Andrew Lewis Prine (February 14, 1936 – October 31, 2022)

Prine was a film, stage, and television character actor. He
died of natural causes while vacationing in Paris at age 86.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and in such television
series as Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Virginian, and Wagon
Train.
     
       
     
      
      
    
    
    
    
   

Andrew Prine in the NBC-TV miniseries “V” (1983)

Original Release: September 18, 1964 – April 8, 1966 on ABC

In the 1960s television series, “Thing”—strictly speaking, a disembodied forearm, since it occasionally emerged from
its box at near-elbow length—was usually played by Ted
Cassidy (below), who also played the lugubrious butler
Lurch.

He also narrated The Incredible Hulk TV series and voiced
The Hulk in the show’s first 2 seasons.

Theodore Crawford Cassidy
(July 31, 1932 – January 16, 1979)

Mannix is a detective television series that ran from 1967 to 1975
on CBS. It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and
developed by executive producer Bruce Geller. The title character,
Joe Mannix, is a private investigator played by actor Mike Connors.

Mike Connors (Krekor Ohanian)
(August 15, 1925 – January 26, 2017) 

Connors died in Tarzana, California, at the
age of 91 on January 26, 2017, a week after
being diagnosed with leukemia.

Mannix and Peggy Fair (Gail Fisher)

CARLATA BRADLEY

Pat Sajak ( Patrick Leonard Sajdak) is 76 years old today.

Sajak is a television personality and game show host. He is
best known as the host of the American television game
show Wheel of Fortune, a position he has held since 1981.

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

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.

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