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Letter to the President
Season 1, Episode 8
The tenants of 227 applaud Mary for complaining to the president about a pothole---until the Secret Service starts sniffing around.
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1985
English
Comedy
Sitcom
Family
Cast & Crew
Hal Williams
(Actor)
.. Lester
Alaina Reed
(Actor)
.. Rose
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Did You Know..
Hal Williams
(Actor)
.. Lester
Born:
December 14, 1938
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Trivia:
Moved to LA from his native Ohio in 1968; worked for the California Youth Authority while trying to break into show business. First TV guest role was in a 1970 episode of That Girl. Had a recurring role on Sanford and Son as Officer "Smitty" Smith. Reprised his role of Sgt. L.C. Ross from Private Benjamin in the 1981-83 CBS sitcom version of the film. Costarred with Marla Gibbs in 227 on-stage in Los Angeles before it became an NBC series in 1985. Set up a scholarship fund for minority students studying TV communications in memory of his son Mark, who died in a camping accident in 1977. With 227 costar Gibbs, was honored at the Giving Back Corporation's spring 2010 Celebrity Roast & Toast.
Alaina Reed
(Actor)
.. Rose
Born:
November 10, 1946
Died: December 17, 2009
Birthplace: Springfield, Ohio, United States
Died: December 17, 2009
Birthplace: Springfield, Ohio, United States
Trivia:
Made her professional stage debut in a production of Hair in Chicago in 1970.Was an original cast member of the off-Broadway production of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road in 1974, playing Lucy.Notably played Gordon's sister Olivia on Sesame Street and in the Sesame Street feature film Follow That Bird in 1985.Co-starred in the NBC sitcom 227 from 1985 to 1990, playing Rose Lee Holloway, and had to divide her time between this show, which taped in Los Angeles and Sesame Street which was taped in New York.Met her second husband, actor Kevin Peter Hall, who played Predator in 1987's Predator and 1990's Predator 2, when he appeared on 227.
