DVD Deal of The Week

Here’s your chance to own the British cult classic The Avengers on DVD and save 50%.

The Avengers: The Complete Emma Peel Megaset contains all 51 Emma Peel episodes on 16 DVDs. Diana Rigg played Emma from 1965-68, alongside Patrick Macnee as John Steed.

A total of 161 episodes of The Avengers aired from 1961-69.

The sale ends Saturday March 8 so order yours today.

Classic TV Star Websites Part II

Here’s another list of classic TV star “official” websites. Check them out and see what your favorites are up to in 2014!

Feel free to contact me via Facebook, Twitter or Google+ with your comments and suggestions.

Stay tuned for Part III, coming soon!

Actor Series Online Presence
Lucie Arnaz Here's Lucy Website
Stefan Arngrim Land of the Giants Website
Diahann Carroll Julia Website
Richard Chamberlain Dr. Kildare Website
James Darren The Time Tunnel Website
John Davidson The Girl with Something Extra Website
Bob Eubanks The Newlywed Game Website
Mia Farrow Peyton Place Website
Gil Gerard Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Website
Erin Gray Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Website
Shirley Jones The Partridge Family Website
Marvin Kaplan Alice & Top Cat Website
Vicki Lawrence The Carol Burnett Show Website
Cloris Leachman Lassie & The Mary Tyler Moore Show & Phyllis Website
Michelle Lee Knots Landing Website
Peter Marshall The Hollywood Squares Website
Tim Matheson Jonny Quest Website
Mary Elizabeth McDonough The Waltons Website
Judy Norton-Taylor The Waltons Website
Butch Patrick Lidsville & The Munsters Website
Debbie Reynolds The Debbie Reynolds Show Website
Mark Slade The High Chaparral Website
Tom & Dick Smothers The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Website
James Stacy Lancer Website
Loretta Swit M*A*S*H Website
Buck Taylor Gunsmoke Website
Roy Thinnes The Invaders Website
Leslie Uggams The Leslie Uggams Show Website
Robert Vaughn The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Website
Clint Walker Cheyenne Website

Classic TV Birthdays: March 3

Happy Birthday to Gloria Hendry. The 65 year old actress guested on Love American Style and The Snoop Sisters. She was also a Bond Girl in 1973’s Live and Let Die.

Hattie Winston turns 69 today. She was in the cast of 1970s children’s series The Electric Company and later had roles on Becker and Homefront.

Today was also the birthday of some classic TV stars since departed: Joe Conley (The Waltons), James Doohan (Star Trek), child actor Bobby Driscoll (voice of Peter Pan, later guested on M Squad and Rawhide), and Harold J. Stone. The veteran character actor co-starred in The Grand Jury (1960) and Bridget Loves Bernie (1972). Stone also guested on a wide range of shows, including Barney Miller, Gunsmoke, Naked City and The Untouchables.

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Barney Martin was born March 3, too. The longtime NYPD police officer later turned to acting, guesting on The Odd Couple and The Patty Duke Show. He was a regular on The Tony Randall Show (1976-78) but we remember him best as Jerry’s #1 dad Morty on Seinfeld.

We lost some classic TV friends on this day, including actor-comedian Lou Costello (The Abbott & Costello Show), Louis Edmonds (All My Children, Dark Shadows), William Frawley (I Love Lucy, My Three Sons), Fred Friendly (CBS News executive), actor-singer-dancer Danny Kaye (The Danny Kaye Show) and Alice Pearce. Pearce was the actress who first played nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz on classic 1960s sitcom Bewitched. She died during the show’s second season and was replaced by actress Sandra Gould.