Green Hornet Returns to TV With Modernized Crime Fight
The Green Hornet is revived for fall TV with Britt Reid as publisher owning a TV station and fighting organized crime. Van Williams plays Reid. Bruce Lee is Kate. retooled for serious crime battles. The car, gadgets, nonlethal weapons, and Kato’s gung fu are highlighted. each episode stands alone with no recurring villains.
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Lloyd Gough
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Newman to star in Cool Hand Luke at Hollywood studio
Paul Newman returns to the studio for the title role in Cool Hand Luke following the success of Harper. Filming is scheduled to begin in August, with details noting Hollywood involvement and production plans.
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Ex Olympian Rafer Johnson to Tarzan TV work in Brazil
Ex Olympic star Rafer Johnson spent nine months in Brazil filming Tarzan features then moved to TV work. He recalls mosquitoes at the motel, illness from water, rain and snakes, and CARE packages from Hollywood. Johnson would return for another nine months for the country’s beauty and friendly people. He says he is an actor for keeps and rejected pro sports to avoid money being the motive.
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Tony Curtis Drives Daily Cars In Week Long Show
Hollywood actor Tony Curtis makes car ownership a week long hobby owning a Sunday and a weekday Rolls Royce previously and now drives a different car each day of the week for variety A playful peak at his automotive interests in the entertainment world.
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Television Schedule Snapshot for June Fifteenth Evening
A dense listing of television programming by hour from 6:30 p.m. through midnight, featuring Sunrise Semester, Continental Classroom, various game shows, soap operas, and classic series. Notable items include I Love Lucy, The Dating Game, Jeopardy, The Tonight Show era offerings, and multiple children's programs such as Captain Kangaroo and The Mickey Mouse Club. The guide reflects a mid-century network lineup with a mix of dramas, comedies, and daytime staples across major networks.
Phyllis Diller Stars in The Pruitts of Southampton
Phyllis Diller will headline The Pruitts of Southampton, a color ABC TV series for the 1966-67 season based on Patrick Dennis novel Auntie Mame. The comedy follows a wealthy Long Island family facing IRS trouble while maintaining their grand lifestyle. Supporting cast includes Reginald Gardiner John McGiver Richard Deacon and Grady Sutton with Diller as Phyllis Pruitt, a wild witty mother hen type.
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Miss Diller
Purple Onion
Tom Baldwin
Grady Sutton
Sturgis
Butler
Robert Taylor Signs With MGM for Laredo Western
Robert Taylor has been signed to star in MGM's As I Rode Down To Laredo an Arizona shoot set in Tucson. This marks his first MGM film since ending his long contract in 1958 after holding the studio's top star streak. Taylor began in 1934 with Gorgeous Hussy and later led hits like Camille Waterloo Bridge Quo Vadis Johnny Eager and Ivanhoe alongside The Detectives TV series.
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Tucson
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Hussy
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Johnny Eager
Ivanhoe
Detectives
All-Star Cast Readied For MGM's The Dirty Dozen
MGM begins filming The Dirty Dozen at Borehamwood Studios in England with Lee Marvin leading an ensemble including Ernest Borgnine Charles Bronson Jimmy Brown John Cassavetes Richard Jaeckel Trini Lopez Ralph Meeker Robert Ryan Telly Savalas Clint Walker Robert Webber and George Kennedy. The war drama follows 12 condemned soldiers sent on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines prior to D-Day based on E M Nathanson's novel.
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Robert Ryan
Telly Savales
Clint Walker
Robert Webber
George Kennedy
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