothers who worked together in only one movie. However, we did work together in TV. We also had separate TV and movie careers and as we grew older, we took different career paths. One of us became a successful director of both movies and TV shows, and also did some producing. The other one went into the music business as a singer and musician. In an ironic twist, in the eighties, we each appeared in made for TV movies with the same title. Both TV movies featured stars of 50's and 60's TV shows. Do you know us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Dwayne and Darryl Hickman? Really like both of them. Talented smart guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Nice guess, but no. The one brother who went into the music business may have inherited some musical ability from his parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 So, which one are you, David or Ricky?? Miles, too weird, I was thinking about David Nelson this morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudskipper Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Maybe David and Shaun Cassidy ? Shaun Cassidy went into producing and directing later in his career.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Remember, I said "Do you know us?". It is David and Ricky Nelson. David passed away from cancer early in 2011 and, of course, Ricky was killed in a plane crash in 1985. "Here Come The Nelsons" was a 1952 movie that helped spawn the long running TV show, "The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet". That movie also featured a young Rock Hudson. I posted once that it was a movie that featured two hearthrobs before they were well known, Ricky was about twelve at the time. David was born in October of 1936, the same year that his mother Harriet appeared with Fred and Ginger in "Follow The Fleet". There's a pretty good chance that she was pregnant with him while she was shooting the movie. For you youngsters out there, Ozzie was a bandleader and Harriet was his female vocalist in the thirties and early forties. The TV movies that I referred to were both called "High School Movie". In the 1983 movie, David played a janitor, and in the 1984 movie, Ricky played the principal. I believe that Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskell) was in both. Well, lavender, it took two tries, so you get the award for persistence. You also get to post the next question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Not persistence Miles, just an Ahha. As I wrote, David Nelson was on my mind this morning. That was a good question you posted, Later, with a question. Edited by: lavenderblue19 on Dec 31, 2011 6:51 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Here's another 2'fer for New Years. 2 brothers, one with a bigger career in show business than the other. However, the less well known brother is easily recognizable to savvy baby boomer TV watchers. He made guest appearances on the other's well known TV shows. Who are these guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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