Posted on 09/07/2015 11:19:47 AM PDT by windcliff
Martin Milner, the veteran actor best known for starring in the popular TV dramas Adam-12 and Route 66, has died. He was 83. The Los Angeles Police Department’s communications office confirmed his death in an Instagram post referring to his Adam-12 character that reads, “Pete Malloy, you are end of watch”:
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“Herbert Leonard, who ‘found’ Maharis and intended to make him a star, was pretty miffed when he later learned Maharis was a tempermental homo, eventually leading to his exit and replacement by Glenn Corbett.”
He left due to health problems , including hepatitis .
I believe he was in a Twilight Zone episode about a woman who sees her double in a bus station. Mirror Image is what the episode called. She had a double that picked up her suitcase and ticket and saw her get on the bus. Martin comes along only to comfort her only to find himself in the same predicament as her. In the end he is running after his image.
Martin Milner was “the kid” in a lot of movies.
This angers and saddens me. Adam-12 was a wonderful show.
I was a big fan of Lizanne Truex, that little blonde pixie in the movie "Oklahoma!". I eventually got in phone contact with her a few years before she died of pancreatic cancer. Among our many conversations, she'd mention that she just got another royalty check for $2.50 and said she figured that somewhere in the world, that movie was shown.
What amazes me is that this royalty business seems to be on the up and up, and yet I wonder who keeps track of all the airings that generate these payments?
Well, Maharis had that hepatitis bout in the latter half of second-season, leading to a spate of Milner-only episodes, then came back for third-season, but then bowed out again mid-season. A buddy of mine who interviewed Stirling Silliphant related to me that Leonard, who had a lot of high hopes wound up in Maharis got really put out with him, and implied it involved some homo shenanigans.
Oddly enough, I tend to rather like the Corbett episodes (and I seem to be in a minority on that), even though it altered the seeming chemistry of the series. Anyway, whenever I’ve met actors who’ve appeared in the show (Elizabeth McCrea, Anne Helm, Veronica Cartwright, etc.), I always have asked about their experiences on it. The on-location work always seems to make them memorable to folks.
Anger is all its cracked up to be....... let it go
The episode I remember most ( I was just 9 ) is Good Night Sweet Blues with Ethel Waters . At the time I had no idea who she was , or other jazzers who starred : Coleman Hawkins ( of whom I became a big fan ) , Roy Eldridge and drummer Jo Jones , who , ironically , wasn’t the drummer in this ep !
Gosh, I love that episode. Just seeing Roy Eldridge (of whom I had many 78’s of, including some of his earlier Vocalions from around 1937), Coleman Hawkins (whose solos with the Fletcher Henderson band were always so exciting and distinctive... not to mention his solo on “Hello Lola” with the Mound City Blue Blowers in 1929), and of course, Ethel Waters, who I also had a good number of 1920s-era 78’s of, including “Shake That Thing.”
I’ve probably watched that episode a dozen times. But I never saw the series until a local channel reran it late on weekday nights in the early-1980s.
Yes, he was in Mirror Image. Good episode!!
You probably seen this , but just in case ...both Hawk and Roy perform . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SThGnrorGW8
Pardon typos ...You’ve probably seen this . oops !
I didn’t realize until years later he was on the movie Life with Father year laters
Actually do you realize that later on the series Adam 12 was based in LA infamous Rampart division yeah unfortunately building is abandoned
Ann Helm Elvis Follow That Dream and a very good 66 episode in Galveston TX. She should have done more.
Thanks. It’s just another piece of my childhood gone. “Pete Malloy” was someone to look up to.
mine too a problem shared is halved so were on our way to less anger. as i posted early this one stings
I understand. Amen.
Amen indeed
The producer of “Emergency,” was Jack Webb, who was previously married to Troup’s wife, Julie London. Webb cast both of them in the show. No hard feelings, apparently.
Webb not only insisted on total accuracy in his police shows, he also developed his own stock company of actors and crew members who knew what he wanted and could deliver the goods. Webb’s production schedule typically ended before noon, and he and the other actors typically adjourned to his office and spent the afternoon drinking and swapping stories.
Legend has it that Jack Webb could shoot a 30-minute episode of Dragnet in two days. Webb’s other shows, including Adam-12 and Emergency were produced with similar efficiency.
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