What part did Maya Angelou play in the TV mini-series “Roots” (ABC, 1977)?
Maya Angelou played Nyo Boto in the TV mini-series “Roots” (ABC, 1977).
Maya Angelou played Nyo Boto in the TV mini-series “Roots” (ABC, 1977).
Bill Gannon, played by Harry Morgan, was Joe Friday’s partner in the TV series “Dragnet” (NBC, 1952-59, 1967-70) when the TV series was revived in 1967. Jack Webb played Sergeant Joe Friday. Friday’s previous partners were played by Barton Yarborough, Barney Phillips, Herb Ellis, and Ben Alexander.
Gomer Pyle was the gas station attendant in Mayberry on “The Andy Griffith Show” (CBS, 1960-68) before he joined the Marines.
Ann B. Davis was Charmaine “Shultzy” Schultz, secretary to Bob Cummings’s fashion photo reporter Bob Collings on “Love That Bob” (ABC, 1955-59). She was also Miss Wilson on “The John Forsythe Show” (NBC, 1965-66), besides housekeeper Alice Nelson on “The Brady Bunch” (ABC, 1969-74).
What is now the magazine TV Guide with the largest national circulation first appeared on April 3, 1953. It had editions in ten cities and an initial circulation of 1,560,000.
The seventeen-year Goodson-Todman production “What’s My Line” was hosted by John Daly and featured these panelists: Hal Block (1950-53), Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen (1950-65), Louis Untermeyer (1950-51), Bennett Cerf (1951-67), Steve Allen (1953-54), and Fred Allen (1954-56).
The the cab company on the TV series “Taxi” (ABC, 1978-83) was called The Sunshine Taxi Company, in New York City.