Magnum, P.I.: Kiss of the Sabre
12:00 am - 01:00 am, Thursday, December 25 on WJCL get (Great Entertainment Television) (22.5)
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Kiss of the Sabre
Season 5, Episode 11
A mystery novelist involves herself in Magnum's latest investigation, and uses Magnum and friends as characters in a story that's all too familiar.
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1984
English
Action
Action/adventure
Crime
Drama
Mystery & Suspense
Cast & Crew
Tom Selleck
(Actor)
.. Thomas Sullivan Magnum
John Hillerman
(Actor)
.. Jonathan Quayle Higgins III
Roger E. Mosley
(Actor)
.. Theodore `T.C.' Calvin
Larry Manetti
(Actor)
.. Orville `Rick' Wright
Soon-Teck Oh
(Actor)
.. Dr. Bill Su and Dr. Ling
Pat Collins
(Actor)
.. Russell Smythe and Hans Leopold
Cassie Yates
(Actor)
.. Betty Windom
Paul Gleason
(Actor)
.. Ronnie Meeder/Jaques Arnot
David Spielberg
(Actor)
.. Dan Morgan/Inspector Vittorio Mono
More Information
Did You Know..
Tom Selleck
(Actor)
.. Thomas Sullivan Magnum
Born:
January 29, 1945
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Trivia:
Leading man and sex symbol, Selleck has a gentle, humorous manner. He attended college on an athletic scholarship, majoring in business. A drama coach suggested he become an actor; soon he began making the rounds of auditions. He won a part in the disastrous film Myra Breckinridge (1970), his screen debut, then appeared in small roles in a handful of films during the '70s. Meanwhile, Selleck was signed to a seven-year contract with Fox, leading to a great many TV roles, including appearances as a recurring character on the TV series "The Rockford Files." Eventually he was chosen as the lead for the TV series "Magnum P.I.;" the show became a hit, staying on the air from 1980-88, and he became a star and sex symbol, winning an Emmy, a Golden Globe award, and a star on Hollywood Boulevard. He suffered a serious career setback in 1981, when he was chosen to star in the Lucas-Spielberg blockbuster Raiders of the Lost Ark, but couldn't get released from his TV responsibilities. Beginning in 1983 he tried to break back into films, finally landing a major hit in a co-starring role in Three Men and a Baby (1987); although he appeared in a dozen films after 1983 he never firmly established himself as a screen star. He has also been active as a TV producer. He is married to English dancer Jillie Mack.
John Hillerman
(Actor)
.. Jonathan Quayle Higgins III
Born:
December 20, 1932
Birthplace: Denison, Texas
Birthplace: Denison, Texas
Trivia:
Natty, mellifluous character actor John Hillerman may have spoken on screen with a pure Mayfair accent, but he hailed from Denison, Texas. Hillerman first gained notice for his fleeting appearances in the films of Peter Bogdanovich: The Last Picture Show (1971), What's Up Doc (1973), At Long Last Love (1975). He was also a semi-regular for director Mel Brooks, prominently cast in Blazing Saddles (1975) and History of the World, Part I (1981). A veteran of dozens of television series, John Hillerman was cast as the insufferable criminologist Simon Brimmer on Ellery Queen (1975), the star's director (and ex-husband) in The Betty White Show (1975), and most memorably as the ultra-correct Jonathan Quayle Higgins II, major domo to never-seen mystery writer Robin Masters, on Magnum PI (1980-88).
Roger E. Mosley
(Actor)
.. Theodore `T.C.' Calvin
Larry Manetti
(Actor)
.. Orville `Rick' Wright
Born:
July 23, 1947
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Soon-Teck Oh
(Actor)
.. Dr. Bill Su and Dr. Ling
Born:
June 29, 1943
Trivia:
Vietnamese-American supporting actor, onscreen from the '70s.
Pat Collins
(Actor)
.. Russell Smythe and Hans Leopold
Cassie Yates
(Actor)
.. Betty Windom
Born:
March 02, 1951
Trivia:
Georgia-born leading lady Cassie Yates has kept busy in films and TV since 1976. Yates' TV-series roles have included detective Jennifer Dempsey in Ron Moody's 1980 sitcom Nobody's Perfect and Diane Wyman, wife of would-be private eye Press Wyman (Judd Hirsch) in Detective in the House (1985). Soap opera fans will remember Yates as Sarah Curtis in the 1987 episodes of Dynasty. Cassie Yates' most appealing film role was as the philandering friend of Nastassja Kinski in the 1982 remake of Unfaithfully Yours.
Paul Gleason
(Actor)
.. Ronnie Meeder/Jaques Arnot
Born:
May 04, 1944
Died: May 27, 2006
Died: May 27, 2006
Trivia:
Wiry character actor Paul Gleason attended Florida State University before making his first off-Broadway appearance in a 1973 revival of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Gleason's inaugural movie role was Long Tom in Doc Savage (1975), after which he worked extensively in Roger Corman productions. He is best known for his scowling, obstreperous portrayals of minor authority figures: the principal in The Breakfast Club (1985), the police chief in Die Hard (1988), and so on. He was at his most abrasive--and his funniest--as FBI agent Clarence Beeks in Trading Places (1982). A familiar TV presence since his days as David Thornton on the ABC serial All My Children, Paul Gleason has had recurring roles on such nighttimers as Spooner, Supercarrier and One West Waikiki. Throughout the '90s Gleason continued to work steadily as a character actor appearing in films as diverse as National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1, Running Cool, Maniac Cop 3, and Nothing to Lose. Like his Breakfast Club co-star Molly Ringwald, Gleason willingly spoofed his most iconic performance in the 2001 comedy Not Another Teen Movie. In May of 2006, at the age of 67, Gleason perished from mesothelioma, a type of lung cancer often suffered by people exposed to asbestos.
David Spielberg
(Actor)
.. Dan Morgan/Inspector Vittorio Mono
Born:
March 06, 1939
Trivia:
Supporting actor, onscreen from the '70s.
