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Larch John Continued From Page 12 lyn when I was a kid And if somebody talked about Europe you had to figure he was an immigrant" I wondered if the baseball had helped the acting and Larch conceded that it did 4 --'a-- (s If I 11 1 c' 6 fr ti-- A1 STARLIGHT ta 0 0 0 to fts 0 '40003 41: 7 le ri 13re ----7 477: tc 1 :::4:: it toiow spg0 t4 :4 qcor i 121 -1 ic" 41 liv viitt :) ::1 A 4: l''''' til :4: :0" a 'of 12 e-: es4e- i 4 04 -05 5 I 1 i f- I 4'4'" 4 ri 1 '0: -3 11' eL'4 7 3 VI '2 1 '''''lkt 7f Ai- sikot44 JOHN LARCH "Sports show business they're similar" he said "As a ball player I I a el ed around met different people all over the country And all the time I was observing soaking in what I saw and heard In acting you express yourself you express your own experiences the sum of what you are The only trouble is in all the parts I've played I've never had one that really expresses the guy I am "I'm comically inclined I like to kid around and kibitz But I'm always playing snarlers They look at my face and they lab me for a snarler "At first they made me out as a cop type and I played a art i I challenge! They'd long line of detectives Some have me dash into the room after the villain had chewed up the scenery and I'd say things like 'All right Louie take him to headquarters and book him' Then I played villains parts I could do in my sleep" How a bout "Arrest and Trial?" Larch affected a snar I "You want the truth?" he said "I despised my role in that series I like to be a healthy part of what I'm in Had no such opportunity there I even took a suspension for over a that I could afford I didn't like what was happening to my part The thing I Milburn Stone and Ken Curtis hits of the fair and rodeo circuit last summer have been polishing their musicand-comedy act for two early 1966 appearances between assignments on "Gunsmoke" They will play the Sands Hill Rodeo in Odessa Texas Jan 3-8 and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at the Houston Astrodome Feb 23-25 When Johnny Longden the world's winningest jockey recently filmed a guest appearance on "Mister Ed" it was the second time he and Lee Hilton trainer of the talking horse had worked together Hilton handled the horses used in the 1948 movie "The Winner's Circle" which featured Longden Alice Reinheart who has a running part in NBC's "Paradise Bay" daytime serial has degrees in anthropology from Columbia and UCLA When not acting she digs for artifacts all over the world did enjoy was working with Chuck Connors People would say about him 'lle's not a bad actor for a ballplayer' No sir I'd come back with 'lle's not bad for an actor' ''Listen it's the idiocy of all time the way they cast people in this time Once I played a drunken doctor in a Western and a month later I'm up for another part at the same studio 'No' they tell my agent 'he's a drunken doctor type' And I figure it's about time I played a romantic part I must have seemed romantic to a few dames in my life Look around In real life you see very few beautiful om en with those pretty collar-ad types Deb Stars of '66 Here are four of the 12 young actresses who will be introduced on the "Hollywood Deb Stars of 1966" special Friday on ABC Clockwise from top are Phyllis Davis Melody Patterson Linda Foster and Cheryl Miller Steve Allen and his wife Jayne Meadows are hosts.