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Will Hutchins Birthday Tribute (continued) Sugarfoot - 3.3 “MacBrewster the Bold” A joyful fifty minutes of classic TV, this. These WB westerns have a bad rap (not entirely unearned) for tired, recycled plots, but they could also at times come up with some really original stories. This...

Happy 94th Birthday, Will Hutchins! Will Hutchins (born Marshall Lowell Hutchason; May 5, 1930) is an American actor most noted for playing the lead role of the young lawyer Tom Brewster, in the western television series Sugarfoot, which aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961 for 69 episodes...

Amazing tribute to Richard Chamberlain and his work on Dr. Kildare, Randall...great to see you back posting in this thread! Buddy Ebsen Birthday Memorial Happy birthday to the multi-talented Buddy Ebsen. Ebsen (born Christian Ludolf Ebsen, Jr., April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003), also known...

Happy 78th Birthday, Barbara Rhoades! Happy birthday to statuesque, 5'10" actress Barbara Rhoades, who brightened up several films and many TV episodes from the late '60s through the early '90s. Obviously her voluptuous figure and saucy demeanor caused her to be frequently cast in sexpot...

Ozzie Nelson Birthday Memorial Tribute (Cont.) 5.27 “The Hawaiian Party” Every year, Ozzie brings home a bundle of travel brochures to plan the family’s vacation…and every year, the Nelsons always end up at the lodge at Lake Murphy. This time, Harriet and boys have their heart set on going to...

Ozzie Nelson Birthday Memorial Oswald George Nelson (March 20, 1906 – June 3, 1975) was an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and bandleader. He originated and starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, a radio and television series with his wife Harriet and two sons David and Ricky...

Happy 89th birthday, Nancy Kovack! It probably won't shock anyone to learn that stunning, curvaceous actress Nancy Kovack won 8 beauty contest titles before the age of 20, but it might be a bit of a surprise that she began studying at the University of Michigan at the tender age of 15...

Great stuff, Peter! That "Friday Night Chat" classic TV watch party sounds like a lot of fun.

Good stuff on Bold Venture and Dane Clark, Neal! I'm familiar with the radio show starring Bogie and Bacall (which is great, BTW, highly recommended for OTR fans, availabe to listen here), but have never seen the TV adaptation starring Dane Clark. I'll be checking out the one you linked to above...

Happy 82nd Birthday, Sherry Jackson! Gorgeous, 5' 4" brunette Sherry Jackson got her start in showbiz as a child actress in mostly uncredited roles in various B-pictures, with the occasional larger part in more memorable fare, such as The Breaking Point (with John Garfield) and Trouble Along...

Pernell Roberts Memorial As a youngster watching Bonanza reruns in syndication, I immediately gravitated toward the antics and adventures of hot-headed Little Joe (Michael Landon) and big-hearted, gentle giant Hoss (Dan Blocker), but I never quite took to their more serious, remote older...

Happy 90th Birthday Tom Baker! Both the longest-running and (so far) longest lived of all the actors to play the lead role on the BBC's flagship sci-fi series, Doctor Who, Tom Baker is inarguably the most iconic and well-remembered. For seven seasons (1974-1981) and 173 episodes, Tom Baker...

Linda Lawson Birthday Memorial, Part 2: Wagon Train - 4.6 "Princess of a Lost Tribe" I can well imagine the varying levels of bemusement and consternation with which this episode was doubtlessly greeted upon its airing on November 12, 1960. Many viewers perhaps wondered if they had somehow...

Linda Lawson Birthday Memorial Gorgeous Linda Lawson, former Vegas showgirl and singer turned actress, passed away on May 18, 2022 at age 86, leaving behind numerous credits on many classic TV shows...and some more recent ones, such as appearances on That's Life, Without a Trace and E.R. in...

Erin Gray Birthday Tribute The luminously beautiful Erin Gray turns 74 today. While most hormonal teenage boys growing up in the late '70s/early '80s remember her most fondly as Col. Wilma Deering on the cheesy but fun sci-fi show Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, it's for her appearance on...

Richard Long Birthday Tribute Today we celebrate the life and career of handsome, urbane Richard Long. He is of course most familiar to classic TV fans for his leading roles in Bourbon Street Beat, The Big Valley and Nanny and the Professor, but he got his start as a young man at Universal...

Dan Blocker Birthday Tribute For many years, I fell out of love with Bonanza, though as a kid, I was a big fan. As most TV viewers know, the show ran near constantly in syndication for years and years. Hell, it's probably still running someplace...at least, I sure hope so. Many was the day...

Linda Evans Birthday Tribute Happy 81st birthday to the lovely Linda Evans! Ms. Evans is likely most well-known for her long-term stint on the prime time soap Dynasty (1981-1989), but - never having been a fan of soap operas, prime time or otherwise - I know her best for her work as Audra...

Jack Elam Birthday Memorial Good ol' Jack Elam (born November 13, 1920 - died October 20, 2003). One of the best character actors in the business, with a face only a mother could love. I can't think of a single one of his 210 film and TV credits where he didn't add a heap of value to the...

Jeremy Brett Birthday Memorial November 3rd marks the birthday of the late and much-missed British actor Jeremy Brett. Though he enjoyed a successful career in the '60s and '70s on both stage, film and television, including a co-starring role alongside Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, it's for...

Night Gallery A couple of solid segments of this '70s supernatural anthology series, hosted (and occasionally written) by Rod Serling. 1.5 "Pamela's Voice / Lone Survivor / The Doll" Three tales penned by host Rod Serling. "Pamela's Voice" is a brief slice of marital hell, boasting some...

Time for a classic Twilight Zone Halloween Tribute! Though many episodes edge more into fantasy or science fiction than outright horror, The Twilight Zone was one of the shows that frequently scared me a youngster. I find the majority of them still highly effective and atmospheric, and a...

Good call reminding us of Price's OTR career, Scott! "Three Skeleton Key" is an all-time classic, and Price makes for a rather good radio Saint. Vincent also hosted and starred (as himself) in an excellent thriller series for BBC Radio, The Price of Fear, which aired from 1973-1983. Here's a...

The Classic TV Stars Tribute to Halloween Begins! Vincent Price Memorial The silky-voiced, smooth and cultured Price (born May 26th, 1911) was sometimes accused of hamming things up something fierce, a charge which he never denied. The occasional slice of ham was never a problem, really...

Happy Birthday, Katy Manning! October 14th marked the 77th birthday of Australian-born actress Katy Manning. Though she appeared on several British television shows both before and after, by far her most famous role was as Jo Grant, companion to Third Doctor Jon Pertwee on BBC's Doctor Who...

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - 8.30 "Painting the Sorority House" An oh-so-lovely, pre-Beverly Hillbillies Donna Douglas guest stars as Ricky's girlfriend-of-the-week (also named Donna) in this enjoyable episode, which begins with Ozzie actually doing some work for a change, as he and...

Birthday Tribute - Donna Douglas The lovely Donna Douglas, with her big smile, sunny disposition, mass of strawberry-blonde curls and tight-fitting jeans, brightened up 273 episodes of the smash '60s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, as exuberant, animal-loving Ellie May Clampett. Of course...

A little more birthday love for the buxom, sexy and sassy Anne Helm, who specialized in playing women who were spoiled, saucy or just downright bad...in other words, trouble with a capital "T". But with her curvaceous figure, full, pouty lips, flashing brown eyes and flirtatious manner, it was...

Wonderful tribute to Harriet Nelson and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Neal! Great stuff also from Scott on the one and only Bill Shatner, too. As it's shortly after the one year anniversary of this thread being created, I just want to give a shout out to Neal for coming up with the idea...

Memorial Tribute - Gayle Hunnicutt Gayle Hunnicutt sadly passed away on August 31, 2023, at age 80. The stunning actress, more often seen on the big screen (P.J., Marlowe, Legend of Hell House, etc.) or on British TV (as Irene Adler in the very first Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes adaptation...