Magnum, P.I.: Luther Gillis File No. 001
12:00 am - 01:00 am, Wednesday, December 24 on KAKW get (Great Entertainment Television) (31.3)
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Luther Gillis File No. 001
Season 5, Episode 10
Magnum gives a case to transplanted "St Looey" gumshoe Luther Gillis: Higgins is being blackmailed over the illegitimate son of a woman he wants to protect.
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1984
English
Action
Action/adventure
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
Gary Spotts
(Actor)
.. Warren Brummer
Eugene Roche
(Actor)
.. Luther Gillis
Don Knight
(Actor)
.. Davies
Gary Grubbs
(Actor)
.. Dexter
Kwan Hi Lim
(Actor)
.. Lieutenant Yoshi Tanaka
Gary Pagett
(Actor)
.. Artie in the Country Bar
Peggy Anne Siegmund
(Actor)
.. Ms. Cathcart
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
Gary Spotts
(Actor)
.. Warren Brummer
Eugene Roche
(Actor)
.. Luther Gillis
Born:
September 22, 1928
Died: July 28, 2004
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
Died: July 28, 2004
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
Trivia:
In another era, American actor Eugene Roche might have been a perfect next-door neighbor on Ozzie and Harriet; balding, slightly paunchy, with an open, jovial Midwestern face. Following theatrical work, Roche made a name for himself in a project which gave him no on-screen billing: the friendly kitchen employee who sang the brief "Ajax for dishes" ditty in a series of detergent commercials. Roche's breakthrough film was Slaughterhouse Five (1971), in which he played the likeable POW Edgar Derby, whose fascination with war souvenirs results in his perfunctory execution at the hands of his German captors. Not all of Roche's film roles were this benign: in Foul Play (1978), he is a professional assassin who impersonates his murdered archbishop brother, the better to draw a bead on the Pope during an American visit. A reassuringly familiar presence on TV, Eugene Roche also had regular roles on several series, including The Corner Bar (1972), Good Time Harry (1980), Webster (1984), Take Five (1987) and Lenny (1990).
Don Knight
(Actor)
.. Davies
Born:
February 16, 1933
Died: August 18, 1997
Birthplace: Manchester, England
Died: August 18, 1997
Birthplace: Manchester, England
Trivia:
British actor Don Knight played leading roles in a number of Hollywood films between the late '60s and early '80s. He began acting while attending University in 1958 and later worked on television. Knight was also an ordained minister and a dialectician.
Gary Grubbs
(Actor)
.. Dexter
Born:
November 14, 1949
Birthplace: Amory, Mississippi
Birthplace: Amory, Mississippi
Kwan Hi Lim
(Actor)
.. Lieutenant Yoshi Tanaka
Gary Pagett
(Actor)
.. Artie in the Country Bar
Born:
February 26, 1941
Peggy Anne Siegmund
(Actor)
.. Ms. Cathcart
