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AL PACINO IS 76 TODAY

 


Alfredo James "Al" Pacino was born in Manhattan, New York.

Pacino had his breakthrough as Michael Corleone in the Godfather trilogy
(1972-1974-1990). He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role
as Frank Slade in the 1992 film Scent of a Woman. He is also known for
his starring roles in Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Scarface (1983), and
Serpico (1972). He developed a love for acting at an early age when
he participated in the majority of his school’s productions.


1992

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TV SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1967

The television series Ironside is a crime drama that ran on NBC from 1967 to
1975. It starred Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside, a consultant for the San
Francisco Police. The character debuted on March 28, 1967, in a TV movie
called "A Man Called Ironside". The series earned Burr six Emmy and two
Golden Globe nominations.


Raymond William Stacey Burr (May 21, 1917 – September 12, 1993)

In 1996, Burr was listed as one of the 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time by TV
Guide
. A 2014 study found that Burr was rated as the favorite actor by Netflix
customers.

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SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1956

 

Indictment was a popular radio drama aired on the CBS network and it
started on January 29, 1956, airing up to 1959. This show was based
on the case files of former New York City Assistant District Attorney
Eleazer Lipsky. The subject of the show was the step-by-step account
of the handling of criminal cases leading to an indictment brought by
Assistant District Attorney Edward McCormick, played by Nat  Polen. 


Nat Polen, known for his role as
Dr. James Craig on ABC-TV’s
soap opera ”One Life to Live.”

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RADIO SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1946


J. Scott Smart

 

The Fat Man, a popular radio show during the 1940s and early 1950s was a
detective drama based on characters by Dashiell Hammett. It starred J. Scott
Smart
(above) in the title role, as a detective who started out anonymous but
rapidly acquired the name ‘Brad Runyon’.

Broadcast from the studios of WJZ in Newark, New Jersey, the series premiered
on the ABC Radio Network on Monday, January 21, 1946, at 8:30pm, as part of
a block of four new programs and ran until 1951. Based on Dashiell Hammett’s
fiction, The Fat Man was further developed by producer, E.J. Rosenberg. The
program was directed by Clark Andrews, creator of Big Town, and Charles
Powers. The main writer was Richard Ellington, with other scripts by Robert
Sloane and Lawrence Klee.

                  

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TV SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1951

Dragnet title screen.jpg

After a successful run on radio, Dragnet became popular enough to move to
NBC television where it debuted as a special preview on "Chesterfield Sound
Off Time". The show began officially on January 3, 1952 and aired until August
23, 1959. 
 


Jack Webb as Joe Friday (L) and Ben Alexander as Frank Smith.

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