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by PETER MEADE
The newest Cassidy; Gifford scors for MS
FOUR
FOR
FOUR
—
N in e t e e n - y e a r - o ld
R yan
C a s s id y , th e n e w e s t m e m ­
b e r o f “ T h e F a c ts o f L ife ”
b ro o d , is th e fo u rth C a s s id y
b r o th e r to b e a re g u la r o n a
T V se rie s. H e fo llo w s in th e
fo o ts te p s o f b ig b ro th e rs
D a v id
("T h e
P a r tr id g e
F a m ily ” ) . S h a u n
("T h e
H a rd y B o y s ” ) a n d P a tric k
( “ B a y C ity B l u e s " ) .
T h e b o y s ’ m o th e r. S h ir­
le y J o n e s a ls o s ta rre d o n
“ The
P a rtrid g e
F a m ily ."
T h e b o y s ' fa th e r, th e la te
J a c k C a s s id y , w a s o n th e
s itc o m " H e & S h e .” T h e ir
s te p fa th e r, c o m e d ia n M a rty
In g e ls, a p p e a r e d o n tw o
1 9 6 0 s s itc o m s . “ I’ m D ic k ­
e n s — H e 's F e n s te r” a n d
" T h e P ru itts o f S o u th a m p ­
to n .”
R ya n , h o w e v e r, a lm o s t
b e c a m e th e fa m ily 's o n ly
s e rie s h o ld o u t.
He w as
a b o u t to le a v e fo r B u rt
R e y n o ld s ' a c tin g s c h o o l in
F lo rid a w h e n a c a ll c a m e
fro m h is a g e n t a b o u t th e
" F a c ts o f L ife ” jo b .
" I to ld R y a n to a s k fo r an
o u tra g e o u s s u m a n d g o
b a c k p a c k in g h is b a g s .”
says
In g e ls .
“ Then
his
a g e n t c a lls b a c k , s a y in g
th e y a c c e p te d th e o ffe r .”
Ryan Cassidy
T H E G I F F E R — E ven fo r
a fo rm e r fo o tb a ll s ta r lik e
F ra n k G iffo rd , th e re is a
lim it to h o w m u c h fo o tb a ll
h e c a n s ta n d . A s a m e m b e r
o f A B C 's " M o n d a y N ig h t
COAL DUST — Please
settle a family feud. My mom
and brother say that Slaay
Spacek starred as Loretta
Lynn in “ Coal Miner’a
Daughter.” I don't diapute
that, but I aay that Cheryl
Ladd did a TV movie with the
same name. They diaagree.
— L.R.P., Landenberg. Pa.
F o o t b a ll”
squad
s in c e
1 9 7 2 , G iffo rd e n d u re s a
fo o tb a ll s c h e d u le th a t la s ts
fro m th e h o t s u m m e r o f
p re -s e a s o n to th e P ro B o w l
a t th e e n d o f J a n u a ry . H e
d o e s n 't b e lie v e th a t fo o t­
b a ll is a y e a r-ro u n d s p o rt.
“ I'm n o t re a lly in te re s te d
in th e U S F L ." s a y s G iffo rd
o f th e
“ o th e r ”
fo o tb a ll
le a g u e , " o t h e r th a n to see
h o w (D o u g ) F lu tie d id in
h is d e b u t. M y fo o tb a ll s e a ­
s o n is lo n g e n o u g h ."
G if f o r d
w o u ld
r a th e r
s p e n d th e o ff-s e a s o n p u r­
s u in g o th e r s p o rts a s s ig n ­
m e n ts
or
g u e s t- h o s tin g
A B C ’s
"G o o d
M o rn in g .
A m e r ic a . ”
T h is
w eek.
she w as not p la yin g L o re tta
Lynn.
F r a n k G if f o r d
G iffo r d 's e ffo rts c e n te r on
th e M u ltip le S c le ro s is D in ­
n e r o f C h a m p io n s in Nev.
Y o rk . T h e fo rm e r N e w York
G ia n t h a s w o rk e d fo r MS
s in c e 19 70.
son on “My Three Sons,”
before Robbie. Chip and Er­
nie. — K.S., Hammnnd. Ind.
Tim C on sid in e p la y e d o ld ­
e s t son M ik e fro m th e
s h o w ’ s 1960 p re m ie re until
th e 1965-66 sea son. He quit
th e show and th e D o u g la se s
a d o p te d E rnie (B a rry L iv ­
in g sto n ) to co n tinue th e trio .
C heryl L a d d p la y e d a c o a l
m iner’ s d a u g h te r w ho w ent
to w ork in th e m ines h e rs e lf
in C B S 's "K e n tu c k y W om ­
an .” a 1983 TV m ovie. But
MESSAGES FOR MIKE
AND CO. — Please give ma
the addreaa for “60 Minutea” on CBS. — L.M., Tay­
lor, Texaa.
You can w rite th e show at
CBS N ew s. 51 W e st 52nd
S t.. N ew Y ork. NY 10019.
‘C&L* FAN — I would like
to write a letter to “ C agn ey
& Lacey” to thank everyone
involved in creating thia always-great TV show. —
A.E., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Cheryl Ladd
LEE WAY — I have a
puestion about “Game of
Death." a film ataning Bruce
Lee. Hugh O’Bdan and Dean
Jagger. Did Lee actually ap­
pear in thia film or were
scenes taken from hla other
movies and then inserted?
— R.R., So. Doa Palos,
Calif.
“Enter the Dragon” was
the last film that kee com­
pleted before his death in
1973. Footage from "Way of
the Dragon." which was still
in production when Lee suf­
fered heart failure, was inter­
cut with new scenes filmed
with O'Brian and Jagger and
released as "Game of
Death" in 1979.
OLDEST SON — No one
I've asked remembers the
name of the original oldeat
S end your kud os to O rion
T e le visio n , 2 2 17 S. Purdue
A v e .. L o s
A n g e le s . CA
90 0 6 4
OBSESSED — Did my old
eyes deceive me, or waa it
Irene Dunne and not Jane
Wyman in a recent repeat of
“Magnificent Obseaaion"?
Surely the burden of being
Ronald Reagan’s first wife
ahouldn’t cast such a shad­
ow over this great actreaa.
— J.S.Y., Callander, Ont..
Can.
• Even w ith his co n n e ctio n s
in W ashing ton and H o lly­
w o o d . I d o n 't th in k th e P re s i­
dent co u ld ge t his firs t lady
za p p e d out o f an old film .
Irene Dunne s ta rre d w ith
R obe rt T a y lo r in th e 1935
orig in a l o f'M a g n ific e n t O b ­
s e s s io n ." w h ich you o b v i­
ou sly saw . Jan e W ym an and
R ock H udson w e re in the
1954 rem ake.