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Ross Elliott is a Actor American born on 18 june 1917 at New York City (USA)
Ross Elliott (June 18, 1917 – August 12, 1999) was an American television and film character actor. He began his acting career in the Mercury Theatre, where he performed in Orson Welles' famed radio program, The War of the Worlds.
Throughout his career, Elliott appeared in more than 100 television programs, including the recurring role of crewman Cort Ryker on the syndicated The Blue Angels (1960–1961), starring Dennis Cross and Don Gordon. Elliott appeared 59 times in a recurring role as Sheriff Abbott on NBC's western series, The Virginian. He was cast as Virgil Earp in four episodes in 1958 and 1959 of the ABC/Desilu western series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role of Wyatt Earp, Virgil's younger brother.
In 1958, Elliott played a minister, the Reverend Kilgore in the episode "The Lord Will Provide" of the CBS western series, The Texan, starring Rory Calhoun as Bill Longley, and with Ellen Corby in the role of Katy Clayton. Later that year he played murder victim and title character George Hartley Beaumont in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Corresponding Corpse."
On December 26, 1959, he was cast as the historical lawyer Temple Houston in the episode "The Reluctant Gun" of the syndicated western anthology series, Death Valley Days, with host Stanley Andrews. This appearance was nearly four years before Jeffrey Hunter played Temple Houston in the short-lived NBC series Temple Houston.Elliott portrayed Colonel Parker in the 1960 episode "Chain of Command" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western television series, Colt .45.
From 1962 to 1963, he was cast as Marty Rhodes in four episodes of the NBC legal drama, Sam Benedict, starring Edmond O'Brien. From 1963 to 1965, Elliott played Lee Baldwin on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital.
Elliott appeared in 11 episodes of The Jack Benny Program as director Freddie. His other television appearances included The Twilight Zone, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Adventures of Superman, The Lone Ranger, Pony Express, The Rifleman, Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Lassie, Leave It To Beaver, Hazel, The Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Dragnet, Adam-12, Emergency!, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Wonder Woman, The Dukes of Hazzard, and Little House on the Prairie.
Elliott may be best remembered for having portrayed the television director in the classic 1952 I Love Lucy episode, "Lucy Does a TV Commercial", in which Lucy Ricardo advertises "Vitameatavegamin", a tonic that is 23 percent alcohol.
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Birth name Elliott Blum
Nationality USA
Birth 18 june 1917 at New York City (USA)
Death 12 august 1999 (at 82 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 18 june 1917 at New York City (USA)
Death 12 august 1999 (at 82 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Ross Elliott (June 18, 1917 – August 12, 1999) was an American television and film character actor. He began his acting career in the Mercury Theatre, where he performed in Orson Welles' famed radio program, The War of the Worlds.
Throughout his career, Elliott appeared in more than 100 television programs, including the recurring role of crewman Cort Ryker on the syndicated The Blue Angels (1960–1961), starring Dennis Cross and Don Gordon. Elliott appeared 59 times in a recurring role as Sheriff Abbott on NBC's western series, The Virginian. He was cast as Virgil Earp in four episodes in 1958 and 1959 of the ABC/Desilu western series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role of Wyatt Earp, Virgil's younger brother.
In 1958, Elliott played a minister, the Reverend Kilgore in the episode "The Lord Will Provide" of the CBS western series, The Texan, starring Rory Calhoun as Bill Longley, and with Ellen Corby in the role of Katy Clayton. Later that year he played murder victim and title character George Hartley Beaumont in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Corresponding Corpse."
On December 26, 1959, he was cast as the historical lawyer Temple Houston in the episode "The Reluctant Gun" of the syndicated western anthology series, Death Valley Days, with host Stanley Andrews. This appearance was nearly four years before Jeffrey Hunter played Temple Houston in the short-lived NBC series Temple Houston.Elliott portrayed Colonel Parker in the 1960 episode "Chain of Command" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western television series, Colt .45.
From 1962 to 1963, he was cast as Marty Rhodes in four episodes of the NBC legal drama, Sam Benedict, starring Edmond O'Brien. From 1963 to 1965, Elliott played Lee Baldwin on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital.
Elliott appeared in 11 episodes of The Jack Benny Program as director Freddie. His other television appearances included The Twilight Zone, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Adventures of Superman, The Lone Ranger, Pony Express, The Rifleman, Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Lassie, Leave It To Beaver, Hazel, The Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Dragnet, Adam-12, Emergency!, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Wonder Woman, The Dukes of Hazzard, and Little House on the Prairie.
Elliott may be best remembered for having portrayed the television director in the classic 1952 I Love Lucy episode, "Lucy Does a TV Commercial", in which Lucy Ricardo advertises "Vitameatavegamin", a tonic that is 23 percent alcohol.
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Doctors' Private Lives (1977)
Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors John Gavin, Donna Mills, Ed Nelson, Barbara Anderson, Bettye Ackerman, John Randolph
Roles Lou Wise
Gable and Lombard (1976)
, 2h11Directed by Sidney J. Furie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors James Brolin, Jill Clayburgh, Morgan Brittany, Melanie Mayron, Allen Garfield, Red Buttons
Roles Lombard's Director
Rating52%
The pair meet at a Hollywood party, where rugged leading man Gable eschews evening wear and screwball comedienne Lombard arrives in an ambulance that wrecks his car. They argue. He threatens to spank her. She punches him on the jaw. The two clearly dislike each other, and intensely so, but as fate conspires to bring them together again and again, they begin to admire each other and fall in love.
The Towering Inferno (1974)
, 2h45Directed by Irwin Allen, John Guillermin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Films about the labor movement, Children's films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely
Roles Deputy Chief #2
Rating69%
Architect Doug Roberts (Newman) returns to San Francisco for the dedication of the Glass Tower, which he designed for owner James Duncan (Holden). At 138 stories (1,800 ft/550 m), it is the world's tallest building. Shortly after his arrival, an electrical short starts an undetected fire on the 81st floor while Roberts accuses the building's electrical engineer, Roger Simmons (Chamberlain), of cutting corners. Simmons insists the building is up to standards.
Act of Vengeance (1974)
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime
Actors Jo Ann Harris, Peter Brown, Tony Young, Steve Kanaly, Ross Elliott, John M. Pickard
Roles Sergeant Long
Rating55%
Linda a été violée par un homme portant un masque de hockey. Elle rencontre d'autres femmes qui ont subi le même sort. Ensemble, elles décident de former une équipe de recherche de ce violeur et de changer la mentalité des femmes violées.
The Longest Night (1972)
, 1h14Directed by Jack Smight
Genres Drama
Actors Mike Farrell, James Farentino, David Janssen, Phyllis Thaxter, Joel Fabiani, Richard Anderson
Roles Dr. Steven Clay
Rating66%
Skyjacked (1972)
, 1h41Directed by John Guillermin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Films about hijackings
Actors Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin, Claude Akins, Jeanne Crain, Walter Pidgeon
Roles Harold Shaw
Rating57%
During a routine flight to Minneapolis, a passenger (Susan Dey) aboard Global Airways Flight 502, a Boeing 707, discovers a bomb threat written on the mirror of one of the first-class bathrooms. A second threat is soon found left on a napkin in a galley. Captain Hank O'Hara (Charlton Heston) takes the cryptic threats seriously and follows the instructions -- "Bomb on plane divert to Anchorage Alaska. No Joke, No Tricks. Death"—by changing course for Alaska. To avoid an explosive decompression if a bomb goes off, he flies at lower altitude, increasing fuel consumption.
Paper Man (1971)
, 1h15Directed by Walter Grauman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about computing
Actors Dean Stockwell, Stefanie Powers, James Stacy, James Olson, Jason Wingreen, Dan Barton
Roles Sheriff
Rating59%
Four college students (Dean Stockwell, Stefanie Powers, James Stacy, and Tina Chen) who take advantage of a credit card mistakenly issued to someone who does not even exist, then use their university's computer to counterfeit an entire identity and erase the charges they run up on it. None of them count on the computer seeming to have some ideas of its own, or on it commencing to murder them.
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
, 2h24Directed by John Landis, Andrew Marton, Brian G. Hutton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Military humor in film, Political films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland, Gavin MacLeod
Roles Booker
Rating75%
During a thunderstorm in early September 1944, units of the 35th Infantry Division are nearing the town of Nancy, France. One of the division's mechanized reconnaissance platoons receives orders to hold their position while under counterattack from the Germans; the out-numbered platoon are also on the receiving end of mortar fire from their own side.
Day of the Evil Gun (1968)
, 1h35Directed by Jerry Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Glenn Ford, John Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, John Anderson, Paul Fix, Harry Dean Stanton
Roles Reverend Yearby
Rating63%
A woman and two children are kidnapped by Apaches. The husband Lorne Warfield (Glenn Ford), enlists the help of his neighbor Owen Forbes (Arthur Kennedy) to find his captured family. Warfield is a former gunman trying to forget his violent past. Forbes, a decent and humane rancher, is also in love with Warfield's wife and feels guilty that he let her be captured without trying to help. An Indian trader (Dean Jagger) aids them in their quest. Along the way they are encounter Mexican bandits, Apache warriors, renegade soldiers, and a town blighted by cholera. While Warfield in his cynicism immediately recognizes malevolent motives, each encounter results in further stripping Forbes of his humanity and making him accustomed to killing. The search eventually leads them to the Apache camp where they rescue the woman and children. Safely back home, Forbes challenges Warfield (who is now unarmed, trading his gun to a storekeeper for clothing for his family) to a duel, but he refuses. Forbes shoots Warfield in the back, wounding him. Before he can finish him off, he is shot and killed by the storekeeper using Warfield's gun.
Wild Seed (1965)
, 1h39Directed by Brian G. Hutton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Michael Parks, Celia Kaye, Ross Elliott, Woodrow Chambliss, Rupert Crosse, Eva Novak
Roles James Collinge
Rating67%
17-year-old Daphne Simms (Kaye) learns of her biological father from letters left by her deceased mother. She runs away from her New York home and adopted parents in search of her father in Los Angeles. Unaware of the dangers on the road she attempts to hitchhike but learns a valuable lesson early on. A seemingly nice middle-aged man offers her a ride then takes her into a deserted area where he tries to take advantage of her. She manages to escape but is left in the darkness in the middle of nowhere. She manages to find the main road and eventually reaches a gas station where she sits and plans her next move. It is here she meets Fargo (Parks). Initially wary of his attention they eventually spark up a conversation. Though it appears that Fargo’s intentions are to hustle her for money, she agrees to allow him to help her get to California. However, through run-ins with hobos and the police and a bout of illness while on their journey a close friendship is formed and they begin to have feelings for each other.
The Lively Set (1964)
, 1h35Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors James Darren, Pamela Tiffin, Doug McClure, Ross Elliott, Charles Drake, Marilyn Maxwell
Roles Ernie Owens
Rating58%
Casey Owens (James Darren), a young mechanic, has developed a design for a turbine car engine, paving the way for a jet-powered auto certain to set a new land speed record. Wealthy playboy Stanford Rogers (Peter Mann) hires Casey to build the car for him to race in the Tri-State Endurance Run. Chuck Manning (Doug McClure), an engineering student Casey met in a drag race, discovers potential flaws in the car's design. After an unsuccessful test run, Rogers abandons the turbine-powered car for a traditional racing model, but Casey and Chuck rework the turbine vehicle to compete with Rogers in the endurance run. Pamela Tiffin plays Eadie, Chuck's sister who becomes Casey's love interest.
The Crawling Hand (1963)
, 1h29Directed by Herbert L. Strock
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Peter Breck, Kent Taylor, Rod Lauren, Alan Hale Jr., Allison Hayes, Sirry Steffen
Roles Deputy Earl Harrison
Rating32%
The hand of an exploded astronaut takes on a life of its own. Near a spacecraft crash site, a naive young med student discovers a disembodied hand and takes it home as a grisly souvenir. He is not aware that the hand is possessed by a strange, murderous alien who gradually begins to take over the hapless med student. One by one, townsfolk are found mysteriously strangled to death. In the end, a heroic and hungry cat saves the rest of the town.
The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
, 1h47Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors James Garner, Lee Remick, Phil Harris, Chill Wills, Jim Backus, Elliott Reid
Roles Lawyer (uncredited)
Rating64%
Molly Thatcher (Lee Remick) is a stockbroker languishing in a company run by sexist Bullard Bear (Jim Backus). When the company does poorly, he has to fire somebody. Molly is the obvious choice, but to avoid charges of sex discrimination, he assigns her the seemingly impossible task of unloading shares of an obscure company called Universal Widgets, figuring that when she fails, he will have an excuse to dismiss her.
Tammy Tell Me True (1961)
Directed by Harry Keller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Sandra Dee, John Gavin, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey, Julia Meade, Beulah Bondi
Roles Prof. Bateman
Rating63%
Tammy is waiting to hear from her lover Pete, who has gone to agricultural college. She decides to go to college to improve herself.
Monster on the Campus (1958)
, 1h17Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Joanna Moore, Arthur Franz, Troy Donahue, Whit Bissell, Judson Pratt, Eddie Parker
Roles Sgt. Eddie Daniels
Rating58%
Professor Donald Blake (Arthur Franz) acquires a newly discovered coelacanth. He begins to examine the find and is exposed to its irradiated blood. This turns him into a murderous Neanderthal monster that terrorizes the campus.