Why was Burt Reynolds FIRED from his 1st TV series? Co-star Michael McGreevey remembers! AWOW
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2021
- Being a "fly on the wall" is what it's like to be a child actor remembers Michael McGreevey. He ought to know, his resume reads like a Who's Who of Hollywood and his behind-the-scenes revelations are both eye opening and very, very funny. Among his credits are several feature films with the likes of Kurt Russell, Richard Widmark and his "screen brother," Bill Mumy. Find out about McGreevey's summer vacation marrying Sally Field witnessing Robert Mitchum's amazing memory in a look back at the all star western, THE WAY WEST (1967), correcting a mistake made by Walt Disney, discovering that he could cry on cue while working on his Emmy Award winning Father's series, BLACK SADDLE (1959), and watching young Burt Reynolds get fired for an incident in their TV series RIVERBOAT (1959-61). All this and more from the talented actor/writer/producer McGreevey as he joins Rob Word and a look back for a special A WORD ON WESTERNS extended edit, from a September 18, 2018 interview at The Autry Museum.
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So fantastic to hear this man talk about Richard Widmark who was one of my favourites and who is now all but forgotten. They don’t make them like that anymore.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Matthew Adam Garber (25 March 1956 - 13 June 1977) was a British child actor who played Michael Banks in the 1964 film Mary Poppins. He appeared in only two other films, The Three Lives of Thomasina and The Gnome-Mobile, all three times appearing alongside actress Karen Dotrice. All three appearances were in movies by Walt Disney Pictures.
Ten years after his retirement, Garber contracted hepatitis, which later affected his pancreas. He died of pancreatitis at the age of 21.
Thanks, B. That’s very sad to learn though.
@@AWordonWesterns Yes, very sad, at my world view age of 70, he was a child.
Great show today Rob. Walt Disney must be turning in his grave if he knows what they did to Disney Studios and what they stand for today.
One of the things I liked about the early Disney shows was watching Walt at the start of each show.
So true !!! Now a bunch of sick, communist , anti-American propaganda trash !!!!!
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maybe pedophiles too ?
@@garyschultz7768 THEY took over in 1984 and immediately proposed the first Diz-Nee released R-rated film 2 years later. THEY own almost all media and entertainment outlets and much more.
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are we powerless to
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OUT from our midst ?
Increasingly, this is becoming one of the last places where one can simply see nice people.For that alone it should be celebrated.
Thanks, Doug.
The previous poster said it perfectly: "Great show today, Rob."
The best part of UA-cam are channels like this one. Mr. Word, thank you for sharing these interviews. Otherwise, stories like these would be lost forever.
I agree, monk. Thanks.
Awesome. The longer the show the better.
Burt Reynolds was offered the part of Han Solo the same year he did Smokey and the Bandit....Just imagine a black millennium Falcon with a gold fire bird painted on the hood...I think it would of been pretty nifty myself.
Darren McGavin's performance in Christmas Story is pure comic genius. Loved that movie. A holiday classic from an underrated literary genius, Jean Shepherd who drew on his own personal experience of growing up in small town Indiana in the 40's.
A classic! I hang up my 1 sheet every Christmas.
I love that show
Can you believe JACK NICHOLSON almost played the father??? He was doing TERMS OF ENDEARMENT or else he would have. The director respects him but was glad to have Darren McGavin.
@@mem1701movies Never heard that one before. But agree, no one could have equaled McGavin in that part. Not even the great Nicholson.
His performance on a new show in the mid 1970s called the Night Stalker. It influenced so many shows to come, especially the X Files.
Michael McGreevey and Billy Mumy seem to really have a good perspective on Hollywood and their careers. They "know the deal" and are very down to Earth.
Now, if they can just get the Schultz twins, Keith and Kevin (who starred as pre-teens and teens) in the TV Western series, The Monroes (mid-late 1960's) to reflect on their time in Hollywood and that series, which also starred a young Barbara Hershey and Michael Anderson Jr. I had such a huge crush on them back then!
Nice to see him interviewed, he’s one of my favorites. Great memories, he worked with so many big stars.
This is one of those interviews where I would like to hang around, crack open a few beers, and listen to more stories that are shared--probably after the camera stops rolling. Thanks, Rob, for bringing us another fun time on a Sunday morning.
Correct. It’s just one long party, Sue.
I don’t even drink,but I could get one down,at least.🍺
I love westerns! When I start I can't stop. Clean, decent, funny entertainment. Thank you Rob
Richard Widmark was fantastic in westerns, in fact all the one's mentioned were great in westerns. WESTERNS were my Dad and I's favourite shows. I still watch every one that I can find 😍💖🙏oxoxox oxoxox oxoxox I pray you Rob live to be ancient 🙏 😂
Thanks, Leona. I am ancient.
@@AWordonWesterns Ohhh no, you can't be lol 😍😀🙏oxoxox oxo
I wrote to Burt Reynolds about 25 years ago and he sent me a photo back from "Smokey and the Bandit" that he autographed for me. He was a very talented actor that could play so many different parts.
Very cool
Wow wow what a show 🤠 burt Reynolds just such a wonderfull actor i love smokey and the bandit and city heat Clint and burt was cc stars and he Was in perry mason series so he Was awsome thanks lord Rob Word of Word on Westerns thanks Hope you Are All well and safe
Great episode ! This may be my favorite of all the WORD ON WESTERNS.
Always wondered why Burt left Riverboat now I know.
Keep the shows coming as I look forward to them every Wednesday and Sundays
Thanks, Tom.
What a wonderful interview. So many times child actors have trouble moving into adulthood, it’s great to see two from my youth who transitioned so well.
My Uncle Dale went to high school with Darren McGavin in Galt, Calif. My junior year in high school I started working weekends at Pollardville Ghost Town, a tourist attraction between Lodi & Stockton, Calif., as a cowboy/gunslinger/stunt-teen in the old west shows/gunfights we put on every hour on Main St.. Couldn't really call it work. It was way too much fun getting shot off the hotel balcony, stagecoach , or horse...plus getting paid a whopping $1.25 an hour. Absolutely instilled my deep love of westerns I still have to this day. Worked at the Ghost Town til joining the military in 1970. Earlier in 1970 landed a night job as food server & dishwasher on the set of the Moonshine War directed by Robert Altman (M*A*S*H the movie). Met Richard Widmark, Alan Alda, Patrick McGoohan, Will Geer (Grandpa Walton), and Lee Hazelwood in his first movie. Lee had several hit songs out with Nancy Sinatra (Some Velvet Mornin, Jackson ect). Great guy, but here he is a millionaire with hit records and he kept bumming cigarettes off me. He smoked like a chimney, we smoked the same brand, and every time he ran out of smokes he'd come looking for me...an 18 year old dish washer. Got to the point I tried to avoid the mooch.
Thanks, Chucker. What a fun summer gig. Big bucks!
@@AWordonWesterns: Thank YOU sir. I watch your videos religiously. The nostalgia is wonderful for my old soul.
How LOYAL is your A Word on Westerns following? 795 LIKES and three dissenters! Amazing appreciation and enjoyment for your program efforts Rob! Keep it up Sir.
Thanks for noticing, Bob.
Until you see these one realizes how many great people were in the business back in the day.
They just keep getting better,
Thanks, Lee
Growing up as a kid around Billy's age, I really enjoyed and envied Michael and Billy, as their careers progressed. It was just a great time to be a kid, and watch their movies and shows.
That would have been awesome to grow up doing movies as a child actor with all those legends.
I love watching his interviews! He asks a question that you'd want to ask and then he just lets them answer! Wadda conception! Love them ❤️ thank Mr. Rob!
Thank you, Christine. You sure make me glad I'm doing this.
Rob, great episode, Michael & Billy were awesome!💫
Thanks, Larry.
Great to see Michael McGreevey Hollywood was built by actors like him!
Eddie Little Sky was a great Native American actor much overlooked today. I met him in Jamestown once and he and his wife Dawn were so kind and down to earth.
Cool, Tom. He would have been a good guest for us, too. I listened to your TV Western Stars in Spaghetti Westerns podcast while hiking this morning. Lots of fun.
Talking about all my favorite actors, this AWOW was not long enough!!
Really enjoyed today's show. Word on westerns always good.
I’m a senior and your broadcast are right in my wheelhouse.....wonderful memories!
Thanks, Vernon.
Many great stories
Wow! I loved the pure honesty of this guy. He shared an insiders’ look at some actors that was captivating! I think he needs to write a book.
Thank you Rob!
Yes, he should! Thanks, Jimmie.
Two of the very best child actors during that era. Michael was immediately recognizable even at this date. And of course it was a "Good Life" for Bill Mumy. Who could ever forget that Twilight Zone episode.
And its sequel - decades later, with Mumy and his real-life daughter.
Unforgettable.
And the great alien character, Lanier in Babylon 5.
Billy Mumy was in three different Twilight Zone episodes. I assume you are talking about the one where he was a powerful mutant, but he also played Jack Klugman's son in an episode and my favorite where he talked to his dead grandmother on a toy telephone. He was a good actor. in a
This just became one of my favorite episodes! Really good work.
Thanks, Jim.
This was the best episode I have watched, loved the stories these guys shared.
mitchem was read the lakota dialog scene twice and did it perfectly with what the expert said was the best lakota accent he had heard. wow. it seems mitchem had not only a read the scene once mermory but auditory as well.
The information about Mitchum's auditory response would certainly help explain his singing ability,
credited and uncredited on films.
I loved this interview. Such great stories and actors that I watched as a child. Thank you so much Rob for letting me relive some of my childhood. Love your channel.
Thanks, Deb.
This episode warmed my heart so many times in those too short 23 minutes! Michael McGreevey was a such a great guest! The captivating annectdotes kept coming one after the other. And when the added bonus guest Bill Mumy joins in for all the great Walt Disney stories! Those kids were so lucky to be part of the Disney family back when Uncle Walt was still there, and made sure everything was running smoothly, and that every kid on his tv shows and movies were doing okay and "having fun". I was not born yet, but it made me wish I could have been there during those days of the Mouseketeers, Spin & Marty, and all those great Disneyland western series. Thank you for another wonderful show Rob!
Good to see they both had happy memories of Hollywood.
I used to go junior high school with Brandon Cruze who was on Courtship of Eddys father. I faked sick and went to the nurses office. I sat on a bench next Brandon who had a cast on his arm. We didn't talk. I loved that show and bill Bixby
Thank You Rob & crew!!! Continued Excellence that always leaves a happy smile!!!
Wow another great show 👏 I could have listened to Bill & Michael's recollections and antidotes for hours on end, fantastic 👏
Glad you enjoyed it, Vince. So did I!
It's good to see the kids, now men, who I watched when I was a kid who aspired to be actor.
A great episode. Darrian and burt are two of my favorite actors. Sally field still looks great. A great way to start a sunday. Westerns are my favorite movies. Have a nice day Rob. Billy mummy is also one of my favorite actors.
Thanks, Wayne
Nice show Rob. Takes me back a lot of years to a simpler time of life. Thanks.
Loved these tales! Both McGreevy and Mumy and all the other child actors, it's almost like they grew up with me. Hadn't heard the Burt Reynolds Gaven McCloud story and I thought it most interesting. Great episode.
"Gaven McCloud" ????!!!! How did you come up with THAT?? Gavin MacLeod was the captain of "The Love Boat," not the "Riverboat." Darren McGavin was the captain of the "Riverboat," not "The Love Boat." Burt Reynolds did not throw Gavin MacLeod off of "The Love Boat ." "McCloud" was another series entirely starring Dennis Weaver as a cowboy cop out of place in New York.
That was a really interesting interview. I just saw "The Way West" a few weeks ago. I believe that Mitchum story of under acting because you looked forward to seeing Mitchum to underplay Douglas' over the top performing. Richard Widmark was great too and Sally Field was so sexy in that film.
Love the old school story telling. Living history being recorded. Great job.
Glad you enjoyed it
Appsolultly wonderful !!!!!
Very, very interesting interview! I just got into Western TV Shows lately.. I grew up hating the heck out of them throughout the 70s and beyond because I guess my generation wasn't as much part of the time when Westerns were all over the place like the 50s and the 60s.. We were more submersed in Detective Shows and Comedies.. With all of the garbage going on I actually sat through The Rifleman a couple times, which was an accomplishment for me, and got hooked on the genre!! Now I love Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Rifleman and even Wagon Train.. They're all on MeTV.. Thanks for this great interview!!
Great interview with a super nice guy, Mike McGreevy. Thanks Rob
Great stories and memories of all the great actors and also the interactions of the great directors and walt Disney. Some really great productions.
wow what a great interview...thanks for not interrupting !!!!!!!
So so enjoyable to watch. Apart from seeing Mr Disney only in picture format, it is a blessing to see him as a human being through actors actor's eyes.
How unforgettable was Billy in Lost in Space also.
Thank you so much and kind regards from Adelaide, South. Australia
Thanks, Sammy.
Loved all of BR’s movies and TV appearances. Underrated actor.
Even Stroker Ace and Cannonball Run 2????
Waiting for someone to annoy Billy Mumy so he can send them to the cornfield. lol
Rob's interviews are amazing. I'm not really a big Western fan, but he is so well prepared and lets his guests talk that I get into it.
Thanks, Mike. Glad you enjoy them
This gives me an excuse to praise Richard Widmark. A true pro who made it look like acting came naturally. I still haven't gotten over Rob's _November Noir_ series and recently re-watched _Pickup on South Street_ for the first time in many years. What a knockout, literally and figuratively.
Thanks, Dale. Widmark was so very good. PICKUP, LAST WAGON and RUN FOR THE SUN are among my Widmark favorites.
I agree with you completely re: Richard Widmark.
Wonderful, honest, storytelling. Love this, Rob.
He's a gifted storyteller, Rupe. As are you!
Thank You Rob I look forward to ever show.
So many great memories.
Thanks, Edith.
Even though much of this footage was in previous episodes, it was recut and presented in a way that made it fresh and new. As always a Word On Westerns makes Sunday mornings a little better.
Thanks, Jim. Since our last live show was over a year ago, I’m looking at some of our old shorter show and digging for unused footage. Glad you enjoyed my “enhanced” episode. More to come.
Rob, this episode was great. The shows get better and better. Those inside stories are priceless. Thanks
I saw that thumbnail and thought: “that’s the kid from that Twilight Zone episode!” I was a bit disappointed to find out he wasn’t…but then found out the two actors had a connection! As brothers in another production! And then you brought out Bill Mumy! I’m just plain tickled by this episode.
Thanks, Pb. Pretty cool, huh?
@@AWordonWesterns
Definitely!
Always love Mike's stories.
This interview kept my interest the entire time. Great work getting these guests.
This is my favorite video so far. I'm a huge McGreevey fan!
Disney stories in this episode are great. The Way West is unique because of several suspenseful, bizarre and surprising scenes.
Pretty dang cool. I honestly didn't recognize either one of them until I saw them in their roles . Then they were suddenly good friends and fond memories. Thanks Rob . Do one on the Red head Mumy ? Said he had done some westerns too. Thanks again Rob a great escape from the world
Great episode. Really enjoyed it.
Lots of fun stories. Never knew the real story behind Burt leaving. Thanks.
A wonderful extended segment, Rob, with lots of great stories from Michael and Billy! Always a new gulch to explore, and a renewed passion to indulge.
😷 Rob, this was a great interview 👍
Thanks Rob always interesting interviews, it will be great when this horrible pandemic ends so you can resume these interviews.
YESSSS!!!!
Great Show!!!!!
Thank you for another great interview!
Thank you so much,for these wonderful stories and actors of my past.I just wish you could have gotten Clint Walker on the show.
Me, too, Sharron.
Burt was probably a young cocky actor starting out who had a huge ego then. Not totally unheard of at the time.
AFAIK, Reynolds ego never diminished, but inflated hugely.
Great actor - no doubt -, especially playing big SOBs, but I never found him a likeable person.
@@Tordogor I found him incredibly likeable and super loyal to his friends as evident by his Sinatra like pack he gave so many roles to.
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I always liked Reynolds and consider him one of the most effective actors, whether in drama or comedy!
Also, a great talk-show guest; He and Don Rickles, btw, were the Tonight Show's best substitute hosts, always maintaining a balance of tact (yes, Rickles, too!!), intelligence, and well-chosen questions during interviews.
@@eddysgaming9868 rumor is McGavin was a creep, not well liked by a lot of his costars
@@Tordogor your personal opinion only. I liked Burt
So enjoyable. More valuable than maybe you know at a time when the world looks mad. Thank you, Rob.
Thanks, Ian. Let's all get....HAPPY!
I always look forward to these great stories keep up the great work it's great to watch and listen I used to watch these guys when I was a kid Robert Mitchum was one of my favorite actors
Used to watch both of these guys and all the shows and movies of this time period. I tell my granddaughters about them, their reply is that I must be “Three days older than dirt” wasn’t tv in any color back then.
Some television shows were filmed in color as live short subjects for movies in foreign countries, but were broadcast on American television in black and white. There are color episodes of "The Cisco Kid" and "The Adventures of Superman" that were filmed in color for that reason.
That was the time when nice, clean, family, wholesome TV shows were produced. Nowadays kids are missing all these wonderful shows. Thank you Mr Word for making these videos. Greetings from Phoenix, AZ
Thanks. I agree.
Fantastic interview! Thanks Rob. Very enjoyable.
I remember Michael on an episode of the Waltons. Interesting guy with great recall!
He sure does. Thanks Bruce.
Just caught up with this wonderful and interesting interview. Thank you for keeping these movies, actors, and directors alive.
Thanks a lot, Joan. Glad you're enjoying them.
Oh my goodness! Did he mention “Tombstone Territory”!? That’s my favorite TV Western & no one ever talks about it. I had no idea his father wrote some episodes. Very cool!
I would love a “Tombstone Territory” episode whenever you’re up & running again, Rob! I can’t wait to hear some stories about Pat Conway/Richard Eastham.
Has Jan Shepard ever mentioned being on it? She was fantastic as usual! Thanks again for another great episode! ❤️
Hi, MsCG. Good idea. It is such a fabulous western series. I just hung up with Jan Shepard checking up on her and her thoughts about TOMBSTONE TERRITORY. She didn't remember much about it (which is unusual) but did ask about Pat Conway who she enjoyed working with. Jan's credit list is amazing. She's been taking care of her husband Ray Boyle/Dirk London (of TV's WYATT EARP) and still has lots of stories to share with us when we're able to resume production.
@@AWordonWesterns thank you for asking her! She is a legend & so talented. I hope she is still doing well. I know her husband recently passed. Very sad.
I hope you can still do a Tombstone Territory episode some time in the future. I know a few guest stars are still with us like Angie Dickinson, Jan, Jack Hogan, Joyce Meadows, Jack Grinnage, Kathleen Nolan, Dyan Cannon, James Hong, Norma Moore, Jean Allison, Michael Forest & Scotty Morrow.
Thanks for keeping these westerns alive, Rob! We appreciate you!
Michael McGreevey will always be Richard Schuyler from the Disney trilogy of films he did with Kurt Russell. I love those films. I had seen Michael talk about Kurt Russell and he is still good friends with him. I believe he worked for him and Goldie in the past. He may still work for him.
Love the show brings back a lot of memories.
So very interesting to hear from my childhood stars thanks for sharing
Rob,,, I can't express the joy you bring me from these interviews. As a kid I knew who ALL the Best Child Actors were. I've never seen Michael interviewed (or another Great Fave was Kevin Corcoran. I wanted to be Moochie in the worst way.) Thank you so very much for your XLNT work.
Thanks, Rick.
I’m 79 yrs old , and enjoyed every minted of your show 👍👍 . You & guests brought back a lot of wonderful memories , Keep them coming......👏👏👏👏👏
Great interview! I recognized Mumy immediately (From Lost in Space), but not the other guy. They made good TV programs back then. Movies, too.
So love this channel and hearing these incredible back stories by such wonderful actors of my past....thank you so much Mr. Word!...👍
What a wonderful, fun interview. Im so grateful to view it
Thanks, Sherri.
GREAT.. I LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THESE PEOPLE
Great interview
Thanks, Mary.
I love these interviews so much. I bet these great actors have unending stories they can tell. I look forward to more interviews every week. Keep them coming.
Thanks, Wayne. See you next time.
michael mcgreevey such cool awesome energy, what a wonderful soul!
Thanks, rj. Couldn't agree more!
@@AWordonWesterns love your shows, movies & interviews & remembering a lot of cool people. thanks for your channel. have great day.
Rob,
Hope you have an extended version of this interview coming.
This was great.
Thanks but this combined three old episodes from when the shows were shorter. I wanted to re-edit and make it longer and to also include footage not previously shown, which I did. We had a last minute replacement running audio and he neglected to turn on my microphone during this interview!!!! I looped myself using my iPhone during editing. Then we shot 4 more interviews that day with other child actors, including a one on one with Mr Bill Mumy. Pretty exciting!
@@AWordonWesterns Thanks plenty! So happy with the work you do.
This is a great follow-up! The guests are so great and just sharing lots of good info!! WOW on never disappoints, thanks Rob.😊👍
These shows are pure gold, thank you so much for your efforts!
Thanks, DC. Glad you like them!
Great episode, Rob! I remember Michael appeared in a lot of scenes with Jack Lambert on Riverboat. Jack had a mustache on that show, but I saw him later without it, and he looked very menacing and was usually the bad guy. I enjoyed seeing Billy, as well as Michael, and used to have a bit of a crush on his Lost in Space sister (Angela Cartwright).
Lambert played Dum Dum in the original "The Killers", Burt Lancaster's first film. A classic Noir with Ava Gardner and Edmund O'Brien. Another guy like Lee Van Cleef whom he sorta resembled (same squinty eyes) and so was similarly type cast in similar villain roles.