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Show CheBailsHerala WEEK, ir AND AMUSEMENTS GUIDE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER20, 1971 With Cannon... Character Actors Grab Limelight BEAUTIFUL RUTH BUZZI. BEAUTIFUL RUTH BUZZI? Even Gladys Looks Better Ruth Buzzi, playing a witch,feels she is doing Gladys Ormphbya big favor. “It's good for her ego,” Ruth said. oely feel absolutely gorgeous by parison. In fact, she'll Probably do: layout in in Vogue after this.”” this witch, even Gladysis beauti Ruth talked while undergoing a tia makeup jcb casera her into a Macbeth-like wit Hd Sering ¥ Nig 1 “ 5 Night Gallery,” to be colorcast on Channiis Friday, Sept. 24 at 8:30, Ruth never was a witch as a youngster but she celebrated Halloween all year long. “T was alwaysin comune, even whenit wasn’t Halloween,”she said. Since having made Glauys Ortaphby famous, Ruthhas discovered that Gladys is giving witches keen competition at Halloween timeeach year. “P've received hundreds of letters from parents of children telling me their youngsters wonfirst prize dressed up as Gladysat costume parties,” said Ruth. “I even hear this from adults.” Meantime,back at “Rod Serling’s Night Gailery,” Ruth was having a good time helping make a sinister witches’ brew, ee with guest star Agnes Moorehead of “Bewitched.” “As far as I'm concerned, ”said Ruth of their sinister plot, ‘‘it’s a sketch that could be doneon ‘Laugh-In.”” And with that, she headed for the bubbling cauldron. BEHIND THE SCENES... Harrison, the New Den Quixote REX HARRISON By ALICE PARDOE WEST HOLLYWOOD — Rex Harrison has hii the lemelight again — this time for his marriage to Richard Harris’ exwife, the lovely Elizabeth Harris. along with BBC.It has nothing to do with ‘Man of La Mancha’.” Rex says he owns his TV special “Platinov” with BBC and that they hope to marketit in theUnited States. He's always open for a stage lay. “I'd like to do another Broadwayplay,”he says, “butit would have to be a sgood as ‘My Fair Lady’, It gets terribly boring going to tte theater six nightsaweek and two matinees, if you're not in love with what you're doing.” The England-born star becameanactorat the ageof16. Zz and feted. They left to spend their honeymoon at Rex’ beaetal we in Portofino, Italy, with Elizabeth’s parents, Lord atPe Ogmore,and her three sons by Richard Harris. They also have leased a six-story town house in Belgravia with a separate guest cottage and a staff of six. The Harrisons plan to return to the States around the first part of October where Rex will be celebrity guest of honor at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Whi)* there Rex will preside over a “Rex Reel Retrospective” tribute to him, which will highlight his greatest on-screen performances. They William Conrad, star of Quinn is playing the lead,” Conrad bres Productions’ new says, “ jon”’ series permiering on “We are going to do an honest Channel 5 at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, piece with a typical has one of the most unusual Martin series, outstanding backgrounds of any actor ap- production values, good actors, pearing before the cameras this and topscripts.” season on any network, Conradis perhaps best known Conrad,a veteran of nearly 30 to the public forhis starring role years in the broadcasting as Matt Dillon in the original brsiness, has not had an im- “Gunsmoke” series which ran portantacting role for more than for 11 years on the CBS Radio 15 years, having peace to Network In the post World War concentrate on directing and TI periohe wasalso one of the : producing motion pictures and top dramatic actors in radio, television shotWS, starring in many series in“Our series features my Snding: “Suspense,” “Escape” playing a distinctive private an “Lux Theater. investigator, a retired Los nthe star of “Cannon” was Angeles police detective. You born in Louisville, Ky. and came might say the most distinctive to Los Angles atthe age of seven. WILLIAM CONRAD feature of our series, in my He was graduated from Exopinion, is that a character actor celsior High School in nearby Bellflower and then attended Luke Field, Ariz. Capt. Conrad Flip Hosts Mahalia Jackson he majored in literature and drama.After he graduated from junior college, Conrad took a job - Radio Station KMPC in Beverly|Mills where he learned “from the bottom Joan Rivers, Mahalia Jackson and special guest star George Gobel join Flip Wilson the new season's second colorcast of “The Flip Wilson Show” Thursday, Sept. 23 on Channel 2 up. “T did everything there was to dothere, including singing,”the veteran actor In 1942 Conrad enlisted in the Army Air Corps and went on to win his wings on April 12, 1943 at ee eee with the Armed i Forces RadioService. He then entered his active career as a radio actor. starring in more atComedy 9 highlights include a shetchin stieh a boisterous cab driver (Joan Rivers) rushes a man (Flip) to the hospital to havehis appendix removed, but stops first tofignt with a burly truck driver (Gobel); a sketch about two divorced fathers (Flip and Gobel) in the park with their children; and a scenefrom The Church of What’s Happening Now as Rev. Leroy (Flip) Gelivers a sermon on the meaningof“Thanks.” Mahanlia Jackson sings “Study War No More,” “It Don’t Cost Very Much,” and “Just A Closer Walk With Thee.” George Gobel, on guitar, and Flip, ona stringed bucket,sing a spending about 10 years with hillbilly song, ‘You Done He achieved his experience then will head for Hollywood to repertory and touring com- Stomped on My Heart.” John Rivers does a comedy visit their many friends who are panies in England. He was scrambling to get in their dates for parties for them. “Thave no definite plans for a play,” the popular actor says, “butI'm definitely going to star They were married at the in the film, ‘Don Quixote’ in estate of Alan Lerner in Oyster Romein the Spring. It will be Bay N.Y. and have been feted produced by my own company a leading star in London's West monologue on the problemsof End and such films as women, “The Flip Wilson Show” is “Night Train, ‘Storm in a Teacup” and “Blithe Spirit”, produced by Bob Henry and after which he went to directed by Tim Kiley. Music is by George Wyle and his orHollywood where he madefilms for three years, including “Anna chestra. Moute Kayis executive producer, andthe King of Siam.”” MAHALIA JACKSON, renowned gospel singer, tries togethernesswith Flip onthis weeks “Flip Wilson Show,” at 9 p.m. Friday on Channel5. 00d shows overthenext decade. in a number of motion pictures including a memorab!le gunman in Mark rer’s “The Killers”and as Helling the editor in Jack Webb's ‘“‘-30-” at Warner Brothers. |