“Eight is enough” was a ABC television series that ran
from March 15, 1977 to August 29, 1981.
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WILLIAM HOLDEN WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1918
William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981)
Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1954 and the Emmy
Award for Best Actor in 1974. He is one of the most popular and well
known movie stars of all time, Holden was one of the biggest box office
draws of the 1950s, he was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the
Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961) and appeared on the American
Film Institute‘s 100 Years…100 Stars list as number 25. He starred
in some of the most popular and critically acclaimed films of all time,
including such blockbusters as The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957),
The Wild Bunch (1969), The Towering Inferno (1974), and Network
(1976).
COMEDIAN BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1917
Hans Georg Conried, Jr. (April 15, 1917 – January 5, 1982)
Hans Conried was an comedian, character actor and popular voice actor who
appeared regularly on many radio shows during the 1940s and 1950s, notably
the George Burns & Gracie Allen Show, on which he played a psychiatrist. His
many television guest appearances included such shows as The Monkees
and I Love Lucy. Conried also was a cast member of The Rocky and Bullwinkle
Show, voicing the character of Snidely Whiplash in the Dudley Do-Right
shorts. He also hosted Fractured Flickers, a live-action syndicated half-hour
television comedy show .Critics regarded Conried as one of the great comic
character actors.
SUPPORTING ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1903
Wardell Edwin "Ward" Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960)
Ward Bond was featured in over 200 movies and the television series
Wagon Train on NBC from 1957-1962 and on ABC from 1962-1965. He
initially starred as the wagon master, but was later replaced upon his
death in 1960 by John McIntire. In 2001, Bond was inducted into the
Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western
Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.
ELVIS WAS ON DECK THIS DAY IN 1956
Elvis Presley made the first of two appearances on The Milton Berle Show,
live from the flight deck of the USS Hancock,San Diego, California. He made
$5,000 for performing "Heartbreak Hotel", "Money, Honey" and "Blue Suede
Shoes".
Elvis (second from left) and Berle (center) during rehearsal for the show
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