Brian Keith was her mentor! Versatile Actor, Entertainer, Dancer Kathy Garver Remembers!
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Before he starred in THE WESTERNER and the long-running hit, FAMILY AFFAIR, tall, rugged Brian Keith played the title role in a little-known series, THE CRUSADER. As luck would have it, in one of the episodes, Keith’s character rescued a little girl. She was called the “Waif” and was played by a bright young performer who was born in Long Beach named Kathleen Garver. When Keith was hired to star in creator/producer Don Fedderson’s newest sitcom, FAMILY AFFAIR, the former waif was called into co-star as “Cissy.” The long-running series (1966-1971) was an instant smash. Kathy called Keith her mentor and friend.
Since the early 1950’s Kathy Garver seems to have never stopped working. Her western credits include: THE ADVENTURES OF JIM BOWIE, SGT PRESTON OF THE YUKON, THE TRAVELS OF JAMIE McPHEETERS, FURY, THE RIFLEMAN, DANIEL BOONE, THE BIG VALLEY, BRANDED and two episodes of the classic series, DEATH VALLEY DAYS.
Kathy is also in demand as a voice actor for animation and is an award-winning narrator, having recorded over 30 audiobooks.
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Brian Keith was the most underrated actor EVER. Pure awesome in every role he portrayed.
I couldn't agree more,I love him in the series The Westerner!
HOOPER!
100% agree!
She’s beautiful at 77! She’s so full of life! Love her.
Only 77?
I always had a thing for older women!
She’s as beautiful now as she was back in the day.
And she has a great, not to mention strong, attitude too!
@@robertdragoff6909 Hey, me too....when I was young. Figures my wife is eleven years younger than me, huh?
Kathy Garver has been on screen in eight decades! That's an AMAZING accomplishment! As lively as she is, she will easily make it nine...or more!
What a fun interview. I had no idea how extensive Kathy’s work was. Night of the Hunter, and 10 Commandments….wow. As a kid, I adored Brian Keith ever since I saw him as the dad in Parent Trap. I watch everything he is in, and still do.
Me too!
Thank you Kathy Garver I have loved your work on the big and small screen since childhood. And you always turn out a outstanding performance.
Kathy G is instantly recognizable to those of us who grew up with Family Affair. She's looking great, lovely lady!
She has an impressive resume! I'm more impressed with her voice over. In animation. She still looks good. I remember her from the series
Family Affair was in reruns in N.E. Ohio in the very early 70's. I remember running into the living room when I heard the show's opening come on. Even as a preschooler I had a crush on Kathy and remember fondly the innocence of the show's plots and family-oriented message. Thanks, Rob and team for bringing us another wonderful interview, Family Affair and Kathy are part of the tapestry of our lives.
How lovely to see Kathy Garver. You certainly have a variety of guests.
good interview! Kathy looks fantastic!... she has hardly aged at all.. !!.. Still watch Family Affair .. good television...
My absolute favorite show as a child and watch it still. I love you Cissy:!
I had not seen Kathy on screen in many years until some recent commercials. Another great interview by you and thanks to you and this wonderful actress for bringing it to us.
Great to see Kathy. Watched Brian Keith the other day in Nevada Smith. My favorite western role for him. Thanks Rob.
Thanks for mentioning Nevada Smith, one of my favorite westerns. Sadly it seems to have been largely forgotten and not recognized as a fantastic western. It would be great if Rob was able to interview someone from that production.
Wow. She looks amazing. I watched that show as a kid, and loved it. I was about 9 and was at the Omaha airport and just happened to see Johnny and his parents walking through to catch a flight.
What a great interview with such a delightful lady so full of energy and fun. This was one of my favorite WOW shows. Thanks a million to you and Kathy.
Who can resist that smile?
How nice to hear Kathy Garver's insights from an early age on. I was always so glad Brian Keith saw the value of stretching his acting chops beyond Westerns to another medium and genre, as Robert Fuller did accepting the role of Kelly Brackett for Emergency! No doubt a percentage would have sweetened the opportunity for Brian. IMHO, both added to the quality of their projects whatever they be.
She still as cute as can be, and looks so young.
Boy! June Lockhart would be a great interview considering her career and her father's too.
Kathy looks wonderful in HD.
Very entertaining anecdotes from her, told with great energy.
Great interview with Kathy discussing how she worked with stars from Brian Keith to Robert Mitchum and so many TV shows you continue to highlight these wonderful actors thanks Rob.
I really like Kathy G. She's lively & fun. I didn't realize she had such a diverse career. Brian Keith was one of my favorites. Great interview, Rob!
she is one terrific lady
Love Kathy,......I think everybody watched Family Affair back in the late 60's/early-70's.....esp....in syndication.
....Hey....Don't forget = Mrs.Beazely..(doll)
What a lovely lady. From Night of the Hunter to TV. Amazing career. Would have like to have heard what she thought of Lilian Gish. Legend
Love Brian Keith and Kathy garvey
Great interview-sweet person and wow, didn't know about all the great movies and series she'd been in and how knowledgeable about the industry she was a part of (I just ordered her autobio). So good to see her! Thank you Rob and Kathy!
Ooooh, there's a book?!? I'll definitely be checking into THAT. In about two minutes, I'd estimate.
Rob, you have done it AGAIN!!! Kathy Carver is a DELIGHTFUL guest and CLEARLY very intelligent!! Thanks for posting this marvelous gem!!
I remember watching reruns of Family Affair, great interview
It is not fair how some people age so wondedrfully
Very interesting conversation. I recently saw a commercial and had to look twice, but I was thinking that the woman looked like Kathy Garver. I now know that I was correct. Such energy, Bravo. Had no idea they filmed "Family Affair" like "My Three Sons". Thanks for sharing.
Great interview, I remember watching Family Affair. I did like Brain Keith he also was a very good Actor. Thanks for sharing Rod
Another interesting choice. Many thanks, Rob and Team AWOW!
Thank you again Rob for another interesting interview. Brian Keith was one of my favorite actors
I was totally unaware of her previous television work before ‘Family Affair’ and her subsequent movie, TV work. Maybe it was because of her different hair color. 😉 Thanks for the interview!
Ok...had a crush on Cissy as a kid...just as I did with Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo & Betty Jo Bradley.. oh, cant forget Mary Ann too...🤩....so what...🤣....excellent interview...Rob, any chance for a Wes Studi interview?....thanks brother!
Wes would be fantastic, DD. He just celebrated his 75th birthday last week.
@@AWordonWesterns he certainly would....if anyone can pull it off its you Roberto, with that humble, fun loving, knowledgeable, nattily dressed, charm of yours! And great hair...👍
@@AWordonWesterns is that enuff ass kissing Rob, or should I go on.....🤣
Brian Keith was wonderful on Centennial.
I don't know how you do it Rob, but, Yes, another great interview and wow Kathy has a lot of energy and was interesting a lot of fun to hear.
Great interview and an easy one for you Rob. Kathy’s vibrant personality and outgoing way provided us with some fun anecdotes
Loved this interview. Kathy was delightful and had great energy! She had quite a career.
Loved the whole cast of Family Affair, though Mr. French was my fav.
Brian Kieth was a tremendous actor almost completely forgotten except for " his series" I think his best acting was in "The Westerner" which lasted only one season.That show which I own was great and he was outstanding in it..nice interview as always...
I remember when the Kids from Family Affair visited the Cedar Rapids Iowa TV station WMT and were interviewed on the DR. MAX SHOW. I had to laugh when Rob said, "That's a good horse story"
I must of seen her in many of those shows but never recognize her. But I did in the big valley episode
Great interview...I have always loved Kathy. Thank you so much and Merry Christmas to you.
Wow Rob, I have always wanted to meet her, and never had the chance!!! Great interview
Very nice, thanks for sharing!
Thank you too!
PS thank you for this video i enjoy every moment ✌️ ✌️ ☀️ 🤩 🤩 USA 😎 ☀️ 💎 lord Rob Word of Word on Westerns laird of Word manor your friend tom 😍 😍 😍
Great interview! I always had a crush on Kathy…What a great actor Brian Keith was and the Westerner was an awesome show and don’t know why it didn’t last…But glad there are streaming services like Tubi where you can still watch shows like this and other t.v westerns and movies and lots of obscure spaghetti westerners!
Merry Christmas to you my friend, just love what you do ,as I look back how this country used to be,it makes me so sad how this country has changed!
Ms.Garver is a fabulous animated Lady !
Shes a Stella nova beautyfull star
Rob You sure know to Find Great Actors and Kathys SO Much Fun and man she kept me smiling and laughing!! Bring Her Back too ! 😃😉🇺🇸🤩! I like some others didn’t really realize just how gifted she is and when she even saw to it that the actors and families were paid for those DVDS that can often be hard to do so Congratulations on that too!! Rob From Frank and myself We wish You and your family a Blessed Christmas and Happy Healthy New 2023 !🤩🇺🇸😃🙏🥰🎄🎉🤙❤️
Thanks for the kind words, Toini. Best to you and Frank in the new year!
Another great interview. The only western I have seen her was "The Big Valley". Didn't know she was in "The Ten Commandments".
PS i love her voice
Just watch Brian Keith in the 1966 Western "Nevada Smith" to see how the movie business has changed since 1966, mostly for the worst. Keith plays Jonas Cord, a cynical gun dealer who helps out Max Sand, played by Steve McQueen. John Michael Hayes' great script gives Keith a chance to impress you with his acting talent and screen personality. Hayes pretty much gave up writing scripts after "Nevada Smith," tired of writing screenplays that never got produced. Keith continued his acting career but I can only think of his role as Theodore Roosevelt in 1975's "The Wind And The Lion" as one where he again had a great movie role that matched his talent. "Nevada Smith" was a grim Western filled with fictional bad people, including the title character. Keith's role in 1966's "Family Affair" TV series, real pablum, had one real-life really bad person, producer Don Fedderson, who treated actors like cattle. Especially Anissa Jones. I am still waiting for "Nevada Smith" and its great Lucien Ballard cinematography to be available as a Blu-ray release.
Nice video it was good to hear her take on Family Affair program, I used to watch some of it as a kid.
What a Story. I know nothing about the Movie business apparently. So, her experiences as an older person doing a younger part has some perks so far as things I've never heard.
Thanks
Rob :)
Lots of young actors are able to continue playing juveniles, Marv, unless they start sprouting fast.
15 years older looks 10 years younger than me.
Truly amazing, Rich. Thanks.
Yeah, I didn't know she was 77 until someone above pointed it out. She's got over decade on me and is gorgeous! Meanwhile, I'm a broken down wreck.
What a blast you must have had, Rob. I remember her from Family Affair, and the Mountain Men. 👍👍💯⭐&💝
13:25 I have all my life, had that talent that June Lockhart showed her on that interview show. Some women it scared, others were awed. But most just huffed their nose in the air and walked off, to call me later demanding _How did you know?!_ "It's a gift" was my response. 🎅🤶🦌
What an engaging interview. Loved the backstory of Night of the Hunter. Producer Paul Gregory was the cousin of my friend. Thanks for all your hard work in bringing these to us.
Thanks for your kinds words, roberta.
She seems like such a fun gal to know! I'm pretty sure I never saw the show she is most associated with, but there's very little TV comedy I've ever bothered with. Your interview really brings her out to the point where I feel like I am friends with her. Maybe someday. Thanks for another good'un, Rob!
I’m late to the party today …..good job Rob 👍
Brian Keith had a great vibe that was very much appropriate for westerns. The "Westerner" of course proves that, but it could be argued that his few scenes as character, Jonus Cord in the McQueen classic "Nevada Smith" were some of the best and most memorable in that great film.
always instructive, i didn't know she was one of the kids in night of the hunter. aaah brian keith, just saw him in the mountain men. He was a pretty good trapper in this one.
There Was a movie back in the days where Ricard widmark pusched a Lady down the balcony, great movie,
Wonderful interview, Rob. My only complaint is that I would like to hear and see more of her. I enjoyed "Family Affair" and followed the careers of most of the cast. Of course, I like Brian Keith and Sebastian Cabot, but I also followed Johnny Whitaker. I lost track of Kathy Garver. She looks much like the girl she played on the series and is so full of energy. Please, bring her back as I would like to know more about her career before and after "Family Affair." Maybe you could get Johnny Whitaker too, though I don't know of many westerns that he did. Still I would like to hear and see him.
Incredible..
Seems like a great lady
Wow, Rob. Crackerjack interview with an amazing woman.
Kathy has aged well.
I've always considered movies such as "Night of the Hunter" and "Jaws" to be terror films because they fill you with dread over something plausible, whereas horror films involve grotesque monsters or supernatural forces.
I describe them as "suspense films." Hitchcock was the master. "Night of the Hunter" did very well until the very end of the film where one shotgun blast ended. Also, German expressionism began in the 1920s and was old in the 1950s.
Love Kathy! Doesn't she do a commercial now for a telephone for seniors who have problems with hearing on a regular phone and these print out the caller's words.
@@BethDavis-d9v You’re exactly right, Beth. That’s her! Kathy seems to be getting more air time than ever. Thanks.
And now she's a grandma with a captioned phone!
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nice show Word, Kathy is so lively and charmingly attractive with a quick wit and great smile and demeanor, Brian Keith ruggedly hansom and really was a versatile actor and likeable personality, the pain and his ending by choice because of cancer was sad, well as always Word, great, never a disappointment, thanks
She does the TV commercials for the Close Caption Phone
Which child was she in Night of the Hunter?
Does she do the hearing commercial s?
She is the one in those hearing commercials, Ellen. Not sure which kid she is in NOTH, not one of the leads, though.
@@AWordonWesterns Then she has to be one of the children that was living with Lillian Gish.
Isn't she on a commercial for some sort of hearing impairment phone system? The phone that shows the words, shows closed captioning on a phone? Talking to the grandkids about playing baseball??
Yes, that's her, Lil' H. She never slows down!
And the Westerner
Enjoyed it.