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James Franciscus (Mike Longstreet) Born in 1934, James Franciscus had an extensive acting career. He starred in dozens of films, including science fiction films such as Beneath the Planet of the Apes and Valley of the Gwangi , disaster films like City on Fire and When Time Ran Out, and many others. His television career included playing a police detective in Naked City in the 1950s, a schoolteacher in Mr. Novak in the 1960s, and not only Longstreet but several other series in the 1970s. Sadly, James Franciscus passed away due to emphysema in July 1991. |
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Marlyn Mason (Nikki Bell) Marlyn Mason's many television roles began in the 1950s. One of her earliest roles was a guest role on Bonanza playing, coincidentally, a young woman temporarily blinded by Little Joe in an accident. A multitalented actress, she also appeared in several Broadway productions and films, including The Trouble With Girls alongside Elvis Presley. She is currently living in Oregon and occasionally shows up in films or television guest spots. And she still gets fan mail praising her work on Longstreet! Newspaper article about Marlyn's Candid Camera appearance in 2000. |
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Peter Mark Richman (Duke Paige) A character actor, artist, and writer with an extensive resume, Mark Richman first appeared on television in the late 1940s. His film and television roles range from Cain's Hundred to Star Trek: The Next Generation to Naked Gun 2 1/2. He added "Peter" to his name around 1971 for spiritual reasons. He is still working in California and has his own web site which describes his many contributions and includes details on his current work. |
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Ann Doran (Mrs. Kingston) Ann Doran began acting as a child during the era of silent films, and she continued acting into the 1980s, racking up over 500 movie roles and 1000 television appearances. She passed away due to complications from a stroke in 2000. |
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The character of the seeing eye dog Pax was played by
several white German Shepherds, possibly named Blanco, Snow
or Snowflake,
and Blizzard. (We've
heard several versions of this information and have not been able to
verify.) Pax won the The American Humane Association's Performing Animal Star of the Year (PATSY) Award in 1972. Renowned animal action expert Karl Lewis Miller trained the dogs who played Pax. |
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Stirling Silliphant - Creator, Writer, and Executive Producer Best known as a writer, Stirling Silliphant penned such award-winning scripts as In the Heat of the Night and Charly as well as practically inventing the disaster film genre with The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno. Silliphant studied martial arts with Bruce Lee and wrote the Longstreet episode "The Way of the Intercepting Fist" which incorporated a key role for Lee as Mike Longstreet's self-defense mentor. Stirling Silliphant died of cancer in 1996. |
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Joel Rogosin - Producer Joel Rogosin's career as a producer included a number of television series from The Virginian and Ironside to Magnum, PI and Knight Rider. |
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