September 6 Birthday Wishes

John Mitchum [1919 - 2001]
Jody McCrae [1934 - 2009]
Anne Lockhart [1953 - ]

Howdy Manco!!

John Mitchum began his career in 1947 and appeared in over 50 films and over 100 t.v. series, as a character or supporting actor. He had a recurring role on F Troop as Pvt. Hoffenmuller. He was the younger brother of the legendary Robert Mitchum. During the 50's and 60's, he made the rounds of the t.v. westerns, including Laramie, The Life An Legend Of Wyatt Earp, Bonanza ( together with Dan Blocker" Hoss", Mitchum recorded an album), and he wrote the poetry for the John Wayne book, Why I Love America. He will be best remembered for the 4 Clint Eastwood films he appeared in. In the 3 Dirty Harry films, Dirty Harry, Magnum Force and The Enforcer, he played Eastwood's partner, Detective Frank DiGiorgio and he also appeared in The Outlaw Josey Wales.

Actor Jody McCrea was the son of the famous western star, Joel McCrea. He began his career in 1955 and appeared in a couple of his father's films, like Gunsight Ridge and Trooper Hook. Although his career spanned over 30 years, he never achieved the stardom of his father. He had a recurring role on the t.v. western series, Wichita Town and appeared in Beach Blanket Bingo and Muscle Beach Party and the westerns, Major Dundee and Cry Blood, Apache.

Actress Anne Lockhart will be difficult to bring to mind without a picture. Let it suffice to say, she bears a strong resemblance to her more famous mother, June Lockhart, who you will remember as the 3rd actress to play the mother on the 50's/60's t.v. series, Lassie and also the mother on the long runnig t.v. series, Lost In Space, with Guy Williams and Mark Goddard. Anne has never appeared in any blockbuster films and her only recurring role was as Sheba, on the 1978 t.v. series, Battlestar Galactica. She has appeared in many of the t.v. sitcoms from the 50's until today and has also had success in providing voices for films, like Total Recall, Alien Versus Predator, The Muppets, Titanic, The Littlest Mermaid and many more.

Ed

Also today:

Irving Bacon (1893-1965), who appeared in over 400 films, including movies like Spellbound, Shadow of a Doubt, Tobacco Road, and The Grapes of Wrath. He appeared in episodes of several TV Westerns in the lat 1950s.

John Ridgely (1909-1969) was in over 150 films, including Destination Tokyo, Arsenic and Old Lace, They Died With Their Boots On, and most notably as Eddie Mars in The Big Sleep with Humphrey Bogart.