• September 17, The National Football League was founded.
• September 29, The first domestic radio sets come to stores in the United States; a Westinghouse radio costs $10.

September 1930

• September 8,  3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
• September 23, Born,Ray Charles, American singer and musician. He died in 2004.
• The Hollywood Reporter, the first Hollywood-based daily trade newspaper covering the entertainment industry, launched on Sept. 3, 1930.

September 1940

• September 7, WWII: The Blitz, Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London (the first of 57 consecutive nights of strategic bombing).
• September 16, WWII: The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 is signed into law by Franklin D. Roosevelt, creating the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.
• September 26,  WWII: The United States imposes a total embargo on all scrap metal shipments to Japan.
• September 27,  WWII: Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.

September 1950

• September 4, The comic strip Beetle Bailey is created by Mort Walker.
• September 7, The game show Truth or Consequences debuts on television.
• September 9 , The U.S. state of California celebrates its centennial anniversary.
• September 15 , Korean War – Battle of Inchon: Allied troops commanded by Douglas MacArthur land in Inchon, occupied by North Korea, to begin a U.N. counteroffensive.

September 1960

• September 5, 1960 Summer Olympics: Cassius Clay wins the gold medal in Heavyweight boxing.
• September 14, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela form OPEC.
• September 26, The 2 leading U.S. presidential candidates, Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy, participate in the first televised presidential debate.

September 1970

• September 7, An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.
• September 13, The first New York City Marathon begins.
• September 3, Vince Lombardi, American football coach (b.1913) died.
• September 29 , Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b.1886) died.

September 1980

• September 17, After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdask, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
• September 22, The command council of Iraq orders its army to “deliver its fatal blow on Iranian military targets,” initiating the Iran-Iraq War.
• September 25,  John Bonham of Led Zeppelin dies of alcohol poisoning.
• September 26,The Mariel Boatlift (exdus of Cubans to the U.S.) officially ends.

September 1990

• September 29, Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral is finished.
• September 6, Tom Fogerty American musician (b. 1941) died.
• September 11, Gulf War: President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait.

POW! Batman captures the Joker! BAM! The villainous Penguin has been caught! CRASH! The Catwoman’s henchmen are clobbered! Shhh… in the quiet ski community of Ketchum, Idaho lives Batman — or shall we say, a much more restful and reserved Adam West?

The actor, best known for his portrayal of television’s Batman was born September 19, 1929 in Walla Walla, Washington. After an early marriage, West moved to Hawaii where he worked as a television performer and producer for four years. Eventually, his acting drive steered him to Hollywood.

After arriving in 1957, West spent the next nine years appearing in about half a dozen feature films and dozens of television guest appearances. His only real acting recognition during this period was his role of Detective Sgt. Steven Nelson on “The Detectives” (1961-1962).

In 1965, West won the role of “Captain Quick” in a television commercial. With his tights and comic strip-like dialogue, producer William Dozier spotted him and cast him as television’s most famous caped crusader.

In the fall of 1966, “Batman” aired. West starred as millionaire, Bruce Wayne, whom, along with cousin Dick Grayson (played by Burt Ward), fought crime as their alter egos, Batman and Robin. The show was a live action comic strip. It was zany, comic, full of action and most of all, special guest stars (who played the villains). Overnight, West was a sensation! By 1967, there was a “Batman” feature film, however, in 1968 the frenzy wore off and the series ended — along with future acting offers.

West realized he had been typecast as Batman. Acting roles were few, if any. He then headed to Europe for a few years and grew bitter of his famous role and the lack of residuals from reruns and the lack of money from the merchandising.

Throughout the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, Adam made small guest appearances in both film and television. In 1986, he packed his bags and moved his family to Ketchum, Idaho. He loves to ski, fly fish and keep busy.  “I also love to sleep!  I have to sleep because I am so busy.  Actually, I am busy sleeping!” That doesn’t mean you still won’t see him acting the small screen. In the past few years, he has finally accepted himself as a television icon, and has made appearances on such shows as “The Simpsons”and “Mad TV” — always poking fun at his alter ego. More recently, Adam has become a regular on the hit animated series, “Family Guy”, playing what else –  Mayor Adam West!

He would have loved to appear in one of the current “Batman” movies only if both the television Batman and the movie’s Batman could

• Polish–Soviet War: The Red Army is defeated in the Battle of Warsaw.
• The first commercial radio station in the United States, 8MK (WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan.
• The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, guaranteeing women’s suffrage.

August 1930

• Betty Boop premiers in the animated film Dizzy Dishes.
• Academy Award Winner, Scottish actor, Sean Connery was born on August 25. 1930

BIRTHDAYS:

• August 5 – Neil Armstrong, American astronaut,
• August 12 – George Soros, Hungarian-born investor
• August 13 – Don Ho, Hawaiian singer & musician (d. 2007)
• August 30 – Warren Buffett, American entrepreneur and billionaire

August 1940

• Gen. John J. Pershing, in a nationwide radio broadcast, urges all-out aid to Britain in order to defend the Americas, while Charles Lindbergh speaks to an isolationist rally at Soldier Field in Chicago.
• Wilhelm Keitel signs the “Aufbau Ost” directive, which eventually leads to the invasion of the Soviet Union.
• Winston Churchill pays tribute in the House of Commons to the Royal Air Force: “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
• Leon Trotsky is attacked with an ice axe in his Mexico home by NKVD agent Ram—n Mercader.
• Leon Trotsky dies of injuries sustained

August 1950

• Florence Chadwick swims across the English Channel in 13 hours, 22 minutes.
• A bomb-laden B-29 Superfortress crashes into a residential area in California; 17 are killed, 68 injured.
• Monarchist demonstrations lead to a riot in Brussels.
• Winston Churchill supports idea of a pan-European army allied with Canada and the U.S.
• In his encyclical Humani Generis, Pope Pius XII declares evolution to be a serious hypothesis that did not contradict essential Catholic teachings.
• An earthquake and floods in Assam, India kill 574 and leave 5,000,000 homeless.

August 1960

• Born: Sarah Brightman, English singer, in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.
• In Moscow, downed American Lockheed U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was convicted of espionage against the Soviet Union, he spent almost 2 year in prision in Russia before being exchanged for a Russian spy.

August 1970

• Jimi Hendrix, highlight of the biggest ever live music event seen in the UK, at East Afton Farm, It’s his last major performance, within three weeks he died.

August 1980

• U.S. President Jimmy Carter defeats SenatorTed Kennedy to win renomination, at the 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York City .

August 1990

• Gulf War: Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
• August 19, Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
• August 23, Cold War: East Germany and West Germany announce they will unite on October 3.
• August 24 – Northern Ireland writer Brian Keenan is released from Lebanon after being held hostage for nearly 5 years.
• August 28 – The Plainfield Tornado (F5 on the Fujita scale) strikes the towns of Plainfield, Crest Hill, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 29 people (the strongest tornado to date to strike the Chicago Metropolitan Area).

The sexy, leather clad villainess from the most campy show on television was born in Hollywood, California.  Her mother was in the Ziegfeld Follies and her father was the head football coach of L.A.C.C.  Being raised in Hollywood, Julie was constantly surrounded by glamour.  Her good looks and figure made her a prime candidate for stardom in Hollywood, however she first pursued New York in order to strengthen her acting skills.

She appeared on stage in New York in numerous productions including Silk Stockings (1956), L’il Abner (1957) and Marriage Go Round (1959) In which she won the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress.  Julie then joined the Actor’s Studio (whose alumni included Marlon Brando, James Dean and Mariliyn Monroe) in order to further strengthen her method acting.

Once her acting was at a level where she felt comfortable, Julie then ventured out to Los Angeles.  Immediately she won roles in films such as Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1957) and Marriage Go Round (1960).  She became a familiar face on television in the 1960’s appearing on numerous shows including, The Twilight Zone, Route 66, Adventures in Paradise (with Gardner McKay), The Jonathan Winters Show and My Living Doll.  When asked how she won the recurring role of Catwoman on Batman, she replies, “My agent called and told me that the role was mine, and within 24 hour’s notice, I was in front of the camera, shooting a scene with Adam West.”  Julie enjoyed, tremendously, her role as Catwoman.  “The cast was unpredictable and irresistible!”  In 1966, after playing the role for a year, Julie decided to move on to appear in more television and films.  She was replaced as Catwoman first by Eartha Kitt and then by Lee Meriweather.

She continued on television in the 1970’s and 1980’s on such shows as Love American Style , The Beverly Hillbillies, Fantasy Island, Hart to Hart and Buck Rogers.  However, it was the business side of Julie that has taken prominence in the past few years.

In the late 1980’s, Julie created and holds a patent for a revolutionary design of pantyhose that are “run-free”.  She also opened up her own restaurant called, “Eat A Pita”, and if that’s not enough  “I have just invented a product, in research and development now, which naturally grows nails.  It will be on the market in the near future.”

As an actress, most recently she appeared in the George Michael music video, Too Funky (1992), To Wong Foo; Thanks for Everything — Julie Newmar (1995) and Melrose Place (1996).

Julie currently lives in Brentwood, California in “the most beautiful house and garden.  I literally live in paradise.”  She has a son, John, who is blind, deaf and suffers from Autism.  Julie is a wonderful mother and cares for him daily.

Recently, Julie is looking to write a book called ‘Your First Time’ – as over the years, she has found out through her fans, that her role as Catwoman is what gave young men and boys their first ‘arousal’.

There is obviously nothing holding down this actress, producer and businesswoman.  Julie Newmar is purrrrrr-fect!

The menacing character actor best known for his role as the James Bond villain, ‘Jaws’, is still menacing in height, but don’t let that scare you, as he is one of the nicest people you will ever meet!

Richard Kiel was born on September 13, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan. After reaching his tremendous height of 7’ 2”, Richard headed out to Hollywood to see what ‘heights’ could be reached with his own unique height. A smart move on his part, as acting roles proved to be abundant. Richard made his acting debut in the 1960 on the television Western, “Laramie”. Then came his film debut in the 1962 cult film, “Eegah!”

Throughout the 1960’s and 1970’s, Kiel appeared on almost every television show. His most famous television appearance was the lead in “The Twilight Zone” episode, ‘To Serve Man’. His most famous film role during this period was one of the prisoner football players in the 1974 Burt Reynolds hit, “The Longest Yard”.

In 1977, Kiel was cast as The Incredible Hulk  - starring in both the original two, made-for-TV movies. However, after filming, the producers felt that the Hulk should be more muscular and buff, rather than tall. Kiel was then re-cast by Lou Ferrigno. Kiel has no regrets about this decision, “Lou getting the role and me losing it was great for both of us. I went on to be cast at the James Bond villain, Jaws in “The Spy Who Loved Me (1977),  and earned international fame. It really worked out for both of us.”

Kiel was now a huge star (pardon the pun). He recreated the role of Jaws in another James Bond film, “Moonraker” (1979) – again starring opposite Roger Moore.

In 1992, Kiel suffered a head injury in a car accident. In turn, his equilibrium was affected and today, gets around with the use of a cane and scooter.

A new generation of fans found Richard through his role as Mr. Larson in the Adam Sandler golf film, “Happy Gilmore”. Today, after so many years as a supporting player, Kiel has been cast as the lead in a sci-fi trilogy of films, “I love this character. There is something really secretive about him!”

Kiel is a born-again Christian who states that God saved him from alcoholism.

Upon meeting this on-screen menacing character, one quickly realizes that Richard Kiel is one of the most sweetest and eloquent men you could ever know. Kiel’s words of wisdom? “To be loved is important. But to love is equally important in life especially when combined with taking action to do something for someone and making their life better.”

Richard Kiel is definitely walking tall!

Inventions:

• Traffic Lights were invented by William Potts, a police officer from Detroit Michigan.
• “Band-Aid” was invented by Earle Dickson while working for Johnson & Johnson.
• Hair Dryers, prior to the 1920s, women used to blow-dry their hair by inserting a flexible pipe in the exhaust of a vacuum cleaner.

July 1930

• Building of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam) is started.
• The radio drama The Shadow airs for the first time.
• The US Veterans Administration is established.

July 1940

• Bugs Bunny makes his debut in the Oscar – nominated cartoon short, A Wild Hare.
• WWII: The Battle of Britain begins.
• Winston Churchill, in a worldwide broadcast, proclaims the intention of Great Britain to fight alone against Germany whatever the outcome: “We shall seek no terms. We shall tolerate no parley. We may show mercy. We shall ask for none.”
• U.S. politics: The Democratic Party begins its national convention in Chicago, and nominates Franklin D. Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term as president.

July 1950

• Debbie Reynolds made her first MGM movie “Three Little Words” co-starring Fred Astaire and Red Skelton.
• North Korea invades South Korea. Truman orders the U.S. into the war. 3 million soldiers and civilians will be killed or wounded before it ends in 1953.
• January 17, 1950, a group of 11 armed masked men took 2.8 million dollars. from a Brinks building in Boston. These men had just committed the “crime of the century,” the “perfect crime,” the “fabulous Brink’s robbery.” All robbers were finally caught but some of the money is still missing.

July 1960

• Following the admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state the previous year, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Harper Lee releases her critically acclaimed novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
• U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy is nominated for President at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California.
• The Woolworth’s counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, the subject of a sit-in which sparked sit-ins and pickets across the southern United States in February 1960, serves its first black customer.
• In Chicago, the Republican National Convention nominates U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon for President and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. for Vice President.

July 1970

• Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh opens.
• The Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
• NBC anchor Chet Huntley retires from full-time broadcasting.
• Willie May gets his 3,000 hit.

July 1980

• Former California Governor and actor Ronald Reagan is nominated for U.S. President, at the Republican National Convention in Detroit, Michigan.
• Pope John Paul II visits Brazil; 7 people are crushed to death in a crowd meeting him.
• The 1980 Summer Olympics are held in Moscow, Soviet Union.

July 1990

• In Rome, the Three Tenors sang together for the first time. This event was broadcast live on television and watched worldwide by millions of people.
• An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale kills more than 1,600 in the Philippines.
• U.S. President George H. W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act, designed to protect disabled Americans from discrimination.

• Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O’Neill (Beyond the Horizon).
• Republicans nominate Warren G Harding for president.
• Polish, Soviet War: The Red Army retakes Kyiv

June 1930

• United States Bureau of Narcotics is formed
• U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law which flamed the great depression.
• First radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC

June 1940

• “Brenda Starr,” 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago

- WWII:

• Paris is bombed by the Luftwaffe for the first time.
• Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
• German leader Adolf Hitler surveys newly defeated Paris in now occupied France.
• General Charles de Gaulle’s 1st meeting with Winston Churchill

• Birthday, June 7th – Tom Jones
• Birthday, June 8th – Nancy Sinatra

June 1950

• 6th Anniversary of D-Day, WWII. Allied forces invade the beaches of Normandy, France June 6, 1944.
• June 25, 1950 – The Korean War began as North Korean troops, led by Soviet-built tanks, crossed the 38th parallel and launched a full scale invasion of South Korea. Five days later, U.S. ground forces entered the conflict, which lasted until July 27, 1953, when an armistice was signed at Panmunjon, formally dividing the country at the 38th parallel into North and South Korea
• English satirist George Orwell (1903-1950) was born at Montihari in Bengal (as Eric Arthur Blair). He is best known for two works of fiction Animal Farm (1944), and 1984 (1949). He died in 1950..

June 1960

• U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy wins the California Democratic primary.

June 1970

• American football coach Vince Lombardi was born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1959, he became head coach of the Green Bay Packers, winning five NFL titles and two Super Bowls in nine seasons. He is generally regarded as the greatest coach and the finest motivator in football history. He died September 3, 1970, in Washington, D.C.
• U.S. President Richard Nixon signs a measure lowering the voting age to 18.
• U.S. ground troops withdraw from Cambodia.
• Soyuz 9, a two man spacecraft, is launched in the Soviet Union.

June 1980

• The Cable News Network (CNN) is officially launched.
• In Los Angeles, comedian Richard Pryor is badly burned trying to freebase cocaine.

June 1990

• The Persian Gulf War, called by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as The Mother of all Battles, and commonly as Desert Storm for the military response, was the final conflict, which was initiated with United Nations authorization, by a coalition force from 34 nations against Iraq, with the expressed purpose of expelling Iraqi forces from Kuwait after its invasion and annexation on 2 August 1990.
• Universal Studios Florida opens to the public.

The top-charting female recording artist of the 1950’s and 1960’s is now in her seventies and is in talks to have the story of her life made into a film.

Connie Frances was born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero in Newark, New Jersey on December 12, 1938. Connie attended an arts school in New Jersey where she sang and played the accordion. She began performing professionally while in high school, where an agent recommended she change her last name to Francis and quit the accordion. She followed his advice.

In 1955, Connie had her first single titled, “Freddy”. However, the song failed in the charts, as did her next nine singles. She was then introduced to an up and coming singer/songwriter, Bobby Darin. Although it was meant to be a professional relationship, they could not agree on the material they were working on. They did agree on their attraction to each other and the two became romantically involved, only to have their romance broken up by Connie’s strict father. Darin went on to fame, fortune and a marriage to Sandra Dee.

With no hit songs, Connie’s label, MGM, was looking to drop her as an artist. Her final recording session was to be a version of the 1923 song, “Who’s Sorry Now?”, as suggested by her father because he felt that adults were familiar with the song, and teenagers could slow dance to it. The song debuted on January 1, 1958 on American Bandstand and was Number One worldwide by April, 1958. There was no need to be sorry! Connie Frances was an international star!

Connie hired songwriters, Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield to write her next songs – all becoming hits:  “Stupid Cupid”, “Lipstick on Your Collar”, “Fallin’” and “Where the Boys Are” – the latter made into a major motion picture (1960), starring Connie.

Connie was the youngest performer to headline Las Vegas. She appeared on stages across the globe and every television show imaginable. Sales of her ballads continued to have a steady climb … but all that was about to change.

In 1974, Frances was raped in a motel during a performance at a music fair in New York. The rapist was never caught. Although Connie was awarded $3 million from the motel chain, she went into a downward spiral of depression. A few years later, her fourth marriage failed, as did her 1978 comeback tour. In 1981, her brother was murdered. All of this led to a drug dependency and suicidal attempts. It was later diagnosed that Connie suffered from bipolar disorder. Once diagnosed, she stabilized her life and wrote her autobiography, “Who’s Sorry Now?”, which was released in 1984.

Francis finally returned to the stage in 1989 and has continued to do so, fighting her demons every step of the way. In 2007, she was inducted into the Hit Parade hall of Fame and recently, singer Gloria Estefan has completed a screenplay for a movie based on Francis’ life. Connie Francis wants the world to know that there is nothing to be sorry about.

Pope John Paul II was born (as Karol Wojtyla) in Wadowice, Poland, May 18, 1920. In 1978, he became 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, the first non-Italian elected in 456 years and the first Polish Pope.

May 1930

(1930-1965) Lorraine Hansberry was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is best known for A Raisin in the Sun (1959) a play dealing with prejudice and black pride. The play was the first stage production written by a black woman to appear on Broadway. She died of cancer at the age of 34. A book of her writings entitled To Be Young, Gifted, and Black was published posthumously.
May 19, 1930 – The 27th amendments. to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, prohibiting Congress from giving itself pay raises.
May, 1930 The dwarf planet Pluto is officially named.

May 1940

May 10,1940 With the resignation of Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
May 1940, The first McDonald restaurant opens in San Bernardino, California .

Peter Benchley Born 1940 – Wrote the best selling book “Jaws” The book was later turned into a block-buster movie.
Rick Nelson Born 1940 – Died 1985, known as ‘Rick’or ‘Ricky,’ was a popular singer, actor, and song-writer in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
May 10, 1940 World War II: Battle of France begins. Germany forces invade Low Countries.
May, 1940 -The 1940 Summer Olympics are cancelled due to war.

May 1950

Tim Russert , TV Personality / Journalist Born: 7 May 1950 Birthplace: Buffalo, New York Died: 13 June 2008 (heart failure). A Journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC ‘s Meet the Press.
1950 – Guam is organized as a United States U.S. insular area.

May 1960

May 1960, A Soviet missile shoots down an American Lockheed U2 spy plane; the pilot Francis Gary Powers is captured.
May 6 President Dwight Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960 into law.

May 1970

May 9 1970, Washington,_D.C. , 100,000 people demonstrate against the Vietnam War
May 4, 1970 – At Kent State University, four students – Allison Krause, 19; Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20; Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20; and William K. Schroeder, 19 – were killed by National Guardsmen who opened fire on a crowd of 1,000 students protesting President Richard Nixon’s decision to invade Cambodia. Eleven others were wounded. The shootings set off tumultuous campus demonstrations across America resulting in the temporary closing of over 450 colleges and universities.
1970 May 8, The Beatles release their 12th and final album, Let It Be

May 1980

May 18, 1980 – Mount St. Helens volcano erupted in southwestern Washington State spewing steam and ash over 11 miles up into the sky. This was the first major eruption since 1857.
May 1980. Pac-Man (the best-selling Arcade game of all time) is released.

May 1990

May 1990 Thursday 31:The pilot episode of Seinfeld debuts on television.
May, 1990, Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million, the most expensive painting at the time.
May 1990. Michael Milken Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud.
Securities Fraud.
May 1990, Noriega Arrested In Panama By US Agents for Drug Dealing.

Pat Harrington Jr. was born on August 13, 1929 in New York, New York. His father, Pat Harrington Sr. was a song and dance vaudevillian. Pat Jr. would hang out with his dad’s friends – crooner, Bing Crosby and Irish actors James Dunn, Pat O’Brien. Eventually, Pat Jr. would follow in his father’s entertainment footsteps.

After completing college and military service, Pat returned to New York City where he took a job at NBC during the day and began getting small parts in plays at night. He recalls his first break, “I loved speaking in different dialects – it started with my Dad and his Irish buddies. That was part of my act – different voices. Jonathan Winters saw me doing a character called, ‘Guido Panzini’ – an Italian immigrant, and got me a gig on The Jack Paar Show.”

Many appearances on Jack Paar led to Pat becoming a member of the famous 1950’s Steve Allen Show segment, “Man on the Street” comedy team –where Pat was part of a group that included Don Knotts, Tom Poston and Louis Nye.

The 1960’s saw Pat become a prolific character and voice actor on almost every television show of the time. From “McHale’s Navy” to “Get Smart” to “F-Troop”. He was also the voice of Inspector Clouseau in the animated cartoon series, “The Inspector”. However, Pat’s greatest character was just around the corner.

In 1975, Pat was cast as building superintendent, Dwayne Schneider in Norman Lear’s “One Day at a Time”. His role as the sleazy, let loveable handyman lasted 10 seasons and earned Pat a Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award. His relationship with all members of the original cast continues to this day. He considers Valerie Bertinelli like a daughter to him.

Over the past twenty years, Pat has continued to work steadily in character roles in both film and television. His personal life includes weekly Wednesday lunches with his buddies – including actors James Karen and Kevin McCarthy. He loves to golf, spend time with his second wife, his four children and grandchildren.

More recently, Pat and his writing partner, former “Mork and Mindy” director, Howie Storm, are writing a play about two best friends – one Irish, one Jewish called, “Jimmy and Sam”. We are sure that any one of Pat’s unique characters that he brings to the stage will certainly bring the house down!