Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s musical film The Sound of Music was directed by Robert Wise and starred Julie Andrews (above) and Christopher
Plummer. It won a total of five Academy Awards including Best Picture in 1965
and is one of the most popular musicals ever produced. The cast album was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The film ultimately
grossed over $158 million at the U.S. and Canada box office, and displaced
Gone With the Wind as the all-time champion.

Christopher Plummer from The Sound of Music 

 
Buffalo Bob Smith was the voice of Howdy, the freckled-
faced marionette. The show had a thirteen-year run on NBC.

  

                        Howdy on the set

Clarabell The Clown, left,  was originally played by
Bob Keeshan who later became Captain Kangaroo.

                     The audience for show

Christopher Plummer as Captain Georg Von Trapp in
Sound of Music,1965.

Christopher portrayed the Klingon General Chang in 
Star Trek VI: The undiscovered Country,1991.