Realizing they needed a voice over actor to provide the narration for a new show in development called Arrested Development, producer Ron Howard looked around the empty recording studio, finding no voice over actor in sight. So this Oscar winning former child star stepped in to provide a temporary voice track, you know just as a filler until they could find a better voice, of course. But a better voice never came because Ron Howard’s comforting and gentle tone mixed with a dry yet kinda goofy speech pattern was the perfect fit for the sense of humor of this show. But this was not the only time Ron Howard stepped up and became an unexpected perfect fit, he’s been doing that all his life – from being in front of the camera in classic TV shows and behind the camera for a hefty handful of wonderful motion pictures… and more!
- 12/15/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Former television executive and producer Deanne Barkley has died. Barkley passed away on April 2 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. She was 82 years old. Barkley was named ABC’s Vice-President in charge of the network’s made-for-tv movies in 1972 during Barry Diller’s regime. Later she moved over to NBC in a similar role where she green lit hit miniseries based on James Michener’s Centennial novel and James Clavell’s Shogun. Also at NBC, Barkley gave former Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days actor Ron Howard his first directing job on 1978’s Cotton Candy. Along the way, the exec introduced Howard to his long time business partner Brian Grazer. Barkley was born in New Orleans in 1931. She started out in the early days of TV in the 1950s interviewing contestants for game shows. Later Barkley went on to be a writer and producer for talk shows hosts by Dick Cavett and Cosmopolitan’s Helen Gurley among others.
- 4/12/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Sometimes you need a break from blood-sucking creatures of the night and bone-crunching martial artists. On the gentle, more humane side of life, Dolphin Tale strikes a good balance, appealing to young people without pandering and keeping their parents engaged without insulting them. It dramatizes the real-life story of a dolphin that loses her tail fin and the efforts by humans to help her. So, yes, this is a tale about a tail. Directed by Charles Martin Smith (Cotton Candy) without fuss or fancy, from a original screenplay by Karen Janszen and Noam Dromi, Dolphin Tale introduces the titular creature by way of 11-year-old Sawyer (Nathan Gamble), a quiet, withdrawn boy who is forced to attend summer school after failing most of his classes. He...
- 9/22/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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