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27-625: Michael Shea or Mike Shea may refer to: Michael Shea (actor) (born 1952), American child/teen actor Michael Shea (American author) (1946–2014), American fantasy/horror/sci-fi writer Michael Shea (diplomat) (1938–2009), Scottish press secretary to Queen Elizabeth II and author Michael Shea (ice hockey) (born 1961), Austrian ice hockey player Michael A. Shea (1894–1954), Newfoundland politician Michael P. Shea (born 1967), American attorney and United States district judge Mike Shea (baseball) (1867–1927), American Major League pitcher for

54-414: A co-starring role in the western film Welcome to Hard Times as Jimmy, an orphan boy who is taken in by Will Blue ( Henry Fonda ) after his father is murdered by a vicious stranger terrorizing their small town. In the months that followed, Shea continued to appear on television, guest-starring on episodes of The Wild Wild West and The Danny Thomas Hour , before taking the role that would make him

81-538: A mission. Walter Grauman and Larry Cohen created Blue Light , and Buck Houghton produced it. Episode directors included Grauman, Robert Butler , James Goldstone , Walter Graham, Gerd Oswald , and Leo Penn . Writers included Cohen, Merwin Bloch, Walter Brough, Dick Carr, Jamie Farr , Harold Livingston , H. Bud Otto, Brad Radnitz, Curtis Sanders, Donald S. Sanford , Roger Swaybill, Jack Turley , and Dan Ullman . Goulet's production company Rogo Productions produced

108-419: A recurring role as Dick Van Dyke 's son Lucas Preston for two seasons on The New Dick Van Dyke Show . During this time, Shea also continued to guest-star on other popular series of the time, appearing on two episodes of the high school drama series Room 222 , as well as appearing in two episodes of the religious anthology series Insight , the second of which would be his final television appearance in

135-613: A star. In 1968, Shea landed the lead role in the Hanna-Barbera television series The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , loosely based on the characters from the Mark Twain novel . Reportedly beating out over 1,300 other boys for the role, Shea starred as the titular "Huck Finn" alongside LuAnn Haslam as Becky Thatcher and Kevin Schultz as Tom Sawyer, navigating weekly adventures within an animated world as they attempted to outrun

162-412: A vengeful "Injun Joe", played by Ted Cassidy . Premiering on NBC on September 16, 1968, the program was the first weekly television series to combine live-action performers with animation. In her review of the series, television critic Kathy Brooks described Shea's boy-next-door appeal, writing, "a more freshly-scrubbed looking Huck would be hard to find." All less than a year apart in age,

189-629: Is one of them. He passes himself off to the Germans as a foreign correspondent who has officially renounced his American citizenship and come to Germany in order to support the Nazi cause. The Germans put him to work as a writer and broadcaster of Nazi propaganda – and occasionally as a spy for Germany. The Germans catch and execute the other 17 Blue Light agents, and as the lone survivor March must work hard to maintain his cover and avoid detection and arrest by German counterintelligence agents while secretly spying for

216-566: The Allies . He is so deeply undercover that except for a few United States Government officials who know that he is a double agent loyal to the United States, the entire world believes him to be a pro-Nazi traitor – so much so that not only does he discover that a woman he loves has committed suicide because of his supposed support for Nazism, but he must also avoid capture or assassination by Allied intelligence agencies unaware that he secretly works for

243-668: The Los Angeles Police Department . In 1993, the Los Angeles Times reported that one of Shea's duties with the LAPD included serving as the head of security for celebrities riding in the Hollywood Christmas Parade , exactly 25 years after he'd ridden in the same parade himself as the celebrity guest of honor during the height of his Huck Finn fame. In the same article, the L.A. Times also reported that Shea

270-597: The Allies. March ' s confidante, assistant, and contact with the underground is Suzanne Duchard, also a double agent who poses as a French Gestapo agent who hates him. She knows that he is a Blue Light double agent, and secretly both supports his espionage activities against the Germans and falls in love with him. In his adventures, March sees a lot of action and faces many moral dilemmas, such as tough choices between carrying out his orders and protecting innocents. He often kills in order to maintain his cover or fulfill

297-533: The Cincinnati Reds Mike Shea (snowboarder) (born 1983), American para-snowboarder Mike Shea (born 1966), founder, president, and CEO of Alternative Press magazine See also [ edit ] Michael O'Shea (disambiguation) Shea (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

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324-623: The July 1973 episode entitled "Celebration in Fresh Powder". After Huck Finn ended, Shea attended classes at Van Nuys High School in the San Fernando Valley where he lived with his family. Shea graduated from Van Nuys High School in 1971 and, after leaving show business in 1973, began working in a patio furniture shop in Studio City, Los Angeles . In 1979, Shea became a police officer with

351-625: The LAPD as a Senior Lead Officer. Michael is the father of Mike Shea, Paralympic Snowboarder & winner of the silver medal in snowboard-cross at the 2014 Sochi Paralympic Winter Games. Blue Light (TV series) Blue Light is a 1966 American espionage drama television series starring Robert Goulet and Christine Carère about the adventures of an American double agent in Nazi Germany during World War II . It aired from January 12 to May 18, 1966. A theatrical movie, I Deal in Danger ,

378-473: The United States during the show's original run. Although the series lasted only one season, it continued to air in reruns as part of The Banana Splits syndication package, becoming well known to subsequent generations for the next four decades. After Huck Finn ended in 1969, Shea appeared in the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color film Ride a Northbound Horse . Premiering on March 16, 1969,

405-491: The cancellation of Blue Light , its first four episodes, which told a continuous story of David March ' s efforts targeting a German super-weapon facility at Grossmuchen, Germany, were edited together to create a movie. Entitled I Deal in Danger , it was released theatrically in the United States in December 1966 and in other countries in 1967 and 1968. Sources: Blue Light premiered on ABC on January 12, 1966. It

432-773: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Shea&oldid=1047905271 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Michael Shea (actor) Michael Shea was born on November 4, 1952 (some sources mistakenly reporting his year of birth as 1951) in Glendale, New York to parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shea. He spent his early years raised in New York and grew up with four siblings, two brothers and two sisters. When Shea

459-509: The show in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television , and Lalo Schifrin composed its theme music, with Schifrin, Dave Grusin , Joseph Mullendore and Pete Rugolo writing episode scores. Except for its first episode, Blue Light was filmed entirely at Bavarian Studios in Munich , West Germany – according to Goulet, the first American television show filmed in color in Europe. Following

486-520: The show's three teenage stars were tutored together for three hours a day on the set between scenes, with each episode reportedly taking approximately four hours to film and six months to animate. In a departure from the network's usual Saturday morning cartoon schedule, the series aired Sunday nights and made its three young stars popular teen idols of the era. The series aired in over 15 countries and its three young leads were routinely in demand to make celebrity appearances to meet with fans across

513-488: The special presentation starred Shea as "Cav Rand", a 15-year-old orphan in the old west who buys a prize race horse, only to have it stolen by a con-artist played by Carroll O'Connor . Although airing in two-parts over a period of two Sundays in the United States, the story was presented in European markets as a stand-alone film. In 1970, Shea made two appearances on the television series Headmaster and in 1971, began

540-598: The time as Blue Light , Camp Runamuck , and The Fugitive . In 1966, Shea made his feature film debut in the Ivan Tors family drama Namu, the Killer Whale appearing as Nick, one of the antagonists to a family caring for a killer whale , inciting fear and hostility within their small seaside community. After Namu , Shea returned to television roles, guest-starring on episodes of Mission: Impossible , Bewitched and The Virginian . In 1967, Shea landed

567-649: Was Aliam Dunn, casting director of The Ed Sullivan Show , who used his industry connections to introduce Shea to a New York talent agent. Soon, Shea was landing work as a child model and actor, appearing in television commercials for Campbell's Soup and Scooter Pies among others. After learning the show business ropes as a working actor in commercials, Shea made his theatrical debut, appearing in two "experimental" off-Broadway productions by Edward Albee , and made his television debut in The Bell Telephone Hour Christmas special. In 1965, Shea

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594-417: Was cancelled after the broadcast of its seventeenth episode on May 18, 1966. Reruns of the show continued to air in its regular time slot until August 31, 1966. It aired on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. throughout its run. Blue Light was violent by the standards of television in the mid-1960s; in situations where other television heroes knocked out guards and other opponents, March knifed them to death. It

621-513: Was created by editing Blue Light ' s first four episodes together into a continuous story. I Deal in Danger was released in 1966 after Blue Light ' s cancellation. Prior to Nazi Germany ' s conquest of Europe, the United States places 18 sleeper agents – collectively forming an espionage organization called "Code: Blue Light" – inside Germany, assigned to penetrate the German high command during World War II . Journalist David March

648-456: Was credited for its gritty depiction of espionage in World War II and for the difficult moral choices it posed. Best known as a singer rather than an actor, Goulet received good reviews for his believable portrayal of March, and the show was fast-paced, with tight plots that kept moving. It also featured some of the best television character actors of the 1960s as its guest stars. Carère, however,

675-564: Was married and resided in Castaic, California with his wife and children. In September 2010, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce posted a video on its official YouTube channel of Shea at the 7th Annual Hollywood PAL Benefit where he had been honored for his "incredible dedication and hard work" and "community involvement" as a law enforcement officer. At the ceremony, it was announced that Shea had recently retired from his 31-year career with

702-608: Was nine years old, a neighbor reportedly approached him with the idea of entering show business; however, the thought of stardom frightened him. In a 1968 interview, Shea recalled the early experience saying, "I ran into the woods and started crying. I kept saying, 'I don't want to be a star.'" At the age of ten, Shea reconsidered the possibilities of a professional acting career. In 1968, he recounted his reasoning saying, "I thought I'd like to try acting, but I wasn't sure I'd want to stay in it, so I asked my neighbor if I could get out if I didn't like it. He said 'sure.'" Shea's neighbor

729-502: Was signed to play the title role in a proposed western television series titled Joshua , which prompted the Shea family to relocate from its New York home to California. However the series never made it to television. After Shea was released from his obligations for Joshua , the family remained in California where he was soon landing guest-starring roles on such popular television shows of

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