Films of the Golden AgeIssue Number 100Spring 2020 “I’m very proud of what I was able to accomplish … I look back now with great fondness, and not with the hurt, regret or bitterness that others in my circumstances later developed.” Slight (5’8″), athletic, ginger-haired child actor RICHARD TYLER (1932- ) began on the stage…
Films of the Golden AgeIssue Number 99Winter 2019/2020 “I’m continually told I am too ‘glamorous’ for supporting roles. Whatever that means. Well, I’d rather die a good-looking corpse than try for a “just one of the lugs down on the corner” image.” Clean-cut, hirsutely handsome, blue-eyed blond actor and model ARON KINCAID (1940-2011) earned a…
Films of the Golden AgeIssue Number 98Fall 2019 “My best teachers have been the ones who have been hardest on me … who kept insisting I had more to give … who believed it wasn’t so important that I’d make a fool of myself by overdoing something.” From the highly esteemed ranks of World War…
Classic ImagesIssue Number 453Summer 2013 “[I] worked around with [my brother] Bob a little. Just bits. Never any real parts—too young. [I] had to go to school. I’m eighteen now. This part with Mary [Pickford] is my first one. When older brother Bobby Harron, a huge star of the silent screen, suddenly died by his…
Classic ImagesIssue Number 453Summer 2013 “In those days an acting career was looked down upon as rather plebeian. I remember thinking there was no future in that kind of work and I’d go and get another job. But I never did.” A gopher/assistant for legendary D. W. Griffith before given a chance to appear in…
Films of the Golden AgeIssue Number 86Fall 2016 “I loved working in this business and all the talent I got to rub elbows with. My body of work is very acceptable. I may not have been Shirley Temple but I was a good, solid, dedicated little actress!” The emergence of Depression-era child superstar Shirley Temple…
Films of the Golden AgeIssue Number 84Spring 2016 “Optimists claim that working on both the stage and screen will make each career healthier. Pessimists say you can’t do both without hurting yourself. I’m an optimist!” One of the finest stage actresses of her day, BETTY FIELD (1913-1973) became an award-winning Broadway star with her complex…
Films of the Golden AgeIssue Number 97Summer 2019 “On radio I was able to portray all sorts of ages and ethnic types. Not on TV, unless they were Anglo, Austrian or Scandinavian.” Her versatility as a lead/character player was verified on films, TV and the stage, but radio would always have an indefatigable appeal for…
Classic ImagesIssue Number 499January 2017 “I had a mother who taught me there is no such thing as failure. It is just a temporary postponement of success.” At age 54, tall, rangy vaudeville hoofer and musical vet BUDDY EBSEN (1908-2003) became an “overnight” TV star. With his grizzled, folksy portrayal of poor mountaineer-cum-multimillionaire Jed Clampett,…
Films of the Golden AgeIssue Number 88Spring 2017 “My ups and downs have been well publicized. Looking back I realize I have been incredibly fortunate. As a kid I became a significant part of Hollywood.” A pint-sized, cinematic scene-stealer from the get-go, young BILLY GRAY (1938- ) showed off his early professional mettle in 1950’s…