Typed Letter Signed

O'CONNOR, Carroll (1924 - 2001)

Edité par Date d'édition : 1986

Typed and signed letter with great content from Carroll O'Connor to Washington Post columnist Tom Shales. Written on personal stationery in 1986, O'Connor apologizes to Shales for a meeting between the two where O'Connor was rude. 4 pages letter highlights the encounter stemming from a negative review Shales had given the Hallmark movie The Last Hurrah starring O'Connor. The letter covers the challenge of the perceived belief that "the personas of Archie and Carroll O'Connor were identical and inseparable." Mailing envelope included. John Carroll O'Connor was an American actor whose television career spanned over four decades. He found widespread fame as Archie Bunker (for which he won four Emmy Awards), the main character in the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971 - 1979) and its continuation, Archie Bunker's Place (1979 - 1983). He later starred in the NBC/CBS television crime drama In the Heat of the Night (1988 - 1995), where he played the role of police chief William "Bill" Gillespie. In the late 1990s, he played Gus Stemple, the father of Jamie Buchman (Helen Hunt) on Mad About You. In 1996, O'Connor was ranked number 38 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. He won five Emmys and one Golden Globe Award. This is a new item from the collection of Television critic Tom Shales (1944 - 2024). Shales was an incisively funny Washington Post columnist, he earned the nickname Terrible Tom and had the clout to make or break shows. Shales won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1988. During his three-decade career those in the industry considered him both a kingmaker and a high executioner in an era when network television's hold on American culture was at it's peak. Time magazine called him "brilliant, thoughtful, incisive and screamingly funny.also, vicious, infuriating, cruel and unfair". His thrice-weekly Washington Post TV column, 'On the Air,' syndicated in 59 other newspapers. The Tom Shales collection includes letters, cards and correspondence from celebrated television and entertainment legends, newscasters and politicians, including letters from Norman Lear, David Letterman, Johnny Carson, Conan O'Brien, Garry Shandling, Fred Rogers, Carol Burnett, David Brinkley, Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Edward Kennedy, Nancy Reagan and many more. Please inquire for more information. N° de réf. du vendeur 336702

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Titre : Typed Letter Signed
Date d'édition : 1986
Reliure : unbound
Signé : Signed