TV Classics of the '50s & '60s-Part III Quiz

Answer: Walter Winchell

Walter Winchell (1897-1972) was an American newspaper and radio commentator. It is understood that he was paid $US25,000 per episode (118 episodes) on "The Untouchables". Neville Brand (1920 - 1992) appeared in many episodes as Al Capone.
Walter Cronkite (1916-2009) was best known as the anchor-man on the CBS Evening News from 1962-1981. Howard Cosell (1918-1995) was a talk show host and news anchor-man. He was also part of the original team that broadcast Monday Night Football in the USA.

Answer: Clint Walker

Clint Walker (born 1927) served in the United States Merchant Marines in the later stages of WWII. It was his imposing physique (6ft 6 in - 198cm) that landed him the role of Cheyenne Bodie in the TV series. His pleasant baritone voice was occasionally used in various episodes. Walker went on to do many feature films including, "Yellowstone Kelly","None but the Brave" and "The Dirty Dozen".
Clint Eastwood played Rowdy Yates in "Rawhide". Rory Calhoun was Bill Longley in "The Texan" and Pat Conway was Clay Hollister in "Tombstone Territory".

Answer: Theodore Cleaver

The cast were Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont, who played the roles of his parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and his brother Wally Cleaver, was played by Tony Dow.
The show centred around the adventures of Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver at his home, his school, and the surrounding neighbourhood.

Answer: Gale Gordon

Gale Gordon (1906-1995) a character actor found his niche as a stuffy, blusterous character as the Principal of Madison High. He also played similar roles in various episodes of "I Love Lucy" and in various movies as a stuffy military officer.
Richard Crenna (Walter Denton) played in 92 episodes, Robert Rockwell (Philip Boynton) in 105 episodes and Al Lewis directed 103 episodes.

Answer: Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey (1896 - 1983) was born in Canada and served with the Canadian Army during WWI, seeing action on the Western Front. He started his acting career in 1922 and appeared on stage, TV and films until 1973. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor in his role as Abraham Lincoln in "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" (1940).

In 1955 he played the role of Adam Trask in "East of Eden" as the father of Cal Trask (James Dean). Lionel Barrymore played Dr. Leonard Gillespie in the "Dr. Kildare" films in the 1930's and 1940s. Lew Ayres played Dr. Kildare in those same films and Van Johnson also appeared in some of those films as Dr. Randall Adams.

Answer: David Janssen

David Janssen (1931 - 1980) also played the leading role in the TV series "O'Hara, U.S Treasury" (1971-72) and "Harry O" (1974-76). He acted in a number of films from 1945-1980, however, he is best remembered for his role of Dr. Richard Kimball in "The Fugitive" (1963-67).
Craig Stevens (1918-2000) played the lead role as a private detective in "Peter Gunn" (1958-61). Paul Burke played Det. Adam Flint in "The Naked City" (1958-63) and Darren McGavin (1922-2006) was private detective Mike Hammer in "Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer" (1957-59).

Answer: My Three Sons

"My Three Sons" run from 1960-1972 and became the second-longest running (380 episodes) live-in sitcom (meaning no animation) to "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (435 episodes). Steven Douglas was a widower who raised his three sons with the help of his father-in-law and later is aided by the boys' great uncle.

Answer: 86 and 99

Don Adams (1923-2005) played secret Agent 86 Maxwell Smart and Barbara Feldon (born 1933) was simply Agent 99. Her real name was never mentioned throughout the series. They were both agents for CONTROL which was a US government counter-intelligence agency. Their nemesis was KAOS, described as an international organisation of evil. Neither of the two organisations is an acronym.

Answer: Barney Rubble

Barney and his wife Betty were the neighbours and best friends of Fred and Wilma Flintstone. The inspiration of the these four main characters came from the Kramdens and Nortons in "The Honeymooners" TV series. The Flintstones were the most successful animated series for three decades until "The Simpsons" were released.
As the series was based on modern stone-age families, most characters throughout the series were given names that were connected to stones. For example: Cary Grant (Cary Granite), James Darren (Jimmy Darrock), Sandy Koufax (Sandy Stoneaxe), Jackie Kennedy (Jackie Kennerock).

Answer: Jay North

"Dennis the Menace" was the original title to the show in 1959. Jay North (born 1951) progressed as a teenager into movies and then into voice acting for animated series. He had a troubled childhood growing up in Hollywood
and in later years joined an organisation called A Minor Consideration to counsel child stars in dealing with their challenges of fame just as he had experienced as a youngster.
Rusty Hamer (1947-1990) played the role of Rusty Williams in "The Danny Thomas Show". Butch Patrick played Eddie Munster in "The Munsters" and Danny Bonaduce played Danny Partridge in "The Partridge Family".