Mike Evans Breaks In On TV With Hollywood Hitchhike
Hollywood Hotline details Mike Evans, Los Angeles City College student, winning the recurring role of the Bunker neighbor on All in the Family after auditions that spanned many contenders. Norman Lear preferred a New York actor but Evans impressed with his honesty and potential, earning the part after a tense final read.
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John Rich
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Lear
Jean Stapleton star chart shows she is no dingbat
Stanton notes Jean Stapleton born January 19 1923 in New York City is a Capricorn with a Grand Trine in water signs. He highlights her Broadway and film work before All in the Family and cites her Emmy wins and poised, graceful nature.
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Wendell Willkie
Adolphe Menjou
Wallace Beery
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Edith Bunker
Expensive Tastes Define A Game Show Host Art James
New York AP profile of Art James, a pro game show host who earns seasonally and outfits himself with $400 tailor made suits, keeps ten in rotation, pays $1 per shirt to launder, and sports $15 haircuts. He tapes eight programs in two days and works about two weeks each month while managing viewer mail from the Midwest.
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Arthur Simeonivich Efimchik
Midwest
Art James
James Garner to host NBC game show Say When
NBC's Who What and Where host will introduce Say When a new game show James Garner will anchor after a quiet start. He rose from Wayne State University in Detroit to radio DJ to announcer in New York and then his own series.
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Hugh Downs
TV talk shows aid publishers but fade for authors
Television helps publishers by featuring authors on talk shows and boosting book sales, yet top programs shrink and key hosts like David Frost and Johnny Carson leave or limit author slots. Publishers seek new routes, including local radio, as NY hubs tighten and outlets decline.
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David Frost
Dick Cavett
Johnny Carson
Hollywood
Merv Griffin
California
NBC
Today Show
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Mike Douglas
Frost
Carson
Jean Booth
Doubleday
Thor Heyerdahl
Jacques Yves Cousteau
Stage Center
Arthur Hailey
Miss Murphy
Margaret Mead
Jacqueline Susann
David Ru
Ben
Lorimar Productions Drives Independent TV Vision
Lorimar, led by Lee Rich, aims for a non-formula look in television. The company, in business under three years, earned four Emmy nominations for TV movies and developed The Homecoming into the Walton s series. Rich touts strong financing and independent control as keys to quality storytelling. The Man and other projects showcase bold casting and cross-media release.
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Sam Goldwyn
Lee Rich
Lorimar Productions
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Universal
Screen Gems
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the Waltons
CBS
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Myrna Loy
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Mildred Natwick
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E.G. Marshall
Michael Crichton
Rod Sterling
Irving Wallace
James Earl Jones
ABC
Paramount
John Wayne Enjoys Short Weekend Cruise With Family
John Wayne and his son Peter Wayne separated for weeks while filming in Durango Mexico. They celebrated his homecoming by taking a brief retreat aboard their converted minesweeper The Wild Goose. The cruise was sweet but short lasting only a long weekend.
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