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Tim Conway's Funny America

Despite his success as a member of the cast of the situation comedy McHale's Navy from 1962 to 1966 and in two 1964 theatrical films spun off from the series, McHale's Navy and McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force, as well as his popularity during several years as a regular on The Carol Burnett Show in the 1970s, Tim Conway had found no success in starring in a television show of his own.


Brian McHale

McHale was a visiting professor, from 2009 to 2011, at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.

Carl Ballantine

Ballantine was cast in several movies, including Disney's The North Avenue Irregulars, Billy Crystal’s directorial debut, Mr. Saturday Night and in numerous television series, including the ABC sitcom McHale's Navy (1962–1966), in which he played Lester Gruber, one of the PT boat sailors, starring with Ernest Borgnine, Joe Flynn and Tim Conway.

Clay Tanner

He began his career with roles in various TV productions such as Bonanza, The Fugitive, Get Smart, Perry Mason, McHale's Navy, The Outer Limits, The Virginian, and Stoney Burke.

Critical Film Studies

Ayoade and Joel McHale also starred together in the never-picked up pilot of an American remake of The IT Crowd (with Ayoade reprising his role and McHale taking the place of Chris O'Dowd).

Gary McHale

During the Enbridge Line 9 protests and occupation in Hamilton, McHale and CANACE claimed to have played an important role in disrupting the protest through lobbying the Hamilton Police Service.

Hollingsworth Morse

He directed episodes of a wide variety of U.S. television series from the 1950s through the 1980s, including McHale's Navy, Adam-12, The Dukes of Hazzard, H.R. Pufnstuf, and Rocky Jones, Space Ranger.

Jim McHale

James Bernard McHale J.B. (December 17, 1875 – June 17, 1959) was a reserve center fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1908 season.

Jock McHale

The son of an Irish-born policeman, John Francis, and his wife Mary (née Gibbons), the young McHale was born in Sydney, New South Wales but moved to Melbourne with his family at age 5.

Judith McHale

Discovery was consistently named one of the best places to work in various rankings, and, in 2004, McHale was honored by Working Mother magazine as a “National Family Champion” for her leadership.

La Madrastra

Host Joel McHale often singled out Bruno for the amount of eyeliner that the character wore and "that bitch Alba" for what McHale described as her "crazy eye" that appeared to bulge noticeably larger than the other during particularly intense scenes.

NetSpeed

After NetSpeed, Inc., John McHale went on to found NetPliance, TippingPoint, and BreakingPoint Systems.

Sidney Lanfield

In the early 1950s the reputedly strict taskmaster-director moved to television where his vaudeville and comic background in films were put to use in television comedies including Where's Raymond?, McHale's Navy and The Addams Family.

The End of Twerk

Five songs from the episode are being released as singles: "You Are Woman, I Am Man" from Funny Girl sung by Gruffudd and Michele, Miley Cyrus's "Wrecking Ball" sung by Benoist, Beyoncé's "If I Were a Boy" sung by Newell, Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" sung by Morrison, McHale, Artist and Westbrook, and The Royal Concept's "On Our Way" sung by New Directions.

Thomas W. Moore

While he was network president, the network added, among other shows, McHale's Navy, Peyton Place, The Addams Family and Batman.

Tony McHale

Tony McHale (born Antony wright) is a British actor, writer and director who is best known as a "stooge" to Jeremy Beadle on Game For A Laugh and later, Beadle's About.

Washing Machine Charlie

In the Episode "Washing Machine Charlie" Season 1, Episode 22 of McHale's Navy (1963).

Yoshio Yoda

In the cast reunion extra feature on the McHale's Navy first season DVD set, Edson Stroll (Virgil in the series) states that Yoda had later changed his name to James Yoda and worked as a Toyota vice-president.


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