The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 205

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CAR LOVER I was wondering if Ric Ocasek, the leader of the band the Cars, was ever in a band by the name of the Modern Lovers? I also wanted to ask if you know who did the art for the cover of their newest album, Candy-O? Bob E. Nashville No, Ocasek was never with the Modern Lovers, but Cars drummer David Robinson was. The Modern Lovers still exist and record for Berserk-ley Records. Alberto Vargas, the retired artist, famous for his Playboy pinup paintings, did the album artwork of a beautiful woman reclining on an automobile. RINGO BINGO I have many Beatles albums.

Of all the songs on the LPs, I recognize all the Beatles' voices except Ringo's. Did Rmgo sing any Beatle sings in the group's history? T.O. Lewisburg He certainly did. We won't try to list them all, but he did sing Act Naturally, Yellow Submarine, Octopus Garden and I Wanna Be Your Man. soapy relationship-Is Erika siezak of "One Life to Live" related to the actor Walter Siezak? B.A.

Nashville Yes, she is his daughter. Erika plays Victoria on the soap opera and began acting while in high school. She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and later the Milwaukee Repertory Company for three years. GAS MAN There is a guy on on Union 76 commercial that looks just like Larry Wilcox of "CHiPs." Is it? M.N. Murfreesboro It is.

Wilcox has been making commercials for Union 76 over the last five years. LANA or LENA I have a bet with a co-worker about a movie. I hope you can supply the answer. In the movie "Imitation of Life," which starred Lana The Cars Not music for modern lovers as of then he was married and had a baby daughter. Since then he has been in the movies you mentioned, plus he starred in "The Possession of Joel Delaney" and "The Lords of Flatbush." He also played in the TV movie "Aspen." King was born in Alliance, Ohio, to Dr.

Robert King, a surgeon, and the former Louise Perkins, daughter of Maxwell Perkins, the noted editor. His first part was in a primary school play, in which he portrayed a bird, wearing a costume, made by his mother, that covered from head to foot. His lines were "Chirp, chirp." From that moment on, he wanted to be an actor, he recalls. He attended prep school at St. Paul's in Concord, N.H., and worked pn the campus literary magazine, the oldest in America, and rowed on the rowing crew.

He went to college at Yale and then studied at Julliard School under John Houseman. Some of his hobbies are writing, charcoal drawing, playing the harmonica and messing around with car engines. RMMMMMtlM my Product! CONVERSION (ITS 30 Better Gas Mileage 40 Longer Tire-Life Your full Time 4-Wheel Drive! a it FT; Turner, who played the part of the daughter that wanted to pass for white. My friend said that it was Lena Home. I said it was not.

If not, who was it? Also, who played the part of the mother? Wadell Robertson Nashville Susan Kohner played the daughter and Juanita Moore played her mother. BOGEY a BOGEY MAN I have a friend who is a real old movie nut. He swears to me that there is an old movie in which Humphrey Bogart played a vampire. I disagree. Can you help me prove him to be in error? D.P.

Nashville Sorry, pal, but you're the loser on this one. Bogart did play a vampire in the 1939 movie, "The Return of Dr BOGART'S BROTHER Were Humphrey Bogart and Ed Sullivan brothers? They resembled each other about the forehead and eyes and had a similar speech pattern. Marion B.King Antioch No. They were not related. ED's AGE How old was Ed Sullivan when he died? V.K.

Nashville Sullivan was 72 when he died in 1974. KING FAN In the past I have found your column extremely interesting and informative concerning various personalities across the world. There are many actors and actresses that impress me, keep me watching television, and going to the theatres. Yet, there is one who stands out in my mind. The name is Perry King.

He has appeared in four (to my knowledge) television movies in the past two years: "Captains and the Kings," "The Innocent and the Damned," "Love's Savage Fury" and "The Last Convertible." Any information which you could find out about him would be greatly appreciated: age, childhood, marriage, etc. S.K. Nashville Our biography file on King is dated 1972 so we're not as up-to-date on him as we would like to be. But i 1 The principle of part-time 4-wheel drive is not new. The woy DNE2 converts the full-time Blazers, etc.

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