Was watching a bit of a 'B' movie last night on TCM - when Lo and Behold - there was Vince Edwards - playing some young punk, dressed in a nice suit, going round robbing innocent folk at gunpoint.
Seemed out of character to me. Perhaps it was before he went to med school...
...A few of you out there may or may not remember Vince Edwards at the highlight (?) of his acting career, starred as Dr. Ben Casey on television (circa early 1960's).
When I was a kid, Ben Casey was the TV doc of choice with my family. Mom more or less ruled the TV roost at our house, and convinced the rest of us that Dr. Kildare was much too milk-toast to even be considered.
The opening of the Ben Casey show can be credited for teaching many young viewers the symbols for " Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity." That is precisely when and where I learned them.
Thank you, Dr. Zorba.
I sure do miss Ben Casey.
Yet I send a friendly nod to Richard Chamberlain's Dr. Kildare (I didn't entirely agree with Mom's opinion of D.K. as being so utterly blah).
P.S. Lest we forget, Lew Ayres* was the first Dr. Kildare.
Hey and Golly Gee - the things you learn whilst Googling - I just found out that Lew Ayres and Ginger Rogers were married for about 6 years! I never knew that. HubbyDear adds that Lew Ayres was a pacifist who created quite an uproar as well as changed military rules when he declared Conscientious Objector status during WWII....
2 comments:
hi b
ben casey was always my pick over kildare. so much more manly, and wouldn't you know, it's come to light that kildare's portrayer is gay. maybe i sensed as a young girl, he wasn't really what he portrayed?
and i do like the original...lew ayres...does he remind you of jack lemmon at all?
Denise (who hasn't been here in ages!)
Our family loved Casey because he was always so bad-moodish.
I liked Chamberlain as Kildare, really really liked him as Anjin-San then LOVED when he came out (not that coming out has anything to do with his acting). It's possible Vince Edwards is gay too - but again - it ain't nobody's business either which way.
Lew Ayres - Jack Lemmon: yes, a similar gentle man persona. Jack Lemmon is a fave of mine, BTW. Definitely 'Top Drawer'.
P.S. Thanks for stopping by and commenting again, D!
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