Word: backus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cunning, cold-hearted bastard with wonderful confidence and relish. Standing near Bramhall are Lear's fool, Harry Smith, who seems too bitter, too sharp at first, but who persuades us finally; the Earl of Kent, Yann Weymouth, who acts with welcome restraint amid the general ranting; and Edgar, Richard Backus, who makes a fine fool and a noble Edgar. John Ross as Albany and Thomas Weisbuch as Cornwall both perform well, but they are in demanding company. John Lithgow plays an irregular Gloucester. His blinding scene is one of the play's best moments, but too frequently he swings...
...COLOR (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Part 2 of Greyfriars Bobby. DU PONT SHOW OF THE WEEK (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Frank Gorshin stars as "Jeremy Rabbitt, the Secret Avenger," a comedy about a court stenographer who decides to put organized crime out of business, with Jim Backus, Brian Donlevy, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau and Franchot Tone. Franklin Schaffner directs...
...choruses behind Tamburlaine, enemies foretelling his downfall, counsellors feeding his ego. Once in a while a reader stands out from the faceless crowd--Dean Gitter as Cosroe and Phillip Hecksher as Techelles bring some life to their parts. A few of the 42 parts are also noticeably bad; Richard Backus races through the brief prologue at breakneck speed and Jeremiah Tower seems to feel that Mycetes must be made monotonous in order to show that he is weak. But the lines become so repetitious that the characters for the most part float by unnoticed...
BURKE'S LAW (ABC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). An unidentified tycoon is found murdered. Ann Harding, Dina Merrill and Jim Backus guest star...
Tuesday, August 20 The Dick Powell Show (NBC, 9:30-10-30 p.m.). Anthony Franciosa, Julie London, Jim Backus, Jules Munshin, Cesar Romero and Zsa Zsa Gabor are featured in a melodrama of staggering complexity revolving around a beleaguered nightclub owner...