ACTOR DEAN STOCKWELL IS 75 TODAY

Dean Stockwell is an actor of film and television, active for over 60 years 
and unlike many child actors, he continued to act well past his teenage
years. He is most known for his role as Rear Admiral Albert “Al” Calavicci
in the NBC television series Quantum Leap (1989 – 1993) and in the Sci 
Fi revival of Battlestar Glactica as Brother Cavil.

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Young Dean Stockwell in Anchors Aweigh (1945)

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Dean Stock as a Japanese soldier in  A Quality of Mercy a Twilight Zone
episode in 1961.

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Dean Stockwell with costar Scott Bakula, right, in Quantum Leap

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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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KAREN GRASSLE TURNED 69 TODAY

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Actress Karen Grassle is best known for her role as Caroline Ingalls, the
wife of Michael Landon’s character on the NBC television series Little
House on the Prairie
(1974 – 1983).

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Karen Grassle with Michael Landon in Little House on the Prairie  
 

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YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1950

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Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute NBC-TV variety show appearing
weekly on Saturday nights from February 25, 1950 until June 5, 1954. It
featured Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca (shown above). Other featured
performers were Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, and Nanette Fabray.

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Howard Morris (right) with Sid Caesar during a skit from the show 

Skit with Sid Caeser, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris from Your Show of Shows

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Nanette Fabray with Sid Caesar

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DEBRA JO RUPP TURNED 60 TODAY

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Debra Jo Rupp is best known for her role as Kitty Forman on the long-running Fox
sitcom, That ‘70s Show (1998 – 2006). She is also known for playing the role of  
Alice on the fourth and fifth seasons of Friends on NBC-TV. Debra is currently
starring on the ABC sitcom Better With You.

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Debra Jo Rupp in That ‘70s Show

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Debra in a scene from Better With You

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