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February 1 1946 Native Red Skelton guest stars on Ginny Simms Show radio episode Whos Sorry Now? CBS 1948 Governor Davis, VU alumnus (1971), jazz musician, songwriter, and band leader, born in Chicago 1955 Native William Phipps (billed as Bill Phipps) guest stars as Frank in the Studio 57 TV episode The Westerner Dumont 1967 Native Albert K. Dawson dies in Long Island Borough of New York City 1970 Native Red Skelton guest stars with Bob Newhart and Jackie DeShannon on The Ed Sullivan Show TV episode CBS 1979 Native Robert Frank Telfer stars as Luke Dancy in TV episode of soap opera The Doctors NBC 2005 Former resident Michael Carandang is producer for Jerry Springer Uncensored and Unleashed 2 TV Pay Per View
February 2 1952 Native Red Skelton receives Emmy Award for Best Comedian 1959 Native William Phipps guest stars as Don Gordon in the Rescue 8 TV episode The Cage Syndication 1959 Former resident Bobby Bare charts his first song, All-American Boy, at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 but the song is credited to his friend and singer Bill Parsons 1960 Native William Phipps guest stars as Al Bugsy Page in the M Squad TV episode A Debt of Honor NBC 1966 Native Alvy Moore stars as Hank Kimball in the Green Acres TV episode Sprained Ankle, Country Style CBS 1967 Former resident Bobby Bare RCA Victor single record #47-9098 (A side) Charleston Railroad Station and (B side) Vincennes released 1979 Native Robert Frank Telfer stars as Luke Dancy in TV episode of soap opera The Doctors NBC
February 3 1962 Bruce Bouillet, guitarist, singer, songwriter, music producer, and Vincennes Rivet graduate, born in Memphis, Tenn. 1985 Native William Phipps guest stars in TV movie Lots of Luck Disney Channel 1989 Native Robert Frank Telfer guest stars as Game Show Producer in release of the movie Wicked Stepmother
February 4 1922 William Phipps, actor, producer, and voice over artist, born in Vincennes 1947 Native Red Skelton guest stars on Amos and Andy radio episode Looking for Amos NBC 1958 Native William Phipps guest stars as Ken Wills in the Bat Masterson TV episode License to Cheat NBC 1960 Native Alvy Moore guest stars as Gordie Fields in the Johnny Ringo TV episode The Liars CBS 1965 Native Alvy Moore guest stars as Dr. Grant in the Munsters TV episode Bats of A Feather CBS 1967 Native Norman Carroll OConnor dies of heart failure in Los Angeles
February 5 1935 Native Al Rockett is producer for release of movie The Lottery Lover 1942 Native Clarence Stout Sr. song Fooling Me featured on Moon River radio show NBC Red Network 1979 Native Robert Frank Telfer stars as Luke Dancy in TV episode of soap opera The Doctors NBC
February 6 1927 Native Buck Jones stars as Buck Thomas in release of the movie The War Horse [First movie written by Buck Jones] 1961 Native Alvy Moore guest stars as Howie in the Pete and Gladys TV episode The Great Stone Face CBS 1968 Native Red Skelton stars with Hershel Bernardi in The Red Skelton Hour TV episode CBS 1983 Former resident P.C. Salter starts work as audio engineer for The Nashville Network and Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn. 1984 Native Alvy Moore guest stars as First Mayor in the TV Movie Little House: Last Farewell NBC 1989 Native Paul Skelton dies in Grasshopper Junction, Ariz.
February 7 1956 Native Red Skelton stars with Cesar Romero in Red Skelton Show TV episode CBS 1967 Native Red Skelton stars with Edie Adams in The Red Skelton Hour TV episode CBS 1968 Native Alvy Moore stars as Hank Kimball in the Green Acres TV episode Flight to Nowhere CBS 1997 Former resident and VU graduate Mario Joyner guest stars as himself in The Chris Rock Show TV episode HBO
February 8 1938 Native Red Skelton performs at State Theatre in New York City 1982 Native William Phipps guest stars as Myron Hicks in the Little House on the Prairie TV episode Second Chance NBC 2004 Native Joseph Flummerfelt as director of the New York Choral Artists shares three Grammy Awards in Best Classical Album, Best Orchestral Performance and Best Classical Contemporary Composition for John Adams On The Transmigration of Souls
February 9 1886 Ed Francis, Vaudeville star, comedian, and singer, born Edward Francis Frank Theriac in Vincennes 1959 Native Red Skelton guest stars as himself in the Lucy-Desi Comedy TV Hour episode Lucy Goes to Alaska CBS 1966 Native Alvy Moore stars as Hank Kimball in the Green Acres TV episode The Price of Apples CBS 1989 Native Barry Cullison stars as Mike Madden and Todd Peterson in the New York City Off-Broadway play debut of The Unguided Missile at American Place Theater 2003 Native Jane Jarvis honored with Lifetime Achievement Award from the Space Coast Jazz Society at Cocoa Beach, Fla.
February 10 1903 Native Hub Smith dies in Genoa, Italy 1957 Native William Phipps guest stars as Earl Wallace in the Annie Oakley TV episode Dudes Decision Syndicated 1957 Native William Phipps guest stars as Nick Graham in the Soldiers of Fortune TV episode The Green Trap Syndicated 1966 Native William Phipps (billed as Bill Phipps) guest stars as Hood #2 in the Batman TV episode A Death Worse Than Fate ABC
February 11 1924 Former resident Roberta Lee Clark performs in Clarence with Garry McGarry Players at the Cataract Theatre in Niagara Falls, N.Y. 1938 Native Red Skelton performs at Palace Theatre in Cleveland 1956 Native William Phipps guest stars in the Ford Star Jubilee TV episode The Day Lincoln Was Shot CBS 1963 Native William Phipps guest stars as Gene Yates in the Stoney Burke TV episode Cats Eye ABC 1969 Native Red Skelton stars with Bobby Rydell in The Red Skelton Hour TV episode CBS 2011 Former resident and VU graduate Mario Joyner guest stars as Henderson in release of the film Just Go With It
February 12 1891 Max Terhune, actor, Vaudeville star, ventriloquist, and Vincennes minor league pitcher, born Robert Max Terhune in Amity, Ind. 1949 Native Red Skelton guest stars with Jimmy Stewart and Roy Rogers on radio special Strengthen The Arm of Liberty NBC 1960 Native William Phipps guest stars as Sergeant in the Twilight Zone TV episode Purple Testament CBS 1978 Native Alvy Moore guest stars as Swenson in the TV mini-series How The West Was Won ABC 2010 Native Brandon Michael Perkins makes feature film debut as Man At Counter in release of the movie Valentines Day
February 13 1921 Native Buck Jones stars as Buck in release of the silent film The Big Punch 1927 Native Al Rockett is producer of his final silent film in release of the movie An Affair of the Follies 1954 Former resident Red Garrett RCA Victor single record #47-5621 (A side) Too Late To Plow Now and (B side) Bullseye peaks at #9 on Billboard Country and Western Music Chart 1962 Native Red Skelton stars in Red Skelton Show TV episode CBS 1968 Native Red Skelton stars with Burl Ives in The Red Skelton Hour TV episode CBS 2008 Native Brandon Michael Perkins stars as Steven Tancred in world stage premiere of the musical Twice Upon A Time at the Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities in Redondo Beach, Cal.
February 14 1869 Former resident Solomon Sol Smith suffers stroke and dies in St. Louis, Mo. 1944 Former resident Thomas M. Martin suffers heart failure and dies in Vincennes 1953 Former resident Red Garrett and the Tennessee Pioneers enter Thomas Productions Studio in Nashville, Tenn., for first time and record four songs including first RCA Victor single record #47-5242 (A side) Blame It On Moonlight and (B side) Dont Be Ashamed Of Your Past [single released in April 1953] 1956 Native Red Skelton stars with Marvin Kaplan and Sally Forrest in Red Skelton Show TV episode CBS 1967 Native Red Skelton stars with George Gobel in The Red Skelton Hour TV episode CBS 1968 Native Alvy Moore stars as Hank Kimball in the Green Acres TV episode My Mother The Countess CBS
February 15 1950 Native William Phipps guest stars as the voice of Prince Charming in release of the movie Walt Disneys Cinderella 1966 Native Red Skelton stars with Ed Wynn in Red Skelton Show TV episode CBS 1970 Native William Phipps (billed as Bill Phipps) guest stars as Tom Burgess in the Bonanza TV episode The Law and Billy Burgess NBC
February 16 1960 Native Red Skelton stars with Marilyn Maxwell in Red Skelton Show TV episode CBS 1962 Native William Phipps guest stars as Floyd Peters in the Rawhide TV episode The Greedy Town 1962 CBS 1966 Native Alvy Moore stars as Hank Kimball in the Green Acres TV episode Whats In A Name? CBS 1999 Native Pat Todd song, Im Straight, featured in release of the movie Born to Lose 2001 Former resident and VU graduate Mario Joyner guest stars as Apollo M.C. in release of the movie Down To Each
February 17 1965 Native Alvy Moore guest stars as Spiegel the Bartender in the Burkes Law TV episode Who Killed the Man on the White Horse? CBS 1965 Native Alvy Moore guest stars as Wiley in the Dick Van Dyke Show TV episode The Case of the Pillow ABC 1970 Native Randy Benjamin records songs Look At You Now and Start All Over Again under the direction of legendary producer Denny Randall for Mercury Records in North Hollywood, Cal.
February 18 1940 Robert Berry, actor, producer, director, and founder of the Actors Workshop [Indianapolis], born in Vincennes 1952 Native Red Skelton receives two Emmy Awards for Best Comedian or Comedienne and Best Comedy Show from Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles 1954 Native William Phipps guest stars as McNulty in the Cisco Kid TV episode Double Deal Syndicated 1957 Native Red Skelton stars as Rusty Morgan in release of the movie Public Pigeon No. 1 1965 Native William Phipps (billed as Bill Phipps) guest stars as Dink in the Daniel Boone TV episode The Price of Friendship NBC 1972 Shani Lynn Nielsen, VU alumnus (1993), actress, singer, and Miss Indiana 1996, born in Westbury, Long Island, N.Y. 2007 Native Matthew Spencer guest stars as Orderly in the Desperate Housewives TV episode The Little Things We Do Together ABC
February 19 1939 Native Red Skelton performs at Pantheon Theatre in Vincennes 1970 Native Red Skelton TV show cancellation announced
February 20 1961 Native Alvy Moore guest stars as Howie in the Pete and Gladys TV episode Six Musketeers CBS 1978 Julianne Hackney Stewart, singer and Miss Indiana 1998, born Julianne Hackney at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes
February 21 1949 Former resident Ann Wagner Harper sings on first closed circuit television broadcast in Indiana [Indianapolis Channel 6] 1959 Native William Phipps (billed as Bill Phipps) guest stars as Fred Teton in the Wanted: Dead or Alive TV episode The Corner CBS 1968 Native Alvy Moore stars as Hank Kimball in the Green Acres TV episode Spring Festival CBS 1992 Former resident and VU graduate John Mellencamp makes film debut as Bud Parks in release of the movie Falling From Grace
February 22 1925 Native Buck Jones stars as Tex Hartwell in release of the silent film The Trail Rider 1954 Former resident Max Terhune guest stars as Sir Hume the ventriloquist in the I Love Lucy TV episode Ricky Loses His Temper CBS 1955 Native Red Skelton stars with Edmond OBrien in Red Skelton Show TV episode CBS
February 23 1943 Doug Draime, actor, poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, and activist, born in Vincennes 1961 Native Alvy Moore guest stars as Cox in the Zane Grey Theater TV episode The Bible Man CBS 1964 Native Alvy Moore guest stars as Specs in the Arrest and Trial TV episode Roll of the Dice ABC 1966 Native Alvy Moore stars as Hank Kimball in the Green Acres TV episode Day of Decision CBS 2001 Former resident and VU graduate Tim Hittle is animator for release of the movie Monkeybone
February 24 1937 Joseph Flummerfelt, choir director and actor, born in Vincennes 1982 Former resident and VU graduate John Mellencamp receives Grammy Award in Best Rock Vocal Performance category for song Hurts So Good 2001 Native Brandon Michael Perkins stars as Orville Wright in Wright State University play 1903: The Wings of Dreams premier on Dayton PBS TV station WPTD 2008 Native Michael J. Shapiro is producer for Oscar Truck opening segment for 80th Annual Academy Awards TV show ABC
February 25 1947 Native Red Skelton stars in the Red Skelton Raleigh Show radio episode Travel to Hawaii NBC 1958 Native Red Skelton stars with Vincent Price in Red Skelton Show TV episode CBS
February 26 1954 Native William Phipps stars as Lt. Dunbar in release of the movie The Snow Creature 1963 Native William Phipps guest stars as Capt. Whitlow in the Combat! TV episode No Time for Pity ABC 1965 Native Alvy Moore guest stars as clerk in the Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. TV episode Old Man Carter CBS
February 27 1954 Native Red Skelton guest stars as Freddie the Freeloader in The Jackie Gleason Show TV episode CBS 1960 Native William Phipps guest stars as Al Hemp in the Wanted: Dead or Alive TV episode Triple Vise CBS 2005 Native Michael J. Shapiro is segment producer for Sidney Lumet Tribute and film editor for 77th Annual Academy Awards TV show ABC
February 28 1938 Native Red Skelton appears at State Theatre in New York City 1952 Native Alvy Moore makes film debut as Quartermaster in release of the movie Okinawa 1968 Native Alvy Moore stars as Hank Kimball in the Green Acres TV episode Our Son The Barber CBS 1980 Native William Phipps guest stars as George the Bus Driver in The Waltons TV episode The Medal CBS 1988 Former resident Duke Thomas Low guest stars as Walter Trenton in the TV mini-series Bluegrass CBS
February 29 1952 Former resident Brace Beemer stars in the Lone Ranger radio show episode The Devils Dessert ABC 2004 Native Michael J. Shapiro is film editor for 76th Annual Academy Awards TV show ABC |
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Vincennes in Hollywood History By Doug Carroll |