TV WESTERNS – PT30

TV WESTERNS – PT30

June 23, 2022 Alan Royle 2

  THE RANGE RIDER (1951-53) 78 EPISODES                This series was one of the earliest westerns on American TV and was well-received. Jock Mahony, a former stuntman (and the step-father of actress Sally Field) was the star of the show. Oddly, his character had no name and was known only as […]

Tragic Hollywood – Accidental Deaths ( Pt 5 )

June 1, 2015 admin 2

    In Part 5 of Accidental Deaths in Hollywood I look at five drownings, four actors who died from falls, and another who failed to survive a botched operation.     Jeff Chandler (1918 – 1961) Chandler only made about 50 movies, the bulk of them in the fifties, […]

What Happened To? ( Pt 1 )

April 9, 2015 admin 2

This category will, from time to time, look at old stars from both movies and TV, to see where they are today, and what happened to them after their days in the spotlight ended. I shall start Pt 1 with the TV western series of the 50s and 60s. Some […]