Elegy Tres

Reading Adrian Spark's Facebook page this morning, I found out we lost James MacArthur today. Sparkie had worked with him, and considered him a "gentleman".


James MacArthur died at 72 on 10/28/10:
The son of actress Helen Hayes, he carved his own career admirably, appearing in THE LIGHT IN THE FOREST (1958), THIRD MAN ON THE MOUNTAIN (1959), SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (1960), SPENCER'S MOUNTAIN (1963), playing Clayboy in the film that went on to become THE WALTONS, and then settled in as Dano on HAWAII FIVE-O (1968-1979).




Barbara Billingsley died at 94 on 10/16/10:
She started making movies in uncredited cameos in 1945, appeared in ACT OF VIOLENCE (1948), THREE GUYS NAMED MIKE (1951), and then hit the paycheck as June Cleavor in LEAVE IT TO BEAVER (1957-1963). We loved her as the Jive Lady in
AIRPLANE! (1980), and few remember THE NEW LEAVE IT TO BEAVER (1983-1989).





Tom Bosley died at 83 on 10/16/10:
He did appear in some films, like THE WORLD OF HENRY ORIENT (1964), but was mostly well known as a consummate television star, starring in THE DEBBIE REYNOLDS SHOW (1969-70), THE SANDY DUNCAN SHOW (1972), and of course HAPPY DAYS (1974-1984).