Have you ever met anyone "famous" ?

Broderick Crawford would come into the bar we visited once in a while. Never spoke to him.
 

kteas1 said:
Hmmm. Merry a lot probably don't remember them all. John Wayne, Michael Landon. My uncle did some TV and movies. He did a lot of guest appearances on Bonanza. Played Pat Garret in the movie Chisum with John Wayne. He drove the Corvette in the last season of Route 66. His name was Glenn Corbett. Not many heard of him, but he was always busy with TV, or the movies. Through him met a lot of people.

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Glenn Corbett had beautiful eyes. I remember him well, and liked him.
 

A few. Some planned & some by chance.

As one of those "child prodigy" musicians, I had to take photo sessions with some celebrities - George Burns, Debbie Reynolds. Ms. Reynolds wasn't shy, but I was - at 16. Before the photo, she grabbed my arm, put it around her & said, "Hey...you NEVER stand next to a beautiful woman without touching her." LOL!!!

I was at the TV studio for more photos with the cast of "Green Acres." I've always loved animals, so when I was wandering around the studio, I found that huge pig that was on the show. I sat on the floor & he sat next to me. After an hour, the photographer found me & said, "Where the hell have you been; we've been looking for you for an hour; ya know how much time costs here?" Well....no, I didn't know, & didn't care; I'd rather spend time with an animal than most people, anyway.

When I was around 20, I drove to Las Vegas with friends. We arrived at 2am & were walking around the casino at Ceasar's Palace. I saw Lorne Greene chatting with George Burns. A couple of teen-age girls walked by & one of them said, "Ooooh, George, you're so sexy." Lorne said, "Hey....what about me?" All of us LOL'd.

23 years ago, I flew to Youngstown, OH for my cousin's wedding. The flight stopped in Houston, TX for a couple of hours. I was in the restroom washing my hands & Brian Dennehy walked in. We chatted for a minute. I remember thinking, "Even when he smiles, he looks like he's angry."

I was on a lunch break from work & I was sitting in my car in front of a health food store. I noticed a guy parked next to me sitting in his car. He was slumped down in the seat with his head down, also eating. A couple of girls walked by his car & started giggling; they recognized him - Dennis Weaver. He signed a napkin for them, then looked at me, frustrated. I said to him, "Well, nice try at not being recognized."

I was in a restaurant with my girlfriend. David Soul walked in, dressed exactly as he dressed on "Starsky & Hutch;" that brown jacket & blue jeans. My girlfriend really liked him & she wanted an autograph. I said maybe she shouldn't bother him. She couldn't resist. He was really nice; he autographed a napkin & wrote "Much Joy, Andrea" on it.
 
After an Alice Cooper concert, my girlfriend and I were hanging out near the stage, waiting for the crowd to thin out so we could leave. I started checking out some of the equipment that was being taken down and someone held out a cable to me and said "Would you mind holding this right here for a second? Thanks." It was Vincent Furnier aka Alice Cooper. Guess he thought I was part of the electronics crew.
 
My wife and I went to California back in1993 with another couple that were friends of ours. We started by flying into San Francisco and stayed there for a few days so they could tour the Wharf, ride the cable cars and take the trip out to Alcatraz.

My friend is an avid golfer, so as we drove down the PCH, we just had to drive through Pebble Beach Golf Club. We parked in the lot opposite the Pro Shop because he wanted to go inside and buy a few souvenirs. When we exited the car and started walking over to the shop, there was a practice green for putting. On the green was pro golfer, Greg Norman. We saw all kinds of cameras set up and later learned that there was going to be a big tournament that weekend, which was also Super Bowl weekend.

OK, so when we had just opened the door to the Pro Shop, there were two gentlemen coming out. I immediately recognized the one as Jack Nicklaus and when the other one faced me, I then recognized him as Clint Eastwood. I said hi to Clint as he faced me, smiled and said hello. I quickly asked Jack if he was going to give Clint some lessons and he told me he didn’t need any lessons. I never thought Clint would be a golfer.
 
I shook hands with G. Gordon Liddy once after he spoke at the University of Central Florida in the early 80's and got a poster of him advertising the event autographed.

I gave Howard Schnellenberger a ride from the airport to an office building downtown to attend a meeting. He coached the Miami Hurricanes to a National Championship in 1983, had coached the Baltimore Colts and recruited Joe Namath to Alabama for Bear Bryant.

Shook hands with Doc Severinsen when he did a free show at a bandshell in a downtown park.

NancyNGA said:
I watched Pernell Roberts shooting a scene on a small boat docked in San Francisco, for his series Trapper John, M.D., I assume. Didn't get close enough to meet.
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I am supposed to be related to him. From what I understand, my paternal grandmother was a cousin of his.
 
I grew up in the same neighborhood as Frankie Avalon, Fabian, and Bobby Rydell. I got to meet them a lot and Bobby married a girl in my sister's high school class. I got to meet Johnny Mathis and Nate King Cole and my Mom got to kiss Dean Martin.
 
kteas1 said:
Hmmm. Merry a lot probably don't remember them all. John Wayne, Michael Landon. My uncle did some TV and movies. He did a lot of guest appearances on Bonanza. Played Pat Garret in the movie Chisum with John Wayne. He drove the Corvette in the last season of Route 66. His name was Glenn Corbett. Not many heard of him, but he was always busy with TV, or the movies. Through him met a lot of people.

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I remember Glenn Corbett.
 
Probably the most "famous" person I ever met was Sam Walton...the founder of Walmart. I used to go down to Bentonville, AK., every few months to assist in any major IT upgrades that corporation was doing. One time, during the mid 1980's, they had a major upgrade of their main processors, and I spent about a week helping. Sam checked in a few times to see how things were going, and when we had it all done, he took us all out to a local steak house for a great dinner. We chatted for an hour or two, and he was a really nice guy.
 
PamfromTx said:
1) Frankie Avalon ~ 1973, Houston.

2) Tom Selleck and the entire cast of Magnum, PI... in Hawaii ~ 1982.

3) Prince at the San Antonio Airport, early 1990s.
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I forgot that we went to a live performance by some of the professional dancers of Dancing With The Stars and spotted Drew Scott (HGTV) a few seats behind us. McAllen, Texas 2017

And lastly, we saw Tio Los Panchos (long story) perform in McAllen, Texas. Los Panchos are regarded as one of the top musical trios of all time and one of the most influential Latin American artists of all time.
 
Tom Gaddis who wrote Bird Man of Alcatraz. He helped me get my first article in the Oregonian about the murders my brother committed. Barnaby Conrad, who wrote, Matador and Time Is All We Have. Steve Allen, Anita Clay Kornfeld. I used to go to writers' conferences in Santa Barbara.
 
I forgot to mention that I got to meet JFK when he was running for President. There was a parade near my school and the Nun's let us all go to the parade and he shook my hand.
 
In my line of work I get to meet and photograph quite a few. Not many globally famous but a few - and a lot that are more locally famous.

A few you may have heard of from the last couple of years.

Prince Charles
Prince Harry
Sir Ian McKellen
Carl Fogarty
Lionel Richie
Jools Holland
Peter Kay
 
In both hubs and mine line of work we meet and work with celebrities every day... not me now, I took early retirement at 62, but hubs still very much involved...and has been for over 40 years
 
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hollydolly said:
In both hubs and mine line of work we meet and work with celebrities every day... not me now, I too early retirement, but hubs still very much involved...a nd has been for over 40 years
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In the line of work I did, and my involvement in a couple non profits now, I have met and still meet a lot of "famous" people.
Some became friends over the years, especially if you include sports figures.
I cannot go through the list here for obvious reasons.
 
J.B Books said:
In the line of work I did, and my involvement in a couple non profits now, I have met and still meet a lot of "famous" people.
Some became friends over the years, especially if you include sports figures.
I cannot go through the list here for obvious reasons.
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well we actually work in Showbiz...or again, I should say just hubs now... but of course I don't like to go through name dropping , or couldn't possibly even remember everyone we've worked with or met throughout the years .. however that said, we do have or had people who are well known in various fields of the arts living near us.. famous band members, to singers, and authors and TV personalities..

It's not something aside from a few close friends on this forum in private conversation that I've ever discussed in public...
 
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hollydolly said:
well we actually work in Showbiz...or again, I should say just hubs now... but of course I don't like to go through name dropping , or couldn't possibly even remember everyone we've worked with or met throughout the years .. however that said, we do have or had people who are well known in various fields of the arts living near us.. famous band members, to singers, and authors and TV personalities..

It's not something aside from a few close friends on this forum in private conversation that I've ever discussed in public...
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Exactly. I need to keep my relative anonymity in the on-line world.
I cannot possibly go through a list of people or my personal involvement because there is a level of trust and professionalism I have to adhere to.
 
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