Jodie Foster in her first major film, “Taxi Driver”(1976).
Actor,director/producer and four-time Academy Award
winner Jodie Foster has turned 48 today.
1988
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1994
19
Nov
IT’S JODIE FOSTER’S BIRTHDAY TODAY!
16
Nov
ACTOR BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1907
Character actor Burgess Meredith died
September 9, 1997 at the age of 89.
Twilight Zone……“Time Enough at Last”(1959).
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Trainer Mickey Goldmill in the Rocky films.
The Penguin in the Batman TV series.
Burgess as the father of Jack Lemmon’s
character in “Grumpy Old Men”(1993).
”drop that fish!”
15
Nov
PORTLAND’S “COWBOY BOB”!
Cowboy movie star Bob Steel was born Robert Adrian Bradbury
in Portland, Oregon, January 23, 1907 into a vaudeville family.
The Bradbury’s settled in Hollywood in the late 1910’s after
years of touring. Bob’s father found work in movies as
an actor and later as a director. In the 1920 he hired Bob
and his twin brother Bill as young leads for a series of
adventure moves entitled “The Adventures of Bob and
Bill”. As a result of this movie exposure he was hired by a
booking office to star in a series of Westerns in
1927. Steel soon made a name for himself and
in the late 1920’s to the 1940’s he starred in ‘B’
Westerns for many minor film studios, including
Republic. Bob did have a role in a major film, a 1939
adaptation of the Steinbeck novel “OF MICE AND MEN”.
By the 1940’s Steel’s career began to decline, but he kept
himself working by accepting supporting roles in many
movie’s and lots of television work, culminating with
his regular supporting role in the comedy TV series
“F Troop”(1965 – 1967). He played the character of Trooper
Duffy. Bob died at 81 on December 21, 1988 from emphysema.
1932 1944
Bob Steel in the 1960’s
09
Nov
RADIO’S EARLY DAY’S
‘The Lone Ranger’ premiered January 30,1933 on WXYZ radio in Detroit. It then moved to the Mutual Broadcasting System and finally to NBC’s Blue Network, which became ABC. The last episode was broadcast on September 3, 1954. The lead role was played by several actor’s, the most remembered was the shows announcer for a few years, Brace Beemer, pictured above. He played the role till the final show. Beemer
also protrayed “Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon” for a brief time.
also protrayed “Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon” for a brief time.
posted by Bob Karm in RADIO and have No Comments
09
Nov
THE ‘HULK’ IS 59 YEAR’S OLD TODAY
Lou ferrigno played the Hulk in the CBS network TV series based on the
marvel comic book character. It starred Bill Bixby as Dr. David Banner.
The show aired from March, 1978 to June, 1982. Lou was the only actor
that appeared in every episode during it’s run.
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