Magnum, P.I. - "The Return of Luther Gillis" - 12:00 am Friday, December 12 on KBGU get (Great Entertainment Television)

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The Return of Luther Gillis

Season 4, Episode 16

Magnum finds himself working with gumshoe Luther Gillis again after someone kidnaps Higgins and Luther's secretary.

repeat 1984 English Stereo

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

Sheree North (Actor) .. Blanche Rafferty

Eugene Roche (Actor) .. Luther H. Gillis

Geoffrey Lewis (Actor) .. Lloyd DeWitt

Jeff Harlan (Actor) .. Jack Gillis, Luther's Nephew

Kanani Choy (Actor) .. Big Sally

Wallace Landford (Actor) .. Artie Keanu

Jana Linden (Actor) .. Jo

James C. Bertino (Actor) .. Scrungo

Gabriel Aio (Actor) .. Little Tony

James Carroll (Actor) .. Blackie, Luther's Fellow P.I.

Jake Hoopai (Actor) .. Guard

Curtys Chee (Actor) .. Messenger

Gerard Mahi (Actor) .. Police Officer #1

James Roach (Actor) .. Police Officer #2

Bennie Dobbins (Actor) .. Thug

Denver Mattson (Actor) .. Thug

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Did You Know..

Tom Selleck (Actor) .. Thomas Sullivan Magnum

Born: January 29, 1945
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

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

Sheree North (Actor) .. Blanche Rafferty

Born: January 17, 1932
Died: November 04, 2005
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California

Trivia: Born Dawn Bethel, North began dancing professionally at age 10 and, during her teens, modeled and danced in clubs and for film loops; meanwhile, she got married at 15 and soon had a child. She got bit roles in a couple of films, and in 1953 gained Hollywood's attention with a wild dance performance in the Broadway musical Hazel Flagg. North reprised her role in the play's screen version, Living It Up (1954), with Martin and Lewis. Soon thereafter she was signed to a film contract by Fox, which tried to make her into a '50s-style platinum blond "sexpot" and potential replacement for Marilyn Monroe; the studio mounted a big publicity campaign and starred her in several light productions. She proved herself to be a skilled comedian and dancer and a reasonably good actress. However, within a few years other actresses usurped her "dumb blond" roles, and after 1958 she disappeared from the screen for almost a decade. She went on to perform in stock, on the road, and on TV. Gradually, she developed a reputation as a serious actress, an unprecedented transformation of performing personas for an actress of her generation. In the late '60s she began appearing regularly in films in character roles, and she sustained a busy screen and TV career through the '90s.

Eugene Roche (Actor) .. Luther H. Gillis

Born: September 22, 1928
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).

Geoffrey Lewis (Actor) .. Lloyd DeWitt

Jeff Harlan (Actor) .. Jack Gillis, Luther's Nephew

Kanani Choy (Actor) .. Big Sally

Wallace Landford (Actor) .. Artie Keanu

Jana Linden (Actor) .. Jo

James C. Bertino (Actor) .. Scrungo

Gabriel Aio (Actor) .. Little Tony

James Carroll (Actor) .. Blackie, Luther's Fellow P.I.

Jake Hoopai (Actor) .. Guard

Curtys Chee (Actor) .. Messenger

Gerard Mahi (Actor) .. Police Officer #1

James Roach (Actor) .. Police Officer #2

Bennie Dobbins (Actor) .. Thug

Born: November 16, 1932

Trivia: Bennie E. Dobbins started out at as bit- player but went on to serve three terms as president of the Stuntman's Association of Motion Pictures. Between 1977 and 1988, he became a stunt director. He died while directing a stunt on Red Heat (released 1988).

Denver Mattson (Actor) .. Thug

Born: July 12, 1937