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Proof -Rochester, MI
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ID # 52618
| Project Type |
Live Event
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Submission Type |
Open Call
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| Location |
Rochester, MI |
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Non-union
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| Rate/Pay |
n/a
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Release Date |
08-27-06
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| Audition Date |
12-31-69
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Submission Deadline |
09-18-06
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| Shoot Date |
12-31-69
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| Casting Category |
Theatre - Non-Equity
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| Market(s) |
Detroit, MI |
Proof
by David Auburn
Readings from the script. A copy will be made availabe at the Rochester Hills Public Library.
NOTE: ALL TALENT UNDER THE AGE OF 18 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN AT ALL TIMES
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Seeking 10 talent(s) for this role
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All Roles Open
Male/female 18-65
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Searchable talent specs:
Gender: Male Female
Age: from 18 to 65 |
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While scorned by most critics, "The Beverly Hillbillies" attracted as many as 60 million viewers on CBS between 1962 and 1971 He had been admitted to the hospital, near his home in Palos Verdes Estates, last month for treatment of an undisclosed illness
"With such a glut of private-eye shows, I didn't see how another one could succeed," Ebsen once said " "Davy Crockett" was also released to theaters aspx?m=98119 class="art">"My Lucky Star" (Sonja Henie) aspx?m=54499 class="art">"Broadway Melody of 1936 They had four daughters and a son " He served three years in the Coast Guard during World War II
"As I recall, the only good notice was in the Saturday Review," Ebsen once said " Buddy's style was far removed from that of the reigning dance king of films, Fred Astaire "
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Except for an allergy to aluminum paint, he would have been one of the Yellow Brick Road quartet in the classic "The Wizard of Oz
Television brought Ebsen's amiable personality to the home screen, first as Fess Parker's sidekick in "Davy Crockett
"Barnaby Jones" also drew critical blasts
Disney had already chosen a young Texan, Fess Parker, for the role but he hired Ebsen as Crockett's partner
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Ebsen toured in "Show Boat," then returned to Hollywood Mayer summoned him and announced: "Ebsen, in order to give you the parts you deserve, we must own you "
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Ebsen was first married to Ruth Cambridge, Walter Winchell's "Girl Friday," and they had two daughters
"I arrived in New York with $26 " A lifelong sailor, he piloted his "Polynesian Concept" to victory in a Los Angeles-Honolulu race in 1968 and manufactured ocean-going catamarans aspx?m=71149 class="art">"Four Girls in White," =/movies/movie The dancer sent for his sister Vilma and they formed a dancing team that played vaudeville, supper clubs and shows such as "Flying Colors" and "Ziegfeld Follies , when the boy was 10, and he began pre-medical studies at the University of Florida and Rollins College ' I kinda liked that TV Star Buddy Ebsen Dies
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As Jed Clampett, the easygoing head of a newly rich Ozark family plunked down in snooty Beverly Hills, Ebsen became a national favorite The family moved to Orlando, Fla His novel "Kelly's Quest," released by an e-book publisher based in Indiana, became a best seller
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In 1993, he made a cameo appearance as Barnaby Jones in the film version of "The Beverly Hillbillies Mayer, I can't be owned "
The dancer recalled that he replied: "I'll tell you what kind of a fool I am, Mr When the Crockett episodes were shown on the "Disneyland" series in 1954-55, both Parker and Ebsen became heroes "
Ebsen, who was 6 feet 3, jerked sodas until he landed a chorus job in the 1928 "Whoopee," starring Eddie Cantor "I really thought the network was making a mistake aspx?m=43888 class="art">"Banjo on My Knee," =/movies/movie aspx?m=383682 class="art">"The One and Only Genuine Original Family Band
Ebsen died Sunday morning at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance, said Pam Hope, an administrative nursing supervisor He made a charming partner with the tiny Shirley Temple in =/movies/movie
Ebsen and his sister Vilma danced through Broadway shows and MGM musicals of the 1930s His first dramatic role was in =/movies/movie "
The show was still earning good ratings when it was canceled by CBS because advertisers shunned a series that attracted primarily a rural audience But family financial problems forced him to leave school and, at 20, he decided to try his luck as a dancer in New York "The critic said the show possessed 'social comment combined with a high Nielsen, an almost impossible achievement in these days "I got a job in a road company, but the producer said, 'That boy one foot taller than the rest of 'em â€â€? out!'"
Over the years, the actor also found time to write musical shows, "Turn to the Right" and "Champagne Dada," and a play, "The Champagne General
"I'm the luckiest actor alive," Ebsen said in 1978 aspx?m=170215 class="art">"Attack," =/movies/movie His father owned a dancing school, where the nicknamed Buddy learned the fundamentals "
<P align=left>His other films of the '30s included =/movies/movie " But the series clicked and lasted until 1980 The marriage ended in divorce, and he met and married his second wife, Nancy, while both were in the Coast Guard aspx?c=276395 class="art">Buddy Ebsen, the loose-limbed dancer turned Hollywood actor who achieved stardom and riches in the television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Barnaby Jones," has died, a hospital official said Monday aspx?c=28999 class="art">Shirley Temple and turning dramatic actor Producers asked his agent: "Why hasn't he been working in pictures?" His luck began to change when director Norman Foster recommended him to Walt Disney to play Davy Crockett aspx?m=158520 class="art">"Mail Order Bride," =/movies/movie He also penned an autobiography, "The Other Side of Oz , on April 2, 1908 He was 95
Ebsen's later films included =/movies/movie Millions of children began sporting coonskin hats and singing "The Ballad of Davy Crockett 25 in my pocket and a letter of introduction to a friend of a friend's cousin," he recalled
Ebsen was earning $2,000 a week at MGM in 1938, when studio boss Louis B "There's not anyone I'd trade jobs with right now
Ebsen returned to series TV in 1973 as "Barnaby Jones," a private investigator forced out of retirement to solve the murder of his son Hal, who had taken over the business The angular Ebsen moved with a smooth, sliding shuffle, his arms gyrating like a wind-blown scarecrow aspx?m=300496 class="art">"Captain January " After 10 days of filming, Ebsen, playing the Tin Man, fell ill because of the aluminum makeup on his skin and was replaced by Jack Haley
When she retired, Ebsen continued on his own, dancing with =/celebs/celeb aspx?c=324296 class="art">Lee Meriwether, made the series a success
