Archive for September, 2014

MECHANICAL TOYS FROM LUPOR

1949 LUPOR ROAD MASTER

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VERSATILE ACTOR HAS DIED AT 98

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Don Keefer  'Banacek' (1972)
Donald H. "Don" Keefer

(August 18, 1916 – September 7, 2014)

Keefer, a versatile character actor for six decades who
starred in the original 1949 Broadway production of Death
of a Salesman
and made an indelible impression as “a bad
man, a very bad man” on The Twilight Zone, died September
7 of natural causes in his Sherman Oaks home.  

Don Keefer’s longest-lasting roles were in ten episodes each
of the CBS series, Gunsmoke, starring James Arness, and
Angel
, a 1960-1961 sitcom featuring French-American actress
Annie Fargé.

Original air date: November 3, 1961


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Don Keefer from the 1997 Jim Carrey  film, “Liar Liar”

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MARK HAMILL IS 63 TODAY

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Mark Hamill as  Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy

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Mark Richard Hamill was born in Oakland, California, and raised in 
Virginia.

Besides his best known portrayal in the Original Star Wars trilogy, Hamill
also did voice acting as The Joker in Batman, the Animated TV series,
from 1992 to 1995 on Fox.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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Tim Maguire

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Michael Kirk Douglas is 70 years old today

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THE PORTABLE CALCULATOR

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The Baby Calculator was first manufactured in Chicago in 1929 and this one
dates from about 1940.

posted by Bob Karm in HISTORY,Mathematics and have No Comments