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- Ron Foster was born on 19 February 1930 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for House of the Damned (1963), The Money Pit (1986) and Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960). He died on 26 February 2015 in Placerville, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
The name may not be familiar but for one brief shining moment in the 1960s, this handsome, firm-jawed, sober-looking actor had his "15 minutes--plus" on TV and film.
Ralph Adolph Taeger was born of German-speaking parents on July 30, 1936 in Richmond Hill, New York. Very shy as a youngster, he took public speaking to try and overcome his social handicap. He went so far as to pursue acting roles in college plays and in summer stock. An aspiring pro baseball player, he stayed for a time on a Dodger farm team but knee injuries forced him to rethink his future plans.
He enrolled instead at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, attending classes and finding work as a male model on the sly. He migrated to the West Coast where a stage performance at the Beverly Hills Playhouse caught the eye of an MGM talent scout. Signed briefly, he made an uncredited appearance in the film It Started with a Kiss (1959) before he was let go.
He found himself freelancing on TV, finding the small screen more productive and accepting medium. Showing potential as a strong but silent, clean-cut, adventurous type, he gravitated toward crime and western series including "Highway Patrol," "Manhunt", "Tombstone Territory" and "Sea Hunt." His first series lead was as rugged Mike Halliday in Klondike (1960), an action show that took place during the Alaskan gold rush of 1897. It co-starred James Coburn and barely lasted half the season. He and Coburn seemed to have some chemistry, however, so they simply changed the locale, updated the time to present-day Mexico and called their new adventure series Acapulco (1961). This time he played studly Patrick Malone, a former Korean War vet-turned-beachcomber assigned to protect a criminal lawyer from rampant gangsters. This show did even worse and died after only two months on the air.
Taeger earned a last chance at TV stardom with the title role in Hondo (1967), which was based on the 1953 John Wayne western. As cavalry scout Hondo Lane, Taeger experienced a more interesting character, a lonely, embittered man whose Indian bride was slain during an army massacre. Though he and it showed definite potential, it didn't arouse enough of an audience and dissolved after only three months.
Despite a lead role in the feature film X-15 (1961) co-starring Mary Tyler Moore and support parts in Stage to Thunder Rock (1964), A House Is Not a Home (1964) and the glossy George Peppard/Carroll Baker starrer The Carpetbaggers (1964), he was pretty much finished in Hollywood. It didn't help that he had also gained a reputation for being difficult on the set. He left the screen altogether after filming guest appearances on such shows as "Quincy" in 1982 and "Father Murphy" in 1983.
Selling cars and working as a tennis pro at one point, he married Linda Jarrett in 1967 and the couple had one son, Richard. As a wholesaler of firewood, the family operated Taeger's Firewood Company in northern Placerville, California and appeared in local theater productions every now and then. He died at age 78 on March 11, 2015, following an extended illness.- Rhea MacAdams was born on 15 May 1884 in Saline County, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Don't Look in the Basement (1973) and Don't Hang Up (1974). She died on 20 July 1982 in Placerville, California, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Betty Mack was born on 30 November 1901 in Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Women Won't Tell (1932), Outlaw Rule (1935) and Partners of the Trail (1931). She died on 5 November 1980 in Placerville, California, USA.- Gene Hardy was born on 19 October 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Sea Hunt (1958), Highway Patrol (1955) and Schlitz Playhouse (1951). He died on 6 June 2011 in Placerville, California, USA.
- Gary Colburn was born on 14 July 1937 in Sacramento, California, USA. He died on 17 January 2019 in Placerville, California, USA.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Samuel Roeca was born on 24 December 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was a writer and producer, known for Racing Blood (1954), Mission: Impossible (1966) and Sea Tiger (1952). He died on 17 June 2005 in Placerville, California, USA.- Jackie Levine was born on 6 March 1919 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Sparrows (1926), Navy Beans (1928) and Hard Work (1928). He died on 10 March 1985 in Placerville, California, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Pat Ridley was born on 3 August 1934 in El Paso, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998). He died on 25 May 2017 in Placerville, California, USA.- Actor
LeRoy Prinz Jr. was born on 26 January 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 13 October 2008 in Placerville, California, USA.- Art Department
- Writer
- Animation Department
Warren Tufts was born on 12 December 1925 in Fresno, California, USA. He was a writer, known for It's the Wolf (1969), Space Angel (1962) and Captain Fathom (1965). He died on 6 July 1982 in Placerville, California, USA.- Animation Department
Daniel F. Tattenham was born on 8 April 1896 in Galveston, Texas, USA. Daniel F. died on 7 September 1966 in Placerville, California, USA.- Robert W. Cribbs was born on 10 April 1938 in Leechburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a producer, known for Operation Sethos: High Tech in the Tomb of the Pharaoh (2001). He died on 30 October 2008 in Placerville, California, USA.
- Art Department
Carl Beondé was born on 4 June 1911 in New York, USA. Carl is known for Hang 'Em High (1968), Skyjacked (1972) and Watch the Birdie (1950). Carl died on 6 October 2000 in Placerville, California, USA.- Jerome Waldie was born on 15 February 1925 in Antioch, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Candidate (1972). He was married to Joanne Waldie. He died on 3 April 2009 in Placerville, California, USA.