Roy Rogers, Don Adams, Bob Newhart (who had earlier accused Adams of stealing his material, but that's another story) and George Foreman in an episode of Celebrity Bowling (could it be any decade but the '70s?)
Westwood Memorial Park Los Angeles, California Carroll O'Connor with Allan Melvin (center) Allan Melvin was buried just a few yards away. He has a very intriguing next-door neighbor:
Here's some amazing shots made during the production of The Empire Strikes Back in 1978 and 1979 that I have never seen before: Some of the insert shots were shot in George Lucas' backyard swimming pool at his home in San Anselmo: [pics courtesy Ward Jones of the Facebook Crew Stories group]
REUTERS file photo, July 4, 1969: Members of Wainscotting Railway, Britain's newest "progressive rock" group, in a photo session for their new album, The Shopkeeeper's Daughter Dreams In Sepia. L-R: Nigel Slidge (bass), Ian Ianworth (lead guitar), Graeme ffrothingwell-Goosebury (keyboards), Miles ffrothingwell-Goosebury N0-Relation (drums), Pete "Pete" Packinbum (producer), Andrew Loon Wigham (manager).
Alan Le May (1899 - 1964) , screenwriter and author of the novels The Searchers and The Unforgiven An autobiographical sketch he wrote in 1927 to preface a short story: I was born in Indianapolis. My forefathers are a good deal more interesting than myself. One of my great-grandfathers was killed by Indians at Deer Creek, Indiana, when he left the besieged blockhouse in an attempt to fetch water. Another was lost off the Horn in his own full-rigged ship “The Eagle.” One of my grandfathers was wounded in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain; there were six of the family in that fight. My other grandfather was killed by a buffalo on the Kansas plains. One of them made a fortune in cattle and lost it again. Four of the family, one a captain, fought at Bunker Hill; five were engaged in the French and Indian war—two on the French side of the fence, three on the other. A LeMay built the first edifice—a trappers hut— where Chicago stands today. I am a graduate of the University of Chicago. I have acted as a horse wrangler in Colorado, swamper in Wisconsin, fisherman off Florida, supercargo on a schooner in the Caribbean, geologist in the Colombian coast jungles, and sparring partner for a welterweight in Chicago. During the war I was a shavetail in the infantry at 18, but didn’t get over. Since then I have been a First Lieutenant, Horse and Reconnaissance, in the 124th Field Artillery, Illinois National Guard. I’ve also tried several other things, none of them for very long, but each, I was told, for long enough.
Here's a shot I've never seen before, I believe from the production of Bride of Frankenstein in 1935: Boris Karloff, relaxing on set with a spot of tea. Note the giant mofo shoes he's wearing. [pic courtesy of Claude Werner from the Universal Horror & Classic Creatures group on Facebook]
Almost forgot this week's batch: FRIDAY NIGHT BOYS: FRIDAY NIGHT BOY COOL #528 Here are five from it: