Dan Wilcox, the Emmy-winning TV writer and producer whose work on the last four seasons of M*A*S*H included the acclaimed 1983 series finale that attracted a record 106 million viewers, has died. He was 82.
Wilcox died Feb. 14 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his niece Julie Merson announced.
A WGA member for more than 60 years and a guild board member since 2005, Wilcox won his Emmy in 1970 for Sesame Street, where he met Thad Mumford, who became his longtime writing partner. They worked together on M*A*S*H and received the 1980 WGA award for best episodic comedy.
They also wrote for What’s Happening!!, Alice, The Duck Factory, Good Times and the 1979 ABC miniseries Roots: The Next Generations.
Wilcox was a writer and/or executive story editor on 36 episodes of M*A*S*H from 1979-83 as well as a producer, starting in 1981, on the CBS show’s last two seasons.
The native New Yorker...
Wilcox died Feb. 14 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his niece Julie Merson announced.
A WGA member for more than 60 years and a guild board member since 2005, Wilcox won his Emmy in 1970 for Sesame Street, where he met Thad Mumford, who became his longtime writing partner. They worked together on M*A*S*H and received the 1980 WGA award for best episodic comedy.
They also wrote for What’s Happening!!, Alice, The Duck Factory, Good Times and the 1979 ABC miniseries Roots: The Next Generations.
Wilcox was a writer and/or executive story editor on 36 episodes of M*A*S*H from 1979-83 as well as a producer, starting in 1981, on the CBS show’s last two seasons.
The native New Yorker...
- 2/26/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jim Carrey wanted to perform from a very young age and when he was just 10 years old wrote to “The Carol Burnett Show” offering his services as an impressionist. While his request was politely declined it would only be another decade before he was all over television with his antic comedic act. He ultimately achieved the brass ring for comedians of this era when he got to appear on “The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.” In 1984 the 22-year-old Carrey was cast as the lead in a TV series called “The Duck Factory” which was supposed to be a star-making vehicle for the actor. Despite its prime placement on NBC’s Thursday night lineup the show quickly failed. Carrey bounced back with small other roles including the lead in the film “Once Bitten” which was a mild box office hit in 1985.
Carrey had auditioned for the cast of “Saturday Night Live...
Carrey had auditioned for the cast of “Saturday Night Live...
- 1/12/2024
- by Misty Holland, Robert Pius and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Very few people remember the start of Jim Carrey’s career, when he starred in a short-lived NBC sitcom called The Duck Factory. But once his career caught fire, everybody knew who Carrey was. After all, he was making all kinds of movies, from the silly to the sublime (The Truman Show, […]
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- 4/15/2022
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Jim Carrey's success adhered to a well-worn showbiz cliché: It took 15 years of hard work and paying dues to be an overnight success. Carrey worked in stand-up in Toronto as early as 1977, trekked through the club scene, a sitcom ("The Duck Factory"), and a high-profile Fox sketch comedy show ("In Living Color") before achieving the one-two-three punch of "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," "The Mask," and "Dumb and Dumber," all in 1994. The next few years saw Carry displaying his wild talent for broad, slapstick comedies, and his films were largely enormous hits. By the end of the 1990s, Carrey was...
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- 4/12/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Frank Bonner, the veteran actor who became famous for portraying Herb Tarlek on the TV sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Wednesday. He was 79.
Bonner’s family confirmed to TMZ that the actor died as a result of complications from Lewy body dementia.
Desiree Boers-Kort, Bonner’s daughter, posted in a “WKRP In Cincinnati” Facebook group, saying that the actor “loved his fans and was still signing autograph requests up until the last few weeks of his illness. Thank you to all who followed his career. He will be forever missed."
Bonner appeared in 88 of the 90 episodes of “WKRP in Cincinnati,” which aired for four seasons from 1978-82. He also directed six episodes of the sitcom, which followed the misadventures of the staff of a struggling rock radio station in Cincinnati. Bonner’s character was a tasteless sales manager at the station who often failed to secure deals with major advertising agencies.
Bonner’s family confirmed to TMZ that the actor died as a result of complications from Lewy body dementia.
Desiree Boers-Kort, Bonner’s daughter, posted in a “WKRP In Cincinnati” Facebook group, saying that the actor “loved his fans and was still signing autograph requests up until the last few weeks of his illness. Thank you to all who followed his career. He will be forever missed."
Bonner appeared in 88 of the 90 episodes of “WKRP in Cincinnati,” which aired for four seasons from 1978-82. He also directed six episodes of the sitcom, which followed the misadventures of the staff of a struggling rock radio station in Cincinnati. Bonner’s character was a tasteless sales manager at the station who often failed to secure deals with major advertising agencies.
- 6/17/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
Allan Burns, a television producer and screenwriter best known for cocreating and cowriting for the television sitcoms The Munsters, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Rhoda, died Saturday at home. He was 85 and no details were immediately available on the cause of death.
Dan Pasternack, a producer and programming executive and longtime friend of the family, said Burns was a mentor to many. “As much of a legend as he was, and as diverse of a career as he enjoyed, the most remarkable thing about Allan Burns was how kind he was to so many people.”
Burns was born May 18, 1935 in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended the University of Oregon from 1953 to 1957 before heading to Los Angeles and breaking into show business.
His first venture included working in animation for Jay Ward on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Dudley Do-Right, and George of the Jungle. He also is credited with cowriting...
Dan Pasternack, a producer and programming executive and longtime friend of the family, said Burns was a mentor to many. “As much of a legend as he was, and as diverse of a career as he enjoyed, the most remarkable thing about Allan Burns was how kind he was to so many people.”
Burns was born May 18, 1935 in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended the University of Oregon from 1953 to 1957 before heading to Los Angeles and breaking into show business.
His first venture included working in animation for Jay Ward on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Dudley Do-Right, and George of the Jungle. He also is credited with cowriting...
- 1/31/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Robert F. Liu, the China-born cinematographer who received Emmy nominations for his work on Lou Grant and Family Ties, died Sunday, the American Society of Cinematographers announced. He was 94.
Liu, who arrived in the U.S. from Taiwan in 1959 and was mentored by a pair of esteemed Oscar winners — director Robert Wise and cinematographer James Wong Howe — shot episodes of other series like The Duck Factory, The Nanny, Hardcastle & McCormick and The Steve Harvey Show during his career.
For the CBS newspaper drama Lou Grant, Liu photographed 68 episodes over three seasons from 1979-82, and for Family Ties, he shot 100 installments of the NBC ...
Liu, who arrived in the U.S. from Taiwan in 1959 and was mentored by a pair of esteemed Oscar winners — director Robert Wise and cinematographer James Wong Howe — shot episodes of other series like The Duck Factory, The Nanny, Hardcastle & McCormick and The Steve Harvey Show during his career.
For the CBS newspaper drama Lou Grant, Liu photographed 68 episodes over three seasons from 1979-82, and for Family Ties, he shot 100 installments of the NBC ...
- 1/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Robert F. Liu, the China-born cinematographer who received Emmy nominations for his work on Lou Grant and Family Ties, died Sunday, the American Society of Cinematographers announced. He was 94.
Liu, who arrived in the U.S. from Taiwan in 1959 and was mentored by a pair of esteemed Oscar winners — director Robert Wise and cinematographer James Wong Howe — shot episodes of other series like The Duck Factory, The Nanny, Hardcastle & McCormick and The Steve Harvey Show during his career.
For the CBS newspaper drama Lou Grant, Liu photographed 68 episodes over three seasons from 1979-82, and for Family Ties, he shot 100 installments of the NBC ...
Liu, who arrived in the U.S. from Taiwan in 1959 and was mentored by a pair of esteemed Oscar winners — director Robert Wise and cinematographer James Wong Howe — shot episodes of other series like The Duck Factory, The Nanny, Hardcastle & McCormick and The Steve Harvey Show during his career.
For the CBS newspaper drama Lou Grant, Liu photographed 68 episodes over three seasons from 1979-82, and for Family Ties, he shot 100 installments of the NBC ...
- 1/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Gerry Woolery, an animator and graphic designer who received an Emmy Award for his work on the Allan Burns comedy The Duck Factory, starring Jim Carrey in his first series gig, has died. He was 73.
Woolery died May 10 at his home in Coupeville, Washington, after a long battle with cancer, his friend Bob Condor told The Hollywood Reporter.
Woolery won his Emmy for outstanding achievement for graphic design and title sequences for NBC's The Duck Factory, which lasted just 13 episodes in 1984. Created by Burns (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, My Mother the Car) and Herbert Klynn for Mtm ...
Woolery died May 10 at his home in Coupeville, Washington, after a long battle with cancer, his friend Bob Condor told The Hollywood Reporter.
Woolery won his Emmy for outstanding achievement for graphic design and title sequences for NBC's The Duck Factory, which lasted just 13 episodes in 1984. Created by Burns (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, My Mother the Car) and Herbert Klynn for Mtm ...
- 5/25/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Gerry Woolery, an animator and graphic designer who received an Emmy Award for his work on the Allan Burns comedy The Duck Factory, starring Jim Carrey in his first series gig, has died. He was 73.
Woolery died May 10 at his home in Coupeville, Washington, after a long battle with cancer, his friend Bob Condor told The Hollywood Reporter.
Woolery won his Emmy for outstanding achievement for graphic design and title sequences for NBC's The Duck Factory, which lasted just 13 episodes in 1984. Created by Burns (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, My Mother the Car) and Herbert Klynn for Mtm ...
Woolery died May 10 at his home in Coupeville, Washington, after a long battle with cancer, his friend Bob Condor told The Hollywood Reporter.
Woolery won his Emmy for outstanding achievement for graphic design and title sequences for NBC's The Duck Factory, which lasted just 13 episodes in 1984. Created by Burns (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, My Mother the Car) and Herbert Klynn for Mtm ...
- 5/25/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The latest Jim Carrey film entitled “Dark Crimes” casts him as a detective investigating the murder of a prominent businessman. The film was made in Poland and offers a dark subject matter and role for the once former stand-up comedian.
Carrey wanted to perform from a very young age and when he was just 10 years old wrote to “The Carol Burnett Show” offering his services as an impressionist. While his request was politely declined it would only be another decade before Carrey was all over television with his antic comedic act. He ultimately achieved the brass ring for comedians of this era when he got to appear on “The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.” In 1984 the 22-year-old Carrey was cast as the lead in a TV series called “The Duck Factory” which was supposed to be a star-making vehicle for the actor. Despite its prime placement on NBC’s Thursday...
Carrey wanted to perform from a very young age and when he was just 10 years old wrote to “The Carol Burnett Show” offering his services as an impressionist. While his request was politely declined it would only be another decade before Carrey was all over television with his antic comedic act. He ultimately achieved the brass ring for comedians of this era when he got to appear on “The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.” In 1984 the 22-year-old Carrey was cast as the lead in a TV series called “The Duck Factory” which was supposed to be a star-making vehicle for the actor. Despite its prime placement on NBC’s Thursday...
- 5/20/2018
- by Robert Pius and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Before Bruce Almighty, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective or even In Living Color, there was only one way to experience the comedy magic of Jim Carrey: onstage. Over countless late nights in the ‘70s and ‘80s, thousands of people watched stand-up comedians such as Carrey hone their craft at the Los Angeles club The Comedy Store. The beginning of his 10,000-mile journey from Ontario, Canada, to stardom in the U.S. began with a single step on stage at the legendary venue, which serves as the setting of his new Showtime drama, I’m Dying Up Here, exploring the lives and careers of up-and-coming comedians.
“I came here when I was 17, on a bus, basically, and got off at The Comedy Store,” Carrey told Et in 1992, which at the time was just two years into his run on the Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color. Run by co-founder Mitzi Shore (also mother to the actor Pauley...
“I came here when I was 17, on a bus, basically, and got off at The Comedy Store,” Carrey told Et in 1992, which at the time was just two years into his run on the Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color. Run by co-founder Mitzi Shore (also mother to the actor Pauley...
- 6/2/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Believe it or not, Jim Carrey has graced the big screen for over 30 years.
Carrey started off as a stand-up comic in Canada, but veered towards TV and film a few years after his move to Hollywood. The actor landed a variety of roles in no time, and Carrey's big break came in the early '90s on the popular sketch comedy show "In Living Color" (1990-1994). After becoming a featured player on the show, Carrey was offered the lead roles in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," "The Mask," and "Dumb and Dumber" -- all in 1994. Yeah, he did all right. This fall, Carrey returns to one of his landmark roles, playing the affable goof Lloyd Christmas in "Dumb and Dumber To."
From his friendship with Tupac to his co-star romances, here are 29 things you probably don't know about Jim Carrey.
1. James Eugene Carrey was born January 17, 1962 in Ontario, Canada to Kathleen Oram and Percy Carrey.
Carrey started off as a stand-up comic in Canada, but veered towards TV and film a few years after his move to Hollywood. The actor landed a variety of roles in no time, and Carrey's big break came in the early '90s on the popular sketch comedy show "In Living Color" (1990-1994). After becoming a featured player on the show, Carrey was offered the lead roles in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," "The Mask," and "Dumb and Dumber" -- all in 1994. Yeah, he did all right. This fall, Carrey returns to one of his landmark roles, playing the affable goof Lloyd Christmas in "Dumb and Dumber To."
From his friendship with Tupac to his co-star romances, here are 29 things you probably don't know about Jim Carrey.
1. James Eugene Carrey was born January 17, 1962 in Ontario, Canada to Kathleen Oram and Percy Carrey.
- 11/14/2014
- by Jonny Black
- Moviefone
Do you have a “golden year”, the year where everything seemed to come together? Maybe you got the perfect job and met Ms. or Mr. Right all within just a few months. Well, for Mr. Jim Carrey a good case could be made for 1994. After putting in several years on TV (“The Duck Factory” “In Living Color”) along with sporadic screen roles (from The Dead Pool to Once Bitten), his career went super-nova with the unexpected smash Ace Ventura, Pet Detective in the first few months of that year. In the Summer it was another box office bonanza with The Mask. But the icing on the cake may have been his holiday-time hit Dumb And Dumber. In the ensuing two decades, Jim’s had his highs and lows, even supporting up and coming new comedy flick stars like Steve Carrell in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone last year. He’s also tackled some dramatic roles,...
- 11/14/2014
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
How's this for a '90s throwback: the original pink Power Ranger, in costume, singing in the street.
Amy Jo Johnson got back in the pink suit for the first time publicly since leaving the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers behind back in 1995, in an effort to drum up support for her directorial debut. Johnson has been busy on social media campaigning for funds, harnessing the power of crowdsourcing for her next film.
Watch: There's a 'Power Rangers' Reboot Coming!
After surpassing her goal of $75,000 (Johnson is now aiming for a stretch goal of $125,000 through the end of the campaign on Nov. 23), the actress/singer hit the streets of Toronto to deliver on a promise of performing in her pink Power Rangers costume.
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News: 7 Things You Never Knew About the 'Power Rangers' (Hint: Bryan Cranston is Involved)
These days, Amy is known for far more than her Power Rangers role. An accomplished musician, Amy also starred...
Amy Jo Johnson got back in the pink suit for the first time publicly since leaving the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers behind back in 1995, in an effort to drum up support for her directorial debut. Johnson has been busy on social media campaigning for funds, harnessing the power of crowdsourcing for her next film.
Watch: There's a 'Power Rangers' Reboot Coming!
After surpassing her goal of $75,000 (Johnson is now aiming for a stretch goal of $125,000 through the end of the campaign on Nov. 23), the actress/singer hit the streets of Toronto to deliver on a promise of performing in her pink Power Rangers costume.
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News: 7 Things You Never Knew About the 'Power Rangers' (Hint: Bryan Cranston is Involved)
These days, Amy is known for far more than her Power Rangers role. An accomplished musician, Amy also starred...
- 11/11/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
Allllrigggghtty then – do you really need another reason to love Jim Carrey? Well, you're getting one anyway.
We dug into our Et vault and unearthed our very first interview with the then 21-year old comic, on the set of his first lead role on the NBC series, The Duck Factory back in 1983.
Video: Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels Reveal the Dumbest Things They've Ever Done
"I had no idea really what I was doing until maybe about a year ago, when people started telling me [that what was special about me is that] my face is… real weird," Carrey said.
Back then, Jim was known solely for his stand-up comedy routine and countless spot-on impressions.
"All my life I've really wanted to do this, so it doesn't seem like I've been in the business for a short time," said Jim, "It's all I've ever wanted to do. It's all I've ever done."
Watch this video to see our interview with 21-year-old Jim Carrey!
We dug into our Et vault and unearthed our very first interview with the then 21-year old comic, on the set of his first lead role on the NBC series, The Duck Factory back in 1983.
Video: Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels Reveal the Dumbest Things They've Ever Done
"I had no idea really what I was doing until maybe about a year ago, when people started telling me [that what was special about me is that] my face is… real weird," Carrey said.
Back then, Jim was known solely for his stand-up comedy routine and countless spot-on impressions.
"All my life I've really wanted to do this, so it doesn't seem like I've been in the business for a short time," said Jim, "It's all I've ever wanted to do. It's all I've ever done."
Watch this video to see our interview with 21-year-old Jim Carrey!
- 11/6/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
By Rachel Bennett
Television Editor & Columnist
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Movies used to be gold standard for actors, with George Clooney, Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio leaving the small screen for the big to achieve great professional and financial success.
However, times are changing, and many actors who left TV to work in movies are coming back, including Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams and Michael J. Fox. Due to the addition of cable and subscription-based original programming, better roles are being created that will give actors a chance for the recognition, awards and job security that movies no longer provide. Just look at Claire Danes, who returned to TV to star in Showtime’s Homeland, for which she’s nominated for an Emmy.
There are several actors who should return to TV, but not all of them will. Take a look at the top 10 TV stars who’ve left TV but should return:
10. America Ferrera...
Television Editor & Columnist
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Movies used to be gold standard for actors, with George Clooney, Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio leaving the small screen for the big to achieve great professional and financial success.
However, times are changing, and many actors who left TV to work in movies are coming back, including Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams and Michael J. Fox. Due to the addition of cable and subscription-based original programming, better roles are being created that will give actors a chance for the recognition, awards and job security that movies no longer provide. Just look at Claire Danes, who returned to TV to star in Showtime’s Homeland, for which she’s nominated for an Emmy.
There are several actors who should return to TV, but not all of them will. Take a look at the top 10 TV stars who’ve left TV but should return:
10. America Ferrera...
- 9/12/2012
- by Rachel Bennett
- Scott Feinberg
A very happy ½ century mark to Jim Carrey! He seems to have given up on chasing Oscar and returned to the generally more lucrative world of high concept multiplex comedy. We kind of miss his dramedic self.
Favorite Carrey performances off the top of my head.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) The Truman Show (1998)
...and yes, I'd have nominated him for both of those. Man on the Moon (1999)
...one of those rare cases where Oscar got really stingy about loving biopic mimicry. Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992) Batman Forever (1995) I Love You Phillip Morris (2010) The Mask (1994) Bruce Almighty (2003) Liar Liar (1997) Lemony Snicket A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
It's true. I never saw the comedic blockbusters involving his talking ass or doubled idiocy.
Yours?
The first time I ever saw him was on the shortlived sitcom "The Duck Factory" which I watched as a kid because I wanted to be...
Favorite Carrey performances off the top of my head.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) The Truman Show (1998)
...and yes, I'd have nominated him for both of those. Man on the Moon (1999)
...one of those rare cases where Oscar got really stingy about loving biopic mimicry. Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992) Batman Forever (1995) I Love You Phillip Morris (2010) The Mask (1994) Bruce Almighty (2003) Liar Liar (1997) Lemony Snicket A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
It's true. I never saw the comedic blockbusters involving his talking ass or doubled idiocy.
Yours?
The first time I ever saw him was on the shortlived sitcom "The Duck Factory" which I watched as a kid because I wanted to be...
- 1/17/2012
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
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