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Tim O'Connor, Star on 'Peyton Place' and 'Buck Rogers,' Dies at 90
Hollywood Reporter ^ | March 12, 2018 | Mike Barnes

Posted on 04/13/2018 3:57:19 PM PDT by C19fan

Tim O'Connor, the busy character actor who portrayed Elliot Carson, Mia Farrow's father and Dorothy Malone's husband, on more than 400 episodes of the 1960s ABC primetime soap Peyton Place, has died. He was 90. O'Connor died April 5 at his home in Nevada City, California, The Union newspaper reported. O'Connor also starred as Dr. Elias Huer on the 1979-81 NBC sci-fi series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, starring Gil Gerard, and on a memorable 1975 episode of All in the Family, he guest-starred as a former sweetheart of Edith's (Jean Stapleton) from Scranton, Pennsylvania, who's interested in rekindling their childhood romance.

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BidiBidiBidi RIP Dr. Huer.
1 posted on 04/13/2018 3:57:19 PM PDT by C19fan
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O'Connor also starred as Dr. Elias Huer on the 1979-81 NBC sci-fi series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

The only thing I remember about that Buck Rogers is Erin Gray...

RIP Tim O'Connor.

2 posted on 04/13/2018 4:03:18 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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I used to watch Peyton Place when I was a kid. I’m pretty sure I wasn’t supposed to, but I was a latchkey kid with no supervision, so... that and Dark Shadows.


3 posted on 04/13/2018 4:04:31 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Formerly SandyInSeattle cuz I moved!)
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Read about this on James Garner’s FB page earlier today. O’Connor was one of the many familiar faces that appeared on Rockford as well as the other shows he did.


4 posted on 04/13/2018 4:06:51 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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I wanna know...

Who designed Twiki?


5 posted on 04/13/2018 4:12:27 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Rummyfan


6 posted on 04/13/2018 4:15:02 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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I don’t know if it was Erin Gray or Lynda Carter that made me realize that I really, really dig hot women for some reason when I was around 11 years old :-).


7 posted on 04/13/2018 4:25:13 PM PDT by edh
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It was Erin Carter and Lynda Gray that did it for me.


8 posted on 04/13/2018 4:26:32 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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Show a little respect folks.



9 posted on 04/13/2018 4:33:20 PM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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Hmmm. I was reading Buck Rogers comic strips back in the 1930s, and I never did know Dr. Huer's first name.
10 posted on 04/13/2018 4:33:54 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney (,uld')
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Here’s a little-known fact for ya, Sammy: Twiki was played by Felix Silla, the actor under all that hair as Cousin Itt in “The Addams Family.”


11 posted on 04/13/2018 4:37:32 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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I never watched Peyton Place or Buck Rogers, but I certainly remember his face. He did quite a lot of TV.

Ninety is, as the British say, “a good innings.”

R.I.P.


12 posted on 04/13/2018 4:45:21 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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Bidibidibidi, what’s up Buck???

Uhhhhh never mind


13 posted on 04/13/2018 4:52:56 PM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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RIP, Mr. O’Connor.

I thought he was in several Twilight Zone episodes, but according to the list only one, I guess one was enough to make an impression.


14 posted on 04/13/2018 4:53:59 PM PDT by The Deplorable Miss Lemon (If illegals are here to do the jobs Americans won't do why are so many illegals on welfare?)
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Enjoyed his work. RIP.


15 posted on 04/13/2018 4:54:38 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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The book by the same name by Grace Metalious resulted in a movie, then must have inspired the TV series.

I'm sorry I ever laid eyes on that filthy book and read it. It does not have any redeeming value whatsoever. It left me feeling down.

After that, I was never interested in the TV series. I don't care if it is realism or not. It can be portrayed in a different manner imo.

I looked it up, and the author died at age 39 from liver disease.

There is other best-seller stuff I read which I look back on as the sole purpose was to be sensational or sensuous. Maybe I'm being too hard on some of it but I went back a century or so and found literature which had a moral lesson (whether intended by the author or not). Some was borderline.

Incidententally Colleen McCullough wrote an obscure novel called Tim. A movie was made of that, a sleeper to me at least, starring Piper Laurie and Mel Gibson. It was done well but it touched on a subject that ended "awkwardly". Sigh.

Now I'll have to think about my past reading and movie tastes. GTWT had some really tragic parts and romantic scenes, but I can't put my finger on why I feel better about reading that. Probably an easy answer while I give it more thought is it never made me feel dragged through the gutter and inspired compassion and sorrow for the characters.

16 posted on 04/13/2018 4:56:06 PM PDT by Aliska
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Buck Rogers I saw.

Tim was in lots of stuff and I liked the guy.

RIP.


17 posted on 04/13/2018 5:14:34 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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p17

Princess Ardala who was baaadddd...

18 posted on 04/13/2018 5:41:17 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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Only thing I remember about Elliot Carson in Peyton Place is that when he came out of prison he didn’t remember how to do a necktie knot. Can’t decide whether to feel proud or ashamed of that.


19 posted on 04/13/2018 6:04:22 PM PDT by stormhill
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Condolences to family and friends of Tim O’Connor. R.I.P., sir.


20 posted on 04/13/2018 6:08:53 PM PDT by PGalt
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