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Post by bravomailer on Mar 5, 2020 20:06:39 GMT
Two career Oscar winners trotted out a TV series each: Shirley MacLaine tried a variety show in the late 1960s -- that bombed George Kennedy had a good dramatic series in the early 1970s -- ex-cop and war vet turned Catholic Priest in SARGE -- but lasted less than a year. Kennedy also did The Blue Knight TV show which came out of a TV movie of the same name starring Oscar winner William Holden.  
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Post by marshamae on Mar 5, 2020 20:08:42 GMT
I have always thought the Brits got this right. Actors move easily among roles in live theater, film and tv, and back in the day, radio. Maybe this was because the production sites were mostly near London, maybe it was because salaries and budgets were small by Hollywood standards. But whatever the reason , British actors have always been trained to work in all media, and cobbled careers together with notable performances in all .
We have a little of this since the 80’s or so. Angela lansbury’s Tendency to use broadway friends in Murder She Wrote, the body of New York actors as recurring characters in Scorsese films, the Sopranos , Sex and the City, and the Law And Order Franchise.
Until the 1970’s , a tv series meant you had given up on film work. Bette Davis’ string of tv appearances on shows like Perry Mason were considered sad, but then Baby Jane put her back in the game. James Garner was thought to have ended any hope of a film career when he took Rockford, and he polished it off by suing the studio for cheating him out of payments with creative accounting. Thankfully the dire predictions were wrong and he CONTINUED to have a robust career in film and TV.
One factor that made tv more appealing was the advent of TV movies and mini series. Good scripts, big budgets, good production values, strong casts and top directors , high salaries and short comittments all helped to make these long form tv shows appealing for top film talent. From Captains and Kings on, TV movies were events with great exposure in a quality production, and residuals!
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 5, 2020 20:46:40 GMT
mikef6 plus Cloris was perhaps one of the last of the actual ***STARS*** to appear on Dancing with the "Stars" ...now known as "Dancing with People Most Folks Never Heard Of !" Cloris was 82 years old. She was at the time - and remains - the oldest competitor to appear on the show. What a trouper.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 5, 2020 21:00:00 GMT
mikef6 Trouper and good sport yes BUT I was embarrassed for her and wish that she had stayed off the show dignity-wise.
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 5, 2020 21:40:01 GMT
mikef6 Trouper and good sport yes BUT I was embarrassed for her and wish that she had stayed off the show dignity-wise. I'm glad I never watched the show so missed it.
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Post by Dirty Santa PaulsLaugh on Mar 5, 2020 22:18:21 GMT
Most of these guys were Broadway actors rather than Hollywood studio system generated and normally character actors who got choice leading rolls. But they were actors first and stars second. Their egos didn’t get in their way either. Ray Milland is a good example of a leading man who saw the writing on the wall. So did Loretta Young.   |
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Post by marianne48 on Mar 5, 2020 22:38:09 GMT
Her only Oscar was an honorary one, but Barbara Stanwyck had several nominations and an illustrious film career. She gave up theatrical films in the early 1960s and starred in the TV Western series Wagon Train and The Big Valley, and later in the 1980s on The Colbys (as yet another of those tough matriarchs). Maybe it was the dearth of good roles for mature women in the 1960s that caused her to turn to TV (the movie roles for older women in that decade seemed to lean toward horror films).
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 5, 2020 23:27:57 GMT
Two series from Glenn Ford after he turned to two series, first in the 1970s after well-received 'The Brotherhood of the Bell' in 1970 -- then single-seasoned 'Cade's County' followed by 'The Family Holvik'
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 5, 2020 23:54:08 GMT
George Kennedy had a good dramatic series in the early 1970s -- ex-cop and war vet turned Catholic Priest in SARGE -- but lasted less than a year. I need to check that out!
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 6, 2020 0:00:46 GMT
Another I want to check out is HAWKINS starring James Stewart and Strother Martin.
Sounds like a prototype Matlock.
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 6, 2020 0:07:49 GMT
Jimmy Stewart tried out two TV series in the early 1970s --
A family comedy -- 'The JS Show'
And a courtroom drama (sort of a 'Matlock' lite) -- 'Hawkins on Murder'
Neither moved the needle and were soon cancelled.
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 6, 2020 2:21:47 GMT
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 6, 2020 2:24:57 GMT
Spring Byington was nominated for her performance in You Can't Take It with You (1938) and was later on December Bride and Laramie.
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Post by hi224 on Mar 6, 2020 2:35:52 GMT
nowadays this would be widely accepted.
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Post by hi224 on Mar 6, 2020 2:38:18 GMT
Jimmy Stewart tried out two TV series in the early 1970s -- A family comedy -- 'The JS Show' And a courtroom drama (sort of a 'Matlock' lite) -- 'Hawkins on Murder' Neither moved the needle and were soon cancelled. At least a golden globe came out of Hawkins as well.
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 6, 2020 2:38:49 GMT
Cliff Robertson won for Charly and became a regular on Falcon Crest.
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Post by Dirty Santa PaulsLaugh on Mar 6, 2020 3:24:22 GMT
Her only Oscar was an honorary one, but Barbara Stanwyck had several nominations and an illustrious film career. She gave up theatrical films in the early 1960s and starred in the TV Western series Wagon Train and The Big Valley, and later in the 1980s on The Colbys (as yet another of those tough matriarchs). Maybe it was the dearth of good roles for mature women in the 1960s that caused her to turn to TV (the movie roles for older women in that decade seemed to lean toward horror films). The first I knew of Stanwyck was on The Big Valley, sort of a matriarchal Bonanza. I know Linda Evans and she became great friends and the younger actress considered her a mentor. Classy lady who could do both comedy and drama equally well. The Lady Eve is one of favorites.
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 6, 2020 3:27:53 GMT
Shirley Booth won for Come Back, Little Sheba then did Hazel.
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Post by Dirty Santa PaulsLaugh on Mar 6, 2020 3:30:06 GMT
Cliff Robertson won for Charly and became a regular on Falcon Crest. Cliff got somewhat blacklisted after he exposed an embezzlement scheme at Columbia Pictures. He did a lot of early TV work like acting the original teleplay Days of Wine and Roses.
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Post by spiderwort on Mar 6, 2020 3:38:50 GMT
David Niven starred in many episodes of live television anthology series in the 1950s, including The Four Star Playhouse, Alcoa Theatre, Goodyear Theatre, and Zane Grey Theatre - in between also starring in feature films. He even starred in the series, The Rogues (1965-65). Busy man.
Like Loretta Young, Oscar winner Joseph Schildkraut also hosted and sometimes starred in his anthology series, Joseph Schildkraut Presents (1953-54).
Ditto for two time Oscar nominee Robert Montgomery with his anthology series, Robert Montgomery Presents (1950-57). He was also the producer of the series.
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