My Favorite Martian

Ray (birth name-Herman) Walston was born in New Orleans, Louisiana (some sources say Laurel, Mississippi), on December 2, 1914. The son of Harrie and Mattie Walston, Ray was interested in the theater from an early age. He began playing small roles with New Orleans stock companies while still a teen. Often, young Ray would be a ticket taker, as well as, a role in the play. In 1938, Ray and his family, made the move to Houston, Texas, where he joined the company of the Houston Civic Theater, under the direction of Margo Jones. Walston found great success in Houston, before moving on to the Cleveland Playhouse in Cleveland, Ohio, and later New York, where he made his Broadway debut in Hamlet in 1945. Walston's film career was a direct result of his stage work. His first film in 1958, was the reprisal of his stage role as Luther Billis, in the the movie version of South Pacific. Walston also starred in the film version of Damn Yankees the same year and again, played the same role in the film as he had on Broadway. Walston went on to appear in such films as The Apartment and Portrait In Black, before finding his most memorable role as Uncle Martin, in the television series, My Favorite Martian in 1963. Walston regretted taking the Uncle Martin role on My Favorite Martian for many years after the series ended in 1966. He was typecast for a number of years after the series left the air and could only get episodic television roles. This all changed when Ray Walston appeared as Mr. Hand, in the Cameron Crowe comedy, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, in 1982. Walston had a career comeback that launched into his role as Judge Bone, on the David E. Kelley comedy-drama, Picket Fences. Walston went on to win two Emmy Awards for the role and be nominated for a third. Ray Walston continued to act until a year before his death from Lupus in 2001. He was survived by his wife Ruth, daugheter Katherine Ann, and his two grandchildren. Ray Walston left an impressive body of stage, film, and television work.

PARLEY was a radio star in the 40's and 50's. During the years 1955-61, he was the radio voice for Dodge City Deputy, CHESTER PROUDFOOT. He married circus performer ERNESTINE CLARK in 1946. She died August 5, 2000. They had two children. He has appeared in over 150 TV shows, most notably as MAYOR STONER in THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW.

Jamie grew up in the town of Toledo, Ohio. His parents, Samuel and Jamelia Farah, had little, with Samuel working as a grocer and Jamelia being a seamstress. After performing in a local acting contest, he decided to pursue an acting career. While attending Woodward High School, Farr starred in several school productions. After high school, Jamie went to Pasadena Playhouse in California. In 1955 he got his break when he was in Blackboard Jungle, following it up with No Time for Sergeants. Shortly after this he joined The Red Skelton's Show. This part of career ended when he was drafted into the military. While in the military, he served in several different countries, including both Korea and Japan. When he was released from the military, Farr continued to pursue his acting career. Several years after retiring from the army, Farr married Joy Ann Richards on February 16, 1963. Nearly ten years later, Farr's acting career skyrocketed as he began performing as Corporal Maxwell Klinger on M*A*S*H. Since then, Farr and Joy Ann have had two children, Jonas and Yvonne Farr, and Jamie has even wrote a book on his experiences on M*A*S*H, entitled Just Farr Fun. Farr has now retired from show business, and he now hold's a woman's golf tournament once every year. Because of his contributions to Hollywood, Farr received his very own "star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985, several years after the season finale of M*A*S*H.

Jamie grew up in the town of Toledo, Ohio. His parents, Samuel and Jamelia Farah, had little, with Samuel working as a grocer and Jamelia being a seamstress. After performing in a local acting contest, he decided to pursue an acting career. While attending Woodward High School, Farr starred in several school productions. After high school, Jamie went to Pasadena Playhouse in California. In 1955 he got his break when he was in Blackboard Jungle, following it up with No Time for Sergeants. Shortly after this he joined The Red Skelton's Show. This part of career ended when he was drafted into the military. While in the military, he served in several different countries, including both Korea and Japan. When he was released from the military, Farr continued to pursue his acting career. Several years after retiring from the army, Farr married Joy Ann Richards on February 16, 1963. Nearly ten years later, Farr's acting career skyrocketed as he began performing as Corporal Maxwell Klinger on M*A*S*H. Since then, Farr and Joy Ann have had two children, Jonas and Yvonne Farr, and Jamie has even wrote a book on his experiences on M*A*S*H, entitled Just Farr Fun. Farr has now retired from show business, and he now hold's a woman's golf tournament once every year. Because of his contributions to Hollywood, Farr received his very own "star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985, several years after the season finale of M*A*S*H.

Francis "Chick" Hearn, a native of Aurora, Illinois, established a standard of broadcasting that earned the legendary announcer a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1986. Known for creating play-by-play buzzwords such as "on him like a postage stamp", "the mustard's off the hot dog" and "can't throw a pea in the ocean", Hearn broadcast 3,338 consecutive games for the Los Angeles Lakers. Hearn's streak began on November 21, 1965 and extended to December 16, 2001. A member of the American Sportscasters Hall of Fame and a two-time national Sportscaster of the Year, Hearn earned the Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Media Award in 1992. Hearn died on August 5, 2002 in Northridge, CA. He was 85.

Francis "Chick" Hearn, a native of Aurora, Illinois, established a standard of broadcasting that earned the legendary announcer a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1986. Known for creating play-by-play buzzwords such as "on him like a postage stamp", "the mustard's off the hot dog" and "can't throw a pea in the ocean", Hearn broadcast 3,338 consecutive games for the Los Angeles Lakers. Hearn's streak began on November 21, 1965 and extended to December 16, 2001. A member of the American Sportscasters Hall of Fame and a two-time national Sportscaster of the Year, Hearn earned the Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Media Award in 1992. Hearn died on August 5, 2002 in Northridge, CA. He was 85.

Although versatile character actor and voice artist Henry Corden will be best remembered for providing the bellicose, gravel-toned rasp of cartoon immortal Fred Flintstone, he enjoyed a long and varied career even prior to that feat, which took up most of his later years. Born in Montreal, Canada, on January 6, 1920, his family moved to New York while he was still a child. He received his start on radio before heading off to Hollywood in the 1940s. He made his film debut as a minor thug in the Danny Kaye vehicle The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) and continued in that same vein, often in unbilled parts. A master at dialects, he was consistently employed as an ethnic Middle Eastern heavy or streetwise character (club manager, salesman) in 1950s costumed adventures or crime yarns, both broad and serious. He seldom made it into the prime support ranks, however, with often broad, mostly insignificant parts in Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Viva Zapata! (1952), Scaramouche (1952), I Confess (1953), King Richard and the Crusaders (1954), Jupiter's Darling (1955) and The Ten Commandments (1956). On TV he could regularly be found on both drama ("Perry Mason," "The Untouchables) and light comedy ("My Little Margie," "Mister Ed"). Higher profile roles included Barbara Eden's genie father on the popular sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie," and the contentious landlord "Mr. Babbitt" on an episode of "The Monkees." Corden made a highly lucrative move into animation in the 1960s supplying a host of voices on such cartoons as "Jonny Quest," "The Jetsons," "Secret Squirrel," "Atom Ant," "Josie and the Pussycats" and "The Harlem Globetrotters." A well-oiled talent for the established Hanna-Barbera team, he reached his zenith after inheriting the voice of the studio's beloved boorish character Fred Flintstone after the show's original vocal owner, Alan Reed, passed away in 1977. Corden would go on to give life to Flintstone for nearly three decades on various revamped cartoon series, animated specials and cereal commercials. He was performing as Flintstone, in fact, until about three months prior to his death of emphysema at the age of 85 on May 19, 2005. He was survived by his second wife and two children from his prior marriage.

Although versatile character actor and voice artist Henry Corden will be best remembered for providing the bellicose, gravel-toned rasp of cartoon immortal Fred Flintstone, he enjoyed a long and varied career even prior to that feat, which took up most of his later years. Born in Montreal, Canada, on January 6, 1920, his family moved to New York while he was still a child. He received his start on radio before heading off to Hollywood in the 1940s. He made his film debut as a minor thug in the Danny Kaye vehicle The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) and continued in that same vein, often in unbilled parts. A master at dialects, he was consistently employed as an ethnic Middle Eastern heavy or streetwise character (club manager, salesman) in 1950s costumed adventures or crime yarns, both broad and serious. He seldom made it into the prime support ranks, however, with often broad, mostly insignificant parts in Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Viva Zapata! (1952), Scaramouche (1952), I Confess (1953), King Richard and the Crusaders (1954), Jupiter's Darling (1955) and The Ten Commandments (1956). On TV he could regularly be found on both drama ("Perry Mason," "The Untouchables) and light comedy ("My Little Margie," "Mister Ed"). Higher profile roles included Barbara Eden's genie father on the popular sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie," and the contentious landlord "Mr. Babbitt" on an episode of "The Monkees." Corden made a highly lucrative move into animation in the 1960s supplying a host of voices on such cartoons as "Jonny Quest," "The Jetsons," "Secret Squirrel," "Atom Ant," "Josie and the Pussycats" and "The Harlem Globetrotters." A well-oiled talent for the established Hanna-Barbera team, he reached his zenith after inheriting the voice of the studio's beloved boorish character Fred Flintstone after the show's original vocal owner, Alan Reed, passed away in 1977. Corden would go on to give life to Flintstone for nearly three decades on various revamped cartoon series, animated specials and cereal commercials. He was performing as Flintstone, in fact, until about three months prior to his death of emphysema at the age of 85 on May 19, 2005. He was survived by his second wife and two children from his prior marriage.