Michael Wynne obit

Michael Wynne Has Died 

He was not on the list.

Michael Wynne was born on November 11, 1932 in Bromley, London England, UK. He was an actor, known for Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), Exodus (1960) and The Saint (1962). He died in March 2025 in England.

Actor

Martin Clunes in Doc Martin (2004)

Doc Martin

8.4

TV Series

Mr Wishaw

2007

1 episode

 

Charles Dance, Diana Rigg, and Emilia Fox in Rebecca (1997)

Rebecca

7.3

TV Mini Series

Napoleon

1997

1 episode

 

Helen Masters, Jack Shepherd, and Jimmy Yuill in Wycliffe (1993)

Wycliffe

7.2

TV Series

Mike Fellows

1996

1 episode

 

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994)

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

8.6

TV Mini Series

Commissionaire Jenkins

1994

1 episode

 

Colin Blumenau, Nula Conwell, Peter Ellis, Trudie Goodwin, Jon Iles, Gary Olsen, Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Tony Scannell, Jeff Stewart, and Mark Wingett in The Bill (1984)

The Bill

6.7

TV Series

Radio Cab ManagerMinicab Proprietor

1989–1991

2 episodes

 

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991)

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

8.7

TV Series

Josiah Barnes

1991

1 episode

 

John Bach, Rebecca Gilling, Oliver Tobias, and Peta Toppano in The Paper Man (1990)

The Paper Man

7.7

TV Mini Series

Sanders

1990

2 episodes

 

After the War (1989)

After the War

6.5

TV Mini Series

Bernard Platt

1989

2 episodes

 

Rob Heyland in One by One (1984)

One by One

7.6

TV Series

John Barrett

1987

1 episode

 

Rude Health

TV Series

Doctor Northrop

1987

1 episode

 

Screenplay (1986)

Screenplay

6.5

TV Series

Brian

1986

1 episode

 

Brian Bovell and Gary Olsen in Prospects (1986)

Prospects

8.5

TV Series

Porky

1986

1 episode

 

Andrew Robertson and Michael Wynne in Cold Warrior (1984)

Cold Warrior

6.6

TV Series

Dieter Gisevius

1984

1 episode

 

James Fox in The Road to 1984 (1984)

The Road to 1984

7.4

TV Movie

Cyril Connolly

1984

 

George Cole in Minder (1979)

Minder

7.8

TV Series

Freddy King

1984

1 episode

 

Enemies of the State

6.6

TV Movie

Roundface

1983

 

Mick Ford and Günther Maria Halmer in Caleb Williams (1980)

Caleb Williams

7.0

TV Mini Series

Junk Dealer

1980

1 episode

 

Julian Glover in Invasion (1980)

Invasion

8.1

TV Movie

Slavik

1980

 

Michael Culver, Jan Francis, Juliet Hammond, Terrence Hardiman, Bernard Hepton, Angela Richards, Clifford Rose, and Stephen Yardley in Secret Army (1977)

Secret Army

8.5

TV Series

ReineckeReisener

1977–1979

2 episodes

 

Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy in George & Mildred (1976)

George & Mildred

7.2

TV Series

Mr Williams

1978

1 episode

 

The Melting Pot (1975)

The Melting Pot

4.9

TV Series

1976

3 episodes

 

Z Cars (1962)

Z Cars

7.1

TV Series

Charles MaynardMilton

1968–1976

3 episodes

 

Quiller (1975)

Quiller

6.7

TV Series

Sniper

1975

1 episode

 

Against the Crowd (1975)

Against the Crowd

5.9

TV Series

Toby Porter

1975

1 episode

 

Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Paul Scofield, and Anna Calder-Marshall in ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

5.9

TV Series

Benyon

1974

1 episode

 

Sam (1973)

Sam

8.2

TV Series

Davis

1973

1 episode

 

John Carlisle and John Woodvine in New Scotland Yard (1972)

New Scotland Yard

7.5

TV Series

Det. Inspector Waller

1973

1 episode

 

The Zoo Robbery (1973)

The Zoo Robbery

5.7

Constable Billings

1973

 

Nothing But the Night (1973)

Nothing But the Night

5.5

Donald

1973

 

Robert Wagner, David McCallum, and Hans Meyer in Colditz (1972)

Colditz

8.3

TV Series

Gestapo Man

1972

1 episode

 

Jack Warner in Dixon of Dock Green (1955)

Dixon of Dock Green

6.9

TV Series

SlaterVic

1971–1972

2 episodes

 

Tony Curtis and Roger Moore in The Persuaders! (1971)

The Persuaders!

8.0

TV Series

Policeman

1971

1 episode

 

Roy Holder, Michael MacKenzie, and Petra Markham in Ace of Wands (1970)

Ace of Wands

7.6

TV Series

Fat Boy

1970

4 episodes

 

The Wednesday Play (1964)

The Wednesday Play

7.3

TV Series

Maurice LongshotSergeant CooperBanes ...

1966–1970

4 episodes

 

Peter Barkworth, Robert Hardy, Cyd Hayman, and Alfred Lynch in Manhunt (1970)

Manhunt

7.3

TV Series

Jacques

1970

2 episodes

 

Julius Caesar (1970)

Julius Caesar

6.1

Plebian

1970

 

Harry Worth in Harry Worth (1966)

Harry Worth

7.0

TV Series

Walter Smedley

1970

1 episode

 

John Flanagan, Heather Page, and Gareth Thomas in Parkin's Patch (1969)

Parkin's Patch

7.4

TV Series

Publican

1969

1 episode

 

The Gold Robbers (1969)

The Gold Robbers

7.8

TV Mini Series

Inspector Tompkins

1969

2 episodes

 

Patrick O'Connell and Joanna Van Gyseghem in Fraud Squad (1969)

Fraud Squad

6.9

TV Series

Shiner

1969

1 episode

 

Alexandra Bastedo, Stuart Damon, and William Gaunt in The Champions (1968)

The Champions

7.5

TV Series

Coates

1968

1 episode

 

Softly Softly (1966)

Softly Softly

7.0

TV Series

Tommy FordClissold

1966–1968

2 episodes

 

Detective (1964)

Detective

6.9

TV Series

Hooker

1968

1 episode

 

Clinton Greyn and Veronica Strong in Virgin of the Secret Service (1968)

Virgin of the Secret Service

7.2

TV Series

Vlakon

1968

1 episode

 

Ronald Lacey and Bryan Pringle in The Gamblers (1967)

The Gamblers

6.1

TV Series

Colin Mason

1967

1 episode

 

Mitzi Rogers in The Big M (1967)

The Big M

7.2

TV Series

Stratton

1967

5 episodes

 

William Lucas and Neil McCallum in Vendetta (1966)

Vendetta

7.6

TV Series

Eddie

1967

1 episode

 

Steve Forrest and Sue Lloyd in The Baron (1966)

The Baron

7.1

TV Series

'Fats' Logan

1967

1 episode

 

Roger Moore in The Saint (1962)

The Saint

7.5

TV Series

ReneTed KermeinFranco de Cesarie

1964–1966

3 episodes

 

Bernard Lee in King of the River (1966)

King of the River

TV Series

Peter Salt

1966

2 episodes

 

ITV Play of the Week (1955)

ITV Play of the Week

6.6

TV Series

2nd SoldierErnstOldfield ...

1959–1966

6 episodes

 

Francesca Annis and Shawn Phillips in Run with the Wind (1966)

Run with the Wind

7.0

1966

 

John Thaw in Redcap (1964)

Redcap

7.9

TV Series

Corporal Fish

1966

1 episode

 

The Avengers (1961)

The Avengers

8.3

TV Series

Frederick 'Pongo' Withers

1966

1 episode

 

Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)

Bunny Lake Is Missing

7.3

Rogers

1965

 

Peter Cushing in The Caves of Steel (1964)

Story Parade

4.8

TV Series

Teddy Lorimer SmithGeorg Koch

1964–1965

2 episodes

 

Alfred Burke in Public Eye (1965)

Public Eye

8.5

TV Series

Colin Jefferson

1965

1 episode

 

Derek Godfrey and Roddy McMillan in Front Page Story (1965)

Front Page Story

TV Series

Man in Suit

1965

1 episode

 

The Villains

TV Series

Dabber Felton

1965

1 episode

 

John Gregson in Gideon C.I.D. (1964)

Gideon C.I.D.

8.2

TV Series

Alf

1964

1 episode

 

Taxi! (1963)

Taxi!

6.5

TV Series

Alf

1964

1 episode

 

Love Story (1963)

Love Story

7.1

TV Series

Mitch

1964

1 episode

 

The Protectors (1964)

The Protectors

7.6

TV Series

Jason

1964

1 episode

 

A Place to Go (1963)

A Place to Go

6.5

Pug

1963

 

Drama 61-67 (1961)

Drama 61-67

7.5

TV Series

Mr AlfredoTed

1963

2 episodes

 

Richard the Lionheart (1962)

Richard the Lionheart

7.4

TV Series

Captain

1963

1 episode

 

Jezebel ex UK (1963)

Jezebel ex UK

5.8

TV Series

Gremmitt

1963

1 episode

 

Patrick Allen in Crane (1963)

Crane

7.7

TV Series

Arab #3

1963

1 episode

 

No Hiding Place (1959)

No Hiding Place

7.5

TV Series

ConstableBarmanWebster

1959–1963

3 episodes

 

Gang War (1962)

Gang War

5.7

Frank

1962

 

The Old Curiosity Shop

6.6

TV Mini Series

Mr. Cheggs

1962

1 episode

 

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

TV Mini Series

MessengerMonkFarmer

1962

3 episodes

 

In Search of the Castaways (1962)

In Search of the Castaways

6.6

Crooked Sailor

1962

 

Jimmy Hanley in Radio Cab Murder (1954)

Fog for a Killer

6.2

Ted Hogg (uncredited)

1962

 

The Winter's Tale

8.4

TV Movie

Goaler

1962

 

The Road to Hong Kong (1962)

The Road to Hong Kong

6.1

Leader's Man (uncredited)

1962

 

The Spanish Sword (1962)

The Spanish Sword

3.5

Villager

1962

 

Flame in the Streets (1961)

Flame in the Streets

6.7

Les

1961

 

Probation Officer (1959)

Probation Officer

6.3

TV Series

JohnnyNeil Cable

1960–1961

2 episodes

 

Young, Willing and Eager (1961)

Young, Willing and Eager

5.6

Bellamy

1961

 

Theatre 70

TV Series

Piggy Logan

1961

1 episode

 

"Exodus" (Saul Bass Poster) 1960 Columbia Pictures

Exodus

6.7

Man

1960

 

Bob Dylan, David Warner, Ursula Howells, Reg Lye, James Mellor, and Maureen Pryor in The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963)

BBC Sunday-Night Play

8.4

TV Series

The Police

1960

1 episode

 

ITV Television Playhouse (1955)

ITV Television Playhouse

8.3

TV Series

Sergeant Williams

1960

1 episode

 

The Herries Chronicle

TV Series

Raiseley Herries

1960

3 episodes

 

The Angry Silence (1960)

The Angry Silence

7.2

Green

1960

 

The Men from Room 13

TV Series

Clerk

1959

1 episode

 

Incident at Echo Six

TV Movie

Second in command

1958

 

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre

7.2

TV Series

Customer

1958

1 episode

 

Starr and Company

TV Series

Bob

1958

1 episode

 

Town on Trial (1957)

Town on Trial

6.5

Frank Walton - Car Crash Driver (uncredited)

1957

 

Without Love

TV Movie

Bobby

1956

 

The Crime of the Century

4.8

TV Series

Sammy

1956

1 episode

 

Archive Footage

Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)

The Magical World of Disney

8.3

TV Series

Crooked Sailor (archive footage)

1978

2 episodes

 

London Conspiracy (1974)

London Conspiracy

6.6

Policeman (archive footage)

1974

Patty Maloney obit

Patty Maloney, ‘Far Out Space Nuts’ and ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’ Actress, Dies at 89

She appeared with Billy Barty in ‘Under the Rainbow’ and many other projects and worked often with Sid & Marty Krofft, too.

 She was not on the list.

Patty Maloney, the 3-foot-11 actress who played the alien Honk on the Sid & Marty Krofft family show Far Out Space Nuts and Chewbacca’s son, Lumpy, on the long-lamented Star Wars Holiday Special, has died. She was 89.

Maloney had suffered several strokes over the years and died Monday in hospice care in Winter Park, Florida, her brother, Dave Myrabo, told The Hollywood Reporter. “For a little person growing up in a big world, she did everything she wanted to do,” he said.

Maloney did lots of work alongside the 3-foot-10 Billy Barty. The two appeared together in the Wizard of Oz feature Under the Rainbow (1981), starring Chevy Chase, and on episodes of Little House on the Prairie, Charlie’s Angels, The Love Boat, Trapper John, M.D. and more.

Far Out Space Nuts, starring Bob Denver and Chuck McCann as bumbling maintenance workers turned accidental space travelers, aired for one season (1975-76) on CBS. Maloney’s furry Honk couldn’t speak but communicated through a horn on the top of its head.

“Her extensive dancing and mime skills enabled her to convey a full range of emotions for Honk without ever speaking a word of dialogue — and with her facial features utterly obscured,” an impressed Hal Erickson noted in his 2007 book, Sid and Marty Krofft: A Critical Study of Saturday Morning Children’s Television 1969-1993.

Few were impressed with anything or anyone having to do with The Star Wars Holiday Special, which aired the week before Thanksgiving in 1978 on CBS and featured Star Wars actors alongside the likes of Bea Arthur, Art Carney and Harvey Korman.

A few years after it ran, George Lucas reportedly said, “If I had the time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every bootlegged copy of the program and smash it.”

Maloney was central to the family-friendly plot as the son of Chewbacca, played by Peter Mayhew, who had originated the role in the first Star Wars film. (The special also introduced Chewbacca’s father and wife.)

Her Lumpy costume “was made of all human hair, which made it very, very warm,” she recalled in a 2008 interview. “I remember I was doing something on The Towering Inferno, doing a stunt on that, and I had to go over after shooting all day to Stan Winston’s for the face, because he did the head — he did the make-up and the electronics in the head.”

Patricia Ann Maloney was born on March 17, 1936, in Perkinsville, New York. After her father died when she was 7, she was raised in Winter Park by her mother, Kay, and her stepfather, Jerry, an accountant.

Maloney performed with a carnival and with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and attended the University of Florida.

In 1961, she married Joseph Vitek, a printer from Chicago, but after his death from melanoma in 1968, she was urged by friends to return to performing as a way to overcome her grief.

She served as a puppeteer in Fol-de-Pol, a 1972 filmed version of a live Krofft brothers puppet show set at a medieval fair. Barty also worked in that, and in 1976, the two were cast in a pilot for a CBS sitcom called Don’t Call Us that starred Jack Gilford and Marty King as owners of a talent agency.

She and Barty also were regulars on a 1978-79 NBC variety show hosted by The Bay City Rollers — the Kroffts produced that — before teaming again on a 1982 CBS special headlined by Cheryl Ladd.

She also appeared for the Kroffts on Brady Bunch and Donny & Marie variety shows.

Maloney’s résumé included the films The Ice Pirates (1984), Swing Shift (1984) and Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) and the series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; Rhoda; Buck Rogers in the 25th Century; Married … With Children; Star Trek: Voyager; Nash Bridges; and My Name Is Earl.

She also did voice work and operated the Crypt Keeper puppet on HBO’s Tales From the Crypt.

In addition to her brother, survivors include her nieces, Jennifer and Laura, and her brother-in-law, Vic.

Patty was born in Perkinsville, New York. At age 7 she moved with her family to Winter Park, Florida. Her family loved her and didn't treat her any differently from her brother or her sisters. Patty began her show business career as a featured dancer at Edith Royal's newly opened studio in Winter Park. During high school she spent a summer traveling with a carnival and, later, a year with the Ringling Brothers Circus. She soon became aware that she could lead a cosmopolitan life, and her family realized that Patty had become an adult. At her mother's insistence, Patty attended the University of Florida and became a keypunch operator. Patty returned to her home state of New York and worked for National Airlines, where she met her future husband: Joseph Vitek, a 4-foot-8-inch printer from Chicago. They exchanged letters and Patty traveled to Europe and Latin America; soon they were wed at the Actors' Chapel in New York. They moved back to Chicago and had a blissful but short marriage...Patty's sorrow was deep, as Joseph soon died, and she lost her premature baby at the same time. Patty's friends forced her to return to show business. She was most grateful for this, as the Krofft Brothers were producing a new TV show: "Far Out Space Nuts". She promptly accepted the role of Honk and moved to Los Angeles.

Patty performed two TV cartoon voices for Hanna-Barbera: Darla Hood of the "Little Rascals" (1982), and Tanis in the 1988 TV movie "Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School".

Actress

Jason Lee, Jaime Pressly, Ethan Suplee, Eddie Steeples, and Nadine Velazquez in My Name Is Earl (2005)

My Name Is Earl

7.8

TV Series

Woman with Chimney

2005

1 episode

 

Michele Hicks in Twin Falls Idaho (1999)

Twin Falls Idaho

7.1

June

1999

 

Don Johnson and Cheech Marin in Nash Bridges (1996)

Nash Bridges

6.8

TV Series

Tricia

1998

1 episode

 

Tara Strong, Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester, and Mathew Valencia in The New Batman Adventures (1997)

The New Batman Adventures

8.4

TV Series

Mrs. Segar (voice)

1997

1 episode

 

Malcolm McDowell, Carol Kane, Lucy Liu, Kevin Corrigan, and Rhea Perlman in Pearl (1996)

Pearl

5.8

TV Series

Maggie

1997

1 episode

 

Robert Beltran, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, Jeri Ryan, Roxann Dawson, Ethan Phillips, Tim Russ, and Garrett Wang in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

Star Trek: Voyager

7.9

TV Series

Little Woman

1996

1 episode

 

A.J.'s Time Travelers (1995)

A.J.'s Time Travelers

6.9

TV Series

B.I.T.

B.I.T

1995

33 episodes

 

Richard Dean Anderson and John de Lancie in Legend (1995)

Legend

7.6

TV Series

Zorelda Tombs

1995

1 episode

 

Christina Ricci, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Hart, Judith Malina, Carel Struycken, and Jimmy Workman in The Addams Family (1991)

The Addams Family

6.9

Lois Addams

1991

 

Christina Applegate, David Faustino, Katey Sagal, and Ed O'Neill in Married... with Children (1987)

Married... with Children

8.1

TV Series

Alien

1990

1 episode

 

Billy Barty, Jimmy Briscoe, and Patty Maloney in Short Ribbs (1989)

Short Ribbs

TV Series

Various

1989

 

Ronald McDonald in McDonaldland (1963)

McDonaldland

7.3

TV Series

Birdie

1988

1 episode

 

Jim Varney in Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)

Ernest Saves Christmas

5.7

Thisbe

1988

 

Casey Kasem, Patty Maloney, Don Messick, and Pat Musick in Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School

6.8

TV Movie

Tanis the Mummy (voice)

1988

 

Circus

4.8

TV Movie

Maggie

1988

 

Joe Alaskey, Maureen Flannigan, Doug McClure, and Donna Pescow in Out of This World (1987)

Out of This World

7.3

TV Series

Baby Neil (voice)

1987

1 episode

 

The Mother Goose Video Treasury (1987)

The Mother Goose Video Treasury

8.0

Video

Betty Botter

Townsperson of Gooseberry Glen

1987

 

Diana Canova and Jonathan Prince in Throb (1986)

Throb

6.7

TV Series

Little Woman

1987

1 episode

 

Forrest Gardner, Sandey Grinn, Karen Hartman, Michael B. Moynahan, Gary Schwartz, Stevie Louise Vallance, and Ben Vereen in Zoobilee Zoo (1986)

Zoobilee Zoo

8.1

TV Series

Ergo

1986

1 episode

 

Burt Lancaster and Hanna Schygulla in Barnum (1986)

Barnum

6.4

TV Movie

Older Tom Thumb

1986

 

Dumbo's Circus (1985)

Dumbo's Circus

7.5

TV Series

Dink the Koala Bear

1985–1986

81 episodes

 

Kevin Costner, Harvey Keitel, Charlie Sheen, Christopher Lloyd, and John Lithgow in Amazing Stories (1985)

Amazing Stories

7.4

TV Series

Alien

1985

1 episode

 

Too Smart for Strangers (1985)

Too Smart for Strangers

5.1

Video

1985

 

Lucille Bliss, Danny Goldman, Don Messick, and Alan Oppenheimer in The Smurfs (1981)

The Smurfs

7.2

TV Series

Blue Eyes

Additional Voices (voice)

1984

2 episodes

 

Richard Pryor in Pryor's Place (1984)

Pryor's Place

7.0

TV Series

Dumb #1

1984

1 episode

 

Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, and Fred Ward in Swing Shift (1984)

Swing Shift

5.9

Laverne

1984

 

Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts, and Bruce Vilanch in The Ice Pirates (1984)

The Ice Pirates

5.6

Waitress

1984

 

Pernell Roberts in Trapper John, M.D. (1979)

Trapper John, M.D.

6.6

TV Series

Megan

1984

1 episode

 

The Little Rascals (1982)

The Little Rascals

4.6

TV Series

Darla (voice)

1982–1983

31 episodes

 

Phil Baron, Ron Gans, Will Ryan, Hal Smith, and Kim Christianson in Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983)

Welcome to Pooh Corner

7.8

TV Series

(1983-1984)

1983–1986

 

Wayland Flowers in Madame's Place (1982)

Madame's Place

6.6

TV Series

Patty

1982

1 episode

 

Melissa Sue Anderson, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Richard Bull, Sidney Greenbush, Jonathan Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, and Katherine MacGregor in Little House on the Prairie (1974)

Little House on the Prairie

7.5

TV Series

Alice Bates

1982

1 episode

 

Under the Rainbow (1981)

Under the Rainbow

5.3

Rosie

1981

 

Side Show (1981)

Side Show

6.4

TV Movie

Thelma Tiny

1981

 

Gil Gerard and Erin Gray in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

6.9

TV Series

Twiki

Tina

1979–1980

3 episodes

 

Eric Faulkner, Billie Hayes, Alan Longmuir, Derek Longmuir, Leslie McKeown, Stuart 'Woody' Wood, Bay City Rollers, and The Krofft Puppets in The Bay City Rollers Show (1978)

The Bay City Rollers Show

6.6

TV Series

Telephone Lady

(credit only)

Patty ...

1978

13 episodes

 

Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin MacLeod, and Lauren Tewes in The Love Boat (1977)

The Love Boat

6.3

TV Series

Dottie Warren

1978

1 episode

 

Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew in The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)

The Star Wars Holiday Special

2.2

TV Movie

Lumpy

1978

 

The Lord of the Rings (1978)

The Lord of the Rings

6.2

Character Actor (voice)

1978

 

The Bay City Rollers Meet the Saturday Superstars (1978)

The Bay City Rollers Meet the Saturday Superstars

7.8

TV Movie

1978

 

Valerie Harper in Rhoda (1974)

Rhoda

6.8

TV Series

Witch

1977

1 episode

 

Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith in Charlie's Angels (1976)

Charlie's Angels

6.6

TV Series

Tinkle Belle

1977

1 episode

 

Florence Henderson, Susan Olsen, Robert Reed, Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland, Maureen McCormick, Geri Reischl, and Barry Williams in The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1976)

The Brady Bunch Variety Hour

3.7

TV Series

Pizzeria Customer

Disco Duck

Dancing Bear

1976–1977

2 episodes

 

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976)

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

7.9

TV Series

Skipper

1977

5 episodes

 

Don't Call Us

TV Movie

Sylvia

1976

 

Bob Denver, Patty Maloney, Chuck McCann, and The Krofft Puppets in Far Out Space Nuts (1975)

Far Out Space Nuts

6.1

TV Series

Honk

1975

9 episodes

 

Punch and Jody (1974)

Punch and Jody

5.5

TV Movie

Mrs. Stilts

1974

 

Kim Darby in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

6.5

TV Movie

Creature

1973

 

Additional Crew

Brad Garrett, Joe Alaskey, Joe Nipote, and Malachi Pearson in Casper (1995)

Casper

6.2

crypt keeper puppeteer

1995

 

Tales from the Crypt (1989)

Tales from the Crypt

8.0

TV Series

puppeteer: Crypt Keeper

crypt keeper puppeteer

1989–1993

5 episodes

 

Fol-de-Rol (1972)

Fol-de-Rol

7.5

TV Movie

puppeteer

1972

 

Thanks

Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith in Charlie's Angels (1976)

Charlie's Angels

6.6

TV Series

thanks (Our thanks to the many actors and actresses in the previous segments.)

1979

1 episode

 

Soundtrack

The Bay City Rollers Meet the Saturday Superstars (1978)

The Bay City Rollers Meet the Saturday Superstars

7.8

TV Movie

performer: "Be Bop a Lula", "Jailhouse Rock"

1978

 

Magic in Midtown: The World of Sid & Marty Krofft (1976)

Magic in Midtown: The World of Sid & Marty Krofft

TV Special

performer: "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (uncredited)

1976

 

Self

Hanlet: Episode 4 & 1/2 - Attack of the Phantom Special

Self

2011

 

The F.B.I. Files (1998)

The F.B.I. Files

7.9

TV Series

1999

1 episode

 

Pac Preview Party

6.9

TV Special

Darla Hood (voice)

1982

 

Cheryl Ladd: Scenes from a Special (1982)

Cheryl Ladd: Scenes from a Special

7.8

TV Special

The Incredible Hulk

1982

 

Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond in Donny and Marie (1975)

Donny and Marie

6.2

TV Series

Self

1976

1 episode

 

Magic in Midtown: The World of Sid & Marty Krofft (1976)

Magic in Midtown: The World of Sid & Marty Krofft

TV Special

The Miniature Follies Performer (uncredited)

1976

 

Archive Footage

Flimflam and Gorky in The Flimflam and Gorky Show (2020)

The Flimflam and Gorky Show

TV Series

Lumpy (Lumpawarrump) (archive footage)

2021

1 episode

 

Mondays with Marty (2021)

Mondays with Marty

TV Series

Dancer (archive footage)

2021

1 episode

Judith Parker Harris obit

 

Judith Parker Harris, President of the Company That’s Home to ‘The Blob,’ Dies at 74

As the head of Worldwide Entertainment Corp., she presided over the popular sci-fi property and other films in its library.

She was not on the list.

Judith Parker Harris, the president and CEO of Worldwide Entertainment Corp., the home of the 1958 sci-fi classic The Blob that featured Steve McQueen in his big-screen debut, has died. She was 74.

Parker Harris died March 31 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after a long battle with multiple sclerosis, a publicist announced.

The Blob, directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. at Paramount, revolved around an oozing, amoeba-like alien that crashes on Earth in a meteorite, then grows as it sucks up people and menaces a small town in Pennsylvania.

The movie, made for just $110,000 and produced by Parker Harris’ future husband, Jack H. Harris, went on to gross more than $3 million.

The Blob spawned a 1972 sequel — directed by Larry Hagman — and, a year after she wed Harris, a big-budget 1988 reboot that was helmed by Chuck Russell and released by TriStar Pictures. There’s another Blob film in the works, to be written and directed by David Brucker for Warner Bros. Discovery.

Parker Harris helped land a licensing deal with Bally’s for the manufacture of Blob-themed slot machines for casinos, and in 1991, she and her husband produced Blobermouth, a send-up of the original.

She also presided over other films in WEC’s 30-strong library of features, which include 4D Man (1959), Paradisio (1962), Astro Zombies (1968), Equinox (1970) and Kill the Shogun (1975). She was involved in the development of several new film projects at the time of her death.

While in her early 20s, Parker Harris kicked off her career as a commercial producer and director. After working as an on-camera spokesperson for a national retail chain and making more than 3,000 commercials for such clients as Shell Oil and Sears, she moved from Sacramento to Los Angeles.

Soon after arriving, she launched an advertising agency with clients in health care, film promotion, beauty and travel.

Parker Harris received the Crystal Award from Women in Film, where she was instrumental in the development of its Public Service Announcement Productions. And she won a Clio Award for her work in advertising.

She wrote several books, served as president of the L.A. chapter of the National Speakers Association and was a founding member of GreenLight Women, a community of women over 40 who promote diverse perspectives in media and entertainment.

She also established Health Esteem International, a company inspired by her battle with M.S. She coached individuals to discover their own solutions to their health issues.

Survivors include her sister-in-law, Barbara. Her husband died in 2017. She also was predeceased by her brother, James.

A memorial celebration is being organized. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to the National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.

Sian Barbara Allen obit

Sian Barbara Allen Dies: Golden Globe-Nominated ‘The Waltons’ Actress Was 78

 

She was not on the list.

Sian Barbara Allen, a Golden Globe-nominated TV actress who appeared in such hits as The Waltons and L.A. Law, died today at the age of 78 in Chapel Hill, N.C. The cause of death was Alzheimer’s Disease.

A prolific television performer of the ’70s and ’80s, Allen was born on July 12, 1946 in Reading, Penn. Raised by her mother and grandmother, upon graduating high school, she received a scholarship to the Pasadena Playhouse, which sparked her career. She studied with the highly regarded acting teacher Peggy Feury as part of the Journeyman program at the storied Mark Taper Forum.

Afterward, she was soon hired as one of the last contract players at Universal Studios, eventually booking roles on such series like Gunsmoke, Cagney & Lacey, The Incredible Hulk, Hawaii Five-0, Columbo, The Rockford Files and others. She was also the first woman to pen a script for an episode of Baretta, in 1978.

On the film side, she starred in You’ll Like My Mother, featuring Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy and Richard Thomas, which garnered her the Golden Globe nod for most promising new actress in 1973. She followed that up with an appearance in the Bette Davis thriller Scream, Pretty Peggy. Other roles include the Western Billy Two Hats opposite Gregory Peck and Jack Warden and The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case with Anthony Hopkins.

“Sian was most often cast in roles in which her characters showed great vulnerability and uncommon empathy, which won her a legion of fans all over the world,” her obituary reads. “Sian also performed in the theatre. One of her favorite roles was Emily Webb in OUR TOWN at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 1976. Sian later named her daughter Emily in honor of this beloved character.”

One of Allen’s proudest achievements was receiving the Key to the City of her hometown. After leaving the industry in 1990, Sian maintained an intense focus on politics. Along with then-husband, Peter Gelblum, and daughter, Emily, she volunteered for Jackie Goldberg’s 1993 city council campaign in Los Angeles, was a “staunch supporter of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers and never crossed a picket line in her entire life,” her family said. She was also a “remarkable poet and leaves behind boxes of writing.”

Allen is survived by her daughter, two sisters, nephew, ex-husband, cousins and grandson, Arlo Fonseca, “who made her laugh more than anyone could dream.”

Writer

Robert Blake in Baretta (1975)

Baretta

6.7

TV Series

written by

1978

1 episode

 

Actress

L.A. Law (1986)

L.A. Law

7.1

TV Series

Diane Campbell

1990

1 episode

 

Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless in Cagney & Lacey (1981)

Cagney & Lacey

6.9

TV Series

Rhoda Duggan

1988

1 episode

 

Falcon Crest (1981)

Falcon Crest

6.2

TV Series

Mrs. Perkins - Adoption Agency Clerk (uncredited)

1984

1 episode

 

James Coburn in Darkroom (1981)

Darkroom

7.2

TV Series

Brenda

1981

1 episode

 

Lou Ferrigno and Bill Bixby in The Incredible Hulk (1977)

The Incredible Hulk

7.0

TV Series

Kathy Allen

1979

1 episode

 

Sword of Justice (1978)

Sword of Justice

7.3

TV Series

Emily

1978

1 episode

 

W.E.B.

6.2

TV Series

Angelica Hutton

1978

1 episode

 

Robert Blake in Baretta (1975)

Baretta

6.7

TV Series

Ellen

1978

1 episode

 

Kam Fong, Al Harrington, Jack Lord, and James MacArthur in Hawaii Five-O (1968)

Hawaii Five-O

7.4

TV Series

Kati Parisa

1977

1 episode

 

Raymond Burr in Kingston: Confidential (1976)

Kingston: Confidential

6.0

TV Series

Cynthia Marlowe

1977

1 episode

 

Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976)

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

6.0

TV Movie

Barbara Hutton

1976

 

Henry Fonda, Patty Duke, Charles Durning, Richard Jordan, Vic Morrow, and Barbara Parkins in Captains and the Kings (1976)

Captains and the Kings

7.8

TV Mini Series

Cara Leslie

1976

1 episode

 

Robert Forster, David Birney, and Richard E. Kalk in Police Story (1973)

Police Story

7.5

TV Series

Dana Vernon

1976

1 episode

 

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

6.7

TV Movie

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

1976

 

Eric (1975)

Eric

7.5

TV Movie

Marilyn Porter

1975

 

Kate McShane (1975)

Kate McShane

6.2

TV Series

Barbara Inerson

1975

1 episode

 

Kent McCord and Martin Milner in Adam-12 (1968)

Adam-12

7.7

TV Series

Sparky

1975

1 episode

 

David Hartman in Lucas Tanner (1974)

Lucas Tanner

6.8

TV Series

Donna

1974

1 episode

 

Noah Beery Jr. and James Garner in The Rockford Files (1974)

The Rockford Files

8.2

TV Series

Sandra Turkel

1974

1 episode

 

Raymond Burr and Barbara Sigel in Ironside (1967)

Ironside

6.9

TV Series

Susan Todd

Jane Spencer

1972–1974

3 episodes

 

James Brolin, Robert Young, Barbara Sigel, and Elena Verdugo in Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

Marcus Welby, M.D.

7.0

TV Series

Carrie Brandon Lyman

Renee Wilson

Ellie Bryant

1971–1974

3 episodes

 

Telly Savalas in Kojak (1973)

Kojak

7.1

TV Series

Lyndsey Walker

1974

1 episode

 

Billy Two Hats (1974)

Billy Two Hats

6.3

Esther Spencer

1974

 

Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973)

Scream, Pretty Peggy

6.1

TV Movie

Peggy Johns

1973

 

Richard Thomas, Will Geer, Judy Norton, Ellen Corby, Kami Cotler, David W. Harper, Michael Learned, Mary Beth McDonough, Eric Scott, Ralph Waite, and Jon Walmsley in The Waltons (1972)

The Waltons

7.6

TV Series

Jenny Pendleton

1973

2 episodes

 

Peter Falk in Columbo (1971)

Columbo

8.3

TV Series

Shirley Blane

1973

1 episode

 

Love, American Style (1969)

Love, American Style

6.8

TV Series

Jane (segment "Love and the Happy Family")

1973

1 episode

 

Bonanza (1959)

Bonanza

7.3

TV Series

Teresa Burnside

1972

1 episode

 

Patty Duke in You'll Like My Mother (1972)

You'll Like My Mother

6.5

Kathleen

1972

 

The Family Rico (1972)

The Family Rico

5.8

TV Movie

Nora

1972

 

The F.B.I. (1965)

The F.B.I.

7.4

TV Series

Bridy Nolan

1972

1 episode

 

Arthur Hill in Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971)

Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law

6.9

TV Series

Meredith Carson

1972

1 episode

 

The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1969)

The Bold Ones: The Lawyers

7.0

TV Series

Lauren Hazelwood

1972

1 episode

 

The Scarecrow (1972)

The Scarecrow

6.7

TV Movie

Amelia Reddington

1972

 

James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, and Dennis Weaver in Gunsmoke (1955)

Gunsmoke

8.1

TV Series

Allie Dawson

1971

3 episodes

 

Pete Duel and Ben Murphy in Alias Smith and Jones (1971)

Alias Smith and Jones

7.6

TV Series

Sister Grace

1971

1 episode

 

O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971)

O'Hara, U.S. Treasury

7.3

TV Series

Sheridan Lee

1971

1 episode

 

Self

Mike Douglas in The Mike Douglas Show (1961)

The Mike Douglas Show

7.1

TV Series

Self - Actress

1974

1 episode

Brandyn Barbara Artis obit

Brandyn Barbara Artis, Actress in ‘THX 1138’ and ‘The Doctor,’ Dies at 81

She also wrote a one-woman play about battling breast cancer and a romance novel set in Paris. 

She was not on the list.

Brandyn Barbara Artis, an actress who appeared in films including George Lucas’ THX 1138 and Randa Haines’ The Doctor, has died. She was 81.

Artis battled breast cancer and died March 31 at her home in Los Angeles, her friend Karen T. Bolt announced.

Artis’ résumé also included work on such TV shows as Man From Atlantis, The White Shadow, Knots Landing, Dynasty and General Hospital.

She played a hologram dancer in THX 1138 (1971), which starred Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasence in Lucas’ first feature as a director, and was a nurse in The Doctor, starring William Hurt.

An U.S. Air Force veteran, Artis wrote the autobiographical one-woman play Sister, Girl, which was drawn from a journal she kept during her treatment for breast cancer. It was performed in the U.S. and internationally.

She also authored the 2011 romance novel Running Barefoot in Paris and won a Harper’s Bazaar/Estée Lauder “Fabulous at Every Age” contest, a reflection of her style and spirit.

She is survived by her daughter, Tracy, and her grandchild, Miuccia.

Her husband, Larry Bunker, a renowned jazz percussionist who played with The Bill Evans Trio and recorded with the likes of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and Diana Krall, died in March 2005 at age 76.

Actress

At the Top of the Pyramid (2014)

At the Top of the Pyramid

7.4

Reporter Brooke Cunningham

2014

 

Finola Hughes, Maurice Benard, Steve Burton, Genie Francis, Kelly Monaco, Laura Wright, Donnell Turner, Tanisha Harper, Josh Kelly, Eden McCoy, Josh Swickard, and Tabyana Ali in General Hospital (1963)

General Hospital

6.6

TV Series

Diane Erskin (as Brandyn Artis)

1995

1 episode

 

William Hurt in The Doctor (1991)

The Doctor

6.9

Nurse Jane

1991

 

Dynasty (1981)

Dynasty

6.4

TV Series

Nurse #1 (as Brandyn Artis)

1988

1 episode

 

Donna Mills, Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee, Constance McCashin, John Pleshette, and Ted Shackelford in Knots Landing (1979)

Knots Landing

7.0

TV Series

Reporter #3

1984

1 episode

 

The White Shadow (1978)

The White Shadow

8.0

TV Series

Mrs. McEwen (as Brandyn Artise)

1981

1 episode

 

Patrick Duffy in Man from Atlantis (1977)

Man from Atlantis

6.5

TV Series

Cetacean crew

1977

2 episodes

 

Shaun Cassidy, Pamela Sue Martin, and Parker Stevenson in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries

7.3

TV Series

Operator (as Brandyn Artis)

1977

1 episode

 

THX 1138 (1971)

THX 1138

6.6

Hologram Dancer (as Barbara J. Artis)

1971