JAMIE FOXX IS 43 YEARS OLD TODAY!

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Jamie Foxx and co-star Garcelle Beauvais . The TV sitcom was
seen on the WB Network from 1996 to 2001. Jamie chose his
stage name as a tribute to comedian Redd Foxx, shown below.

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Redd Foxx was a co-star on the NBC sitcom Sanford
and Son
from 1972 to 1977. 
“Elizabeth, I’m coming to join ya, honey!”

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NEWSCASTER BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1911


                               CHET  HUNTLEY
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                     December 10, 1911  –  March 20, 1974

CHET HUNTLY ON CBS
A young Chet Huntley conducting an interview on CBS radio.

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Chet, left, with NBC News co-anchor David Brinkley.

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MICHAEL DORN IS 58 TODAY

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Michael Dorn as Klingon Worf in the Star Trek: Next
Generation
and Deep Space Nine TV series.

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Michael Dorn was a regular on the NBC TV series “CHiPs”
which aired from 1977 to 1983. His first movie role  was in
ROCKY (1976).

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WINK MARTINDALE IS 76 TODAY

                       (WINK ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW)

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Wink Martindale started his career as DJ at the
age of 17 on WPLI radio in Jackson, Tennessee
and in later years hosted numerous television
game shows.

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TICK – TAC – DOUGH was on NBC from 1956 to
1959 and on CBS from 1978 to 1986.

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“WHAT A REVOLTIN’ DEVELOPMENT THIS IS!”

LIFE OF RILEY ON RADIO MAIN

William Bendix was Chester A. Riley in one of radios
great situation comedies…The Life of Riley. The show
initially aired on the Blue Network, later known as ABC,
from Jan 16, 1944 to June 8, 1945. It then moved to NBC
where it was broadcast from September 8, 1945 until June
29, 1951. Riley and his co-worker Gilles were wing riveters
at the fictional Cunningham Aircraft plant in California.

Riley’s radio family included his wife Peg, played by 
Paula Winslowe and their two children, daughter Babs,
who was played by various actors, and a son named
Jr. played by Tommy Cook. The most memorable
character was Digby (Digger) O’Dell the “Friendly 
Undertaker” portrayed by actor John Brown who
also was Gilles. The series made the transition to
Television in 1949 on NBC.

 

PAULA WINSLOWE         RILEY AND JR.
             Paula Winslowe                                  Tommy Cook & William Bendix.
 
 

 

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