Far From Forgotten

Wednesday, 31 July 2024

Carl Harbord

Born: 26 January 1908, Salcombe, Devon, England, UK
Died: 18 October 1958, Los Angeles, California, USA

London Blackout Murders (1943) as George Sandleigh

John Abbott smokes his pipe.














Sydney Smith

Born: 25 November 1909, Bellwood, Nebraska, USA
Died: 4 March 1978, Seattle, Washington, USA

Rescue 8: The Ferris Wheel (1958) (Season 1, Episode 1) as Mr. Noyes

Sydney Smith looks up. Jim Davis looks at Sydney Smith.














Tuesday, 30 July 2024

Nancy Rennick

Born: 7 March 1932, San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 5 April 2006, Los Angeles, California, USA

Rescue 8: The Ferris Wheel (1958) (Season 1, Episode 1) as Patty Johnson

With Lang Jeffries.
















Jeanne Baird

Born: 28 March 1927, Du Bois, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 31 August 2020, Los Angeles, California, USA

Rescue 8: The Ferris Wheel (1958) (Season 1, Episode 1) as Helen Hickey


















Lang Jeffries

Born: 7 June 1930, Ontario, Canada
Died: 12 February 1987, Huntington Beach, California, USA

Rescue 8: The Ferris Wheel (1958) (Season 1, Episode 1) as Skip Johnson



















Emile Stemmler

Born: 1911, St. Marylebone, London, England, UK
Died: 2001

Crosstrap (1962) as Juarez (uncredited)

Not a very rewarding part for Emile here playing a recently murdered character we never see before.
















Max Faulkner

Born: 1931, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Died: 13 February 2010, Havefordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

Crosstrap (1962) as Ricky
































Michael Turner

Born: 19 July 1921, Tabankulu, East Province, South Africa
Died: 14 July 2012, Wiltshire, England, UK

Crosstrap (1962) as Hoagy

















Mary K. Cleary

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

Appeared in 25 episodes of the 1950s US television series 'Rescue 8'.

Rescue 8: The Ferris Wheel (1958) (Season 1, Episode 1) as Susan Johnson

















State Trooper


Season 1



Episode 20 - Violets on Mt. Rose (1957)

[Rod Cameron, Joan Vohs, Robert Armstrong, Mark Dana, Ed Hinton, Rankin Mansfield, Marion Gray, Eula Asher]


Season 2




Season 3





Jeanne Bates

Born: 21 May 1918, Berkeley, California, USA
Died: 28 November 2007, Woodland Hills, California, USA 

Rescue 8: The Ferris Wheel (1958) (Season 1, Episode 1) as Mrs. Noyes



















Gina Gillespie

Born: 20 September 1951, Los Angeles, California, USA

Daughter of Rean Tibeau. Sister of Patricia Gillespie, Darlene Gillespie and Larrian Gillespie. One third of the Gillespie Sisters singing trio.

The Mickey Mouse Club (1956) (Season 2, Episode 20) as Herself


















The four Gillespie sisters on the show. From oldest to youngest: Patricia, Darlene, Gina and Larrian.

















Rescue 8: The Ferris Wheel (1958) (Season 1, Episode 1) as Lorraine Noyes

Gina looks a little scared of her on-screen mother, Jeanne Bates.














Rescue 8


Season 1

Episode 1 - The Ferris Wheel

[Jim Davis, Lang Jeffries, Nancy Rennick, Mary K. Cleary, Rand Brooks, Jeanne Baird, Sydney Smith, Jeanne Bates, Gina Gillespie, Ray Walker, Victor Adamson, Doyle Brooks, Herman Hack, Wally West] 





Season 2





Monday, 29 July 2024

Rean Tibeau

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

Real name: Dorothy Olive Tibeau (formerly Thibeault). 
Mother of actresses and singers Gina Gillespie and Dorothy Gillespie. Her third daughter, Mary Ann, appeared on The Mickey Mouse Club singing with her sisters.

Girls of the Big House (1945) as The Stool Pigeon (uncredited)

Identification from IMDB. Very little information is available. According to her daughter's YouTube channel this was Rean's only film.























Elaine Lange

Born: 5 January 1919, Marion, Indiana, USA
Died: 26 December 1963, Glendale, California, USA 

Girls of the Big House (1945) as Mabel (uncredited)

Elaine Lange is on the left.
















George Reynolds

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

Girls of the Big House (1945) as Earl Williams (uncredited)

An identification according to IMDB. So I don't know.
















Geraldine Wall

Born: 24 June 1907, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 22 June 1970, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Girls of the Big House (1945) as Head Matron Marsden

Geraldine Wall is on the left, with Virginia Christine.
















Norma Varden

Born: 20 January 1898, London, England, UK
Died: 19 January 1989, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Girls of the Big House (1945) as Mrs. Thelma Holt


















Saturday, 27 July 2024

Steve Barclay

Born: 20 November 1918, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Died: 2 February 1994, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Girls of the Big House (1945) as Smiley Gordon (Credited as Stephen Barclay)

With Virginia Christine.















Hella Crossley

Born: 1917, Budapest, Hungary
Died: unknown

Girls of the Big House (1945) as Mae (uncredited)

















Thursday, 25 July 2024

Mary Rockwell

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

Girls of the Big House (1945) as Laundry Matron (uncredited)

Mary Rockwell is on the right talking to Lynne Roberts. This is an identification according to IMDB. So I don't know.














Mary Newton

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

Escape in the Fog (1945) as Mrs. Devon (uncredited)

With John Elliott on the left and Otto Kruger.


















Girls of the Big House (1945) as Dr. Gale Warren


















Mary Newton is on the left. This is the only copy I can find of this film and it is very blurry.
















G.I. War Brides (1946) as Red Cross Worker (uncredited)

















David Reed

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

G.I. War Brides (1946) as Jimmy Fitzpatrick (uncredited)


















Helen Gerald

Born: 13 August 1926, New York, New York, USA
Died: 2019, USA

G.I. War Brides (1946) as Ruth Giles



















With William Henry.















Patrick O'Moore

Born: 8 April 1909, Dublin, Ireland
Died: 10 December 1983, Van Nuys, California, USA

G.I. War Brides (1946) as Harold S. Williams (Credited as Pat O'Moore)




















Challenge to Lassie (1949) as Soldier (uncredited)

Patrick O'Moore is on the far right of the picture.













On the far right again.















Eugene Lay

Born: 27 December 1941, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2 February 2016, Fountain Hills, Arizona, USA

G.I. War Brides (1946) as Donnie

Eugene Lay is the little boy with Francis Pierlot.
















With Anna Lee.















Billy 'Froggy' Laughlin

Born: 5 July 1932, San Gabriel, California, USA
Died: August 31, 1948 · La Puente, California, USA

Waldo's Last Stand (1940) as Froggy


















Maxine Jennings

Born: 8 March 1909, Portland, Oregon, USA
Died: 11 January 1991, Riverside County, California, USA

G.I. War Brides (1946) as WAC Sgt. Polly Williams


















Mary McLeod

Born: 26 August 1918, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died: 5 December 1994, White Rock, British, Columbia, Canada

London Blackout Murders (1943) as Mary Tillet



















G.I. War Brides (1946) as Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Mary McLeod is on the right with the dark hair. Carol Savage has the blonde hair on the left.






























Richard Beavers

Born: 4 October 1923, Hollis, Oklahoma, USA
Died: 27 April 1989, Los Angeles, California, USA

G.I. War Brides (1946) as Photographer (uncredited)

Richard Beavers is on the left, with Robert Armstrong.














Stephanie Bachelor

Born: 23 May 1912, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died: 22 November 1996, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

G.I. War Brides (1946) as Elizabeth Wunderlich

Stephanie Bachelor is on the right, with Anna Lee.
















Pax Walker

Born: 22 December 1920, Pancras, London, England, UK
Died: 27 December 2007, Dover, Kent, England, UK

London Blackout Murders (1943) as Percy's Girlfriend (uncredited)

John Abbot is standing on the left. Peter Lawford is sitting on the right.
















G.I. War Brides (1946) as Margaret Lee



















Left to right: Pax Walker, Carol Savage and Doris Lloyd.















Wednesday, 24 July 2024

Carol Savage

Born: 5 December 1925, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Died: 5 April 2002, California, USA

G.I. War Brides (1946) as Joyce (Mrs. Steve) Giles

Carol Savage is on the left, with Doris Lloyd.














Frank Elliott

Born: 11 February 1880, Cheshire, England, UK
Died: July 1970, Los Angeles, California, USA

The Fan (1949) as Wallington - The Jeweler (uncredited)


















Pat Walker

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

Pat Walker was Blake Edwards first wife, marrying him in 1953.

The Fan (1949) as American Girl (uncredited)

Pat Walker is seated on the right with dark hair. The other actresses are Madeleine Carroll and Randy Stuart.













Randy Stuart

Born: 12 October 1924, Iola, Kansas, USA
Died: 20 July 1996, Bakersfield, California, USA

The Fan (1949) as American Girl (uncredited)

With George Sanders.















George Beranger

Born: 27 March 1893, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 8 March 1973, Laguna Beach, California, USA

George Beranger was a leading man of silent films who was forced to take smaller roles, often uncredited, when sound came.

The Fan (1949) as Alphonse - Philippe's Assistant (uncredited)

George Beranger stands on the far left of the picture. The other actors are Alphonse Martell, Martita Hunt, and Jeanne Crain.