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Dick Wesson is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 19 november 1922 at Idaho (USA)
Dick Wesson (February 20, 1919 - January 27, 1979) was an American movie and television announcer. He is best known as the announcer for The Wonderful World of Disney from 1954-1979, and many Quinn Martin series.
Career
Wesson started in radio and worked as an announcer on early television shows, among them Space Patrol. On the live television special covering the opening of Disneyland, Wesson appeared as the captain of the Rocket To The Moon ride and was interviewed by Art Linkletter and Danny Thomas. He occasionally did some acting, including appearances in the Golden Horseshoe Revue show at Disneyland.
Wesson did the narration for many movie trailers, Disney and non-Disney, as well as the opening announcements for such television series as Hawaiian Eye, The Fugitive, and The Invaders.
Death and afterward
Dick Wesson committed suicide on January 27, 1979, aged 59. He had been battling cancer.
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Nationality USA
Birth 19 november 1922 at Idaho (USA)
Death 25 april 1996 (at 73 years) at Costa Mesa (USA)
Birth 19 november 1922 at Idaho (USA)
Death 25 april 1996 (at 73 years) at Costa Mesa (USA)
Biography
Dick Wesson was born in Boise, Idaho on February 20, 1919.Career
Wesson started in radio and worked as an announcer on early television shows, among them Space Patrol. On the live television special covering the opening of Disneyland, Wesson appeared as the captain of the Rocket To The Moon ride and was interviewed by Art Linkletter and Danny Thomas. He occasionally did some acting, including appearances in the Golden Horseshoe Revue show at Disneyland.
Wesson did the narration for many movie trailers, Disney and non-Disney, as well as the opening announcements for such television series as Hawaiian Eye, The Fugitive, and The Invaders.
Death and afterward
Dick Wesson committed suicide on January 27, 1979, aged 59. He had been battling cancer.
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Rollercoaster (1977)
, 1h59Directed by James Goldstone
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Timothy Bottoms, George Segal, Henry Fonda, Richard Widmark, Helen Hunt, Susan Strasberg
Roles Tourist Father
Rating62%
A psychopathic bomber (Timothy Bottoms, credited only as "Young Man" and never referred to by any name in the film) sneaks into Ocean View Amusement Park and places a small radio-controlled bomb on the tracks of the park's wooden roller coaster, The Rocket. The bomb detonates, the ride derails, and several riders are killed. Ride inspector Harry Calder (George Segal) is called to the park to investigate what initially appears to have been an accident. Calder determines that there was an unauthorized man on the track, thus eliminating structural problems as the cause of the crash.
The Errand Boy (1961)
, 1h28Directed by Jerry Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about films
Actors Brian Donlevy, Howard McNear, Dick Wesson, Dick Wesson, Jerry Lewis, Kathleen Freeman
Roles The A.D.
Rating63%
Paramutual Pictures decides that they need a spy to find out the inner workings of their studio. Morty Tashman (Jerry Lewis) is a paperhanger who happens to be working right outside their window. They decide that he is the man for the job and hire him on the spot. He bumbles his way through a series of misadventures, reporting everything back to the corporate executives.
Paris Follies of 1956 (1955)
, 1h12Directed by Leslie Goodwins
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Forrest Tucker, Dick Wesson, Dick Wesson, Martha Hyer, Lloyd Corrigan, Wally Cassell
Roles Chuck Russell
Rating51%
Calamity Jane (1953)
, 1h41Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Action, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie, Philip Carey, Dick Wesson, Dick Wesson
Roles Francis Fryer
Rating71%
Calamity Jane (Doris Day) rides into Deadwood, South Dakota as shotgun messenger on the stagecoach. The local saloon bar, the Golden Garter, sends for beautiful women to appear on the stage and entertain the residents of a town with few females. Unfortunately, the men are anything but pleased when the latest "woman" turns out to be a man named Francis Fryer (Dick Wesson), who does a stage act in drag (reluctantly) and goes under the name Frances Fryer. The saloon owner was misled by the girlish-sounding name when reading an advertisement in the newspaper. The men begin to storm out. Calamity, thinking quick in all the panic, vows to get them the one woman they are all drooling over: singer Adelaid Adams (Gale Robbins), who is in Chicago. Francis Fryer points out that Adams wouldn't be seen dead in that town but Calamity is still determined to bring her. Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel) laughs at the idea and tells Calamity that the night Adams steps on the stage, he will come to the opening dressed as a Sioux squaw lugging a papoose.
The Charge at Feather River (1953)
, 1h35Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Guy Madison, Frank Lovejoy, Helen Westcott, Vera Miles, Dick Wesson, Dick Wesson
Roles Pvt. Cullen
Rating61%
This script must be run from the command line
The Desert Song (1953)
, 1h50Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas, Operetta films
Actors Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae, Raymond Massey, Steve Cochran, Dick Wesson, William Conrad
Roles Benjamin 'Benjy' Kidd
Rating61%
The original plot is more-or-less adhered to, with some significant alterations. Benny is depicted as a comic Bob Hope-like coward, but not as a sissy. El Khobar's alter ego is that of a mild-mannered (but not squeamish) Latin tutor and anthropologist, whom Birabeau (Ray Collins) hires to keep Margot (Kathryn Grayson) from flirting with his regiment.
The Man Behind The Gun (1953)
, 1h22Directed by Felix E. Feist
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Patrice Wymore, Dick Wesson, Dick Wesson, Philip Carey, Roy Roberts
Roles Sgt. 'Monk' Walker
Rating59%
Working as an undercover agent, Ransome Callicut travels west by stagecoach. Notorious bandit Vic Sutro tries to rob it, but Callicut captures him and turns over Sutro to an Army captain, Roy Giles, upon arrival in California.
About Face (1952)
, 1h34Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Gordon MacRae, Eddie Bracken, Dick Wesson, Dick Wesson, Virginia Gibson, Phyllis Kirk
Roles Dave Crouse
Rating52%
Force of Arms (1951)
, 1h39Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors William Holden, Nancy Olson, Gene Evans, Frank Lovejoy, Dick Wesson, Paul Picerni
Roles Kleiner
Rating64%
After hard fighting in the Battle of San Pietro, the infantrymen of the American 36th Division are given five days of much needed rest. Sergeant Joe "Pete" Peterson (William Holden) meets WAC Lieutenant Eleanor "Ellie" MacKay (Nancy Olson) in a cemetery. However, his attempts to become better acquainted are brushed off. Later, Pete's friend and commanding officer, Major Blackford (Frank Lovejoy), tells him he has been given a battlefield commission and is now a second lieutenant.
Starlift (1951)
, 1h43Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films, Political films
Actors Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Ruth Roman, Gene Nelson, Janice Rule
Roles Sgt. Mike Nolan
Rating58%
Air Force flyers Rick Williams (Ron Hagerthy) and Mike Nolan (Dick Wesson) attempt to meet Nell Wayne (Janice Rule), a (fictitious) film star performing in a star-studded musical in San Francisco. Rick and Nell were both from the same small town, but had never met. Mike attempts to convince both the staff and cast members at the theater that Rick and Nell are best friends and are extremely close. Ruth Roman takes pity on them and takes them to meet Nell. However, the men first meet with Doris Day and Gordon MacRae, who are rehearsing the song "You're Gonna Lose Your Gal."
Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951)
, 1h47Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Athletics films, American football films, Films about the Olympic Games
Actors Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Phyllis Thaxter, Billy Gray, Steve Cochran, Dick Wesson
Roles Ed Guyac
Rating68%
During a banquet, legendary football coach "Pop" Warner rises and gives a speech praising Jim Thorpe. This leads to a flashback.
Sunny Side of the Street (1951)
, 1h11Directed by Richard Quiney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Terry Moore, Jerome Courtland, Lynn Bari, Audrey Long, Dick Wesson, Dick Wesson
Roles Dave Gibson
Rating56%
Betty Holloway (Terry Moore) a receptionist at a major TV station hopes to secure a break for her singer boyfriend Ted Mason (Jerome Courtland), Betty enlists the aid of Laine. Mason's career really takes off when a team of TV writers discover that he's the childhood sweetheart of Gloria Pelly (Audrey Long), the daughter of an important sponsor.
, 1h27Directed by Crane Wilbur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Steve Cochran, David Brian, Philip Carey, Ted de Corsia, Michael Tolan, Scott Forbes
Roles Tinker
Rating65%
During 1920s, before the 1944 California prison reform, Warden Ben Rickey (Ted De Corsia) rules Folsom Prison with ruthless control. He believes that prisons should be used more for punishing the captive convicts, rather than using the time that they would spend behind the walls of the prison as an opportunity to reform their unruly behavior and repeated returns to a life behind bars. His methods of control are violent, torturous, and meant to beat the prisoners into submission.
Breakthrough (1950)
, 1h31Directed by Lewis Seiler
Origin USA
Genres War
Themes Political films
Actors John Agar, David Brian, Frank Lovejoy, William Campbell, Edward Norris, Paul Picerni
Roles Pvt. Sammy Hansen
Rating66%
Captain Hale (David Brian) leads a company of infantrymen from the 1st Infantry Division from the D-Day landings through the Normandy campaign. They resent the presence of a fresh lieutenant Joe Mallory (John Agar).
Destination Moon (1950)
, 1h32Directed by Irving Pichel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Sur la Lune, Films based on science fiction novels, Space opera, Sur la Lune
Actors John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson, Dick Wesson, Erin O'Brien-Moore
Roles Joe Sweeney
Rating62%
When their latest rocket test fails and government funding collapses, rocket scientist Dr. Charles Cargraves (Warner Anderson) and space enthusiast General Thayer (Tom Powers) enlist the aid of aircraft magnate Jim Barnes (John Archer). With the necessary millions raised privately from a group of patriotic U. S. industrialists, Cargraves, Warner, and Barnes build an advanced single-stage-to-orbit atomic powered spaceship, named Luna, at their desert manufacturing and launch facility; the project is soon threatened by a ginned-up public uproar over "radiation safety". The three idealists circumvent legal efforts to stop their expedition by simply launching the world's first Moon mission well ahead of schedule; as a result, they must quickly substitute Joe Sweeney (Dick Wesson) as their expedition's radar and radio operator.