Paladin1950
Still love 50's & 60's music!
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- Mohawk Valley, NY
I remember seeing him in the 1958 Zsa Zsa Gabor science fiction movie Queen of Outer Space.
Obscure Actors that we rememeber from our childhood
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debodun
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- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
Jerome Cowan - character actor who often portrayed stuffy or authoritarian businessmen.
debodun
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- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
Bill McLean - did a few movies as supporting characters and many guest spots in TV shows in the 1950s-70s.
debodun
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- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
Nita Talbot - usually portrayed ditsy or amorous women. Guested in numerous TV shows in the 1960s & 70s.
debodun
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- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
Richard Lee-Sung
Played comedic Asian characters. Popped up from time to time on "M*A*S*H".
Played comedic Asian characters. Popped up from time to time on "M*A*S*H".
debodun
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- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
Ernie Kovacs. Comedian and actor. Hardy obscure in the 1950s & 60s. Made a few movies, best know for his eponymous TV show. Passed away tragically at a young age in a car accident.
debodun
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- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
Henry Calvin - best know for his portrayal of officious and bumbling Sergeant Garcia in the 1950s TV series "Zorro". Also was in the Disney movie "Toby Tyler". It is alleged that he had to shave with a special razor while working on "Zorro" so he could maintain his stubbly beard.
debodun
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- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
Henry did a spot-on impersonation of Oliver Hardy on "The Dick Van Dyke Show".
debodun
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- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
Tim Donnelly - appeared in several of Jack Webb productions in the 1960 & 70s. Perhaps best remembered as smart-aleck fireman, Chet Kelly, on "Emergency!".
Timewise 60+
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Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
debodun
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- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
Roger C. Carmel - mainly a stage actor, he appeared in many TV series as a guest star. Arguably his most memorable role was as Harry Mudd in the "Star Trek" episode, "Mudd's Women".
debodun
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- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
Hal Smith - made an acting career of playing a bumbling, confused, middle-aged man. Most remember him as the town drunk, Otis Campbell, on "The Andy Griffith Show" where he was a frequent occupant of a jail cell.
debodun
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- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
Billy Nelson - appeared in a handful of movies and TV shows, but is likely best remembered for playing comically inept crooks in the 1950s series "The Adventures of Superman".
debodun
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- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
James Callahan - did many guest appearances in TV shows in the 1960s to the 1980s. Had a regular recurring role as press secretary to Governor Drinkwater in the 1960s TV series "The Governor and J.J.". One of his most moving roles was on "M*A*S*H" playing an old friend of Hawkeye's who is fatally wounded in the episode "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet".
ChiroDoc
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- Location
- The Dixie Riviera
I loved that show as a kid!
debodun
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- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
Robert Emhardt. Usually played unscrupulous, sleazy characters. A good example was his role in Alfred Hitchcock's TV series episode "Road Hog".
debodun
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- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
Mariette Hartley - appeared in numerous movies and TV shows playing a wide variety of characters.
