Richard Vincent "Dick" Van Patten
Van Patten portrayed columnist dad, Tom Bradford on
ABC’s Eight is Enough from 1977 to 1981. He debuted
as a child actor and model, earning a role on Broadway
at age 7.
Dick co-founded Natural Balance pet food company in 1989.
The cast of “The Goldbergs” during rehearsal of the popular radio show
The program debuted on the NBC Blue Network as “The Rise of the Goldbergs”,
later known as “The Goldbergs” when it moved to CBS in 1936. It was devised by
writer-actress Gertrude Berg as a domestic comedy featuring the home life of a
Jewish tenement family, supposedly located in the Bronx. In addition to writing
the scripts and directing each episode, Berg starred as the Jewish matriarch
Molly Goldberg.
Gertrude Berg
Shirley Mitchell as Lucy’s friend Marion
Shirley Mitchell (November 4, 1919 – November 11, 2013)
(FOXNEWS) – Shirley Mitchell, who was believed to be the last surviving
cast-member of the hit CBS sitcom “I Love Lucy,” died earlier this week.
Mitchell died of heart failure on Monday, according to her sister-in-law
Nancy Olson. The veteran actress played Lucy’s friend Marion Strong
— with the cackling laugh– in the classic show during the 1953 to 1954
season.
The Toledo, Ohio native later appeared in “Perry Mason,” “The Dick
Van Dyke Show” and “The Beverly Hillbillies.”
Mitchell was married to famed film composer Jay Livingston until his
death in 2001.
From left: Scott Baio and Garry Marshall
(The Hollywood Reporter) – Happy Days fans are in for a treat: Legendary TV creator/actor/producer Garry Marshall guest stars in Scott Baio’s new Nick at
Nite series, See Dad Run, on Sunday night.
In the episode, airing at 8 p.m., sitcom star-turned-stay-at-home father David’s
(Baio) TV dad, Bernie (Marshall) visits, but the reunion sours when he runs off
and leaves his new baby. David must convince Bernie that being a real dad will
be his best role.
Baio and Marshall say they’ve kept in touch over the years since Happy Days
ended its 10-year run in 1984. And when the writers were working on this episode,
in the need arose to cast Baio’s TV dad, the actor says Marshall was one of the
names brought up.
Kenneth Ronald “Ken” Berry
Berry is a sitcom actor, dancer and singer. Berry has had success in many television shows, one being with his friend and mentor, Andy Griffith. Berry starred in the very
successful comedies F Troop on ABC (1965-1967) , The Andy Griffith Show spin-off
on CBS Mayberry R.F.D.(1968-1971), and The Carol Burnett Show spin-off Mama’s Family on NBC from 1983-1984 and syndication from 1986-1990. He also appeared
on Broadway.
