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THE FACE IS FAMILIAR... BUT I CAN'T PLACE THE NAME!

Same Actor / Different Character ~ Part 1: "I Love Lucy"

It used to be quite common for actors to be cast in multiple roles on the same series. Not in principal parts, certainly, but in supporting and minor characters. Lucycoms were no exception. Although the world created by these shows was representative of reality, the characters who populated them often gave viewers Deja vu.

For the purposes of this discussion, we won't include background performers (aka extras) as they were nearly always drawn from the same pool of actors. Also, those who played multiple characters need to have at least two of them identified by name. We will, however, include "the "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours" in our discussion of "I Love Lucy".

FRANK NELSON

A busy character actor, Frank Nelson has the distinction of being the only performer to play more than one recurring character (a character seen in more than one episode) on "I Love Lucy": Quizmaster Freddie Fillmore and Westport neighbor Ralph Ramsey. In addition, he played a nearsighted waiter, a TV host, a policeman, a a talent scout, a customs officer, a cruise director, and (perhaps most famously) a train conductor. His turn as the conductor was so memorable, he reprised it on "The Lucy Show" in 1963. Lucy has worked with Nelson on her radio show and new that audiences loved him - so she had no problem engaging him time and time again.

CHARLES LANE

Another familiar face was veteran character actor Charles Lane. Instead of radio, Lane came from the world of film, having done several pictures with William Frawley. He played a total of six characters, including Mr. Stanley, father of nine girls when "Lucy Goes to the Hospital." He followed up with Mr. Hickox "The Business Manager", a casting director, a passport office clerk, a uranium claims officer, and (like Nelson) a customs official, this time at the Mexican border. Lucille Ball created a role for him on "The Lucy Show", only to let him go to make way for a similar character when Gale Gordon finally became available. But that didn't stop Lane, who kept acting until he died at the age of 102!

MARY JANE CROFT

Before settling into the role of Betty Ramsey (with Frank Nelson as her husband Ralph), Croft played the role of Lucy Ricardo's old chum Cynthia Harcourt, who's request for a charitable donation forces Lucy to take a job as a woman from Mars. She returned to new mother Evelyn Bigsby, who sits next to Lucy on the plane home from Europe. Interestingly, Frank Nelson is also in this episode. Just a few months later the pair are back as the Ramseys. Viewers didn't need to have long memories to think the Ricardos' Westport neighbors looked familiar.

ELIZABETH PATTERSON

Viewers fondly remember Patterson as Mrs. Trumbull, the lovable spinster who babysat Little Ricky. On her first episode in 1953, the character was irascible, but grew more likeable over the seven more appearances that followed. Many forget that when Lucy and Ricky renewed their vows in Greenwich Connecticut, Patterson played Mrs. Willoughby the mayor! Mr. Willoughby was played by....

IRVING BACON

Bacon wore many hats (literally) as the man who greeted the Ricardos in Greenwich. But he must've done something right because he was asked back to play Will Potter when the gang drove through "Ethel's Hometown" on their way to Hollywood.

KATHRYN CARD

Best remembered as the scatterbrained Mrs. McGillicuddy, Card was nearly unrecognizable when she was first seen on the series, as Minnie Finch's brusque neighbor in "Fan Magazine Interview" (1954). Mother (she never had a first name) was seen in seven episodes in 1955 and 1956.

HERB VIGRAN

Busy character man Herb Vigran started on "I Love Lucy" playing Jule, Ricky's music agent in two 1952 episodes. But when Lucy's washing machine goes on the fritz, Vigran shows up as Joe, a repairman who also happens to be Mrs. Trumbull's nephew. He also was seen as Hal Sparks, the publicity man who convinces Lucy and Ethel to dress as women from Mars at the top of the Empire State Building.

PARLEY BAER

Baer’s first collaboration with Lucille Ball was playing MGM’s Mr. Reilly in "Ricky Needs an Agent” (1955). He returned to the series as Connecticut furniture salesman Mr. Perry in "Lucy Gets Chummy with the Neighbors” (1957).

SHEPARD MENKEN

Menken did four different characters from season one to season six. He adopted a French accent to teach Lucy to Apache dance as Jean Valjean Raymond, sold Lucy clay as art store salesman William Abbott, examined Lucy's vision as an eye doctor, and reverted to his French accent to sell Lucy mass-produced art as Parisian con-man Charpontier.

DAYTON LUMMIS

Also in "Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined" (1953) we see Dayton Lummis for the first time as producer Bill Parker ("Parker Preps Prod for Pittsburgh Preem"). He returned the following year as publisher Mel Eaton when "Lucy Writes a Novel" (1954) and yet a third time as MGM producer Mr. Sherman in "LA at Last!" (1955).

LOU KRUGMAN

Viewers didn't meet Lou Krugman until season four, when he played the film director coping with Lucy and her unwieldy headdress. Ball was so impressed by him that she immediately cast him as the FBI agent on the train back to New York. When Lucy reprised her heavy headgear routine on a TV special, Krugman was again at her side. In season six, he was cast as the manager of the Club Babalu, formerly the Tropicana. The job lasted just two episodes before the action of the show shifted to Connecticut.

JAY NOVELLO

Novello was one of Lucille Ball's favorite performers from her radio show, playing Mr. Negley the postman and other quirky characters. On "I Love Lucy" he was first (perhaps best) remembered as theatrical producer Mr. Merriweather, who longs to talk to his beloved Tilly in "The Seance" (1951). He returned to play Mr. Beecher, the skittish tenant in "The Sublease" (1954), and "The Visitor From Italy" (1956), who arrives looking for his brother Sam Franchesca. Or maybe San Francisco.

JOHN HART

Another actor to score a trifecta was John Hart. Producer Jess Oppenheimer didn’t want to pay too much for the actor who would play Tom Henderson in "Lucy Changes Her Mind" (1953), a character who only says two words at the very end of the show. He wrote in the script that he wanted “the most handsome hunk of man anyone ever saw for $15.56.” Hart was cast. He returned (hopefully with a pay raise) to play the lifeguard who saves Lucy (despite her best efforts) in "The Hedda Hopper Story," and to play Jim Stevens, a studio executive meeting with Dore Schary poolside (the same pool he guarded in the previous episode) in "Don Juan is Shelved" (1955).

ELVIA ALLMAN

Another of Lucy's favorites from her radio sitcom was Elvia Allman. Even the most casual fan of "I Love Lucy" will recognize her as the barking foreperson at the chocolate factory ("Speed it up a little!") but she also returned to play one of Minnie Finch's neighbors ("Do you wanna see Minnie or don't ya?"). In a change of pace, she played Nancy Graham, the prim columnist who thinks Lucy should "cherish" Ricky. She also encountered Lucy Ricardo as Ida Thompson of the Westport PTA, and as Milton Berle's officious secretary.

HANS CONRIED

Perhaps no other performer was as beloved by Lucy and Desi as Hans Conried. He was seen on all of Lucy's TV and radio shows as well as in a film with her. On "I Love Lucy" he had time to do just two roles: the foppish English tutor Percy Livermore and the unscrupulous used furniture dealer Dan Jenkins. These two diverse characters showed Conried's range as an actor, so viewers can be forgiven for not noticing that they were the same actor - even though their airdates were just a month apart!

BOB JELLISON

Most viewers remember Jellison as the bell hop at the Beverly Palms Hotel. He played the portly luggage jockey for six episodes in 1955. Jellison was so convincing in the role that in "Lucy Hunts Uranium" (1958), he was once again cast as the bellboy, this time named Henry. But few remember him in his first series appearance, as the milkman (or “cow juice peddler”, as Bill Foster called him) in "The Gossip" (1952).

JOSEPH KEARNS

Kearns was another veteran of Lucille Ball's radio series. He found fame as Mr. Wilson on "Dennis the Menace". He played Dr. Tom Robinson, a psychiatrist, in "The Kleptomaniac" (1953). He returned to the show in its final season as the Theatre Manager in "Lucy's Night in Town" (1956). "If four people are seeing the show, then four have got to pay!" He died while still playing Henry Wilson so instead of recasting, George's brother arrived in town, played by...

GALE GORDON

Gordon's relationship with Ball goes back to 1938 on radio. She spent the rest of her career casting him on her various shows. She had intended for him to play Fred Mertz, but he was too busy - and too expensive - so Desi cast William Frawley. Lucy, however, wanted Gordon on the show, so the role of Mr. Littlefield, manager of the Tropicana, was created. The character appeared in two episodes. He wasn't seen with Lucy again until 1958, when he played a Judge that is tasked with deciding a case between the Ricardos, the Mertzes, and the Williams', in "Lucy Makes Room for Danny".

PHIL OBER

Ober was Vivian Vance's husband, so it makes sense that he would make at least one appearance - and he did - as the fake husband sent to the Ricardo apartment by "The Quiz Show" (1951). Ober's marriage eventually ended when Vance accused him of cruelty, but before that could happen, he was a last minute replacement for Dore Schary when "Don Juan is Shelved" (1955). Schary was a real-life MGM movie producer who was scheduled to appear as himself. He either got sick or (more likely) got cold feet. So Ober played Schary instead, leaving many unsavvy viewers thinking that Ober WAS Schary! Speaking of bad marriages and "The Quiz Show"...

JOHN EMERY

...played Harold the Tramp that was confused for Ober's character. Emery had been married to tempestuous Tallulah Bankhead from 1937 to 1941. Their four short years together were compared by Emery to "the decline of the Roman Empire". He played a Doctor in Lucy and Desi's 1956 film Forever Darling. It wasn't long before he was back at "I Love Lucy" to play the pet-hating Mr. Stewart when "Little Ricky Gets a Dog" (1957).

MADGE BLAKE

Blake is best remembered as Batman's Aunt Harriet, but after her notable role of the gossip columnist in Singin' in the Rain (1952), she was cast on "I Love Lucy" as Mrs. Mulford, the owner of the hat shop when "Ricky Loses His Temper" (1954). Lucy and Desi were introduced to her talent when she played Aunt Anastacia in The Long, Long Trailer. She was asked back in late 1956 to play Martha, the acrophobic prospective tenant for apartment 3B in "Lucy and Superman" (1957).

VERNA FELTON

Felton is probably best remembered as Lucy's demonstrative maid Mrs. Porter, but she first appeared as Mrs. Simpson, a housewife living without electricity but with lots of "Sale Resistance" (1953). The two roles aired just three months apart. A few months later Lucy and Desi cast her as series regular Hilda Crocker on their new sitcom "December Bride" (1954-57).

HAZEL BOYNE

A former dancer, Boyne was born on Independence Day 1883 and was 68 years old when "Men Are Messy" (1953) was filmed. She charmed audiences as Maggie, the Tropicana's Irish cleaning woman, dancing with Ricky during his rehearsal. She would go on to play one of Minnie Finch's neighbors in "Fan Magazine Interview" (1954) and a (don't blink) passenger on "The Great Train Robbery" (1955).

HAL MARCH

March had been an original cast member of "My Favorite Husband." In the first season of "I Love Lucy" he played an actor named Hal March who Ricky asks to masquerade as a doctor when "Lucy Fakes Illness" (1951). At the end of the show, announcer Johnny Jacobs says “The part of Hal March was played by Hal March.” March returned to the show to play womanizing lingerie salesman Eddie Grant in “Lucy Is Matchmaker” (1953).

WILL WRIGHT

Wright did two films and a radio show with Lucille Ball before being seen on "I Love Lucy." First, he played Mr. Walters, the locksmith from Yonkers, in “The Handcuffs” (1952). He returned to the series to play Bent Fork Sheriff (and father of Teensy and Weensy) in “Tennessee Bound” (1955).

ALBERTO MORIN

Morin was Carlos, one of Ricky's "Cuban Pals" (1952). He had appeared in some of Hollywood's most cherished films: Gone with the Wind (1939), Casablanca (1943), and Key Largo (1948). He was invited back to play Robert Dubois, waiter turned tutor in "The French Revue" (1953).

HY AVERBACK

Averback played two different Charlies on "I Love Lucy": Appleby and Pomerantz. Charlie Appleby was seen twice on the series, but was only played by Averback on his first appearance in 1953. Charlie Pomerantz was Ricky's press agent in Hollywood in 1955, coming up with the brilliant idea for Ricky to save Lucy from drowning in the hotel pool.

Naturally, there were many other actors whose did double (or triple) duty on "I Love Lucy", chief among them Bennett Green and Hazel Pierce, Lucy and Desi's camera and lighting stand-ins and were omnipresent throughout the series, although not always with specific character names.

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kwebtv · 29 days

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From the Golden Age of Television

Too Good With a Gun - CBS - March 24, 1957

A presentation of "General Electric Theater" Season 5 Episode 27

Western Drama

Running Time: 30 minutes

Hosted by Ronald Reagan

Stars:

Robert Cummings as Russ Baker

Rachel Ames as Edie Duncan (Billed as Judith Ames)

Michael Landon as Claude Duncan

Frank Ferguson as Mack Duncan

Dayton Lummis as Arnold Hoffman

Edith Evanson as Ma Duncan

Jack Lambert as Slick Everett

Ed Hinton as Big Nick

#Too Good With a Gun #TV #General Electric Theater #Western #Drama #1957 #Ronald Reagan #Robert Cummings #CBS

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badmovieihave · 3 years

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Bad movie I have Jack the Giant Killer 1962

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tachtutor · 4 years

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» Movie Review: DEADLY DUO (1962).

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DEADLY DUO. United Artists, 1962. Craig Hill Craig Hill, Marcia Henderson, Robert Lowery, Dayton Lummis, Carlos Romero, Irene Tedrow, David Renard. Based on the novel The Deadly Duo by Richard Jessup. Director: Reginald Le Borg.

Based on the other work I’ve read by Richard Jessup, a fairly prolific writer of westerns and paperback crime fiction in the 50s and 60s, this might have…

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raynbowclown · 8 years

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The Flight that Disappeared

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papermoonloveslucy · 4 years

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MY THREE SONS at 60!

September 29, 1960

“My Three Sons” was a situation comedy produced at Desilu Studios. It premiered on ABC TV on September 29, 1960 and finished its first run on April 13, 1972, with 380 episodes making it the second-longest running live-action sitcom in TV history after “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriett” (1952-66).

Seasons 1 through 5 were aired in black and white on CBS. In 1965 it moved to CBS when ABC declined to underwrite the costs of airing in color. The series was initially filmed at Desilu Studios in Hollywood, but at the start of the 1967–68 season, the cast and crew began filming the series at the CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California due to Lucille Ball’s sale of Desilu to Gulf + Western, which owned Paramount Pictures. The sale also affected the filming location of another family sitcom, “Family Affair.”

Incredibly, “My Three Sons” ran concurrently through both “The Lucy Show” and “Here’s Lucy.” Both Steve Douglas and Lucy Carmichael (and later Carter), where single parents raising children.

September 16, 1965 was a big night for CBS airing the very first episode of “My Three Sons” after moving from ABC titled “The First Marriage”. It was also the first episode of the series broadcast in color, something “The Lucy Show” did three days earlier with “Lucy at Marineland” (TLS S4;E1). The premise of the series is a widowed father (Steven Douglas) raising his three boys with help of his extended family. Initially, the three sons were Chip, Robbie, and Mike, but in 1967 Mike was written out and replaced by Ernie, whom Steve adopted. The extended family at first consisted of Bub, Steve’s father-in-law and the boys’ maternal grandfather, but in 1964, that character was replaced by Uncle Charley, Steve’s uncle and Bub’s brother.

The leading role was played by film star Fred MacMurray, who the series was built around - including his hectic schedule. To suit MacMurray, scenes would be shot out of sequence and even alone on a soundstage and later edited to create a complete episode. This was not MacMurray’s first time at Desilu. In 1958 he played himself on the “Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” in “Lucy Hunts Uranium” set in the Nevada desert outside Las Vegas. He was joined by his second wife, actress June Haver. MacMurray (1908-91) appeared in over 100 films in his career but is perhaps best remembered for the film Double Indemnity (1944), which Lucy references in this episode. MacMurray’s name was first mentioned by Ethel in 1953 in “The Black Eye” (ILL S2;E20) when flowers arrive for Lucy mistakenly signed “Eternally yours, Fred.”

Although Lucille Ball was their landlord (and ultimate boss) she never acted on the show, but many of the actors who appeared on Lucille Ball’s sitcoms did appear on “My Three Sons”.

From 1960 to 1965, MacMurray was joined by William Frawley as Bub O’Casey, the family’s live-in maternal grandfather. Of course, Frawley came to fame on “I Love Lucy” as the crusty landlord Fred Mertz. Frawley had worked with MacMurray in the 1935 film, Car 99. When Frawley had to leave the show due to ill-health (and it was too costly to insure him) he was replaced by another Desilu alumni, William Demarest, as Uncle Charley. Like his previous co-star, Vivian Vance, Frawley was not especially fond of Demarest personally or as an actor. Demarest had, however, done three films with Lucille Ball. Frawley kept watching “My Three Sons” on his TV set bitterly. He never really got over being replaced by Demarest. On March 3, 1966, Frawley died of a heart attack.

For Christmas 1959, Frawley and Demarest both appeared with Lucy and Desi in “The Desilu Revue” (above with “December Bride’s” Spring Byington). At the time, Demarest was working on the Desilu lot appearing in NBC’s “Love and Marriage.”

On “My Three Sons” two of Steve Douglas’ boys had been seen on “The Lucy Show”: Don Grady (Robbie Douglas) had played Chris Carmichael’s friend Bill and Barry Livingston (Ernie Douglas) had played Mr. Mooney’s son Arnold. Ted Eccles, who assumed the role of Arnold Mooney when Barry Livingston was busy on “My Three Sons,” also did an episode.

The children of “The Lucy Show,” Ralph Hart (who played Viv Bagley’s son Sherman), Jimmy Garrett (Jerry Carmichael), and Candy Moore (Lucy Carmichael’s daughter Chris) were also on episodes of "My Three Sons.”

Other “Lucy” performers who were on “My Three Sons” include:

Mary Wickes ~ Jeri Schronk (1964)

Doris Singleton ~ Helen & Margaret, 8 episodes (1964-70)

Shirley Mitchell ~ Sally, 2 episodes (1968)

Barbara Pepper ~ Mrs. Brand (1966)

Verna Felton ~ Mub (1962)

Kathleen Freeman ~ Lady Checker (1967)

Jerry Hausner ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1964 & 1966)

Reta Shaw ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1962 & 1965)

Elvia Allman ~ Maude Prosser (1967)

Eleanor Audley ~ Mrs. Vincent, 9 episodes (1969-70)

Burt Mustin ~ Various Characters, 5 episodes (1962-70)

Olan Soule ~ Various Characters, 5 episodes (1963-70)

Alberto Morin ~ Professor Madoro (1967)

Herb Vigran ~ Caretaker (1967)

Maurice Marsac ~ Various Characters, 3 episodes (1964-72)

Tim Mathewson ~ Various Characters, 3 episodes (1962-63)

Bill Quinn ~ Doctors, 4 episodes (1964-66)

Barbara Perry ~ Mrs. Thompson & Mrs. Hoover, 3 episodes (1964-72)

Nancy Kulp ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1962)

George N. Neise ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1960 & 1967)

Maxine Semon ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1964 & 1967)

Roy Roberts ~Various Characters, 2 episodes (1965 & 1967)

Lou Krugman ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1966 & 1967)

Richard Reeves ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1962 & 1965)

Dorothy Konrad ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1961 & 1962)

Ed Begley ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1962 & 1968)

Gail Bonney ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1965 & 1970)

Rolfe Sedan ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1968 & 1971)

Tyler McVey ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1962 & 1967)

J. Pat O’Malley ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1963 & 1964)

Paul Picerni ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1965 & 1967)

Sandra Gould ~ Various Characters, 2 episodes (1963 & 1964)

Richard Deacon ~ Elderly Man (1960)

Mabel Albertson ~ Mrs. Proctor (1964)

Joan Blondell ~ Harriet Blanchard (1965)

Leon Belasco ~ Professor Lombardi (1966)

Dayton Lummis ~ Dr. Blackwood (1963)

Lurene Tuttle ~ Natalie Corcoran (1968)

Robert Foulk ~ Pop Action (1962)

Dick Patterson ~ Bunny Baxter (1963)

Jamie Farr ~ Itchy (1964)

Larry J. Blake ~ Policeman (1968)

Amzie Strickland ~ Cora Dennis (1968)

Barbara Morrison ~ Mrs. Murdock (1969)

Louis Nicoletti ~ Caddy Master (1962)

Frank Gerstle ~ Policeman (1964)

Gil Perkins ~ Painter (1963)

Tommy Ferrell ~ Mr. Griffith (1964)

Eve McVeagh ~ Clara (1966)

Remo Pisani ~ Pepe (1970)

Dub Taylor ~ Judge (1963)

Frank J. Scannell ~ Emcee (1968)

Ray Kellogg ~ Henshaw (1965)

Romo Vincent ~ Charley (1964)

Stafford Repp ~ Sergeant Perkins (1969)

Jay Novello ~ Vincenzo (1966)

Leoda Richards ~ Restaurant Patron (1966)

CHILD STARS!

Other child stars who appeared on “My Three Sons” included Butch Patrick (“The Munsters”), Jay North (“Dennis the Menace”), Oscar-winner Jodie Foster, Angela Cartwright (“Make Room for Daddy”), Flip Mark (”Lassie”), John Walmsley (”The Waltons”), Tony Dow (“Leave It To Beaver”), Erin Moran (“Happy Days”), Maureen McCormick (”The Brady Bunch”), Ann Jillian (Gypsy), and Heather Menzies (The Sound of Music).

On November 22, 1977, ABC TV (and Dick Clark Productions) brought together a reunion of two of television's favorite sitcoms "The Partridge Family" and "My Three Sons." Hosted by Shirley Jones and Fred MacMurray this would be the only time that the surviving cast members would get together to celebrate the series which included clips, a song from David Cassidy, and an update of what each cast member was doing in 1977.

Also in 1977, some of the stars of the series reunited on a morning program titled "The Early Show", including Stanley Livingston (Chip Douglas), Barry Livingston (Ernie Douglas), Tina Cole (Katie Miller Douglas), and Don Grady (Robbie Douglas).

TRIVIA

In “Lucy Helps Danny Thomas” (TLS S4;E7) in 1965, there is a large framed photo of Fred MacMurray in the studio hallway. He is joined by other Desilu stars like Jim Nabors (of “Gomer Pyle USMC”), Andy Griffith (of “The Andy Griffith Show”) and Danny Thomas (of “The Danny Thomas Show”).

#My Three Sons #Lucille Ball #Desilu #1960 #TV #Desilu Studios #Fred MacMurray #William Frawley

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kwebtv · 2 years

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Character Actor

Arthur Joseph O'Connell (March 29, 1908 – May 18, 1981) Stage, film and television actor.

Predominantly a film actor he did make television appearances in several series and starred in the 1967-1968 series The Second Hundred Years.

On Christmas Day, 1962, O'Connell was cast as Clayton Dodd in the episode "Green, Green Hills" of the western series Empire, starring Richard Egan as the rancher Jim Redigo. This episode features Dayton Lummis as Jason Simms and Joanna Moore as Althea Dodd. In 1966, he guest-starred as a scientist who regretfully realized that he has created an all-powerful android in an episode of the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, titled "The Mechanical Man." In the February 1967 episode "Never Look Back" of the TV series Lassie, he played Luther Jennings, an elderly ranger who monitors the survey tower at Strawberry Peak and who takes it hard when he finds he'll lose his job when the tower is slated for destruction.

Ill health forced O'Connell to reduce his acting appearances in the middle 1970s, but the actor stayed busy as a commercial spokesman, a friendly pharmacist who was a spokesperson for Crest. (Wikipedia)

#Arthur O'Connell #TV #Charactr Actor #The Seond Hundred Years

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leqkroe-blog · 13 years

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Actors:

Richard Carlson Marcia Henderson Maureen O'Sullivan Dayton Lummis Billy Gray Lori Nelson Lyle Bettger Richard Long Barbara Stanwyck

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#All I Desire #Richard Carlson #Marcia Henderson #Maureen O&x27;Sullivan #Dayton Lummis #Billy Gray #Lori Nelson #Lyle Bettger #Richard Long #Barbara Stanwyck

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papermoonloveslucy · 4 years

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FRED MACMURRAY

August 30, 1908

Frederick Martin MacMurray was born in Kankakee, Illinois. His aunt was a vaudeville performer and actress. Before MacMurray was two years old, his family moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where his father was a music teacher. He later attended school in Quincy, Illinois before earning a full scholarship to Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin. At Carroll, MacMurray played the saxophone in numerous local bands. He did not graduate from the college. Before signing with Paramount Pictures in 1934, he appeared on Broadway in Three's a Crowd (1930) and alongside Bob Hope in Roberta (1933).

Fred MacMurray (1908-91) appeared in over 100 films in his career. He is perhaps best remembered for the film Double Indemnity (1944).

MacMurray’s name was first mentioned by Ethel in 1953 in “The Black Eye” (ILL S2;E20) when flowers arrive for Lucy mistakenly signed “Eternally yours, Fred.”

LUCY: “Oh, now, Ethel, you certainly don’t think that these are from Fred Mertz, do you?” ETHEL: “Well, this card certainly wasn’t written by Fred MacMurray.”

MacMurray’s 1954 film The Caine Mutiny was often mentioned on “Lucy” sitcoms, often in the context of the film’s source material, a book and a play. In “Lucy Writes A Novel” (ILL S3;E24), Lucy plans to name the sequel to her novel “Sugar Cane Mutiny,” a pun on Cuba’s main export and the title of the (then) recently released film. In “Guess Who Owes Lucy $23.50?” (HL S1;E11) Van Johnson orders security guards to escort Lucy Carter out of the studio. A bitter Lucy says that now she’s glad he got court martialed The Caine Mutiny.

The first time that MacMurray appeared on screen with Lucille Ball was in “Lucy Hunts Uranium” a 1958 episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” set in the Nevada desert and Las Vegas. MacMurray played himself, and was briefly joined by his real-life second wife, June Haver. The storyline has MacMurray competing with Lucy for a claim on Uranium discovered in the desert.

Lucille Ball later said that MacMurray was “fine enough” in this episode, but she really had to work with him on his comic timing, especially in the telephone booth scene. Ball and MacMurray clearly had different styles.

MY THREE SONS

MacMurray is perhaps best remembered for playing Steve Douglas on “My Three Sons” (1960-72).

MacMurray and the long-running show was on the cover of TV Guide nine times!

From 1960 to 1965, MacMurray was joined by William Frawley as Bub O’Casey, the family’s live-in maternal grandfather.

When Frawley left the show due to ill-health he was replaced by another Desilu alumni, William Demarest, as Uncle Charley. Demarest did three films with Lucille Ball. For Christmas 1959, Frawley and Demarest both appeared with Lucy and Desi in “The Desilu Revue”. At the time, Demarest was working on the Desilu lot appearing in NBC’s “Love and Marriage.”

On “My Three Sons” two of Steve Douglas’ “sons” had been seen on “The Lucy Show”: Don Grady (Robbie Douglas) had played Chris Carmichael’s friend Bill and Barry Livingston (Ernie Douglas) had played Mr. Mooney’s son Arnold. Ted Eccles, who assumed the role of Arnold Mooney when Barry Livingston was busy on “My Three Sons,” also did an episode. Ralph Hart (who played Viv Bagley’s son Sherman), Jimmy Garrett (Jerry Carmichael) and Candy Moore (Lucy Carmichael’s daughter Chris) were also on the show.

Other “Lucy” performers on “My Three Sons” include: Mary Wickes, Doris Singleton, Shirley Mitchell, Barbara Pepper, Verna Felton, Kathleen Freeman, Jerry Hausner, Reta Shaw, Elvia Allman, Eleanor Audley, Burt Mustin, Olan Soule, Alberto Morin, Herb Vigran, Bill Quinn, Barbara Perry, Nancy Kulp, George Neise, Maxine Semon, Flip Mark, Roy Roberts, Lou Krugman, Ted Eccles, Richard Reeves, Dorothy Konrad, Ed Begley, Gail Bonney, Jay North, Rolfe Sedan, Tyler McVey, J. Pat O’Malley, Paul Picerni, Sandra Gould, Richard Deacon, Mabel Albertson, Joan Blondell, Leon Belasco, Dayton Lummis, Lurene Tuttle, Robert Foulk, Dick Patterson, Jamie Farr, Larry J. Blake, Amzie Strickland, Barbara Morrison, Louis Nicoletti, Frank Gerstle, Willy Lally, Gil Perkins, Tommy Ferrell, Eve McVeagh, Remo Pisani, Dub Taylor, Frank J. Scannell, Ray Kellogg, Romo Vincent, Stafford Repp, Jay Novello, and Leoda Richards.

The show’s Dialogue Coach / Director was Adele Sliff, whose name was used in the dialogue of “In Palm Springs” when Rock Hudson tells Lucy and Ethel a sad story. Adele was also the “I Love Lucy” script clerk.

In 1961, MacMurray took part in “This is Your Life: William Frawley” in tribute to his co-star. Naturally, Lucille Ball also took part in the show.

MacMurray was cast as Frank Beardsley in Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) opposite Lucille Ball, but withdrew and the role went to Henry Fonda.

In 1978, Lucy and MacMurray took to the dais to tribute Henry Fonda in “AFI Salutes Henry Fonda”.

Two months later, Lucy and Fred were both seen in “Happy Birthday, Bob: A Salute to Bob Hope’s 75th Birthday” taped at the John F. Kennedy Center.

In 1986, they were both back for “AFI Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder”. Curiously, neither MacMurray nor Ball had ever worked with Wilder.

The last time Lucy and MacMurray shared the small screen (with June Haver) was at the “All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood” in 1986.

He married Lillian Lamont on June 20, 1936, and the couple adopted two children.

After Lamont died of cancer on June 22, 1953, he married actress June Haver the following year. The couple adopted two more children in 1956. MacMurray and Haver's marriage lasted 37 years, until Fred's death at age 83 in 1991.

#Fred MacMurray #Lucille Ball #The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour #Lucy Hunts Uranium #June Haver #I Love Lucy #My Three Sons #The Caine Mutiny #Yours Mine and Ours #William Frawley #Don Grady #Barry Livingston #TV Guide

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WHO’S QUITTING!

July 31, 1954

The July 31, 1954 issue of TV Guide (volume 2; number 31) featured actor William Bendix on the cover with the headline: “Who’s Quitting! Say Lucy and Desi”.

The last day of the listings in this Guide is August 6, 1954, Lucille Ball’s 43rd birthday!

The inside article is by Desi Arnaz, who takes the opportunity to correct the rumor that they are quitting their hit show, “I Love Lucy,” then preparing its fourth season. Desi reports that Lucy’s casual remark that she’d ‘like’ to quit was rhetorical and not based in reality. In fact, they were contractually obliged to Philip Morris (their sponsor) to continue until 1956. After that, CBS had the right to ask for two further seasons, taking the couple to 1958. Desi mentions that there had been some casual talk about Lucy and Vivian Vance directing a project together for Desilu. [Such a project never came to pass.] He states that by the end of their contract that they will have done 175 films. [In fact, they did 179, not including filming the “Christmas Special”, new intros for re-runs, and the unaired pilot.]

Desi predicts that they may do monthly hour-long specials, several years in advance of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours”, proving that even by mid-1954, the idea of cutting back their hectic schedule was discussed. Desi even theorizes that they might go fishing in Cuba! [All travel to Cuba would be stopped by the end of the 1950s.] One thing that Desi makes very clear is to dispel the rumor that “I Love Lucy” may go on with another actress in the role of Lucy Ricardo.

“There will never be an ‘I Love Lucy’ without Lucille Ball. Period. Exclamation point!”

TV Guide’s headline is slightly misleading by the use of the exclamation point. It should actually read “Who’s Quitting?” which is essentially what Desi is wondering. You can almost hear it spoken in his Cuban accent! In all fairness to TV Guide, summer was devoid of new programming and TV Guide was looking to sell magazines by putting provocative headlines and images about top shows on the cover. This no doubt increased sales, even if there was nothing to watch.

ABOUT THE COVER:

William Bendix was then starring in the NBC sitcom “The Life of Riley”. First heard on radio starring William Bendix, the series moved to TV in 1948 starring Jackie Gleason in the title role. It lasted until 1950. In 1953, the series returned with it’s original radio star (and the lead of its film version), William Bendix. At the time this TV Guide was issued, the series had just finished its second season and was readying its third (of six).

The show regularly featured two “I Love Lucy” players, Gloria Blondell (Honeybee) and Herb Vigran (Muley). Blondell played Grace Foster in “The Anniversary Present” (ILL S2;E3) in 1952 and Herb Vigran played various “Lucy” characters like Jule, Joe, and Hal Sparks.

Other actors who showed up on both “Lucy” and “Riley”: Mary Jane Croft, Richard Deacon, Vivi Janis, George O’Hanlon, Nancy Kulp, Dayton Lummis, James Burke, Florence Lake, Mary Ellen Kay, Benny Rubin, Ray Kellogg, Howard McNear, Norman Leavitt, Pierre Watkin, and Bobby Jellison.

From the Northeast Edition, a mention of “Public Defender” being moved to “I Love Lucy’s” time-slot for the summer. The episode listed in this edition featured “I Love Lucy’s” Madge Blake.

In 1946 Lucille Ball and William Bendix appeared together in the film The Dark Corner.

INSIDE THE ISSUE:

Photo feature of TV starlets Natalie Wood, Lauren Chapin, Sheilah James, Eleanor Donahue, and Elena Verdugo in swimsuits at the beach!

Feature on character actor Vaughn Taylor and his cats

Photo feature on the Truex family of actors. Ernest Truex had appeared with Lucille Ball in Dance, Girl, Dance (1940).

Photo feature on the real names of favorite stars. Included is Eunice Mary Quedens (aka Eve Arden) who played herself in “Hollywood at Last!” (ILL S4;E16).

Profile on TV favorite Bea Benaderet. Benadaret had co-starred with Lucille Ball on “My Favorite Husband” and was her first pick for the role of Ethel Mertz. She played spinster Miss Lewis on “I Love Lucy.”

For More About TV Guide and “I Love Lucy” Click Here!

#TV Guide #Lucille Ball #Desi Arnaz #I Love Lucy #Bea Bendaret #Eve Arden #TV #Ernest Truex #Vaughn Taylor #The Dark Corner #William Bendix #The Life of Riley #Gloria Blondell #Herb Vigran #Public Defender #1954

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GLORIA BLONDELL

August 16, 1910

Was born to theatrical parents in New York City in 1910. She once said, "[S]ome member of my family has been in the theater ever since the time of Richard the Lionhearted." She is the younger sister of Joan Blondell, also an actress. First appearing on Broadway in the 1935 Three Men on a Horse. On radio, she did 26 episodes of seven different series.

Coincidentally, she made her silver screen debut with The Daredevil Drivers (1938), playing a character named Lucy! Even more coincidental, Dick Purcell played a character named Bill Foster, which was later the name of her character’s husband on “I Love Lucy”!

The only time she appeared together with her older sister Joan was in The Model Wife (1941), although Gloria was uncredited.

Gloria saw most of her work in the 1940s as the voice of Disney's 'Daisy Duck' for Disney. Blondell did six short films as Donald’s girlfriend.

In October 1949, she joined future “Lucy” actors Florence Bates, Jerry Hausner, Hans Conried, Benny Rubin, and Mary Shipp in the second TV episode of “Obler Comedy Theatre”.

Blondell’s only collaboration with Lucille Ball was in “The Anniversary Present” (ILL S2;E3) in 1952. Blondell plays neighbor Grace Foster, who, with her husband Bill, also lives at 623 East 68th Street. Grace works for Josef Jeweler and agrees to help Ricky get a discount on pearls for Lucy’s anniversary present. Lucy mis-interprets their communications and believes them to be having an affair!

Grace Foster was first mentioned in “The Gossip” (ILL S1;E24) where her jealous husband Bill makes an appearance (played by Richard Reeves), but Grace is only mentioned - as a ravishing blonde! In “The Anniversary Present”, Bill is out-of-town and Grace has become a brunette. Here the Fosters are live in apartment 3B, which is the original number of the apartment the Ricardos get from switching with the Bensons at the end of season two. In “The Anniversary Present”, the Fosters live in apartment 2A!

Also in this episode is ubiquitous TV character actor Herb Vigran as Jule, Ricky’s music union agent. Coincidentally, Vigran was also in the cast of “The Life of Riley,” playing Riley’s co-worker, Muley. Vigran and Gloria Blondell shared five episodes, but (just as on this episode of “I Love Lucy”) never had any scenes together! Blondell did 54 episodes of the NBC sitcom starring William Bendix between 1953 and 1958.

In addition to Blondell and Vigran, “The Life of Riley” also featured “Lucy” actors Mary Jane Croft, Richard Deacon, Vivi Janis, George O’Hanlon, Nancy Kulp, Dayton Lummis, James Burke, Florence Lake, Mary Ellen Kay, Benny Rubin, Ray Kellogg, Howard McNear, Norman Leavitt, Pierre Watkin, and Bobby Jellison.

Also in 1952, Blondell had an uncredited role in Don’t Bother To Knock starring Marilyn Monroe and Richard Widmark. Other “Lucy” actors in the cast include Verna Felton, and Lurene Tuttle.

In 1953, Blondell joined Hans Conried (one of Lucille Ball’s favorite actors) and Bob Jellison in the sci-fi comedy The Twonky.

In 1957, Blondell had an uncredited role in the Walter Brennan film God Is My Partner. The cast included “Lucy” veterans Ellen Corby, Charles Lane, Joe Mell, Nancy Kulp, and Norman Leavitt.

In 1965, as after Vivian Vance left “The Lucy Show,” Lucille Ball tried out Gloria’s sister Joan as a regular character. It lasted two episodes: “Lucy and Joan” and “Lucy the Stuntman”. Ball and Blondell did not get along off stage, resulting in heated arguments. After the final shot, with the studio audience still present, Lucy made a 'flushing’ motion in Blondell’s direction. Blondell shouted, “Fuck you, Lucille Ball.” The two never reconciled.

Gloria married film producer Albert Broccoli (of James Bond fame) on July 26, 1940; they divorced August 7, 1945. On September 14, 1946, she married Victor Hunter in Monterey, California. They remained married until his death in 1980.

Gloria and Victor had one premature daughter, who died at birth. Gloria also nearly died from blood loss, and her life was only saved by an emergency hysterectomy.

She died at age 70 in 1986 from cancer. Despite erroneous reports, she was not interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery but cremated.

#Gloria Blondell #Lucille Ball #I Love Lucy #Joan Blondell #The Lucy Show #Vivian Vance #Desi Arnaz #William Frawley #Albert Broccoli #The Life of Riley

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THE CAVALCADE OF AMERICA: “SKYLARK SONG”

June 21, 1948

The Cavalcade of America ran on NBC Radio from 1935 to 1953. It featured events from American history, usually dramatizing the positive aspects of the nation’s past. Additionally, the show attempted to end criticism of its sponsor, the Du Pont Company due to negative publicity from profiting by producing gunpowder during World War I.

Throughout the years, actors and actresses from Broadway and Hollywood were featured. The show was broadcast live from the Longacre Theatre in NYC and repeated later in the day.

In 1952, the series was transferred to NBC television and lasted until 1957, nearly identical to the run of “I Love Lucy” on CBS. For six months the radio and television versions also overlapped. The TV version featured “Lucy” actors Robert Foulk, Dayton Lummis, Byron Foulger, Maurice Marsac, Ross Elliott, Roy Roberts, Hayden Rorke, Pierre Watkin, Will Wright, Nestor Paiva, Joi Lansing, Dorothea Wolbert, Don Rickles, Burt Mustin, Lurene Tuttle, Gladys Hurlbut, Paul Picerni, Richard Reeves, James Flavin, Larry J. Blake, Peter Graves, Rhodes Reason, Irving Bacon, Milton Frome, Eleanor Audley, Joe Mell, Mary Ellen Kay, Mario Siletti, John Banner, Harry Bartell, Robert Carson, William Fawcett, Mabel Paige, June Whitley Taylor, Iron Eyes Cody, Strother Martin, Norma Varden, Madge Blake, Ellen Corby, Dick Elliott, Vivi Janiss, Ida Moore, Elizabeth Patterson, Frank J. Scannell, Herb Vigran, and William Schallert.

Synopsis: "Skylark Song" by Virginia Radcliff is the story of Grace Moore, charting her climb from a small southern church choir to star of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

Grace Moore (December 5, 1898 – January 26, 1947) was an operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film. Born in Slabtown, Tennessee, she was nicknamed the "Tennessee Nightingale." Her films helped to popularize opera by bringing it to a larger audience. She was nominated for the Academy Award for for her performance in One Night of Love. In 1947, Moore died in a plane crash at the age of 48. She published her autobiography in 1944 titled You're Only Human Once.

In 1953, a film about her life was released titled So This Is Love starring Kathryn Grayson and Lucy’s friend Merv Griffin. The movie featured “Lucy” players Herb Vigran, Victorio Bonanova, Moroni Olsen, Mario Siletti, Ray Kellogg, Olin Howland, Tristram Coffin, Jack Chefe, and Barbara Pepper as Fat Girl with Sailor in Nightclub!

Lucille Ball (Grace Moore) may be the last person on earth one would consider to play one of the most famous opera singers of all time - but this was radio - and recordings of Grace Moore and studio singers were used to supplement the program. Ball affects a slight southern accent during the broadcast. Operatic trills and other miscellaneous singing by the character was provided by Marjorie Brett and Marjorie Hamilton.

Lucille Ball signed the contract for “Skylark Song” on June 11, 1948 and was paid $3,500 for her work.

The story starts when Moore is 17, convincing her father to allow her to attend music school. She goes to New York City where her father tells her to “only take parts in Shakespeare”. She tells him she will report to theatrical impresario David Belasco to ask him if she can play Juliet.

GRACE: “Hark! What light through yonder window breaks...”

Belasco stops her. Moore is reciting Romeo’s speech because that is the role she played in school. Lucille Ball purposely does a very stilted rendition, with a large country twang.

Lucy Ricardo also did Romeo and Juliet in school, later hoping to repeat her triumph with Orson Welles.

Belasco sends her to see composer and producer George Gershwin, who unfortunately hasn’t got a job for her.

In 1920, Moore finally lands a job in the chorus of a Broadway show called “Hitchy-Koo.” The show was produced by Raymond Hitchcock (hence the unusual name) with music by Jerome Kern (”Showboat”).

GRACE: “Well, Daddy, what do you think of your skylark, now?”

Grace lands an audition at the Metropolitan Opera but is told that her Broadway work has damaged her classically-trained voice and sent away.

GRACE: “I’m either a skylark or a mud hen. There’s nothing in between.”

A fortune teller named Carmen tells her that she should go to Europe and make her name. In a montage sequence, Moore trains in Europe. Now at the peak of her vocal range, Grace finally gets a job at the Metropolitan Opera as Mimi in La Boheme.

Her proud father and mother attend Grace’s triumphant opening night.

Announcer Ted Pearson sums up Grace’s remarkable journey, as well as her tragic death in a plane crash in Denmark.

Pearson reminds us that next week on The Cavalcade of America Basil Rathbone will play Thomas Jefferson in “The Common Glory”...

...and that Lucille Ball will soon be seen in the Paramount Picture Sorrowful Jones, despite the fact that the film will not premiere until a year later, June 1949. Filming began on April 7, 1948.

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LOOK! TV’S FAVORITE FAMILY!

December 28, 1954

The Arnaz Family (Lucy, Desi, Lucie, and Desi Jr.) appeared on a Christmas-themed cover of Look magazine on December 28, 1954.

Inside on page 10 is an article with four photos of Lucy and Desi with the kids shopping for toys.

At the time, little Lucie was 3 and Desi Jr. was 22 months.

Also included in the issue:

5th Annual TV Awards

Miss America Lee Meriwether

Guy Lombardo

Rocky Graziano

Fashion Wear by the Christmas Fire

Men’s White Winter Jackets

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea movie review

Christmas Recipes

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea was a Disney film that featured “Lucy” alumni past and future Kirk Douglas (”The Lucy Show”), James Mason (Forever Darling), Dayton Lummis, Eddie Marr, and Herb Vigran.

In 1970, orchestra leader Guy Lombardo appeared on “The Merv Griffin Show” with Lucille Ball and Gary Morton.

In 1977, Miss America Lee Meriwether appeared on “Circus of the Stars 2″ with Lucille Ball as ringmaster.

The Awards were turned into a television show “The Look Magazine Awards” which aired on December 18, 1954.

Honorees included George Gobel, Fred Coe, Jack Webb, John Cameron Swayze, Groucho Marx, “Ding Dong School”, “Cavalcade of Sports”, “Omnibus”, “Garry Moore”, “Toast of the Town”, “See It Now”, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, and the “United States Steel Hour.”

Of the awardees, Lucille Ball was a frequent guest on “Toast of the Town” (later known as “The Ed Sullivan Show”). Edward R. Murrow was parodied on “I Love Lucy” by Elliott Reid in “Face to Face” aka “The Ricardos are Interviewed” (ILL S5;E7) in 1955. Lucille Ball guested on Garry Moore’s “I’ve Got A Secret” in 1956 and 1961.

Lucille Ball made the cover of Look nine times during from 1937 to 1971, when the magazine printed its final issue.

Look Magazine frequently turned up on “I Love Lucy”. Click here to see some of it’s appearances.

On the date this magazine was published, “I Love Lucy” was on Christmas break, having just filmed “The Fashion Show” (ILL S4;E20) on December 23, 1954. On TV, the Ricardos and the Mertzes were just about to embark on their cross-country journey with “Getting Ready” (ILL S4;E11) aired on December 11, the last new episode of 1954.

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LUCY GOES TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY: PART 2

S2;E2 ~ September 29, 1969

Directed by George Marshall ~ Written by Gene Thompson

Synopsis

Visiting the U.S. Air Force Academy, Lucy takes a tour and mistakes the General in charge for a janitor!

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Gale Gordon (Harrison Otis Carter), Lucie Arnaz (Kim Carter), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Craig Carter)

Guest Cast

Roy Roberts (Superintendent) was born Roy Barnes Jones in Tampa, Florida in 1906. His early career was on the Broadway stage, gracing such plays as Old Man Murphy (1931), Twentieth Century (1932), The Body Beautiful (1935) and My Sister Eileen (1942). In Hollywood, the veteran character actor clocked over 900 screen performances in his 40 year career, most of which were authority figures. He and Lucille Ball appeared together in Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949). On “The Lucy Show” he first appeared as a Navy Admiral in “Lucy and the Submarine” (S5;E2) before creating the role of Mr. Cheever, a recurring character he played through the end of the series. This is the first of his 5 episodes of “Here’s Lucy.” Roberts died in 1975 at age 69.

Roy Roberts played the same character in “Lucy Goes to the Air Force Academy: Part 1” (S2;E1).

Mel Blanc (Red Squad Radio voice / Woodward voice, uncredited) is best known as the voice of Bugs Bunny and other Warner Brothers characters, but had acted with Lucille Ball on radio and in the 1950 film The Fuller Brush Girl.

I'd be curious to know how Lucy convinced her old friend Mel Blanc to come to the ADR (automated dialogue replacement) session and do these two voices. Possibly he was in the studio that day anyway. It would also be interesting to learn how the uncredited actor/cadet playing Woodward reacted to being dubbed by the great Mel Blanc!

Beverley Garland (Secretary, uncredited) is best remembered as Barbara, Fred MacMurray's new wife on “My Three Sons.” Roy Roberts (Superintendent) played a dentist on a 1970 episode of the show. This is her only appearance with Lucille Ball. She died in 2008.

Antonio Garcia Tony (Kid on Field Trip, uncredited) makes his screen debut with this episode. He continued to play uncredited background characters and also became a casting director.

John Erwin (Narrator, uncredited) was a voice-over artist primarily known for voicing Reggie on the “Archie” cartoons. Erwin's voice over comes at the start of the episode to tell the audience what happened in part 1.

Actual Air Force Academy students and staff play themselves.

This episode is the second of a four-part on-location story arc created with the cooperation of the Air Force and the state of Colorado. At the Academy, filming was done right in the dormitories and administrative buildings. The Air Force viewed this as a sort of TV commercial at a time when the public was very down on the military due to its involvement in the Vietnam War.

Unlike studio filming, only one camera was used on location, although Lucille Ball insisted on her studio lighting instruments, despite their great weight and bulk.

The US Air Force Academy was founded in 1954. The buildings were designed in a modernist style and make extensive use of aluminum on building exteriors, suggesting the outer skin of aircraft or spacecraft. The most controversial aspect of the design was the Cadet Chapel, designed by architect Walter Netsch. It is currently the most visited man-made tourist attraction in Colorado. It features 17 spires that shoot 150 feet into the sky. On the tour, Lucy understandably mistakes the Chapel for a large aircraft. This scene is underscored by the Air Force Academy choir singing a hymn.

Harry mistakes the domed planetarium building for a UFO. The site used to be open to the public, but is now used exclusively for cadet training. The choir switches to “Air Force Blue” an unofficial Air Force song composed during 1956 by Marilyn Scott and Keith Textor.

They look through the windows at Mitchell Hall, the cadet dining hall, which is named in honor of Brigadier General William Mitchell. This three and a half story structure sits on 1.7 acres and has the capability of serving the entire Cadet Wing (more than 4,000 people) simultaneously in less than 30 minutes. During this scene the choir sings a song based on the poem “The Coming American” by Samuel Walter Foss.

They next see Vandenburg Hall, a quarter mile long dormitory. Vandenberg Hall is the second-largest university dormitory in the country, after the United States Naval Academy’s Mitchell Hall. The dorms are named after General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, the second Air Force chief of staff. The main buildings in the Cadet Area surround a large pavilion known as The Terrazzo, designed by landscape architect Dan Kiley. The name comes from the walkway’s terrazzo tiles that are set among a checkerboard of marble strips.

The scene where Lucy is dragged by a floor polisher through the hallways of one of the buildings is accomplished by Lucille herself without a stunt double. A special dolly is placed under her body to glide her along, and the film was sped up so she appears to be moving much faster than she actually was.

When Lucy and the Carters are guests at the grand parade, Lucille Ball wears the prescription sunglasses she wore in real life. Lucy Carter never wore glasses on the series, so it momentarily reminds us that these cadets are all parading for the real-life celebrity Lucille Ball.

As the parade of cadets passes, the show takes a surreal turn when Lucy, with Craig standing beside her watching the men march by, sees the face of her son in the formation. The camera irises in and focuses on Craig in full military inform. The march is accompanied by “El Capitan” (1896) by John Philip Sousa.

The episode ends with a helicopter shot of the parade and the Academy campus to the strains of “Off We Go, Into the Wild Blue Yonder” (aka “The U.S. Air Force Song” written in 1938 by Robert MacArthur Crawford).

In addition to Beverly Garland and Roy Roberts, Lucy shows and “My Three Sons” have a lot of actors in common. First and foremost William Frawley (Fred Mertz on “I Love Lucy”) who played Uncle Charlie. Star Fred MacMurray played himself on a 1958 episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.” In early episodes of “The Lucy Show” Barry Livingston (Ernie, youngest of the three sons) played Mr. Mooney's son Arnold on two episodes. Don Grady (Robbie, eldest of the three sons) also did an episode of “The Lucy Show” as one of Lucy's daughter's friends. Candy Moore and Jimmy Garrett, who played Lucy Carmichael's children on “The Lucy Show,” each did one episode. Doris Singleton, who played Caroline Appleby on “I Love Lucy” and characters on each of Lucy's shows, also played two characters on eight episodes of “My Three Sons.”

Other shared character actors include Maurice Marsac (Tropicana Maitre D'), Reta Shaw, Jerry Hausner (Jerry the Agent), Maxine Semon, Lou Krugman, Ted Eccles (who also played Arnold Mooney), Richard Reeves, Ed Begley, Gail Bonney, Jay North (Wendell Mooney), Rolfe Sedan, Tyler McVey, Sandra Gould, Richard Deacon, Eve Arden, Mabel Albertson, Joan Blondell (Joan Brennan), Elvia Allman, Herb Vigran, Dayton Lummis, Mary Wickes, Lurene Tuttle, Dick Patterson, Jamie Farr, Tol Avery, Robert Carson, Amzie Strickland, Barbara Morrison, Louis Nicoletti, Eddie Quillan, Barbara Pepper, Dub Taylor, Kathleen Freeman, Ray Kellogg, Stafford Repp, Jay Novello, William Meader, Arthur Tovey, Bess Flowers (”Queen of the Extras”), Ed Haskett, Hans Moebus, Bert Stevens, James Gonzales, Steve Carruthers, Norman Stevans, and George DeNormand.

During the saluting scene, cars disappear and reappear; They're present in the long shots and gone in the close-ups. Same for the snow (small circle); there is snow on the grass in the long shots and none in the close-ups.

Lucy mistakes the Superintendent (Roy Roberts) for a janitor despite the fact that he's wearing a military hat!

The wire pulling the runaway floor polisher down the hallway can be clearly seen in one shot, although it is difficult to see in the still photos.

In another shot you can see the dolly underneath Lucy.

“Lucy Goes to the Air Force Academy: Part 2” rates 3 Paper Hearts out of 5

These two episodes feel more complete if viewed as one. Lucy's display of physical comedy is truly memorable. The tour of the Academy is basically a recruitment video for cadets. The military pageantry of the ending, combined with Lucy's hallucination of Craig in uniform, is a bit odd.

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