#tige andrews

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Tige Andrews as Detective Lieutenant Johny Russo and Edward G. Robinson as 'Big Jim' Riva in "The Legend of Jim Riva,” 1961 episode of “The Detectives.”

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Passages - The Mod Squad 

Michael Cole (July 3, 1940 – December 10, 2024) 

Clarence Williams III (August 21, 1939 – June 4, 2021)

Peggy Lipton (August 30, 1946 – May 11, 2019)

Tige Andrews (March 19, 1920 – January 27, 2007)

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Como cada tanto, mas de la coleccion series vintage.Hoy es el turno de THE MOD SQUAD (1968), aquí en Argentina se la conoció como PATRULLA JUVENIL.Fue una serie dramática y policial que estuvo en el aire a través de 5 temporadas entre los años 1968 y 1973, para un total de 123 capitulos.

La serie contaba con cuatro protagonistas excluyentes.MICHAEL COLE era Pete Cochran, un rubio y blanco y de pelo largo (con un look muy parecido a John Lennon) que había sido echado de su casa materna en Beverly Hills, propiedad de sus acaudalados padres, cuando fue detenido por robar un auto y puesto en libertad condicional.CLARENCE WILLIAMS III, que era el hombre de color o el negro (como decimos aquí), Lincoln Hayes que procedia de una familia multiple y quien tenia 13 hermanos, y que había sido detenido tras los disturbios de Watts (1965), que fueron reales, los mas largos y violentos y son parte de la historia estadounidense, en la ciudad de Los Angeles.Y por ultimo PEGGY LIPTON como Linda Barnes, a quien llamaban el canario del ala rota, puesto que fue arrestada en la ciudad de San Francisco por vagancia, después de huir de la casa de su madre prostituta.A ellos hay que sumarle TIGE ANDREWS, como el Capitan Adam Greer.

La idea básicamente era tomar a tres jóvenes marginados sociales, con falta de afecto, rebeldes y convencerlos de trabajar como detectives encubiertos y además desarmados, para evitar que vuelvan a ser encarcelados.

Sus aspectos juveniles y hippies les permitían acercarse a los criminales bajo investigación.La premisa era que ellos podían entrar en lugares donde otros no podían.

Fue una serie policial icónica y contracultural ya que no seguía las tendencias, los valores culturales ni las ideologías establecidas por la sociedad.Algo mas agregado a esto, es el hecho de que los protagonistas eran un hombre blanco, uno negro y una mujer.

Para concluir este show también fue pionero en el teatro social (en la realidad diaria), al abordar temas como el aborto, la violencia domestica, las protestas estudiantiles, la negligencia infantil, el analfabetismo, el movimiento contra la guerra, el racismo y el tráfico de drogas.Mi puntaje y por la época en qué se emitia es un 8/10.

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Birthdays 3.19

Beer Birthdays

Joseph Schaller (1812)

Edward Fitzgerald (1820)

Benedict Haberle (1824)

Ray Deter (1957)

Five Favorite Birthdays

William Bradford; Plymouth Colony governor (1590)

Patrick McGoohan; actor (1928)

Phillip Roth; writer (1933)

Earl Warren; Chief Justice US Supreme Court (1891)

Bruce Willis; actor (1955)

Famous Birthdays

Ursula Andress; actor (1936)

Tige Andrews; actor (1923)

Richie Ashburn; Philadelphia Phillies CF (1927)

Paul Atkinson; rock guitarist (1946)

Nadja Auermann; model (1971)

William Jennings Bryan; politician, lawyer (1860)

Richard Burton; English writer, explorer (1821)

Glenn Close; actor (1947)

Ornette Coleman; jazz saxophonist (1930)

Tommy Cooper; Welsh comedian (1921)

Georges de la Tour; artist (1593)

Wyatt Earp; wild west marshall (1848)

Terry Hall; rock singer (1959)

Bill Henderson; jazz singer (1930)

Clarence "Frogman" Henry; singer (1937)

Vivian Hsu; Chinese actor, singer, model (1975)

Frederic Joliot; French physicist (1900)

Joe Kapp; Minnesota Vikings QB (1939)

Neil LaBute; playwright, film director (1963)

David Livingstone; Scottish explorer, "I presume" (1873)

Moms Mabley; comedian (1894)

Thomas McKean; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1734)

Patricia Morrison; actor, musician (1914)

Andy Reid; Philadelphia Eagles coach (1958)

Charles Russell; artist (1864)

Albert Pinkham Ryder; artist (1847)

Tobias Smollett; Scottish writer (1721)

Richard Williams; animator (1933)

Ricky Wilson; rock guitarist (1953)

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MOD SQUAD   (1968 - 1973   ABC) Original opening credits vs updated opening credits.

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“THE LAST TYCOON” (1976) Review

"THE LAST TYCOON" (1976) Review What is there to say about the 1976 movie, "THE LAST TYCOON"? Well . . . it was adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald's last novel, which had remained at the time of his death in 1941. It proved to be the last movie directed by Elia Kazan. And it starred Robert De Niro.

Actually, there is more to say about "THE LAST TYCOON". It told the story of Monroe Stahr, Fitzgerald's literary version of the legendary Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production chief, Irving Thalberg. Stahr served as production chief of a major Hollywood studio in the mid-1930s. The movie unfolds with Stahr juggling his time with emotional actors and directors, and several frustrated screenwriters. Stahr also deals with more pressing conflicts like the newly created Writers Guild of America, a union organizer from the East Coast and the growing resentment his boss and head of the studio, Pat Brady. During all this activity and growing turmoil, Stahr finds himself torn between two young women. One of those women is Brady's only child, a recent college graduate named Cecilia who is infatuated with Stahr. The other is an Irish beauty with a troubled past named Kathleen Moore, with whom Stahr falls in love and eventually obsessed. Unfortunately for Stahr, Kathleen is engaged to another man. The production values for "THE LAST TYCOON" struck me as first rate. Well . . . almost. I enjoyed Victor J. Kemper's sharp and colorful photography. I also enjoyed Jack T. Collis' art direction, which I thought effectively conveyed the locations of the Hollywood community during the 1930s. But I feel that Collis' art direction would not have been as effective without Gene Callahan's production designs. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences must have also been impressed by both Collis and Callahan. The two men ended up receiving Oscar nominations for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration. On the other hand, I am not surprised that Anna Hill Johnstone and Anthea Sylbert's costume designs had failed to win any nominations. Do not get me wrong. They were not terrible. But . . . I did notice that like some of the hairstyles worn by the actresses in the film, the fashion styles of the 1970s tend to creep in. I certainly had no problems with the movie's performances. Well . . . with most of them. May I be frank? Robert De Niro seemed to be an embodiment of Monroe Stahr . . . or should I say Irving Thalberg? De Niro did an excellent job in conveying Stahr's obsessive nature - whether it was creating movies or falling in love with Kathleen Moore. A second standout performance came from Theresa Russell, who portrayed Cecilia Brady, the daughter of the studio chief. Russell did an excellent job in portraying both Cecilia's passion for Stahr and her no-nonsense intelligence. Robert Mitchum was superb as Pat Brady, the studio chief who took his daughter's intelligence for granted and who resented Stahr's genius as a movie producer. Both Tony Curtis and Jeanne Moreau gave excellent performances as Rodriguez and Didi, two Hollywood stars, whose egos and insecurities threaten a film they are currently shooting. Jack Nicholson provided a strong, yet quiet presence as an East Coast union official visiting Hollywood to organize the industry's employees. The movie also featured solid performances from Ray Milland, Dana Andrews, Donald Pleasance, Peter Strauss, Tige Andrews and Anjelica Huston. "THE LAST TYCOON" also featured Ingrid Boulting as Kathleen Moore, the woman who captured Monroe Stahr's heart. How did I feel about her? Hmmmm . . . she was not a terrible actress. But I was not particularly impressed by her performance. She seemed to spend most of the movie trying to iconic or remote . . . a 1970s version of Greta Garbo. And it did not work for me. For me, the real problem with "THE LAST TYCOON" was its narrative. Quite frankly, I thought it sucked. Mind you, I thought the film's explorations of life at movie studio in the 1930s seemed interesting. What made this work is that most of this exploration was told from Monroe Stahr's point-of-view. I cannot deny that the film's peek into the old Hollywood studio system was interesting. But instead of fashioning a narrative from this topic or at least from studio politics, screenwriter Harold Pinter had decided revolve the film's plot around the Monroe Stahr-Kathleen Moore love story. I can understand why he did this. F. Scott Fitzgerald did the same in the unfinished novel. The problem was that Stahr's romance with Kathleen bored the hell out of me. One, the entire romance almost seemed on-sided on Stahr's part. And two, both Robert De Niro and Ingrid Boulting lacked any chemistry whatsoever. Every time the pair shared the screen, I found myself struggling to stay awake. Perhaps Pinter could have done a better job in connecting the Stahr-Moore romance with studio politics . . . who knows? Unfortunately, I felt as if I was watching a movie with two different narratives that barely connected - and with the major (and boring) subplot overshadowing the minor one. Pity. Would I ever watch "THE LAST TYCOON" again? I honestly cannot answer that question. It is a beautiful looking film, thanks to men like Jack T. Collis and Gene Callahan. I also cannot deny the film's peek into the old Hollywood studio system and politics managed to somewhat fascinate me. Unfortunately, the movie was dominated by a dull love story that bored me senseless. So, would I ever watch this movie again? Right now, I would say no. I do not think so.

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Tige Andrews, Star Trek TOS, "Friday's Child," 1967

...as Kras in the episode "Friday's Child", in which he was the first Klingon ever to die in that series...  

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Tige Andrews

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The Mod Squad, 1968 - 1973

  (L to R) Clarence Williams III, Tige Andrews, Michael Cole, and Peggy Lipton

    Peggy Lipton, 1946 - 2019

   Tige Andrews, 1920 - 2007

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Tige Andrews and Edward G. Robinson in “The Legend of Jim Riva,” 1961 episode of “The Detectives”

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Raid on Entebbe - NBC - January 9, 1977

Historical Drama

Running Time: 150 minutes

Stars:

Peter Finch as Yitzhak Rabin

Charles Bronson as Brigadier General Dan Shomron

Yaphet Kotto as Idi Amin

Martin Balsam as Daniel Cooper

Horst Buchholz as Wilfried Böse

John Saxon as Major General Benny Peled

Jack Warden as Lieutenant General Mordechai Gur

Meshach Richards as Major General Allon

Sylvia Sidney as Dora Bloch

Robert Loggia as Yigal Allon

Tige Andrews as Shimon Peres

Eddie Constantine as Captain Michel Bacos

Warren Kemmerling as Gad Ja'akobi

David Opatoshu as Menachem Begin

Allan Arbus as Eli Melnick

Stephen Macht as Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu

James Woods as Captain Sammy Berg

Harvey Lembeck as Mr. Harvey

Dinah Manoff as Rachel Sager

Kim Richards as Alice

Aharon Ipalé as Major David Grut

Mariclare Costello as Gabrielle Krieger

Larry Gelman as Mr. Berg

After the Uganda–Tanzania War, Tanzanian troops discovered Bloch's body in 1979 in a sugar plantation around 20 miles (32 km) from Kampala, near the Jinja Road. Visual identification was impossible because her face was badly burned, but the corpse showed signs of a leg ulcer. A pathologist working with the Israel Defense Forces formally identified Bloch from the remains. Her remains were returned to her son in Israel, where she was given an Israeli state funeral. She was buried in Jerusalem's Har HaMenuchot Cemetery. (Wikipedia)

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 3.19

Beer Birthdays

Joseph Schaller (1812)

Edward Fitzgerald (1820)

Benedict Haberle (1824)

Ray Deter (1957)

Five Favorite Birthdays

William Bradford; Plymouth Colony governor (1590)

Patrick McGoohan; actor (1928)

Phillip Roth; writer (1933)

Earl Warren; Chief Justice US Supreme Court (1891)

Bruce Willis; actor (1955)

Famous Birthdays

Ursula Andress; actor (1936)

Tige Andrews; actor (1923)

Richie Ashburn; Philadelphia Phillies CF (1927)

Paul Atkinson; rock guitarist (1946)

Nadja Auermann; model (1971)

William Jennings Bryan; politician, lawyer (1860)

Richard Burton; English writer, explorer (1821)

Glenn Close; actor (1947)

Ornette Coleman; jazz saxophonist (1930)

Tommy Cooper; Welsh comedian (1921)

Georges de la Tour; artist (1593)

Wyatt Earp; wild west marshall (1848)

Terry Hall; rock singer (1959)

Bill Henderson; jazz singer (1930)

Clarence "Frogman" Henry; singer (1937)

Vivian Hsu; Chinese actor, singer, model (1975)

Frederic Joliot; French physicist (1900)

Joe Kapp; Minnesota Vikings QB (1939)

Neil LaBute; playwright, film director (1963)

David Livingstone; Scottish explorer, "I presume" (1873)

Moms Mabley; comedian (1894)

Thomas McKean; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1734)

Patricia Morrison; actor, musician (1914)

Andy Reid; Philadelphia Eagles coach (1958)

Charles Russell; artist (1864)

Albert Pinkham Ryder; artist (1847)

Tobias Smollett; Scottish writer (1721)

Richard Williams; animator (1933)

Ricky Wilson; rock guitarist (1953)

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2017:126 — The Last Tycoon

(1976 - Elia Kazan) ***

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Favorite Television Series

Below is a list of my favorite television series (in chronological order).  I only listed my favorite shows . . . no television movies, miniseries or specials:

FAVORITE TELEVISION SERIES

“Leave It to Beaver” (1957-1963) - This surprisingly witty comedy sitcom was about the adventures of an inquisitive and often naïve boy and his adventures at home, school, and around his suburban neighborhood.  Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Hugh Beaumont and Barbara Billingsley starred. 

“The Dick Van Dyke Show” (1961-1966) - Another witty sitcom that centered on the work and home life of a television comedy writer named Rob Petrie.  Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore starred.

“Hawaii Five-O” (1968-1980) - Jack Lord starred in this first-rate crime drama about a special police task force for the Hawaii State Police.

“The Mod Squad” (1968-1973) - This crime drama was about three young undercome police detectives for the Los Angeles Police Department.  Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton and Tige Andrews starred.

   “Remington Steele” (1982-1987) - Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan starrred in this elegant mystery drama about a female private detective partnered with a former thief who assumes the role of a fictitious detective in her business.

“Agatha Christie’s Poirot” (1989-2013) - David Suchet had starred in this long running series that featured episodes and television movies based on the novels and short stories of mystery writer, Agatha Christie.  Suchet portrayed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

“Homefront” (1991-1993) - Kyle Chandler and Tammy Lauren starred in this superb period drama about a small Ohio town in the years following the end of World War II.

“Babylon 5″ (1993-1998) - J. Michael Straczynski created this award-winning space opera about the human military staff and alien diplomats stationed on a space station in the 23rd century.  Bruce Boxleitner, Mira Furlan and Michael O’Hare starred.

“Friends” (1994-2004) - This award-winning sitcom centered around six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan.  Jennifer Anniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer starred.

“Star Trek Voyager” (1995-2001) - Kate Mulgrew starred as Star Trek series about the adventures of the Starfleet vessel U.S.S. Voyager and its crew’s attempts to return home to the Alpha Quadrant after being stranded in the Delta Quadrant.

“Lost” (2004-2010) - Damon Lindelof, J.J. Abrams and Jeffrey Lieber created this superb and original science-fiction/fantasy drama about the survivors of a commercial jet airliner that crashed on a mysterious island somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean.

“How I Met Your Mother” (2005-2014) - This award-winning sitcom featured a father’s recount to his children of the journey he and his four best friends had taken, leading up to him meeting their mother.  Josh Radnor, Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders and Neil Patrick Harris starred.

“Eureka” (2006-2012) - This entertaining science-fiction series told the story of a U.S. Marshal, who becomes the sheriff of a small town in Oregon that serves as the home of scientific geniuses, who work for an advanced research facility called Global Dynamics.  Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield and Joe Morton starred.

  “Jericho” (2006-2008) - Skeet Ulrich and Lennie James starred in this excellent post-apocalyptic action drama about the residents of a fictional Kansas town in the aftermath of a nuclear attack on 23 major cities in the United States.

“Modern Family” (2009-2020) - Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd created this funny and award-winning family sitcom about the lives of three diverse family set-ups in suburban Los Angeles, linked by patriarch Jay Pritchett.

“Game of Thrones” (2011-2019) - David Benioff and D. B. Weiss created this adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s fantasy saga, “A Song of Ice and Fire”, a series of novels set in the fictional lands of Westeros and Essos.  Peter Dinklage, Emilia Clarke and Kit Harrington starred.

“New Girl” (2011-2018) - This excellent sitcom centered around an offbeat young woman who moves into a Los Angeles apartment loft with three single men.  Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Lamone Morris, Hannah Simone and Damon Wayans, Jr. starred. 

“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (2013-2020) - Clark Gregg starred in this sci-fi action series about a team of operatives for S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division), a peacekeeping and spy agency in a world of superheroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

“Black Sails” (2014-2017) - Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine created this superb adventure-historical series that served as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel “Treasure Island”.  Toby Stephens, Hannah New and Luke Arnold starred.

“The Flash” (2014-present) - Grant Gustin starred as D.C. Comics superhero the Flash aka Barry Allen in this comic-book hero action drama.

“Mercy Street” (2016-2017) - Lisa Q. Wolfinger created this excellent period medical drama about the Union hospital, Mansion House Hospital, in 1862 Alexandria, Virginia.  Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Josh Radnor and Hannah Green starred.

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Skybox TOS Season Two autograph card for Tige Andrews as Kras, 1998.

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At the beginning of “Catspaw” Lt. Jackson opens communications with Uhura and says “One to beam up, Enterprise!” Shortly after Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy reach the transporter room, Jackson begins to materialize and then falls flat to the floor without moving a muscle. It almost hurts to watch, but it is just one of the perfectly executed stunts performed by Jay Jones. Jones recalls that at the time, he had never watched the show. So when he received his copy of the script, he was puzzled by the phrase “beam up.” It took until the next day for him to find out after he had flagged down a young boy on a bicycle and asked. By the way, look at Shatner’s quick reaction as Jones tumbles past his feet. Some fancy footwork there, Captain!

But this was not the only place you saw him during this episode. During the scene just after Korob dies trying to help Kirk and Spock escape, the two are attacked by Sulu, Scotty, and Bones himself - all under the control of Sylvia, of course. In the photo above, that is not Dr. McCoy you see attempting to swing a morning-star. That is his stunt double, Jay Jones. Jay claimed that Gene Roddenberry took a liking to him and sent the word down that he should be given all the work he wanted.

Jay played a number of other crewmen in the series, and several times his stuntman experience came in handy. In the redshirt bloodbath episode known as “The Apple,” he appeared as Ensign Mallory. The hapless young man was not there when Spock first found out the rocks were explosive. While scouting, he manages to find another one the hard way and is killed. This was one of the two episodes where Jones suffered serious injuries. In this case, he had even lobbied director Joe Pevney to do the stunt, saying he did not want to do it “the Mickey Mouse way.” Pevney refused the request at first because of the danger and then relented. According to Jay, there was a jumper trampoline buried under the ground that he was supposed to hit and then the explosive would go off. However, the special effects person timed it just a split second too late. In his own words, “The force hit me in the stomach, burned my side, blew the skin off my rib cage and impacted all this dirt into my sinuses. I couldn’t open my eyes or breathe.” Still, he told an interviewer that it could have been a lot worse even though he did wind up in an emergency room. (The explosion also caused short term hearing loss in both Shatner and Nimoy as well as permanent tinnitus). Most of his roles did not involve much dialogue, but he had his largest number of lines in this episode. 

Actually, his worst injuries on the set occurred on another episode, ”Who Mourns for Adonais?” This time he was doubling for James Doohan as Scotty. The first injury occurred when Apollo slaps Scotty and Jay had to do a backflip over the stone table shown in the above photo.  The first time, he hit the corner, so the table was chained down for the next attempt.  This time, he caught the table’s edge in the kidneys. Already sore from that injury, he had to do another stunt where he was strapped into a wire vest, raised up six feet in the air and then propelled backward.  In the stunt industry, it’s known as a neckbreaker.  However, the wire pulley yanked him four or five yards farther than planned and he went through the wall, striking his head on the concrete floor.  He was taken to the hospital with a concussion. And actually Jay did have a stroke of good fortune - he narrowly missed another prop which could have caused an even more serious injury (according to The Star Trek Compendium). Again, he brushed off the injury as not all that bad.

 Despite these injuries Jay Jones continued as Scotty’s stunt double for two years. Above you see him encountering a railing on the bridge in “The Changeling.” (Scotty certainly got smacked around a lot, didn’t he?) And he would often double for other guest stars. More on that later. In the book Science Fiction Television Series, Jay claimed that he was the unofficial stunt coordinator for The Original Series. He would come up with new stunts and work with the directors and cameramen on how best to implement them in certain episodes. Jay complimented Star Trek on calling back the same stunt people to work again because they all were familiar with the production staff and had built a rapport with them and each other. He said in some TV series, the director sometimes asked the impossible and could have possibly gotten someone killed. On the Star Trek set, he knew the directors cared about the stunt workers.

And he continued as an extra in episodes during that time, including one as the gangster Mirt in “A Piece of the Action” and several as an engineer. You would think he’d want to stay as far away from a redshirt as he could after his injuries.

Jay got to appear as a Klingon three times during his time on Star Trek. His first appearance was as Tige Andrew’s stunt double in the role of Kras in “Friday’s Child.” (left) And he doubled for Ned Romero as Krell in “A Private Little War.” (top right). He donned the Klingon costume one last time as one of Kang’s crewmen in “Day of the Dove.”

And what does Pavel Chekov have to do with this story? Jay Jones says that there was a push to add some more recurring characters at the time he made his first appearance on “Catspaw.” In fact, they asked him if he would try out some accents in a few test shots. However, he had recently tried a French accent in a stage production and botched it terribly, so he refused. Only later did he realize he would have been trying out for the role that eventually became that of Chekov. Oh, well.... at least he didn’t have to wear that terrible wig until his own hair grew in.

Jimmy (”Jay”) D. Jones came to Hollywood after being in the rodeo circuit. His first work as a stuntman on television was in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. where he was often Robert Vaughn’s stunt double. He also had an acting part in one episode - that of  Professor Walter Powers in the episode “Yo-ho-ho and a Bottle of Rum.” This was the job he left when he joined Star Trek. (credit to Brad Fillipone for finding the above photos for me)

Jay came from good stuntman stock. His dad was Carl Pitti, a very well known stuntman/actor in the industry who had worked on such shows as The High Chaparral. He was Henry Darrow’s double in his role of Manolito for an episode.

Interesting side note: Carl Pitti was a fan of The Original Series and watched it religiously. But he was aghast when he watched his son get thrown in the air by the mistimed explosion in “The Apple.” Jay said it literally made his dad sick to his stomach.

Jay often appeared in the same series as his father, starting with The Man from U.N.C.L.E. After Star Trek ended, he was also stuntman for The High Chaparral and appeared in the episode “Alliance” as Lt. Cooper. (Photo above)

Jay appeared on other Westerns as well. In fact, he doubled for Slim Pickens in a brutal bullwhipping scene in the 1967 movie Rough Night in Jericho. He used the same bullwhipping skills against Dan Blocker (Hoss) in a 1971 episode of Bonanza titled “Kingdom of Fear.”

One of his last acting jobs was in Kung Fu, playing a demon Caine encounters in the spiritual world during the episode “One Step to Darkness.” If you want to watch that segment of the show, here is a link. https://youtu.be/EDmvigzLJHw

In 1977, Jones left stunt work and acting for the racquetball courts. He began playing the amateur circuit in the 1972-73 area. Despite getting off to a rough start, in 1975 he won the national amateur division at Las Vegas. From there, he began competing in the pros and over the years had a decent showing. Keep in mind he was in his thirties when he started and most of the pros were a lot younger. He did win the 1981 U.S. National Singles Championship for his age group of 35+. Jay was interviewed in 1977 by the Tucson Daily Citizen after he had advanced to the semifinals of of the Tucson Pro-Am Racquetball Tournament. He admitted to using a mini-receiver which emitted a steady hum that helped him concentrate. But it also allowed him to hear advice from a friend who was women’s pro player as well. The interviewer went on to mention that Jay Jones was also a hypnotist and psychologist. Now how amazing is that?

Above photo - Hall of Famer Ed Remen and Jay Jones at the men’s semi-finals. Unknown what year, but from the website where it appeared, most likely around 1981. Jay is on the right.

Over the years, Jay Jones seems to be quite active, appearing at conventions for The High Chaparral (above he appears on an interview panel for the 50th anniversary) And I am not positive about this, but he may be the reporter whose byline is Jay Jones in at least two articles for the Los Angeles Times. In a 2013 article, he reports on a charity racquetball event. And in a story dated this past May, the same person reports on a rodeo event. What other person do we know who has experience in both activities?

Jay Jones!