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After the sale of Desilu to Gulf+Western in 1967, Morton helped Ball form Lucille Ball Productions to allow her to have more of a free hand in television production. Morton served as executive producer of Ball's third series Here's Lucy (1968–1974) and was a co-executive producer of her ill-fated 1986 series Life with Lucy .
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized by Time in 2020 as one of the most influential women of the 20th century for her work in all four of these areas. [1]
Liz Cooper, played by Lucille Ball; happily married and slightly zany housewife; George Cooper, played by Richard Denning; Liz's husband, works for Mr. Atterbury; Mr. Rudolph Atterbury, played first by Hans Conried and then Joseph Kearns, [2] and in subsequent episodes by Gale Gordon; George's boss, friend of the Cooper family, often refers to George as "boy," as in "George-Boy"
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer, and bandleader. [1] He played Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, in which he co-starred with his wife Lucille Ball. [1]
It is the only Lucille Ball sitcom to not air on CBS. Developed amidst an industry-wide interest in comeback vehicles, ABC and producer Aaron Spelling coaxed Ball out of retirement for a new series. Unlike Ball's previous sitcoms, Life with Lucy was a failure in the ratings and poorly received by critics and viewers alike. Only eight out of the ...
His most famed work came as the announcer for Lucille Ball's radio sitcom My Favorite Husband from 1948 until 1951. [1] He continued to work with Ball as the announcer for the pilot episode of the television show which eventually became I Love Lucy. [1] (This original pilot episode, which never aired, was lost for many years before being ...
Gale Gordon (born Charles Thomas Aldrich Jr., February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995) was an American character actor who was Lucille Ball's longtime television foil, particularly as cantankerously combustible, tightfisted bank executive Theodore J. Mooney, on Ball's second television sitcom The Lucy Show.
Archive Photos/Getty. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, circa 1950s ... American actress Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz arrive at London Airport with their children Lucie and Desi Jr., on June ...