Bob Finkel obit

TV director-producer Robert Finkel dies at 94

 He was not on the list.

Emmy Award-winning TV director and producer Robert Finkel has died. He was 94.

Publicist Dale Olson said Friday that Finkel died April 30 of age-related complications at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif.

In his long career, Finkel produced TV series with Andy Williams, Jerry Lewis, Phyllis Diller and other stars. Finkel won a Peabody Award for a show with Julie Andrews and directed sitcoms including "Barney Miller" and "The Bob Newhart Show."

Finkel also produced specials with Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley and John Denver, among others.

A Pittsburgh, Pa., native, Finkel is survived by family members including his daughter, Terry.

Finkel's began his professional career in show business as the director of an episode of ABC's Mysteries of Chinatown in 1950. From there Finkel continued his career becoming well known for producing, directing and even writing credits on such programs as The Colgate Comedy Hour, Gruen Guild Theater, City Detective and The People’s Choice Awards. Finkel stepped into the producer’s role in 1959 on NBC's The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, a series he continued to produce and direct for the next several years. His career as a producer would crest over the next decade and a half, as he produced The Andy Williams Show during the mid-1960s.

During his latter career, Finkel worked as a writer and producer for several specials for celebrities such as Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Wayne Newton and John Denver. During this same time period of the 1970s and 1980s, Finkel directed episodes of Barney Miller, The Bob Newhart Show and Circus of the Stars.

Finkel's last credit was as the director of the 1996 made-for-television movie Have You Seen My Son.

Director

Circus of the Stars #10

5.2

TV Special

Director

1985

 

The Winning Hand (1985)

The Winning Hand

7.3

TV Movie

Director

1985

 

Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in McMillan & Wife (1971)

McMillan & Wife

7.2

TV Series

Director

1975–1977

3 episodes

 

Ron Carey, Max Gail, Ron Glass, James Gregory, Steve Landesberg, Hal Linden, and Jack Soo in Barney Miller (1975)

Barney Miller

8.3

TV Series

Director

1975

1 episode

 

The Bob Newhart Show (1972)

The Bob Newhart Show

8.1

TV Series

Director

1975

1 episode

 

The Chevy Show (1960)

The Chevy Show

7.2

TV Series

Director

1961

1 episode

 

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

8.1

TV Series

Director

1959–1961

24 episodes

 

Some of Manie's Friends (1959)

Some of Manie's Friends

8.0

TV Movie

Director

1959

 

Eddie Fisher in The Eddie Fisher Show (1957)

The Eddie Fisher Show

7.0

TV Series

Director

1958–1959

4 episodes

 

The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1956)

The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

7.7

TV Series

Director

1958

1 episode

 

Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948)

Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall

7.5

TV Series

Director

1956–1958

3 episodes

 

Sneak Preview

6.6

TV Series

Director

1956

1 episode

 

The Dinah Shore Show (1951)

The Dinah Shore Show

6.8

TV Series

Director (as Robert S. Finkel)

1956

1 episode

 

The People's Choice (1955)

The People's Choice

8.0

TV Series

Director

1956

7 episodes

 

The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)

The Colgate Comedy Hour

7.7

TV Series

Director

1955

4 episodes

 

The Great Gildersleeve (1954)

The Great Gildersleeve

6.8

TV Series

Director (as Robert S. Finkel)

1955

1 episode

 

And Here's the Show

TV Series

Director (as Robert S. Finkel)

1955

2 episodes

 

City Detective (1953)

City Detective

7.7

TV Series

Director (as Robert S. Finkel)

1954–1955

3 episodes

 

Jack Carson in The Jack Carson Show (1954)

The Jack Carson Show

TV Series

Director

1955

2 episodes

 

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953)

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

7.9

TV Series

Director (as Robert S. Finkel)

1954

1 episode

 

The Orchid Award

TV Series

Director

1953–1954

3 episodes

 

Joseph Schildkraut Presents

TV Series

Director

1953

1 episode

 

Natalie Wood, Paul Hartman, Robert Hyatt, and Fay Wray in The Pride of the Family (1953)

The Pride of the Family

7.8

TV Series

Director (as Robert S. Finkel)

1953

1 episode

 

Chevron Theatre (1952)

Chevron Theatre

6.1

TV Series

Director

1952–1953

17 episodes

 

Personal Appearance Theater

TV Series

Director

1952

2 episodes

 

Mysteries of Chinatown

TV Series

Director (as Robert S. Finkel)

1950

49 episodes

 

Producer

Have You Seen My Son (1996)

Have You Seen My Son

5.4

TV Movie

producer

1996

 

Circus of the Stars #13

6.6

TV Special

producer

1988

 

Circus of the Stars #12

6.0

TV Special

producer

1987

 

Circus of the Stars #11

6.1

TV Special

producer

1986

 

The Wildest West Show of the Stars

8.5

TV Special

producer

1986

 

Circus of the Stars #10

5.2

TV Special

producer

1985

 

Circus of the Stars #9

4.9

TV Special

producer

1984

 

John Denver with His Special Guest George Burns: Two of a Kind

6.8

TV Special

producer

1981

 

Circus of the Stars #5

6.1

TV Special

producer

1980

 

The Jimmy McNichol Special

TV Special

producer

1980

 

John Denver in John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

7.8

TV Special

producer

1979

 

The People's Command Performance

TV Special

producer

1978

 

The John Davidson Christmas Show

4.6

TV Special

producer

1977

 

Janelle Commissiong in Miss Universe Pageant (1977)

Miss Universe Pageant

7.0

TV Special

producer

1977

 

The Chevy Chase Show

5.7

TV Special

producer

1977

 

Miss Universe Pageant (1976)

Miss Universe Pageant

7.2

TV Special

executive producer

1976

 

Christmas with the Bing Crosbys

6.4

TV Special

executive producer

1974

 

Lily

TV Movie

producer

1974

 

Doctor Dan

7.8

TV Movie

producer

1974

 

Sally Struthers and Perry Como in The Perry Como Winter Show (1973)

The Perry Como Winter Show

TV Special

producer

1973

 

The Perry Como Winter Show (1972)

The Perry Como Winter Show

TV Special

executive producer

1972

 

Sid Caesar in Zenith Presents: A Salute to Television's 25th Anniversary (1972)

Zenith Presents: A Salute to Television's 25th Anniversary

TV Special

executive producer

1972

 

The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

6.6

TV Special

producer

1972

 

The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972)

The 44th Annual Academy Awards

6.5

TV Special

executive producer: NBC (as Robert Finkel)

1972

 

Bing Crosby and His Friends

TV Special

producer

1972

 

Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas (1971)

Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas

7.6

TV Movie

executive producer

1971

 

Perry Como's Winter Show

TV Special

producer

1971

 

The Mickie Finn Special

TV Special

producer

1971

 

The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971)

The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

7.4

TV Special

executive producer

1971

 

The Pearl Bailey Show (1971)

The Pearl Bailey Show

6.2

TV Series

producer

1971

1 episode

 

Bing Crosby - Cooling It

TV Special

executive producer

1970

 

The Jerry Lewis Show (1967)

The Jerry Lewis Show

6.3

TV Series

producer

executive producer

1967–1969

17 episodes

 

Elvis Presley in Elvis: The Comeback Special (1968)

Elvis: The Comeback Special

8.9

TV Special

executive producer

1968

 

The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

8.2

TV Series

executive producer

1968

3 episodes

 

Richard Harris and Eva Marie Saint in The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967)

The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards

TV Special

producer

1967

 

The Andy Williams Show (1962)

The Andy Williams Show

7.4

TV Series

producer

1962–1966

15 episodes

 

Mickie Finn's

8.2

TV Series

executive producer

1966

2 episodes

 

The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1966)

The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards

TV Special

producer

1966

 

Ice Capades of 1966

TV Special

executive producer

1965

 

The Julie Andrews Show (1965)

The Julie Andrews Show

8.7

TV Special

executive producer

1965

 

The 22nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1965)

The 22nd Annual Golden Globe Awards

TV Special

producer

1965

 

Robert Cummings in The Bob Cummings Show (1961)

The Bob Cummings Show

7.2

TV Series

producer

1961

2 episodes

 

The Chevy Show (1960)

The Chevy Show

7.2

TV Series

producer

1961

1 episode

 

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

8.1

TV Series

producer

1959–1961

19 episodes

 

The 12th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

TV Special

producer

1960

 

Some of Manie's Friends (1959)

Some of Manie's Friends

8.0

TV Movie

producer

1959

 

Eddie Fisher in The Eddie Fisher Show (1957)

The Eddie Fisher Show

7.0

TV Series

producer

1958–1959

2 episodes

 

The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1956)

The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

7.7

TV Series

producer

1958

1 episode

 

Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948)

Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall

7.5

TV Series

producer

1957–1958

5 episodes

 

The Dinah Shore Show (1951)

The Dinah Shore Show

6.8

TV Series

producer (as Robert S. Finkel)

1956

1 episode

 

The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)

The Colgate Comedy Hour

7.7

TV Series

producer

1955

1 episode

 

And Here's the Show

TV Series

producer (as Robert S. Finkel)

1955

2 episodes

 

Jack Carson in The Jack Carson Show (1954)

The Jack Carson Show

TV Series

producer

1955

2 episodes

 

Billy Neighbors obit

Billy Neighbors, patriarch of Huntsville's first family of football, dies at 72

 

He was not on the list.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Billy Neighbors, one of the University of Alabama's all-time football greats and the patriarch of Huntsville's first family of football, died Monday afternoon at the age of 72.

Neighbors, a colorful figure who worked nearly four decades as a stockbroker in Huntsville after his retirement from professional football, had suffered a massive heart attack last Wednesday.

He was the anchor on both the offensive and defensive lines for Alabama's 1961 national championship team, the first title won by coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, and was later named to Alabama's All-Century team.

Neighbors, a unanimous All-American his senior year at Alabama, was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004. He was also inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1983 and was in the inaugural class of the Huntsville-Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989.

He is survived by Susan, his wife of almost 50 years; daughter Claire; sons Wes and Keith; and eight grandchildren, Wesley, Connor, Anna Lakin, Jackson, Willa, Billy, Hayden and Lawson.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

The Neighbors have had three generations play football for the University of Alabama.

Billy Neighbors began his career there in 1958 on Bryant's first team. Wes played there from 1983 through 1986. Keith joined the Tide in 1988 and was on the 1992 national championship team.

Grandson Wesley also won a national title as part of the 2009 Alabama team and was a student assistant for last year's squad after injuries derailed his team. His younger brother Connor plays for LSU.

Billy Neighbors' brother Sidney Jr. preceded him on the Alabama team

"Billy was one of my closest friends," said Mal Moore, Alabama's director of athletics and one of Neighbors' former teammates.

"He was certainly a great Alabama man and a great player for Alabama at a time in history when we needed a great player and great leader. He will always be remembered."

Neighbors is the third death within eight days to impact Huntsville's ties to University of Alabama football.

Clem Gryska, a former Huntsville High coach and long-time aide to Bryant, died a week ago Monday. He was on the Alabama staff when Neighbors played there.

On Sunday, former Tide lineman Hardy Walker died of a heart attack while mowing the lawn at his in-laws' home in Pelham. The ex-Grissom High standout was 49.

Born in Taylorsville, just outside Tuscaloosa, Neighbors would later recall as a youngster how he frequently rode his bicycle past the house of Alabama great Harry Gilmer. He would also sell soft drinks at Denny Stadium.

On the occasion of his enshrinement in the College Football Hall of Fame, Neighbors talked with former Times sports editor John Pruett about the 1961 team, calling it "one of the best football teams there ever was."

The 1961 Alabama team shut out six opponents and allowed only three touchdowns en route to an 11-0 season.

Many consider it the best defensive team in college football history, though last fall in an interview with The Times, even Neighbors argued that the 2011 Alabama team had what "may be the best defense to ever play college football."

After completing his career at Alabama, Neighbors was drafted in the sixth round of the American Football League draft by the Boston Patriots and the fourth round by the Washington Redskins of the NFL, when the two leagues were bitter rivals.

He opted to sign with Boston for $27,000 and spent four years with the Patriots and four more with the Miami Dolphins. Twice he was named All-Pro.

He began making his off-season home in Huntsville since it is the hometown of his wife, the former Susan Kinzer, to whom he was introduced at Alabama by teammate Benny Nelson, who remained a lifelong friend.

"Billy Neighbors was a self-made person," said former teammate Bill "Brother" Oliver. "He lost his father extremely early. He had brothers that were good football players, but Billy was different. He was just self-made. He could see something, and he had enough insight of what needed to be done to be great.

"He was bound and determined to be something special. He became very special in the eyes of everybody."

Don Kausler of the Tuscaloosa bureau contributed to this report.

George Murdock obit

Character actor George Murdock dies

Appeared on 'Barney Miller,' 'Battlestar,' 'Star Trek'

 

He was not on the list.

Character actor George Murdock, best known as Lt. Scanlon on “Barney Miller,” Dr. Salik on “Battlestar Galactica” and “God” in “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier,” died April 30 in Los Angeles. He was 81.

Murdock racked up more than 200 credits in TV and film over the course of a career that spanned more than five decades.

In another connection to “Star Trek,” Murdock played Admiral J.P. Hanson in two episodes of “The Next Generation.”

The actor also appeared onstage, originating the role of Judge Julius Hoffman in the Odyssey Theater’s 1979 production of “The Chicago Conspiracy Trial” (and reprising the role 25 years later). As one of the original members of the Melrose Theater, Murdock performed in many plays with the troupe, most notably, “Lester Sims Retires Tomorrow,” which later moved to Off Broadway.

The actor began a steady stream of smallscreen roles in the early 1960s with credits in “Twilight Zone,” “The Untouchables, “77 Sunset Strip.” Later came roles in “Hawaii Five-O,” “Mod Squad,” “Ironside,” “Gunsmoke,” “McCloud,” “Lou Grant” and “The Rockford Files.” He played generals in miniseries “The Winds of War” and “War and Remembrance,” and he was a regular on the brief Yakov Smirnoff vehicle “What a Country” in 1986. Later credits included “L.A. Law,” “ER,” the “X Files” series and movie and “CSI.”

With his characteristic gravitas, Murdock was a natural to play judges, and he did so repeatedly not only onstage but also on television (“Law and Order,” “Judging Amy”) and in film (“Timescape,” “Final Analysis”).

Born in Salina, Kansas, Murdock is survived by his wife, Cathy, and a stepdaughter.

A remembrance of Murdock will be held Sunday, May 20, at 2 p.m. at the Odyssey Theater, 2055 South Sepulveda Blvd., L.A.

Filmography

 

    The Twilight Zone (Episode: "The Dummy") (1962, TV Series) as Willie

    The Untouchables (1962, TV Series) as Pete Topchinski / Gus Dmytryk

    Pressure Point (1962) as Rally Speaker (uncredited)

    77 Sunset Strip (1963, TV Series) as Frank Syden

    He Rides Tall (1964) as Burt

    Taggart (1964) as Army Scout (uncredited)

    Combat! (1965, TV Series) as Marcus

    I Spy (1965, TV Series) as Mariner

    Bonanza (1965-1970, TV Series) as Luis Getty / Marks / Floyd

    Ben Casey (1965) as Byron B. Davis

    The F.B.I. (1965-1974, TV Series) as Dirken / Vic Kirby / Al Evans

    Tarzan (1966-1967, TV Series) as Eric / Damian / Karl

    Gunn (1967) as Archie

    Batman (1967) as one of Catwoman's henchmen

    The Wild Wild West (1967, TV Series) as Luther Coyle

    Gunsmoke (1967-1974, TV Series) as Luke / Cole Matson / Bret Gruber / Jim Travers

    Ironside (1968-1974, TV Series) as Sheriff / Phil Wagner / Jim Peters / Lee R. Anderson / FBI Agent Torrence / Capt. Walter Finch / Victor Cramer

    Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) as Head Official

    Cimarron Strip (1968, TV Series) as Bladgey

    The Virginian (1969, TV Series) as Barton

    Night Gallery (1969, TV Series) as 1st Agent

    It Takes a Thief (1970, TV series) as Devon

    Hawaii Five-O (1971, TV Series) as Hank Merrill

    The Mod Squad (1971, TV Series) as Price

    The Todd Killings (1971) as Police Officer

    Adam-12 (1971, TV Series) as Mr. Williams

    Bearcats! (1971, TV Series) as Coot Leonard

    McCloud (1972-1974, TV Series) as Sergeant Rosovitch / Officer Duncan

    The Mack (1973) as Fatman

    The New Perry Mason (1973, TV Series) as Sgt. Dave Cook

    The Magician (1973, TV Series) as Timothy Dunagan

    Willie Dynamite (1974) as Celli

    Thomasine & Bushrod (1974) as U.S. Marshal Bogardie

    The Six Million Dollar Man (1974, TV Series) as Rossi

    Hangup (1974) as Captain Gorney

    Earthquake (1974) as Colonel

    The Streets of San Francisco (1974-1977, TV Series) as Harlan Betts / Dempsey / Merle

    The Invisible Man (1975, TV Series) as Captain Scopes

    Police Woman (1975, TV Series) as Hogan / Macon

    Barney Miller (1976-1982, TV Series) as Lt. Ben Scanlon

    Little House on the Prairie (1977, TV Series) as Jeremy Stokes

    Breaker! Breaker! (1977) as Judge Joshua Trimmings

    Thunder and Lightning (1977) as Jake Summers

    Lou Grant (1977, TV Series) as Sgt. Irwin Winowsky

    The Rockford Files (1978, TV Series) as Doc Holliday

    The Dukes of Hazzard (1979, TV Series) as Big Jim Downey

    The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979-1981, TV Series) as Mr. Sheldon / Mayor Hawkins

    Any Which Way You Can (1980) as Sgt. Cooley

    Trapper John, M.D. (1981, TV Series) as Jobo's Dad

    Shoot the Moon (1982) as French DeVoe

    Bosom Buddies (1982, TV Series) as Elliot Pardo

    T.J. Hooker (1982, TV Series) as Detective Jackson

    The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) as Quade

    Hill Street Blues (1982, TV Series) as Buck Remington

    Benson (1982, TV Series) as Officer Grimsby

    The Winds of War (1983) as Brig. Gen. 'Fitz' Fitzgerald

    I'm Going to Be Famous (1983)

    Knight Rider (1983-1984, TV Series) as Archibald / Judge Oliver Callan

    Night Court (1984, TV Series) as Detective Griffin / Sergeant Foster / Hank Mire / Womack

    Fame (1985, TV Series) as Mr. Pulaski

    Certain Fury (1985) as Lt. Speier

    Murder, She Wrote (1985, TV Series) as Officer Kaplan

    Small Wonder (1986, TV Series) as Mr. Gordon

    Retribution (1987) as Dr. John Talbot

    Dynasty (1988, TV Series) as Charlie Braddock

    Midnight Caller (1989, TV series) as Sam Chase

    War and Remembrance (1989, TV Mini-Series) as Gen. Leslie Groves

    Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) as The "God" entity

    L.A. Law (1989, TV Series) as Sam

    Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990, TV Series) as Admiral J. P. Hanson

    Timescape (1992) as Judge Caldwell

    Final Analysis (1992) as Judge Costello

    Batman: The Animated Series (1992, TV Series) as Boss Biggis (voice)

    Law & Order (1992-1999, TV Series) as Judge Eric Bertram

    Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993, TV Series) as Burton Newcomb

    Firepower (1993) as Captain Croy

    Seinfeld (1994, TV Series) as Testikov

    Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994) as Senator Riley

    Molly & Gina (1994) as Patrick Sweeny

    The Nanny (1995, TV Series) as Dakota Williams

    Tyson (1995, TV Movie) as Baranski

    The American President (1995) as Congressman

    Crosscut (1996) as Uncle Leo

    Chicago Hope (1996, TV Series) as Judge John Spencer

    ER (1996, TV Series) as Mr. Sidowski

    The Gregory Hines Show (1997, TV Series) as Samuel Lawrence

    Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997, TV Series) as Cleve Baxter

    Scorpio One (1998) as CIA Director Wilfrid Parlow

    Early Edition (1998, TV Series) as Dutch Van Drie

    Anarchy TV (1998) as Chief Cochon

    Just Shoot Me! (1998, TV Series) as Sea Captain

    Phoenix (1998) as Sid

    The X-Files (1998-1999, TV Series) as Elder #2 / 2nd Elder

    The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998) as 2nd Elder

    The Adventures of Ragtime (1998) as Captain Murphy

    The Norm Show (1999, TV Series) as Probation Officer

    Family Tree (1999) as Big Wig

    Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming (1999, Short) as Dr. Salik

    Time Share (2000) as Cedric Templeton

    Judging Amy (2000-2002, TV Series) as Judge Norman Artel

    2000x (NPR/Hollywood Theater of the Ear radio series)

    Smallville (2001, TV Series) as Old Harry Bollston

    Orange County (2002) as Bob Beugler

    The Dead Zone (2002, TV Series) as Arthur Allen

    Legend of the Phantom Rider (2002) as The Judge

    Spider's Web (2002) as Robert Harding

    Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) as Acme VP, Unfairly Promoted

    Serial Killing 4 Dummys (2004) as Detective Ray Berro

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2005, TV Series) as Stuart Manslow

    One More Round (2005) as Mr. Mack

    Man in the Chair (2007) as Richard Butler

    Say It in Russian (2007) as Warden

    Eagleheart (2011, TV Series) as Fred

    Torchwood: Miracle Day (2011, TV Series) as Preacher

    Dispatch (2011) as Himself

 

Kenny Roberts obit

 Singer Kenny Roberts Has Died

He was not on the list.

George S. Kingsbury Jr., better known as Kenny Roberts, was an American country music singer. He is best known for his recordings of "I Never See Maggie Alone" and "Choc'late Ice Cream Cone", and was a member of The Down Homers with Bill Haley.

Roberts was born in Lenoir City, Tennessee, United States, and raised on a farm outside of Greenfield, Massachusetts. He started in music at the age of 11, when he organized a band consisting entirely of young harmonica players. Later, he learned to play guitar and then bass fiddle and violin. He was inspired by Yodeling Slim Clark (with whom he performed along with the Red River Rangers from Athol, Massachusetts), as well as by Jimmie Rodgers and other singing cowboys, and was known as a blue yodeler. Roberts at age 17 won a New Hampshire radio contest to be chosen as "Eastern States Yodeling Champion" in 1944.

He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in early 1945, then moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, after World War II ended. He performed on several shows on radio station KMOX in St. Louis, Missouri, as well as the CBS Saturday morning show, Barnyard Frolics, then organized and led a Pennsylvania-based western swing band called the Down Homers, recording for Vogue Records.

Rock and roll pioneer Bill Haley joined the band in 1946 as a guitarist and yodeler, replacing Roberts who had joined the Navy. Before departing, Roberts taught Haley some of his yodels. When Roberts returned from service, he resumed his spot with the Down Homers relieving Haley. In the early 2000s, a set of 1946 radio recordings by the Down Homers were discovered, and Haley is named and performs the solo number "She Taught Me to Yodel."

Roberts signed a recording contract with Coral Records in 1949, a division of Decca. His first release "I Never See Maggie Alone" was an immediate hit. It sold a million copies. He followed with other hits including "River of Tears," "I've Got the Blues," "Yodel Polka," "She Taught Me to Yodel," and "Hillbilly Style."

He soon began to jump while yodeling and became popular with youngsters thanks to the jumping, yodeling and his cowboy tunes. He starred in a children's TV show in 1953, performing in Cincinnati on WLW-TV. He performed on Arthur Godfrey's CBS network talent program.

Roberts played at the Hoosier Hop in Fort Wayne, as well as the WCOP Hayloft Jamboree. He later performed on the Midwestern Hayride during the 1950s from Cincinnati. He became a regional star through television shows in Dayton, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana. He began a daily cartoon show on WNEM TV-5 in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1961, as The Kenny Roberts Show where he was known as "The Yodeling Cowboy", or (according to at least one former child guest) "The Jumping Cowboy". The popular black-and-white show featured Roberts singing and playing guitar as he hosted children in the studio, and presented cartoons. His best known locally performed songs were "Cheer Up, (Things Could Be Worse)" and the poignant Hank Williams tribute song "Sing Me A Hurtin' Song" (A/B of a 45 record on Bethlehem Records). The program stayed on the air for about five years. Roberts moved back to Dayton in the early 1970s, and later, moved back to Massachusetts. He played concerts in the region, and released an album for Palomino around 1980, followed by Longhorn's "Then and Now," which combined historical cuts with new recordings.

Though essentially retired, he continued to give concerts around the Northeast throughout the decade.

Roberts died in April 2012 in Athol, Massachusetts, aged 85.

Joel Goldsmith obit

Composer Joel Goldsmith dies at 54

Son of Jerry Goldsmith specialized in sci-fi scores for film, TV

 

He was not on the list.

Joel Goldsmith, Emmy-nominated composer for TV's "Stargate" series, died Sunday at his home in Hidden Hills, Calif., after a long battle with cancer. He was 54.

The son of Oscar-winning composer Jerry Goldsmith, he programmed synthesizers on some of his father's 1970s and 1980s scores including "Runaway." But the younger Goldsmith established his own musical career in the late 1970s and early 1980s, scoring sci-fi and horror films including "Laserblast," "The Man With Two Brains" and "Moon 44."

It was in television, however, that Goldsmith found his niche, composing the music for more than 350 episodes in the "Stargate" franchise alone, including most of "Stargate SG-1" and all of "Stargate Atlantis" and "Stargate Universe." He also scored the "Stargate" videos "The Ark of Truth" and "Continuum."

He received three Emmy nominations: for an episode of "Stargate SG-1," for the theme for "Stargate Atlantis" and for an episode of "Stargate Atlantis."

Goldsmith's other TV projects included the themes and episode scores for "Super Force," the 1990s remake of "The Untouchables," "Hawkeye" and "Witchblade." He also scored episodes of the 1990s remake of "The Outer Limits," "H.E.L.P." and "Diagnosis Murder." His telepic scores included "Helen of Troy," "Haunting Sarah" and "Fatal Desire."

His other feature film scores included "Kull the Conqueror," "Army of One," "Shiloh" and "Diamonds." He scored the videogame "Call of Duty 3," and he contributed about 20 minutes of music (mostly for the Borg characters) to his father's "Star Trek: First Contact" score in 1996.

Born in Los Angeles, Goldsmith started in film sound, first as a boom man on low-budget features, then as a sound mixer, sound effects creator (on "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," also scored by his father) and eventually as composer.

Survivors include his wife Martha; a daughter and two stepdaughters; his mother and stepmother; three sisters and a brother.

Services will be held at 12 noon Friday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.

 

Actor

Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Torri Higginson, Rachel Luttrell, Paul McGillion, Jason Momoa, and Mitch Pileggi in Stargate: Atlantis (2004)

Stargate: Atlantis

8.1

TV Series

Poker Player #4

2008

1 episode

 

Composer

Echoes

TV Short

Composer

2012

 

War of the Dead (2011)

War of the Dead

4.1

Composer

2011

 

Robert Carlyle, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ming-Na Wen, Louis Ferreira, Alaina Huffman, Jamil Walker Smith, Elyse Levesque, Brian J. Smith, and David Blue in Stargate Universe (2009)

Stargate Universe

7.6

TV Series

Composer

2009–2011

40 episodes

 

Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods - Final Cut (2009)

Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods - Final Cut

8.0

Video

Composer

2009

 

Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Torri Higginson, Rachel Luttrell, Paul McGillion, Jason Momoa, and Mitch Pileggi in Stargate: Atlantis (2004)

Stargate: Atlantis

8.1

TV Series

Composer

2004–2009

99 episodes

 

Stargate: Continuum (2008)

Stargate: Continuum

7.4

Video

Composer (music by)

2008

 

Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)

Stargate: The Ark of Truth

7.2

Video

Composer (music by)

2008

 

Sanctuary (2007)

Sanctuary

7.6

TV Mini Series

Composer (theme music)

2007

8 episodes

 

Behind the Mythology of Stargate SG-1 (2007)

Behind the Mythology of Stargate SG-1

8.1

TV Movie

Composer

2007

 

Richard Dean Anderson, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping in Stargate SG-1 (1997)

Stargate SG-1

8.4

TV Series

Composer

1997–2007

205 episodes

 

Call of Duty 3 (2006)

Call of Duty 3

7.1

Video Game

Composer

2006

 

Anne Heche and Eric Roberts in Fatal Desire (2006)

Fatal Desire

6.0

TV Movie

Composer (music by)

2006

 

Haunting Sarah (2005)

Haunting Sarah

5.5

TV Movie

Composer

2005

 

Rufus Sewell, Sienna Guillory, and Matthew Marsden in Helen of Troy (2003)

Helen of Troy

6.2

TV Mini Series

Composer

2003

2 episodes

 

Yancy Butler in Witchblade (2001)

Witchblade

6.5

TV Series

Composer

2001–2002

18 episodes

 

Thank Heaven (2001)

Thank Heaven

4.7

Composer

2001

 

Witchblade (2000)

Witchblade

5.5

TV Movie

Composer

2000

 

At Any Cost (2000)

At Any Cost

5.4

TV Movie

Composer

2000

 

Chameleon 3: Dark Angel (2000)

Chameleon 3: Dark Angel

4.9

TV Movie

Composer

2000

 

Sammo Kam-Bo Hung in Martial Law (1998)

Martial Law

6.9

TV Series

Composer

1999–2000

8 episodes

 

Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder (1993)

Diagnosis Murder

6.9

TV Series

Composer

1998–1999

7 episodes

 

Monster! (1999)

Monster!

5.1

TV Movie

Composer

1999

 

Diamonds (1999)

Diamonds

5.4

Composer

1999

 

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999)

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season

6.0

Composer (music by)

1999

 

Inferno (1998)

Inferno

4.3

TV Movie

Composer

1998

 

Michael Biehn, Park Joong-hoon, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa in American Dragons (1998)

American Dragons

4.9

Composer

1998

 

Blade Squad (1998)

Blade Squad

3.7

TV Movie

Composer

1998

 

The Outer Limits (1995)

The Outer Limits

7.7

TV Series

Composer

1997–1998

9 episodes

 

Tom Berenger and Melanie Griffith in Shadow of Doubt (1998)

Shadow of Doubt

5.3

Composer

1998

 

Kevin Sorbo in Kull: The Conqueror (1997)

Kull: The Conqueror

4.9

Composer

1997

 

ssn

7.7

Video Game

Composer

1996

 

Ein tödliches Vergehen

TV Movie

Composer

1996

 

Shiloh (1996)

Shiloh

6.3

Composer (music by)

1996

 

Talisa Soto in Vampirella (1996)

Vampirella

3.4

Video

Composer

1996

 

One Good Turn (1996)

One Good Turn

5.2

Composer

1996

 

Rattled (1996)

Rattled

4.3

TV Movie

Composer

1996

 

Hawkeye (1994)

Hawkeye

7.8

TV Series

Composer

1994–1995

22 episodes

 

Lorenzo Lamas in Midnight Man (1995)

Midnight Man

4.7

Composer

1995

 

The Watcher (1995)

The Watcher

7.9

TV Series

Composer

1995

2 episodes

 

Jack Noseworthy and Lisa Dean Ryan in Dead at 21 (1994)

Dead at 21

7.3

TV Series

Composer (original music by)

1994

2 episodes

 

Tom Amandes in The Untouchables (1993)

The Untouchables

7.6

TV Series

Composer

1993–1994

42 episodes

 

Bad Blood (1994)

Bad Blood

4.6

Composer

1994

 

Ally Sheedy and Cameron Arnett in Man's Best Friend (1993)

Man's Best Friend

5.3

Composer

1993

 

Jennifer Love Hewitt and Howard Hesseman in Little Miss Millions (1993)

Little Miss Millions

5.2

Composer

1993

 

Bolo Yeung, Michael Bernardo, and William Zabka in Shootfighter: Fight to the Death (1993)

Shootfighter: Fight to the Death

5.5

Composer

1993

 

Dolph Lundgren in Joshua Tree (1993)

Joshua Tree

5.7

Composer

1993

 

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992)

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

5.0

Composer

1992

 

Jennifer Rubin in A Woman, Her Men, and Her Futon (1992)

A Woman, Her Men, and Her Futon

4.5

Composer

1992

 

Super Force (1990)

Super Force

6.8

TV Series

Composer

1990–1992

8 episodes

 

Brotherhood of the Gun (1991)

Brotherhood of the Gun

5.5

TV Movie

Composer

1991

 

Ramona! (1990)

Ramona!

5.8

Composer

1990

 

Blue Desert (1990)

Blue Desert

5.2

Composer (music by)

1990

 

Brad Pitt and Ricky Schroder in Across the Tracks (1990)

Across the Tracks

5.7

Composer

1990

 

Instant Karma (1990)

Instant Karma

4.2

Composer

1990

 

H.E.L.P. (1990)

H.E.L.P.

6.4

TV Series

Composer (music by)

1990

6 episodes

 

The Rift (1990)

The Rift

4.7

Composer

1990

 

Michael Paré in Moon 44 (1990)

Moon 44

5.1

Composer

1990

 

Jobman

5.8

Composer

1989

 

Corey Haim in Watchers (1988)

Watchers

5.4

Composer (music by)

1988

 

Catherine Keener, Pat Morita, Kevin Conroy, Jack Wallace, and Richard Yniguez in Ohara (1987)

Ohara

6.9

TV Series

Composer (music by)

1988

6 episodes

 

George Kennedy, Andrew Stevens, Isaac Hayes, and Jorge Rivero in Counterforce (1988)

Counterforce

4.3

Composer

1988

 

No Safe Haven (1987)

No Safe Haven

4.8

Composer

1987

 

Banzai Runner (1987)

Banzai Runner

4.7

Composer

1987

 

Ricky 1 (1986)

Ricky 1

1.4

Composer

1986

 

Murieron a la mitad del rio (1986)

Murieron a la mitad del rio

Composer

1986

 

Tawny Kitaen and Lee Curreri in Crystal Heart (1986)

Crystal Heart

5.0

Composer (music by)

1986

 

Hollywood Hot Tubs (1984)

Hollywood Hot Tubs

3.9

Composer

1984

 

Steve Martin in The Man with Two Brains (1983)

The Man with Two Brains

6.4

Composer

1983

 

Olivia (1983)

Olivia

5.3

Composer

1983

 

Island of Blood (1982)

Island of Blood

4.4

Composer

1982

 

Doomsday Chronicles (1979)

Doomsday Chronicles

4.4

Composer

1979

 

Kim Milford in Laserblast (1978)

Laserblast

2.9

Composer

1978

 

Sound Department

Money to Burn (1983)

Money to Burn

6.0

sound mixer

1983

 

Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Persis Khambatta in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

6.4

sound effects creator

1979

 

The Day Time Ended (1979)

The Day Time Ended

3.6

sound mixer

1979

 

Scott Glenn, Dean Stockwell, Ronee Blakley, and Freddy Fender in She Came to the Valley (1979)

She Came to the Valley

4.4

sound mixer

1979

 

Fairy Tales (1978)

Fairy Tales

5.0

sound mixer

1978

 

Piranha (1978)

Piranha

5.9

location sound mixer

1978

 

End of the World (1977)

End of the World

3.2

sound

1977

 

Cinderella (1977)

Cinderella

5.6

boom operator

1977

 

The Treasure of Jamaica Reef (1974)

The Treasure of Jamaica Reef

3.2

unit sound (uncredited)

1974

 

Music Department

Corpse Killer: 25th Anniversary Edition (2019)

Corpse Killer: 25th Anniversary Edition

6.7

Video Game

additional music

2019

 

Why Planes Crash (2009)

Why Planes Crash

8.2

TV Series

composer: stock music (uncredited)

2014

1 episode

 

Stargate Universe: Distant Hope (2012)

Stargate Universe: Distant Hope

4.8

Short

music by

2012

 

Robert Carlyle, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ming-Na Wen, Louis Ferreira, Alaina Huffman, Jamil Walker Smith, Elyse Levesque, Brian J. Smith, and David Blue in Stargate Universe (2009)

Stargate Universe

7.6

TV Series

composer: title theme (uncredited)

2009

7 episodes

 

Michael Madsen, Maggie Wagner, Hayley Sanchez, and Lindsay Dennis in Lost in the Woods (2009)

Lost in the Woods

2.0

composer: additional music (uncredited)

2009

 

Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Torri Higginson, Rachel Luttrell, Paul McGillion, Jason Momoa, and Mitch Pileggi in Stargate: Atlantis (2004)

Stargate: Atlantis

8.1

TV Series

composer: main title thememain title theme by

2007–2009

41 episodes

 

Robin Dunne, Amanda Tapping, and Emilie Ullerup in Sanctuary (2008)

Sanctuary

7.3

TV Series

composer: theme music

2008–2009

7 episodes

 

Rufus Sewell, Sienna Guillory, and Matthew Marsden in Helen of Troy (2003)

Helen of Troy

6.2

TV Mini Series

music producer

2003

2 episodes

 

Yancy Butler in Witchblade (2001)

Witchblade

6.5

TV Series

theme music

2002

12 episodes

 

Militia (2000)

Militia

3.4

composer: title theme

2000

 

Sammo Kam-Bo Hung in Martial Law (1998)

Martial Law

6.9

TV Series

composer: theme music

1999–2000

22 episodes

 

Monster! (1999)

Monster!

5.1

TV Movie

orchestrator

1999

 

Ice-T and Costas Mandylor in Stealth Fighter (1999)

Stealth Fighter

3.5

composer: main title theme

1999

 

Tom Berenger and Melanie Griffith in Shadow of Doubt (1998)

Shadow of Doubt

5.3

score poduced by

1998

 

The Outer Limits (1995)

The Outer Limits

7.7

TV Series

composer: additional music

1997

1 episode

 

Alice Krige, Brent Spiner, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Star Trek: First Contact

7.6

composer: additional music

1996

 

Corpse Killer (1994)

Corpse Killer

5.7

Video Game

composer: additional music

1994

 

Tom Amandes in The Untouchables (1993)

The Untouchables

7.6

TV Series

composer: theme music (uncredited)

1993–1994

19 episodes

 

Michael Paré in Moon 44 (1990)

Moon 44

5.1

music programmingmusician: synthesizers

1990

 

Catherine Keener, Pat Morita, Kevin Conroy, Jack Wallace, and Richard Yniguez in Ohara (1987)

Ohara

6.9

TV Series

composer: theme music

1988

6 episodes

 

Jon Lovitz, Timothy E. Day, Deanna Oliver, Thurl Ravenscroft, and Timothy Stack in The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

The Brave Little Toaster

7.2

composer: additional music (uncredited)

1987

 

Sakura Killers (1987)

Sakura Killers

4.3

composer: additional music (uncredited)

1987

 

Robot Holocaust (1987)

Robot Holocaust

2.4

composer: stock music (uncredited)

1987

 

Ricky 1 (1986)

Ricky 1

1.4

conductor

1986

 

Hoosiers (1986)

Hoosiers

7.4

music producer (uncredited)

1986

 

Tawny Kitaen and Lee Curreri in Crystal Heart (1986)

Crystal Heart

5.0

music mixerscore performer

1986

 

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend

5.1

composer: source music (uncredited)

1985

 

Tom Selleck and Cynthia Rhodes in Runaway (1984)

Runaway

5.9

music programmer: drumssynthesizer programming (uncredited)

1984

 

Victoria Abril in On the Line (1984)

On the Line

5.2

composer: additional music (uncredited)

1984

 

Olivia (1983)

Olivia

5.3

music producer

1983

 

Island of Blood (1982)

Island of Blood

4.4

score performer

1982

 

The House on Sorority Row (1982)

The House on Sorority Row

5.9

composer: source music

1982

 

Oliver Reed in Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980)

Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype

4.0

electronic orchestrator

1980

 

Nocturna (1979)

Nocturna

4.3

sound recordist

1979

 

End of the World (1977)

End of the World

3.2

electronic music programmer

1977

 

Thanks

Gabriel Fernández-Gil, Juan Pérez, David Díaz, Luis Rodrigo, FJ García, Iñaki Reyna, Alvar Gordejuela, and Jon Koldo Etxebarria in Special Collector's Edition (2010)

Special Collector's Edition

6.8

TV Series

in memory of

2012

1 episode

 

Soundtrack

Robert Carlyle, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ming-Na Wen, Louis Ferreira, Alaina Huffman, Jamil Walker Smith, Elyse Levesque, Brian J. Smith, and David Blue in Stargate Universe (2009)

Stargate Universe

7.6

TV Series

writer: "Stargate Universe End Theme"

2010

1 episode

 

Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Torri Higginson, Rachel Luttrell, Paul McGillion, Jason Momoa, and Mitch Pileggi in Stargate: Atlantis (2004)

Stargate: Atlantis

8.1

TV Series

writer: "Main Title"writer: "Beyond the Night", "Main Title"writer: "Main Title" (uncredited), "Main Title"

2004–2009

99 episodes

 

Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)

Stargate: The Ark of Truth

7.2

Video

writer: "Stargate The Ark of Truth" (uncredited)

2008

 

Behind the Mythology of Stargate SG-1 (2007)

Behind the Mythology of Stargate SG-1

8.1

TV Movie

writer: "End Title"

2007

 

Richard Dean Anderson, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping in Stargate SG-1 (1997)

Stargate SG-1

8.4

TV Series

writer: "Main Title", "End Title"writer: "Main Title", "End Credits"

1997–2007

213 episodes

 

Yancy Butler in Witchblade (2001)

Witchblade

6.5

TV Series

writer: "Cathain Legend"

2001

1 episode

 

Tom Berenger and Melanie Griffith in Shadow of Doubt (1998)

Shadow of Doubt

5.3

writer: "S.T.B.", "Release the Beast", "Run Son", "Holdin ON"

1998

 

Shiloh (1996)

Shiloh

6.3

producer: "Are There Angels?"

1996

 

Jennifer Rubin in A Woman, Her Men, and Her Futon (1992)

A Woman, Her Men, and Her Futon

4.5

lyrics: "Chemical Dependency"music: "Chemical Dependency"

1992

 

Brad Pitt and Ricky Schroder in Across the Tracks (1990)

Across the Tracks

5.7

producer: "Lunch Money", "Won't Let Me Go", "This is the Time"writer: "Lunch Money"

1990

 

Banzai Runner (1987)

Banzai Runner

4.7

writer: "Hammer Down", "It's Everything"

1987

 

Body Count (1986)

Body Count

4.8

writer: "Push And Shove", "Make Me Crazy"

1986

 

Tawny Kitaen and Lee Curreri in Crystal Heart (1986)

Crystal Heart

5.0

performer: "Crystal Heart Theme", "Breaking Free Theme"producer: "Crossing Over", "Crystal Heart Theme", "Castles In The Sand", "Desire", "Hearts Beat On", "Breaking Free Theme", "Don't Touch The Heart", "Give It Up" ("Let Me Believe In You", "Crystal Heart Theme", "Desire", "Breaking Free Theme", "Give It Up")

1986

 

Hollywood Hot Tubs (1984)

Hollywood Hot Tubs

3.9

music: "Good Radio", "Hearin' Your Heart", "If This Is Love"producer: "Good Radio", "Drifting Under", "Hearin' Your Heart", "If This Is Love", "In Your Eyes"writer: "Drifting Under" ("Good Radio", "Drifting Under", "If This Is Love")

1984

 

Auditions (1978)

Auditions

4.5

writer: "Music Selections"

1978

 

Self

Stargate: The Lowdown

8.0

TV Movie

Self

2003

 

Jerry Goldsmith in Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith (1995)

Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith

8.2

Video

Self

1995