Samuel Pack "Sam" Elliott was born in Sacramento, California and moved
from California to Oregon with his family during his teenage years, where he
graduated from David Douglas High School in Portland. He attended Clark
College in Vancouver, Washington. He worked in construction while studying
acting in Los Angeles and served in the California Army National Guard.
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SAM ELLIOTT IS 70 TODAY
TODAY IN HISTORY
VETERAN ACTOR IS DEAD AT 98
Eli Wallach as Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Eli Herschel Wallach (December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014)
Wallach died on Tuesday, June 24, in New York from natural causes.
DENNIS WEAVER’S BIRTHDAY
William Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006)
Weaver played the role of Deputy Chester on the long-running CBS
television series, Gunsmoke beginning in 1955 and later the Marshal
McCloud on the NBC series, McCloud (1970-1977). He also appeared
in the 1971 made for TV movie Duel, the first film of director Steven
Spielberg.
“ THE STORYTELLER” IS 78 TODAY
Hall has written 11 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10,
including the No. 1 international pop crossover smash "Harper Valley PTA"
and the hit "I Love", which reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. As a
teenager, he played in a band called Kentucky Travelers that would play
before the beginning of movies. Tom T. Hall was inducted into the Country
Music Hall of Fame in 2008.
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