Mr. Considine even substituted a couple of times for William Safire, writing the On Language column for The New York Times Magazine. [2], Constantine was born Gus Efstratiou in Reading, Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1967, CBS moved My Three Sons to Saturday at 8:30 pm ET. My Three Sons had 36 episodes each in the first two seasons. In 1959, he appeared in his first film, The Last Mile (1959). Michael Francis 'Bub' O'Casey: Oh, uuh Cosmetics. From 1955 to 1957, he starred on Disney shows "Spin and Marty" and "Hardy Boys," which were both 15-minute segments on the "Mickey Mouse Club.". [1], Considine died on March 3, 2022, at his home in Mar Vista, California. Michael Francis 'Bub' O'Casey: I will be back. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. The couple got married in 1979 following his divorce from his first wife, Charlotte Stewart. Other sponsors were General Motors Division, The Quaker Oats Company, Ralston-Purina, and in it's final season the sponsor was The Ford Motor Company(Lincoln-Mercury Division). Mr. Considines Disney career was busy. [1] He also appeared in the Disney show The Swamp Fox as Gabriel Marion, nephew of Francis Marion; in the Disney motion picture The Shaggy Dog; and as the eldest son, Mike Douglas, in the first years of the long-running television series My Three Sons, when it aired on ABC. As Timmie Considine, he made his film debut at 12 in The Clown (1953), Red Skeltons revisiting of the sentimental 1930s drama The Champ, which had starred Wallace Beery and 9-year-old Jackie Cooper. Where Are They Now? In the episode "Steve and the Huntress" (first aired January 27, 1966), Mike is specifically mentioned as teaching at a college. Photo: Gregory Pace/Shutterstock. He was 81. My Three Sons star Tim Considine's character Mike falls for MacRae's character Sally right away, and in the series, the couple eventually get engaged, then married. The actor was born into an artistic family and soon took to acting at the tender age of 11 which led to his many notable . He made a later career as a sports and automobile photographer, writer and author. Tim was on the show for five seasons between 1960-1965. Beverly Garland. WATCH: See the cast reunited a few years back. According to Bommermagazine, Considine said, "It was no longer a challenge I wanted to do other things. The series first aired on ABC's Thursday night prime time schedule producing 153 black and white episodes from September 29, 1960 until May 20,1965. ", Tim Considine on the set of the show, "My Three Sons" on November 25, 1977. He was 94. The Times review called Timmie properly wistful, serious and manly in the role of a washed-up alcoholic comics son. In the same interview, Mr. Considine expressed gratitude for what he saw as the undeserved richness of his career: Thank God theres no justice in this world., Tim Considine, Young Star of My Three Sons, Is Dead at 81, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/obituaries/tim-considine-dead.html. [12][13], Considine married his first wife, Charlotte Stewart, in 1965. My Three Sons chronicles the life of widower and aeronautical engineer Steven Douglas (Fred MacMurray) as he raises his three sons. Ive always thought that was one of the worst performances I ever gave, Disney quoted him as saying. The My Three Sons cast, led by Fred MacMurray as Steve Douglas, is a beloved sitcom that ran for 12 great years. However, during the next five decades, he continued to make mostly small appearances in TV movies and series, with his last role in the 2006 film, "Ray of Sunshine.". In the story line, a rancher is investigated for turning orphaned boys into virtual slaves. March 4, 2022 2:37pm. We collect and tell stories of people from all around the world. MacMurray and most of the cast took part in Thanksgiving Reunion with The Partridge Family and My Three Sons, which aired on ABC on November 25, 1977. Richard X. Slattery and Pat Carroll guest-starred as the landlords of the apartment block into which Robbie and Katie move. He continued to act (up until his last film: 2006sRay of Sunshine), but his passions for cars (his first, at age 15, had been an Alfa Romeo Giuletta Spider) and racing, photography and writingsoon took center stage. Tim Considine. How to Be a SuperAger in The SuperAging Revolution, Jumble for Kids and Adults: Cartoons and Twins. He studied acting with such prominent mentors as Howard Da Silva and played character roles on and off Broadway in his mid-twenties, supplementing his income as a night watchman and shooting-gallery barker. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons. In both The Shaggy Dog and My Three Sons, he starred with Fred MacMurray. The series' last year and a half feature fewer appearances from both Don Grady and Stanley Livingston. Considine married for the first time in 1970 to his heartthrob Charlotte Stewart. He was 81. He, however, completed his service to the military in 1962. Disney producer Bill Walsh often mused on whether the concept of the show was inspired by the film The Shaggy Dog, as in his view they shared "the same dog, the same kids, and Fred MacMurray". He was previously married to Willett Hunt and Charlotte Stewart. The couple lives in Los Angeles and also does website design/content consulting, including work for General Motors. Born in Los Angeles to a showbiz family his father, John Considine Jr. was an Oscar-nominated film producer for Boys Town, and his mother was the daughter of theater magnate Alexander Pantages Considine got his start as a child actor in the 1950s, playing characters in Disney Televisions Mickey Mouse Club serials. See production, box office & company info, Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA. Instead he made a career as a sports and automobile photographer, writer and author. He piqued interest in directing during his time on the show and did so in some individual scenes. He released an original album in 2008. He was mostly active in the entertainment industry from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. 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He explained how the first Olympic Games, in 776 B.C., in which a line scratched in the dirt served as the starting point for some events, led to the expression start from scratch.. [5] In 1967, he appeared in the first part of "The Judgment", the two-episode conclusion of The Fugitive, starring David Janssen. sign up for our monthly Nostalgia e-newsletter or other e-newsletters tailored for boomers! These emperors tend to be cast into shadow by their famous father Constantine, the first Christian Roman . By Greg Evans. (And, eventually, the adopted Ernie.) Out-of-sequence filming, routinely used in filmmaking,was a prime-time TV production first. [citation needed], On May 13, 2019, the third season was released, in two volume sets, available exclusively through Amazon's made-on-demand (MOD) service. Tim Considine on the set of "MY THREE SONS" on JULY 17 | Photo: Getty Images. (To fill his shoes, more or less, the family adopted a neighborhood boy, Ernie, played by Barry Livingston, Stanleys real-life younger brother.). We collect and tell stories of people from all around the world. No longer with us is Don Grady, who played Robbie and entered the music industry after the show ended. For the series' 12th and, ultimately, final season, CBS moved the show to Mondays at 10:00 pm ET. He worked as an automobile historian, photographer, and writer specializing in motorsports. Tim Considine, who was a television star at the age of 14 in Disney's "Spin and Marty" and went on to wider fame in the family series "My . "It was generally a pretty good experience for me. He's appeared on dozens of TV shows through the years, including "Mad Men," "Angie Tribeca" and "The Middle." Like nostalgia? Barbara Harper Douglas 68 Episodes 1972. 1 Announced: Release Date and Package Art", "My Three Sons - Release DAte and Package art for 'Season 2, Vol. BOTH "ROBBIE" AND DON GRADY SERVED IN THE ARMY RESERVE. His new bride, widowed teacher Barbara Harper (Beverly Garland), brings with her a five-year-old daughter, Dorothy "Dodie" (Dawn Lyn), whom Steve adopts. On Steve's day off from work, everything seems to go wrong in the house, and the volume of activity is loud. He died on 3 March 2022 in Mar Vista, California, USA. Considine grew up in the entertainment industry; not only was his father was an Oscar-nominated producer, but his grandfather was a pioneer of vaudeville in the early 1900s. He was 81. It was a very critical time as a teenager, and I was more interested in being a cool guy than being an actor.. The series had at least thirty episodes in each of the first eight seasons; the episode output then decreased by two episodes until the eleventh season, which had twenty-four episodes, along with the twelfth season. I had retired at 14 when the audition for Spin and Marty came along, he recalled in a 2019 video interview. Tim Considine at Walt Disney Studios on June 24, 2013 in Burbank, California | Photo: Getty Images. The special was notable for featuring footage from early black and white episodes of My Three Sons that, at this point in time, were not in syndication. True enough, his photography career took off. MeTV aired all episodes in order until August 3, 2018, when the series's last episode aired. Im still his [Stanleys] big brother. Last but not least, Considine joined the cast of "My Three Sons" in its first five seasons. They were married from 1965 to 1972. While the three sons were always central to the storyline, several major changes took place by the late 1960s. As the series . Michael Francis 'Bub' O'Casey / . He co-starred with Roberta Shore and Frankie Thomas. In 1965, Constantine was cast as the historical John Chisum in the episode "Paid in Full", on the syndicated television anthology series Death Valley Days. It makes history human.. He recently resigned a decades-long gig as aRoad & Trackcontributing editor and is finishing a two-volume history more than two decades in the making,Twice Around the Clock: The Yanks at Le Mans. From 1960 to 1972, Fred MacMurray starred as the widowed dad to three boys: Mike, Robbie and Chip. Michael Constantine, an Emmy-winning character actor known as the genially dyspeptic school principal on the popular TV series "Room 222" and . Walt Disney Television Photo Archives via Getty Images. [1], Considine made his film debut in 1953, co-starring with Red Skelton in The Clown, a remake of the 1931 movie The Champ. Constantine reprised his role as Gus Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016). Actor: My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The oldest son was played by Tim Considine, now 78 years old. The address of the fictional home in Bryant Park was 837 Mill Street. They had two children, Thea Eileen and Brendan Neil. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Not many actors booked film roles as easily as Fred - and he would reteam with Bill Wilder for the Oscar-winning film The Apartment.That was the same year My Three Sons kicked off on ABC. MY THREE SONS, Fred MacMurray, 1960-72. [9], Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Hissy Fit, "FILM IN REVIEW; 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding', "George Hatza: Michael Constantine prepares for 'Greek' sequel", "Michael Constantine, Dad in 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,' Dies at 94", "Reading native and Emmy-winning actor Michael Constantine dies at 94 [Video]", "Michael Constantine, 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' Actor, Dead at 94", "Everything To Know About My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Constantine&oldid=1152403546, This page was last edited on 30 April 2023, at 01:25. Considine married his first wife, Charlotte Stewart, in 1965. Following this movie, he suddenly shifted careers. (Considine did, however, direct one of the last black-and-white episodes for ABC.) My Three Sons: With Fred MacMurray, Stanley Livingston, Don Grady, Barry Livingston. Mr. Considines part consisted mostly of expressing superiority over Mr. Kirks character and flirting with Ms. Funicellos and Roberta Shores. William Demarest, playing Bub's brother, "Uncle Charley", replaced Frawley in 1965 because of Frawley's declining health. After this episode, Mike is mentioned briefly in only four succeeding episodes (including the one in which the family adopts Ernie) and is never seen again, even at Robbie's and Steve's weddings. This marks the first time a U.S. television station aired the entire series in full. [citation needed]. Today Considine is a respected automotive historian, photographer and author ofThe Photographic Dictionary of Soccer,The Language of SportandAmerican Grand Prix Racing: A Century of Drivers and Cars. Jennifer Kline. 135 episodes, 1964-1972 . He, however, refused to sign the contract for a new season when producer Don Fedderson declined to let him do more directing. In 1959, Considine appeared with Fred MacMurray inThe Shaggy Dog, Disneys first live-action film and a huge hit. Having written two episodes of My Three Sons and directed another, Mr. Considine planned to work in those fields but racked up only one film credit. The following year in the 10th season, 19691970, Steve remarries. As Charley meets that role and has had a change of heart about Ernie, he assents to a legal fiction that declares him the Douglas family's "housemother".[2]. More film and TV roles followed before Walt Disneys TV serials (1955-60) catapulted Considine to teen stardom in shows likeThe Adventures of Spin and Marty,The Hardy BoysandSwamp Fox. His My Three Sons character was likewise sent off to basic training after also joining the . The films adult lead, Fred MacMurray, went on to star in My Three Sons, a half-hour sitcom about a widower and his all-male household, with Mr. Considine as his eldest son, Mike. The marriage, however, hit the rocks two years after. Before going on board the "My Three Sons," actor was called up into the US Air Force for service, but the TV star deferred his drafting. [1] Earlier, he earned acclaim for his television work, especially as the long-suffering high school principal, Seymour Kaufman, on ABC's comedy-drama, Room 222, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1970; he was again recognized by the Emmy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe Awards, the following year. Actor Michael Constantine, best-known for playing the proud father in the hit movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," died last week, his agent told CNN. Spin and Marty was an 11-minute serial shown on The Mickey Mouse Club from 1955 to 1958 and in reruns through 2002. James V. Kern, an experienced Hollywood television director who had previously helmed the "Hollywood" and "Europe" episodes of I Love Lucy, continued in this role for two years until his untimely death at 57 in late 1966. It scared the hell out of me! he recalls, laughing. [1], The show began on ABC in black-and-white. Itwas no longer a challenge I wanted to do other things.. The reasons behind this move concerned the sale of actress-comedian Lucille Ball's studios to the Gulf + Western conglomerate, which owned Paramount Pictures, so Don Fedderson Productions, who produced My Three Sons (along with Family Affair starring Brian Keith), had to quickly make other arrangements for filming. Ten years later, he married Willett Hunt. In 2009, FamilyNet began airing the program as a lead-in for its Happy Days and Family Ties program block, which ended in February 2010. . Mike Douglas 156 Episodes 1972. Award-winning Greek-American actor Michael Constantine (born 22 May 1927) is best known for his portrayal of the Windex bottle-toting family patriarch "Gus Portokalos" in the sleeper hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002). Retired to me is dead, Considine, 72, explains. Mr. Considine, right, and David Stollery in an episode of Spin and Marty in 1956. To save the series, CBS moved it in midseason back to Thursdays at 8:30 pm ET, its old time slot. [3], He began his career on the New York stage in the mid-1950s as understudy to Paul Muni in Inherit the Wind.[3]. It will be the reference for Americans for Le Mans and told from their [drivers] point of view, he says. The two boys go off on an adventure to find a treasure chest. In 2006 the Retro Television Network broadcast the show. Michael Constantine (born Gus Efstratiou (); May 22, 1927 - August 31, 2021) was an American actor. They did not have children, and . Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. On Steve's day off from work, everything seems to go wrong in the house, and the volume of activity is loud. His roles included Frank Hardy in a Hardy Boys serial and Spin Evans in The Adventures of Spin and Marty. In 2000, he returned to make a cameo appearance in a TV movie reboot, The New Adventures of Spin and Marty. In 1959, Considine appeared alongside his future television father Fred MacMurray in the Disney film The Shaggy Dog., We are sorry to report that Disney Legend Tim Considine has passed away: https://t.co/Gud8VEeir1 pic.twitter.com/hJ10d2LRnE. 9. MeTV began airing the black and white episodes on May 29, 2017,[7] the first time the black and white episodes have aired on broadcast television since their original ABC airings. Many of the 1960s My Three Sons external shoots were actually done on location on 5th Avenue, and many items, such as the two young trees growing across the street on early episodes, were still visible in 2022. Im fortunate to have been inSonsand to have worked with people who I still love, he says. Tim Considine, who was a television star at the age of 14 in Disneys Spin and Marty and went on to wider fame in the family series My Three Sons, died on Thursday at his home in the Mar Vista section of Los Angeles. Have you got the wrong house! Steve starts to wish he had all girls instead of boys.On Steve's day off from work, everything seems to go wrong in the house, and the volume of activity is loud. Tim Considine was a teen actor who graced TV screens in the 60s. The Capitol scores were replaced instead with more modern, synthesized music. The show, which ran for 12 years, chronicled the life of a widower, Steven Douglas, as he raised his three sons. To keep the show's title plausible, the show's head writer, George Tibbles, fashioned a three-part story arc in which an orphaned friend of youngest brother Richard (Chip, played by Stanley Livingston), Ernie Thompson (played by his real-life brother, Barry Livingston), awaits adoption when his current foster parents are transferred to the Orient. A TV Classic in the golden age of early 60's sitcoms that became creator-executive producer Don Fedderson's most successful show that became second only to "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" as the longest-running sitcom series in television history spanning 12 seasons and 380 episodes airing from September 29,1960 until April 13,1972 with repeated episodes airing from April 20,1972 until August 24,1972. That was really the first hint of celebrity. All Rights Reserved. The series was initially filmed at Desilu Studios in Hollywood, but at the start of the 196768 season, the cast and crew began filming the series at the CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California. Widower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle.
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