Louie The Movie Buff

BOTANY BAY 1953

Botony Bay is a 1953 American film drama based on a novel of the same name by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall.

Directed by John Farrow

Written by Jonathan Lattimer

Music by Franz Waxman

Cinematography by John Seitz

Distributed by Paramount Pictures

The cast included:

Alan Ladd as Hugh Tallant

Patricia Medina as Sally

James Mason as Captain Gilbert

Cedric Hardwick as Governor Arthur Philip

Malcolm Lee Beggs as Nick Sabb

Anita Bollster as Moll Cudlip

Murray Matheson as Reverend Thynne

Jonathan Harris as Tom Oklay

John Hardy as Nat Garth.

In the year of 1857 there were new prisoners being shipped from Newgate Prison in England. Their destination was a new penal colony in Botany Bay, New South Wales.

Hugh Tallant was an American medical student who has wrongly been imprisoned. Along the way he has many clashes with the villainous Captain Gilbert. Eventually Tallant plans a full out and out mutiny against him.

Another somewhat devious character is Nick Sabb who works with the prisoners but sort of takes out on his own and gets killed for his efforts. Sabb is played by character actor Malcolm Lee Beggs who was first known on TV in the Captain Video series. He was killed in is hotel room in Chicago when he put up a fight against two burglars. Unfortunately due to an early death he did not make many films.

Captain Gilbert is overthrown. Hugh Tallant and Sally are pardoned and they go off together in the sunset which shows a tree with a koala bear on it.

This is a good movie with enough action and adventure to keep you entertained.

The photography was very well done and is quite beautiful.

It is ranked a 6.0 out of 10 by IMDB voters.

Unfortunately it is not yet out on DVD, but you can get excellent copies from various sources on the internet.

A fine adventure film for a DVD collection.

I highly recommend this film.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character Character Actors

Don O'Kelly

Don O'Kelly was an American character actor and sometimes lead.

His was also credited as Don Kelly as well.

He was born Donald Patrick Kelly as Sheepshead Bay, N Y. in 1924. His father was of Irish background and his mother was of Norwegian.

Kelly saw service in World War Two aboard the USS Stanton and the USS Palmer . He also saw convoy duty from various locations during the war.

After the war he joined his cousins ice skating show and used his GI Bill of Rights to study acting with the Strasberg Company in Hollywood.

He made his film debut in 1940 . He restarted his film career in 1956. His TV debut came in 1956 in an episode of the TV series Highway Patrol.

Kelly was very active in the 1950's and 1960's. on television as well as some movies. He had a starring role in the film Tank Battalion.

The film roles of Don O'Kelly were:

Buzzy Rides The Range (1940) as Deck

Buzzy And The Phantom Pinto (1941) as Lucas

The Big Land (1957) as Billy Tyler

The Crooked Circle (1957) as Joe Kelly

Bombers B-52 (1957) as Master Sergeant Darren McKind

The Notorious Mr. Monks (1958) as Dan Flynn

Tank Battalion (1958) as Sgt. Brad Dunne

Frontier Uprising (1961) as Lt. Kilpatrick

Shootout At Big Sag (1962) as Fargo

The Hostage (1967) as Bull.

Mr. O'Kelly also was active on television appearing in such programs as Highway Patrol, Frontier, Wire Service, The Silent Service, Broken Arrow, The Texan, Maverick, Sugarfoot, Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, Mike Hammer, Black Saddle, Tales Of Wells Fargo, The Restless Gun, Border Patrol, Rescue 8, Not For Hire, Have Gun Will Travel, The Alaskans, M Squad, Bourbon Street Beat, Overland Trail, Tombstone Territory, Twilight Zone, The Deputy, Shotgun Slade, Riverboat, Tallahassee 7000, Pete And Gladys, Death Valley Days, Laramie, Bat Masterson, Ripcord, Bronco, Lawman, Cheyenne, The Beachcomber, 77 Sunset Strip, The Gallant Men, The Dakotas, The Virginian, Bonanza, Ben Casey, Gunsmoke, and The Wild Wild West.

As you can tell from the above TV series, he appeared a great deal in the western genre.

Don O'Kelly shows 55 credits for film and television appearances running basically from 1956 to 1967. His output would have been more but he passed away at an early age, cutting short his career.

He was married to Ruthie Kelly until his death in 1966. The couple had three children.

Don O'Kelly passed away in 1966 from cancer.

I enjoyed Mr. Kelly in the films Tank Battalion, Bombers B-52, The Big Land, Shootout At Big Sag and The Hostage as well as his many appearances on TV in the various western series.

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Ladies                       Julie Sommars

   Matlock (TV)/ Assistant D. D Julie Marsh
   The Governor & J J (TV)/ Jennifer Jo Drinkwater
   Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo/ Diana Darcy
   Centennial (TV)/ Alice Grebe

Julie Sommars is an American actress who is best known for her work on television.

She was born Juliana Edith Sommars at Fremont, NE in 1942.

Ms Sommars career lasted from 1960 to 1994 with 70 credits in film and television.

Her best known role was that of Assistant D A Julie March on the Matlock TV series and she appeared in that role from 1987 to 1994.

Though most of Ms. Sommars appearances were on television her film roles were as follows:

Sex And The College Girl (1964) as Susan

The Great Sioux Massacre (1965) as Caroline Reno

The Pad And How To Use It (1966) as Doreen Marshall

European Eye (1968-TV) as Molly

Five Desperate Women (1971-TV) as Mary Grace Brown

The Harness (1971-TV) as Jennifer Shagaras

How To Steal An Airplane (1971-TV) as Dorothy

Rex Harrison Presents Stories Of Love (1974-TV) as Patricia

Fools, Females And Fun (1974-TV) as Alice Shoemaker

Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo (1977) as Diana Darcy

Centennial (1979-TV Miniseries ) Alice Grebe

Sex And The Single Parent (1979-TV) as Bonnie

Cave In! (1983-TV) as Liz Johnson

Emergency Room (1983-TV) as Nina Cole

Perry Mason: The Case Of The Glass Coffin (1991-TV) as Betty Farmer

Ms. Sommars stareed in the following TV series:

Matlock (1987 - 1994) as Assistant D A Julie March

The Governor And J J (1969) as Jennifer Jo Drinkwater

Other television programs that Ms. Sommars appeared on were The Loretta Young Show, Sea Hunt, Shirley Temple's Stortbook, Holiday Lodge, The Tall Man, Outlaws, The Great Adventure, Bonanza, Slattery's People, Flipper, Perry Mason, Mr. Novak, Ben Casey, Death Valley Days, Gunsmoke, Run Buddy Run, The Fugitive, The Man From UNCLE, The Invaders, Get Smart, Judd For The Defense, Felony Squad, The Name Of The Game, The Virginian, The FBI, Love American Style, Owen Marshall Counselot At Law, Harry , The Rockford Files, McCloud, Switch, Bronk, Ellery Queen, McMillan and Wife, Barnaby Jones, Fantasy Island, Magnum P I, Partners In Crime and Diagnosis Murder among others..

She won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress -Television Series Musical Or Comedy for her role in The Governor And J. J. in 1970.

She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television for her role on Matlock in 1990.

Ms. Sommars has been married four times. Her husband since 1984 is John Karns. She has three children from her third marriage.

I enjoyed Ms. Sommars especially in the Matlock TV series. I also enjoyed her in the films Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo, Centennial ( Mini Series), The Great Sioux Massacre, Perry Mason- The Case Of The Glass Coffin and Cave In!.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character             Character Actors

James Callahan

                                                 Wendy And Me (TV)/ Danny Adams
                                                 Charles In Charge (TV)/ Walter Powell
                                                 Lady Sings The Blues/ Reg Hanley
                                                 Cloud Dancer/ Walt Lawson

James Callahan was an American television and film character actor who made more than 120 appearances in films and television between 1959 and 2007. Most of his appearances were however on television.

James Thomas Callahan was born in 1930 at Grand Rapids. MI, one of three children to William and Elenora Callahan.

Callahan served in the U. S. Army after which he worked for the U. S. Postal Service. While attending school in the Midwest, he began acting and upon advise of one of his teachers, he enrolled at the University Of Washington at Seattle, whereby he studied drama eventually obtaining his degree in drama.

Though much of this actors career was one television, he did appear in films as well. His television debut was in 1958 on the TV series Flight and his film career debut was in 1959 in the film The Battle Of The Coral Sea.

The film roles of James Callahan were:

Battle Of The Coral Sea (1959) as Australian Prisoner

Man On A String (1960) as C B I Agent

The Walking Target (1960) as Al Kramer

All Fall Down (1962) as Gas Station Attendant

Experiment In Terror (1962) as FBI Agent

A Man Called Gannon (1968) as Bo

Tropic Of Cancer (1970) as Fillmore

Travis Logan, D. A. (1971-TV) as Jerry

She Waits (1972-TV) as David Brody

Lady Sings The Blues (1972) as Reg Hanley

Mystery In Dracula's Castle (1973-TV) as Sheriff

The Missiles Of October (1974-TV) as David Powers, Special Assistant To The President

McNaughton's Daughter (1076-TV Miniseries) as Lew Farragut

Outlaw Blues (1977) as Garland Dupree

Studs Lonigan (1979-TV Miniseries) as Moxey

Can You Hear The Laughter? The Story Of Freddie Prinze (1979-TV) as Producer

Cloud Dancer (1980) as Walt Lawson

Inchon (1981) as General Almond

Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess (1983-TV) as Test Director

Little House: Look Back To Yesterday (1983-TV) as Doctor Houser

The Burning Bed (1984-TV) as Berlin Hughes

A Bunny's Tale (1985-TV) as Phil

Copacabana (1985-TV) as Dennis Reilly

The Christmas Gift (1986-TV) as Robert Truesdale

Prison For Children (1987-TV) as Mr. Platt

Plymouth (1991-TV) as Paddy

Hero (1992) as Police Chief

Return Of The Living Dead III (1993) as Colonel Peck

A Part Of The Family (1994-TV) as Kirby

The Last Chance Detectives: Mystery Lights Of Navajo Mesa (1994-TV) as Pop Fowler

May Jane (1994) as Mr. Platt

Return To Two Moon Junction (1995) as Mr. Bowman

Midnight Man (1995) as Chief Massey

The Last Chance Detectives: Legend Of Desert Bigfoot (1995-TV) as Pop Fowler

Every Dog Has It's Day (1999) as Father Quinn

Extreme Honor (2001) as Randolph Briscoe

McBride: Tune In For Murder (2005-TV) as Judge Gross

The Standard (2006) as Principal Watson

Wild Hearts (2006-TV) as Arliss

Born (2007) as Albert Martino

James Callahan was a regular on the following TV series:

Charles In Charge (1987 to 1990) as Walter Powell ( for which he is probably best known)

Wendy And Me (1964 - 1965) as Danny Adams

Other television programs that Mr. Callahan appeared on were Flight, The Californians, Steve Canyon, The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp, Bourbon Street Beat, Dennis The Menace, Death Valley Days, The Case Of The Dangerous Robin, The Jim Backus Show, The Detectives, Perry Mason, Route 66, Have Gun Will Travel, General Electric Theatre, The Untouchables, Combat, Empire, The Lieutenant, The Richard Boone Show, Twilight Zone, Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, The Breaking Point, My Favorite Martian, 12 O'clock High, The Time Tunnel, The Fugitive, Run For Your Life, The Invaders, The FBI, Adam-12, The Governor And J J, Marcus Welby MD, M A S H, Love American Style, Barnaby Jones, Movin' On, Cannon, Police Story, The Practice, CPO Sharkey, The Rockford Files, The hardy Boys-Nancy Drew Mysteries, Black Sheep Squadron, Bosom Buddies, Insight, Lou Grant, Alice, Simon & Simon, Quincy ME, Remington Steele, Little House On The Prairie, The A Team, Knight Rider, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Newhart, Highway To Heaven, The New Lassie, Dallas, The Golden Girls, Picket Fences, Cybil, The Practice, ER, Medium and 7th Heaven among others.

He was married to Peggy Cannon in 1994. This was his first marriage. The marriage lasted until his death in 2007.

James Callahan passed away in 2007 from esophageal cancer at age 76.

I enjoyed this actor in his many TV series guest appearances as well as the films Lady Sings The Blues, Cloud Dancer, A Man Called Gannon, Tropic Of Cancer and The Missiles Of October.

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Ladies                   Bonita Granville

                                            These Three/ Mary Tilford
                                            Nancy Drew- Detective/ Nancy Drew
                                          Now, Voyager/ June Vale
   The Mortal Storm/ Elsa

Per Quinlan's Film Stars:

Long nosed, lantern jawed ( but attractive) American actress with light brown hair. Played brats and smart alec teenagers through the 1930's, most notably the abhorrent Mary in These Three (1936) which won her an Oscar nomination.

Bonita Granville was born at Santa Monica, CA in 1923.

Born into an acting family, Ms. Granville became a child actor debuting at age 9 in the film Westward Passage. She was normally cast regularly as naughty girls and brats,

Ms. Granville was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mary in These Three as a very obnoxious girl who spreads lies about her teachers.

She was later upgraded to the bright and feisty detective/reporter Nancy Drew in the Nancy Drew series of the late 1930's for which she is now best remembered.

Some of the film roles of Bonita Granville were:

Westward Passage (1932) as Little Olivia Allen ( Age 9)

Cavalcade (1933) as Fanny

Little Women (1933) as Amy's Classmate

Anne Of Green Gables (1934) as School Girl

Ah, Wilderness (1935) as Mildred

Song Of The Saddle (1936) as Jen As A Child

These Three (1936) as Mary Tilford

Maid Of Salem (1937) as Ann

Call It A Day (1937) as Ann Hilton

It's Love I'm After (1937) as Gracie Kane

White Banners (1938) as Sally Ward

Merrily We Live (1938) as Marion Kilbourne

The Beloved Brat (1938) as Roberta

My Bill (1938) as Gwen Colbrook

Hard To Get (1938) as Connie

Nancy Drew- Detective (1939) as Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew- Reporter (1939) as Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew -Trouble Shooter ( 1939) as Nancy Drew

The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939) as Peggy Finnegan

Nancy Drew And The Hidden Staircase (1939) as Nancy Drew

Forty Little Mothers (1940) as Doris

The Mortal Storm (1940) as Elsa

Those Were The Days! (1940) as Martha Scroggs

Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) as Vicky Sherwood

Escape (1940) as Ursula

Gallant Sons (1940) as Kate Pendleton

The Wild Man Of Borneo (1941) as Francise Diamond

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare (1941) as Frances Marlowe

Down In San Diego (1941) as Betty Haines

H. M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) as Mary Pullham

Syncopation (1942) as Kit Latimer

The Glass Key (1942) as Opal "Snip" Madwig

Now, Voyager (1942) as June Vale

Seven Miles From Alcatraz (1942) as Ann Porter

Hitler's Children (1943) as Anna Miller

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944) as Kay Wilson

Song Of The Open Road (1944) as Bonnie

Youth Runs Wild (1944) as Toddy Jones

The Beautiful Cheat (1945) as Alice

Senorita From The West (1945) as Jeannie Blake

Breakfast In Hollywood (1946) as Dorothy Larson

The Truth About Murder (1946) as Christine Allen

Suspense (1946) as Ronnie

Love Laughs At Andy Hardy (1946) as Kay Wilson

The Guilty (1947) as Estelle Mitchell/ Linda Mitchell

Strike It Rich (1948) as June Brady

Guilty Of Treason (1950) as Stephanie Varna

The Lone Ranger (1956) as Welcome Kilgore

Ms. Granville also appeared on early television in such programs as Armstrong Circle Theater, The Unexpected, The Ford Television Theater, Broadway Television Theater, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, Climax, The United States Steel Hour, Science Ficction Theater, Studio One And Lassie.

Ms. Granville married oil millionaire/ producer Jack Wrather in 1947. In the mid 1950's she retired from acting. She was married to Wrather until his death in 1984. The couple had four children.

Ms. Granville became an executive in the Wrather Corporation and was executive producer of the Lassie TV series.

Active also with many civic and cultural groups, Ms. Granville was at one time the chair of The American Film Institute.

Bonita Granville passed away from cancer in 1988.

To me her most impressive performances were in These Three, The Nancy Drew series, Now Voyager and the Glass Key but I also enjoyed her in such films as The Mortal Storm, Hitler's Children, Maid Of Salem and The People Vs. Dr. Kildaqre.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character               Character Actors

John Litel

                                                                  Nancy Drew Mysteries/ Carson Drew
                                                                  They Drive By Night/ Harry McNamara
                                                                  Dodge City/ Matt Cole
                                                                  Flight To Mars/ Dr.Lane

Per Quinlan's Character Stars:

Sturdy, dark haired, softly spoken, reliable looking American six footer with careworn eyes.

John Beach Litel was born at Albany, WI in 1892.

Mr. Litel was one of the prolific character actors in the 1930's through the end of the 1950's. His no nonsense demeanor on screen was not entirely an act. He enlisted in the French army during World War One and was decorated twice for bravery.

After the war, Litel enrolled in the Academy Of Dramatic Arts and toured with varuious stage companies.

He made his film debut in 1929 in a short and was considered one of Warner Brothers Stock Company.

Some of the films of John Litel were:

On The Border (1930) as Dave

Wayward (1932) as Bob Daniels

Fugitive In The Sky (1936) as Mike Phelan aka Roger Johnson

Black Legion (1937) as Tommy Smith

Midnight Court (1937) as Victor Shanley

Marked Woman (1937) as Gordon

Slim (1937) as Wyatt Ranstead

The Life Of Emile Zola (1937) as Charpentier

Back In Circulation (1937) as Dr. Eugene Forde

Alcatraz Island (1937) as Gat Brady

Missing Witnesses (1937) as Inspector Lane

Gold Is Where You Find It (1938) as Ralph Ferris

A Slight Case Of Murder (1938) as Post

Jezebel (1938) as Jean La Cour

Love Honor And Behave (1938) as Jim Blake

Over The Wall (1938) as Father Neil Connor

Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938) as Nails Morgan

My Bill (1938) as Mr. Rudlin

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) as Prosecuting Attorney

Valley Of The Giants (1938) as Hendricks

Broadway Musketeers (1938) as Stan Dowling

Nancy Drew Detective (1938) as Carson Drew

Comet Over Broadway (1938) as Bill Appleton

Wings Of The Navy (1939) as Commander Clark

Nancy Drew Reporter (1939) as Carson Drew

Secret Service In The Air (1939) as Saxby

You Can't Get Away With Murder (1939) as Attorney Carey

On Trial (1939) as Robert Strickland

Dodge City (1939) as Matt Cole

Nancy Drew Trouble Shooter (1939) as Carson Drew

Nancy Drew And The Hidden Staircase (1939) as Carson Drew

Dust Be My Destiny (1939) as Prosecutor

On Dress Parade (1939) as Colonel Michael Riker

One Hour To Live (1939) as Rudolph Spain

The Return Of Doctor X (1939) as Dr. Franklin Flagg

A Child Is Born (1939) as Dr. Brett

The Fighting 69th (1940) as Captain Mangan

Castle On The Hudson (1940) as Chaplain

Virginia City (1940) as Marshall

It All Came True (1940) as Mr. Roberts

An Angel From Texas (1940) as Quigley

Flight Angels (1940) as Dr. Barclay

Men Without Souls (1940) as Rev. Thomas Storm

Murder In The Air (1940) as Saxby

Gambling On The High Seas (1940) as U S District Attorney

The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940) as D. A. Dickson

They Drive By Night (1940) as Harry McNamara

Knute Rockne All American (1940) as Committee Chairman

Father Is A Prince (1940) as Dr. Mark Stone

Lady With Red Hair (1940) as Charles Bryant

Santa Fe Trail (1940) as Martin

The Trial Of Mary Dugan (1941) as Mr. West

The Great Mr. Nobody (1941) as John Wade

The Big Boss (1941) as Bob Dugan

Thieves Fall Out (1941) as Tom Gordon

Henry Aldrich For President (1941) as Mr. Aldrich

They Died With Their Boots On (1941) as General Phil Sheridan

Don Winslow Of The Navy (1942) as Spencer Merlin

Mississippi Gambler (1942) as Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvet

Kid Gloves Killer (1942) as matty

Mystery Of Marie Roget (1942) as M. Henri Beauvois

A Desperate Chance For Ellery Queen (1942) as Norman Hadley

Henry And Dizzy (1942) as Mr. Aldrich

Men Of Texas 1942) as Col. Colbert Scott

Invisible Agent (1942) as John Gardner

Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942) as Mr. Aldrich

The Boss Of Big Town (1942) as Michael Lynn

Madame Spy (1942) as Peter Rolf

Murder In Times Square (1943) as Dr. Blaine

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943) as Mr. Aldrich

Crime Doctor (1943) as Emelio Caspari

Henry Aldrich Swings It (1943) as Mr. Aldrich

Submarine Base (1943) as Jim Taggart

So Proudly We Hail (1943) as Dr. Harrison

Henry Aldrich Haunts A House (1943) as Mr. Aldrich

Where Are Your Children? (1943) as Judge Edmonds

Henry Aldrich Boy Scout (1944) as Mr. Aldrich

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944) as Mr. Aldrich

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (1944) as Mr. Aldrich

My Buddy (1944) as Father Jim Donnelly

Murder In The Blue Room (1944) as Frank Baldrich

Faces In The Fog (1944) as Dr. Mason

Lake Placid Serenade (1944) as Walter benda

Brewster's Millions (1945) as Swearengen Jones

Salome Where She Danced (1945) as General Lee

The Crime Doctor's Warning (1945) as Inspector Dawes

The Crimson Canary (1945) as Roger Quinn

The Daltons Ride Again (1945) as Mike Bohannon

Northwest Trail (1945) as Sgt. Means

The Enchanted Forest (1945) as Ed Henderson

San Antonio (1945) as Charlie Bell

The Madonna's Secret (1946) as Police Lt. Roberts

Night In Paradise (1945) as Archon

She Wrote The Book (1946) as Dean Fowler

The Return Of Rusty (1946) as Hugh Mitchell

Sister Kenny (1946) as Medical Director

Swell Guy (1946) as Arthur Tyler

Lighthouse (1947) as Hank Armitage

Easy Come, Easy Go (1947) as Tom Clancy

The Beginning Of The End (1947) as K T Keller

The Guilty (1947) as Alex Tremhost

Heaven Only Knows (1947) as Rev. Wainwright

Christmas Eve (1947) as FBI Agent Joe Bland

Cass Timberline (1947) as Webb Wargate

My Dog Rusty (1948) as Hugh Mitchell

Smart Woman (1948) as Clark

I, Jane Doe (1948) as Horton

Pitfall (1948) as District Attorney

Triple Threat (1948) as Coach Snyder

Rusty Leads The Way (1948) as Hugh Mitchell

The Valiant Hombre (1948) as Lon Lansdell

Shamrock Hill (1949) as Ralph Judson

Rusty Saves A Life (1949) as Hugh Mitchell

Outpost In Morocco (1949) as Colonel Pascal

The Gal Who Took The West (1949) as Colonel Logan

Rusty's Birthday (1949) as Hugh Mitchell

Mary Ryan, Detective (1949) as Police Captain Billings

The Sundowners (1950) as John Gall

Woman In Hiding (1950) as John Chandler

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) as Police Chief Sam Tolgate

The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) as Mr. Watkins

Cuban Fireball (1951) as Pomeroy, Sr.

The Groom Wore Spurs (1951) as Uncle George

The Texas Rangers (1951) as Mayor John Jones

Little Egypt (1951) as Shuster

Flight To Mars (1951) as Dr. lane

Jet Job (1952) as Sam Bentley

Scramouche (1952) as Dr. Dubuque

Montana Belle (1952) as Matt Towner

Jack Slade (1953) as Judge Davidson

Sitting Bull (1954) as General Wilford Howell

Double Jeopardy (1955) as Emmett Devery

The Kentuckian (1955) as Pleasant Tuesday Babson

Texas Lady (1955) as Meade Moore

The Wild Dakotas (1956) as Morgan Wheeler

Comanche (1956) as General Nelson Miles

Runaway Daughters (1956) as George Barton

The Hired Gun (1957) as Mace Beldon

Decision At Sundown (1957) as Charles Summerton

Houseboat (1958) as William Farnsworth

Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea (1961) as Vice Admiral Crawford

Pocketful Of Miracles (1961) as Police Inspector McCrary

The Gun Hawk (1963) as Madden'sFather

The Sons Of Katie Elder (1965) as Minister

Nevada Smith (1969) as Doctor

John Litel was active on television appearing in such programs as Four Star Playhouse, City Detective, The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, Colt 45, Zane Grey Theater, Cheyenne, Maverick, Hawaiian Eye, Have Gun Will Travel, Bonanza, Hazel, Wanted Dead Or Alive, Rawhide, Wagon Train, Lock Up and The Road West among others.

At times Mr. Litel played leads, but it is as a fine supporting actor that he will be remembered. He has appeared in over 200 films with prosecuting attorneys, district attorneys , police chiefs and inspectors among his most frequent roles.

John Litel played a father in two film series. They were the Nancy Drew series and the Henry Aldrich series.

He was marreid twice. His first wife Rose Pichens died in 1955. He remarried in 1956 to Beatrice West and they were together until his death.

John Litel Passed away in 1972.

Here is another wonderful actor that I liked everything that he appeared in. However my favorite films of this actor were The Nancy Drew series, Black Legion, Dodge City, Virginia City, They Died With Their Boots On, The Kentuckian, Flight To Mars, Jezebel, Decision At Sundown and The Texas Rangers.

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Ladies                   Finn Carter

                                             Tremors/ Rhonda Lebeck
                                             Ghosts Of Mississippi/ Cynthia Speectgems
                                             Sweet Justice/ Sunny Justice

Finn Carter is an American actress, the daughter of Hodding Carter III and Margaret Carter. Her father is best known as the spokesman for the U. S. State Department during the Jimmy Carter administration.

Ms. Carter was born at Greenville, MS in 1960.

She attended Walnut School For The Performing Arts for high school and then went on to Skidmore College and Tulane University in New Orleans.

Finn Carter moved to New York City where she got a three year contract on the soap opera As The World Turns. She was also active in her first love, the theatre.

Ms. Carter is probably best known for the films Tremors and Sweet Justice.

Some of the films of Finn Carter were:

How I Got Into College (9889) as Nina Sachie

Tremors (1990) as Rhonda Le Beck

Revealing Evidence: Stalking The Honolulu Strangler (1990-TV) as Det. Maggie Luna

Sweet Justice (1992) as Sunny Justice

Ghosts Of Mississippi (1996) as Cynthia Sweetgens

The Pennsylvania Miners Story (2002-TV) as Missy Phillips

Halfway Decent (2005) as Bonnie

She has appeared on television in such programs as Monsters, Life Stories, China Beach, Law & Order, Murder She Wrote, NYPD Blue, Judging Amy, The Outer Limits ( newer version), CSI Crime Scene Investigation, ER , Diagnosis Murder and The Guardian.

Ms. Carter has been active in the theatre and was a member of the Circle Repertory Company in New York.

She created the role of Effie Herrington in Up In Saratoga at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre written by Terrence McNally and directed by Jack O'Brien.

Her second West Coast theatre appearance was at the Pasadena Playhouse for a revival of Biloxi Blues.

She most recently wrote for and performed in an evening of poetry and storytelling at The Altadena Junction

Ms. Carter has been married and divorced twice.

I enjoyed Ms. Carter in the films Tremors, Sweet Justice and Ghosts Of Mississippi.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character Character Actors

Oscar Beregi, Jr.

Oscar Beregi, Jr. was born in 1918 in Hungary, the son of another famous actior, Oscar Beregi Senior.

Beregi was a prolific character actor from the 1950's through the 1970's in both film and television. His strong features and large bulky frame usually cast him as figures of authority or brainy villains.

Thought he had a recurring role on TV's The Untouchables as gang lord Joe Kulak, he is probably best known for his role on an episode of Twilight Zone entitled Deaths Head Revisited as Captain Gunther Lutze who returns to a prison camp and is confronted by the spirits of the prisoners that he brutalized. Rod Serling was so impressed with his performance that he was asked to appear in two other Twilight Zone episodes as well: The Rip Van Winkle Caper and Mute.

Some of the film roles of Oscar Beregi, Jr. were:

The Oregon Trail (1959) as Ralph Clayman

North To Alaska (1960) as Captain

Operation Eichmann (1961) as Chief Of Police, Kuwait

The Fiercest Heart (1961) as Klaas

Judgment At Nuremberg (1961) as Waiter At Court Lounge

Police Nurse (1963) as Dr. Leon Claudel

Decision At Midnight (1963) as Chief Marshal

The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964) as Nazi Admiral

My Fair Lady (1964) as Greek Ambassador

Youngblood Hawke (1964) as Builder

36 Hours (1964) as Lt. Colonel Ostermann

Ship Of Fools (1965) as Herr Lutz

Morituri (1965) as Admiral

The Scorpio Letters (1976-TV) as Philippe Soriel

Panic In The City (1968) as Dr. Paul Cerbo

The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970) as Dr. Victor Dahlman

The Great White Hope (1070) as Ragosi

The Organization (1971) as Drug Lord Andre

Cactus In The Snow (1971) as Mr. Albert

Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex But Was Afraid To Ask (1972) as Brain Control

Young Frankenstein (1974) as Sadistic Jailer

Oscar Bereg, Jr. was also active on television appearing in such programs as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Bat Masterson, Sea Hunt, Boris Karloff's Thriller, 77 Sunset Strip, Twilight Zone, The Virginian, Combat, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, Death Valley Days, The Time Tunnel, I Spy, Ironside, The Wild Wild West, The FBI, Mission Impossible as It Takes A Thief among others.

As mentioned previously Mr. Beregi appeared a number of times as Joe Kulak, New York syndicate head over the fours seasons that The Untouchables TV series ran.

Oscar Beregi passed away in 1976 of a heart attack

I enjoyed his performances especially as Rev. Burkhart in the Boris Karloff Thriller episode The Return Of Andrew Bentley, two Twilight Zone episodes ( Death's Head Revisited, The Rip Van Winkel Caper,) and as Joe Kulak in The Untouchables series, as well in the films Ship Of Fools, 36 Hours and Police Nurse.

Louie The Movie Buff

Some of the film roles of Oscar Beregi, Jr. were:

Leading Men Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs was born in 1963 at Liverpool, Merseyside, England. His family is of East European heritage and Jewish background.

Mr. Isaacs studied law at Bristol University and graduated with a law degree. During that time at college he directed and appeared in over twenty productions and then decided to study acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

He began his career in films and television in 1988. His first appearance was on the TV series This Is David Lander and he made his early appearances on British TV.

Isaacs has done performances in theatre as well . Some of his notable appearances were in The Black And White Minstrels, 1953, The Force Of Change and The Dumb Waiter.

He made his film debut in 1989 in the film The Tall Guy.

Some of the film roles of Jason Isaacs were:

The Tall Guy (1989) as Doctor #2

Shopping (1994) as Market Trader

Solitaire For 2 (1995) as Harry

Dragon Heart (1996) as Lord Felton

Event Horizon (1997) as D J

Armageddon (1998) as Dr. Ronald Quincy

Divorcing Jack (1998) as Cow Pat Keegan

Soldier (1998) as Colonel Mekum

St. Ives (1998) as Alain de Keroual de St-Yves

The End Of The Affair (1999) as Father Richard Smythe

The Patriot (2000) as Colonel William Tavington

Sweet November (2001) as Chaz Watley

Black Hawk Down (2001) as Captain Mike Steele

The Last Minute (2001) as Dave "Percy" Sledge

Harry Potters And The Chamber Of Secrets (200) as Lucius Malfoy

Passionada (2002) as Charles Beck

The Tuxedo (2002) as Clark Devlin

Wind Talkers (2002) as Major Mellitz

Peter Pan (2003) as George Darling/ Captain Hook

Nouvelle-France (2003) as General James Wolfe

Elektra (2005) as De Marco

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (2005) as Lucius Malfoy

Nine Lives (2005) as Damian

Tennis Anyone? (2005) as Johnny Green

Friends With Money (2006) as David

Grindhouse (2007) as Bearded Man

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (2007) as Lucius Malfoy

Good (2008) as Maurice

Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince (2009) as Lucius Malfoy

Green Zone (2010) as Major Briggs

Skeletons (2010) as The Colonel

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010) as Lucius Malfoy

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011) as Lucius Malfoy

Abduction (2011) as Kevin

Sweetwater (2012) as Prophet Josiah

A Single Shot (2013) as Waylon

Dawn (2014) as Dawson

Field Of Lost Shoes (2014) as John. C. Breckinridge

Fury (2014) as Captain Waggoner U S Army

After The Fall (2014) as Frank McTiernan

Rio, I Love You (2014) as O "Gringo"

London Fields (2015) as Mark Asprey

He is best known for his role of Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films as well as Colonel Tavington in The Patriot.

Mr. Isaacs has appeared on British TV in such programs as Inspector Morse, Taggart, This Is David Lander, The Curse Of Steptoe and Highlander among others.

He has also appeared in several British made for television films such as Loved Up, Guardians, Burn Your Phone and The Fix.

Isaacs has appeared on American television in The West Wing as Colin Ayres in three episodes.

Jason Isaacs met his partner Emma while studying acting at the Central School Of Speech and Drama. They have been together since 1988 and the couple have two daughters, Lilly and Ruby.

Though he has gained much celebrity as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, he likes to maintain a calm, sedate and suburban life.

I enjoyed this actor in the Harry Potter films as well as in The Patriot, Armageddon and Black Hawk Down.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character              Character Actors

Robin Hughes

                                                         The Howling Man (Twilight Zone-TV)/ Satan
                                                         Dial M For Murder/ Police Sgt. O'Brien
                                                         Auntie Mame/ Brian O'Bannion
                                                         The Buccaneer/ Lt. Rogers

Robin Hughes was a British film and television actor.

He was born at Buenos Aires, Argentina to English parents (Harold and Rosa Violet Hughes) in 1920.

Hughes' father was head of the British Wheat Commission and due to that fact the family moved around a lot. Hughes was educated in South America, Canada, Mozambique, East Africa and several other locations.

At 18 he joined the Royal Navy as a signalman and served during World War Two leaving the service at a Lieutenant Commander. He was aboard the Battleship Hood which was sunk by the German Battleship Bismarck.

Hughes moved to the U. S. in 1948 and was in many theatre, television and film roles.

His film debut came in 1947 in the film Hue and Cry and his TV debut came in 1952 in the TV series China Smith.

His best known role was probably in the Twilight Zone episode entitled The Howling Man as the devil.

Some of the film roles of Robin Hughes were:

Hue And Cry (1947) as Selwyn Pike

Forever Amber (1947) as Benvollo

If Winter Comes (1947) as A. R. P. Member

Port Said (1948) as Bunny Beacham

Command Decision (1948) as RAF Officer

Enchantment (1948) as Corporal

My Own True Love (1948) as English Officer

Look For The Silver Lining (1949) as Lieutenant

The Secret Of St. Ives (1949) as Corporal

Sword In The Desert (1949) as Soldier

Three Came Home (1950) as Australian POW

The Flame And The Arrow (1950) as Skinner

Fancy Pants (1950) as Cyril

Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) as Cadet

Kim (1950) as British Officer

Secrets Of Monte Carlo (1951) as Charles Reeves

The Desert Fox: The Story Of Rommel (1951) as Medic

The Son Of Dr. Jekyll (1951) as Alec

Quo Vadis (1951) The Voice Of Christ

Mutiny (1952) as Lt. Vaughn

Rogue's March (1953) as Captain Ashe

Titanic (1953) as Junior Officer

The Maze (1953) as Richard Roblar

Flame Of Calcutta (1953) as Lt. Bob Ramsey

El Alemin (1953) as Sgt. Alf Law

Charges Of The Lancers (1954) as Soldier/Messenger

Diam M For Murder (1954) as Police Sgt. O'Brien

Khyber Patrol (1954) as Tall Major

The Scarlet Coat (1955) as Colonel Tarlton

The Mole People (1956) as First Officer

Manhunt In The Jungle (1958) as Commander George Dyott

The Road To Hong Kong (1962) as American Official

He Who Rides A Tiger (1965) as Detective Sgt. Crowley

The Seven Minutes (1971) as Ashcroft.

In addition to appearing on television in Twilight Zone, he also appeared in such other programs as The Bigelow Theater, China Smith, Four Star Playhouse, Fireside Theater, Cavalcade Of America, Front Row Center, Lux Video Theater, The Star And The Story, Adventures Of Wild Bill Hickok, You Are There, The Box Brothers, Cheyenne, Boris Karloff's Thriller, Perry Mason, The Gray Ghost, Zorro, The Adventures Of Jim Bowie, The Saint, The Human Jungle, Ghost Squad, Court Martial, The Loner and Garrison's Gorillas.

He appeared twice on the TV series Perry Mason first as the murderer Addison Doyle in The Case Of The Green Eyed Sister and as Rodney Beaton in the Case Of The Buried Clock.

Robin Hughes passed away in 1989 in Los Angeles, CA At the age of 69.

I enjoyed Mr. Hughes in The Howling Man episode from Twilight Zone as well as the episode from Boris Karloff's Thriller entitled Trio For Terror as well as the films Dial M For Murder, The Mole People, The Scarlet Coat, The Maze , Auntie Mame and The Flame And The Arrow.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character Character Actors

Geoffrey Lewis

High Plains Drifter/ Stacey Bridges
Salem's Lot/ Mike Ryerson
Thunderbolt And Lightfoot/ Eddie Goody
Double Impact/ Frank Avery

Per Quinlan's Character Stars:

Sour mouthed, creaking voice, dark complexioned American actor of medium build who came lamentably late to films but was soon clocking up three movies a year.. Usually plays wrong headed moaners, who look as though they have swallowed a jar of pickles, or pains in the neck who are hard to get rid of, and appeared to great effect in several of Clint Eastwood's more light hearted romps.....

He was born Geoffrey Bond Lewis in 1935 at Plainfield, N. J.

Lewis studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in NYC.

His film debut came in 1971 in the film The Todd Killings and his TV debut came in 1970 in the TV series Then Came Bronson.

Lewis was active in both films and television racking up 220 credits between the years 1970 and 2015.

He was also known for his film roles alongside Robert Redford and Clint Eastwood.

Some of the film roles of Geoffrey Lewis were:

The Todd Killings (1971) as Mr. Carpenter's Son

Welcome Home Soldier Boys (1971) as Francis Rapture, Motel Owner

The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) as Russ

Moon Of The Wolf (1972-TV) as Lawrence

Bad Company (1972) as Hobbs

High Plains Drifter (1973) as Stacey Bridges

Dillinger (1973) as Harry Pierpont

My Name Is Nobody (1973) as Wild Bunch Leader

Honky Tonk (1974-TV) as Roper

The Gun And The Pulpit (1974) as Jason McCoy

Thunderbolt And Lightfoot (1974) as Eddie Goody

Macon County Line (1974) as Hamp

Attack On Terror: The FBI Vs The Ku Klux Klan (1975-TV) as Ed Duncan

The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) as Newt

The Wind And The Lion (1975) as Samuel Gummere

Smile (1975) as Wilson

Lucky Lady (1975) as Captain Mosely

The Return Of A Man Called Horse (1976) as Zenas

The Great Houdini (1976) as Dr. Crandon

The Deadly Triangle (1977) as Red Bayliss

The Hunted Lady (1977-TV) as Mr. Eckert

Shoot The Sun Down (1978) as Scalphunter

Silver Saddle (1978) as 2 Strike Snake

Every Which Way But Loose (1978) as Orville

Centennial (1979-TV Miniseries) as Sheriff Bogardus

The Jericho Mile (1979-TV) as Dr. Bill Janowski

Tilt (1979) as Truck Driver

Samurai (1979-TV) as Harold Tigner

Human Experiments (1979) as Dr. Hans Kline

Salem's Lot (1979-TV) as Mike Ryerson

Tom Horn (1980) as Walter Stoll

Belle Starr (1980-TV) as Rev. Meeks

Bronco Billy (1980) as John Arlington

Heaven's Gate (1980) as Trapper Fred

Any Which Way You Can (1980) as Orville

I, The Jury (1982) as Joe Butler

The Shadow Riders (1982-TV) as Major Cooper Ashbury

Life Of The Party: The Story Of Beatrice (1982-TV) as Captain Charley Rawling

10 To Midnight (1983) as Dave Dante

Travis McGee (1983-TV) as John Tuckerman

September Gun (1983-TV) as Sheriff Johnson

Night Of The Comet (1984) as Carter

Lust In The Dust (1985) as Hard Case Williams

Storming Home ( 1985-TV) as Scooter Lee

Stitches (1985) as Ralph Rizzo

Dallas: The Early Years (1986-TV) as Ed Porter

Annihilator (1986-TV) as Prof. Alan Jeffries

Time Out (1988) as Steve Smith

Out Of The Dark (1988) as Dennis

Desert Rats (1988-TV) as Del Rains

Pancho Barnes (1988-TV) as Ben Catlin

Fletch Lives (1989) as KKK Leader

Pink Cadillac (1989) as Ricky Z

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989-TV) as Oliver Ostrow

Catch Me If You Can (1989) as Mr. Johnson

Tango And Cash (1989) as Captain Schroeder

Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990-TV) as Bodine

Disturbed (1990) as Michael Kahn

Matters Of The Heart (1990-TV) as Frank Harper

Double Impact (1991) as Frank Avery

The Lawnmower Man (1992) as Terry McKean

Wishman (1992) as Hitchcock The Genie

Point Of No Return (1993) as Drugstore Owner

Army Of One (1993) as Sheriff Cepeda

The Man Without A Face (1993) as Chief Wayne Stark

Only The Strong (1993) as Kerrigan

Day Of Reckoning (1994-TV) as Matt

White Fang 3: Myth Of The White Wolf (1994) as Heath

Maverick (1994) as Matthew Wicker

The Dragon Gate (1994) as Shin'ichi

When The Dark Man Calls (1995) as Parmenter

Kansas (1995-TV) as J. D.

Trilogy Of Terror (1996-TV) as Stubbs

An Occasional Hell (1998) as Draper Jewett

American Perfekt (1997) as Willy

Rough Riders (1997-TV) as Eli

Midnight In The Garden Of Good An Evil (1997) as Luther Driggers

The Underworld (1997-TV) as Joe

Five Aces (1999) as Sloan

The Prophet's Game (2000) as Guest #1

The Way Of The Gun (2000) as Abner Mercer

Sunstorm (2001) as Browner

A Light In The Darkness (2002) as Stanley Melnick

The New Guy (2002) as Princepal Zaylor

Mind Games (2003) as Melvin Reeves

A Painted House (2003-TV) as Mr. Spruill

My Life With Men (2003-TV) as Paul

Renegade (2004) as Greg Sullivan

Plainsong (2004) as Raymond McPheron

Patients (2004-TV) as God

Social Guidance (2005) as Lucky Marshall

Down In The Valley (2005) as Sheridan

The Fallen Ones (2005-TV) as Gus

The Devil's Rejects (2005) as Roy Sullivan

Voodoo Moon (2006-TV) as Old Man #1

Wild Hearts (2006-TV) as Hank

Fingerprints (2006) as Keeler

Wicked Little Things (2006) as Harold

Cold Ones (2007) as Felton Jones

China Mans Chance: America's Other Slaves (2008) as Lewis

Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage 2008) asButch

The Butcher (2009) as Naylor

Picking And Grinning (2010) as Cletus

Miss Nobody (2010) as Mr. Ketchum

Mommy's Little Monster (2012) as Stanley Melnick

Retreat! (2012) as Sullivan

Mr. Lewis was very active on television appearing in such programs as Then Came Bronson, Bonanza, The High Chaparral, The Young Lawyers, The Name Of The Game, Longstreet, Cade's County, Mannix, Mission Impossible, Gunsmoke, Cannon, Mod Squad, Kung Fu, The Waltons, Starsky And Hutch, The Streets Of San Francisco, Harry O, The Rookies, McCloud, Alice, Police Woman, Hunter, Hawaii Five O, Barnaby Jones, Lou Grant, Flo, Bret Maverick, Little House On The Prairie, Mama's Family, Blue Thunder, Falcon Crest, Highway To Heaven, Spenser For Hire, Scarecrow And Mrs. King, The A Team, Magnum P I, Designing Women, The Golden Girls, Matlock, Guns Of Paradise, In The Heat Of The Night, Walker, Texas Ranger, Murder She Wrote, Land's End, The X Files, The Huntress, Thieves, The Guardian, Odyssey 5, Dawson's Creek, Cold Case, Las Vegas, The Mountain, Fat Actress, My Name Is Earl, House M D, and Criminal Minds among others.

Co founder of the spoken word performance group Celestial Navigation along with musician Geoff Leven.

Mr. Lewis has been married twice. His second wife was Paula Hochhatter and they were married from 1976 until his death.

He is the father of actresses Diedre and Juliette Lewis.

Geoffrey Lewis passed away in April of 2015 from a heart attack.

I enjoyed this actor in the films Salem's Lot, Thunderbolt And Light Foot, Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil, High Plains Drifter, Bronco Billy, Night Of The Comet, The Lawn Mower Man and Macon County Line.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character Character Actors

John Archer

Destination Moon/ Jim Barnes
White Heat/ Philip Evans
Colorado Territory/ Reno Blake
The Big Trees/ Frenchy Lecroix

Per Quinlan's Film Stars:

Big, squarely built American actor with crinkly, reddish brown hair and crooked grin, who came to Hollywood at 22 after winning a talent contest. Played a few leading roles in his thirties, but his features thickened rather quickly, and the impetus of his career was also somewhat disrupted by war service.

He was born Ralph Bowman in 1915 at Osceola, NE the son of Joseph Emmett and Eunice Melba Bowman.

Archer moved with his parents to California at age 5 and attended and graduated from Hollywood High School and the University of Southern California. At college he studied cinematography, hoping to work behind the camera.

He found work in the cinematographic field hard to come by. So he eventually drifted into acting. He worked at first as a radio announcer and a radio actor. He starred on on the radio as Lamont Cranston in The Shadow.

Archer also appeared on Broadway in The Day Before Spring as well as films for Universal and Republic using his original name.

In a radio contest sponsored by Jesse L. Lasky he won first prize which was an RKO film contract in the name of John Archer.

He film debut came in the year 1938 in the film Flaming Frontiers using the name Ralph Bowman. His television debut came in Your Show Time TV series in 1949.

Some of the film roles of John Archer were:

Flaming Frontiers (1938) as Tom Grant

Dick Tracy Returns (1938) as Mr. Clark

Overland Stage Raiders (1938) as Bob Whitney

Career (1939) as Ray Cruthers

Curtain Call (1940) as Ted Palmer

Barnyard Follies (1940) as Jeff Hill

Scatter Good Baines (1941) as Johnny Bones

Cheers For Miss Bishop (1941) as Richard Clark

City Of Missing Girls (1941) as James Horton

King Of The Zombies (1941) as Bill Summers

Paper Bullets (1941) as Bob Elliot

Mountain Moonlight (1941) as Dr. Ed

Hi Neighbor (1942) as Dr. Hall

Police Bullets (1942) as Prof. J. Thomas Quincy

Scatter Good Survives A Murder ( 1942) as Dunker Gilson

Bowery At Midnight (1942) as Richard Dennison

Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943) as Ned Clark

The Purple V (1943) as Jimmy Thorne

Sherlock Holmes In Washington (1943) as Naval Lt. Pete Merriam

Shantytown (1943) as Bill Allen

Crash Dive (1943) as Curly Bowman

Guadalcanal Diary ( 1943) as Lt. Thurman

The Eve Of St. mark (1944) as Pvt Carter

Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) as FBI Agent Kerrigan

The Lost Moment (1947) as Charles

Colorado Territory (1949) as Reno Blake

White Heat (1949) as Philip Evans

Destination Moon (1950) as Jim Barnes

The Great Jewel Robber (1950) as Police Detective Lou Sampter

High Lonesome (1950) as Pat Farrell

Santa Fe (1951) as Clint Canfield

Best Of The Badmen (1951) as Curley Ringo

My Favorite Spy (1951) as Henderson

The Big Trees (1952) as Frency LeCroix

Rodeo (1952) as Slim martin

A Yank In Indo-China (1952) as Mulvaney

Sound Off (1952) as Major Paul Whiteside

Sea Tiger (1952) as Ben McGrun

The Stars Are Singing (1953) as Dave Parish

Dragon's Gold (1954) as Mack Rossiter

No Man's Woman (1955) as Harlow Grant

Rock Around The Clock (1956) as Mike Dodd

Emergency Hospital (1956) as Dr. Herb Ellis

Affair In Reno (1957) as Tony Lamarr

She Devil (1957) as Barton Kendall

Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) as Bob Dudley

Decision At Sundown (1957) as Dr. John Storrow

City Of Fear (1959) as Lt. mark Richards

Blue Hawaii (1961) as Jack Kelman

Apache Rifles (1964) as Colonel Perry

I Saw What You Did ( 1965) as John Austin

How To Frame A Figg (1971) as Gerald

Thursday's Game (1974-TV) as Mr. Wood

Amelia Earhart (1976-TV) as Dr. Patterson

The Little Sister (1986) as Warehouse Cop

Mr. Archer was active on television appearing in such programs as Your Show Time, Fireside Theater, The Silver Theater, The Bigelow Theater, The Unexpected, Ford Television Theater, Mayor Of The Town, Armstrong Circle Theater, The Millionaire, The Loretta Young Show, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, TV Reader's Digest, Science Fiction Theater, Private Secretary,Code 3, The George Sanders Mystery Theater, The Silent Service, Zane Grey Theater, The Californians, The Bob Cummins Show, Broken Arrow, The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet, Mackenzie's Raiders, State Trooper, Mike Hammer, Bat Masterson, Laramie, M Squad, Riverboat, Colt 45, Cheyenne, Lock Up, Sea Hunt, The Tall Man, Coronado 9, Twilight Zone, Tales Of Wells Fargo, Hawaiian Eye, Wagon Train, Hazel, McHale's Navy, Perry Mason, The Virginian, Batman, Lassie, Bonanza, Mannix, The Name Of The Game, Ironside, Colombo and 77 Sunset Strip among others.

He appeared five times on the Perry Mason TV series: Frank Maddox in The Case Of The Sleepwalkers Niece, Major Frank Lessing in The Case Of The Sardonic Sergeant, J R Bradbury in The Case of The Lucky Legs , Burt Farwell in The Case Of The Red Riding Boots and Harry Arnold in The Case Of The Candy Queen.

Archer also made six guest appearances on Bonanza and seven guest appearances on Lassie.

Mr. Archer was married twice. He was married from 1941 to 1953 to actress Marjorie Lord and they had two children. One of the children from this union was actress Anne Archer.

He was married to his second wife, Ann Leddy from 1956 until his death. This marriage also produced two offspring.

John Archer passed away in 1999 at age 84 from lung cancer.

I enjoyed Mr. Archer in the films White Heat, Destination Moon, The Big Trees, Santa Fe, Colorado Territory, Guadacanal Diary, Bowery At Midnight, Decision At Sundown and Apache Rifles.

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Ladies                   Diana Lynn

   The Kentuckian/ Susie Spann
   The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek/ Emily Kockenlocher
   Bedtime For Bonzo/ Jane Linden
   Plunder Of The Sun/ Julie Barnes

Per Quinlan's Film Stars:

As a teenager, light haired, American piano playing prodigy Diana Lynn was as pretty as any picture. She also had a zany sense of humor and was quite delightful as a series of sassy young sisters in forties comedies which occasioned used her musical talents as well. In maturity she remained sweet but became a shade dull.

She was born as Eartha Loehr at Los Angeles, CA in 1926., the daughter of an oil supply executive and a concert pianist.

Ms. Lynn was considered a child prodigy and began taking piano lessons at age 4. By the age of 12 she was playing with the Los Angeles Junior Symphony Orchestra.

She made her film debut playing the piano in They Shall Have Music in 1939. And once again she played the piano in There's Magic In Music accompanying Susanna Foster, when they discovered that she had much more potential than she had been allowed to show. At that time she changed her name to Diana Lynn and they began casting her in films that allowed her to show her personalty and develop her skills as an actress.

Ms. Lynn had an outstanding success in the film The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek . She also appeared in two films in the Henry Aldrich series as Phylis Michael.

Some of the film roles of Diana Lynn were:

They Shall Have Music (1939) as Pianist

The Hard Boiled Canary (1941)m as Dolly Loehr

The Major And The Minor (1942) as Lucy Hill

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamor (1943) as Phyllis Michael

The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek (1944) as Emily Kockenlocher

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944) as Phylis Michael

And The Angels Sing (1944) as Josie Angel

Our Hearts Were Young And Gay (1944) as Emily Kimbrough

Out Of This World (1945) as Betty Miller

Duffy's Tavern (1945) as Diana Lynn

The Bride Wore Boots (1946) as Mary Lou Medford

Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946) as Emily Kimbrough

Easy Come, Easy Go (1947) as Connie Donovan

Ruthless (1948) as Martha Burnside/ Mallory Flagg

Texas, Brooklyn And Heaven (1948) as Perry Dunklin

Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) as Julie Howard

My Friend Irma (1949) as Jane Stacy

Paid In Full (1950) as Nancy Langley

Rogues Of Sherwood Forest (1950) as Lady Marianne Of Beauray

My Friend Irma Goes West (1950) as Jane Stacy

Peggy (1950) as Peggy Brookfield

Bedtime For Bonzo (1951) as Jane Linden

The People Against O'Hara (1951) as Ginny Curtaine

Meet Me At The Fair (1953) as Zereida Wing

Plunder Of The Sun (1953) as Julie Barnes

Track Of The Cat (1954) as Gwen Williams

An Annapolis Story (1955) as Peggy Lord

You're Never Too Young (1955) as Nancy Collins

The Kentuckian (1955) as Susie Spann

Low Man On A Totem Pole (1964-TV) as Nellie Smith

Company Of Killers (1971) as Edwina DeSalles

Ms. Lynn was active on television appearing in such programs as The Silver Theater, Crime Photographer, General Electric Theater, The Ford Television Theater, The Red Skelton Hour, The Best Of Broadway, The Alcoa Hour, The Loretta Young Show, Lux Video Theater, Climax, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, Playhouse 90, Adventures In Paradise, The United States Steel Hour, Checkmate, The Investigators, The Doctors And Nurses, The Virginian and Burke's Law among others.

Ms. Lynn appeared on stage in 1964 with a six month run in Mary, Mary replacing Barbara Bel Geddes. In the early 1950's she also had appeared on Broadway with Maurice Evans in The Wild Duck.

She also starred in runs of The Moon Is Blue on stage in both the United States and England.

Ms. Lynn was married twice. Her first marriage to John Lindsey ended in divorce. Her second marriage to Mortimer Hall lasted from 1956 until her death and the couple had four children

By 1970 Ms. Lynn had retired from acting and had relocated to New York City. However, Paramount offered her a role in the film Play It As It Lays and she decided to do the role and moved back to Los Angeles

Diana Lynn passed away in 1971 from a stroke.

I enjoyed Ms Lynn in the films The Kentuckian, Bedtime For Bonzo, Track Of The Cat, Plunder Of The Sun, Rogues Of Sherwood Forest, You're Never Too Young and My Friend Irma.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character              Character Actors

Griff Barnett

                                                              Gunfighters/ Mr. Bannon
                                                              Sierra/ Dr. Hank Robbins
                                                              Angel Face/ Judge
                                                            Criss Cross/ Pop

Griff Barnett was an American character actor active in both films and television.

He was born at Blue Ridge, TX in 1884.

Per the IMDB Barnett had 90 credits for appearances in film and on television for the period 1938 through 1957.

He tended to play older type characters as well as judges and doctors along with an occasional train conductor.

Some of Griff Barnett's film roles were:

The Lone Ranger (1938) as Rancher

Santa Fe Stampede (1938) as Townsman Henry Jones

The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939) as E B Tully

The Shadow (1940) as Stephen Prescott

Frontier Vengeance (1940) as Joel Hunter

Arizona (1940) as Sam Hughes

Outlaws Of Cherokee Trail (1941) as Jury Foreman

Death Valley Outlaws (1941) as Train Agent

Dick Tracy vs Crime, Inc. (1941) as Plant Watchman

Stardust On The Sage (1942) as Larkin

Shadows On The Sage (1942) as Steve Jackson

Wilson (1944) as Reporter

Strange Holiday ( 1945) as Regan

To Each His Own (1946) as Daniel Norris

Danger Woman (1946) as Dr. George Carey

Duel In The Sun (1946) as The Border Town Jailer

The Arnelo Affair (1947) as Mr. Adams

Suddenly It's Spring (1947) as Train Conductor

The Michigan Kid (1947) as Prentiss Dawson

The Millerson Case (1947) as Doc Sam Millerson

Stepchild (1947) as Burns

Gunfighters (1947) as Mr. Banner

Possessed (1947) as Coroner

The Son Of Rusty (1947) as Judge

Unconquered (1947) as Brother Andrews Of Pennsylvania

Wild Harvest (1947) as Rankin

Magic Town (1947) as Henry

Cass Timberlane (1947) as Herman The Butler

The Gangster (1947) as Dorothy's Father

Daisy Kenyon (1947) as Will Thompson

The Tender Years (1948) as Senator Cooper

Arch Of Triumph (1948) as Fernand

Saigon (1948) as Surgeon

Fury At Furnace Creek (1948) as Appleby

Fighting Father Dunne (1948) as Governor

The Walls Of Jericho (1948) as Judge Hutto

Tap Roots (1948) as Dr. MacIntosch

For The Love Of Mary (1948) as Timothy Peppertree

Apartment For Peggy (1948) as Dr. Philip Conway

Mother Is A Freshman (1949) as Dean Gillingham

The Doolins'Of Oklahoma (1949) as Deacon Burton

Criss Cross (1949) as Pop

Any Number Can Play (1949) as Police Desk Sergeant

The Fountainhead (1949) as Judge

Pinky (1949) as Dr Joe McGill

Holiday Affair (1949) as Mr. Ennis

No Man Of Her Own (1950) as Dr. Parker

Customs Agent (1950) as Charles McGraw

Sierra (1950) as Dr. Hank Robbins

Peggy (1950) as Dr. Philip Wilcox

Convicted (1950) as Mr. Hufford

When I Grow Up (1951) as Dr. Bailey

Hometown Story (1951) as Uncle Cliff Washburn

Two Of A Kind (1951) as William McIntyre

Passage West (1951) as Papa Emil Ludwig

Cattle Drive (1951) as Conductor O'Hara

Scandal Sheet (1952) as Judge Elroy Hacker

The Marrying Kind (1952) as Charley

The Treasure Of Lost Canyon (1952) as Judge Wade

The Sellout (1952) as Attorney General Morrison

The Duel At Silver Creek (1952) as Pop Muzik

Angel Face (1952) as The Judge

The Court Martial Of Billy Mitchell (1955) as George Carlson

The Spirit Of St. Louis (1957) as Dad

Mr. Barnett was active on television appearing in such series as The Adventures Of Superman, Racket Squad, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, Fireside Theater, I Married Joan, The Revlon Mirror Theater, Hopalong Cassidy, Death Valley Days, The Lone Ranger, The Ford Television Theater, The Loretta Young Show, Cavalcade Of America and General Electric Summer Originals among others.

His wife's name was Lara and they had two children and three grandchildren.

Griff Barnett passed away in 1958 at home from natural causes.

I enjoyed Mr. Barnett in the films Son Of Rusty, Unconquered, Daisy Kenyon, Fury At Furnace Creek, Tap Roots, Criss Cross, Pinky, Sierra and Duel At Silver Creek.

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Men                                Michael Rosenbaum


                                                                    Smallville (TV)/ Lex Luthor
                                                                    Sorority Boys/ Adam & Adina
                                                                    Urban League/ Parker Riley
                                                                    Brother's Justice/ Dwayne Sage

Michael Rosenbaum is an American actor, director and producer who gained fame by playing the role of Lex Luthor on the television series Smallville.

Michael Owen Rosenbaum was born at Oceanside, NY in 1972.

His mother was Julie Eckstein and is a writer who published the book Journey Of A Lifetime as well as acted in many plays. His father, Mark Rosenbaum, worked in the area of pharmaceuticals.

He attended Castle High in Newburgh, IN and graduated with a B. A. degree from Western Kentucky University with a degree in theater arts.

After moving to New York he was discovered by Vincent Letezia who worked for MTV. He was put into the MTV series The Temp where he walked into a different job each day.

His big moment came when he won a Saturn Award for his portrayal as Lex Luthor on the TV series Smallville.

Rosenbaum continued with the superhero genre when he portrayed Wally West, aka The Flash, in the DC Comics animated Justice League, Static Shock and Justice League Unlimited.

His film debut came in the year 1997.

Some of the film roles of Michael Rosenbaum were:

Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil (1997) as George Tucker

The Devil & The Angel (1997) as The Devil

1999 (1998) as Brick

Urban Legend (1998) as Parker Riley

Sweet November (2001) as Brandon/ Brandy

Rave Mac Beth ( 2001) as Marcus

Sorority Boys (2002) as Adam/ Adina

Pool Hall Junkies (2002) as Danny

Bringing Down The House (2003) as Todd Gendler

Cursed (2005) as Kyle

Father Of Invention (2010) as Eddie The Ex

Fudgy Wudgy Fudge Face (2010) as Carly Carl

Brother's Justice (2010) as Dwayne Sage

Catch .44 ( 2011) as Brandon

Hit And Run (2012) as Gil Rathbin

Back In The Day (2014) as Jim Owens

Last Days Of Summer (2015-pre production) as Scott

Mr. Rosenbaum starred as Lex Luthor in the TV series Smallville from 2001 - 2011.

Other TV series that he appeared in were Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane, Pretend , Breaking In ( as Dutch) and Impastor.

His did voiceovers for the following TV series: Batman Beyond ( Agent West), The Zeta Project ( Agent West), Static Shock (various characters), Jackie Chan Adventures (Drago), and Justice League ( various characters) .

In 2014 Rosenbaum made his feature film directorial and writing debut with the comedy Back In The Day.

He is best known for his role as Lex Luthor in the Smallville TV series and for his role as Adam/Adina in the film Sorority Boys.

Athletic and outgoing, Rosenbaum is an avid hockey player and golfer. he is also a dedicated New York Rangers fan as well.

I enjoyed this actor in Smallville as well as the films Midnight In The Garden Of Good & Evil, Sorority Boys and Urban Legend.

Louie The Movie Buff

Ladies Of Character Jean Willes

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers/ Nurse Sally Withers
Gypsy/ Betty Cratchitt
Desire Under The Elms/ Florence Cabot
The Glass Web/ Sonia

Per Quinlan's Character Stars:

Tall, dark, strongly built American actress of handsome looks and force full style - sometimes blonde, but just as formidable.

She was born Jean Donahue at Los Angeles, CA in 1923.

Ms. Willes was raised for a time in Utah and Seattle WA but returned to the town of her birth for an acting career.

Jean Willes usually played sly, hard boiled painted ladies. Usually gaudy and cheap in style with money, men or fame, this brassy curvaceous blonde ( sometimes brunette) was all over both the large and small screen in her heyday. The type roles she was best at were gold digger, prostitute, party girl, emasculating wife, gun moll or saloon girl.

At times she acted under her real name of Jean Donahue.

Some of the film roles of Jean Willes were:

So Proudly We Hail (1943) as Lt. Carol Johnson

You Came Along (1945) as Showgirl

Incendiary Blonde (1945) as Night Club Patron

Sing While You Dance (1946) as Miss Flint

Blondie Knows Best (1946) as Dr. Titus' Nurse/ Receptionist

Cigarette Girl (1947) as D. A.'s Secretary

Down To Earth 1947) as Betty

Blondie In The Dough (1947) as Miss Marsh, Thorpe's Secretary

The Winner's Circle (1948) as Jean Trent

Chinatown At Midnight (1949) as Alice

David Harding Counterspy (1950) as Nurse

The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) as Mary

Revenue Agent (1950) as Marge King

The Family Secret (1951) as Cigarette Girl

The First Time (1952) as Fawn Wallace

Jungle Jim In The Forbidden Land (1952) as Denise

A Yank In Indo China (1952) as Cleo

Son Of Paleface (1952) as Penelope

Torpedo Alley (1952) as Peggy Moran

All Ashore (1953) as Rose

Abbott & Costello Go To Mars (1953) as Capt. Olivia

Run For The Hills (1953) as Frances Veach

From Here To Eternity (1953) as Annette - Club Receptionist

The Glass Web (1953) as Sonia

Masterson Of Kansas (1954) as Dallas Corey aka Mrs. Bennett

Bowery To Bagdad (1955) as Clare Culpepper

5 Against The House (1955) as Virginia

Count Three And Pray (1955) as Selma

Bobby Ware Is Missing (1955) as Janet Ware

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956) as Joan Sweeney

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) as Nurse Sally Withers

The Revolt Of Mamie Stover (1956) as Gladys

Toward The Unknown (1956) as Carmen

The King And Four Queens (1956) as Ruby McDade

The Man Who Turned To Stone (1957) as Tracy

Hell On Devil's Island (1957) as Suzanne

The Tijuana Story (1957) as Liz March

Hear Me Good (1957) as Rita Hall

Desire Under The Elms (1958) as Florence Cabot

No Time For Sergeants (1958) as WAF captain

These Thousand Hills (1959) as Jen

The FBI Story (1959) as Anna Sage

The Slowest Gun In The West (1960-TV) as Kathy McQueen

Elmer Gantry (1960) as Prostitute

Oceans 11 (1960) as Mrs. Bergdorf

The Crowded Sky (1960) as Gloria Panawek

By Love Possessed (1961) as Junie McCarthy

Gun Street (1961) as Joan Brady

Gypsy (1962) as Betty Cratchitt

McHale's Navy (1964) as margot Monet

The Cheyenne Social Club (1970) as Alice

Bite The Bullet (1975) as Rosie

Ms. Willes was very active on television appearing in such programs as Front Page Detective, Boston Blackie, The Files Of Jeffrey Jones, Big Town, The Range Rider, The Abbott And Costello Show, The Ford Television Theater, Adventures Of Superman, City Detective, Fireside Theater, Mr. & Mrs. North, Passport To Danger, Adventures Of The Falcon, Medic, Stories Of The Century, Science Fiction Theater, Tales Of The Texas Rangers, The Great Gildersleeve, Four Star Playhouse, It's A Great Life, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp, Screen Director's Playhouse, Frontier, The New Adventures Of Charlie Chan, The Gray Ghost, The O. Henry Playhouse, The Adventures Of McGraw, Man Without A Gun, Tales Of Wells Fargo, The Tall Man, Zane Grey Theater, Whirlybirds, Goodyear Theater, The Californians, Richard Diamond Private Detective, Track Down, Colt 45, Mike Hammer, State Trooper, The Lineup, Frontier Doctor,
The Rough Riders, The Texan, Perry Mason, Zorro, The George Burns Show, Tombstone Territory, Yancy Derringer, Wanted Dead Or Alive, General Electric Theater, Maverick, Bat Masterson, The Millionaire, The Deputy, M Squad, Lock Up, Wagon Train, The Westerner, Hawaiian Eye, Coronado 9, Lawman, Surfside 6, Peter Gunn, Twilight Zone, Bronco, Target The Corrupters, The Jack Benny Show, Cheyenne, Hazel, Empire, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, 77 Sunset Strip, Temple Houston, The Munsters, McHales Navy, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Long Hot Summer, The Virginian, Death Valley Days, The Guns Of Will Sonnett, Bonanza, Kojak and The Blue Knight among others.

In 1975 Ms. Willes retired from acting.

She was married to Gerard Cowhig (NFL Football Player) until her death and the couple had one child.

Jean Willes passed away in 1989 of liver cancer.

I remember her best as the brassy saloon girl or a gun moll and she really looked the part.

I enjoyed her in the films The Winners Circle, Jungle Jim In The Forbidden Land, McHale's Navy - The Movie, The Lieutenant Wore Skirts, 5 Against The House, The King And Four Queens, Masterson Of Kansas, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, Bowery To Bagdad, The Glass Web and The Crowded Sky.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character Character Star

Sir Alec Guinness

Oliver Twist/ Fagin

The Bridge On The River Kwai/ Col. Nicholson

Star Wars/ Ben-Obi Wan Kenobe

Tunes Of Glory/ Major Jock Sinclair

Per Quinlan's Film Stars:

Fair haired, shy looking, fresh faced British actor who made his name as a man of many faces ( most notably as eight brothers and sisters in Kind Hearts And Coronets) playing mainly lovable scoundrels in a brilliant run of Ealing comedies from the late forties to the late fifties.

Alec Guinness de Cuffe was born at Maryleborn, London, England in 1914.

Mr Guiness started out in advertising and studied acting at the Fay Compton Studio Of Dramatic Art, debuting on stage in 1934.

Guinness played classic theater at the Old Vic from 1936 to 1941, after which he entered the Royal Navy as a seaman during World War Two. He returned to the Old Vic again from 1946 to 1949.

It was after the war in which his film career began in 1946 with his role of Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations. A string of comedies which showed off his comic ability led him to a successful film career.

Mr. Guinness was active in the theater as well continuing to play Shakespearean roles through out his career.

He appeared in the premiere season of the Stratford Festival Of Canada speaking the first lines of the first play produced by the festival, that of Richard III.

Another Shakespearean role he took on was the title role in Mac Beth opposite Simone Signoret at The Royal Court Theater in 1966.

He also performed on Broadway in Dylan as Dylan Thomas and won a Tony Award as Best Actor- Dramatic Role.

Another of his Broadway roles was that of the Uninvited Guest in in the production of T. S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party in 1950.

His final stage appearance was at the Comedy Theater in May of 1989 in the play A walk In The Woods.

Some of the film roles of Alec Guinness were:

Great Expectations (1946) as Herbert Pocket

Oliver Twist (1948) as Fagin

Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949) as 8 members of the D'Ascoyne family ( 7 males and 1 female)

A Run For Your Money (1949) as Wimple

Last Holiday (1950) as George Bird

The Mud Lark (1950) as Benjamin Disraeli

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) as Holland

The Man In The White Suit (1951) as Sidney Stratten

The Promoter (1952) as Denry Machin

The Captain's Paradise (1953) as Capt. Henry St.James

Malta Story (1953) as Flight Lt. Peter Ross

The Detective (1954) as Father Brown

To Paris With Love (1955) as Colonel Sir Edgar Fraser

The Prisoner (1955) as The Cardinal

Baker's Dozen (1955-TV) as The Major

The Lady Killers (1955) as Professor Marcus

The Swan (1956) as Prince Albert

The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957) as Colonel Nicholson

All At Sea (1957) as Captain William Horatio Ambrose

The Horse's Mouth (1958) as Gulley Jimson

The Scapegoat (1959) as John Barrett/ Jacques De Gue

Our Man In Havana (1959) as Jim Warmold

Tunes Of Glory (1960) as Major Jock Sinclair

A Majority Of One (1961) as Kolchi Asano

Damn The Defiant! (1962) as Captain Crawford

Lawrence Of Arabia (1962) as Prince Feisal

The Fall Of The Roman Empire (1964) as Marcus Aurelius

Situation Hopeless ... But Not Serious (1965) as Wilhelm Frick

Doctor Zhivago (1965) as Yevgraf

Hotel Paradiso (1966) as Benedict Boniface

The Quiller Memorandum (1966) as Pol

The Comedians (1967) as Major H. O. Jones

Cromwell (1970) as King Charles I

Scrooge (1970) as Marley's Ghost

Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) as Pope Innocent III

Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) as Adolf Hitler

The Gift of Friendship (1974-TV) as Jocelyn Broom

Caesar And Cleopatra (1976-TV) as Julius Caesar

Murder By Death (1976) as Bensonmum

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) as Ben Obi Wan-Kenobe

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979-TV Miniseries) as George Smiley

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Ben Obi Wan Kenobe

Raise The Titanic (1980) as John Bigalow

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980-TV) as Earl Of Dorincourt

Smiley's People (1982-TV Miniseries) as George Smiley

Lovesick (1983) as Sigmund Freud

Star Wars: Episode VI- Return Of The Jedi (1983) as Ben Obi Wan Kenobe

A Passage To India (1984) as Godbole

Edwin (1984-TV) as Sir Fenimore Triscott

Little Dorrit (1987) as William Dorritt

A Handful Of Dust (1988) as Mr. Todd

Kafka (1991) as The Chief Clerk

Mute Witness (1999) as The Reaper

Interview Day (1996) as James

Mr. Guinness won an Academy Award For Best Actor for his performance as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge On The River Kwai in 1958.

He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1959.

Guinness was married to Merula Salaman from 1938 until his death. The couple had one child.

Sir Alec Guinness passed away in 2000 from liver cancer.

One of the all time greats. I loved his performances in The Bridge On The River Kwai, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, Kind Hearts And Coronets, Lawrence Of Arabia, Murder By Death, Cromwell, Tunes Of Glory and the Star Wars films.

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Ladies Janet Margolin

Per Quinlan's Film Stars:

Dark haired, slim, gravelly attractive American actress- too good for Hollywood who couldn't make her a star in spite of some stunning performances , all the way from her debut as a mental patient in David And Lisa (straight from her first Broadway play) to her frighteningly intense murderess in Last Embrace. Decent leading roles proved harder to find in the 1980's.

Janet Margolin was born at New York City in 1943.

She is NOT the sister of actor Stuart Margolin which many times she has been identified as.

Ms. Margolin studied at New York High School Of The Performing Arts. She was discovered for films by director Frank Perry while she was making great strides as an actress on Broadway.

She was immediately brought to Hollywood and cast as the schizophrenic in David And Lisa. Her performance was terrific and the movie was praised by critics for the handling of such a delicate subject.

She continued on as second leads and a few good leads. But unfortunately she did not become a big star.

Some of the film roles of Janet Margolin were:

David And Lisa (1962) as Lisa

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) as Mary Of Bethaney

Bus Riley's Back In Town (1965) as Judy

Morituri (1965) as Esther

Nevada Smith (1966) as Neesa

The Eavesdropper (1966) as Ines

Ten Blocks On The Camino Real (1966-TV) as Esmerelda

Enter Laughing (1967) as Wanda

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968) as Gia Campbell

Take The Money And Run (1969) as Louise

The Last Child (1971-TV) as Karen Miller

Family Flight (1972-TV) as Carol Rutledge

Your Three Minutes Are Up (1973) as Betty

Pray For The Wildcats (1974-TV) as Krissie Kincaid

Planet Earth (1974) as Harper Smythe

Martinelli: Outside Man 1977-TV) as Rosalie

Annie Hall (1977) as Robin

Murder In Peyton Place (1977-TV) as Betty Anderson Roerick

Sharon: Portrait Of A Mistress (1977-TV) as Carol

The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979-TV) as Rose

Last Embrace (1979) as EllieFabian

The Plutonium Incident (1980-TV) as Judith Longden

Tonight's The Night (1987-TV) as Chris

Distant Thunder (1988) as Barbara Lambert

Ghostbusters II (1989) as The Prosecutor

Murder C O D (1990-TV) as Maye Walsh

Ms. Margolin also appeared on television in such programs as The Edge Of Night, Ben Casey, Alcoa Premiere, East Side West Side, The Defenders, Arrest And Trial, Coronet Blue, Medical Center, The Young Lawyers, The Interns, Owen Marshall Councilor At Law, Mod Squad, Lucas Tanner, The Wide World Of Mystery, Police Woman S W A T, Police Story, Joe Forrester, Serpico, Lanigan's Rabbi, Starsky And Hutch, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, Colombo and Murder She Wrote.

She was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for her role in Daughter Of Science in 1982.

Ms. Margolin was married twice. Her first marriage was to Jerry Brent (1968 - 1971) but ended in divorce. Her second marriage was to Ted Weiss producing two children and lasting until her death.

Janet Margolin passed away in 1993 from ovarian cancer.

I enjoyed Janet Margolin in the films Nevada Smith, David And Lisa, Bus Riley's Back In Town, Annie Hall and Ghost Busters II.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character Character Actors

William Hudson

William Hudson was an American actor who played small character parts in many movies but also was a leading man in B sci fi and horror films.

He was born William Woodson Hudson, Jr. at Gilroy, CA in 1925. He has an older brother actor John Hudson.

His film debut came in 1943 in the film The Cross Of Lorraine and he began working on television in 1952 on Invitation Playhouse.

Hudson appeared in about a dozen films where he was not credited. His break came in 1951 appearing in the film Hard, Fast And Beautiful.

He is probably best known as Special Agent Mike Andrews in the Emmy Award winning TV series I Led Three Lives in Rocky Jones, Space Ranger as Ranger Clark and the horror film The Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman as the husband Harry.

After these two TV series he began to get leading roles in the science fiction and horror genre. His other film parts were mostly character parts.

Hudson's career lasted from 1943 until 1971 with 102 credits in the television and film areas according to IMDB.

Some of the film roles of William Hudson were:

The Cross Of Larraine (1943) as French Soldier

Destination Tokyo (1943) as Intercom Man

Strange Confession (1944) as Pilot

Objective Burma! (1945) as Fred Hollis

Pride Of The Marines (1945) as Joe, The Soldier In Hospital

The Lady Gambles (1949) as Horse Player

Task Force (1949) as Lt. Leenhouts

Father Makes Good (1950) as Thompson

Hard, Fast And Beautiful (1951) as Interne

Star Lift (1951) as Joe - Crew Chief

The Steel Trap (1952) as Raglin

Trader Tom Of The China Seas (1954) as James Dean

The Silver Chalice (1954) as Soldier In Chase

Strategic Air Command (1955) as Forecaster

The Eternal Sea (1955) as Communications Officer

Air Strike (1955) as Lt. John Smith

Mister Roberts (1955) as Olson

The Killer Is Loose (1956) as Detective On Stakeout

The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit (1956) as Paratrooper

The She Creature (1956) as Bob

The Wrong Man (1956) as Police Lieutenant

Battle Hymn (1957) as Navy Lieutenant

The Man Who Turned To Stone (1957) as Dr. Jess Rogers

Man Of A Thousand Faces (1957) as Reporter David Anderson

My Man Godfrey (1957) as Howard

The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) as Dr. Paul Linstrom

Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman (1958) as Harry Archer

The Saga Of Hemp Brown (1958) as Young Lieutenant

The Naked And The Dead (1958) as Major

Moon Pilot (1962) as Space Flight Technician

My Six Loves (1963) as Reporter

Moment To Moment (1965) as Officer

The Reluctant Astronaut (1967) as Fireman

Airport (1970) as Mr. Donovan - Passenger

How's Your Love Life (1971) as Mr. Dunn

Mr. Hudson was active on television being a regular on I led Three Lives (Mike Anderson) an Rocky Jones Space Ranger ( Ranger Clark).

He also appeared in such other television programs as Invitation Playhouse, Racket Squad, Dragnet, Chevron Theater, Boston Blackie, The Loretta Young Show, Four Star Playhouse, Stories Of The Century, Lux Video Theater, The Whistler, Fireside Theater, Stage 7, Father Knows Best, The Man Behind The Badge, Damon Runyon Theater, Dr. Christian, Highway Patrol, The Roy Rogers Show, Science Fiction Theater, Whirlybirds, Matinee Theater, The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp, Death Valley Days, Sky King, The Millionaire, The Silent Service, Harbor Command, The Restless Gun, M Squad, Riverboat, 77 Sunset Strip, Wanted Dead Or Alive, The Eleventh Hour, Arrest And Trial, Hank, Mister Roberts, Batman, The FBI, The Fugitive and Adam 12 among others.

William Hudson died in 1974 at age 49 from cirrhosis of the liver.

I enjoyed Mr. Hudson in the films The Amazon Colossal Man, The Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman, The Man Who Turned To Stone, The Sea Creature, Air Strike and Mister Roberts as well as his role as Mike Anderson in the TV series I Led Three Lives.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character Character Actors

Gregory Walcott

Gregory Walcott was an American television and film actor.

He was born Bernard Maddox at Wendall, SC in 1928.

Though he had roles in many successful Hollywood films and television series, he is probably best known for his appearance in the 1959 Ed Wood film Plan Nine From Outer Space.

Raised in Wilson, NC he served with the U S Army towards the end of World War Two and in The Korean War.

While he was still in the Army Walcott appeared in the film Battle Cry as a drill instructor then as a military policeman in Mister Roberts.

Walcott appeared in a number of westerns films and television series.

He made his film debut in Red Skies Of Montana

Some of the films of Gregory Walcott were:

Red Skies Of Montana (1952) as Randy O'Neill

Battle Zone (1952) as Rifleman

Above And Beyond (1952) as Burns

Battle Cry (1955) as Sgt Jim Beller

Strange Lady In Town (1955) as Scanlon

Mister Roberts (1955) as Shore Patrolman

The McConnell Story (1955) as 1st Military Policeman

Texas Lady (1955) as Deputy Jess Foley

The Court Martial Of Billy Mitchell (1955) as Howard Milliken

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956) as Lt. Sweeney

The Steel Jungle (1956) as Weaver

Thunder Over Arizona (1956) as Mark Warren

The Persuader (1957) as Jim Cleary

Jet Attack (1958) as Lt. Bill Claiborne

Badman's Country (1958) as Bat Masterson

Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) as Jeff Trent

Simon Lash: The Black Book (1960-TV) as Lt. Wile

On The Double (1961) as Colonel Rock Huston

The Outsider (1961) as Sgt. Kiley

Captain Newman, MD (1963) as Capt. Howard

Bill Wallace Of China (1967) as Bill Wallace

Prime Cut (1972) as Weenie

Joe Kidd (1972) as Mitchell

Man Of The East (1972) as Bull Schmidt

The Last American Hero (1973) as Cleve Morley

The Sugarland Express (1974) as Mashburn

Thunderbolt And Lightfoot (1974) as Used Car Salesman

The Eiger Sanction (1975) as Pope

Gemini Man (1976-TV Miniseries) as Officer

The Quest (1976-TV) as Blacksmith

Midway (1976) as Capt. Elliott Buckmaster

Donner Pass: The Road To Survival (1978-TV) as Will McKutcheon

Every Which way But Loose (1978) as Putnam

Norma Rae (1979) as Lamar Miller

Tilt (1979) as Mr. Davenport

To Race The Wind (1980-TV) as Don Summerfun

House II: The Second Story (1987) as Sheriff

Ed Wood (1994) as Potential Backer

Mr. Walcott starred in the TV series 87th Precinct (1961 - 1962) as Detective Roger Havilland.

Other TV programs that he appeared on were I Led Three Lives, The Man Behind The Badge, Stories Of The Century, Cheyenne, The People's Choice, Navy Log, Zane Grey Theater, Sugarfoot, Climax, The Silent Service, Frontier Doctor, 26 Men, Shotgun Slade, Perry Mason, Trackdown, Maverick, The Rifleman, Bourbon Street Beat, Colt 45, Overland Trail, Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, Tombstone Territory, The Tall Man, The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp, Riverboat, Wagon Train, Tales Of Wells Fargo, Bat Masterson, The Deputy, Laramie, G E True Theater, Rawhide, A man called Shenandoah, Shane, The Big Valley, Daniel Boone, The High Chaparral, Bonanza, Police Story, Little House On The Prairie, Kojak, McCloud, Eight Is Enough, The Six Million Dollar Man, Barnaby, Baretta, CHips, Vegas, The Dukes Of Hazzard, , Airwolf, Dallas Alice and Murder She Wrote.

As you can see on the TV credits, he was very preferential to the western genre.

Regarding his participation in the Ed Wood disaster Plan 9 From Outer Space, Walcott commented that he regretted having had anything to do with that project. but he said "It's better to be remembered for something than for nothing, don't you think?"

He was married to his wife Barbara from 1954 until her death in 2010. The couple had three children.

Gregory Walcott died from natural causes at his home in March, 2015 at age 87.

I always liked this actor and enjoyed him in the films Texas lady, Jet Attack, Badman's Country, Captain Newman MD, The Lieutenant Wore Skirts, Joe Kidd, Midway and Battle Cry as well as his many appearances on TV in numerous western series.

Louie The Movie Buff

BOTANY BAY (1953)

DON O'KELLY

JULIE SOMMARS

JAMES CALLAHAN

BONITA GRANVILLE

JOHN LITEL

FINN CARTER

OSCAR BEREGI

JASON ISAACS

ROBIN HUGHES

GEOFFREY LEWIS

JOHN ARCHER

DIANA LYNN

GRIFF BARNETT

MICHAEL ROSENBAUM

JEAN WILLES

SIR ALEC GUINESS

JANET MARGOLIN

WILLIAM HUDSON

GREGORY WALCOTT