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Barry Gordon (born December 21, 1948) is an American film, television and voice actor and political talk show host and producer. He was the longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild, having served from 1988 to 1995.
Gordon was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. His stepfather Bob Manning was a crooner in the 40s and 50s of popular love songs, most known for his rendition of Hoagie Carmichael's "The Nearness of You". He began his professional life at age three; in his TV debut, he won second place on Ted Mack's Amateur Hour singing Johnnie Ray's "Cry". At six, Gordon recorded "Nuttin' for Christmas", still one of the top-selling Christmas recordings of all time. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. He was the youngest performer ever to hit the Billboard Hot 100, when that song hit #6 in 1955.
As a child star, Gordon also appeared on The Jackie Gleason Show, The Jack Benny Program, and Star Time with Benny Goodman. Barry Gordon also appeared as Humberto in an episode of the NBC sitcom Sally, starring Joan Caulfield, and as Chopper in ABC's Leave It to Beaver Episode 119: "Beaver's House Guest".
Actors: Maxwell Caulfield (actor), Nick Rotundo (editor), Paul Lynch (writer), Frank A. Caruso (producer), Paul Lynch (director), Randy Butcher (producer), Deanna Dezmari (actress), Jim McAleese (actor), Julie Watson (actress), Rosemary Doyle (actress), Claudine de Jong (actress), Bob Tuli (producer), Steve King (actor), Kristen Ferraro (actress), Galen Ireland (actress),
Plot: Maryanne is a plus sized woman who has been teased all her life and has never had the confidence to live her dreams. That is until she meets Fran at a dance for plus sized gals and their admirers. Fran helps Maryanne on her way to becoming a woman of confidence. Along the way she meets Barry, a charming Englishman who sweeps her off her feet, but he has a secret.
Keywords: dating, dieting, food, obese-woman, stripperActors: Kerry Fetzer (miscellaneous crew), Cliff Robertson (actor), Jim Kouf (writer), Ian Mune (actor), Andy Wickens (miscellaneous crew), Leif Garrett (actor), Shane Briant (actor), Brandon Pender (miscellaneous crew), Igo Kantor (actor), Igo Kantor (producer), Larry Parr (producer), Nathaniel Lees (actor), Lisa Harrow (actress), Barbara Darragh (costume designer), Fiona Samuel (actress),
Plot: With the accidental discovery of a lethal bio-agent at her research facility, Dr. Christine Ruben decides to double cross her own government by stealing the deadly formula to keep it out of the clutches of the military, whom she doesn't trust. To make her rendezvous with some confederates who promise to get her out of the country, she recruits daredevil driver Judd Pierson and his partner Casey Lee, who are down on their luck and take the job without knowing what they're getting into.
Keywords: automobile, escape, man-hunt, military, transport, virusActors: David Newell (actor), Emory Parnell (actor), Harold Miller (actor), Paul Bryar (actor), Tony Martin (actor), Carl M. Leviness (actor), Joseph Mell (actor), King Donovan (actor), Phil Dunham (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Edward Clark (actor), Sam Harris (actor), George Davis (actor), Van Johnson (actor), Benny Rubin (actor),
Plot: Set against the background of Florida's Cypress Gardens, and featuring many stretches of water carnival-ballet numbers, the slight story line finds swimming star Julie Hallerton (Esther Williams) in love with Ray Lloyd (Van Johnson), her boss and the creator and operator of the operation. She stays mostly wet, while he stays mostly disinterested in anything other than the cash receipts.
Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance,Actors: Carl Laemmle (miscellaneous crew), Winter Hall (actor), Boris Karloff (actor), Albert MacQuarrie (actor), Murdock MacQuarrie (actor), Herbert Rawlinson (actor), Hector Sarno (actor), Josef Swickard (actor), Marjorie Daw (actress), Hobart Henley (director), Warner Baxter (actor), Doris Pawn (actress), Carl Laemmle (producer), Wallace Clifton (writer), Anna Lehr (actress),
Genres: ,I broke my bat on Johnny's head
Somebody snitched on me
I hid a frog in sister's bed
Somebody snitched on me
I spilled some ink on Mommy's rug
I made Tommy eat a bug
Bought some gum with a penny slug
Somebody snitched on me, oh
I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
Mommy and Daddy are mad
I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad
I put a tack on teacher's chair
Somebody snitched on me
I tied a knot in Susie's hair
Somebody snitched on me
I did a dance on Mommy's plants
Climbed a tree and tore my pants
Filled the sugar bowl with ants
Somebody snitched on me, so
I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
Mommy and Daddy are mad
I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad
I won't be seeing Santa Claus
Somebody snitched on me
He won't come visit me because
Somebody snitched on me
Next year I'll be going straight
Next year I'll be good, just wait
I'd start now but it's too late
Somebody snitched on me, oh
I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
Mommy and Daddy are mad
I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas
'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad
So you better be good
Whatever you do
'Cause if you're bad I'm warning you
You'll get nuttin' for Christmas