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Van Zandt Jarvis Williams (February 27, 1934 – November 28, 2016) was an actor best known for his leading role as Kenny Madison in both Warner Bros. television detective series Bourbon Street Beat (1959–60) and its sequel, Surfside 6 (1960–62). [1]

100 relations: Actor, Adam West, American Broadcasting Company, Andrew Duggan, Apple's Way, Arlene Howell, Aviation accidents and incidents, Barnaby Jones, Batman (1966 film), Batman (TV series), Bert D'Angelo/Superstar, Bourbon Street Beat, Bruce Lee, California, Cameo appearance, Centennial (miniseries), Cheyenne (TV series), Colt .45 (TV series), Diane McBain, Diving, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Elizabeth Taylor, Falcon Crest, Film, Fort Worth, Texas, General Electric Theater, George Reeves, George W. Trendle, Green Hornet, Gunsmoke, Hawaii, Hawaiian Eye, Hollywood, How the West Was Won (TV series), Io9, Ironside (1967 TV series), Jane Fonda, Kato (The Green Hornet), Kidney failure, Lawman (TV series), Lee Patterson, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles Times, Love, American Style, Malibu, California, Mannix, Margarita Sierra, Mike Todd, Mission: Impossible, Mrs. Columbo, ..., Nanny and the Professor, New Orleans, Pat Priest (actress), Penske Media Corporation, People (magazine), Prometheus Global Media, Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected, Red Nightmare, Richard Long (actor), Santa Monica, California, Scottsdale, Arizona, Sidekick, Sun Valley, Idaho, Superman, Surfside 6, Tall Story, Television pilot, Television show, Texaco Star Theatre, Texas Christian University, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Big Valley, The Caretakers, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Gallant Men, The Green Hornet (2011 film), The Green Hornet (TV series), The Hollywood Reporter, The Lone Ranger (TV series), The Manhunter, The Munsters, The Night Rider (film), The Red Hand Gang, The Rockford Files, The Streets of San Francisco, The Tycoon (TV series), Time Inc., Tronc, Troy Donahue, TV Guide, Two-way radio, Typecasting (acting), United Artists, Univision Communications, Variety (magazine), Walter Brennan, Warner Bros., Westwind (TV series), 20th Century Fox, 77 Sunset Strip. Expand index (50 more) »

Actor

An actor (often actress for women; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance.

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Adam West

William West Anderson (September 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017), known professionally as Adam West, was an American actor known primarily for his role as Batman in the 1960s ABC series of the same name and its 1966 theatrical feature film.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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Andrew Duggan

Andrew Duggan (December 28, 1923 – May 15, 1988) was an American character actor of both film and television.

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Apple's Way

Apple's Way is an American drama television series which aired Sundays at 7:30 pm (EST) on CBS from 1974 to 1975.

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Arlene Howell

Arlene Howell (born October 25, 1939) is a former American television actress from northern Louisiana who won the title of Miss USA of 1958.

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Aviation accidents and incidents

An aviation accident is defined by the Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until all such persons have disembarked, where a person is fatally or seriously injured, the aircraft sustains damage or structural failure or the aircraft is missing or is completely inaccessible.

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Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as a father and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, California.

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Batman (1966 film)

Batman (often promoted as Batman: The Movie) is a 1966 American superhero film based on the ''Batman'' television series, and the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character Batman.

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Batman (TV series)

Batman is a 1960s American live action television series, based on the DC comic book character of the same name.

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Bert D'Angelo/Superstar

Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (shown as Bert D'Angelo in Britain) is an American police drama that aired on ABC on Saturday Nights from February 21 to July 10, 1976.

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Bourbon Street Beat

Bourbon Street Beat is a private detective series which aired on the ABC network from 1959-1960 and featured Richard Long as Rex Randolph, Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun, Van Williams as Kenny Madison, and Arlene Howell as Melody Lee Mercer, the secretary at the New Orleans detective agency in which they worked.

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Bruce Lee

Lee Jun-fan (November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973), known professionally as Bruce Lee, was a Hong Kong and American actor, film director, martial artist, martial arts instructor, philosopher, and founder of the martial art Jeet Kune Do, one of the wushu or kungfu styles.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Cameo appearance

A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance or voice part of a known person in a work of the performing arts, typically unnamed or appearing as themselves.

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Centennial (miniseries)

Centennial is a 12-episode American television miniseries, that aired on NBC, from October 1978 to February 1979.

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Cheyenne (TV series)

Cheyenne was an American Western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963.

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Colt .45 (TV series)

Colt.45 (also known as The Colt Cousins) is an American Western series which aired on ABC between October 1957 and September 1960.

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Diane McBain

Diane McBain (born May 18, 1941) is an American actress who, as a Warner Brothers contract player, reached a brief peak of popularity during the early 1960s.

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Diving

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, usually while performing acrobatics.

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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a 1993 American biographical drama film written and directed by Rob Cohen, and starring Jason Scott Lee, Lauren Holly and Robert Wagner.

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Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-born American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian.

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Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest is an American prime time television soap opera that aired for nine seasons on CBS from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990.

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Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.

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Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the 15th-largest city in the United States and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas.

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General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater was an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television.

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George Reeves

George Reeves (January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an American actor.

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George W. Trendle

George Washington Trendle (July 4, 1884May 10, 1972) was a Detroit lawyer and businessman best known as the producer of the Lone Ranger radio and television programs along with The Green Hornet.

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Green Hornet

The Green Hornet is a fictional masked crime-fighter created in 1936 by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell.

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Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.

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Hawaiian Eye

Hawaiian Eye is an American detective television series that ran from October 1959 to April 1963 on the ABC television network.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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How the West Was Won (TV series)

How the West Was Won is an American western television series that starred James Arness, Eva Marie Saint, Fionnula Flanagan, Bruce Boxleitner, and Richard Kiley.

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Io9

io9 is a blog launched in 2008 by Gawker Media, which focuses on the subjects of science fiction, fantasy, futurism, science, technology and related areas.

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Ironside (1967 TV series)

Ironside is an American television crime drama that aired on NBC over 8 seasons from 1967 to 1975.

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Jane Fonda

Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model and fitness guru.

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Kato (The Green Hornet)

Kato (加藤) is a fictional character from The Green Hornet series.

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Kidney failure

Kidney failure, also known as end-stage kidney disease, is a medical condition in which the kidneys no longer work.

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Lawman (TV series)

Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay.

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Lee Patterson

Lee Patterson (March 31, 1929 – February 14, 2007) was a Canadian film and television actor.

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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

With 17,694 employees, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, is the nation's largest Sheriff's Department.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Love, American Style

Love, American Style is an anthology comedy television series produced by Paramount Television that originally aired between 1969 and 1974.

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Malibu, California

Malibu is a beach city in western Los Angeles County, California, situated about west of Downtown Los Angeles.

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Mannix

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 to 1975 on CBS.

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Margarita Sierra

Maria Margarita Suarez Sierra (January 5, 1936 – September 6, 1963), better known as Margarita Sierra, was a Spanish-American singer, dancer, and actress perhaps best known for her supporting role as the nightclub-singing Cha Cha O'Brien on the early 1960s ABC/Warner Bros. television series, Surfside 6, with Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Lee Patterson, and Diane McBain.

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Mike Todd

Michael "Mike" Todd (born Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen, June 22, 1909 – March 22, 1958) was an American theater and film producer, best known for his 1956 production of Around the World in 80 Days, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture.

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Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible is an American television series, created and initially produced by Bruce Geller, chronicling the exploits of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF).

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Mrs. Columbo

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Nanny and the Professor

Nanny and the Professor is an American sitcom created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century-Fox Television.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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Pat Priest (actress)

Patricia Ann Priest (born August 15, 1936), mainly credited as Pat Priest, is an American actress known for portraying the second Marilyn Munster on the television show, The Munsters (1964–1966) after original actress Beverley Owen left after 13 episodes.

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Penske Media Corporation

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is an American digital media, publishing, and information services company founded in 2003.

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People (magazine)

People is an American weekly magazine of celebrity and human-interest stories, published by Meredith Corporation.

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Prometheus Global Media

Prometheus Global Media was a New York City-based B2B media company.

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Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

Quinn Martins Tales of the Unexpected is a 1977 United States horror and science fiction anthology television series produced by Quinn Martin, and hosted and narrated by William Conrad.

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Red Nightmare

Red Nightmare is the best known title of the 1957 Armed Forces Information Film (AFIF) 120, Freedom and You.

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Richard Long (actor)

Richard Long (December 17, 1927 – December 21, 1974) was an American actor best known for his leading roles in three ABC television series, including The Big Valley, Nanny and the Professor, and Bourbon Street Beat.

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Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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Scottsdale, Arizona

Scottsdale (Vaṣai S-vaṣonĭ; Eskatel) is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, part of the Greater Phoenix Area.

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Sidekick

A sidekick is a slang expression for a close companion or colleague (not necessarily in fiction) who is, or generally regarded as, subordinate to the one he or she accompanies.

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Sun Valley, Idaho

Sun Valley is a resort city in Blaine County in central Idaho, in the western United States.

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Superman

Superman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Surfside 6

Surfside 6 is an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962.

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Tall Story

Tall Story is a 1960 American romantic comedy film made by Warner Bros., directed by Joshua Logan and starring Anthony Perkins with Jane Fonda, in her first screen role, at the age of 22.

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Television pilot

A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie) is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network.

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Television show

A television show (often simply TV show) is any content produced for broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, cable, or internet and typically viewed on a television set, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed between shows.

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Texaco Star Theatre

Texaco Star Theatre was an American comedy-variety show, broadcast on radio from 1938 to 1949 and telecast from 1948 to 1956.

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Texas Christian University

Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private Christian-based, coeducational university in Fort Worth, Texas, established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the AddRan Male & Female College.

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The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971.

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The Big Valley

The Big Valley is an American Western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965 to May 19, 1969, starring Barbara Stanwyck as the widow of a wealthy 19th-century California rancher and Richard Long, Lee Majors, Peter Breck and Linda Evans as her family.

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The Caretakers

The Caretakers, released in the UK as Borderlines, is a 1963 American drama film starring Robert Stack, Polly Bergen, Diane McBain, Joan Crawford and Janis Paige in a story about a mental hospital.

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The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television sitcom that initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 to June 1, 1966, with a total of 158 half-hour episodes spanning five seasons.

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The Gallant Men

The Gallant Men is a 1962–1963 ABC television series which depicted an infantry company of American soldiers fighting their way through Italy in World War II.

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The Green Hornet (2011 film)

The Green Hornet is a 2011 American superhero action comedy film based on the character of the same name by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker that had originated in a 1930s radio program and has appeared in movie serials, a television series, comic books, and other media.

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The Green Hornet (TV series)

The Green Hornet television series aired on the ABC US television network in the 1966–1967 TV season, starring Van Williams as the Green Hornet/Britt Reid and Bruce Lee as Kato.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is a multi-platform American digital and print magazine founded in 1930 and focusing on the Hollywood film industry, television, and entertainment industries, as well as Hollywood's intersection with fashion, finance, law, technology, lifestyle, and politics.

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The Lone Ranger (TV series)

The Lone Ranger is an American western drama television series that aired on the ABC Television network from 1949 to 1957, with Clayton Moore in the starring role.

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The Manhunter

The Manhunter is an American crime drama that was part of CBS' lineup for the 1974–1975 television season.

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The Munsters

The Munsters is an American sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters starring Fred Gwynne as Frankenstein's monster-type head-of-the-household Herman Munster, Yvonne De Carlo as his vampire wife, Lily Munster, Al Lewis as Grandpa, the over-the-hill vampire who relishes in talking about the "good old days", and Beverly Owen (later replaced by Pat Priest) as their teenage niece whose all-American beauty made her the family outcast and Butch Patrick as their half-vampire, half-werewolf son Eddie Munster.

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The Night Rider (film)

The Night Rider is a 1932 American Pre-Code western film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and William Nigh.

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The Red Hand Gang

The Red Hand Gang is an American live-action Saturday morning television series that aired on NBC from September 10 to November 26, 1977.

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The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files is an American television drama series starring James Garner that aired on the NBC network between September 13, 1974, and January 10, 1980, and has remained in syndication to the present day.

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The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco is a television crime drama filmed on location in San Francisco, California, and produced by Quinn Martin Productions, with the first season produced in association with Warner Bros. Television (QM produced the show on its own for the remainder of its run).

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The Tycoon (TV series)

The Tycoon is a 32-episode American sitcom television series broadcast by ABC.

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Time Inc.

Time Inc. was an American worldwide mass media corporation founded on November 28, 1922 by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden and based in New York City.

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Tronc

Tronc, Inc. (stylized as tronc; formerly Tribune Publishing) is an American newspaper print and online media publishing company based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Troy Donahue

Troy Donahue (born Merle Johnson, Jr., January 27, 1936 – September 2, 2001) was an American film and television actor and singer.

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TV Guide

TV Guide is a bi-weekly American magazine that provides television program listings information as well as television-related news, celebrity interviews and gossip, film reviews, crossword puzzles, and, in some issues, horoscopes.

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Two-way radio

A two-way radio is a radio that can do both transmit and receive a signal (a transceiver), unlike a broadcast receiver which only receives content.

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Typecasting (acting)

In television, film, and theatre, typecasting is the process by which a particular actor becomes strongly identified with a specific character; one or more particular roles; or, characters having the same traits or coming from the same social or ethnic groups.

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United Artists

United Artists (UA) is an American film and television entertainment studio.

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Univision Communications

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) is an American media company serving Hispanic and Latino Americans. The company dates back to the first Spanish language television network in the U.S., founded in the early 1960s as Spanish International Network (SIN). The founders of Univision were Rene Anselmo and Telesistema Mexicano founder Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta. UCI has evolved into a multimedia company with 16 broadcast, cable and digital networks; 61 television stations; and online and mobile apps, products and content creation facilities in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. UCI’s headquarters is in Midtown Manhattan. Prior to 2007, the headquarters was in the Century City neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Walter Brennan

Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor.

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Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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Westwind (TV series)

Westwind is a young adult television action drama on the NBC Saturday morning line up.

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20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, doing business as 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio currently owned by 21st Century Fox.

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77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip is an American television private detective series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, and Edd Byrnes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Williams

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