Archive of posts filed under the celebrity category.
DCS: ken page
After making his Broadway debut in The Wiz, Ken Page took the featured role of “Nicely-Nicely” in a Broadway revival of the Damon Runyon musical Guys and Dolls. He followed that up with a turn in Ain’t Misbehavin’, the acclaimed musical biography of jazz pianist Fats Waller. Ken reprised the role in a television broadcast …
inktober 2024: series 1 week 3
The third entry in JPiC’s Inktober 2024 in the “Regional TV Horror Hosts” series continues with Philadelphia’s Dr. Shock. Philadelphia native John Zacherle was an announcer and actor at WCAU-TV, portraying various characters, as needed, in the station’s home-grown Action in the Afternoon Western series. He also hosted the popular Mad Theater at the station, …
inktober 2024: series 2 week 2
Week 2 Series 2 of JPiC’s “Inktober” continues with with Fay Wray. Moving to Hollywood from Alberta, Canada, 16-yrear old Vina Fay Wray made her film debut in an historical film sponsored by a local newspaper. Bitten by the acting bug, Fay landed a number of uncredited roles with the Hal Roach Studios in the …
inktober52: nomadic
DCS: pete rose
I remember watching baseball with my mom and dad, both pretty avid baseball fans. It was a Philadelphia Phillies game and they were playing the Cincinnati Reds, who, at the time, were the powerhouse known as “The Big Red Machine.” When Pete Rose stepped up to the plate for the Reds, my mom — never …
inktober 2024: series 1 week 2
The second entry in JPic’s Inktober’s series of local TV horror movie hosts is Cleveland’s legendary Ghoulardi. In 1963, announcer and disc jockey Ernie Anderson was tapped to host the late-night showings of horror movies on Cleveland’s WJW-TV. Dispensing with the usually “mad scientist” or “vampire” persona favored by other TV movie hosts, Eddie adopted …
inktober 2024: series 2 week 1
Week 1 of series 2 – “Horror Actors of the 1940s.” – of JPiC’s “Inktober” starts with Colin Clive. A prominent stage actor in his native London, Colin Clive made his Hollywood debut in 1930’s Journey’s End, a drama about an alcoholic British Navy officer, a role that eerily mirrored his own life. The film …
inktober52: exotic
DCS: cathy smith
You’ve heard of Cathy Smith…. right? Sure you have. Maybe just not her name. Cathy sang backup for The Hawks, an up-and-coming Canadian band. Though just 16 years-old, she fell for Hawks’ 23 year-old drummer Levon Helm, but still was pretty close with all of the band members. They eventually changed their name to The …