Barney Miller: The Tontine
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm, Monday, October 27 on WTIC Antenna TV (61.2)
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The Tontine
Season 8, Episode 8
The two surviving members of a tontine decide that one should die so the other can collect; Levitt hustles to collect the Medal of Valor. Levitt: Ron Carey. Pryne: Dennis Lipscomb. Mercurio: Ivor Francis.
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1982
English
Comedy
Sitcom
Drama
Cast & Crew
Ron Carey
(Actor)
.. Off. Carl Levitt
Dennis Lipscomb
(Actor)
.. Pryne
Ivor Francis
(Actor)
.. Mercurio
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Did You Know..
Ron Carey
(Actor)
.. Off. Carl Levitt
Born:
December 11, 1935
Died: January 16, 2007
Birthplace: Newark, New
Died: January 16, 2007
Birthplace: Newark, New
Trivia:
The son of a singing waiter, Ron Carey attended Seton Hall University, then embarked on the catch-as-catch-can life of a standup comedian. A huge hit on his first Jack Paar Show appearance, Carey was an enormous flop on his second Paar gig -- the victim, he'd later insist, of overpreparation. After two years away from show business, Carey rebuilt his confidence with nightly appearances at the Improvisation, a New York nightspot which showcased up-and-coming comics. Traveling westward to Hollywood, Carey appeared in dozens of commercials and secured supporting roles on the 1970s TV sitcoms The Corner Bar and The Montefuscos, then played a one-shot role on the last 1975 episode of Barney Miller. Executive producer Danny Arnold decided to use Carey as a Barney Miller regular, and at the beginning of the series' second season, he settled into the role of Levitt, a street cop who aspired to become a plainclothes detective. During his Barney Miller run (which lasted until 1982), Carey became a member of Mel Brooks's movie stock company, appearing in such Brooks yuckfests as Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977), and History of the World Pt. I (1981). In 1989, Ron Carey starred in the short-lived sitcom Have Faith, playing Father Vincent Paglia -- an ironic turn of events, inasmuch as Carey had once intended to become a priest.
Dennis Lipscomb
(Actor)
.. Pryne
Born:
March 01, 1942
Trivia:
Lead actor, onscreen from the '80s.
Ivor Francis
(Actor)
.. Mercurio
Born:
January 01, 1917
Died: January 01, 1986
Died: January 01, 1986
Trivia:
Ivor Francis began his entertainment career as a teen appearing on the radio in his native Toronto, Canada. During WW II he served in the RAF and afterward emigrated to New York where he landed a job on a daily serial Me Perkins. This led him to appear in several Broadway shows and from there to feature films such as I Love My Wife. During the '70s he frequently worked as an actor in Disney films, including World's Greatest Athlete. Francis also appeared frequently on television series and in made-for-TV- movies; he was a regular on Room 222. Later in his career he began teaching stagecraft in Los Angeles and New York. His daughter Genie Francis has played "Laura" on the television soap General Hospital for many years.
