October 27 Birthday Wishes

Leif Erickson [1911 - 1986]
Charles Horvath [1920 - 1978]
Carolyn Craig [1934 -1970]
Steve Sandor [1937 - ]

Besides acting in many movies, Charles Horvath served as a stunt man as well. Usually played a bad dude. Jim and I had the good fortune of spending an afternoon with Leif Erickson at his home by the ocean almost thirty years ago. He was a very nice guy.

Leif Erickson was in a number of films, but is best remembered as Big John Cannon on The High Chaparral.

Also Today:

Fred De Cordova (1910-2001) was a director at Universal in the late '40s and 1950s, directing B movies like Bedtime for Bonzo, The Girl Who Took the West, and Column South, as well as several TV shows. He was a producer on The Jack Benny Program, The Smothers Brothers Show, and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson from 1970-1992, also serving as executive producer. He won 5 Emmy awards for his work on the Tonight Show.