THE PUBLIC DEFENDER DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1954

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The Public Defender was a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series
starring Reed Hadley (above) as attorney Bart Matthews. The series aired
on CBS until June 23, 1955.

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CHUCK NORRIS IS 71 TODAY

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Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris is a martial arts expert and actor who, after a 
stint in the U.S. Air Force, began his rise to fame in martial arts and has
since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do. As a result of his "tough guy"
image, Norris appeared in a number of action films, such as Way of  the
Dragon
(1971) in which he starred alongside Bruce Lee and was Cannon
Group movie studio’s leading star in the 1980s. He next played the starring
role in the CBS television series Walker,Texas Ranger from 1993 to 2001.

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RADIO SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1945

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Those Websters was a radio situation comedy series starring Willard Waterman
(shown below) and Constance Crowder as George and Jane Webster. The program
was launched in New York and then moved to Chicago for a short spell before finishing its run from Hollywood. It was heard Friday evenings at 9:30pm on CBS from March 9, 1945 to February 22, 1946 with Quaker Oats as the sponsor. On March 3, 1946, the series moved to Mutual where it aired Sundays at 6pm until August 22, 1948. Two years after this series came to an end, Waterman replaced Harold Peary as the title character in The Great Gildersleeve in 1950.
 

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Willard Waterman

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PATRICIA HEATON TURNED 53 TODAY

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Actress Patricia Heaton is best known for playing Ray Barone’s wife Debra on
the CBS-TV sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996 – 2005). In 2007, she
made a return to sitcom television opposite Kelsey Grammer in the FOX
comedy series Back to You, which was canceled in 2008. She is currently
starring in the ABC comedy series The Middle.

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Patricia Heaton with Everybody Loves Raymond costar, Ray Ramano

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Patricia Heaton with Neil Flynn from TV series The Middle

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ROBERT CONRAD ~ 76 TODAY

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Actor Robert Conrad is best known for his role in the CBS-TV series The
Wild Wild West
(1965 – 1969) , in which he played the sophisticated Secret
Service agent James T. West, and his portrayal of World War II flying ace Pappy Boyington in the NBC-TV series Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976 – 1978). He was
a recording artist of pop/rock songs in the early 1960s as Bob Conrad before
he started acting. He currently hosts a weekly 2 hour national radio show
called “The PM Show with Robert Conrad” heard on CRN Digital Talk Radio.  
 

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Robert Conrad with co-star Ross Martin (left) 

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Robert Conrad in Baa Baa Black Sheep

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