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WELL KNOWN CHRACTER ACTOR IS DEAD

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Andrew Lewis Prine (February 14, 1936 – October 31, 2022)

Prine was a film, stage, and television character actor. He
died of natural causes while vacationing in
Paris at age 86.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and in such television
series as
Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Virginian, and Wagon
Train
.
     
       
     
      
      
    
    
    
    
   

Andrew Prine in the NBC-TV miniseries “V” (1983)

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HE PLAYED THE ‘’THING’’ ON THE TV SERIES

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Original Release: September 18, 1964 – April 8, 1966 on ABC

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In the 1960s television series, “Thing”—strictly speaking, a disembodied forearm, since it occasionally emerged from
its box at near-elbow length—was usually played by
Ted
Cassidy
(below), who also played the lugubrious butler
Lurch.

He also narrated The Incredible Hulk TV series and voiced
The Hulk in the show’s first 2 seasons.

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Theodore Crawford Cassidy
(July 31, 1932 – January 16, 1979)

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POPULAR TELEVISION DETECTIVE SERIES

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Mannix is a detective television series that ran from 1967 to 1975
on
CBS
. It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and
developed by executive producer Bruce Geller. The title character,
Joe Mannix, is a
private investigator played by actor Mike Connors.

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Mike Connors (Krekor Ohanian)
(August 15, 1925 – January 26, 2017) 

Connors died in Tarzana, California, at the
age of 91 on January 26, 2017, a week after
being diagnosed with
leukemia.

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Mannix and Peggy Fair (Gail Fisher)

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FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT IN A TV WESTERN

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Ronald Reagan (left) with John McIntire in Wagon Train (1963)
“The Fort Pierce Story”.

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Ann Blyth plays the wife of Capt. Winters 
(
Ronald Reagan), whose name was Nancy.

Reagan’s wife at the time was also named
Nancy-
Nancy Reagan, whom he had
married in 1952.

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The Western series aired 8 seasons: first on NBC-TV (1957 –
1962), and then on
ABC-TV (1962–1965).

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VERSATILE ACTOR/WRITER HAS DIED AT 67

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Leslie Allen Jordan (April 29, 1955 – October 24, 2022)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leslie Jordan, the actor whose wry
Southern drawl and versatility made him a comedy and drama
standout on TV series including “Will & Grace” and “American
Horror Story,” has died. The Emmy-winner, whose videos turned
him into a social media star during the pandemic.

Jordan died after his car hit the side of a building in Hollywood
after having experienced a possible medical episode which led

to the crash. He was declared dead at the scene.

FILE - Actor and comedian Leslie Jordan appears on FOX News Channel's late-night talk show "Gutfeld!" at the FOX News studios on Thursday, July 28, 2022, in New York. Jordan, the Emmy-winning actor whose wry Southern drawl and versatility made him a comedy and drama standout on TV series including “Will & Grace” and “American Horror Story,” has died. He was 67. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Jordan appeared as one of four guest panelists on July 28,
2022, on the Gutfeld! TV show on
Fox News.  

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