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24-516: One of its past presidents, Don DeFore , was instrumental in arranging for the Emmy Awards to be broadcast on national TV for the first time on March 7, 1955. Other past presidents include Diana Muldaur, John Cannon, Peter Price, Frank Radice and Bob Mauro. NATAS distributes several US national level groups of Emmy Awards, including: 19 Regional NATAS chapters organize award ceremonies of their own, awarding Emmy statues similar to those given out at

48-457: A book detailing Penny's experiences working in a Korean orphanage. DeFore's memoirs, "Hollywood DeFore 'n After" were never published, however, his youngest son, Ron, included portions in his book, "Growing Up in Disneyland", Waldorf Publishing 2019, along with his own biography. The title was a metaphor for his life in a celebrity family but was also literal as his father was the only person to own

72-456: A call for the nomination to be rescinded. Adam Sharp, NATAS president and chief executive, responded by saying that that experienced journalists had made the nomination decision and that the academy had not found any evidence that Owda was affiliated with the PFLP . Don DeFore Donald John DeFore (August 25, 1913 – December 22, 1993) was an American actor. He is best known for his roles in

96-760: A food establishment bearing the name of a real person: "Don DeFore's Silver Banjo Barbecue" in Frontierland 1957 - 1962. DeFore married singer Marion Holmes (January 21, 1918 - November 17, 2011) on February 14, 1942. Judy Garland served as Holmes' matron of honor . Holmes performed with the Henry Busse Orchestra from 1935 to 1939, and later with Art Kassel and his "Castles in the Air" from 1939 until their marriage. They had five children: Penny, David, Dawn, Ron, and Autumn. They remained married until DeFore's death in 1993. DeFore and his family were longtime residents of

120-446: A non-professional. The school's conservative trustees, led by Ed Keller, threaten to fire Tommy if he doesn't withdraw the reading from his lecture. The subject of free speech and Tommy's dilemma of conscience anchor the dramatic subplot's social significance. The lighter comic triangle plot concerns a return visit to attend the big football game by Joe Ferguson, a former football hero and one-time love interest of Turner's wife Ellen. Joe

144-651: A restaurant located in Frontierland of Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California . In July 1969, DeFore served as the American delegate at the Moscow International Film Festival . A long-time Republican , DeFore supported Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election and was a delegate at the 1976 and 1980 Republican National Conventions . His friend, former actor and 40th President of

168-534: Is recently divorced and he rekindles Ellen's romantic notions at the very moment when her marriage to Tommy is being tested by the events on campus. Gene Tierney , who had starred as Patricia Stanley in the original Broadway production, was unable to appear in the film because she was contracted to star in John Ford 's movie version of Tobacco Road . Don DeFore, another member of the Broadway cast, repeated his role in

192-533: The ABC sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet , earning a nomination in 1955 for a Best Supporting Actor in a Regular Series Primetime Emmy Award . In time, though, the role of Thorny was superseded by Lyle Talbot as Joe Randolph, and Mary Jane Croft as his wife Clara. From 1954 to 1955, he served as president of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . He was instrumental in arranging for

216-552: The Emmy Awards to be broadcast on national television for the first time on March 7, 1955. He also served on the board of the Screen Actors Guild . From 1961 to 1965, DeFore was a co-star of the television series Hazel as George Baxter, employer of the spirited, domineering housekeeper Hazel Burke, played by Shirley Booth and based on the cartoon character appearing in The Saturday Evening Post . DeFore

240-649: The Mandeville Canyon section of Brentwood and attended the Village Church of Westwood Lutheran. DeFore served as Brentwood's honorary mayor and also served as a member of the advisory committee for the California Department of Rehabilitation . DeFore was also a 33rd degree Scottish Rite and Master Mason Freemason . From 1957 to 1962, DeFore and his family operated the Silver Banjo Barbecue,

264-642: The Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. The Male Animal The Male Animal is a 1942 American comedy-drama film produced by Warner Bros. , starring Henry Fonda , Olivia de Havilland and Joan Leslie . The film was based on a hit 1940 Broadway play of the same name written by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent . The screenplay was written by Stephen Morehouse Avery, Julius J. Epstein , and Philip G. Epstein , based on Nugent and Thurber's play. The film

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288-534: The High Seas (1948), My Friend Irma (1949), and Jumping Jacks (1952). In 1946, exhibitors voted him the fourth-most promising "star of tomorrow". DeFore also worked in radio, performing on such programs as Suspense , Old Gold Comedy Theater, and Lux Radio Theatre , but he is best known for his work in television. Beginning in 1952, DeFore had a recurring role as the Nelsons' friendly neighbor, "Thorny", on

312-775: The Primetime and Los Angeles area Emmys, while NATAS is in charge of the other Emmy honors. In 2007, the organization spawned a peer organization dedicated to new media, called the National Academy of Media Arts & Sciences (NAMAS). NATAS published a magazine , Television Quarterly , which started in 1962. Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda was nominated in July 2024 for the 45th News and Documentary Emmy Awards for Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form for " It's Bisan from Gaza and I'm Still Alive. " Around 150 people from anti-Palestinian group "Creative Community for Peace" signed

336-634: The TV Western The Men from Shiloh in the episode titled "Colonel Mackenzie Versus the West". In that role, he played a murderer, which was a major shift from the comedy roles for which he was better known on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and Hazel . For his contribution to the television industry, Don DeFore has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6804 Hollywood Blvd. In 1965, DeFore and his daughter Penny wrote With All My Love ,

360-819: The United States Ronald Reagan , appointed him to the Presidential Advisory Council to the Peace Corps . His youngest son, Ron, also held political positions within the Reagan Administration, which he highlights in his book, Growing Up in Disneyland , Waldorf Publishing, 2019, that was both an autobiography and partial biography of his father. On December 22, 1993, DeFore died of cardiac arrest at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California . His cremated remains are interred at

384-466: The film. Co-writer Elliott Nugent played the lead role on the stage before coming to Hollywood to direct Henry Fonda in the film version. Gig Young , who changed his birth name / stage name , Byron Barr, that year, appears unbilled as a student. Olivia de Havilland appeared in this film while simultaneously making They Died with Their Boots On (1941) starring Errol Flynn , putting the actress under enormous pressure from overwork. The Male Animal

408-584: The national ceremonies. They also administer their own regional scholarship and student productions award programs. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences gives out only the Los Angeles, CA Regional Chapter Awards. NATAS also supervised the Primetime Emmy Awards until a split between the East and West memberships in the 1970s led to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences leaving NATAS. ATAS supervises

432-740: The original cast members went along. The show ran for four weeks, and DeFore was soon recognized as a member of legitimate theater. He remained in New York and won a key role in The Male Animal , which ran for almost eight months on Broadway and eight months on the road. In Hollywood, DeFore's first screen appearance was in a bit part in 1936's Reunion . By the early 1940s, he was appearing regularly in films such as: The Male Animal (1942), A Guy Named Joe (1943), Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), You Came Along (1945), Without Reservations (1946), It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947), Romance on

456-614: The sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet from 1952 to 1957 and the sitcom Hazel from 1961 to 1965, the former of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. DeFore was one of seven children born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa , to Joseph Ervin DeFore, a railroad engineer for the Chicago and North Western Railroad and a local politician, and Albina Sylvia DeFore (née Nezerka). Albina, who occasionally directed plays at their local church,

480-446: Was also directed by Elliott Nugent. Tommy Turner is an English teacher at football-crazed Midwestern University. Although he is uninvolved with the politics of the day, Tommy suddenly finds himself the center of a free-speech debate on campus. An editorial in a student magazine praises him for planning to read Bartolomeo Vanzetti's sentencing statement to his class as an example of eloquent composition, even in broken English composed by

504-451: Was loosely reworked by Warner Bros. as a musical called She's Working Her Way Through College (1952), starring Virginia Mayo and Ronald Reagan . In this adaptation, the characters' names are changed. Also, the political theme is discarded in favor of a conflict surrounding the professor's attempt to mount a musical play featuring a student who is discovered to be a former burlesque dancer. The remake earned an estimated $ 2.4 million at

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528-787: Was not a major study at the university, he left and enrolled at the Pasadena Community Playhouse , where he won a scholarship and stayed for three years. During this time, four fellow students and he wrote a play called Where Do We Go from Here? It was presented in a little theater in Hollywood with DeFore in the cast. As a young man, DeFore toured the country in stock companies for several years before making his Broadway debut in Where Do We Go from Here? in 1938, when Oscar Hammerstein II offered to take it to Broadway, and DeFore and five of

552-427: Was not the original actor to portray George Baxter. In the pilot episode, the role was played by character actor Edward Andrews . DeFore took over the role when the series was green-lighted. The series ran on NBC for four seasons (1961-65); DeFore and his co-star Whitney Blake were written out of the series when CBS picked up the series for its final season (1965-66). In 1970, DeFore appeared as Mayor Evans on

576-849: Was the daughter of Czech immigrants from the former Poděbrady district . Her father Jan Nežerka (1846-1928) was born in Písková Lhota (baptized Catholic in Kostelní Lhota ) and her mother Marie Najbrtová (1852-1930) was born in Chvalovice (baptized Evangelical in Hořátev ). After graduating from Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, DeFore attended the University of Iowa . He initially studied law while also playing basketball, track, and baseball before becoming interested in acting. Since acting

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