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Darren McGavin (born William Lyle Richardson; May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006) was an American actor. McGavin began his career working as a set painter for Columbia Pictures . In 1954, he originated roles in Broadway productions of My Three Angels and The Rainmaker , followed by film roles in David Lean 's Summertime and Otto Preminger 's The ...
Travis McGee lives on a 52-foot houseboat dubbed The Busted Flush. The boat is named after the circumstances in which he won the boat in what McGee describes as a "poker siege" of 30 hours of intensive effort in Palm Beach—the run of luck started with a bluff of four hearts (2-3-7-10) and a club (2), which created a "busted flush," as described in Chapter 3 of The Deep Blue Good-by.
Died: April 1, 1998 (aged 75) ... 1922 – April 1, 1998) was an American actor who appeared in numerous television series, ... Travis McGee (1983, TV movie) - Meyer;
Travis McGee is a 1983 American TV movie based on the 1978 novel The Empty Copper Sea by John D. MacDonald. It was the second film adaptation of the Travis McGee series . It was made by Warner Bros. Television .
John Dann MacDonald (July 24, 1916 – December 28, 1986) was an American writer of novels and short stories. He is known for his thrillers. A prolific author of crime and suspense novels, many set in his adopted home of Florida, he was one of the most successful American novelists of his time, MacDonald sold an estimated 70 million books. [1]
Mary McGee, the pioneering motorsports champion who was the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary "Motorcycle Mary," has died at the age of 87. Her family confirmed her death Wednesday in ...
Peter Jason, a character actor known for his roles in “Deadwood,” “48 Hrs.” and “Prince of Darkness,” along with his many television appearances, died Thursday in his West Hollywood home.
The Deep Blue Good-by is the first of 21 novels in the Travis McGee series by American author John D. MacDonald. [2]Commissioned in 1964 by Fawcett Publications editor Knox Burger, the book establishes for the series an investigative protagonist in a residential Florida base.