Starring from left: Robert Culp, William Katt, and Connie Sellecca.
The series premiered as a two-hour pilot movie on March 18, 1981,
and ran until February 2, 1983 on ABC. It was created by producer
Stephen J. Connell.
William Theodore Katt will be 72 years old in February.
Stuart Margolin (January 31, 1940 – December 12, 2022)
Stuart Margolin, the character actor and James Garner buddy
best known for portraying the smarmy yet sweet con man
Evelyn “Angel” Martin on The Rockford Files, has died. He
was 82.
Margolin died Monday, his stepson, actor Max Martini
(The Unit), reported on Instagram. Another stepson,
director Christopher Martini, told The Hollywood Reporter
that Margolin died of natural causes in Staunton, Virginia.
Stuart Margolin and James Garner.
Richard Wayne “Dick” Van Dyke is 97 years old today.
On December 13, 1925, Dick Van Dyke, the actor who would
become known for his performances in such movie classics
as Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as well as the
popular 1960s TV sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, was born
in West Plains, Missouri.
Van Dyke, who was raised in Danville, Illinois, served in the
Army Air Force during World War II and in the 1950s took
various acting jobs and hosted a series of TV game shows.
In 1960, he starred on Broadway in Bye Bye Birdie, a role
which earned him a Tony Award. The following year, he
signed on to play comedy writer Rob Petrie on The Dick
Van Dyke Show.
1964
Initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 to June 1, 1966.
Magnum, P.I. is a crime drama television series starring Tom
Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living
on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980 to
May 8, 1988 during its first-run broadcast on the American
television network CBS. Magnum, P.I. consistently ranked in
the top 20 U.S. television programs in the Nielsen ratings
during the first five years of its original run in the U.S.,
finishing as high as number three.
Kirstie Louise Alley (January 12, 1951 – December 5, 2022)
Kristie Alley died today following a short battle with cancer
that had only been recently discovered.
Her breakout role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom
Cheers (1987–1993), for which she received an Emmy Award
and a Golden Globe in 1991. From 1997 to 2000, she starred
in the sitcom Veronica’s Closet, earning additional Emmy a
nd Golden Globe nominations.
