Interview John Shaffner In his four-and-a-half-hour interview, John Shaffner talks about his early life, including television he watched as a child and his first impressions of color TV. He describes his education at the University of Montana and Carnegie Mellon, and tells of his first forays into television art direction...
Interview Silvio Horta In his two-hour-and-fifteen-minute interview, Silvo Horta (1974-2020) talks about his early projects, including writing the pilot The Furies with Ryan Murphy and the series Chronicle . He discusses creating the short-lived series Jake 2.0 and the pilot titled West Side . He recalls becoming...
Interview David McCallum In his two-and-a-half-hour remote TheirStory interview, David McCallum (1933-2023) describes his early years in Scotland and England, and how he got involved with BBC radio and BBC television as a child. He talks about attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, serving in the Royal West African...
Interview Patty Duke In her three-hour interview, Anna Marie "Patty" Duke (1946-2016) discusses her early start in the entertainment industry. She talks about her strict and abusive managers, John and Ethel Ross, and speaks of her early work in commercials. Duke recalls getting cast as "Helen Keller" in the Broadway...
Interview Michael Chiklis In his three-hour interview, Michael Chiklis recalls his early interest in acting and performing in Summer Stock as a teenager. He tells of studying acting at Boston University, moving to New York, and getting his big break playing John Belushi in the feature film Wired . He explains how he was...
