Alfred Hitchcock Presents (tv program)

A simple fabulist, or a killer clever at covering his tracks?

2013-04-07 18:10:00

He mixed with the well-to-do in the upscale suburb of San Marino, proclaiming himself an English baronet who taught film at USC. He briefly settled in a wealthy Connecticut enclave, convincing locals he was a successful television producer. He talked...

PASSINGS: Phyllis Thaxter, Ron Nelson

2012-08-16 00:00:00

Phyllis Thaxter Veteran actress played Clark Kent's mother Phyllis Thaxter, 92, an actress who had an active film career in the 1940s and '50s and capped it with her portrayal of Clark Kent's mother in the 1978 version of "Superman," died Tuesday at...

Boris Karloff, a monster talent remembered

2010-08-30 16:33:56

PASSINGS: Simon MacCorkindale, Janet MacLachlan

2010-10-17 00:00:00

Simon MacCorkindale British actor was on CBS' 'Falcon Crest' Simon MacCorkindale, 58, a British stage and screen actor who starred in the 1983 NBC-TV series "Manimal" and was a regular on CBS' "Falcon Crest," died of bowel cancer Thursday at a London...

Robert Culp dies at 79; actor starred in 'I Spy' TV series

2010-03-25 00:00:00

Robert Culp, the veteran actor best known for starring with Bill Cosby in the classic 1960s espionage-adventure series "I Spy" and for playing Bob in the 1969 movie "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice," died Wednesday morning. He was 79. Culp fell and hit his...

Actor brought passion, integrity to stage

2013-04-23 08:04:02

Glenn Cannon, an award-winning actor and director, educator and mentor to several generations of young actors, died Saturday at Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was 80. Cannon's death was announced by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of...

Jack Klugman: a most valuable player in the acting sport

2012-12-25 16:39:51

Actor Biff Elliot, the first Mike Hammer, dies

2012-08-21 21:55:07

Biff Elliot, who starred as detective Mike Hammer in the 1953 feature adaptation of Mickey Spillane's "I, the Jury," died in Studio City, Calif., of natural causes on Aug. 15. He was 89. The part of Mike Hammer in Elliot's feature debut did not lead to...

Actress Doris Singleton Isaacs dies

2012-06-27 21:45:10

Actress and comedienne Doris Singleton Isaacs, who recurred on "I Love Lucy" as Lucy's near-sighted neighbor and sometimes nemesis Carolyn Appleby, died Tuesday. She was 92. Singleton guested in a large number of both comedies and dramas during her 30-...

Author Ray Bradbury dies at 91

2012-06-06 21:45:11

Ray Bradbury, the influential and thought-provoking science-fiction writer best known for "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Martian Chronicles," died Tuesday night in Los Angeles. He was 91. Many of Bradbury's stories and novels were adapted for radio,...

Patricia Modell, actress and philanthropist, dies at 80

2011-10-12 13:37:00

Patricia Modell, a successful TV and film actress in the 1950s and '60s who became a well-known philanthropist in Baltimore with her husband, former Ravens owner Arthur Modell, died Wednesday at the age of 80. Mrs. Modell was admitted two weeks ago to...

‘Three’s Company,’ ‘Good Times’ part of Antenna TV from WRDQ

2011-09-01 16:39:38

This minimalist line drawing of Alfred Hitchcock 's profile was done in 1959 and used as the logo for the director's TV series, " Alfred Hitchcock Presents ."

2011-08-02 17:12:36