My #1 for January 30th
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Franklin D. Roosevelt
BaltimoreBob — 16 years ago(January 30, 2010 06:33 PM)
2010: 1/30/2010: Following a soft reopening in mid-January,
the Battleship Missouri Memorial will officially reopen
Saturday January 30th 2010,
one day after the 66th anniversary of the battleship's launch from
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The renamed Battleship Missouri Memorial resides in Pearl Harbor,
moored a few hundred yards from the USS Arizona,
a battleship sunk during Japan's Dec. 7, 1941,
attack that forced the U.S. into the war.
The surrender documents wer7ece signed on the
Missouri's deck on Sept. 2, 1945 ( 4.5 years before Baltimore Bob arrived ), in Tokyo Bay.
The battleship was also used in the Korean and Persian Gulf wars before
being decommissioned in 1992. The memorial opened in January 1999.
Baltimore Bob states The Battleship Missouri resided in Bremerton, Washington
when Baltimore Bob was in the US Navy and picked up the USS Ponce the LPD-15
( Ponce commissioned on 10 July 1971 / Web:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ponce )
which was built in the Seattle, Washington shipyard
and Baltimore Bob stayed in the Bremerton Naval Base
before we brought the Ponce over to the Bremerton Naval Base
about July 1971 and then we left there in September 1971 for
Our Homeport of Norfolk, VA passing thru the Panama Canal
and then stopping in Panama City
and a few other places including Ponce, Puerto Rico the
city that the ship got its name (explorer Ponce de Leon).
Baltimore Bob first visited the USS Arizona Memorial in December 1983
on his first of hopefully a few Vacations to Hawaii as Baltimore Bob
spent a week on the Big Island.
My #1 Celebrity Birthday Person for January 30th is
#1 Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
#2 Dick Cheney (Lucky to reach 69 in 2010) 1941
Dick actually made it out of the White House alive with 2 full terms as VP.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Would have been 128 in 2010) 1882 - Died age 63
Born 30 January 1882 - Hyde Park, New York
Date of death 12 April 1945 - Warm Springs, Georgia.
(cerebral hemorrhage)
Birth name: Franklin Delano Roosevelt / Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Nickname: Houdini In the White House, The Squire of Hyde Park, The Sphinx,
That Man In the White House and FDR.
Spouse: Eleanor Roosevelt (17 March 1905 - 12 April 1945) (his death) 6 children
His wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, was a niece of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
Fifth cousin o16d0f President Theodore Roosevelt.
Fifth cousin once removed of wife Eleanor Roosevelt.
Fourth cousin once removed of President Ulysses S. Grant.
Fourth cousin three times removed of President Zachary Taylor.
Seventh cousin once removed of Winston Churchill.
Winston Churchill said about his first meeting with Roosevelt that meeting him
"was like opening a bottle of fine champagne."
The 32nd President of the United States, and the only one to serve more than two terms -
he died three months after beginning his fourth term.
Worked in advocacy since 1907 until 1910.
Member of the New York Senate since 1910 until 1913.
Democratic Vice Presidential running mate to James Cox in 1920.
They lost to Republicans Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge.
Was elected New York Governor in 1928 and in 1930.
Suffered poliomyelitis in 1921, and lost the ability to walk on his own.
He wore heavy leg braces and when he appeared in public standing on his feet
(which took a massive effort) he was usually supported by someone (most often his son).
Many efforts were made to conceal Roosevelt's disability.
When he was elected President in 1932 the general public had no knowledge of his ailment.
Was U.S. President from 1933-1937, re-elected in 1941 and again in 1944.
On April 30, 1939, he appeared on experimental television station WX2AB in New York City,
officiating over the opening of the 1939 New York World's Fair,
making him the first US President to appear on television.
When he was five years old, his family visited the White House and met
President Grover Cleveland. The President put his hand on little Franklin's head and said,
"My little man, I am making a strange wish for you.
It is that you may never be President of the United States."
Shortly before he won the 1932 election, the Boston Braves lost their
final pre-election football game.
The Braves went on to become the Boston Redskins, and eventually the Washington Redskins.
In all these incarnations, their fortune in the final pre-election game has always
paralelled and predicted the fate of the incumbent party or nominee in the Presidential race.
This pattern was unbroken until 2004,
when President George W. Bush won the presidency, despite a Redskins loss.
Baltimore Bobs Vertification:
1932 Regular Season:
Week 7 - Oct 30 T 7-7 vs Chicago Bears
Week 8 - Nov 6 W 19-6 vs Staten Island Stapletons
Election: 11/8/1932: A Redskin win & FDR should have lost to Hoover but didnt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1932
Week 9 - Nov 13 L 21-0 vs Green Bay Packers
Site: http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/tea -
BaltimoreBob — 16 years ago(January 30, 2010 06:35 PM)
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Davey Johnson (62) 1943
Born: Orlando, Florida / Height: 6' 1"
Birth Name: David Allen Johnson / Batted: Right - Threw: Right
Johnson's daughter, Andrea, was a nationally-ranked amateur surfer
in the late 1980s. However, Andrea died in 2005 from septic shock.
[ Baltimore Bob's oldest sister is an Andrea (nickname: Cookie) ]
MLB debut: April 13, 1965 for the Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB appearance: September 29, 1978 for the Chicago Cubs
Teams: AL; Baltimore Orioles (19651972) & NL; Atlanta Braves (19731975),
Philadelphia Phillies (19771978), Chicago Cubs (1978)
& Yomiuri Giants (19751976).
MLB Manager: New York Mets (19841990), Cincinnati Reds (19931995),
Baltimore Orioles (19961997) & Los Angeles Dodgers (19992000).
Career highlights and awards:
3 Gold Glove Award winner (1969, 1970, 1971),
3 World Series champion (1966, 1970, 1986),
4 All-Star (1968, 1969, 1970, 1973),
NL Comeback Player of the Year (1973), AL Manager of the Year (1997).
Former Major League Baseball second baseman and later manager likely best
remembered as the skipper who piloted the 1986 World Series champion NY Mets.
He is currently a Senior Adviser for the Washington Nationals.
After one season playing baseball at Texas A&M University,
Johnson signed with the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1962.
He made the team, and was in the opening day line-up for the 1965 season opener.
In the 1966 World Series, Johnson earned the distinction of being
the last person to get a hit off of Sandy Koufax.
During the 1978 season, Johnson hit two grand slam home runs as a pinch-hitter
for the Phillies & shortly afterwards, he was dealt to his last team the Chicago Cubs.
Play Ball/Great Moments & Dubious Achivements In Baseball History by John Snyder.
Dave Johnson: The only 2nd baseman to hit 43 Home Runs in a single season (1973).
( Phillies: Chase Utley had 33 in 2008 still 10 shy ) No other 2nd baseman had more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davey_Johnson
Baltimore Bob added Davey on Monday January 11th 2010.
Marty Balin (63) 1942- Born: Cincinnati, Ohio / Birth Name: Martyn Buchwald
- Spouse: Karen (? - present) 2 children
- Balin was the founder and a featured vocalist for Jefferson Airplane from 1965 to 1971.
- He appeared with the group during their performances at Monterey and Woodstock in
- 1967 and 1969, and less successfully at the disastrous Altamont Speedway concert,
- where he was knocked unconscious by a biker from the Hells Angels motorcycle club
- (this event was captured on film in the documentary Gimme Shelter).
- The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) (TV) (as The Jefferson Starship)
- as Holographic Band Singer.
- One of Baltimore Bobu00025b4s Top 25 All Time Songs is The Jefferson Starships
- "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" which was done after he parted.
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 (as a member of Jefferson Airplane).
- Baltimore Bob would see the Jefferson Airplane/Starship in the 1990's with wife at
- the now long gone 'Valley Forge Music Fair' with the 1960's groups Steppenwolf
- & Procul Harem and the only time thru 2008 he has seen either of these 3 groups.
- Baltimore Bob added Marty on Friday January 23rd 2009.
Dick Cheney (64) 1941 - see #2 for today
Vanessa Redgrave (68) 1937
Born: London, England, UK / Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Daughter of Michael Redgrave & Rachel Kempson / Sister of Lynn & Corin Redgrave.
Mother-in-law of actor Liam Neeson.
Born into a family of fine actors, Vanessa Redgrave knew a lot about acting technique
when she started making films in the 1960s.
Three decades later she has shown that an actress can improve with age.
In his review of 'A Month by the Lake' (1995), Roger Ebert sees Redgrave
"at the absolute peak of physical and mental perfection".
Spouse: Tony Richardson (1962 - 1967) (divorced) 2 children
Mother of 16d0Natasha Richardson & Joely Richardson.
Son, Carlo Gabriel Nero, with Franco Nero.
The two actors were working together in the movie, 'Camelot' (1967)
when Carlo was conceived.
Claims to be on hit-list of neo-Nazi group Combat 18. [February 1997]
Awarded the C.B.E. in the British Honours list.
She allegedly refused the British honour of Dame of the order of the British Empire in 1999.
In 1962, she became one of the first celebrities to visit communist Cuba.
Movie debut at age 21 in Behind the Mask (1958) as Pamela Gray.
2009: Latest movie role at age 71 in Eve (2008/I) (post-production) as Eva,
then at age 72 in Nottingham (2009) (pre-production) (rumored),
and Durham Grill (2009) (announced) (rumored) as Georgiana.
She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1985 (1984 season)
for Best Actress in a Revival for The Aspern Papers.
She was awarded the 1985 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award)
for Best Actress in The Seagull.
She was awarded the 1988 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award)
for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in A Touch of the Poet.
She was awarded the 1991 London Eveni
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BaltimoreBob — 16 years ago(January 30, 2010 06:37 PM)
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Dead Persons:
John Ireland (I) (Would have been 91) 1914 - Died age 78
Date of Birth 30 January 1914, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Date of Death 21 March 1992, Santa Barbara, California, USA (leukemia)
Birth Name: John Benjamin Ireland / Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Born in Canada, John Ireland was raised in New York.
Performing as a swimmer in a water carnival, he moved into the legitimate theater,
often appearing in minor roles in Broadway plays.
His first big break in pictures came in 1945 when he appeared as Windy the introspective
letter-writing G.I. in the classic war epic A Walk in the Sun (1945).
Spouses: Daphne Myrick Cameron (22 July 1962 - 21 March 1992) (his death) 1 child
Joanne Dru (7 August 1949 - 16 May 1957) (divorced)
Elaine Sheldon Rosen (1940 - 1948) (divorced) 2 children
He had two sons by his marriage with 'Elaine Sheldon Rosen: John Ireland and Peter Ireland.
He also has a daughter, Daphne Ireland Whelahan, with Daphne Cameron.
Half-brother of actor-entertainer Tommy Noonan, who appeared with him in
I Shot Jesse James (1949).
(See also Peter Marshall who once was Tommy's partner.)
John was the very first Vancouver-born actor to nominated for an Academy Award.
He was better known in Hollywood for his wild exploits as a lothario than his work in films.
Howard Hawks even included a scene with Ireland and Montgomery Clift in
Red River (1948) where they compare the size of their guns,
allegedly a wink to Ireland's infamous physical endowments.
He was known as one of the genuine "nice guys" of Hollywood,
always eager to meet with his fans, sign autographs and pose for photographs.
1st movie role at age 31 in 'A Walk in the Sun' (1945) as Pfc. Windy Craven.
At age 46 in 'Spartacus' (1960) as Crixus aka Spartacus: Rebel Against Rome (USA: poster title).
Last movie role at his death in 'Waxwork II: Lost in Time' (1992) as King Arthur.
Personal Quotes: [At age 45, on his affair with 16 year old Tuesday Weld]
"If there wasn't such a difference in our ages I'd ask her to marry me.
That and her mother are the only things that stop me".
Baltimore Bob added John on Monday December 7th 2009.
John Ireland (1914-1992) born exact same day as actor David Wayne (see below).
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David Wayne (I) (Would have been 91) 1914 - Died age 81
Date of Birth 30 January 1914, Traverse City, Michigan, USA.
Date of Death 9 February 1995, Santa Monica, California, USA. (lung cancer)
Birth Name: Wayne James McMeekan / Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
His father was an insurance executive; his mother died when he was four.
He attended Western Michigan University then worked as a statistician in Cleveland
where he joined a Shakespeare repertory company.
Two years later he had a minor role in "The American Way" in New York.
He was rejected by the army in World War II but volunteered as an ambulance driver in North Africa.
He returned to critical acclaim on Broadway (Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill).
He was the first to receive a Tony award for acting.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1977 though his movie credits go back to Portrait of Jennie (1948).
Spouse: Jane Gordon (1941 - 16 April 1993) (her death) 2 children
Twin daughters Kearney and Melinda.
In 1947, the first year that Broadway's Tony Awards were presented,
he won the Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) Award for "Finian's Rainbow."
He subsequently won a second Tony in 1954 as Best Actor (Dramatic) for
"The Teahouse of the August Moon".
Played two consecutive unrelated characters both named Charles.
1st movie role at age 34 in Portrait of Jennie (1948) as Gus O'Toole.
"The Twilight Zone"- Escape Clause (1959) TV episode as Walter Bedeker.
Original Air Date: 6 November 1959 (Season 1, Episode 6) Baltimore Bob is 9.5 years old.
This TZ episode first aired the day his favorite gal turned 3.
Plot: The devil gives an aging hypochondriac exchange immortality, no aging,
and complete indestructibility in exchange for his soul.
The contract for the deal contains an escape clause allowing the man to end his life.
Now why would he need that?
Baltimore Bob sta2000tes What happens is he kills his wife thinking that they would try to
electrocute him but would fail but what he got was Life InPrisonment He was screwed.
At age 60 in Huckleberry Finn (1974) as The Duke.
"Digger" Barnes in "Dallas" (1978).
Last movie role at age 73 in The Survivalist (1987) as Dub Daniels.
David Wayne (1914-1995) born exact same day as actor John Ireland (see above).
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Would have been 123) 1882 see #1 for today
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DD
Well not that much into art so I would prefer tickets to a movie preview.
Here's Baltimore Bob's story:
Back in late 1990's (I watch Jeopardy a lot) there was a question:
They showed a painting by Thomas Gainsborough
( Thomas Gainsborough (christened 14 May 1727 died 2 August 1788)
was one of the most famous portrait and landscape painters of 18th century Britain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gainsborough )
Gainsborough's Mr and Mrs Andrews (1748-49). -
BaltimoreBob — 18 years ago(January 30, 2008 01:11 PM)
My #1 Celebrity Birthday Person for January 30th is
#1 Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Would have been 126 in 2008) 1882
and still #2 Dick Cheney (Lucky to reach 67 in 2008) 1941
Birthdays set for 2005:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Would have been 123) 1882- Died age 63
Born 30 January 1882 - Hyde Park, New York
Date of death 12 April 1945 - Warm Springs, Georgia.
(cerebral hemorrhage)
Birth name: Franklin Delano Roosevelt / Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Nickname: Houdini In the White House, The Squire of Hyde Park, The Sphinx,
That Man In the White House and FDR.
Spouse: Eleanor Roosevelt (17 March 1905 - 12 April 1945) (his death) 6 children
His wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, was a niece of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
Fifth cousin of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Fifth cousin once removed of wife Eleanor Roosevelt.
Fourth cousin once removed of President Ulysses S. Grant.
Fourth cousin three times removed of President Zachary Taylor.
Seventh cousin once removed of Winston Churchill.
Winston Churchill said about his first meeting with Roosevelt that meeting him
"was like opening a bottle of fine champagne."
The 32nd President of the United States, and the only one to serve more than two terms -
he died three months after beginning his fourth term.
Worked in advocacy since 1907 until 1910.
Member of the New York Senate since 1910 until 1913.
Democratic Vice Presidential running mate to James Cox in 1920.
They lost to Republicans Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge.
Was elected New York Governor in 1928 and in 1930.
Suffered poliomyelitis in 1921, and lost the ability to walk on his own.
He wore heavy leg braces and when he appeared in public standing on his feet
(which took a massive effort) he was usually supported by someone (most often his son).
Many efforts were made to conceal Roosevelt's disability.
When he was elected President in 1932 the general public had no knowledge of his ailment.
Was U.S. President from 1933-1937, re-elected in 1941 and again in 1944.
On April 30, 1939, he appeared on experimental television station WX2AB in New York City,
officiating over the opening of the 1939 New York World's Fair,
making him the first US President to appear on television.
When he was five years old, his family visited the White House and met
President Grover Cleveland. The President put his hand on little Franklin's head and said,
"My little man, I am making a strange wish for you.
It is that you may never be President of the United States."
Shortly before he won the 1932 election, the Boston Braves lost their
final pre-election football game.
The Braves went on to become the Boston Redskins, and eventually the Washington Redskins.
In all these incarnations, their fortune in the final pre-election game has always
paralelled and predicted the fate of the incumbent party or nominee in the Presidential race.
This pattern was unbroken until 2004,
when President George W. Bush won the presidency, despite a Redskins loss.
He died while posing for a portrait.
In the midst of the session he left, complaining of a headache.
His last word1354s were "I have a terrific headache".
Dick Cheney (Lucky to reach 64) 1941
Born: Lincoln, Nebraska / Birth name: Richard Bruce Cheney / Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Spouse: Lynne Cheney (29 August 1964 - present) 2 children
Has two daughters Elizabeth (b. 1966) and Mary (b. 1969)
Served as President Gerald Ford's Chief of Staff (1975-1977)
Served as U.S. Representative from Wyoming (1979-1989)
Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George H.W. Bush in 1991.
Former CEO of Halliburton, still on their payroll despite 'leaving'
the company to take on the office of Vice President of the United States.
U.S. secretary of defense (1989-93) under President George Bush.
Became vice president elect to George W Bush on 13 December 2000,
after 36 days of post-election turmoil, and a concession by the opponents Gore/Lieberman.
Wilmer Valderrama (25) 1980- Born: Miami, Florida / the same year that the Phillies won their one and only World Series
- & Baltimore Bob was there at game 6 in last row upper left field uper deck - 1980.
- Baltimore Bob was in Miami for the 1st time just the week before Super Bowl XV/January 1981.
- Baltimore Bob drove from Miami where he was looking for a new Computer job after leaving
- Philadelphia and then drove to New Orleans, LA which took about 2 days and then spent 4
- nights in New Orleans at a Flop House from Thursday thru Sunday nights and left the day
- after Super Bowl Sunday and drove back to his home town of New Holland, PA.
- Height: 5' 9" (1.77 m) & same exact height as is Baltimore Bob.
- Birth Name: Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama / Nickname: Will
- Wilmer Valderrama starred in "That '70s Show" (1998).
- While set in 1976, the show is attracting fans from all age groups.
- In this series about teen angst in
- Died age 63
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BaltimoreBob — 18 years ago(January 30, 2008 01:13 PM)
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Gene Hackman (75) 1930
Born: San Bernardino, CA / Birth name: Eugene Alden Hackman / Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Brother of Richard Hackman.
A child of a broken home, Hackman left home at 16 for a three-year hitch with the Marines.
Moving to New York after being discharged, Hackman worked in a number of menial jobs
before studying journalism and television production on the G.I. Bill at the
University of Illinois. Hackman would be over 30 years old when he finally decided
to take his chance at acting by enrolling at the Pasadena Playhouse in California.
Legend says that Hackman and Dustin Hoffman were voted "least likely to succeed."
Hackman next moved back to NY where he worked in summer stock and off Broadway.
As a young man, Hackman attended a showing of the movie A Streetcar Named Desire
(1951) and was impressed by the performance of Marlon Brando due to his naturalism
and the fact that he didn't look like what a movie star typically looked like in the 1950s.
After exiting the theater, he told his father that he wanted to be an actor.
Spouses: Betsy Arakawa (December 1991 - present)
Fay Maltese (1 January 1956 - 1986) (divorced) 3 children
Father of Christopher Hackman from his first marriage.
Movie debut at age 31 in Mad Dog Coll (1961) (uncredited) as a Cop.
In 1964, he was cast as the young suitor in the Broadway stage play 'Any Wednesday.'
This role would lead to him being cast in the small role of Norman in the film
'Lilith' (1964), starring Warren Beatty.
When Warren was casting for his film 'Bonnie and Clyde' (1967),
he would cast Hackman as Buck Barrow.
Was the first choice to play Mike Brady on 'The Brady Bunch' (1969).
He was the sixth choice to play Popeye Doyle in 'The French Connection' (1971).
Has stated that his performance in 'Scarecrow' (1973) is his personal favorite.
Turned down the lead roles in 'Jaws' (1975), 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (1977),
and 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981).
Was the first choice to play Hannibal Lector in 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991).
Was also offered the chance to direct The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
Turned down the part of President Franklin Roosevelt in 'Pearl Harbor' (2001),
which went to Jon Voight.
In 1972, he won the Oscar for his role as Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle in
'The French Connection' (1971).
Hackman is a versatile star who can play the blind man in the comedy
'Young Frankenstein' (1974) to the evil Lex Luthor in 'Superman' (1978).
Revealed on 'Inside the Actors Studio' (1994) that the two of the most important
factors in deciding on which films he will work on are the script and the money.
Has appeared in three films adapted from novels by John Grisham:
'The Firm' (1993), 'The Chamber' (1996) and 'Runaway Jury' (2003).
One of the most sustaining actors of all time,
he still averages 2 films a year in his 70s, having starred in six in 2001 alone.
Dustin Hoffman came to New York after finishing his training at the Pasadena Playhouse.
The two of them roomed together in New York at Hackman's one bedroom apartment on
2nd and 26th Street. Hoffman slept on the kitchen floor.
Originally, Hackman had offered to let him stay a few nights, but Hoffman would not leave.
Hackman had to take him out to look for his own apartment.
'Runaway Jury' (2003) was the first time he and former roommate Dustin Hoffman
performed on the screen together.
2008: Latest movie - Welcome to Mooseport (2004) as former President Monroe Cole.
Dick Martin (I) (83) 1922- Born: Detroit, Michigan
- Spouse: Dolly Read (1978 - ?) (remarried) / Dolly Read (? - 1975) (divorced)
- Father of Richard Martin / Father-in-law of Kim Steer.
- He was the partner of Dan Rowan who together formed the comedy team of
- Rowan and Martin.
- Producer - "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1968) TV Series (executive producer)
- (1972-1973) aka Laugh-In.
- Actor - filmography (2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s) (1960s) (1950s)
- "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1968) TV Series as Host/Regular Performer.
Baltimore Bob says "Wasn't this show one of the funniest ever on TV." - Director - (1990s) (1980s) (1970s): 'Bob' (1992) TV Series,
- 'Newhart' (1982) TV Series, 'Family Ties' (1982) TV Series
- "Archie Bunker's Place" (1979) TV Series and some episodes
- 'The Bob Newhart Show' (1972).
- I guess he is Bob (probably the #1 Celebrity named Bob) Newhart's favorite.
- Baltimore Bob's brother Andy doesn't like 'Laugh-In'
- because it sorta replaced "Star Trek" TV series 1966-1969.
Dead Person
David Wayne (I) (Would have been 91) 1914 - Died age 81
Date of Birth 30 January 1914, Traverse City, Michigan, USA.
Date of Death 9 February 1995, Santa Monica, California, USA. (lung cancer)
Birth Name: Wayne James McMeekan / Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
His father was an insurance executive; his mother died when he was four.
He attended Western Michigan University then worked as a statistician in Cleveland
where he joined a Shakespeare repertory company.
Two years later he had a minor role in "The American Way" in New York.