Friday, August 3, 2012

On This Date: August 3


1940: Martin Sheen was born in Dayton, Ohio. The prolific, Emmy Award-winning actor played Ben Parker in directer Marc Webb’s 2012 release The Amazing Spider-Man.


1951: Jay North was born in Hollywood, California. From 1959 to 1963, he portrayed the well intentioned but troublesome Dennis Mitchell on the television series Dennis the Menace, based on the eponymous comic strip by Hank Ketchum.


1983: Actress Carolyn Jones died in West Hollywood, California of colon cancer at the age of 53. In addition to her role as Morticia Addams on the 1960s series The Addams Family, she also appeared as Marsha, Queen of Diamonds on Batman as well as playing Queen Hippolyta on The New Adventures of Wonder Woman.


2007: Walt Disney Pictures released Underdog, based on the animated television series created by W. watts Biggers and Chet Stover that ran from 1964 to 1973. Directed by Frederick Du Chau, the film features Jason Lee as the voice of the beagle superhero as he goes up against Simon Bar Sinister (Peter Dinklage) and his henchman Cad Lacke (Patrick Warburton). The cast also includes Jim Belushi, Alex Neuberger, John Slattery, Amy Adams as the voice of ‘Sweet’ Polly Purebred, and Brad Garrett as the voice Riff Raff.

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