Louie The Movie Buff

Ladies Of Character Character Actresses

Martine Bartlett

No Way To Treat A Lady/ Alma Mulloy
Sybil / Hattie
Splendor In The Grass/ Miss Metcalf
The Prize/ Saralee Garrett

Martine Bartlett was born in 1925 at St. Louis, MO.

Though not remembered by name, she will be remembered by her chilling performance as Hattie Dorsett, the twisted, sadistic mother of Sally Field's character in the TV movie Sybil.

Ms. Bartlett was an expert at playing mothers, spinsters and school teachers.

She graduated from John Burroughs School and Washington University, attaining a masters degree of theater at the Graduate Drama School at Yale.

In her early days Ms. Bartlett was involved with the St. Louis Community Playhouse, Rooftop Playhouse and the old Empress Theater.

She debuted on Broadway in 1950, on television in 1956 and in films in 1961 in the film Splendor In The Grass.

Martine Bartlett's film roles were:

Splendor In The Grass (1961) as Miss Metcalf

The Prize (1963) as Saralee Garrett

Lord Love A Duck (1966) as Inez

No Way To Treat A Lady (1968) as Alma Mulloy

Big Fish, Little Fish (1971-TV) as Edith Maitland

Fuzz (1972) as Sadie

Kansas City Bomber (1972) as Mrs. Carr

Attack On Terror: The FBI VS The Ku Klux Klan (1975-TV) as Bea Sutton

Lincoln (1975-TV Miniseries) as Kitty Cavan

Aloha, Bobby And Rose (1975) as Rose's Mother

Sybil (1976-TV Miniseries) as Hattie

I Never Promised You A Rose Garden (1977) as Secret Wife

Sizzle (1981-TV) as Freda

Ms. Bartlett was active appearing on television in such programs as The Philco Goodyear Playhouse, The Goodyear Playhouse, Kraft Theater, Robert Montgomery Presents, The United States Steel Hour, Naked City, Ben Jerrod, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Dr. Kildare, The Breaking Point, Arrest And Trial, The Twilight Zone, The Lieutenant, The Fugitive, The Eleventh Hour, Profiles In Courage, The Big Valley, The Virginian, Mission Impossible, CBS Playhouse, Judd For The Defense, Felony Squad, Then Came Bronson, Mod Squad, Medical Center, The Immortal, The Sixth Sense, Owen Marshall Councilor At Law, Yuma, The Manhunter, Kojak, Cannon, Quincy M E, and Remington Steele.

Ms. Bartlett was a respected stage actress and she did little work in films which is why she is not better known.

Her last known appearance in show business was in 1983 on the TV series Remington Steele.

Martine Bartlett passed away from kidney disease in 2006.

I enjoyed her performances in Splendor In The Grass, No Way To Treat A Lady and Sybil.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character               Character Actors

Gene Lyons

                                            Ironside (TV)/ Commissioner Dennis Randall
                                            Kiss Her Goodbye/ Corey Sherman
                                            The Young Don't Cry/ Max Cole

Gene Lyons was an American character actor who basically appeared on television.

He was born in 1921 at Pittsburgh, PA.

His career ran from 1950 until 1974 with 68 credits in the mediums of film and television.

Lyons was best known as Chief Robert T. Ironsides boss, Dennis Randall, on the Ironside TV series.

He was a life member of The Actors Studio.

The few film roles of Gene Lyons were:

The Young Don't Cry (1957) as Max Cole

Kiss Her Goodbye (1959) as Corey Sherman

Sylvia (1968) as Gavin Cullen

Ironside (1967-TV) as Commissioner Dennis Randall

Daddy's Gone A Hunting (1969) as Dr. Blanker

On television he starred on Ironside as Commissioner Randall from 1967-1974.

Other television programs that he appeared on were Suspense, Crime Syndicated, Danger, Treasury Men In Action, Robert Montgomery Presents, You Are There, Armstrong Circle Theater, Eye Witness, The Philco Goodyear Theater, The Web, Woman With A Past, Studio One In Hollywood, Ponds Theater, Appointment With Adventure, The Alcoa Hour, Goodyear Playhouse, Kraft Theater, Rendezvous, Deadline, The Twilight Zone, The Untouchables, The DuPont Show, Naked City, One Step Beyond, Shotgun Slade, Hong Kong, The Americans, Have Gun Will Travel, Stoney Burke, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Virginian, Alcoa Premiere, The Dakotas, Wide Country, The Great Adventure, Gunsmoke, The Fugitive, Profiles In Courage, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Death Valley Days, Perry Mason, Slattery's People, Ben Casey, I Spy, Bonanza, Star Trek, Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theater, Judd For The Defense, The Invaders and The FBI.

In addition to Ironside, Lyons also acted with Raymond Burr on one episode of Perry Mason entitled "The Case Of The Wrathful Wraith" as murdered Ralph Balfour.

Lyons was a close friend of Raymond Burr.

At one time he was romantically involved with Grace Kelly.

Gene Lyons passed away in 1974. He had a long standing problem with alcoholism which may have contributed to his early death.

He is buried at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Pittsburgh, PA.

I always enjoyed this actor in his many television appearances but I really liked him as Commissioner Randall in the Ironside TV series.

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Men      Don Mitchell

                                           Ironside (TV)/ Mark Sanger
                                           The Return Of Ironside/ Mark Sanger
                                           Scream Blacula Scream/ Justin Carter

Don Mitchell was an American actor who was best known for his role as Mark Sanger on the TV series Ironside.

He was born at Houston, TX in 1943.

Mitchell studied acting at the University Of California.

Mitchell starred from 1967 to 1975 as Mark Sanger an ex convict who became Chief Ironsides body guard and assistant. He remained with the series from the debut movie until the end of the series. At one point in the series he joined the police force.

Basically an actor on television, some of the film roles of Don Mitchell were:

Warning Shot (1967) as Black Protester

Ironside (1967-TV) as Mark Sanger

Short Walk To Daylight (1973-TV) as Alvin

Scream, Blacula, Scream (1973) as Justin Carter

Perfume (1991) as Sheldon

The Return Of Ironside (1993-TV) as Mark Sanger

Mitchell appeared on other TV programs such as Mr. Novak, I Dream Of Jeannie, Bewitched, The Fugitive, The Virginian, Tarzan, Insight, The Bold Ones - The New Doctors, McMillan And Wife, Medical Story, Wonder Woman, Police Story, CHips, Capitol and Matlock.

With the exception of the TV Movie The Return Of Ironside, Sanger did very little after the end of the original Ironside series.

He was married twice: the first time to Emilie Blake and the second to Judy Pace. Both marriages ended in divorce. He had a daughter from his first marriage and two daughters from his marriage to Pace.

Don Mitchell passed away in December, 2013 at age 70 from natural causes.

I mainly remember Don Mitchell in the role of Mark Sanger in Ironside. I really enjoyed his role as Mark in this series.

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Ladies        Nita Talbot

                                          Girl Happy/   Sunny Daze
                                          Bundle Of Joy/ Mary
                                          That Funny Feeling/ Audrey
                                          The Day Of The Locust/ Joan

Nita Talbot was an American leading lady who in the early days of her career played "slick chicks" and career girls.

She was born Anita Sokol at New York City in 1930.

Ms. Talbot has appeared in films and on television in a career that spanned from 1949 through 1997 with a total number of credits numbering 146 according the IMDB.

Her acting career began with her film debut in 1949 in It's A Great Feeling in the role of a model. After this she was afforded a wealth of screen roles appearing in may films.

Some of the film roles of Nita Talbot were:

It's A Great Feeling (1949) as A Model

Caged (1950) as An Inmate

Bright Leaf (1950) as Cousin Emily

This Side Of The Law (1950) as Miss Goff

On Dangerous Ground (1951) as Woman In Bar

Bundle Of Joy (1957) as Mary

I Married A Woman (1958) as Miss Anderson

Once Upon A Horse ...(1958) as Miss Dovey Barnes

Who's Got The Action? (1962) as Saturday Knight

Girl Happy (1965) as Sunny Daze

A Very Special Favor (1965) as Mickey The Switchboard Operator

That Funny Feeling (1965) as Audrey

The Cool Ones (1967) as Dee Dee Howitzer

The Movie Murderer (1970-TV) as Lois Warwick

They Call It Murder (1971-TV) as Rona Corbin

Buck And The Preacher (1972) as Madam Esther

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975) as Jasmine Cornell

The Day Of The Locust (1975) as Joan

The Sweet Creek County War (1979) as Alice Dewey

Serial (1980) as Angela Stone

Turnover Smith (1980) as Sgt. McAllister

Island Claws (1980) as Rosie

Night Shift (1982) as Vivian

The Concrete Jungle (1982) as Shelly Meyers

Frightmare (1983) as Mrs. Rohmer

The Other Woman (1983-TV) as Grace Binns

Chained Heat (1983) as Kaufman

Fraternity Vacation (1985) as Mrs. Ferret

Movers & Shakers (1985) as Dorothy

Take Two (1988) as Betty Griffith

Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1089-TV) as Laura Pickles

Puppet Master II (1990) as Camille

Diggin' Up Business (1990) as Mrs. Shlumsky

Nita Talbot was a mainstay in television appearing in such programs as The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, Search For Tomorrow, Kraft Theater, Goodyear Playhouse, Tales Of Tomorrow, Suspense, The Secret Storm, Man Against Crime, Inner Sanctum, Armstrong Circle Theater, Producers Showcase, The Best Of Broadway, Robert Montgomery Presents, Studio One In Hollywood, Climax, Alcoa Theater, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theater, Matinee Theater, Perry Mason, Target, Peter Gunn, The Thin Man, State Trooper, Mike Hammer, Markham, The Lineup, Johnny Staccato, Mr. Lucky, Bourbon Street Beat, Gunsmoke, The Jim Backus Show, The Tab Hunter Show, The Lawless Years, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Untouchables, Ensign O'Toole, Rawhide, The Lieutenant, The Fugitive, The Virginian, Daniel Boone, The John Forsythe Show, The FBI, Bonanza, The Monkees, Gomer Pyle USMC, The Debbie Reynolds Show, Love American Style, Funny Face, McCloud, Mannix, Bewitched, Colombo, The Partridge Family, The New Temperatures Rising Show, Police Story, Kolchak The Night Stalker, Police Woman, Soap, Hawaii Five O, Supertrain, Charlie's Angels, Lou Grant, Insight, Nobody's Perfect, CHips, General Hospital, Fantasy Island, Matt Houston, The Love Boat, Trapper John MD, Remington Steele, Scarecrow & Mrs. King, Charles In Charge, Starting From Scratch, Empty Nest, Ellen, Dream On and It's A Living.

She played the role of Marya, the "White Russian" on the TV series Hogan's Heroes from 1966 to 1971. For the 1967-68 seasons of this series Ms. Talbot won an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in A Comedy Series.

She was married to Thomas Geas in 1961 but the marriage ended in divorce.

I enjoyed Ms. Talbot in the films Bright Leaf, Bundle Of Joy, Girl Happy, That Funny Feeling, Night Shift and Puppet Master 2 as well as her many appearances on television series.

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Ladies                            Pamela Sue Martin


                                                     Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV)/ Nancy Drew
                                                     The Lady In Red/ Polly Franklin
                                                     The Poseiden Adventure/ Susan Shelby
                                                     Torchlight/ Lillian Weller

Pamela Sue Martin was born in 1953 at Westport, Ct.

Ms. Martin attended public schools in Westport and graduated from Staples High School. After graduation when hearing of a friend making good wages as a model in New York, she became a teenage model for ads and TV commercials.

She heard about an audition for Columbia Studios film To Find A Man and tried out even though she had no dramatic experience. She won that role and then was cast in Irwin Allen's The Poseiden Adventure.

Pamela Sue Martin's film roles were:

To Find A Man (1972) as Rosalind McCarthy

The Poseiden Adventure (1972) as Susan

The Girls Of Huntington House (1973-TV) as Gail Dorn

The Gun And The Pulpit (1974-TV) as Sally Underwood

Our Time (1974) as Abby Reed

Buster And Billie (1974) as Marge Hooks

Human Feelings (1978-TV) as Verna Gold

The Lady In Red ( 1979) as Polly Franklin

Torchlight (1985) as Lillian Weller

Strong Medicine (1986-TV) as Celia Grey

Flicks (1987) as Liz Stone

Bay Coven (1987-TV) as Linda Lebon

The Saint: The Software Murders (1989-TV) as Irina

A Cry In The Wild ( 1990) as Mom

Sky Trackers (1990-TV) as Dr. Spencer Jenkins

Soupernatural (2010) as Rod

McTaggart's Fortune (2014) as Sgt. Janine Bowman

On television Pamela Sue Martine starred in the TV series The Hardy Boys/ Nancy Drew Mysteries as Nancy Drew from 1977 to 1978.

She also appeared as Fallon Carrington Colby on Dynasty from 1981 to 1984.

Other television programs that she appeared on were The Quest, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1987), That 70's Show and The L Word.

Ms. Martin has been active and associated with the stage appearing in such productions as Private Eyes and Beau Geste.

She also has allied herself with several environmental groups namely Greenspace and The Sierra Club. She had been the national spokesperson for The Wild Horse Sanctuary in Shingletown, CA.

Pamela Martin has been married and divorced three times.

I enjoyed her in the Nancy Drew Mysteries And Dynasty on television as well as in the films The Poseiden Adventure, The Lady In Red and Bay Coven.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character              Character Actors

Lewis Martin


                                          War Of The Worlds/ Pastor Collins
                                          The Whip Hand/ Peterson
                                          Fort Algiers/ Colonel Lassalle
                                          Night Freight/ Crane

Lewis Martin was an American character actor of stage, television and films.

He was born in 1895 at San Francisco, CA.

His career ran from 1949 until 1967 in the mediums of film and television and racked up 117 credits in these mediums.

Martin was also active on stage making his Broadway debut in 1925 in the production of Lucky Sam McCarver. He was successful on Broadway and appeared in sixteen plays between 1925 and 1950.

He made his film debut in 1950 in the film The Blazing Sun and his first TV appearance was in 1949 on Kraft Theater.

Generally in films and television he usually played respectable figures such as police officers, military men, judges and ministers or priests though he did throw in a villain every now and then ( The Whip Hand and Night Freight).

Some of the film roles of Lewis Martin were:

The Blazing Sun (1950) as An Engineer

Experiment Alcatraz (1950) as Asst. D. A. Walton

Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950) as Hugo Borne

Operation Pacific (1951) as Squad Commander

Three Guys Named Mike (1951) as C. R. Smith

Ace In The Hole (1951) as McCardle

Cattle Drive (1951) as Winston

Criminal Lawyer (1951) as Judge Selders

Drums In The Deep South (1951) as General Johnston

The Whip Hand (1951) as Peterson

The Blue Veil (1951) as Archbishop

The Wild North (1952) as Sergeant

Red Planet Mars ( 1952) as Astronomer Dr. Mitchell

Sudden Fear (1952) as Play Director Bill

Angel Town (1952) as Police Sergeant

Pony Express (1953) as Sgt. Russell

Houdini (1953) as Editor

Fort Algiers (193) as Colonel Lassalle

Vice Squad (1953) as Police Lt. Ed Chisholm

The War Of The Worlds (1953) as Pastor Matthew Collins

No Escape (1953) as Police Lt. Bruce Gunning

Arrowhead (1953) as Colonel Weybright

The Caddy (1953) as Mr. Taylor

Knock On Wood (1954) as Inspector Cranford

Witness To Murder (1954) as Psychiatrist

Prisoner Of War (1954) as General

Men Of The Fighting Lady (1954) as Commander Coughlin

Cry Vengeance (1954) as Nick Buda

Las Vegas Shakedown (1955) as Frank Collins

The Seven Little Foys (1955) as Episcopal Minister

Night Freight (1955) as Crane

The Court Jester (1955)m as Sir Finsdale

Star In The Dust (1956) as Pastor Harris

These Wilder Years ( 1956) as Dr. Miller

The Quiet Gun (1957) as Steven Hardy

Slander (1957) as Charles Orrin Sterling

The Last Stagecoach West (1957) as Ben Hardy

Rockabilly Baby (1957) as Mayor Howard Hoffman

Crash Landing (1958) as Maurice Stanley

A Summer Place (1959) as The Doctor

The Runaway (1961) as Captain Dawn, U S Customs

Diary Of A Madman (1963) as Father Raymonde

Martin was also active on television appearing in such programs as Kraft Theater, Big Town, Chevron Theater, Topper, Mayor Of The Town, I Led Three Lives, Waterfront, Hopalong Cassidy, The Lone Wolf, Sheena Queen Of The Jungle, Adventures Of The Falcon, Adventures Of Wild Bill Hickok, The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp, Medic, Celebrity Playhouse, Four Star Playhouse, Lux Video Theater, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, The Loretta Young Show, Broken Arrow, December Bride, Matinee Theater, Playhouse 90, State Trooper, Navy Log, Whirlybirds, Maverick, The Adventures Of Jim Bowie, The George Burns And Gracie Allen Show, Goodyear Theater, The Millionaire, Peter Gunn, Cimarron City, Union Pacific, Frontier Doctor, The Lineup, The Real McCoys, Dennis The Menace, Mr. Lucky, Lockup, Fury, Shotgun Slade, The Deputy, Tales Of Wells Fargo, Have Gun Will Travel, Mister Ed, Perry Mason, My Three Sons, Hazel and Tarzan.

Lewis Martin passed away in February, 1969 of a heart attack.

I enjoyed Lewis Martin in the films War Of The Worlds (1953), Arrowhead, Night Freight, The Whip Hand, Operation Pacific and Fort Algiers.

Louie The Movie Buff

Ladies Of Character                 Character Actresses

Belinda Balaski

                                                  The Howling/ Terry Fisher
                                                   Gremlins/ Mrs. Joe Harris
                                                   Piranha/ Betsy
                                                   Food Of The Gods/ Rita

Belinda Balaski is an American actress who has appeared in films and on television.

She was born in 1947 at Inglewood, CA.

Ms. Balaski first began acting at the age of five and earned drama scholarships for drama up through her college years.

She has worked well with director Joe Dante and has appeared in most of Dante's films including important parts in both Piranha and The Howling.

Some of the film roles of Belinda Balaski were:

Black Eye (1974) as Mary

Locusts (1974-TV) as Janet Willimer

Force Five (1975-TV) as Ginger

Death Scream (1975-TV) as Jenny Storm

Bobbie Jo And The Outlaw (1976) as Essie Beaumont

The Food Of The Gods (1976) as Rita

Cannonball (1976) as Maryann

Having Babies II (1977-TV) as Ann

Till Death (1978) as Ann Ryan

Piranha (1978) as Betsy

How The West Was Won (1979-TV Miniseries) as Missy

Mrs. R's Daughter (1979-TV) as Lynn Hollister

Up Yours (1979) as Helen

The Howling ((1981) as Terry Fisher

Gremlins (1984) as Mrs. Joe Harris

Deadly Care (1987) as Terry

Amazon Women On The Moon (1987) as Bernice Pitnik

Proud Men (1987) as Nell

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) as Movie Theater Mom

Matinee (1993) as Stan's Mom

Seduced By Madness: The Diane Burchardt Story (1996-TV Mini Series) as The Principal

The Second Civil War (1997-TV) as Graphic Designer

American Perfekt (1997) as Rita

The Warlord: Battle For The Galaxy (1998-TV) as Barterer's Wife

Small Soldiers (1998) as Neighbor

Ms. Balaski has been very active on television appearing in such programs as The FBI, The Cowboys, The Wide World Of Mystery, Baretta, S.W.A.T., Starsky And Hutch, The Fantastic Journey, Charlie's Angels, Vegas$, The A Team, Matt Houston, Hunter, ABC Afterschool Specials, Our House, Santa Barbara, Falcon Crest, Father Dowling Mysteries, FBI: The Untold Stories, Rebel Highway and Baywatch among others.

She won an Emmy Award for starring in The Best Afterschool Specials - The Runaways.

She also is a stage actress as well. Her theater background has earned her a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award as well as two Robbies and has acted on the stage with such actors as Don Knotts, Nick Nolte, Charlton Heston and Cloris Leachman.

Ms. Balaski has created BB's Acting School For Kids which teaches kids and teenagers in theatrical, commercial workshops. You can check it out on Facebook.

In addition to acting and teaching, she is also a writer, painter and photographer.

I particularly enjoyed this actress in the films The Howling, Piranha, Food Of The Gods, Billie Joe And The Outlaw and Gremlins.

Louie The Movie Buff

Her film and television career started in 1974 with her television debut in the TV series The FBI and her film debut was in 1973 in the film Black Eye.

Men Of Character              Character Actors

Russ Conway

                                          Safari Drums/ Sgt. Collins
                                          Love Me Tender/ Ed Galt
                                          Tall Man Riding/ Marshall Jim Feathergill
                                          The Screaming Skull/ Reverend Edward Snow

Russ Conway was a popular character actor in films and television.

He was born Russell Zink at Brandon, Manitoba, Canada in 1913. He was the brother of another Canadian born actor, Donald Woods.

Mr. Conway earned a B. A. degree in 1937 from the University Of California. A number of years later he procured a masters degree in performing arts from UCLA as well as teaching credentials.

Conway totaled up 239 credits in the mediums of films and television in a career that lasted from 1947 through 1977.

His film debut came in 1947 in an non credited role in the film Buck Privates Come Home.

Some of the film roles of Russ Conway were:

Buck Privates Come Home (1947) as A Medic

The Web (1947) as Mike The Fingerprint Man

T-Men (1947) as Code Expert

Black Bart (1948) as Wells Fargo Agent

The Winner's Circle (1948) as Jockey

One Touch Of Venus (1948) as Reporter

Larceny (1948) as Detective

An Innocent Affair (1948) as George Haskins

An Act Of Murder (1948) as Wilson

Flamingo Road (1949) as Reporter Johnson

Arctic Manhunt (1949) as Landers

I Was A Male War Bride (1949) as Commander Willis - Chaplain

Trapped (1949) as Chief Agent Gunby

The Heiress (1949) as Quintus

Twelve O'Clock High ( 1949) as Operations Officer

When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) as Major White

Woman In Hiding (1950) as Russell, A Reporter

Military Academy With That Tenth Avenue Gang (1950) as Captain Bagby

The Lawless (1950) as Eldredge

The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) as Police Detective

Prisoners In Petticoats (1950) as Detective Blake

Three Secrets (1950) as Captain

Call Me Mister (1951) as Major McCall

Tomahawk (1951) as Major Horton

Abbott And Costello Meet The Invisible man (1951) as Newspaperman

I Was A Communist For The FBI (1951) as Frank Cvetic

Father Takes The Air (1951) as Policeman

Let's Go Navy (1951) as Lt. Moss

Flight To Mars (1951) as Astronomer #1

Colorado Sundown (1952) as John T. Stocker

Fort Osage (1952) as Major Whitley

My Six Convicts (1952) as Dr. Hughes

Jet Job (1952) as Stanley Reed

Young Man With Ideas (1952) as Prosecuting Attorney

The Outcasts Of Poker Flats (1952) as Vigalante

Jumping Jacks (1952) as Colonel

Diplomatic Courier (1952) as Bill

Fearless Fagan (1952) as Major Barnes

The Rose Bowl Story (1952) as Referee Jamison

Battle Zone (1952) as Major

The Turning Point (1952) as Reporter

Because Of You (1952) as FBI man

Girls In The Night (1953) as Sergeant

One Girl's Confession (1953) as Police Officer

Abbott And Costello Go To Mars (1953) as Second Policeman At Bank

Ma And Pa Kettle On Vacation (1953) as Commander Fordise

Safari Drums (1953) as Sgt. Collins

The War Of The Worlds (1953) as Rev. Bethany

Vice Squad (1953) as Reporter

Vicki (1953) as Detective

Jennifer (1953) as Gardener

Killer Leopard (1954) as Sgt. Maitland

Top Of The World (1955) as Colonel Nelson

The Looters (1955) as Major Knowles

Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) as Capt. Grifton

Love Me Tender (1956) as Ed Galt

The Midnight Story (1957) as Detective Sgt. Summers

Bernadine (1957) as Mr. Mason

Portland Expose (1957) as Phil Jackman

Bombers B-52 (1957) as General Tyler

The Screaming Skull (1958) as Rev. Edward Snow

Flood Tide (1958) as Bill Holleran

Fort Dobbs (1958) as Sheriff Of Largo

Voice In The Mirror (1958) as Tavern Owner Owens

Johnny Rocco (1958) as Police Lt. Fred Garron

Beach Patrol (1959) as Capt. Bronson

The Bramble Bush (1960) as Sheriff Larson Witt

Twelve Hours To Kill (1960) as Police Captain Long

The Great Impostor (1961) as Sgt. Wilkerson

Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962) as Police Officer

The Lively Set (1965) as Dave Moody

Guns Of Diablo (1965) as Dr. McPheeters

Our Man Flint (1966) as American General

C'mon, Let's Live A Little (1967) as John W. Grant

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) as Interrogator

Never A Dull Moment (1968) as Police Capt. Jacoby

The Silent Gun (1969-TV) as First Sheriff

Vanished (1071-TV) as Admiral Fairclough

The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) as Judge With Stopwatch

Interval (1973) as Fraser

Washington Behind Closed Doors (1977-TV) as Attorney General Arthur

As you can see from his filmography Conway run the gamut of law officials: policemen, detectives, various ranks of police officials as well as sheriffs and attorneys.

He also assayed a fair number of news reporters as well.

Russ Conway was very active on television appearing in such programs as Boston Blackie, Craig Kennedy Criminologist, Dragnet, Hopalong Cassidy, Your Favorite Story, The Cisco Kid, Mr & Mrs. North, Fireside Theater, The Lone Wolf, Mr. District Attorney, City Detective, Waterfront, The Pepsi Cola Playhouse, The Whistler, The Man Behind The Badge, Studio 57, Stage 7, Treasury Men In Action, Public Defender, The Lone Ranger, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, You Are There, Science Fiction Theater, The Loretta Young Show, Four Star Playhouse, Screen Directors Playhouse, The Hardy Boys -The Mystery Of The Applegate Treasure, Navy Log, Ethel Barrymore Theater, The Gray Ghost, Crossroads, The Sheriff Of Cochise, The Web, Have Gun Will Travel, M Squad, Casey Jones, The Millionaire, Maverick, Cheyenne, The Jack Benny Program, Climax! Goodyear Theater, Alcoa Theater, State Trooper, The Lineup, Zane Grey Theater, Trackdown, Man With A Camera, Sugarfoot, Bronco, Tombstone Territory, The Californians, The Rough Riders, Wanted Dead Or Alive, Bourbon Street Beat, Laramie, Fury, The Texan, Tales Of Wells Fargo, Richard Diamond Private Detective, General Electric Theater, The Aquanauts, Surfside 6, Boris Karloff's Thriller, The Untouchables, Lawman, Sea Hunt, Alcoa Premiere, Ripcord, Checkmate, The Tall Man, Rawhide, Lassie, Leave It To Beaver, Kraft Mystery Theater, Hawaiian Eye, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Wagon Train, Arrest And Trial, Perry Mason, 77 Sunset Strip, Channing, Temple Houston, My Three Sons, The Lieutenant, The Beverly Hillbillies, Branded, The Munsters, Slattery's People, Daniel Boone, Petticoat Junction, The Time Tunnel, The Fugitive, The Virginian, The Invaders, Iron Horse, The Christophers, Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, Bonanza, Judd For The Defense, Death Valley Days, Mod Squad, The Young Lawyers, Ifronside, Adam-12, O'Hara U S Treasury, Mannix, Mission Impossible, The FBI, Chase, Cannon and Switch among others.

Conway appeared eight times on Lloyd Bridges' Sea Hunt, four times on Bonanza and three times on Rawhide . There were a number of TV series that he appeared on multiple times in different episodes

He retired from acting in 1977 and spent the last 33 years of his life away from the acting profession.

He was married to Muriel Morrison from 1946 to 2006 which was the time of her death. The couple had two children.

Russ Conway passed away in December, 2009 in his sleep at age 95 of natural causes.

I enjoyed Mr. Conway in his many TV guest appearances as well as the films War Of The Worlds, Safari Drums, Tomahawk, Love Me Tender, The Screaming Skull, Fort Dobbs, Tall Man Riding, Killer Leopard and My Six Convicts.

Louie The Movie Buff

Classic TV The Phil Silvers Show ( Sgt. Bilko) 1955-1959

The Phil Silvers Show which was originally entitled You'll Never Get Rich was on prime time TV for four seasons from 1955 until 1959.

The series ran for 142 episodes.

The show was centered around the con man of the Army Fort Baxter Sgt.. Ernest T. Bilko who was always looking for ways to make money around the camp ( especially with gambling) as well as ways to get away from the camp on furlough.

The camp commander Colonel Hall was always suspect of the actions of the wily and devious sergeant and his crew which in turn kept him on guard and in a state of constant worry and upset all of the time.

The cast members were:

Phil Silvers as Sgt. Ernest T. Bilko

Harvey Lembeck as Cpl. Rocco Barbella

Allan Melvin as Cpl. Steve Henshaw

Paul Ford as Col. John Hall

Maurice Gosfield as Private Doberman

Herbie Faye as Private Sam Fender

Billy Sands as Private Dino Paparelli

Mickey Freeman as Private Fielding Zimmerman

Joe E. Ross as Camp Cook Sgt. Rupert Ritzig

Jimmy Little as Sgt. Francis Grover

For a point of information, Silvers did not like Maurice Gosfield who played Pvt. Doberman. He found this actor very sloppy overall as well as constantly finding many buttons on his uniform not being buttoned at any said time. He also complained that Gosfield was always running late giving such excuses like that he had tripped over a piece of paper. But even though with this dissention in the ranks, there was just a certain magic between the interaction of the two actors.

The series lasted for four seasons and did well in the ratings . However it featured so many secondary cast members and so many speaking parts that the show became ultimately too expensive to produce. It was this fact, not the ratings, that eventually caused the cancellation of production in 1959.

Needless to say Silvers and the rest of the cast were always in top notch form.

This has become a classic TV series ever since it's beginning.

The series has been in reruns for years and at this time the entire series is available on DVD.

This is a classic comedy TV series and one of earlier television's great ones along with The Honeymooners, I Married Joan and My Little Margie.

A definite for a classic TV comedy.

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Ladies                   Kaaren Verne

                                            All Through The Night/ Leda Hamilton
                                            King's Row/ Elise Sandor
                                            The Seventh Cross/ Leni
                                            Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon/ Charlotte Eberli

Kaaren Verne was a German born actress who was billed sometimes as Karen Verne.

She was born Ingeborg Greta Katerina Marie-Rose Klinkerfuss in 1918 at Berlin, Germany.

Originally a stage actress and a member of the Berlin State theater , she fled the Nazi's in 1938 and made her English language film debut in 1939 in the British film Ten Days In Paris.. She then emigrated to the United States when British film production stopped during the war.

The studios tried to avoid the fact that she was of a German background by changing her name to Catherine Young. However with America's entry into World War Two and having an actress of German heritage turn her back on Nazism was just to good to avoid using for propaganda purposes.

She was probably best known for her role as Leda Hamilton along side of Humphrey Bogart in the film All Through The Night which exposed the working of Fifth Columnists here in America.

Her film and television career here in the U. S. lasted from 1940 until 1966 with her having made 27 credits in these two mediums.

The film roles of Kaaren Verne were:

Ten Days In Paris (1940) as Diane de Guermantes

Sky Murder (1940) as Pat Evans

The Wild Man Of Borneo (1941) as Actress In Film Scene

Underground (1941) as Sylvia Helmuth

All Through The Night (1941) as Leda Hamilton

King's Row (1942) as Elise Sandor

The Great Impersonation (1942) as Baroness Stephanie Idenbraum

Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon (1942) as Charlotte Eberli

The Seventh Cross (1944) as Leni

The Bad And The Beautiful (1952) as Rosa

The Story Of Three Loves (1953) as Madame Legay

The Juggler (1953) as Woman Mistaken For Hans' Wife

A Bullet For Joey (1955) as Viveca Hartman

Outside The Law (1956) as Mrs. Pulinski

Silk Stockings (1957) as Postwoman

Ship Of Fools (1965) as Frau Lutz

Madame X (1966) as Nurse Riborg

She appeared on U S. television in such programs as Fireside Theater, Crusader, Oh Susanna!, General Electric Theater, Bronco, Michael Shayne, The Twilight Zone, The Untouchables, Kraft Suspense Theater and 12 O'clock High.

Not a very big career at all.

She was married three times . Her first two marriages ended in divorce. Her second husband was actor Peter Lorre and that marriage lasted from 1945 until 1950 when they divorced. Her last husband was James Powers and that marriage lasted from 1951 until her death.

Kaaren Verne passed away in 1967 at age 49 from a heart ailment.

I especially enjoyed this actress in the films All Through The Night and King's Row.

Louie The Movie Buff

Classic Comedian               Phil Silvers

                                             The Phil Silvers Show (TV)/ Sergeant Ernest Bilko
                                             You're In The Army Now/ Breezy Jones
                                             Top Banana/ Jerry Biffle
                                             A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum/ Marcus Lycus

Per Quinlan's Film Stars:

Explosive, bespectacled , American comedian whose vigorous shirkers entertained wartime film audiences before he turned to vaudeville and stage shows. In the mid 50's, he reemerged on television as one of the world's most popular comedians, playing the bald, scheming army Sergeant Bilko in the long running series You'll Never Get Rich (The Phil Silvers Show).

He was born Philip Silver at New York, NY in 1911.

Silvers was very active on the stage, vaudeville and then films. He returned to the stage after the World War Two and then became active on television with the hit series You'll Never Get Rich.

Some of the film roles of Phil Silvers were:

Hit Parade of 1941 (1940) as Charlie Moore

The Wild Man Of Borneo (1941) as Murdock

The Penalty (1941) as Hobo

Tom, Dick And Harry (1941) as Ice Cream Vendor

Ice Capades (1941) as Larry Herman

Lady Be Good (1941) as Master Of Ceremonies

All Through The Night (1941) as Louie The Waiter

You're In The Army Now (1941) as Breezy Jones

Roxie Hart (1942) as Babe

My Gal Sal (1942) as Wiley

Footlight Serenade (1942) as Slap

Tales Of Manhattan (1942) as First Salesman At Santelli's

Just Off Broadway (1942) as Roy Higgins

Coney Island (1942) as Frankie

A Lady Takes A Chance (1943) as Smiley Lambert

Four Jills In A Jeep (1944) as Eddie

Cover Girl (1944) as Genius

Takes It Or Leave It (1944) as Phil Silvers

Something For The Boys (1944) as Harry Hart

Diamond Horseshoe 1945) as Blinkie Miller

Don Juan Quilligan (1945) as "Mac" MacDenny

A Thousand And One Nights (1945) as Abdullah

If I'm Lucky (1946) as Wally Jones

Summer Stock (1950) as Herb Blake

Top Banana (1954) as Jerry Biffle

Lucky Me (1954) as Hap Schneider

Keep In Step (1959) as Sergeant Ernie Bilko

The Ballad Of Louie The Louse (1959) as Louie

The Slowest Gun In The West (1960) as Fletcher Bissell III aka The Silver Dollar Kid

40 Pounds Of Trouble (1962) as Bernie Friedman

It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) as Otto Meyer

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (1966) as Marcus Lycus

Damn Yankees (1967-TV) as Mr. Applegate

Carry On In The Legion (1967) as Sergeant Nocker

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968) as Phil Newman

The Boatniks (1970) as Harry Simmons

The Strongest Man In The World (1975) as Kirwood Krinkle

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who sSved Hollywood (1976) as Murray Fromberg

The Chicken Chronicles (1977) as Max Ober

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977-TV) as Mary Barker

The Cheap Detective (1978) as Hoppy

Racquet (1979) as Arthur Sargent

Goldie And The Boxer (1979) as Wally

The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980) as William B. Warkoff

There Goes The Bride (1980) as Psychiatrist

Silvers starred as Sergeant Ernest T. Bilko in The Phil Silvers Show ( You'll Never Get Rich) from 1955 to 1959 ( Four seasons).

Other television programs that Silvers appeared on were The Jack Benny Program, The New Phil Silvers Show, Gilligan's Island, The Lucy Show, Spotlight, The Beverly Hillbillies, Julia, Kolchak-The Night Stalker, S. W. A. T., Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island, Happy Days and CHIPS.

Phil Silvers appeared on Broadway in the production of Top Banana and A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum.. He reprised both roles in the movie versions as well. Mr. Silvers won a Tony Award For Best Actor In A Musical for each of the aforementioned productions.

Silvers also wrote the lyrics to the Jimmy Van Heusan song "Nancy With The Smiling Face".

He was married twice and both marriages ended in divorce. However he had five daughters from his second wife.

Silvers was in bad health in his latter years. He suffered from depression also.

Phil Silvers passed away in 1985 from a heart attack.

I will always remember Mr. Silvers not only as Sergeant Bilko but as a great and funny comedian.
He could play the conniving Bilko to a tee.

I also enjoyed him in the films A Lady Takes A Chance, All Through The Night, It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, You're In The Army Now, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum and A Thousand And One Nights.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character Character Actors

Ramon Bieri

Joe's World (TV)/ Joe Wabash
Badlands/ Cato
The Andromeda Strain/ Major Manchek
Sorcerer/ Corlette

Ramon Bieri was an American character actor who appeared much in films and television as well as on the stage.

His career ran from 1962 to 2001 amassing 124 credits for appearances in film and on television.

He was born at Windsor, CT in 1929, the son of William Parker Bieri and Gladys Arens Bieri.

His theatrical career included both Broadway and Off Broadway productions. Bieri was also known for his performances in NYC's Shakespeare In The Park productions, Ohio's Akron Shakespeare Festival and San Diego's Old Globe Theater.

He was a founding member of the American Conservatory Theater.

He made his film debut in 1970 in the film The Grasshopper. His television debut came in 1962 on Armstrong Circle Theater.
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Bieri starred for one season on TV in his own sitcom "Joe's World" as Joe Wabash and the series ran from July 1979 to December, 1980.

The film roles of Ramon Bieri were:

The Grasshopper (1970) as Roosevelt Dekker

Southern Fried (1970-TV) as Lamar Peevy

R. P. M. (1970) as Brown

The Andromeda Strain (1971) as Major Manchek

Brother John (1971) as Orly Ball

The Honkers (1972) as Jack Ferguson

Hunter (1973-TV) as Mishani

Badlands (1973) as Cato

Outrage (1973-TV) as Deputy Tottif

It's Good To Be Alive (1974) as Walter O'Malley

The Gun (1974-TV) as Walt Kelsey

Crossfire (1975-TV) as Capt. McCardle

McNaughton's Daughter (1976-TV Miniseries) as Randall Justice

The Rhinemann Exchange (1977-TV Miniseries) as Daniel Meehan

Tales Of The Unexpected (1977-TV Miniseries) as Warden Greer

The San Pedro Bums (1977-TV) as Sgt. Yost

Panic In Echo Park (1977) as Fallen Reilly

Sorcerer (1977) as Corlette

A Love Affair: The Eleanor And Lou Gehrig Story (1977-TV) as Babe Ruth

Wheels (1978-TV Miniseries) as Ernie Johnson

True Grit (1978-TV) as Sheriff Ambrose

Nicole (1978) as Malcolm

How The West Was Won (1978-1979-TV Miniseries) as General Sheridan

The Frisco Kid (1979) as Mr. Jones

When She Was Bad (1979-TV) as Dr. Gilbert

A Christmas Without Snow (1980-TV) as Henry Quist

A Matter Of Life And Death (1981-TV) as Kutzreba

Reds (1981) as Police Chief

Grandview U S A (1984) as Mr. Pierson

The Zoo Gang (1985) as Pa Donnely

Oceans Of Fire (1986-TV) as Chuck Horn

Juarez (1987-TV) as Lt. C. P. Hardin

The Sicilian (987) as Quintana

Vibes (1988) as Eli Diamond

The Final Days (1989-TV) as Judge John Sirica

Love, Lies And Murder (1991-TV) as Howard

Children Of The Dark (1994-TV) as T. Hardy Fallbrook

Ghosts Of Mississippi (1996) as James Holley

He was very good at playing the tough guy roles.

Mr. Bieri was very active on television appearing in such programs as Armstrong Circle Theater, Naked City, Route 66, Directions, The Doctors And The Nurses, Hogan's Heroes, Hawk, NBC Playhouse, Lancer, Daniel Boone, Marcus Welby MD, Mission Impossible, The Bold Ones-The Lawyers, Sarge , Alias Smith And Jones, The Streets Of San Francisco, Bonanza, Medical Center, Barnaby Jones, The Magician, Ironside, Owen Marshall Counselor At Law, Kung Fu, Banacek, Chase, Mannix, Little House On The Prairie, Gunsmoke, Police Story, The Rockford Files, Lucas Tanner, Kate McShane, Movin' On, Kolchak The Night Stalker, Hawaii Five- O, Cannon, Harry-O, Starsky And Hutch, Switch, The Amazing Spider Man, Charlie's Angels, CHiPs, Nero Wolfe, Buck Rogers In The 25th Century, Insight, Bret Maverick (as Elijah Crow), Trapper John MD, The Fall Guy, Quincey ME, The Dukes Of Hazzard, Matt Houston, Highway To Heaven, Knight Rider, Hunter, Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, The Twilight Zone (1986), Crazy Like A Fox, Magnum PI, Simon & Simon, St. Elsewhere, Jake And The Fatman, The Young Riders, Murder She Wrote, In The Heat Of The Night, L A Law, Arli$$ and ER among others.

He was a decorated veteran of the Korean War.

Bieri was also an avid fisherman, wood worker, sailor and poker player.

Married twice, his wives were Dorothy Whitney (1965 to 1967) and Charlene Polite (1970 - 1979). He had one child from his first marriage.

Ramon Bieri passed away in May of 2001 from cancer.

I enjoyed Mr. Bieri in has many TV guest appearances as well as the films The Andromeda Strain, Badlands, Reds, The Sicilian and Ghosts Of Mississippi.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character Character Actors

Henry "Bomber" Kulky

Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea (TV)/ Chief Curly Jones
The Life Of Riley (TV)/ Otto Schmidlap
The Charge At Feather River/ Pvt. Smiley
Up Periscope/ Chief Petty Officer York

Per Quinlan's Character Stars:

Squat, hairy, dark haired, flat nosed, cigar chewing American actor whose battered features bore mute witness to scores of boxing and wrestling bouts as Bomber Kulkovitch. At one time he was judo champion of South America, but in post war years fellow ex wrestler Mike Mazurki introduced him to films where he played tough minor heavies and equally tough good hearted sergeants of army and cavalry alike............. He used to joke that his wrestling days taught him all that he needed to know about acting.

He was born Henry Kulkowich in 1911 at Hastings on the Hudson, NY.

He was originally a boxer, wrestler and judo champion before entering films and television.

Kulky stopped boxing when he was offered a position to train wrestlers. Moving to Argentina, he competed all through out South America as Bomber Kulkovich. While in South America he also garnered the continent's judo crown.

According to Kulky he was involved in approximately 7,000 matches and won the majority of them.

His film debut was in 1947 in the film A Likely Story.

Some of the film roles of Henry Kulky were:

A Likely Story (1947) as Tremendo

Call Northside 777 (1948) as First Bartender

Alias A Gentleman (1948) as Moving Man

To The Ends Of The Earth (1948) as Giant Chinese Man

A Foreign Affair (1948) as Russian Soldier At Marketplace

Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949) as Vredek

State Department File 649 (1949) as Mongolian Soldier

Mighty Joe Young (1949) as Strongman

The Red Danube (1949) as Russian Officer At Camp 12

Bodyhold (1949) as Kalumbo

Wabash Avenue (1950) as Joe Barton

Jiggs And Maggie Out West (1950) as Bomber Kulkovich

Love That Brute (1950) as Mug

South Sea Sinner (1950) as Bartender

Force Of Arms (1951) as Sgt. Reiser

The Guy Who Came Back (1951) as Wizard, Wrestler

Love Nest (1951) as George Thompson

The Kid From Amarillo ( 1951) as Zeno

Fixed Bayonets (1951) as Vogl

Red Skies Of Montana (1952) as Dawson

Gobs And Gals (1952) as Boris

Red Planet Mars (1952) as Military Guard

The World In His Arms (1952) as Peter

What Price Glory (1952) as Company Cook

Because You're Mine (1952) as Sergeant

No Holds Barred (1952) as Mike The Mauler

Target Hong Kong (1953) as Dutch Pfeifer

Down Among The Sheltering Palms (1953) as First Sergeant Jones

The Glory Brigade (1953) as Sgt Smitty Smitkowsky

Powder River (1953) as Bartender

The Charge At Feather River (1953) as Pvt. Smiley

Chipped Wings (1953) as Sgt. Broski

Yukon Vengeance (1954) as Schmidt

Hell And High Water (1954) as Gunner McCrossin

Phantom Of Rue Morgue (1954) as Sailor Maurice

Fireman Save My Child (1954) as Harry

Tobor The Great (1954) as Paul - Spy and Henchman

The Human Jungle (1954) as Marty

The Steel Cage (1954) as George

Prince Of Paupers (1955) as Bartender

Abbott And Costello Meet The Keystone Cops (1955) as Brakeman

New York Confidential (1955) as Gino

Finger Man (1955) as Louie

Francis In The Navy (1955) as Auction Bidder

To Hell And Back (1955) as Sgt. Stack

Jail Busters (1955) as Marty

The Girl In The Red Velvet Swing (1955) as Prisoner

Illegal (1955) as Taylor

It's A Dog's Life (1955) as Grainger

The Girl Can't Help It (1956) as Iceman

Sierra Stranger (1957) as Bartender Matt

Bombers B-52 (1957) as Calvin

Up Periscope (1959) as Chief Petty Officer York

The Gunfight At Dodge City (1959) as Charlie The Bartender

Guns Of The Timberland (1960) as Logger

Maisie (1960-TV) as Town Person

All Fall Down (1962) as Sailor

A Global Affair (1964) as Charlie - Newstand Proprietor

Mr. Kulky starred as Chief Curly Junes in the TV series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea (1964 - 1965).

He also appeared on Life Of Riley TV series as Otto Schmidlap, a co worker of Chester A. Riley from 1953 to 1958.

Other TV programs that Mr. Kulky appeared on were Adventures Of Superman, The Files Of Jeffrey Jones, The Abbott And Costello Show, Racket Squad, My Hero, My Little Margie, Public Defender, Adventures Of The Falcon, The Lone Ranger, Topper, Navy Log, Adventures Of Wild Bill Hickok, It's A Great Life, Ethel Barrymore Theater, Oh Susanna, The Sheriff Of Cochise, The Adventures Of Jim Bowie, The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet, Sky King, The Silent Service, Father Knows Best, The Thin Man, The Bob Cummings Show, Maverick, The Texan, Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, The Red Skelton Hour, Pete And Gladys, Grindl, Make Room For Daddy and Bonanza.

Henry Kulky passed away of a heart attack on the set of Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, in February, 1965 while he was studying a script.

I enjoyed Mr. Kulky in his role as Chief Curly Jones In Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, and as Otto Schmidlap on the Life Of Riley sitcom as well as in the films The Charge At Feather River, Up Periscope, Tarzan's Magic Fountain, Fixed Bayonets, Force Of Arms and Jail Busters.

Louis The Movie Buff

Leading Men John Bromfield

U. S Marshal (TV) as Marshal Frank Morgan
Flat Top/ Ensign Snakehips McKay
Manfish/ Captain Brannigan
Revenge Of The Creature/ Joe Hayes

John Bromfield was an American leading actor who appeared in films and on television.

His career lasted from 1948 until 1960 with 28 credits in the mediums of film and television.

He was born as Farron McClain Bromfield in 1922 at South Bend, Indiana where he played football and was a boxing champion in college.

Bromfield served in the United States Navy during World War Two,

He began his acting career in 1948 with his film debut in the film Sorry, Wrong Number.

His roles were mainly in westerns and horror films.

Bromfield best known as Frank Morgan, first as a sheriff in the Sheriff Of Cochise TV series and latterly as a marshal in U. S. Marshall. The two series ran from 1958 to 1960.

The film roles of John Bromfield were:

Sorry, Wrong Number (1949) as Joe, A Detective

Harpoon (1948) as Michael Shand

Rope Of Sand (1949) as Thompson

Paid In Full (1950) as Dr. Clark

The Furies (1950) as Clay Jeffords

The Cimarron Kid ( 1952) as Tulsa Jack

Hold That Line (1952) as Biff Wallace

Flat Top (1952) as Ensign Snakehips McKay

Easy To Love (1953) as Hank

Ring Of Fear (1954) as Armand St. Dennis

The Black Dakotas (1954) as Mike Daugherty

Revenge Of The Creature (1955) as Joe Hayes

The Big Bluff (1955) as Riccardo De Villa

Three Bad Sisters (1956) as Jim Norton

Manfish (1956) as Captain Brannigan

Crime Against Joe (1956) as Jim Manning

Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956) as Lt. Burke

Frontier Gambler (1956) as Deputy Marshal Curt Darrow

Hot Cars (1956) as Nick Dunn

Curucu, Beast Of The Amazon (1956) as Rock Dean

In addition to Sheriff Of Cochise and U. S. Marshal TV series, Mr Bromfield appeared also in the following television programs: The Files Of Jeffrey Jones, Fireside Theater, Racket Squad, The Ford Television Theater, Damon Runyon Theater and Frontier.

Mr. Bromfield was married three times. His last wife was Mary Bromfield . The marriage lasted from 1962 until Mr. Bromfield's death.

John Bromfield passed away in September, 2005 at age 83 from renal failure.

I enjoyed John Bromfield in both of his TV series U. S. Marshal and Sheriff Of Cochise as well as the films Flat Top, Revenge Of The Creature, Manfish, Hold That Line and The Furies.

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Men Rex Reason

This Island Earth/ Cal Meacham
The Creature Walks Among Us/ Dr. Thomas Morgan
Smoke Signal/ Lt. Wayne Ford
Yankee Pasha/ Omar Id Din

Per Quinlan's Film Stars:

Chunky, cheerful looking American actor ( born in Germany) with blue eyes and dark wavy hair., who looked a star prospect after playing the leading role in his first film. But a major studio ( Universal- International) took him up and seriously disrupted his career by changing his name to Bart Roberts before allowing him too late to revert to the real one. Reason's roles declined by the end of the fifties and starred in two TV series( Man With Out A Gun and The Roaring Twenties) before dropping from sight in the mid 1960's.

Reason was born in Berlin, Germany in 1928 to an American family that returned to Los Angeles shortly thereafter where he was raised.

Rex was the elder brother of actor Rhodes Reason.

He began his stage career in 1948 at the Pasadena Playhouse. He performed there for three years before coming to the notice of Hollywood.

In 1951 he was given a screen test at Columbia Pictures and was cast as the lead in the film Storm Over Tibet.

Reason stayed under contract for two more years at Columbia before switching to Universal in mid 1953 after making a promising appearance in Salome with Rita Hayworth.

He was a tall ( 6' 3") handsome leading man with a distinctive baritone voice.

Reason made two films at Universal under the name of Bart Roberts before he demanded that he use his own name.

The film roles of Rex Reason were:

Scaramouche (1952) as Edmond

Models, Inc (1952) as Hotel Desk Clerk

Storm Over Tibet (1952) as David Simms

Salome (1953) as Marcellus Fabius

Mission Over Korea (1953) as Major Jim Hacker

China Venture (1953) as Lt. Cross

Taza, Son Of Cochise (1954) as Naiche

Yankee Pasha (1954) as Omar Id Din

Smoke Signal (1955) as Lt. Wayne Ford

This Island Earth (1955) as Dr. Cal Meacham

Allen In Movieland (1955-TV) as Lt Atkins

Kiss Of Fire (1955) as Duke Of Montera

Lady Godiva Of Coventry (1955) as Harold

Raw Edge (1956) as John Randolph

The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) as Dr. Thomas Morgan

Badlands Of Montana (1957) as Steven Brewster

Band Of Angels (1957) as Capt. Seth Parton

Under Fire (1957) as Lt. Steve Rogerson

The Rawhide Trail (1958) as Jess Brady

Thundering Jets ()1958) as Capt. Steve Marley

The Sad Horse (1959) as Bill MacDonald

The Miracle Of The Hills (1959) as Scott Macauley

He walked out on his film contract with Warner Brothers in 1961 when he was being considered for a starring role in John Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate. Laurence Harvey was cast in the role instead.

Rex Reason starred in two TV series:

Man Without A Gun 1957 -1959) as Adam Mac Lean

The Roaring 20's ( 1960-1961) as Scott Norris

Other TV programs that Rex Reason appeared on were Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, Lux Video Theater, Matinee Theater, The Millionaire, Tales Of The 77th Bengal Lancers, The Ford Television Theater, Conflict, The Web, Trackdown, 77 Sunset Strip, Bronco, Bourbon Street Beat, Sugarfoot, The Alaskans, Perry Mason, G E True Theater and Wagon Train.

When his film and television career ended he worked as a real estate broker as well as a second career as a voice over actor.

Reason was married three times with the first two marriages ending in divorce. His third wife was Shirley Hake and the marriage lasted from 1965 until his death. The couple had three children.

Rex Reason passed away in November, 2015 at age 86 from bladder cancer.

I always enjoyed this actor especially in the films This Island Earth,The Creature Walks Among Us, Smoke Signal, Yankee Pasha, Taza -Son Of Cochise, Salome and Badlands Of Montana.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character Character Actors

Leonard Strong

Twilight Zone (TV Episode The Hitchhiker/ The Hitchhiker
Shane/ Ernie Wright
Blood On The Sun/ Hijkata
Destination Gobi/ Wali-Akhun

Leonard Strong was an American character actor who specialized in playing Oriental roles.

He was born Leonard Clarence Strong in 1908 as Salt Lake City, Utah.

His career lasted from 1942 to 1968 with 66 credits in the mediums of film and television.

Though no mention was made in his biography, he was apparently of Eurasian descent.

Mr. Strong is probably best known for his appearance in TV"s Twilight Zone in the episode entitled The Hitchhiker.

The film roles of Leonard Strong were:

Little Tokyo U S A (1942) as Fujiama

Manila Calling ( 1942) as Japanese Officer

Underground Agent (1942) as Count Akiri

Bombardier (1943) as Japanese Officer

Night Plane From Chungking (1943) as Lt. Karuma

Behind The Rising Sun (1943) as Tama's Father

Salute To The Marines (1943) as Karitu

Jack London (1943) as Captain Kanaka

Up In Arms (1944) as Japanese Interrogator In Cave

Dragon Seed (1944) as Japanese Official

The Keys Of The Kingdom (1944) as Mr. Chia

Blood On The Sun (1945) as Hijikata

Back To Bataan (1945) as General Homma

First Yank Into Tokyo (1945) as Major Nogira

Anna And The King Of Siam (1946) as Interpreter

Dangerous Millions (1946) as Bandit Chieftain

Backlash (1947) as The Stranger/ Willis The Caretaker

Jewels Of Brandenburg (1947) as Marcel Grandet

Sword Of The Avenger (1948) as Ming Tang

We Were Strangers (1949) as Bomb Maker

Malaya (1949) as Half Witted Malay

Backfire (1950) as Lee Quong

Cargo To Capetown (1950) as Singh

Carbine Williams (1952) as Robak

The Atomic City (1952) as Donald Clark

Destination Gobi (1953) as Wali Akhun

Shane (1953) as Ernie Wright

Scared Stiff (1953) as Shorty

Hell's Half Acre (1954) as Ippy

The Naked Jungle (1954) as Kutina

Prisoner Of War (1954) as Colonel Kim Doo Yi

Bengal Brigade (1954) as Mahindra

Cult Of The Cobra (1955) as Daru

Love Is A Many Splendored Thing (1955) as Fortune Teller

The King And I (1956) as Interpreter

This Could Be The Night (1957) as Mr. Bernbaum

Jet Attack (1958) as Major Wan

The Big Fisherman (1959) as Zebedee, Father Of James & John

Escape From Zahrain (1962) as Ambulance Driver

Mr. Strong also appeared on television in such programs as The Lone Ranger, Dangerous Assignment, Terry & The Pirates, The Lone Wolf, Crossroads, The Adventures Of Dr. Fu Man Chu, Navy Log, Studio 57, Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, One Step Beyond, Border Patrol, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Alaskans, 77 Sunset Strip, Adventures In Paradise, The Islanders, Peter Gunn, Hong Kong, Dante, Hawaiian Eye, The Case Of The Dangerous Robin, The Untouchables, The Man From UNCLE, The Wackiest Ship In The Army and Get Smart.

He apparently retired in 1968 from acting.

Strong was married to Irene Richards from 1938 until his death. The couple had two children.

Leonard Strong passed away in 1980 at age 71.

I enjoyed Mr Strong in the Twilight Zone episode entitled The Hitchhiker as well as the films Cult Of The Cobra, Blood On The Sun, Back To Bataan, Shane, Destination Gobi, Bombardier, Keys To The Kingdom, Scared Stiff, The King And I and Carbine Williams.

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Ladies Doris Day

Calamity Jane/ Calamity Jane
Pillow Talk/ Jan Morrow
On Moonlight Bay/ Marjorie Winfield
The Man Who Knew Too Much/ Josephine Conway McKenna
That Touch Of Mink/ Cathy Timberlake

Per Quinlan's Film Stars:

Chirpy, blonde American singer with white, white teeth and an engaging smile. The girl next door of Warners' family musicals of the late forties and early fifties, she later became accepted as a competent dramatic actress, and then not only sustained her career but became America's number one box office star, with a series of fluffy sex comedies from 1958 on.At her best she was endearingly vulnerable. But her finest performances remain in musicals.where her characters mixed vivacity with gusto.

She was born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff at Cincinnati, OH in either 1922 or 1924, though the latter date is generally shown as her year of birth,

Ms. Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939 with her popularity rising after her first hit recording of Sentimental Journey.

She left the band of Les Brown & His Band Of Renown and ventured out into a solo career. At this time she began a long lasting partnership with Columbia Records which lasted from 1947 to 1967. This is the only record company that she was associated with.

Her film debut was in 1948 in the film Romance On The High Seas. She was persuaded to audition for the part by her manager Al Levy as well as song writers Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne after which director Michael Curtiz cast her as the female lead.

Over her career Ms. Day appeared in thirty nine films. She was ranked the biggest box office star, the only woman appearing on that list in the era for four years (1960, 1962, 1963 & 1964) as well as ranking in the top ten for ten years (1951-1952, 1959-1966).She became the top ranking female box office star of all time as well as being ranked sixth among the top ten box office stars ( both male and female).

Ms. Day was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actress in Pillow Talk.

She won three Henrietta Awards ( World Film Favorite), received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Career Achievement Award as well as the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures in 1989.

Her last film was made in the year 1968.

The film roles of Doris Day were:

Romance On The High Seas (1948) as Georgia Garrett

My Dream Is Yours (1949) as Martha Gibson

It's A Great Feeling (1949) as Judy Adams

Young Man With A Horn (1950) as Jo Jordan

Tea For Two (1950) as Nanette Carter

The West Point Story (1950) as Jan Wilson

Storm Warning (1951) as Lucy Rice

Lullaby Of Broadway (1951) as Melinda Howard

On Moonlight Bay (1951) as Marjorie Winfield

I'll See You In My Dreams (1951) as Grace LeBoy Kahn

Starlift (1951) as Doris Day

The Winning Team (1952) as Aimee Alexander

April In Paris (1952) as Ethel S. Dynamite Jackson

By The Light Of The Silvery Moon (1953) as Marjorie Winfield

Calamity Jane (1953) as Calamity Jane

Lucky Me (1954) as Candy Williams

Young At Heart (1954) as Laurie Tuttle

Love Me Or Leave Me (1955) as Ruth Etting

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1955) as Josephine Conway McKenna

Julie (1956) as Julie Benton

The Pajama Game (1957) as Babe Williams

Teacher's Pet (1958) as Erica Stone

The Tunnel Of Love (1958) as Isolde Poole

It Happened To Jane (1959) as Jane Osgood

Pillow Talk (1959) as Jan Morrow

Please Don't Eat The Daisies (1960) as Kate Robinson MacKay

Midnight Love (1960) as Kit Preston

Lover Come Back (1961) as Carol Templeton

That Touch Of Mink (1962) as Cathy Timberlake

Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) as Kitty Wonder

The Thrill Of It All (1963) as Beverly Boyer

Move Over, Darling (1963) as Ellen Wagstaff Arden

Send Me No Flowers (1964) as Judy Kimball

Do Not Disturb (1965) as Janet Harper

The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) as Jennifer Nelson

The Ballad Of Josie (1967) as Josie Minick

Caprice (1967) as Patricia Foster

Where Were You When The Lights Went Out? (1968) as Margaret Garrison

With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) as Abby McClure

Ms. Day starred on television in The Doris Day Show as Doris Martin. The series ran on prime time from 1968 to 1973.

The only other television appearance she made was on an episode of The Governor & J J in 1970 in which only her voice was heard.

She largely retired from acting after the end of the television.

Ms. Day found out in 1968 that her third husband and his business partner Jerome Bernard Rosenthal had squandered her earnings leaving her deeply in debt. Rosenthal had been her attorney since 1949. In February 1969 Ms Day filed suit against Rosenthal and won the then largest civil judgment ( over $20 million dollars) in the state of California. She finally settled for about one quarter of the amount originally requested..

After she retired Ms. Day has lived in Carmel by the Sea, California along with her many pets and strays that she adopts.

She has been very active in the area of animal welfare. Founded by her in 1978, the Doris Day Pet Foundation has now been renamed the Doris Day Animal Foundation.

Doris Day has been married and divorced four times. Her husbands were:

Al Jordan (1941-1943)
George Weidler (1946 - 1949)
Martin Melcher (1951-1968)
Barry Comden (1976 - 1981)

I have always liked Ms Day and have enjoyed her in the films The West Point Story, On Moonlight Bay, I'll See You In My Dreams, By The Light Of The Silvery Moon, Calamity Jane, The Man Who Knew Too Much, April In Paris, It Happened To Jane, That Touch Of Mink, The Glass Bottom Boat, Pillow Talk, Caprice and With Six You Get Eggroll. I also enjoyed her on television on The Doris Day Show.

Great actress! Great singer!

Louie The Movie Buff

Leading Men Robert Taylor

Quo Vadis/ Marcus Vinicuis
Ivanhoe/ Ivanhoe
Valley Of The Kings/ Mark Brandon
The Law And Jake Wade/ Jake Wade

Per Quinlan's Film Stars:

Tall, dark and in his twenties, idyllically handsome American star who grew a moustache to escape the "pretty buy" image and stayed at or near the top for 25 years. Although his features hardened quickly after return from war service, his career was prolonged by several first class slices of historical adventure in the early fifties.

He was born Spangler Arlington Brugh at Filley, NE in 1911.

Taylor began his career in films in 1934 when he signed with M G M. He won his first leading role the following year in Magnificent Obsession. His film debut was also in 1934 in the film Handy Andy.

His popularity increased during the late 1930's and 1940's.

Taylor served his country in World War Two in the U. S. Naval Air Corps where he was a flight instructor and also took part in instructional films.

The film roles of Robert Taylor were:

Handy Andy (1934) as Lloyd Burmeister

There's Always Tomorrow (1934) as Arthur White

A Wicked Woman (1934) as Bill Renton

Society Doctor (1935) as Dr. Ellis

Times Square Lady (1935) as Steve Gordon

West Point Of The Air (1935) as Jackarelli

Murder In The Fleet (1935) as Lt. Tom Randolph

Broadway Melody Of 1936 ( 1936) as Bob Girdon

Magnificent Obsession (1935) as Robert Merrick

Small Town Girl (1936) as Dr. Bob Dakin

Private Number (1936) as Richard Winfield

His Brother's Wife (1936) as Chris Claybourne

The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) as Bow Timberlake

Camille (1936) as Armand Duval

Personal Property (1937) as Raymond Dabney aka Ferguson

This Is My Affair (1937) as Lt. Richard Perry

Broadway Melody Of 1938 (1937) as Steve Randolph

A Yank At Oxford (1938) as Lee Sheridan

Three Comrades (1938) as Erich Lonkamp

The Crowd Roars (1938) as Killer McCoy

Stand Up And Fight (1939) as Blake Cantrell

Lucky Night (1939) as Bill Overton

Lady Of The Tropics (1939) as Bill Carey

Remember? (1939) as Jeff Holland

Waterloo Bridge (1940) as Roy Cronin

Escape (1940) as Mark Preysing

Flight Command (1940) as Ensign Alan Drake

Billy The Kid (1941) as Billy Bonney

When Ladies Meet (1941) as Jimmy Lee

Johnny Eager (1941) as Johnny Eager

Her Cardboard Lover (1942) as Terry Trindale

Stand By For Action (1942) as Lt. Gregg Masterman

The Youngest Profession (1943) as Robert Taylor

Bataan (1943) as Sgt. Bill Dane

Song Of Russia (1944) as John Meredith

Undercurrent (1946) as Alan Garroway

High Wall (1947) as Steven Kenet

The Bribe (1949) as Rigby

Conspirator (1049) as Major Michael Currah

Ambush (1950) as Ward Kinsman

Devil's Doorway (1950) as Lance Poole

Quo Vadis (1951) as Marcus Vinicius

Westward The Women (1951) as Buck Wyatt

Ivanhoe (1951) as Ivanhoe

Above And Beyond (1952) as Lt Col. Paul W. Tibbets

Ride Vaquero! (1953) as Rio

All The Brothers Were Gallant (1953) as Joel Shore

Knights Of The Round Table (1953) as Lancelot

Valley Of The Kings (1954) as Mark Brandon

Rogue Cop (1954) as Detective Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney

Many Rivers To Cross (1955) as Bushrod Gentry

Quentin Durward (1955) as Quentin Dirrward

The Last Hunt (1955) as Charlie Gilson

D Day The Sixth Of June (1956) as Colonel Brad Parker

The Power And The Prize (1956) as Cliff Barton

Tip On A Dead Jockey (1957) as Lloyd Tredman

Saddle The Wind (1958) as Steve Sinclair

The Law And Jake Wade (1958) as Jake Wade

Party Girl (1958) as Thomas Farrell

The Hangman (1959) as Mackenzie Bovard

Killers Of Kilimanjaro (1959) as Robert Adamson

The House Of Seven Hawks (1959) as John Nordley

Miracle Of The White Stallions (1963) as Colonel Podhajsky

Cattle King (1963) as Sam Brassfield

A House Is Not A Home (1964) as Frank Costigan

The Night Walker (1964) as Barry Morlan

Johnny Tiger (1966) as George Dean

Savage Pampas (1966) as Captain Martin

Return Of The Gunfighter (1967) as Ben Wyatt

The Glass Sphinx (1967) as Prof. Karl Nichols

Hondo And The Apaches (1967-TV) as Gallagher

Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! (1968) as Mr. Farrelly

The Day The Hot Line Got Hot (1968) as Anderson

Taylor starred with his ex wife Barbara Stanwyck in the psychological thriller The Night Walker in 1964.

Mr. Taylor moved also into the area of television starring in the TV series The Detectives as Detective Captain Matt Holbrook for three seasons from 1959 to 1962.

He also filmed four episodes of the Robert Taylor Show as Christopher Logan in 1963. Dealing with cases involving the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, these episodes were never shown and the series was dropped due to lack of coordination with the HEW Department.

In 1966 he took over hosting duties from his friend Ronald Reagan on the series Death Valley Days.

He received the 1953 World Film Favorite - Male at the Golden Globes Awards.

Taylor helped found the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals.

Taylor was a pilot and learned to fly in the mid 1930's. He was a Naval flight instructor during World War Two. He owned a Twin Beechcraft called Missy. He used the plane for hunting and fishing trips as well as to get to film shooting locations.

Robert Taylor was married twice. His first wife was Barbara Stanwyck and the marriage lasted from 1939 to 1951 at which time the couple divorced.

His second wife was Ursula Thiess and the marriage lasted from 1954 until his death and the marriage produced two children.

In October 1968 Taylor underwent surgery to remove a portion of his right lung after doctors suspected that he had contacted "valley fever". It was found out at that time that he had lung cancer.

A chain smoker, Robert Taylor passed away in June 1969 at age 57 from lung cancer.

I always enjoyed Mr. Taylor's films especially Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Bataan, Ride Vacquero, Cattle King, Valley Of The Kings, The Law And Jake Wade, The Last Hunt, Above And Beyond, Ambush, All The Brothers Were Gallant and D Day The Sixth Of June.

Louis The Movie Buff

Men Of Character Character Actors

Ben Alexander

Dragnet (original) (TV)/ Officer Frank Smith
Man In The Shadow/ Ab Begley
Felony Squad (TV)/ Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs
Buried Alive/ Riley

Ben Alexander was an American character actor who began his career as a child actor and then moved on to adult roles.

He is best known for his role in the TV series Dragnet as Officer Frank Smith.

He was born as Nicholas Benton Alexander at Goldfield, NV in 1911.

Alexander made his screen debut at age five in Every Pearl A Tear. He continued on to make around thirty films as a child actor.

He also went on to portray Lillian Gish's younger brother in D. W. Griffith's Hearts Of The World.

In the 1930's Alexander played many leads and second leads in many B grade films.

Some of Ben Alexander's film roles as an adult were:

All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) as Kemmerich

Many A Slip (1931) as Ted Coster

It's A Wise Child (1931) as Bill Stanton

Are These Our Children (1931) as Nick Crosby

Suicide Fleet (1931) as Kid

High Pressure (1932) as Geoffrey Weston

Tom Brown Of Culver (1932) as Cpl. John Clarke

The vanishing Frontier (1932) as Lucien Winfield

What Price Innocence? (1933) as Tommy Harrow

This Day And Age (1933) as Morry Dover

Stage Mother (1933) as Francis Nolan

Once To Every Woman (1934) as Joe

Most Precious Thing In Life (1934) as Gubby Gerhart

The Life Of Vergie Winters (1934) as Barry Preston

Flirtation (1934) as Dudley

Grand Old Girl (1935) as Tom Miller

Born To Gamble (1935) as Paul Mathews

Reckless Roads (1935) as Wade Adams

Annapolis Farewell (1935) as Adams

Splendor (1935) as Western Union Messenger

The Fire Trap (1935) as Bob Fender

Hearts In Bondage (1936) as Eggleston

Red Lights Ahead (1936) as George Wallace

Shall We Dance (1937) as Evans, A Bandleader

The Legion Of Missing Men (1937) as Don Carter

The Outer Gate (1937) as Bob Terry

Western Gold (1937) as Bart

The Spy Ring (1938) as Capt. Don Mayhew

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938) as Larry Weldon

Convict's Code (1939) as Jeff Palmer

Buried Alive (1939) as Riley

The Leather Pushers (1940) as Dan Brown, Announcer

Criminals Within (1941) as Sgt. Paul, The Traitor

Dragnet (1954) as Officer Frank Smith

Man In The Shadow (1957) as Ab Begley

People (1957-TV) as The Reporter

Ben Alexander starred in two TV series:

Dragnet as Officer Frank Smith from 1952 to 1959.

Felony Squad as Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs from 1966 to 1969.

The only other TV programs that Mr. Alexander appeared on were Party Time At Club Roma ( as the host) , The Joseph Cotten Show-On Trail and Batman in the episode The Yegg Foes In Gotham as Detective Beside Trash Can.

Jack Webb wanted him to come back again for the revived Dragnet series in 1966 but Alexander had already signed to do Sgt Briggs on Felony Squad. Harry Morgan took his place as Joe Friday's partner for that Dragnet series.

Alexander has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for radio, television and movies.

He owned and operated the Ben Alexander Ford car dealership in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles from 1953 until his death.

Alexander also owned and operated the Ben Alexander Dream House Motel on Cahuegna Blvd in Hollywood.

He was involved with a talent show for young people which was broadcast on Oakland's KTVU-TV which was a local station in the San Francisco Bay area.

Ben Alexander was married twice. His first wife was Elizabeth Robb (1941 - 1947) and ended in divorce with one child being produced from the marriage.

His second wife was Lesley Smith and they were married from 1950 until his death. The couple had two children.

His son, Nicholas Benton Alexander, started one of the first BMW dealerships in the U. S.. It is still located in downtown Los Angeles and is now managed by Nicholas Benton Alexander V.

Ben Alexander passed away in 1969 at age 58. He was found dead at home of natural causes by his family when they returned home from a camping trip.

I enjoyed his role as Officer Frank Smith on Dragnet and Desk Sgt Briggs on Felony Squad as well the films Dragnet and Man In The Shadow.

Louie The Movie Buff

Men Of Character Character Actors

Michael Berryman

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest/ Ellis
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home/ Star Fleet Display Officer
The Hills Have Eyes/ Pluto
The Devil Rejects/ Clevon

Michael John Berryman was born at Los Angeles, CA in 1948

He was born with Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia which is a rare condition leaving him with no sweat glands, hair, fingernails or teeth. Due to his unusual physical appearance the actor has made a career portraying characters in films of the horror genre as well as other B movies.

He came to prominence for his roles in the films One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes.

The film roles of Michael Berryman were:

Doc Savage: The Man Of Bronze (1975) as Coroner

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) as Ellis

The Hills Have Eyes (1977) as Pluto

Another Man, Another Chance (1977) as 1st Bandit

The Fifth Floor (1978) as Mental Patient

Deadly Blessing (1981) as William Gluntz

Voyage Of The Rock Aliens (1984) as Chainsaw

Invitation To Hell (1984) as Valet

The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984) as Pluto

Weird Science (1985) as Mutant Biker

Cut And Run (1985) as Quecho

My Science Project (1985) as Mutant #1

Armed Response (1986) as F C

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) as Star Fleet Display Officer

The Barbarians (1987) as Dirtmaster

The Highwayman (1987-TV) as Chromedome

Off The Mark (1987) as Acme Labs Man

Kenny Rogers As The Gambler: Part III (1987-TV) as Cpl. Catlett

Saturday The 14th Strikes Back (1988) as The Mummy

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) as Sybok Warrier

Ocean (1989-TV Miniseries) as Apartment Building Manager

Aftershock (1990) as Queen

Solar Crisis (1990) as Matthew

Evil Spirits (1990) as Mr. Balzac

Guyver (1991) as Lisker

Wizards Of The Demon Sword (1991) as Highway Man #1

Beastmaster 2: Through The Portal Of Time (1991) as Pilgrim #1

Teenage Exorcist (1991) as Herman

Little Sister (1992) as Teacher

Auntie Lee's Meat Pies (1992) as Larry

Double Dragon (1994) as Maniac Leader

Spy Hard (1996) as Bus Patron With Oxygen Mask

Mojave Moon (1996) as Angel

Gator King (1997) as The Tech

Rebel Yell (2000) as Bouncer

Kenan & Kel: Two Heads Are Better Than None ( 2000-TV) as Chives

The Devil Rejects (2005) as Clevon

The Absence Of Light 2006) as The Seer

Fallen Angels (2006) as Mort

Penny Dreadful (2006) as Gas Station Attendant

The Haunted Casino (2007) as Gil Wachetta

Brothers War (2009) as Colonel Petrov

Smash Cut (2009) as Philip Farnsworth, Jr.

Outrage: Born In Terror (2009) as Obeah

Necrosis (2009) as Seymour

The Tenant (2010) as Arthur Delman

Satan Hates You (2010) as Mr. Harker

Scooby-Doo: Curse Of The Lake Monster (2010-TV) as Zombie Head

Mask Maker (2010) as Fred

Below Zero (2011) as Gunnar

Beg (2011) as Clayton Starks

The Family (2011) as William

The Lords Of Salem (2012) as Virgil Magnus

Self Storage (2013) as Trevor

Army Of The Damned (2013) as Crazy Earl

Smothered (2014) as Michael Berryman

Apocalypse Kiss (2014) as David Horn

Erebus (2014) as Jonah Grane

Kill Or Be Killed (2015) as Dr. Pepperdine

Mr. Berryman has several films in process and announced films that he is working on. These will be added in the future when completed.

Berryman has appeared on television in such programs as Likely Stories-Volume Three, 1st and Ten-The Championship, The Fall Guy, What A Country, Highway To Heaven, Star Trek-The Next Generation, ALF, Tales From The Crypt, The X-Files, Conan, Honey I Shrunk The Kids-The TV Show, Deadtime Stories and Hell's Kitty.

Mr. Berryman is a popular draw at genre conventions such as the 2002 Horrorfind convention in Baltimore.and Crypticon 2008 at Roseville, MN. Other conventions he has appeared at were the third annual San Antonio Horrific Film Fest, the Cinema Wasteland convention and the Eerie Festival in Erie, PA.

Berryman is married and his wife in named Patricia.

I have enjoyed this actor in Star Trek IV, Star Trek V, Penny Dreadful, The Hills Have Eyes, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest and The Lords Of Salem.

Louie The Movie Buff

MARTINE BARTLETT

GENE LYONS

DON MITCHELL

NITA TALBOT

PAMELA SUE MARTIN

LEWIS MARTIN

BELINDA BALASKI

RUSS CONWAY

THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW (SGT. BILKO)

KAAREN VERNE

PHIL SILVERS

RAMON BIERI

HENRY KULKY

JOHN BROMFIELD

REX REASON

LEONARD STRONG

DORIS DAY

ROBERT TAYLOR

BEN ALEXANDER

MICHAEL BERRYMAN