Ads
related to: green hornet tv show- Sporting Goods
Are You Ready to Play Like a Pro?
eBay Has Outstanding Gear For You!
- Electronics
From Game Consoles to Smartphones.
Shop Cutting-Edge Electronics Today
- Home & Garden
From Generators to Rugs to Bedding.
You’ll Find Everything You Need
- eBay Money Back Guarantee
Worry-Free Shopping.
eBay Is Here For You!
- Sporting Goods
Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Green Hornet is an American action television series broadcast on ABC during the 1966–1967 television season, starring Van Williams as the Green Hornet/Britt Reid and Bruce Lee as Kato. It was produced and narrated by William Dozier , and filmed by 20th Century-Fox .
The franchise is owned by Green Hornet, Inc., which licenses the property across a wide variety of media that includes comics, films, TV shows, radio and books. As of the 2010s, the comic-book rights are licensed to Dynamite Entertainment .
In 1966, ABC-TV had William Dozier revive George W. Trendle's famous radio character in a new series, The Green Hornet. Van Williams signed with 20th Century-Fox to portray the mysterious masked hero and his alter ego, newspaper editor Britt Reid (son of Dan Reid, Jr. who was the nephew of John Reid, a.k.a.
Van Williams, who portrayed the masked crime-fighter The Green Hornet in a memorable but short-lived companion TV series to Batman in the 1960s, has died.
The 1993 American semi-fictionalized film biography Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, in which Jason Scott Lee (no relation) portrayed Bruce Lee, featured scenes involving the filming of the TV series The Green Hornet. [30] Van Williams, who starred in that TV series, appeared in the film as the show's director. [31]
Gordon Wynnivo Jones (April 5, 1912 – June 20, 1963) [3] was an American character actor, a member of John Wayne's informal acting company best known for playing Lou Costello's TV nemesis "Mike the Cop" and appearing as The Green Hornet in the first of two movie serials based on that old-time radio program.
The Green Hornet gave Bruce Lee his first acting role in an American TV or film production, although he had appeared in Hong Kong–based films from his babyhood. This show introduced Bruce Lee as a martial arts fighter—indeed, it brought Asian martial arts to a broad American audience for the first time. [6]
Wagner also made guest appearances in other television shows including Flipper, Lassie, Mannix, and The Rookies. During 1966–67, she had a regular role as Lenore "Casey" Case, the secretary to Britt Reid, on The Green Hornet. [6] Wagner lived in Malibu, California but lost her home and belongings in a fire.
Ads
related to: green hornet tv show