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Joseph Anthony Flynn III (November 8, 1924 – July 19, 1974) was an American actor. [1] He was known for playing Captain Wallace Binghamton in the 1960s ABC television situation comedy McHale's Navy. [2]
Keeping Fuji's presence and identity a secret from Captain Binghamton and others is a running gag, with wacky consequences throughout the series. For instance, in the premiere episode ("An Ensign For McHale"), to avoid detection during an inspection by Binghamton, Fuji disguises himself and poses as a Polynesian chief, which Binghamton accepts ...
McHale's Navy is a 1964 American technicolor comedy film based on the 1962–1966 black and white television sitcom McHale's Navy starring Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway and Joe Flynn, which had in turn originated with a one-hour anthology drama starring Borgnine entitled Seven Against the Sea.
However, Captain Wallace B. Binghamton and Lieutenant Penelope Carpenter command the base now. Capt. Binghamton believes his men have gone native and confiscates all the products McHale has sold them. He wants to resurrect his career after having mistakenly sunk a luxury cruise liner, for which he is famously known.
Tinker is arrested for the theft of Binghamton's printing press, and the Captain taps Parker to be Tinker's defense counsel in a trial which Binghamton himself will preside over. Parker and McHale must then stall the proceedings, while Gruber and the crew execute a plan to get Tinker off the hook with a bit of creative evidence-tampering.
Parker impersonates Lt. Harkness, with Binghamton helping him, until Harkness comes back. Because of Harkness' reputation as a lady killer, women are drawn to the very shy Parker. Parker also has to avoid Lt Harkness' father, General Harkness , for fear of being found out. In the meantime, Harkness (or rather Parker) is promoted three times to ...
These are a few words Billy Riggs, manager of Captain Archie’s in North Myrtle Beach, used to describe its former owner, Captain Archie Neil “Poo” McLauchlin, who died Wednesday at 87 years old.
In 2003, he was the reader in Volume 13 of the HBO film, Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives.The series was narrated by Whoopi Goldberg.He wrote Lackawanna Blues (2001), an autobiographical play in which he portrayed himself and some twenty different characters from his past, which was produced in New York at the Joseph Papp Theatre in 2001. [5]