Magnum, P.I.: Operation Silent Night
02:00 am - 03:00 am, Sunday, December 7 on WSMV get (Great Entertainment Television) (4.6)
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Operation Silent Night
Season 4, Episode 10
TC's chopper---carrying Magnum, Higgins and Rick---crash-lands on an island that the Navy is getting ready to use for target practice.
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1983
English
Stereo
Drama
Action/adventure
Mystery & Suspense
Cast & Crew
Tom Selleck
(Actor)
.. Thomas Sullivan Magnum
Bruce French
(Actor)
.. Ensign Jensen
John Hillerman
(Actor)
.. Jonathan Quayle Higgins III
Roger E. Mosley
(Actor)
.. Theodore `T.C.' Calvin
Larry Manetti
(Actor)
.. Orville `Rick' Wright
Ed Lauter
(Actor)
.. Captain Quintin
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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.
Bruce French
(Actor)
.. Ensign Jensen
Born:
July 04, 1945
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
Ed Lauter
(Actor)
.. Captain Quintin
Born:
October 30, 1940
Died: October 16, 2013
Birthplace: Long Beach, Long Island, New York
Died: October 16, 2013
Birthplace: Long Beach, Long Island, New York
Trivia:
An English major in college, Ed Lauter worked as a stand-up comic before entering films in 1971. The tall, menacing Lauter has generally been typecast as humorless, easily corruptible authority figures. He was at his meanest as the vindictive Captain Knaur in Robert Aldrich's The Longest Yard. His TV credits include such roles as Sheriff Cain in BJ and the Bear (1979-80) and General Louis Crewes in Stephen King's The Golden Years (1991). In 1976, Ed Lauter was afforded a rare leading role--and a sympathetic one to boot--in the made-for-TV murder mystery Last Hours Before Morning (1976). Lauter appeared in the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard and had a small role in the Oscar-winning film The Artist (2011). He also had a recurring role on the TV series Shameless. Lauter passed away in 2013 of mesothelioma at age 74, with several films in post-production, awaiting release.
