Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Happy birthday, Pete Davidson - Nov 16, 1993

 

Peter Michael Davidson is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He has been a cast member on the NBC late-night sketch comedy Saturday Night Live since 2014. Davidson has also appeared on the MTV shows Guy Code, Wild 'n Out, and Failosophy. Wikipedia
Born: November 16, 1993 (age 28 years)

Monday, November 8, 2021

Ned Thomas Beatty (July 6, 1937 – June 13, 2021)

 

Ned Thomas Beatty
(July 6, 1937 – June 13, 2021)
Beatty was an American actor. In a career that spanned five decades, he appeared in more than 160 films. Thoughout his career, Beatty gained a reputation for being described as "The busiest actor in Hollywood". His film appearances included Deliverance (1972), All the President's Men (1976), Network (1976), Superman (1978), Back to School (1985), Rudy (1993), Shooter (2007), and Toy Story 3 (2010).
Beatty was nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, and a Golden Globe Award; he also won a Drama Desk Award

Sunday, November 7, 2021

Ethan Hawke


 Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and a Tony Award. Hawke has directed three feature films, three off-Broadway plays, and a documentary. He has also written three novels and one graphic novel. He made his film debut with the 1985 science fiction feature Explorers, before making a breakthrough appearance in the 1989 drama Dead Poets Society. He appeared in various films before taking a role in the 1994 Generation X drama Reality Bites, for which he received critical praise. Hawke starred alongside Julie Delpy in Richard Linklater's Before trilogy: Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013), all of which received critical acclaim.

Friday, October 29, 2021

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Sketch of the Day – Ed McMahon


Ed McMahon - pencil



Sketch of the Day...
Ed McMahon
(March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009) was an American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor, singer and combat aviator. McMahon and Johnny Carson began their association in their first TV series, the ABC game show Who Do You Trust?, running from 1957 to 1962. McMahon then made his famous thirty-year mark as Carson's sidekick, announcer and second banana on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from 1962 to 1992.
McMahon also hosted the original Star Search from 1983 to 1995, co-hosted TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes with Dick Clark from 1982 to 1998, presented sweepstakes for the direct marketing company American Family Publishers (not, as is commonly believed, its main rival Publishers Clearing House), annually co-hosted the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon from 1973 to 2008 and anchored the team of NBC personalities conducting the network's coverage of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade during the 1970s and 80s.
McMahon appeared in several films, including The Incident, Fun With Dick and Jane, Full Moon High and Butterfly, as well as briefly in the film version of the TV sitcom Bewitched and has also performed in numerous television commercials. According to Entertainment Weekly, McMahon is considered one of the greatest "sidekicks".

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Sketch of the day Tom Brokaw


 


Tom Brokaw - pencil


Sketch of the Day: Tom Brokaw

(born February 6, 1940) is an American retired network television journalist and author. He first served as the co-anchor of The Today Show from 1976 to 1981 with Jane Pauley, then as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News for 22 years (1982–2004). At this position he was one of the "Big Three anchors" along with Dan Rather and Peter Jennings. In the previous decade he served as a weekend anchor for the program from 1973 to 1976. He is the only person to have hosted all three major NBC News programs: The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and, briefly, Meet the Press. He formerly held a special correspondent post for NBC News. He occasionally writes and narrates documentaries for other outlets. Source: Wikipedia

Saturday, October 23, 2021

Edward Bryan Andrews Jr. (October 9, 1914 – March 8, 1985)

 

Edward Bryan Andrews Jr. (October 9, 1914 – March 8, 1985)[1] was an American stage, film and television actor. Andrews was one of the most recognizable character actors on television and films from the 1950s into the 1980s. His stark white hair, imposing build and horn-rimmed glasses added to the type of roles he received, as he was often cast as an ornery boss, a cagey businessman, or other officious types.

Friday, October 1, 2021

Pencil drawing of actor harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

(born Harry Bratsberg; April 10, 1915 – December 7, 2011) was an American actor and director whose television and film career spanned six decades. Morgan's major roles included Pete Porter in both December Bride (1954–1959) and Pete and Gladys (1960–1962); Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet (1967–1970); Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey (1972–1974); and his starring role as Colonel Sherman T. Potter in M*A*S*H (1975–1983) and AfterMASH (1983–1985). Morgan also appeared in more than 100 films.


Actor Harry Morgan


Saturday, July 10, 2021

Arlo Guthrie - born July 10, 1947

 

Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American retired folk singer-songwriter.[1] He is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs, following the tradition of his father Woody Guthrie. Guthrie's best-known work is his debut piece, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a satirical talking blues song about 18 minutes in length that has since become a Thanksgiving anthem. His only top-40 hit was a cover of Steve Goodman's "City of New Orleans". His song "Massachusetts" was named the official folk song of the state, in which he has lived most of his adult life. Guthrie has also made several acting appearances. He is the father of four children, who have also had careers as musicians.

Friday, June 25, 2021

Norman Fell as Mr. Roper


 Norman Fell was an American actor of film and television, most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers, and his film roles in Ocean's 11, The Graduate, and Bullitt. Early in his career, he was billed as Norman Feld. Wikipedia

BornMarch 24, 1924, Philadelphia, PA

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Audie Murphy - American soldier soldier, actor, songwriter, and rancher


 Audie Murphy

American soldier

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Audie Leon Murphy was an American soldier, actor, songwriter, and rancher. He was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II. He received every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism. Wikipedia

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

RIP Joseph Siravo 1957 - 2021

 


RIP Joseph Siravo
1957 - 2021
Joseph Siravo (March 11, 1957 – April 11, 2021) was an American actor, producer, and educator. He was best known for his work on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning productions of Oslo and The Light in the Piazza and for his roles in film and television, most notably as Johnny Soprano in The Sopranos and Fred Goldman in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.


Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Ross Poldark

 


Ross Poldark is the first of twelve novels in Poldark, a series of historical novels by Winston Graham. It was published in 1945. Ross Poldark is the protagonist of the novel. As the book opens, it is 1783. Poldark returns to Cornwall after serving with the British army in the American Revolutionary War. Wikipedia

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Sketch of the Day: Joshua Duhamel born November 14, 1972.

 Sketch of the Day:

Joshua Duhamel
born November 14, 1972.

Duhamel is an American actor and former fashion model. After various modeling work, he made his acting debut as Leo du Pres on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children and later starred as Danny McCoy on NBC's Las Vegas.

Duhamel has ventured into film, appearing as one of the main protagonists in four of the Transformers films, most recently in the fifth entry, Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). He has also appeared in When in Rome (2010), Life as We Know It (2010), New Year's Eve (2011), Safe Haven (2013), and You're Not You (2014). In 2015, Duhamel co-starred on the short-lived CBS crime drama Battle Creek. He also starred in two video games, most notably Call of Duty: WWII (2017). In 2018, he appeared in the romantic comedy-drama film Love, Simon. Currently, Duhamel stars in the role of Sheldon Sampson in the Netflix superhero series Jupiter's Legacy.

Source: Wikipedia

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Sketch of the Day: Don Wilson 1900 - 1982

 

April 15, 2021
Sketch of the Day:
Don Wilson 1900 - 1982
Wilson was an American announcer and actor in radio and television, with a Falstaffian vocal presence, remembered best as the rotund announcer and comic foil to the star of The Jack Benny Program.

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Sketch of the Day: Mary Livingstone

 

Sketch of the Day:  Mary Livingstone


April 14, 2021
Sketch of the Day:
Mary Livingstone 1905-1983
(The Jack Benny Radio Show)
Mary Livingstone was an American radio comedian and actress. She was the wife and radio partner of comedian Jack Benny.
Enlisted casually to perform on her husband's program, she proved a talented comedian. But she also proved one of the rare performers to experience severe stage fright years after her career was established, so much so that she retired from show business completely, after two decades in the public eye, almost three decades before her death and at the height of her husband and partner's fame.

Monday, April 12, 2021

Sketch of the Day: Rochester of the Jack Benny show

 

#Rochester #EdmundAnderson 1905 – 1977 was an #American #comedian and #actor. To a generation of #earlyradio and #television #comedy he was known as "Rochester" #Pencil #Sketch #SketchOfTheDay: #GregJoens #OldHollywood #JackBenny

Friday, April 9, 2021

Sketch of the Day: Dennis Quaid


Dennis Quaid - pencil
Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor known for a wide variety of dramatic and comedic roles. First gaining widespread attention in the 1980s, some of his notable credits include Breaking Away (1979), The Right Stuff (1983), The Big Easy (1986), Innerspace (1987), Great Balls of Fire! (1989), Dragonheart (1996), The Parent Trap (1998), Frequency (2000), Traffic (2000), The Rookie (2002), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Vantage Point (2008), Footloose (2011), Soul Surfer (2011), and The Intruder (2019). For his role in Far from Heaven (2002), he won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor among other accolades. The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. Source: Wikipedia