Charles Correll Jr; TV director
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Director Charles Correll Jr. died June 4 in L.A. of
pancreatic cancer. He was 60.
At the time of his death, he was in the midst of shooting
several episodes of "CSI" and "CSI: Miami."
Correll began his career as a camera assistant working for
Jack Webb on "Dragnet" and worked his way up to camera
operator on shows such as "Columbo" and "Kojak." He earned
an Emmy nomination for "Wallenberg: A Hero's Story" and won
an Emmy for "The Winds of War."
He moved into directing, helming episodes of "Without a
Trace," "Law & Order," "The Street," "Seven Days," "Titans,"
"Beverly Hills, 90210" and "Melrose Place."
Correll directed TV films including "Hijacked: Flight 285,"
"MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday," "Dead Before Dawn" and
"Mother of the Bride."
He was cinematographer on features including "Animal House,"
"Revenge of the Nerds II" and "In God We Trust."
Correll was the son of Charles J. Correll, Andy of the "Amos
& Andy" radio show. He is survived by his wife, Robin; two
daughters and a son; and two brothers, including thesp
Richard Correll.
Donations may be made to the Charles Correll Scholarship
Fund, c/o TMBG, 10866 Wilshire Blvd. 10th Floor, Los
Angeles, CA 90024.
James Neibaur
at r...@att.net wrote on 7/1/04 5:15 PM:
> What is that 'thesp' adjective mean?
thespian (actor)
>
>> Richard Correll.
>
> Aka, 'Richard Rickover' on "Leave It To Beaver" (1957-1963)
and Harold Lloyd's archivist, responsible for rounding up Mr. Lloyd's films
and getting them in some semblance of order.
JN
Hyfler/Rosner
"Rob Petrie" <r...@att.net> wrote in message news:g20Fc.4019> >
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> What is that 'thesp' adjective mean?
>
Variety has a vocabulary all its own.
James Neibaur
r...@att.net wrote on 7/1/04 6:51 PM:
> Glad you mentioned this fine contribution to filmdom.
> Also a multi-talented: director ('Full House', 'Valerie') / producer
> ('The Hogan Family', 'Police Squad!' / technical advisor ('I Wanna Hold Your
> Hand') [1978] / and writer ('Happy Days')
> Difficult to believe he is 56 now!
While we are on co-stars from Leave it to Beaver, I saw a PBS weight loss
film by Stephen Talbot that was quite well done (investigating the various
fad diets, including the popular South Beach and Adkins). Interesting to
see him after all these decades.
Yeah, film buffs owe a real debt to Rich Correll's efforts with the Lloyd
films.
JN
King Daevid MacKenzie
>>Richard Correll.
>
>
> Aka, 'Richard Rickover' on "Leave It To Beaver" (1957-1963)
...many of the stories on "Leave it to Beaver" were retreads of stories
from the 1943-1955 radio sitcom version of "Amos 'n Andy" written by Bob
Mosher and Joe Connelly. Of course, it was Charles Correll Sr. who
co-starred in and co-created "Amos 'n Andy"...
--
King Daevid MacKenzie, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
How Radio is done. No brag, just fact.
http://ultimajock.blogspot.com
"Fear and God do not inhabit the same space." DICK GREGORY
April Cool
<jnei...@wi.rr.com> wrote:
Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, who produced Leave It to Beaver, earlier
produced the TV version of Amos 'n' Andy. Now I see that Charles
Correll's son was on Leave It to Beaver. It's a small world after all.
There are a pic and bio of "Richard Rickover" at
Mack Twamley
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> > in article g20Fc.4019$yy1....@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net, Rob
> Petrie
> > at r...@att.net wrote on 7/1/04 5:15 PM:
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> > > What is that 'thesp' adjective mean?
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> > thespian (actor)
>
> letters? :-)
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No, but if he had written it out in full, it wouldn't have sounded so hip,
and half the readers would have been scratching their heads in wonderment
about why a male person would be described as someone whose sexual
preference is ladies.
Mack Twamley
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> > "Rob Petrie" <r...@att.net> wrote in message news:g20Fc.4019> >
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> > >
> > > What is that 'thesp' adjective mean?
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> >
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> > Variety has a vocabulary all its own.
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> abbrev. <g>
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I think the old comedian Eddie Lawrence ...."So take a walk in the sun,
you'll show them, you'll never give up..!" used to abbreviate thespian to
'thesper'.
His LPs were hilarious, like the Actor's Lament, in which a 'producer'
wants to meet the actor at a Mayflower donut shop, and the poor actor is so
desperate he takes along his 8x10 glossies anyway.... and then the poor
schlump gets cancelled out of a *Benefit*! and he's late for an audition
and can't find his left contact lens! and more tragedies of the
tragedians.