In memoriam

David Canary

Remembering David Canary

 Wed, 11/25/2015 We're sad to learn that actor David Canary passed away from natural causes on November 16, 2015 at the age of 77. Canary was best known for playing the dual role of twins "Adam Chandler" and "Stuart Chandler" on the daytime soap opera All My Children . Before All My Children , Canary appeared as a regular on primetime's Peyton Place , played "Candy Canaday" on Bonanza , and had roles on the soap operas The Doctors and Another World . Below are some selections from his 2004 Archive interview: On...
Howard A. Anderson, Jr.

Remembering Howard A. Anderson, Jr.

Mon, 11/02/2015 We're sad to learn that visual effects specialist Howard A. Anderson, Jr. passed away on September 27, 2015 at the age of 95. Anderson started working at his father's special effects company, The Howard Anderson Company, when he was just a child, and officially joined the business in the 1960s when he and his brother Darrell began working on titles and special effects for movies and television. Anderson worked on I Love Lucy and Dragnet and did special effects for the original Star Trek , where...
Frank Gifford

Remembering Frank Gifford

 Mon, 08/10/2015 We're sad to learn that sportscaster Frank Gifford passed away yesterday, August 9, 2015, at the age of 84. Gifford enjoyed a long career on the football field, playing for the New York Giants, and off the field, calling games from the booth as a sportscaster for CBS and ABC. Gifford reported for the first Super Bowl , covered the Olympics , and co-hosted the iconic ABC sports show, Monday Night Football for many years. Among the stories Gifford covered: Evel Knievel (for Wide World of Sports...
Richard L. Bare

Remembering Richard L. Bare

 Mon, 04/13/2015 We're sad to learn that director Richard L. Bare passed away on March 28, 2015 at the age of 101. Bare worked in a combat photography unit during Word War II and soon after transitioned to making short films for Warner Bros., starting with "So You Want To Give Up Smoking." He got his start in television at Warner Bros., directed the western series Cheyenne (where he discovered James Garner ), and went on to direct the series that made Garner a star, the western-comedy Maverick . Bare also...
Milton Delugg

Remembering Milton Delugg

 Wed, 04/08/2015 We’re sad to learn that music director Milton Delugg passed away on Monday, April 6, 2015 at the age of 96. Delugg worked in network radio and early television with Abe Burrows and Morey Amsterdam. He was a conductor (and accordion player) on the variety series Broadway Open House , a precursor to The Tonight Show . Delugg worked on The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show , and for one-and-a-half-years was the orchestra leader on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carso n. Delugg also had a long...
Sam Simon

Remembering Sam Simon

 Mon, 03/09/2015 We're sad to hear that writer/producer Sam Simon passed away from colon cancer on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at the age of 59. Simon started his career in animation, drawing for Bill Cosby's Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and other Filmation series. He broke into sitcoms with a spec script for Taxi , which got produced and led to a job on the show's writing staff. Simon was a writer and showrunner on Cheers , and served as a consultant for It's Garry Shandling's Show , The Tracey Ullman Show , and...
Harve Bennett

Remembering Harve Bennett

 Fri, 03/06/2015 We're sad to learn that producer Harve Bennett passed away on February 25, 2015 at the age of 84. Bennett got his start in show business as one of the contestants on radio's "Quiz Kids." He wrote for The Chicago Sun-Times as a teenager, attended college at UCLA, and served in the Korean War. He got work at CBS, eventually becoming a producer (the youngest at the time), and then transitioned to ABC, where he ultimately served as Vice President in charge of programming under Leonard Goldberg...
Leonard Nimoy

Remembering Leonard Nimoy

 Fri, 02/27/2015 We're sad to learn that actor Leonard Nimoy passed away this morning at the age of 83. Nimoy grew up in the inner city of Boston. He served in the Army (assigned to mount Army-produced shows), moved to Hollywood, and soon appeared on The Pinky Lee Show , Matinee Theater , Wagon Train , and Gunsmoke . He was an acting teacher for many years, and worked on several series produced by syndication giant Ziv Television Programs, including West Point , Sea Hunt , and Highway Patrol . Nimoy auditioned...
Stan Chambers

Remembering Stan Chambers

 Fri, 02/13/2015 We're sad to hear that KTLA local news correspondent Stan Chambers passed away today at the age of 91. Chambers was part of the local Los Angeles news scene for over 60 years and was instrumental in the national evolution of local television news coverage. He worked at KTLA almost since its inception. He covered the 1949 Kathy Fiscus tragedy, an above ground Nevada A-bomb test (the first time a test had been covered by television cameras), the 1965 Watts Riots, and broke the 1991 Rodney King...