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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on April 4, 2024 at 9:53am

BOB DENVER (1935-2005) is so linked to his Gilligan persona that is what he will always be remembered for.  Many thought he would have a tough time breaking free of his Maynard G. Krebs character in the Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.    Before Gilligan Denver played Dud Wash the husband of Charlene Darling.  Denver was actually the second Dud Wash since Hoke Howell had portrayed him in two episodes the previous year.   Most of the autograph related material for Denver is focused on Gilligan and Maynard G. Krebs.  This is an original drawing by caricature artist Marshall Jay Kaplan that was signed by Bob Denver.  

Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on April 25, 2024 at 5:34am

JULIA ADAMS (1926-2019) appeared in an episode of  The Andy Griffith Show called "The County Nurse." It was one of the six "Rafe Hollister" episodes.  She is perhaps best known for a role she never thought twice about until years later that of the star of the classic horror movie Creature From the Black Lagoon.  Later she played Eve Simpson the real estate agent friend of Jessica Fletcher on Murder She Wrote.  This is a photograph from TAGS that I got in-person I had her inscribe to my mother who was a huge Murder She Wrote fan.   

Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on May 1, 2024 at 4:47am

JACK ALBERTSON (1907-1981) is perhaps best known as Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), and on television in Chico and the Man.  Albertson had a long and distinguished career not only did he win a Tony for the Broadway play The Subject of Roses but won Best Supporting Oscar for the movie version.  He is one of the rare actors to win the triple crown of an Oscar, a Tony, and an Emmy.  Albertson played "Bradford J. Taylor" plays Aunt Bee's "rich" world-traveling cousin in a 1967 episode of The Andy Griffith Show.  Albertson is one of the few relatives of the Taylors to visit Mayberry.  His real-life sister Mabel Albertson played Howard Sprague's mother on the show. This an index card from jgautographs.

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on May 1, 2024 at 5:33am

Really nice Scott. Albertson was also on the Jackie Gleason Show in 1954/55!

Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on May 14, 2024 at 2:57pm

I missed this somehow sorry about that.  He also was on an episode of I Love Lucy and was one of the mailmen in the original Miracle on 34th Street.   I also liked him in the made-for-tv horror movie Dead and Buried with James Farentino.  

Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on May 1, 2024 at 12:12pm

FRANK ALBERTSON (1909-1964) best known as Tom Cassidy in Psycho (1960) the slightly tipsy Texas millionaire with $40,000 in cash.  Albertson was a veteran character actor who had largely supporting roles in movies and television.  Another big movie for Albertson was as the wisecracking Sam Wainwright in It's a Wonderful Life (1947) with Jimmy Stewart. He appeared as Colonel Watson in The Andy Griffith Show episode that was also the pilot for "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C."  The episode aired just under three months after Albertson died.  Although he looked older Albertson was only 55 when he died of a heart attack in his sleep.  He was not related to Jack or Mabel Albertson.  This is a signed album page.

Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on June 6, 2024 at 2:08pm

Frank Albertson talking to Janet Leigh in the movie PSYCHO.

Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on May 14, 2024 at 3:49am

STEVE DUNNE (1918-1977), perhaps best known as the newscaster in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, where he tells people there is only one more golden ticket left. He says people might be jealous of the person who finds that ticket, but there are more important things, many more, but he just cannot think of any right now. Dunne started acting in the 1940s under the name Michael Dunne and later Stephen Dunne.  He starred in his own television show with Barbara Billingsly (Leave it to Beaver) in 1955 with Professional Father.  The lovely Beverly Washburn (Old Yeller) played his daughter on the show.  Sadly, the show lasted only 18 episodes.  Dunne became a fixture as a character actor on television and movies, often playing a newsman or announcer.  He was in two episodes of TV's Batman and The Brady Bunch.  Dunne did shows like That Girl, Dragnet, Ironside, The Beverly Hillbillies, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Petticoat Junction and Mannix.  He appeared in the 1967 TAGS episode "Barney Comes to Mayberry."  His is a reasonably scarce autograph in any form.  This is from an in-person John Verzi card.

Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on May 20, 2024 at 6:45am

SID MELTON (2017-2011) was a prolific character actor in movies and television from the 1940s to 1999.  He was in films such as Bob Hope's The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) and Beau James (1957).  Melton was most at home on television in mostly comic roles in shows like Our Miss Brooks, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Munsters, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C., Petticoat Junction, I Dream of Jeannie, Empty Nest and many more.  He became a household name playing Charley Halper in the Danny Thomas show Make Room For Daddy in 1959.  He was paired with Pat Carroll, who played his wife.   Later, he was known on Green Acres, most notably half of the inept contractors Alf and Ralph Monroe.   He reprised the role of Alf Monroe for the Return to Green Acres movie.  In The Golden Girls, he appears in flashbacks as Sal Petrillo, Sophia's husband.   This is an 8x10 photograph part of the famed Kuflik collection.

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on May 20, 2024 at 6:49am

I remember him! My old friend Rudy loved the Golden Girls. The Kiflik Collection is a marvel. Those Marilyn's... and a very nice Bowie too.

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on May 20, 2024 at 7:21am

Correction - Kuflik Collection.

Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on June 2, 2024 at 10:18am

ELIZABETH MACRAE (1936-2024)  was a pretty blonde actress with a pleasing voice who appeared in many movies and television shows from the late 1950s until the late 1980s.   Her films included a major voice over as "Ladyfish" in the Don Knott's movie The Incredible Mr. Limpet in 1964.  She appeared in five episodes of Gunsmoke and is best known as Gomer's girlfriend "Lou Ann Poovie" in Gomer Pyle, U. S. M. C. for 15 episodes.   Other television work included Bonanza, Maverick, Rawhide, I Dream of Jeannie, Kojak, Barnaby Jones and many more.   She appeared on one episode of TAGS titled "Big Brother" playing Howard Sprague's love interest.  This is from an ALS on her personal stationary to Rita Corriveau in 1974.

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