Archive for the 'WESTERN' Category

HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

Today-In-Historytitle

Ed Donahue - Washington, District of Columbia, United States | Professional Profile | LinkedIn   associated-press-3
Ed Donahue
    
    
    
   

José Feliciano Net Worth 2017-2016, Biography, Wiki - UPDATED! - Celebrity Net Worth

GRANDES DE MEXICO : JOSE FELICIANO
José Montserrate Feliciano García is 78 years old today.

The Puerto Rican musician, singer and composer. He recorded
many international hits, including his rendition of
the Doors
"
Light My Fire" and his self-penned Christmas song "Feliz
Navidad
".

bol.com | The Best Of, Jose Feliciano | CD (album) | Muziek

posted by Bob Karm in BIRTHDAY,CURRENT EVENTS,DEATH,DEBUT,HISTORY,MUSIC,Patent,Premier,Refugees,Singers,TV series,WESTERN and have No Comments

FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT IN A TV WESTERN

See the source image
Ronald Reagan (left) with John McIntire in Wagon Train (1963)
“The Fort Pierce Story”.

See the source image

See the source image
Ann Blyth plays the wife of Capt. Winters 
(
Ronald Reagan), whose name was Nancy.

Reagan’s wife at the time was also named
Nancy-
Nancy Reagan, whom he had
married in 1952.

Wagon Train .jpg
The Western series aired 8 seasons: first on NBC-TV (1957 –
1962), and then on
ABC-TV (1962–1965).

posted by Bob Karm in Actors,HISTORY,President,TV series,WESTERN and have No Comments

OUTLAW WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1847

See the source image
Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882)

Seen by some as a vicious murderer and by others as a gallant
Robin Hood, the famous outlaw Jesse Woodson James was
born on September 5, 1847, in Clay County,
Missouri.


See the source image

posted by Bob Karm in BIRTHDAY,HISTORY,Outlaw,WESTERN and have No Comments

REMEMBER THIS WESTERN TV SERIES?

See the source image

See the source image
Chuck Connors (1921-1992) and Johnny Crawford (1946-2021)

The Rifleman aired on ABC from September 30, 1958, to
April 8, 1963, as a production of
Four Star Television. It
was one of the first
primetime series on US television to
show a single parent raising a child.

The series starred Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas
McCain and
Johnny Crawford as his son Mark McCain.

The Rifleman was partially filmed in Wildwood Regional
Park
in Thousand Oaks, California.

See the source image
Chuck Connors with his Winchester Model 44-40 1892 rifle.


When Connors auditioned for the show, the director suddenly
threw a rifle at him; the former
Major League Baseball player
caught it and got the job. (
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

posted by Bob Karm in Actors,Blog question,HISTORY,TV series,WESTERN and have No Comments

WESTERN TV/FILM ACTOR IS DEAD AT 93

See the source image
Clu Gulager (William Martin Gulager)
(November 16, 1928 – August 5, 2022)
 

Gulager first became known for his work in television, appearing
in the co-starring role of William H. Bonney (
Billy the Kid) in the
1960–1962
NBC television series The Tall Man and as Emmett
Ryker in another NBC
Western series, The Virginian.

His first major film role was in Don Siegel‘s The Killers (1964)
with
Lee Marvin and Ronald Reagan in his only movie role as
a villain.

Gulager died Friday of natural causes at the Los Angeles home
of his son John and daughter-in-law Diane.

See the source image






posted by Bob Karm in Actors,CURRENT EVENTS,DEATH,HISTORY,MOVIES,TV series,WESTERN and have No Comments