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Quiet rise of a good director noted 7 Lamont Johnson Ask TV scout Denver fan Please tell me what other series, besides Island. Bob Denver was on. Also, did Bob Crane star on Heroes? M.A.H., Norfolk, Va. first series was Dobie Gillis. He also starred in The Good Guys and presently can be seen in the syndicated Trail.

Yes, Crane played Hogan in Heroes. Lucie fan Is Lucie Arnaz married and how old is she? Rebecca Jouett, Little Rock. Ark. Lucie is presently separated from her husband, Phil Vandervort. She was born in 1951 so this year be 23.

Don it Don Adams had a TV show of his own. Was it called Get Smart? D.K.. Muskegon, Mich. Yes, that was the name of his first, and very successful series. His second, less successful one.

was The Partners. Mile high question Is John Denver related to Bob Denver? Where can I write John? Shelly Veselits, Muskegon, Mich. No. real name is John Deutchendorf Jr. Write him at ABC.

4151 Prospect Los Angeles. Calif. 90027. Square question Who is the regular on Hollywood Squares who died. My friends say Wally Cox and I want to be sure.

S.W.. Norfolk. Va. Listen to your friends. They are right.

Ape see, ape do I say I saw one of the Planet of the Apes features on TV when I lived in Mississippi and I have a friend who says.none of those pictures have been telecast. Who is right? Carol George, Ola, Ark. You are. Three of the five movies have been on TV, of the From the Planet of the and the Planet of the And next season, CBS has scheduled the Planet of the Apes as a weekly series. river of mail Please send me an address for Rock Hudson.

Also one for Nancy Walker. Paula Pessling. Cut Bank. Mont. Rock and Nancy are both on McMillan and Wife, wliich is filmed at Universal Studios.

Write them there. Universal Citv.Cahf. 91608. HOLLYWOOD Very quietly, Lamont Johnson has emerged as one of the top directors in Hollywood. He does very little 'TV but his recent TV out-put is credit enough to establish his reputation: My Sweet Charlie.

That Certain Summer, Birdbath and the recent unforgettable The Execution of Private Slovik. An actor who worked a lot on stage, films and TV, Johnson became a director for, he thought at the time, one show only. It goes back to 1945 when he was a soldier in Europe and he attended a party at Gertrude house. U.S. leaders will appear on "Pulse" C.

Burke Elbrick, former U. S. ambassador to Brazil, and Lewis Hoffacker, assistant to the Secretary of State, will appear on to discuss worldwide terrorism, at 8 p.m. Monday, May 6 on Channel 9 (12). Michael Witunski, chairman of the St.

Louis Council on World Affairs, hosts the one- half hour program. is a production of Channel 9 (12) discussions with noted visitors to the St. Louis area. Witunski will also host a with W. J.

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did the play in New York at the Cherry Lane Theater. All the actors had studied different methods of approaching their roles. I was fired and then rehired. Yet it was a big success for those days and ran nine weeks. But 1 remember coming home one night and telling my wife 1 was thankful it was over.

never direct I said. too much He kept the promise until 1955. Now he directs more than he acts, although when you ask him if he still likes to act he smiles apd says. Any chance I He gave himself a role in Last American a recent feature film he directed. He has just been announced as the director of a major film, relationship with TV producer-writers Richad Levinson and William Link began with My Sweet Charlie and has continued through to The Execution of Private Slovik.

relationship out to be he wanted to shoot on location and there was resistance from the studio and they were more than usually uptight. When we were doing Certain relationships were almost disgustingly bland and simple. We only had one fight. Now we trust each other like a A man of wide interests, Johnson would like to direct more in the classical theater. And when not working behind the camera he often can be found in his kitchen.

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