HE PLAYED A COWARDLY EMBEZZLER… BUT CHERISHED AN EXTRAORDINARY LOVE

For eleven years on television, audiences knew Larry Linville as the snobbish, hyper-patriotic, and deeply insecure Major Frank Burns. He played a man everyone loved to hate, a…

HE PLAYED THE COWARDLY BURGOMASTER… BUT HIS REAL COMPASSION SAVED LIVES

We often remember the faces that graced our television screens during the golden age of Hollywood as frozen in time, forever linked to the characters they portrayed. For…

THE HOLLYWOOD COWARD… BUT IN REAL LIFE HE CHOSE CHARACTER

We all remember the face of a man who made cowardice and arrogance an art form on television. For years, millions of viewers tuned in to see a…

THE HOLLYWOOD COWARD… BUT HE WAS THE BRAVEST MAN IN THE ROOM

For years, millions of television viewers tuned in every week to despise him. He played a character who was entirely devoid of a moral compass, a man defined…

THE HOLLYWOOD COWARD… BUT HE CHOSE REALITY OVER FAME

We live in a culture that confuses the actor with the role, often projecting the flaws of a character onto the human being who steps into their shoes….

THE COWARDLY MAJOR ON TELEVISION… BUT A GENTLEMAN OF QUIET CONVICTION

For five seasons, millions of viewers tuned in to laugh at a man they loved to hate. The character was pomposity wrapped in a military uniform, a snobbish,…

THE SECRET HIDDEN IN THE ASHES OF TELEVISION’S GREATEST GOODBYE

  Decades after the cameras stopped rolling, two old friends took a quiet walk through the dusty California mountains. Mike Farrell and Loretta Swit were hiking the familiar,…

WHEN A DRAMATIC RESCUE BECAME THE FUNNIEST MISTAKE ON SET

  Alan Alda leaned into the studio microphone, a nostalgic smile spreading across his face. He was a guest on a popular comedy podcast, and the host had…

THE MOST HATED MAN ON TELEVISION WAS HIDING A QUIET SECRET

  It was supposed to be just another exhausting day on Stage 9 at the 20th Century Fox lot. The year was 1975, and the cast of the…

WHEN ACTING LIKE IT WAS SUMMER ALMOST BURNED THE SET DOWN

  Alan Alda was sitting in a soundproof studio, recording an episode of a popular comedy podcast. The host had just thrown out an unexpected question. He wanted…