From Doc to Da Merlin Actor Recasts Fate on TV
Hollywood veteran Barnard Hughes recalls the failed 1975 76 series Doc and his current CBS role as Merlin in Mr Merlin. He notes a shift from stage to screen and reflects on audience tastes while keeping his family theater roots in New York.
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Ritter hosts telethon with family and friends in charity bid
John Ritter and wife Nancy Morgan co host the United Cerebral Palsy Weekend with the Stars telethon, airing January 16, joined by Joyce DeWitt Henry Winkler Gavin MacLeod and Robert Guillaume. His brother Tom performs interviews with cerebral palsy victims while Ritter promotes television’s influence and his faith in the medium.
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