The top one is Darren McGavin, who played Kolchak (an investigative reporter, I think), in a spooky series of TV Movies called 'The Night Stalker'. It was a sort of predecessor to 'The X Files'. He also had his own series called 'The Outsider' in which I think he played a 'downbeat' private eye.
I don't know who the other guy is, but he looks like an early Wolverine to me. Mish.
Yep, Mish you got it. Top guy is 'Kolchak'. What a brilliant series and I think there was a TV film or two too. Classic spooky stuff and yes, I agree, the original X-Files! He just needed a Scully! The other guy is related to Wolverine!
I am not sure which actor is being referred to as being in Gilligan's Island (1964-67) - Darren McGavin ? But neither was one of the main cast. Gillian's Island was about a small tour boat, the SS Minnow, its crew of two and five passengers were lost in a storm while on a three-hour tour, and ended up on an uncharted and uninhabited island. They spent the entire series, two animated spin-off series, and three later TV movies failing to get off the island. Actually they did get rescued at one point, but still ended up back on the island. Despite being uncharted and uninhabited, the island had many visitors, and one of the pictured actors have been in one or two episodes. A really nutty series, but great fun.
Never seen G's Island Paul. I should do. In my book of board games there's a game for it and for Gomer Pyle and F-Troop to name a few . never seen any of them but the board games look great. The second actor shown has been in many films now and this is probably his most famous role pictured.
Both F-Troop and Gomer Pyle USMC have been shown recently on UK TV. I haven't seen Gilligan's Island since the seventies, probably. Coincidentally, I was watching Darren McGavin in an episode of The Man from Uncle last night. The Night Stalker TV film has also been shown recently here too. I can't say I'm that fond of Hogan's Heroes, another example of America winning the war for us all. Another series that did that was The Rat Patrol which got a lot of complaints from surviving British Desert Rats.
'F Troop' was a 1960s US comedy series set, I think, in a Yankee fort in the American Civil War. It was probably a different US TV Network's answer to the more popular 'Hogan's Heroes', which was about a group of WW2 Prisoners of War in a German Stallag (13 of course). Mish.
Gilligan's Island was great fun, and lasted for three seasons. F Troop (1965-67) is about a US Cavalry Troop based at Fort Courage, and the setting was post-Civil War, with the unit policing the Western frontier and keeping an eye on the local Indian tribe. Forrest Tucker, from a number of SF and horror movies, played Sergeant O'Rourke, who was more interested in trading with the peaceful Hekawi Indians than in fighting anyone. Another fun series. There were so many great American comedies in the 1960s - Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Munsters, My Mother the Car, Hogan's Heroes (set in Luft Stalag 13, a camp for captured Allied airmen), Get Smart, The Flying Nun, The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, all of which screened in NZ. I am not sure if Gillian's Island was on in the 1960s, or only later in the 1970s. Were some of these not seen in Britain ? You really do need to watch these shows, they were all great.
I recall watching most, if not all of these series as a youngster in the sixties. I've still got most of my episode guides that appeared in various magazines in the late seventies and early eighties. Probably a bit superfluous nowadays thanks to Google.
Strangely enough, Aurora brought out a kit based on The Rat Patrol, with fantastic box art. I had the kit, which was a bit disappointing as it was too small a scale, but never saw the TV series. Mish
I watched the TV series as a kid, and enjoyed it. I've even chatted to Gary Raymond, the token Brit in it, at SHADO Con, but I do recall the controversy about it over here.
I enjoyed Hogan's Heroes, and it was not all American. Corporal Newkirk was British, and Corporal LeBeau was French. There were also one or two Russian characters. The Rat Patrol (which did not screen in NZ in the 1960s, I think I first saw it in the 1980s, or perhaps the late 1970s) was loosely based on the SAS in the Western Desert in WW2. It was about a small team of commandos with two Jeeps, each crewed by two men. Of these four, one was a British Sergeant, the rest were Americans. Remember, these were American TV shows, and no one claimed they were documentaries.
I did watch it, and I don't think anyone thought it was a documentary, certainly not in the UK. What I'm saying is it's an example of rewriting, at the time recent, history, with little or no regard for facts.
Yep! You got it Lance! One of my fave characters and I think Liev was excellent as Logan's crazy brother! He's good in the Manchurian Candidate remake too.
The top one is Darren McGavin, who played Kolchak (an investigative reporter, I think), in a spooky series of TV Movies called 'The Night Stalker'. It was a sort of predecessor to 'The X Files'.
ReplyDeleteHe also had his own series called 'The Outsider' in which I think he played a 'downbeat' private eye.
I don't know who the other guy is, but he looks like an early Wolverine to me.
Mish.
Yep, Mish you got it. Top guy is 'Kolchak'. What a brilliant series and I think there was a TV film or two too. Classic spooky stuff and yes, I agree, the original X-Files! He just needed a Scully! The other guy is related to Wolverine!
DeleteP.S. I think he was the lead in a show called 'Gilligan's Island', from which this still was taken, but I could be wrong.
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Top one is Darren McGavin in the TV show "Riverboat" which also starred a young Burt Reynolds I have no idea who the second picture is of.
ReplyDeleteYou got Darren too Terran and the show. Second one is much more modern.
DeleteI am not sure which actor is being referred to as being in Gilligan's Island (1964-67) - Darren McGavin ? But neither was one of the main cast. Gillian's Island was about a small tour boat, the SS Minnow, its crew of two and five passengers were lost in a storm while on a three-hour tour, and ended up on an uncharted and uninhabited island. They spent the entire series, two animated spin-off series, and three later TV movies failing to get off the island. Actually they did get rescued at one point, but still ended up back on the island. Despite being uncharted and uninhabited, the island had many visitors, and one of the pictured actors have been in one or two episodes. A really nutty series, but great fun.
ReplyDeleteNever seen G's Island Paul. I should do. In my book of board games there's a game for it and for Gomer Pyle and F-Troop to name a few . never seen any of them but the board games look great. The second actor shown has been in many films now and this is probably his most famous role pictured.
DeleteBoth F-Troop and Gomer Pyle USMC have been shown recently on UK TV. I haven't seen Gilligan's Island since the seventies, probably. Coincidentally, I was watching Darren McGavin in an episode of The Man from Uncle last night. The Night Stalker TV film has also been shown recently here too.
DeleteI can't say I'm that fond of Hogan's Heroes, another example of America winning the war for us all. Another series that did that was The Rat Patrol which got a lot of complaints from surviving British Desert Rats.
'F Troop' was a 1960s US comedy series set, I think, in a Yankee fort in the American Civil War.
ReplyDeleteIt was probably a different US TV Network's answer to the more popular 'Hogan's Heroes', which was about a group of WW2 Prisoners of War in a German Stallag (13 of course).
Mish.
Ta Mish. I'll blog the pages of these games in my board games book I reckon.
DeleteGilligan's Island was great fun, and lasted for three seasons. F Troop (1965-67) is about a US Cavalry Troop based at Fort Courage, and the setting was post-Civil War, with the unit policing the Western frontier and keeping an eye on the local Indian tribe. Forrest Tucker, from a number of SF and horror movies, played Sergeant O'Rourke, who was more interested in trading with the peaceful Hekawi Indians than in fighting anyone. Another fun series. There were so many great American comedies in the 1960s - Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Munsters, My Mother the Car, Hogan's Heroes (set in Luft Stalag 13, a camp for captured Allied airmen), Get Smart, The Flying Nun, The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, all of which screened in NZ. I am not sure if Gillian's Island was on in the 1960s, or only later in the 1970s. Were some of these not seen in Britain ? You really do need to watch these shows, they were all great.
ReplyDeleteI recall watching most, if not all of these series as a youngster in the sixties. I've still got most of my episode guides that appeared in various magazines in the late seventies and early eighties. Probably a bit superfluous nowadays thanks to Google.
DeleteStrangely enough, Aurora brought out a kit based on The Rat Patrol, with fantastic box art.
ReplyDeleteI had the kit, which was a bit disappointing as it was too small a scale, but never saw the TV series.
Mish
I watched the TV series as a kid, and enjoyed it. I've even chatted to Gary Raymond, the token Brit in it, at SHADO Con, but I do recall the controversy about it over here.
DeleteI enjoyed Hogan's Heroes, and it was not all American. Corporal Newkirk was British, and Corporal LeBeau was French. There were also one or two Russian characters. The Rat Patrol (which did not screen in NZ in the 1960s, I think I first saw it in the 1980s, or perhaps the late 1970s) was loosely based on the SAS in the Western Desert in WW2. It was about a small team of commandos with two Jeeps, each crewed by two men. Of these four, one was a British Sergeant, the rest were Americans. Remember, these were American TV shows, and no one claimed they were documentaries.
ReplyDeleteI did watch it, and I don't think anyone thought it was a documentary, certainly not in the UK. What I'm saying is it's an example of rewriting, at the time recent, history, with little or no regard for facts.
DeleteThe other actor is playing a Marvel Supervillian.
ReplyDeleteThe bottom picture is of actor Liev Schreiber in the Sabertooth makeup from X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
ReplyDeleteYep! You got it Lance! One of my fave characters and I think Liev was excellent as Logan's crazy brother! He's good in the Manchurian Candidate remake too.
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