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Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012) was an American radio and television personality, best known for hosting American television's longest-running variety show, American Bandstand, from 1957 to 1987. He also hosted the game show Pyramid and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, which transmitted Times Square's New Year's Eve celebrations worldwide.
As host of American Bandstand, with his strong communication skills, Clark was a "primary force in legitimizing rock and roll," not only to teenagers, but also to America's adult population. The show gave many new music artists their first exposure to national audiences, including Ike and Tina Turner, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, Talking Heads and Simon & Garfunkel. His shows were among the first where blacks and whites performed on the same stage and the live audience seating was desegregated. Singer Paul Anka claimed that Bandstand was responsible for creating a "youth culture." Due to his youthful appearance, Clark was often referred to as "America's oldest teenager".
Actors: Damian Chapa (writer), Damian Chapa (actor), William Knight (actor), Art Roberts (actor), Damian Chapa (producer), Damian Chapa (director), Alison Lees-Taylor (actress), Carmen Perez (actress), Andray Johnson (actor), Natasha Blasick (actress), Kristoffer Kjornes (actor), Leslie Garza (actress), Leslie Garza (producer), Harwood Gordon (actor), Jesse Wang (actor),
Genres: Biography,Actors: Annette Funicello (actress), Eva La Rue (actress), Gary Jones (actor), Shelley Fabares (actress), Hrothgar Mathews (actor), Jay Brazeau (actor), George Touliatos (actor), Louis Ferreira (actor), Len Cariou (actor), Frankie Avalon (actor), Dick Clark (actor), Don S. Davis (actor), Frank Crudele (actor), Claire Riley (actress), Linda Lavin (actress),
Plot: This highly-rated television film covers the life of American movie/TV/pop music idol Annette Funicello. The movie starts with the move of her family from New York to California, where in 1955 shy Annette becomes one of the cast of The Mickey Mouse Club. The movie covers her child stardom, her teen idol years, her singing career with big hits like "Tall Paul", her romance with Paul Anka, her classic beach party films with Frankie Avalon, and her first marriage. It also shows her large comeback in the late 1980s and her second marriage, and the day when she found out she had multiple sclerosis.
Keywords: actress, based-on-book, character-name-in-title, mickey-mouse-club, multiple-sclerosis, teen-idolActors: John Hart (actor), Louis Hayward (actor), Edgar Bergen (actor), Lou Antonio (actor), Larry Hankin (actor), Michael Ansara (actor), Dick Clark (actor), Xavier Cugat (actor), Andy Devine (actor), Busby Berkeley (actor), Fritz Feld (actor), James Brown (actor), Leo Gorcey (actor), Huntz Hall (actor), George Jessel (actor),
Plot: An athlete, a campus militant, a black model, and an American Indian are picked by a computer (shaped like a woman) to form a rock group called the Phynx and go on tour in Albania where American show biz people have been kidnapped by Communists. Some of the stars that the phony band rescues: Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan (the most famous movie Tarzan and Jane), Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall (the Bowery Boys), Ed Sullivan, James Brown, Colonel Sanders, Guy Lombardo, Andy Devine, Ruby Keeler, Edgar Bergen, Butterfly McQueen, Jay Silverheels (Tonto), Rudy Vallee, Xavier Cugat, Trini Lopez, Dick Clark, Richard Pryor, Harold "Oddjob" Sakata, George Jessel, and Rhona Barrett. Warner Bros. Studios thought it was so bad that they decided at the last minute not to release it!
Keywords: albania, castle, communist, computer, copenhagen-denmark, espionage, kidnapping, london-england, orgy, recordingActors: Edward Dillon (director), Cyril Chadwick (actor), Margaret Seddon (actress), Edward Dillon (producer), Richard Carlyle (actor), James Harrison (actor), E.K. Lincoln (actor), Tammany Young (actor), Julia Swayne Gordon (actress), Maude Turner Gordon (actress), Hedda Hopper (actress), Adelaide Heilbron (writer), Charles Hammond (actor), Florence Dixon (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Bertram Bracken (director), Charles Dudley (actor), E.D. Horkheimer (producer), H.M. Horkheimer (producer), William Conklin (actor), Gordon Sackville (actor), Jackie Saunders (actress), Daniel F. Whitcomb (writer), Bruce Smith (actor), Paul Gilmore (actor),
Genres: Drama,