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3 other strong Gary Lockwood performances

posted 17 years ago by Cheyenne-Bodie
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1) Bus Stop (1961): "Cherie" This episode was a remake of the movie and play "Bus Stop", by William Inge. The great Don Siegel ("Invasion of the Body Snatchers", "Dirty Harry") directed. Lockwood played the boisterous and naive cowboy Bo that had been played by Don Murray in the movie and Albert Salmi on the stage. Lockwood was thrown in with fast company: Tuesday Weld, Joseph Cotten and Buddy Ebsen. Lockwood felt he gave a strong audition for the role. He suspected the producer and director really wanted him, so he demanded more money and got it-even though he was an unknown at this point. Lockwood was probably as brash as Bo. And maybe that's why he gave such a striking performance. This episode may have been the pilot for "Bus Stop". I think 20th Century Fox put him in "Follow the Sun" the same year because of his great work here. He clearly had enormous potential.

2) The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962) Bridges played a 1920's champion prize fighter who is put in a match with his son as a publicity stunt. Bridges has ignored his son since he was born. Lockwood played the self hating son who plans to kill his father in the ring. The episode was directed by John Cassavetes and written by Robert Towne ("Chinatown").

3) Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965): "Connery's Hands" This was the last episode of the fine anthology series. Lockwood starred with Sally Kellerman, who he would soon reteam with in the second "Star Trek" pilot. Don Gordon and Peter Breck were excellent in supporting roles. Lockwood was terrific as Frank Connery, a pianist whose life is in danger. Lockwood made an intriguing noir hero.

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[–] ed-ryba 7 years ago

It is indeed a shame that "Cheyenne-Bodie" wrote a second item about my old friend, the late Gene Roddenberry's "The Lieutenant" that had to be deleted by an IMDB Administrator. I thought "Bodie" had an interesting point of view, and I've always thought the show was very well done, that Gary Lockwood did a great job in the lead role, and that, as of this writing - in December of 2016 - it's GREAT that Sony's "GET TV" is running it on Saturday mornings. It's impossible to say how long GET TV will be running this terrific program which, sadly, only lasted ONE season when it was produced. I've seen several of them on the aforementioned channel, and it's been many years since I've seen this show before this. I found it interesting that beside the facts that "The Lieutenant" SCREAMS "QUALITY & PRODUCTION VALUE", it has BOTH Roddenberry's AND M-G-M's fingerprints all over It. Watch as many of the 29 existing episodes as you can, while you can!