Classic TV Icons: Action & Drama

Classic TV Icons: Action & Drama is the first in a series of books profiling actors and shows making up our collective television nostalgia. It’s written by veteran entertainment journalist Edward Gross, who has been on the editorial staff of a wide variety of film and TV magazines. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including oral histories on Star Trek and Superman (the two-volume The Fifty-Year Mission and Voices from Krypton, respectively) and Above & Below: The Unofficial 35th Anniversary Beauty and the Beast Companion from Bearmanor Media.Table of Contents1. Meet the Bill Bixby You Didn’t Know — The TruthAbout the Hulk Star Revealed by Those Who KnewHim2. Bill Bixby’s Biographer Remembers the Actor:“His Story Was One of Determination, Tragedy andSadness”3. After The Courtship of Eddie’s Father Turned 50:A Look Back with Bill Bixby, Brandon Cruz and Others.Take a Look Back4. Here’s What Happened to Richard Boone Before,During and After Playing Paladin in Have Gun,Will Travel5. Here’s What Happened to Jack Webb Before, Duringand After Creating TV’s First Procedural, Dragnet6. The Life and Tragic Death of Superman Star GeorgeReeves — Plus, the Actor in His Own Words7. Here’s What Happened to Richard Long, Star ofThe Big Valley and Nanny and the Professor8. Here’s What Happened to Mannix Star Mike ConnorsBefore, During and After the Clasic Detective Show9. Here’s What Happened to Kolchak: The Night StalkerStar Darren McGavin Before and After the Show10. Adam West, Burt Ward & Yvonne Craig Look Back atTheir Batman Series11. Meet Every Classic Hollywood Star who Played a Villainon the Adam West Batman TV Show of the 1960s12. 92 Classic (and Not-So-Classic) TV Westerns of the1950s13. Here’s What Happened to Actor David Janssen Before,During and After Starring on The Fugitive8 Table of Contents14. Daughter of The Twilight Zone: Anne SerlingRemembers Her Father Rod Serling, Creator of theClassic Series15. Here’s What Happened to Moonlighting Stars CybillShepherd and Bruce Willis Before and After the Show16. William Shatner and His Colleagues Look Back atHighlights of His Career, from Star Trek to Trekking tothe Stars17. Here’s What Happened to the Original Cast of Charlie’sAngels — Their Joys, Tragedies and Triumphs18. Cheryl Ladd’s Journey from Charlie’s Angels to Today:‘My Life is Big and Bright and Beautiful Again’19. The True Farrah Fawcett Revealed — ‘She Was theMarilyn Monroe of the ‘70s’20. Lindsay Wagner: 50 Years of Her Bionic Life from1972 to 202221. Here’s What Happened to Actor Lee Majors Before,During and After The Six Million Dollar Man22. Under the Hood of David Hasselhoff’s KnightRider — An Inside Look23. As Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Celebrates Its45th Anniversary, Catch Up with Erin Gray — ColonelWilma Deering Herself Read more