(1933 – 2022)

(Fox News) – According to a Los Angeles Times
obituary, Richard Roat, who acted on iconic shows
such as "Friends," "The Golden Girls," and "Seinfeld," 
died suddenly on Aug. 5 in Orange County, Calif. No
other details about his death were disclosed.

With over 135 acting roles to his name, Roat portrayed
numerous characters on television, movies and even
Broadway.

He once played the late Betty White‘s boyfriend on her
sitcom "The Golden Girls" and appeared alongside Jay
Leno (below) in the 1978 made-for-TV movie "Almost
Heaven."

William de Clerq Reynolds
(December 9, 1931 – August 24, 2022)

William Reynolds, who portrayed crime-stopping
Special Agent Tom Colby opposite Efrem Zimbalist
Jr. on the final seven seasons of the ABC crime
drama The F.B.I., has died.

A family spokesperson said Reynolds died Wednesday
in Wildomar, California, from non-COVID 19 complicated
pneumonia. 

The Los Angeles native also starred in three other series,
all short-lived: as the trumpet player on the 1959 NBC
drama Pete Kelly’s Blues, created by Jack Webb; on
ABC’s The Islanders, a 1960-61 adventure show set in
the East Indies; and on the World War II-set The Gallant
Men, which ran on ABC from 1962-63.

William Reynolds in an episode of Twilight Zone.

Chuck Connors (1921-1992) and Johnny Crawford (1946-2021)

The Rifleman aired on ABC from September 30, 1958, to
April 8, 1963, as a production of Four Star Television. It
was one of the first primetime series on US television to
show a single parent raising a child.

The series starred Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas
McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son Mark McCain.

Chuck Connors with his Winchester Model 44-40 1892 rifle.

When Connors auditioned for the show, the director suddenly
threw a rifle at him; the former Major League Baseball player
caught it and got the job. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Charles Robert Redford Jr. is a actor, director and producer
and the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy
Award from four nominations, a British Academy Film Award,
Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2014, two Golden Globe
Awards, the Cecil B. DeMille Award and Time named him one
of the 100 most influential people in the world. He’s 36 today.

Appearing on stage in the late 1950s, Redford’s television
career began in 1960, including an appearance on The
Twilight Zone in 1962 (below).

The Twilight Zone episode: "Nothing in the Dark."

1969

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock  (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980)

Alfred Hitchcock was an English filmmaker widely regarded as one
of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of
which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the
"Master of Suspense", he became as well known as any of his
actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo roles in most
of his films, and his hosting and producing the television
anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65).

His films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six
wins, although he never won the award for Best Director despite
five nominations.