Bradford Dillman passes
Bobo sends us the sad news that actor Bradford Dillman has passed at the age of 87. According to Wiki, he appeared in many television shows of the 1950s and 60s, such as Ironside, Shane, The Name of the Game, Columbo, Wild Wild West, The Eleventh Hour, Wagon Train, The Greatest Show on Earth, Breaking Point, Mission Impossible, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Barnaby Jones and Three for the Road, and The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Before his acting career, he was a sailor and a Marine;
While at Yale, he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1948. He graduated from Yale with a BA in English Literature.
After graduation, he entered the United States Marine Corps as an officer candidate, training at Parris Island. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in September 1951. As he was preparing to deploy to Korea, his orders were changed, and he spent the rest of his time in the Marine Corps, 1951 to 1953, teaching communication in the Instructors’ Orientation Course. He was discharged in 1953 at the rank of first lieutenant.
Category: We Remember
Rest in Peace
Rest in peace, Mr. Dillman
Hollywood back then was a much different place, it was an entirely different world.
We had real men like Mr Dillman and so many others, now we have sean peen, matt damon and the rest of them that I wouldn’t give you ten cents for…
Always liked this guy’s acting- didn’t know he served as a Marine. Thank you, brother and—- Semper Fidelis.
Rest In Peace Lieutenant.
Thank you for your service, Sir.
Never was an ‘A List’ actor, but a damn sight better than the liberal loonies we have today.
Rest in Peace.
Columbo was an entertaining show. I remember seeing Dillman’s credits in a lot of different programming during the 50s & 60s. Television never held much appeal though Mel Blanc and his various voices was noteworthy.
Who was the voice of Woody Woodpecker? I still have a Woody Woodpecker spoon from about 1958 or ’59. In those days you could tape quarters to the coupon, put postage on the coupon, and mail it off with complete expectation that the money would end up where you sent it.
Eventually, the spoon arrived. I started checking the mailbox, everyday, from the day I sent off for that spoon.
Good things happen for those with the perseverance and patience to wait.
Wiki sez “Woody was originally voiced by prolific voice actor Mel Blanc, who was succeeded by Danny Webb, Kent Rogers, Ben Hardaway and finally by Grace Stafford, wife of Walter Lantz.”
Not a vet, but Dorothy Malone also died…. always found her most memorable role as an early one when she was the smokin’ hot bookstore lady who shared a rainy afternoon drink with Bogie in “The Big Sleep.” Yowzahs…
Oh, Hell yes… saw “The Big Sleep” a couple of weeks ago. She could pull off the “naughty librarian” act nicely.