There’s no question that actor Paul Lynde was a fixture of Classic TV, and while he never managed his own hit show, he made memorable appearances on dozens of the biggest sitcoms of the 1960s and early ‘70s, most notably being Bewitched. And on top of that, there was his taking up residence, from 1968-81, in the center square of the game show The Hollywood Squares that really allowed him to connect with viewers. On that show, which aired five days a week, Paul, like the rest of the nine contestants, offered up snappy answers to questions that would hopefully allow players to achieve the required tic-tac-toe that would lead to victory. But what separated him from the others was his particular brand of snark — and the speed of his responses — which made America truly fall in love with him. “Everybody loved him,” offers Cathy Rudolph, his friend and...
- 4/16/2018
- by Ed Gross
- Closer Weekly
Actress Rose Marie, best known for her role as Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show, died on Thursday in Van Nuys, CA, Variety reports. She was 94.
Born Rose Marie Mazetta in New York City on August 15th, 1923, Marie began her career as a child star at the age of three. Two years later she had her own NBC radio show. She cut several records and also appeared in vaudeville. As a teenager, she performed as a nightclub singer and later became a comedienne on radio. She also starred...
Born Rose Marie Mazetta in New York City on August 15th, 1923, Marie began her career as a child star at the age of three. Two years later she had her own NBC radio show. She cut several records and also appeared in vaudeville. As a teenager, she performed as a nightclub singer and later became a comedienne on radio. She also starred...
- 12/29/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Game show icon Monty Hall, who co-created and hosted the original Let’s Make a Deal, has died of heart failure at the age of 96, the New York Times reports. He passed away on Saturday in his Beverly Hills, Calif. home.
Hall launched Let’s Make a Deal in 1963. It first premiered as part of NBC’s daytime line-up before moving to ABC in 1968, where it continued through 1976. A syndicated version of Deal aired on and off through the 1970s and 80s, before returning to NBC for a brief run from 1990-91. The show was eventually revived with host Wayne Brady...
Hall launched Let’s Make a Deal in 1963. It first premiered as part of NBC’s daytime line-up before moving to ABC in 1968, where it continued through 1976. A syndicated version of Deal aired on and off through the 1970s and 80s, before returning to NBC for a brief run from 1990-91. The show was eventually revived with host Wayne Brady...
- 9/30/2017
- TVLine.com
Television icon Monty Hall -- the co-creator and host of "Let's Make a Deal" -- died from heart failure at his home in Beverly Hills ... TMZ has learned. Hall's daughter Joanna Gleason tells us ... he passed away Saturday morning surrounded by friends and family. We're told his health had been declining the past few years. Gleason says her dad was most proud of his show because it gave him the platform to help people. The...
- 9/30/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Halloween is a time when regular folk allow themselves to see the world as us horror lovers do – weird and wonderful, sinister mischief with tongue in cheek under (and over) tones. They watch that scary movie they’ve been meaning to get to for the past year, string up skeletons, and parade around at office parties in the latest ironic costumes (expect tons of Trumps and Weiners this year). But for the fearful faithful, this is our workaday; we watch the films daily, display our rooms with terror trinkets, and dress up as our favourite icons at constant conventions around the globe. So what separates the actual day of Halloween from our normal routine? TV viewing, of course.
‘Tis the season when every station trots out horror programming, sometimes for weeks on end leading up to and including the big night. A lot of this is for Johnny and Jane...
‘Tis the season when every station trots out horror programming, sometimes for weeks on end leading up to and including the big night. A lot of this is for Johnny and Jane...
- 10/30/2016
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Rose Marie, the actress who went toe-to-toe in a man’s world as wisecracking comedy writer Sally Rogers on the legendary 1960s CBS sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, has died. She was 94.
Marie died at 2 p.m. Thursday at her home in Van Nuys, California, according to her website.
The comedienne-vocalist, who started her career at age 3 in some of the earliest talking films, co-headlined on the opening night of Bugsy Siegel’s Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas in 1946 and was a regular on the game show The Hollywood Squares.
Readily identifiable by the bow in...
Marie died at 2 p.m. Thursday at her home in Van Nuys, California, according to her website.
The comedienne-vocalist, who started her career at age 3 in some of the earliest talking films, co-headlined on the opening night of Bugsy Siegel’s Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas in 1946 and was a regular on the game show The Hollywood Squares.
Readily identifiable by the bow in...
- 7/29/2014
- by Mike Barnes ,Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Frank Bank, best known for playing Clarence “Lumpy” Rutherford on the classic TV series Leave It to Beaver from 1957-1963, died April 13, according to numerous published reports.
Beaver star Jerry Mathers posted a message of condolence to his Facebook page on Saturday, writing, “I was so sad to hear today of the passing of my dear friend and business associate Frank Bank, who played Lumpy on Leave it to Beaver. He was a character and always kept us laughing. My deepest condolences to Frank’s family.”
On the show, Bank’s “Lumpy” Rutherford was the insecure and clumsy local bully who harassed the Cleaver boys,...
Beaver star Jerry Mathers posted a message of condolence to his Facebook page on Saturday, writing, “I was so sad to hear today of the passing of my dear friend and business associate Frank Bank, who played Lumpy on Leave it to Beaver. He was a character and always kept us laughing. My deepest condolences to Frank’s family.”
On the show, Bank’s “Lumpy” Rutherford was the insecure and clumsy local bully who harassed the Cleaver boys,...
- 4/15/2013
- by John Mitchell
- EW - Inside TV
Legendary comedian Jonathan Winters died of natural causes in Montecito, California on Friday. He was 87 years old.Winters' career started in radio, and he was one of the first big television stars. One of his most beloved characters was Maude Frickert, a seemingly sweet old lady with a sharp tongue. He also played Mork and Mindy's son Mearth in the final season of the eponymous show.His humor and improv skills made him a popular guest on many shows, from "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson," "The Dean Martin Show," "Hee Haw," and "The Hollywood Squares."Winters' also voiced Papa Smurf in "The Smurfs" cartoon, and reprised the role in the recent movies.Stars took to twitter to pay their respects:Dick Van Dyke @iammrvandyThe first time I saw Jonathan Winters perform, I thought I might as well quit the business. Because, I could never be as brilliant.Dick Van Dyke...
- 4/12/2013
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
After the loss of Andy Griffith last week, we've now got another dose of sad news as Ernest Borgnine reportedly passed away over the weekend as well. Best known for playing the lead role as Lt. Commander Quinton McHale on McHale's Navy and also for starring in such classics as The Dirty Dozen and The Wild Bunch, Borgnine was clearly comfortable on both the big screen and the small screen. He won an Oscar in 1955 for Delbert Mann's Marty, which also happened to win Best Picture that year. Borgnine died of kidney failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles with his wife and children by his side. He was 95 years old. Borgnine was still working pretty much right up to the end, having appeared as Henry The Records Keeper in Red back in 2010, and also continuing to voice Mermaid Man on Spongebob Squarepants for over a decade. Borgnine...
- 7/9/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Ernest Borgnine dead at 95.
Legendary film and television actor Ernest Borgnine, who won an Academy Award for 1955′s Marty, has died at age 95. According to the actor’s manager, Borgnine died of kidney failure Sunday afternoon.
Borgnine made the move to films and then television in 1951, racking up more than 200 credits in projects ranging from the era of live television drama to the children’s cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants.
He starred in the 1962-66 sitcom McHale’s Navy, was one of the original celebrities on the game show The Hollywood Squares and played William Holden’s right-hand-man in Sam Peckinpah’s revisionist Western The Wild Bunch. He also was a regular on the 1980s television drama Airwolf and frequently guest starred on a number of shows.
In addition to his Oscar for Marty, Borgnine was nominated for three Emmys — the most recent in 2009, for a guest spot on the hospital drama...
Legendary film and television actor Ernest Borgnine, who won an Academy Award for 1955′s Marty, has died at age 95. According to the actor’s manager, Borgnine died of kidney failure Sunday afternoon.
Borgnine made the move to films and then television in 1951, racking up more than 200 credits in projects ranging from the era of live television drama to the children’s cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants.
He starred in the 1962-66 sitcom McHale’s Navy, was one of the original celebrities on the game show The Hollywood Squares and played William Holden’s right-hand-man in Sam Peckinpah’s revisionist Western The Wild Bunch. He also was a regular on the 1980s television drama Airwolf and frequently guest starred on a number of shows.
In addition to his Oscar for Marty, Borgnine was nominated for three Emmys — the most recent in 2009, for a guest spot on the hospital drama...
- 7/9/2012
- by Robert Falconer
- CinemaSpy
Film and television actor Ernest Borgnine, who won an Academy Award for 1955's "Marty," has died at age 95. His manager said Borgnine died of kidney failure Sunday afternoon. His wife, Tova, and children were at his side at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Borgnine made the move to films and then television in 1951, racking up more than 200 credits in projects ranging from the era of live television drama to the children's cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants." He starred in the 1962-66 sitcom "McHale's Navy," was one of the original celebrities on the game show "The Hollywood Squares" and played William Holden's right-hand-man in Sam Peckinpah's revisionist Western "The Wild Bunch." He also was a regular on the 1980s television drama "Airwolf" and a frequent guest star on a variety of shows. In addition to his Oscar for "Marty," Borgnine was nominated for three Emmys -- the most recent in...
- 7/9/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
As Betty White reaches a huge milestone today by turning 90, we bring you 30 facts about this Hollywood legend who shows no signs of slowing down!
Born in Oak Park, Illinois on January 17, 1922, she's of German and Greek ancestry.
Moved with her family to Los Angeles when she was two years old.
During the late 1930's, was voted the best looking female by her classmates.
Before beginning her acting career, worked as a model, with one of her first gigs at the Bliss Hayden Little Theater in Los Angeles.
In the 1940s, began working in radio on shows such as Blondie, The Great Gildersleeve and This Is Your FBI and eventually landed her own show, The Betty White Show.
Her television debut came in 1949 when she appeared on Al Jarvis' daily live variety show called Hollywood on Television.
Played the same character, Rose Nylund, on four different TV shows: The Golden Palace...
Born in Oak Park, Illinois on January 17, 1922, she's of German and Greek ancestry.
Moved with her family to Los Angeles when she was two years old.
During the late 1930's, was voted the best looking female by her classmates.
Before beginning her acting career, worked as a model, with one of her first gigs at the Bliss Hayden Little Theater in Los Angeles.
In the 1940s, began working in radio on shows such as Blondie, The Great Gildersleeve and This Is Your FBI and eventually landed her own show, The Betty White Show.
Her television debut came in 1949 when she appeared on Al Jarvis' daily live variety show called Hollywood on Television.
Played the same character, Rose Nylund, on four different TV shows: The Golden Palace...
- 1/17/2012
- Entertainment Tonight
David Arquette sums up his new "Dancing With the Stars" role simply and understandably: "I'm nervous."
The co-star of the "Scream" movies will face such competitors as talk-show veterans Nancy Grace and Ricki Lake, Chaz Bono, celebrity stylist and fashion designer Carson Kressley, reality-show alum Kristin Cavallari, singer-actress Chynna Phillips and athletes Ron Artest and Hope Solo when the ABC competition starts its 13th round Monday, Sept. 19.
"It's exciting, but it's really nerve-wracking and wild," Arquette tells Zap2it in his first interview about his "Dancing" stint. "I don't know what to expect. I love to dance, and that's one of the main reasons I chose to do this. It really is something that I've found a lot of joy and happiness in. That's what I'm looking for in my life in general, so I think it'll help."
Arquette says he was first approached for "Dancing With the Stars" last year,...
The co-star of the "Scream" movies will face such competitors as talk-show veterans Nancy Grace and Ricki Lake, Chaz Bono, celebrity stylist and fashion designer Carson Kressley, reality-show alum Kristin Cavallari, singer-actress Chynna Phillips and athletes Ron Artest and Hope Solo when the ABC competition starts its 13th round Monday, Sept. 19.
"It's exciting, but it's really nerve-wracking and wild," Arquette tells Zap2it in his first interview about his "Dancing" stint. "I don't know what to expect. I love to dance, and that's one of the main reasons I chose to do this. It really is something that I've found a lot of joy and happiness in. That's what I'm looking for in my life in general, so I think it'll help."
Arquette says he was first approached for "Dancing With the Stars" last year,...
- 8/30/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Modesty is the last thing Betty White should be indulging in before she accepts a Life Achievement Award for her legendary 61-year career, to be presented at the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, airing Jan. 23 on TBS and TNT. But when faced with the statement that practically everyone in the free world has grown up with the dimpled comedian and adores her natural presence, impeccable timing, and hilarious quips, the 87-year-old shakes her head. "Oh, have I got you fooled," she says with a smile. "No."Yes. If audiences didn't first notice White as Rose Nylund telling St. Olaf stories on "The Golden Girls" in 1985, then it might have been as the man-hungry "Happy Homemaker" Sue Ann Nivens on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in 1973. Some might even recall when White produced and starred in "Life With Elizabeth" in 1953. All three roles earned her Emmys. Even kids born in...
- 1/6/2010
- backstage.com
The CBS consumer products division has announced plans to collaborate with a variety of game publishers for eight new video game titles based on current and past TV series, including The Amazing Race, Survivor, Criminal Minds, Diagnosis Murder, The Ghost Whisperer and The Hollywood Squares. Ubisoft previously developed CSI video games. Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek The Ghost Whisperer, a MadTV parody and Ubisoft's CSI teaser...
- 11/6/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
I’ll give this week’s B&S credit for this … at least they spared us one of those syrupy Thanksgiving episodes everybody’s so fond of this time of year.
You know, one of those episodes where somebody forgets to turn on the oven and the turkey’s still frozen, and somebody else is stuck in a snowstorm and might not make it home in time, and somebody else just found a letter from a recently deceased relative that they can’t quite bring themselves to open, and somebody else is waiting for the doctor to call with the test results, and they all come together at the table and realize everything they have to be thankful for, most especially having each other. I hate those episodes even more than I hate cranberry sauce from a can.
Mercifully, instead of all that, we open on Nora leading Saul, Kevin,...
You know, one of those episodes where somebody forgets to turn on the oven and the turkey’s still frozen, and somebody else is stuck in a snowstorm and might not make it home in time, and somebody else just found a letter from a recently deceased relative that they can’t quite bring themselves to open, and somebody else is waiting for the doctor to call with the test results, and they all come together at the table and realize everything they have to be thankful for, most especially having each other. I hate those episodes even more than I hate cranberry sauce from a can.
Mercifully, instead of all that, we open on Nora leading Saul, Kevin,...
- 12/1/2008
- by dennis
- The Backlot
Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86.
Charisse was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Monday after suffering an apparent heart attack, said her publicist, Gene Schwam.
It was her uncredited turn opposite Astaire in "Ziegfeld Follies" in 1946 that won her a seven-year contract with MGM. Her moves with Astaire in Vincent Minnelli's "Band Wagon" were often described as "heavenly."
One of the greatest female dancers in the heyday of the Hollywood musical, she starred in such big-screen extravaganzas as "Brigadoon" (1954) and as a young Vicki Carr in "The Silencers" (1966). While she strutted her considerable stuff on the screen, her singing was invariably dubbed.
Though she didn't often spend much time on the screen, her scenes made dramatic impact. Outfitted in the most splendid costumes, she wowed...
Charisse was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Monday after suffering an apparent heart attack, said her publicist, Gene Schwam.
It was her uncredited turn opposite Astaire in "Ziegfeld Follies" in 1946 that won her a seven-year contract with MGM. Her moves with Astaire in Vincent Minnelli's "Band Wagon" were often described as "heavenly."
One of the greatest female dancers in the heyday of the Hollywood musical, she starred in such big-screen extravaganzas as "Brigadoon" (1954) and as a young Vicki Carr in "The Silencers" (1966). While she strutted her considerable stuff on the screen, her singing was invariably dubbed.
Though she didn't often spend much time on the screen, her scenes made dramatic impact. Outfitted in the most splendid costumes, she wowed...
- 6/17/2008
- by By Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Award-winning actor and game show regular Charles Nelson Reilly has died in Los Angeles. He was 76. Reilly, known for his flamboyant dress sense and candid acknowledgment of his homosexuality, began acting in New York, taking classes alongside future screen icon Steve McQueen. He went on to win a Tony Award for his 1962 Broadway show How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and was nominated for numerous others, before becoming a regular on quiz shows such as Hollywood Squares and Match Game. In 2001 the star, who was also a regular on The Tonight Show, admitted his appearances on such shows left him typecast, saying, "You can't do anything else once you do game shows. You have no career." Reilly's partner, Patrick Hughes confirmed details of his death on Friday following a year long illness.
- 5/29/2007
- WENN
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