Burke's Law is a detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.

Premise[link]

Barry with actress Marie Wilson in the episode "Who Killed Marty Kelso?".

There were stylistic similarities to Barry's previous series, Bat Masterson, in which he had played the debonair lawman of the old west. During the opening credits, as the title flashed onscreen, a woman's voice was heard seductively pronouncing the words "It's Burke's Law!" The title also reflected Burke's habit of dispensing wisdom to his underlings in a professorial manner, e.g.: "Never ask a question unless you already know the answer. Burke's Law."

The title of each episode started with the words "Who Killed...?" with the name or description of the victim (who inevitably died in the show's opening minutes) completing it.

In the original series, other characters were Detective Tim Tilson (Gary Conway), Detective Les Hart (Regis Toomey), Sergeant Ames (Eileen O'Neill), and chauffeur Henry (Leon Lontoc). Tilson was a go-getting young man whose skill at finding clues and trace references didn't result in his solving the murders, being always outflanked by Burke's cool intuition.

A guest appearance by Anne Francis as female detective Honey West led to a short-lived spin-off series.

Music[link]

The musical score for Burke's Law was largely the work of Herschel Burke Gilbert.

History[link]

The role of Amos Burke actually predated Barry's series, having been played by Dick Powell on the initial episode of The Dick Powell Show in September 1961. The first incarnation of the series was produced by Powell's company, Four Star Television. As in the later series, the episode features several well-known TV and movie stars in cameo appearances as suspects - one of whom is the murderer (in the original episode Ronald Reagan was the killer).

In the final season of the original series (1965–1966), the show was given a complete overhaul and retitled Amos Burke, Secret Agent. Burke went to work for a secret government agency, but still drove around in his Rolls, which had been discreetly bulletproofed by the agency. The supporting cast of the earlier seasons was dropped. The change in format was a reaction to the wildly popular spy trend inspired by the James Bond films and the television success of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. (That year also saw the debut of I Spy, The Wild Wild West, and Get Smart.) The new show was not a success and only seventeen episodes were broadcast instead of the thirty-two of the first two seasons.

Revival[link]

In the revival of the show, which ran on CBS from 1994–1995 and produced by Aaron Spelling's production company, the title again became Burke's Law and Burke was back at work as a police detective. In the second incarnation, Burke, now a deputy chief, was assisted by his son, Peter (Peter Barton). The revival, even more than the original program, was widely regarded as being largely camp.

The nostalgic revival featured guest appearances by many of Barry's peers from the 1960s Spy-fi genre, including Patrick Macnee (The Avengers), Peter Lupus (Mission: Impossible) and Anne Francis reprising Honey West (albeit renamed "Honey Best", for legal reasons).

DVD releases[link]

VCI Entertainment has released Season 1 of Burke's Law on DVD.

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Burke's Law

• Burke's Law at the Internet Movie Database
• A film clip "Who Killed Jason Shaw" (episode 15 from first season) is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
• Burke's Law (1994) at the Internet Movie Database
• Burke's Law at TV.com
• Burke's Law (1994) at TV.com
• "Gene Barry Fan Page". glendamoore.org. http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/barry.htm. 

"Burkes" redirects here. For the suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand, see Burkes, New Zealand.

Burke's Peerage publishes authoritative, in-depth historical guides to the royal and titled families of the United Kingdom, such as Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, and of many other countries.^[1] Founded in 1826 by Irish genealogist John Burke, and continued by his son, Bernard Burke.^[2] Revised editions were frequently published by H. Colburn and R. Bentley between 1832 (fourth edition in two volumes)^[3] and 1917, and again between 1923 and 1940, with further editions thereafter. The 105th edition, published in 1970 under the editorship of Mr Peter Townend, was the last update until a 106th edition came out in 1999, and a 107th in 2003.^[4] Digital editions of many of the classic Burke's works will be published online in 2010 and a printed Supplement to the 107th Edition is planned to appear under the editorship of William Bortrick in 2011.^[5]

eBooks and reunited ownership[link]

Burke's Peerage, and Landed Gentry[link]

The ownership of Burke's Peerage Ltd, the original publisher of Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, was bought in 1974 by Jeremy Norman and a group of investors. The board included Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd (Editorial Director); Jeremy Norman (Managing Director and Chairman); Patrick Lichfield; John Brooke-Little (Richmond Herald); Remington Norman and Peter Cook. The group published a large range of successful new publications from their premises in Walton Street, London, including Burke’s Irish Family Records, Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Burke's Royal Families of the World, Burke's Guide to Country Houses, Burke’s Family Index and Burke's Presidential Families of USA. Some of these were multi-volume works. In 1984, after ten years of rising costs, the board decided to sell the imprint. The Peerage was sold to Frederik, Baron van Pallandt and the remaining titles were sold separately elsewhere. Ownership then transferred to Harold Brooks-Baker and his associates. For details of the history from 1974-84 see No Make-Up by Jeremy Norman (London 2006).

The 1970 edition of the Peerage, Baronetage, & Knightage was reprinted in 1980 but without further revision by the Norman consortium. The hot metal type for the Peerage had to be destroyed – printers Waterlow and Sons wanted a vast rental to continue to store it. Burke's Peerage Ltd sold all the printing blocks, depicting coats of arms, to Heirloom & Howard Ltd, who in turn sold them on to the general public. After David Sanctuary Howard, who together with his wife owned Heirloom & Howard, died in 2005 the printing blocks were sold to the Baronage Press.

The company publishing the Peerage fell into receivership in the 1980s. Ownership of the publication rights to Burke's Peerage passed through several hands in the succeeding years. In 1989, the rights were acquired by Morris Genealogical Books, who brought out a thoroughly revised two volume 106th edition in 1999.^[6] In 2002, the rights to Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage were purchased by the company that owned the rights to Burke's Landed Gentry. The company was renamed Burke's Peerage and Gentry and a fully updated 107th edition was published in 2004 under the editorship of Charles Mosley.^[7]

On 7 October 2009, all remaining Burke's rights were acquired from the Burke's Peerage Partnership by Burke's Peerage and Gentry. Thus, Burke's ownership has been reunited in one company for the first time in 25 years. In early 2010, Burke's announced a programme to digitise past content and make it available online in ebook format. The first nine eBooks, ranging from Burke’s Great War Peerage to Burke’s Family Index are now available.

Burke's Peerage Partnership[link]

Burke's Peerage Partnership was formed in 1984 by a group of investors who were interested in the commercial potential of the Burke's name. The partnership owned the Burke's name and the lesser titles but never owned the publishing rights to Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, & Knightage. From 1984 until his death in 2005, the publishing director of Burke's Peerage Partnership was Harold Brooks-Baker. The partnership published a number of genealogical titles and conducted other genealogy-related business under the Burke's name. In the 1990s, Burke's Peerage Partnership licensed the name to Halbert's Family Heritage, an American publisher that sold "genealogical" books under the name Burke's Peerage World Book of Surnames. The books claimed to be a comprehensive history of any given surname, but in fact comprised mostly computer-generated lists of names and addresses drawn from telephone records, and were marketed through direct mail.^[8][9] Burke's Peerage Partnership offered services including genealogical research, custom designed heraldry, and assisting clients to acquire Scottish and French noble titles.^[10] On 7 October 2009 all remaining Burke's rights were sold by the Partnership to Peerage and Gentry.

Print editions[link]

It has been announced that the last three-volume 107th edition (2004) will be followed by a Supplement edition, to be published in 2011, comprising those families who have supplied updates to their entries and all subsequent peerage creations. To enable this Burke's has been updating, and will continue to update, existing family records online.^[11] On 15 April 2010, Burke's published an updated edition of the Royal Families of Europe.^[12]

Digital editions (Burke's eBooks)[link]

In early 2010, Burke's made nine digital eBooks available^[13]. These are:

Burke’s Irish Family Records

Burke’s Landed Gentry - The Kingdom of Scotland

Burke’s Landed Gentry - The Principality of Wales and The North West

Burke’s Landed Gentry - The Ridings of York

Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (107th edition)

Burke’s Great War Peerage (76th edition)

Burke’s Second World War Peerage (97th edition)

Burke’s Family Index

World Orders of Knighthood and Merit

The ebooks are accessible on computers, iPhones, the iPod touch and iPad in partnership with Exact Editions using the Exactly application.

Burke's Colonial Gentry (1895)

Burke's General Armory (1884)

Online databases[link]

Burke's Peerage maintains the following online databases for libraries and organizations:

• Burke’s Peerage & Baronetage 107th Edition, including Knights, Scottish Chiefs and Scottish Feudal Barons
• Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition, The Kingdom in Scotland
• Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition, The Ridings of York
• Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition, The North West
• Burke's Landed Gentry 18th Edition
• Burke's Landed Gentry Irish Families (Irish supplement to the 15th Edition of Burke's Landed Gentry)
• American Families with British Ancestry
• American Presidential Families
• British Prime Ministers
• ATAVUS Subscriber Library^[14]

See also[link]

• Almanach de Gotha

References[link]

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Jason M. Shaw (born on 4 November 1973 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) American fashion model and actor. His nickname is Jay.

He is a top male fashion model, who was the spokesmodel of fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger from 1998–2003.Shaw graduated from the University of Chicago in 1995 with a degree in History, where he was a member of the men's basketball team. Jason quickly moved to New York City, and signed with Wilhelmina Models. He is also signed to Public Image Worldwide, Nous Model Management in Los Angeles, Why Not Model Agency in Milan, Italy, and Success Models in Paris, France.

Jason is also an actor. He appeared three times in the supernatural dramedy Charmed as Piper Halliwell's date, Greg. The episodes were Chris-Crossed, I dream of Phoebe and The Last Temptation of Christy.^[1] He also appeared in the direct DVD movie The Hillz Jason is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. His father John C. Shaw Jr. is former President and Co-CEO of Jefferies & Co.

Jason has also model for Iceberg, Karl Lagerfeld, Lord & Taylor.

References[link]

1. ^ Jason Shaw on the Internet Movie Database

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Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton in Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Born	Elizabeth June Thornburg (1921-02-26)February 26, 1921 Battle Creek, Michigan, US
Died	March 11, 2007(2007-03-11) (aged 86) Palm Springs, California, US
Years active	1938–2000
Spouse	John Swanson (1938-1944 divorced) Ted Briskin (m. 1945–1950) «start: (1945)–end+1: (1951)»"Marriage: Ted Briskin to Betty Hutton" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Betty_Hutton) Charles O'Curran (m. 1952–1955) «start: (1952)–end+1: (1956)»"Marriage: Charles O'Curran to Betty Hutton" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Betty_Hutton) Alan W. Livingston (m. 1955–1960) «start: (1955)–end+1: (1961)»"Marriage: Alan W. Livingston to Betty Hutton" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Betty_Hutton) Pete Candoli (m. 1960–1967) «start: (1960)–end+1: (1968)»"Marriage: Pete Candoli to Betty Hutton" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Betty_Hutton)

Betty Hutton (February 26, 1921 – March 11, 2007)^[1] was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedienne and singer.

Early life[link]

Hutton was born Elizabeth June Thornburg, daughter of a railroad foreman, Percy E. Thornburg (1896–1939) and his wife, Mabel Lum (1901–1967).^[2] While she was very young, her father abandoned the family for another woman. They did not hear of him again until they received a telegram in 1939, informing them of his suicide. Along with her older sister Marion, Betty was raised by her mother, who took the surname Hutton and was later billed as the actress Sissy Jones.

The three started singing in the family's speakeasy when Betty was 3 years old. Troubles with the police kept the family on the move. They eventually landed in Detroit, Michigan. (On one occasion, when Betty, preceded by a police escort, arrived at the premiere of Let's Dance (1950), her mother, arriving with her, quipped, "At least this time the police are in front of us!") Hutton sang in several local bands as a teenager, and at one point visited New York City hoping to perform on Broadway, where she was rejected.

A few years later, she was scouted by orchestra leader Vincent Lopez, who gave Hutton her entry into the entertainment business. In 1939 she appeared in several musical shorts for Warner Bros., and appeared in a supporting role on Broadway in Panama Hattie^[3] (starring Ethel Merman) and Two for the Show,^[4] both produced by Buddy DeSylva.

Career[link]

When DeSylva became a producer at Paramount Pictures, Hutton was signed to a featured role in The Fleet's In (1942), starring Paramount's number one female star Dorothy Lamour. Hutton was an instant hit with the movie-going public. Paramount did not immediately promote her to major stardom, however, but did give her second leads in a Mary Martin film musical, Star Spangled Rhythm (1943), and another Lamour film. In 1943 she was given co-star billing with Bob Hope in Let's Face It and with the release of The Miracle of Morgan's Creek the following year, Hutton attained major stardom. By the time Incendiary Blonde was released in 1945, she had supplanted Lamour as Paramount's number one female box office attraction.

Hutton made 19 films from 1942 to 1952 including the hugely popular The Perils of Pauline in 1947. She was billed above Fred Astaire in the 1950 musical Let's Dance. Hutton's greatest screen triumph came in Annie Get Your Gun (1950) for MGM, which hired her to replace an exhausted Judy Garland in the role of Annie Oakley. The film, with the leading role retooled for Hutton, was a smash hit, with the biggest critical praise going to Hutton. (Her obituary in The New York Times described her as "a brassy, energetic performer with a voice that could sound like a fire alarm.")^[5] Among her lesser known roles was an unbilled cameo in Sailor Beware (1952) with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, in which she portrayed Dean's girlfriend, Hetty Button.

In 1944, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records (she was one of the earliest artists to do so). Later she became disillusioned with Capitol's management and moved to RCA Victor.

Her career as a Hollywood star ended due to a contract dispute with Paramount following the Oscar-winning The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) and Somebody Loves Me (1952), a biography of singer Blossom Seeley. The New York Times reported that the dispute resulted from her insistence that her husband at the time, Charles O'Curran, direct her next film. When the studio declined, Hutton broke her contract. Hutton's last completed film was a small one, Spring Reunion, released in 1957, a drama in which she gave an understated, sensitive performance. Unfortunately, box office receipts indicated the public did not want to see a subdued Hutton.

Hutton in the trailer for
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

Hutton got work in radio, appeared in Las Vegas and in nightclubs, then tried her luck in the new medium of television. In 1954, TV producer Max Liebman, of Your Show of Shows, fashioned his first "Color Spectacular" as an original musical written especially for Hutton, Satins and Spurs.^[6] It was an enormous flop with the public and the critics, despite being one of the first programs televised nationally by NBC in compatible color. In 1957, she appeared on a Dinah Shore show on NBC that also featured Boris Karloff; the program has been preserved on a kinescope. Desilu Productions took a chance on Hutton in 1959, giving her a sitcom, The Betty Hutton Show, directed by Jerry Fielding.^[7] It quickly faded.

Hutton began headlining in Las Vegas and touring across the country. She returned to Broadway briefly in 1964 when she temporarily replaced a hospitalized Carol Burnett in the show Fade Out – Fade In.^[8] In 1967 she was signed to star in two low-budget westerns for Paramount, but was fired shortly after the projects began. In the 1970s she portrayed Miss Hannigan in the original Broadway production of Annie while Alice Ghostley was on vacation.

Marriages[link]

Hutton's first marriage was to camera manufacturer Ted Briskin on September 3, 1945. The marriage ended in divorce in 1950. Two daughters were born to the couple, Lindsay Diane Briskin (born 1946) and Candice Elizabeth Briskin (born 1948).

Hutton's second marriage in 1952 was to choreographer Charles O'Curran. They divorced in 1955. He died in 1984.

She married for the third time in 1955. Husband Alan W. Livingston, an executive with Capitol Records, was the creator of Bozo the Clown. They divorced five years later, although some accounts refer to the union as a nine-month marriage.

Her fourth and final marriage in 1960 was to jazz trumpeter Pete Candoli, a brother of Conte Candoli. Hutton and Candoli had one child, Carolyn Candoli (born 1962) and then divorced in 1967 (some accounts place the year as 1964).

Life after Hollywood[link]

With American sailors and Marines in the Marshall Islands in December 1944

After the 1967 death of her mother in a house fire and the collapse of her last marriage, Hutton's depression and pill addictions escalated. She divorced her fourth husband, jazz trumpeter Pete Candoli, and declared bankruptcy. Hutton had a nervous breakdown and later attempted suicide after losing her singing voice in 1970. After regaining control of her life through rehab, and the mentorship of a Roman Catholic priest, Father Peter Maguire, Hutton converted to Roman Catholicism and took a job as a cook at a rectory in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. She made national headlines when it was revealed she was working in a rectory.

In 1974, a well-publicized "Love-In for Betty Hutton" was held at New York City's Riverboat Restaurant, emceed by comedian Joey Adams, with several old Hollywood pals on hand. The event raised $10,000 (USD) for Hutton and gave her spirits a big boost. Steady work, unfortunately, still eluded her.

Hutton appeared in an interview with Mike Douglas and a brief guest appearance in 1975 on Baretta. In 1977, Hutton was featured on The Phil Donahue Show. Hutton was then happily employed as hostess at a Newport, Rhode Island jai alai arena.

She also appeared on Good Morning America, which led to a 1978 televised reunion with her two daughters. Hutton began living in a shared home with her divorced daughter and grandchildren in California, but returned to the East Coast for a three week return to the stage. She followed Dorothy Loudon as the evil Miss Hannigan in Annie on Broadway ^[9] in 1980. Hutton's rehearsal of the song "Little Girls" was featured on Good Morning America.

A ninth grade drop-out, Hutton went back to school and earned a Master's Degree in psychology from Salve Regina University. During her time at college, Hutton became friends with Kristin Hersh and attended several early Throwing Muses concerts.^[10] Hersh would later write the song "Elizabeth June" as a tribute to her friend, and wrote about their relationship in further detail in her memoir, Rat Girl.^[11]

Her last known performance, in any medium, was on Jukebox Saturday Night, which aired on PBS in 1983.^[12] Hutton stayed in New England and began teaching comedic acting at Boston's Emerson College. She became estranged again from her daughters.

After the death of her ally, Father Maguire, Hutton returned to California, moving to Palm Springs in 1999, after decades in New England. Hutton hoped to grow closer with her daughters and grandchildren, as she told Robert Osborne on TCM's Private Screenings in April 2000, though her children remained distant. She told Osborne that she understood their hesitancy to accept a now elderly mother. The TCM interview first aired on July 18, 2000. The program was rerun as a memorial on the evening of her death in 2007, and again on July 11, 2008, April 14, 2009, and as recently as January 26, 2010.^[13]

Death[link]

Betty Hutton's headstone at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California. Her epitaph reads "Loved by All".

Hutton lived in Palm Springs, California until her death, at 86, from colon cancer complications.^[5][14] Hutton is buried at Desert Memorial Park^[15] in Cathedral City, California.

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Betty Hutton has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6253 Hollywood Boulevard.

Hit songs[link]

Filmography[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Gene Arceri Rocking Horse, a Personal Biography of Betty Hutton, 2009, BearManor Media
• Betty Hutton Backstage You Can Have: My Own Story, 2009 The Betty Hutton Estate

External links[link]

Biography portal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Betty Hutton

• Betty Hutton at the Internet Broadway Database
• Betty Hutton at the Internet Movie Database
• Betty Hutton at the TCM Movie Database
• BettyHuttonEstate The Betty Hutton Estate
• satinsandspurs.com The Betty Hutton Website
• Betty Hutton at who2.com
• Time Magazine article, April 24, 1950
• Denny Jackson's Betty Hutton Page (fan site)
• Betty Hutton at BroadwayWorld.com
• Betty Hutton at Virtual History

Barrie Chase
Chase performing on a Fred Astaire television special, 1961.
Born	(1933-10-20) October 20, 1933 (age 78) Kings Point, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress and dancer
Years active	1952-72

Barrie Chase (born October 20, 1933) is an American actress and dancer originally from Long Island, New York.

When she was six, her father, writer Borden Chase, moved the family to California so he could start his screenwriting career. She grew up in Encino, and studied ballet. She abandoned her dream of being a ballerina in New York to stay in Los Angeles and help support her mother, pianist Lee Keith, after her parents' divorce.

Performing career[link]

She danced on such live TV programs as The Colgate Comedy Hour and The Chrysler Shower of Stars. It was while she was working as Jack Cole's assistant choreographer at MGM that Fred Astaire asked her to be his dancing partner on An Evening with Fred Astaire. She made four television appearances as Astaire's partner in his television specials between 1958 and 1968.^[1] Chase also danced alongside Astaire on the television program Hollywood Palace in 1966.^[2] During this period, she also dated Astaire.^[3] She appeared on the syndicated talk show version of The Donald O'Connor Show.

Chase worked in the chorus of many Hollywood musicals, including Hans Christian Andersen, Brigadoon, Call Me Madam, Deep in My Heart, Kismet, Les Girls, Pal Joey, and two Fred Astaire films, Daddy Long Legs and Silk Stockings. She appeared in White Christmas (starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen) as the chorus girl who says multiple times, "Mutual, I'm sure." ^[4]

Other film and television roles included The George Raft Story; the beating victim of a sadistic Robert Mitchum in the thriller Cape Fear; and the dancing, bikini-clad girlfriend of Dick Shawn's maniacal character in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). She played Farida in the 1965 film, The Flight of the Phoenix (starring James Stewart and Richard Attenborough), in a dream sequence. The same year she appeared on an episode of Bonanza, playing a saloon dancer who longed to be a ballerina.

In 1972, Chase retired from performing to devote herself to her own family. She has one child.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Barrie Chase at the Internet Movie Database