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SERIES DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1955

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The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You’ll Never Get Rich, is a sitcom
which ran on CBS-TV from 1955 to 1959. A total of 143 episodes were
broadcast – all half-an-hour long except for a 1959 one-hour live special.

The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko of the
United States Army.

  
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Phil Silvers (Philip Silver) (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985)

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SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1972

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The Waltons
is a CBS television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based
on his book Spencer’s Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The
series originally aired for a total of nine seasons. After the series was
canceled by CBS in 1981, NBC aired three television movie sequels in
1982, with three more in the 1990s on CBS. 

 

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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.


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FILM RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1953

Peter Pan is a animated fantasyadventure film produced by Walt Disney
and based on the play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up by
J. M. Barrie. It is the 14th film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series 
and was originally released by RKO Radio Pictures. Peter Pan is the final
Disney animated feature released through RKO before Walt Disney’s
founding of his own distribution company, Buena Vista.

    

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ACTRESS SALLY FIELD IS 69 TODAY

Sally Margaret Field is known for her film roles in Smokey and the
Bandit
(1977), Norma Rae (1979), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Forrest Gump 
(1994), and Lincoln (2012). She was a High School cheerleader in
Van Nuys, California before starring as Gidget on ABC-TV from
1965 to 1966. She also portrayed Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun
on ABC from 1967 to 1970.  

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