Blog Post Remembering Dick Van Patten We’re sad to learn of the passing of actor Dick Van Patten , who died on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 of complications from diabetes. He was 86 years old. Van Patten started his acting career as a child, performing on Broadway shows at age seven, and winning his first major TV role in CBS’ I Remember...
Blog Post Remembering Marty Pasetta We're sad to learn that director/producer Marty Pasetta passed away on May 21, 2015 at the age of 82. Pasetta's first job in television was at San Francisco's KGO-TV in 1952. He moved up the KGO ranks from stage manager to multifaceted producer before moving to Los Angeles, where he soon became a...
Blog Post Remembering Anne Meara We’re sad to learn that actress/comedienne Anne Meara passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2015 at the age of 85. Meara was one half of the comedy team Stiller and Meara with husband Jerry Stiller . The pair made many appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and raised two children (Ben and Amy Stiller)...
Blog Post Keeping America Laughing At Itself: Vin Di Bona The career of Vin Di Bona has been remarkable. He began as a disc jockey fresh out of Emerson College, where he’d struck up a friendship with future producing partner Henry Winkler . He transitioned from Boston radio to local television, where he produced several serious, socially-conscious...
Blog Post Remembering Jayne Meadows We're sad to learn that actress Jayne Meadow s passed away on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at the age of 95. Meadows grew up in China where her parents were missionaries, and later got her start in show business in New York City. She appeared in several live anthology dramas ( General Electric Theater ,...
Blog Post Remembering Richard L. Bare 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...
Blog Post Jon Hamm talks Mad Men, Don v. Dick, Hamm's Ham, and more! He has piqued our curiosity since first sauntering into the offices of Sterling-Cooper in 1961 (our 2007). Eight Emmy nominations later, the actor sat with the Archive for a two-hour interivew about all things Mad Men , Draper, and of course, “Hamm’s Ham.” Starting with his childhood in St. Louis,...
Blog Post Remembering Howard A. Anderson, Jr. 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...
Blog Post Remembering Former CBS Standards & Practices Executive William Tankersley The executive passes away at the age of 98.
