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TV NEWS Week Page Cover Story Candid TV Week Sheilah Graham 3 Mike Connolly Margaret McManus 5 Gag Bag TV Mailbag .39 Week's TV Sports .39 Complete Programs Week of June 29 July 5 Channels: 8 -00 10 Sunday 7, Monday 11, Tuesday .15, Wednesday 19, Thursday .23, Friday ...29, Saturday Index COVER STORY Nolan Got First TV Role Standing In Ticket Line Act opposite Marilyn Monroe, Gary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Sophia Loren, Tony Perkins, Jeff Chandler, Laraine Day and Judy Garland before you're ten years old and what can you expect? Stardom! That's just what Tommy Nolan has attained. Tommy's great expectations were realized when he was cast as the star of "Buckskin," the new Western series that starts Thursday, July 3 at 9:30 p.m. on Channel 8 as a summer replacement for the "Ford Show." He'll play the part of Jody, a young boy whose mother runs a small hotel on the Montana frontier in 1880. Tommy, a five-year veteran of the theater, got his start in showbusiness in an unexpected way. like so many other actors.

Just a few weeks after his family moved to California, he was waiting in line with his mother to get tickets for a television show. A stranger suggested that Tommy be taken to an agent. Won 'Prince' Role The agent sent the young boy to read for a part as the Prince of Wales in an hour-long dramatic show. Tommy got the part and fine critical reviews. The reviews won him a role in the movie, "A Star is Born." with Judy Garland, and set a pattern for his career.

Tommy stepped from one job to another on the strength of critical praise or the commendations of directors who worked with him. A total of 13 feature films to date and more than a score of important television dramatic roles add up to a success story in any fiveyear career. His film credits in- Page 10 12, 13, 14 16, 17, 18 20, 21, 22 26, 27, 28 30, 31, 32 34, 35, 36 .42, 43, 44 clude "Seven Year Itch," "An Affair to Remember" and "Desire Under the The first half of Tommy's life was spent in Montreal, Canada, where he was born in 1948 to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Girouard.

The family also includes two sisters, Lorraine, 17, and Anne, 15. A straight junior-high student at the Hollywood Professional School, Tommy is about two years ahead of most boys his age. He likes to write short stories, "mostly detective stuff and and is a miniature golf fan. His favorite off-camera activity, though, is riding. Now that riding is going to be an on-camera pursuit, too, in "Buckskin," Tommy expects his parents to give in to his greatest ambition owning his own horse.

TOMMY NOLAN, only 10 years old, has already appeared in 13 full-length movies and score of important dramatic TV shows. He'll be seen Thursday, July 3, in the first episode of "Buckskin," a Western series replacing the "Ernie Ford Show." Sallie Brophy will as his mother..