Mary, Queen of Scots, was widowed three times:
Mary, Queen of Scots was the only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland. She was born in 1542 and was just six days old when her father died and she acceded to the throne. She ruled until 1567, when she was forced to abdicate in favor of her one-year-old son. She spent over 18 years in custody before being beheaded in 1586.
Monty Python’s Flying Circus once featured a dramatic but very ahistorical BBC reenactment of the death of Mary, Queen of Scots: Death Of Mary Queen Of Scots - YouTube
Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Genesis were three investors who pitched in £20,000 apiece to help fund the budget for Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975).
Floyd Lawson was the somewhat absent-minded barber on the Andy Griffith Show. The actor most commonly associated with the role was Howard McNear, but the character was originally played by actor Walter Baldwin, in episode 12, “Stranger in Town”. Baldwin portrayed Floyd for just one episode. From 1961 on, the role was played by McNear.
The Andy Griffith Show aired for 8 seasons, from October of 1960 through April of 1968. It never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one.
Andy Griffith was married three times.
Cyndi Lauper was the first and to this day the only, woman to win a Best Score Tony for 2013’s Kinky Boots. She has also won an Emmy and two Grammys, putting her one Oscar win away from joining the EGOT group.
In 1986, Cyndi Lauper appeared on the Billy Joel album The Bridge, with a song called “Code of Silence”. She is credited as having written the lyrics with Billy Joel and she sings a duet with him.
The final verse was of Paul Simon’s Bridge over Troubled Waters was written about his then-wife Peggy Harper, who had noticed her first gray hairs (“Sail on, silver girl”). The line does not refer to a drug abuser’s hypodermic needle, as is sometimes claimed. The verse was Art Garfunkel’s idea, but Simon has never cared for it.
Bridge over Troubled Water, released in January, 1970, became Simon & Garfunkel’s biggest hit single, and it is often considered their signature song. It was a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks, and it also topped the charts in the United Kingdom, Canada, France, and New Zealand. It was a top five hit in eight other countries as well, eventually selling over six million copies worldwide, making it among the best-selling singles. It became one of the most performed songs of the twentieth century, with over 50 artists, among them Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, covering the song. It was ranked number 48 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
It was composed by singer-songwriter Paul Simon, who felt that Art Garfunkel should sing the song solo, an invitation Garfunkel initially declined but later accepted.
The song title Call Me Al was based on a real incident, when someone at a party kept calling Paul and wife Peggy, Betty and Al.
The Capeman a musical by Paul Simon withbook and lyrics by Simon and Derek Walcott based on the life of convicted murderer Salvador Agrón, opened at the Marquis Theatre in 1998 to poor reviews and ran for 68 performances. A blend of doo-wop, gospel, and Latin music, it received Tony Award nominations for Best Original Score, Best Orchestrations and Best Scenic Design. It won none of them, and while Simon has 12 Grammy Awards, that’s all of the EGOT one he has won.
Cape Fear is located on the coast of North Carolina. It was named during a 1585 expedition of Sir Richard Grenville. Some of the crew were afraid that they would wreck in the area, so they named the location Cape Fear. It is the fifth-oldest surviving English place name in the U.S.
Cape Fear is a 1962 thriller movie, which starred Robert Mitchum and featured Gregory Peck in his final film role. The movie was remade in 1991 and starred Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte.
Cape Fear is a 1962 thriller movie, which starred Robert Mitchum and featured Gregory Peck in his final film role.
Searched Bing for Gregory Peck, clicked the IMDb link, and no, this was far from his last film role. He even had a part in the remake of Cape Fear.
Cape Fear NC is 45 miles SW of MCB Camp Lejeune NC (gMap > Google Maps). Camp Lejeune is named for John Archer Lejeune (1867-1942), the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps. To date there have been 38 Commandants of the Marine Corps. Listed in order from when they took office, they are:[ol]
[li]1775-11-28: Samuel Nicholas[/li][li]1798-07-12: William W. Burrows[/li][li]1804-03-07: Franklin Wharton[/li]1818-09-16: Archibald Henderson (acting)
[li]1819-03-03: Anthony Gale[/li][li]1820-10-17: Archibald Henderson[/li][li]1859-01-07: John Harris[/li][li]1864-06-10: Jacob Zeilin[/li][li]1876-11-01: Charles G. McCawley[/li][li]1891-06-30: Charles Heywood[/li][li]1903-10-03: George F. Elliott[/li][li]1911-02-03: William P. Biddle[/li][li]1914-02-25: George Barnett[/li][li]1920-07-01: John A. Lejeune[/li][li]1929-03-05: Wendell C. Neville[/li][li]1930-07-09: Ben H. Fuller[/li][li]1934-03-01: John H. Russell Jr.[/li][li]1936-12-01: Thomas Holcomb[/li][li]1944-01-01: Alexander Vandegrift[/li][li]1948-01-01: Clifton B. Cates[/li][li]1952-01-01: Lemuel C. Shepherd[/li][li]1956-01-01: Randolph M. Pate[/li][li]1960-01-01: David M. Shoup[/li][li]1964-01-01: Wallace M. Greene Jr.[/li][li]1968-01-01: Leonard F. Chapman Jr.[/li][li]1972-01-01: Robert E. Cushman Jr.[/li][li]1975-07-01: Louis H. Wilson Jr.[/li][li]1979-07-01: Robert H. Barrow[/li][li]1983-07-01: Paul X. Kelley[/li][li]1987-07-01: Alfred M. Gray Jr.[/li][li]1991-07-01: Carl E. Mundy Jr.[/li][li]1995-07-01: Charles C. Krulak[/li][li]1999-07-01: James L. Jones[/li][li]2003-01-13: Michael W. Hagee[/li][li]2006-11-13: James T. Conway[/li][li]2010-10-22: James F. Amos[/li][li]2014-10-17: Joseph Dunford[/li][li]2015-09-24: Robert Neller[/li][li]2019-07-11: David H. Berger[/li][/ol]
Yep, my bad. The 1991 remake was Peck’s last film role, according to Wiki.
In play: David Berger has served in the Gulf War, the War in Iraq, and the War in Afghanistan.
Wiki is wrong. IMDb says he had a few roles after that. Wiki’s a good starting point, but never let that be the final authority.
Hamilton Burger was the name of the fictional Los Angeles County district attorney, and frequent judicial opponent to defense lawyer Perry Mason, in the novels, films, radio dramas, and television dramas featuring Mason. In the various Mason stories, Burger nearly always lost in court to Mason.
In the original Perry Mason television series (which ran from 1957 to 1966), the character of Burger was played by William Talman, while Mason was played by Raymond Burr. During that series, Burger defeated Mason on only two occasions.
Well, according to IMDb, Peck had 3 roles following the release of Cape Fear in 1991. Two were in made-for-TV movies, and one was in a TV miniseries.
IMDb also states ‘The short answer is: if it’s made for TV, it’s a TV production; if it was made to be released in theaters, it’s a theatrical film.’ Thus, it can be argued that the remake of Cape Fear was indeed Peck’s last film role.
In play: Also according to IMDb, Perry Mason lost the case in the episode entitled ‘The Case of the Deadly Verdict’. Because she lied, his client is found guilty and sentenced to death. But, of course, Mason eventually finds the real killer.