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discover an' ambition to
become an actress. Her new
series has encountered rating
problems being placed against
CBS' Friday Night at the
Movies and NBC's 'Rockford
Files'.
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Burt Reynolds (The Great
One) has played in how many
television shows of his own? —
Ellen H., Winnipeg, Man.
Actor Burt Reynolds'
career
(in-
cluding,
has had many folds
"'if you'll pardon the
pun, the first Cosmopolitan
centerspread). In 1959,
Darren McGavin starred in a
series about life on ,the
Mississippi river during the
1840's called 'Riverboat'.
'McGavin'play�ed.,the captain of,
the good ship Enterprise and
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23 -year-old newcomer Burt
Reynolds was his first mate. New York City actor ed Tony
The 1966-67 television season Franciosa has appear
g ('eared on
saw him return as star of his the Broadway s
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own series - 'Hawk'. Unwdas films r- of Rain'),
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starred Hollywood
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not renewed beyondAu ghe wass ofst le then Game' - 'co-starring ng
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26 episodes. 'Dan gust'
Barr
his next television vehicle but Robert S taac Stack With Hugh
it also was cancelled after but an McClure). I would like to write to Jim -
one season (1970).oThe West . At the and Doug Fran- Bob Walton tono the Walton
Palm Beach, Florida native ciosa the moment Tonyi show. —ton
continues to be a big box office is sitting by hoping ABC Dorval, Que.
draw in films with no apparent will be sufficiently impressed
plans to return to television.
Can you please tell me more
about Karen Valentine ...
she's a terrific actress! —
L.W., Montreal, Que.
Karen Valentine, co-star for
five years on ABC's 'Room
222' (1969-74) and currently
starring in her own 'Karen'
series, was born in Santa
Rosa, California, some 30
years ago. Since 'Room 222'
went off the air, Karen has
• kept busy with several made-
for-tv-movie roles to her
credit. The new half-hour
situation comedy was
developed for television with '
Karen in inind by former
• 'Room 222' producer Gene
Reynolds. Karen started off
with little intention of being an
actress. In high school she was
president of the Future
Teachers of America Club
with teaching her only am-
bition. Then suddenly Karen
'Reflections In A Golden Eye'
starring Marlon Brando and
Elizabeth Taylor. The
television series in question
was 'Banyon', Forster's first
exposure to television star-
dom. The 1972 action series
also failed to make it beyond
Christmas.
with his movie -pilot based on David S. Harper plays
Bob on CBS' highly popular supplying `$10,000 Pyramid'
'Matt Helm' novels and films
starring Dean Martin. `The Waltons°. David was born (ABC) and `Jackpot' (NBC).
in Abilene, Texas, on Oct. 4, Host of the new `Blankety
The star of the TV show 1961. Music is his big passtime Blank' series is an old favorite
Nakia' looks very familiar to these days with ; hopes of - Bill Cullen.
me but I can't remember the becoming a professional
name of the other, , , c „, _„musician one day soon. Fan
E.F., Kingston, Ont. mail will reach David if ad-
dressed to 'The Waltons', CBS-
TV,7Television City, 7800
Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles,
Calif . 90036.
•
remains the one and only
television series undertaken
by the 69 -year-old silver -
haired film actor.
+ Daytime game shows
continue their current wave of
popularity on the major
American networks. ABC has
dropped reruns of 'The Brady
Bunch' in favor of still another
Mon -Fri game show format.
`Blankety Blank' is produced
in New York City by Bob
Stewart Productions already
At the beginning of this
season, the ABC Television
Network announced an ex-
citing new western drama
called `Nakia'. Deputy Sheriff
Nakia Parker was portrayed
by Robert Forster. By mid-
season, . the network lost
confidence in the storyline and
dropped it in favor`of-'Caribe'.
Forster was born in
Rochester, N.Y., and majored
in psychology at the
University of Rochester
before deciding to pursue
acting. From bit player on
Broadway, he mad,p his film
debut in John Huston's
Jerry Appleton, `tvQ', P.O.
Box 816, Burlington, Ont.
+Charlie Chan came to
television as a weekly series
for the first time in 1957. The
great Chinese detective was
played. by the late J. Carrol
Naish'while actor James Hong
was "Son Number One".
+Movie great Cesar
Romero starred as Steve
McQuinn, the fearless
diplomatic courier in
'Passport to Danger'. It
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