Wednesday, June 5, 2013

This Question Came Up - What Rockford Files episode ends overlooking a lake made by a dam?


This Question Came Up -  What Rockford Files episode ends overlooking a lake made by a dam?

ANSWER:

The Rockford Files: Season 5, Episode 1

Heartaches of a Fool (22 Sep. 1978)

Thursday, April 4, 2013

The Rockford Files - The Dexter Crisis (1974) - Doctor's Office & Drug Store 10657 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles - University Apartments 10703 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles - 4500 Block of Cartwright

ABOVE TWO PHOTOS: Corner of Cartwright & Riverside in Los Angles.
10657 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA
The brown building once housed a physician's office and a drug store.
The pay phone Jim Rockford is using in this scene is the actual payphone that was once in front of this business.
At the rear of the bottom photo you can see the apartment building that was used in this episode, belonging to the missing girl JimRockford was hired to find.
 
 
ABOVE PHOTO: Jim Rockford goes to the apartment of a missing girl he was hired to find. This apartment building is located right behind the Tolucan Times Newspaper office located at 10700 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles. The numerical portion of this building's address was shown as 10703 in this episode. The building actually sits at the dead end street of 4500 Cartwright Ave.
BELOW PHOTO: The same apartment building as it looks in 2013.
 
Three Chicago, Illinois born actors appeared in this episode of the Rockford Files
The Dexter Crisis
ABOVE PHOTO: All three actors were born in my hometown of Chicago, IL.
Tim O'Connor - Ron Soble - Joyce Jameson
Only Tim O'Connor is still with us today...
 
ABOVE PHOTO: The beautiful Linda Kelsey played Louise Henderson - Still looking sexy as ever almost 40 years later!
 
 
ABOVE PHOTO: Sexy Lee Purcell played the missing / run-away girl Jim Rockford was hired to find & return.
 
ABOVE PHOTO: Bing Russell played the Lt. on the Sheriff's Police Force. Bing died in 2003 at age 74.
Although best known as the deputy on "Bonanza" (1959) and Robert in The Magnificent Seven (1960), Russell's notoriety on a national level was as the owner of the Portland Mavericks Baseball Club. Helming the only independent team in the class A Northwest League, Russell was an innovator. Before Bull Durham (1988), there were the Mavericks. Russell kept a 30 man roster because he believed that some of the players deserved to have one last season. His motto was simply one three lettered word - not WIN - although the Mavericks did just that - no, the word was FUN. He created a park that kept all corporate sponsorship outside the gates, hired the first female general manager in professional baseball, and the following year hired the first Asian American GM/Manager. That same season his team set a record for the highest attendance in Minor league history, and went on to win the pennant. Ex-major leaguers and never-weres who couldn't stop playing the game flocked to his June tryouts, which were always open to anyone that showed up. From as far away as Capetown, and France, players would head to Portland for a chance with Russell's Mavericks.

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Did you know? James Garner loves his race cars!


 
(5/25/1975) Driver of pace car at 59th Indianapolis 500

(5/29/77) Driver of pace car at 61st Indanapolis 500

(5/26/85) Driver of pace car at 69th Indianapolis 500

Every episode of the Rockford Files are on IMDB - Look up the actors, characters and more


IMDB - The Internet Movie Database is more than just movies. It has complete information on almost every TV program, TV series and motion picture ever made.

You can look up any episode of the Rockford Files to ascertain who appeared in it, the cast of characters, complete behind the scenes credits such as producer, director, writers and more.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO IMDB's WEBSITE

SEARCH HINT AT IMDB: If you are looking up a TV program by the episode title - example instead of searching the "Rockford Files" you enter in the IMDB search box the episode title such as "The Hawaiian Headache" (which was a Rockford Files episode title) make sure you change the search ALL box to TV EPISODE by clicking on that box.

For some reason when you enter a TV series episode title instead of the TV series main title under the ALL box it doesn't search individual episode titles.




 

Saturday, February 9, 2013

"Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files (1996) Santa Monica Place, Pacific Towing, Wacky Wax Cart, John Anthony Store, Gift Time Store, Santa Monica Broadway Theater, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1996, Santa Monica Police Station, Dennis Fimple, Victor Aaron, Jack Garner as Capt. McEnroe, Pat Finley as Peggy Becker, Joe Santos as Lt. Dennis Becker, Nicole Avant as Punch, Dennis Chappa, Pat Lalama, Gerry Gibson, Stuart Margolin as Angel, Dan Lauria, Maxwell Caulfield, Barbara Carrera, Kimberly Oja, Al Mancini, Edita Brychta, Chicago born actor Jim O'Heir

ABOVE PHOTO: James Garner (Jim Rockford) and Joe Santos (Lt. Dennis Becker) in "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files - The TV characters Jim Rockford, Dennis Becker and Angel Martin was the best casting ever in the history of television.
 
ABOVE PHOTO: The Rockford Files "Godfather Knows Best" begins at the Santa Monica Place shopping area in Santa Monica, California. The "Santa Monica Place" sign can be seen in the background of this still image from said episode.

ABOVE PHOTO: Santa Monica Place - Wacky Wax Cart, where patrons pay to dip their hand or hands in hot wax can be seen in this still image from "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files.

ABOVE PHOTO: Santa Monica Place - John Anthony Store & Gift Time Store can be seen in the background as a street performer plays for donations in this still image from "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files.

ABOVE PHOTO: The Santa Monica Broadway Theater - 1441 3rd Promenade - can be seen in this still image from "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files. The movie "THE BRIEF" was a fictitious movie listing, it was suppose to be a movie made from Beth Davenport's novel (Beth is Jim Rockford's female attorney friend). The other three movies - Twelve Monkeys - Sudden Death - Bordello of Blood - were all real movies playing in theaters at the time this episode was filmed.

ABOVE PHOTO: Dennis Fimple played Toothless Bob - Dennis Fimple was killed in a motor vehicle accident in 2002. Fimple was the second actor from the "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files to be killed in a motor vehicle accident. Victor Aaron was the first actor from this episode to also be killed in a motor vehicle accident (see Below).



ABOVE THREE PHOTOS: Actor Victor Aaron played hitman Mercer Pinetree. Sadly Victor Aaron was killed in a motor vehicle accident in 1996 at age 39. Mr. Aaron never had the chance to view this aired episode of the "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files which was produced in 1996.

ABOVE PHOTO: A beautiful looking Pat Finley who has played Peggy Becker the wife of Lt. Dennis Becker  since the beginning of the Rockford Files. James Garner's real life brother Jack Garner who played Capt. McEnroe (LAPD) and standing next to his brother is James Garner who of course played Jim Rockford.

ABOVE PHOTO: Jim Rockford at Pacific Towing 1646 Euclid Street in Santa Monica, CA attempting to have his towed Pontiac Firebird released from the tow yard.

ABOVE PHOTO: Actor Nicole Avant played "Punch" and her legs & outfit were packed with a punch!

ABOVE PHOTO:  In this episode of  "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files the audience is introduced to Lt. Dennis Becker & Peggy Becker's adult son Dennis Scotty Becker (Jim Rockford's Godson). Actor Damian Chapa played Scotty Becker who goes from a street person to a buddhist monk who's arrested for murder to later becoming a LAPD officer after Jim Rockford & Lt. Dennis Becker clears his name of any wrong doing.

 ABOVE PHOTO: In this episode of "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files the audience is introduced to Lt. Dennis Becker & Peggy Becker's adult son Dennis Scotty Becker (Jim Rockford's Godson). Actor Damian Chapa played Scotty Becker who goes from a street person to a buddhist monk who's arrested for murder to later becoming a LAPD officer after Jim Rockford & Lt. Dennis Becker clears his name of any wrong doing.

ABOVE PHOTO: In this episode of "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files the audience is introduced to Lt. Dennis Becker & Peggy Becker's adult son Dennis Scotty Becker (Jim Rockford's Godson). Actor Damian Chapa played Scotty Becker who goes from a street person to a buddhist monk who's arrested for murder to later becoming a LAPD officer after Jim Rockford & Lt. Dennis Becker clears his name of any wrong doing.

ABOVE PHOTO: News Pro Pat Lalama plays herself in this episode of "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files

ABOVE PHOTO: Actor Gerry Gibson played "Critch" in "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files

ABOVE PHOTO: Jim Rockford & Lt. Dennis Becker at the Santa Monica Police Station in "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files.

ABOVE PHOTO: The Santa Monica Civic Auditorim in 1996 as seen in the "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files located at 1855 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA.

ABOVE PHOTO: What would be an episode of the Rockford Files WITHOUT Angel Martin? Stuart Margolin as Angel Martin in the "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files.

ABOVE PHOTO: Actor Dan Lauria played Lt. Gene Gencher in "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files.

ABOVE PHOTO: Actor Maxwell Caulfield played the murdering husband Ian Levin in the "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files.

ABOVE PHOTO: Barbara Carrera whose birth name is Barbara Kingsbury played Elizabeth Fama who ended up being killed by her husband in the "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files.

ABOVE PHOTO: The beautiful & sexy actor Kimberly Oja played "Meadow" in the "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files.

ABOVE PHOTO: the late great actor Al Mancini played mafia boss Don Gaetano in this episode of "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files.

ABOVE PHOTO: Super sexy Edita Brychta played "Katinka" in this episode of "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files.

ABOVE PHOTO: Chicago born actor Jim O'Heir played the crazy chef in "Godfather Knows Best" Rockford Files.  

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