Stan Paregien, Editor
His first acting job on Broadway was in 1942 in the play, "The Morning Star."
The next year, though, he had made his way to Hollywood. And in 1944 he made his first movie, "Days of Glory". And, wham-bam, in his second movie, also released in 1944, he rreceived a nomination for an Academy Award. The movie was "Keys of the Kingdom."
Two years later he was again nominated for an Oscar, this time for his role in "The Yearling". He did win the Golden Globe award for that role.
Peck would appear in Westerns with Duel in the Sun (1946), Yellow Sky (1948), and The Gunfighter (1950).
He would again be nominated for the Academy Award with his roles in Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and Twelve O'Clock High (1949).
With four nominations, Peck would finally win the Oscar for his performance as Lawyer Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
In 1967, Peck received the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. He has also been awarded the Medal of Freedom.
Gregory Peck died at age 87 on June 12, 2003.
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In 1978, he conquered a serious drinking problem. In 1992 George Peppard had a cancerous tumor removed from lung. He had been a heavy smoker for years, but he decided it was time to stop. And he did.
Peppard spent much of the latter years of his life helping alcoholics and working for various charitable organizations.
George Peppard's credits in Westerns included "How the West Was Won" (1962), "Rough Night In Jericho" (1967) and "Canon for Cordoba" (1970).
George Peppard contracted pneumonia and died on May 8, 1994. His remains are in the
Northview Cemetery at Dearborn, Michigan.
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His life-changing, star-making movie was his role as Norman Bates in the classic horror show, "Psycho." He never quite broke away from the image he created in that film.
Perkins had three Western films to his credit: The Lonely Man (1957), The Tin Star (1957), and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972).
Anthony Perkins, a homosexual, died from complications of AIDS in Hollywood, Ca., on September 12, 1992. He was cremated.
The Sons Of The Pioneers group was founded in 1933 by Leonard Slye , when he recruited his friends Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer to re-form a singing trio known originally as the O-Bar-O Cowboys. They adopted the name of Pioneer Trio. Slye (later to be known as Roy Rogers) played rhythm guitar and Nolan played string bass.
When they found regular radio work in Los Angeles, they added fiddle player Hugh Farr. Someone suggested that they looked too young to be pioneers so they became the Sons Of The Pioneers. They were signed to Decca Records in 1935, and Hugh's brother Karl Farr joined as lead guitarist.
The Sons Of The Pioneers sang in numerous Western films, including The Old Homestead, The Gallant Defender, Song Of The Saddle, The Mysterious Avenger, Rhythm Of The Range and The Big Show, the latter starring the cowboy film star Gene Autry.
In late 1936, Tim Spencer left after a difference of opinion. He was replaced by Lloyd Perryman, a singer who had already appeared with the group as a stand-in on several occasions.
With Autry in a contract dispute with Republic Pictures, his studio snapped up Slye for his first starring role as singing cowboy Roy Rogers. That was in 1938's Under Western Stars.
With the Sons Of The Pioneers under exclusive contract to appear in Charles Starrett's films for Columbia Pictures, Rogers was forced to leave the group, although he returned to sing on their 1937 recording sessions. He was replaced by bass-playing comic Pat Brady. Tim Spencer returned in 1938, and this line-up appeared in over 20 movies with Starrett between 1937 and 1941. They were signed to Republic Pictures in 1941 and appeared with Rogers in several of his films up until 1948.
During World War Two, Lloyd Perryman and Pat Brady were called up for military service. They were replaced by Ken Carson and Shug Fisher . In 1944 the group moved to RCA - Victor, beginning a long association with the label. Recording for the first time with additional instruments, including orchestration, the group re-recorded several of their classic tracks and performed more pop-orientated material. They also backed several other RCA performers, including Rogers and his wife Dale Evans.
Perryman and Brady returned to the line-up in 1946, although Carson continued to perform with the group until December 1947. Lloyd Perryman became the leader of the group when Bob Nolan left in 1949, although the latter continued to provide the group with songs and occasionally joined them in the studio.
Perryman recruited Tommy Doss, but declining sales saw the group moving to Coral Records in 1953. However, many critics rate the Perryman, Curtis and Doss recordings, which include the 1949 versions of 'Riders In The Sky' and 'Room Full Of Roses', as the best. Following the change of labels, Curtis and Fisher both left to pursue television and film work, and were replaced by Dale Warren and Deuce Spriggens.
After a brief and unsuccessful spell with Coral the group moved back to RCA in 1955. Bob Nolan and Ken Curtis rejoined them in the studio, with the new line-up of Perryman, Doss, Warren, Spriggens and the Farr brothers only playing as a touring unit.
Spriggens left almost immediately and was replaced by Fisher. Nolan eventually retired for good, and Hugh Farr left in 1958 (he later made several unsuccessful attempts to form his own Sons Of The Pioneers). Brady returned in 1959 when Fisher finally retired. On 20 September 1961, Karl Farr collapsed and died on stage after becoming agitated when a guitar-string broke. He was replaced by session guitarist Roy Lanham. Doss retired from touring in 1963, but continued to record with the group until 1967. In 1968 Luther Nallie was recruited as lead singer, staying until 1974.
In 1972, a special reunion concert in Los Angeles celebrated the Pioneers' 40th anniversary, bringing together the original trio of Rogers, Nolan and Spencer.
Lloyd Perryman led the group until his death in 1977, after which Dale Warren took over and led the group into the 90s. The group was elected to the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1980.
Lloyd Perryman died on May 31, 1977.
Lerry Len Peterson received a Western Heritage Award in 2000 from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame for the art book, "Charles M. Russell".
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Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck, actor, was born Eldred Gregory Peck on April 5, 1916 at La Jolla, CA. His parents divorced when he was five, and he grew up with his grandmother. He studied pre-med at The University of California at Berkeley, but he left there to take acting training at the Playhouse School of Dramatics in New York City.
George Peppard
(Deceased)
George Peppard, actor, was born on October 1, 1928. He joined the U.S. Marines, then he studied at Purdue University and at Actors Studio.
George Peppard in scene with his first wife,
Elizabeth Ashley.
Anthony Perkins
(Deceased)
Anthony Perkins, actor, was born on April 4, 1932 in New York City.
Lloyd Perryman
(Deceased)
Lloyd Perryman, singer and musician, was born Lloyd Wilson Perryman on Jan. 29 1917, in Ruth, Arkansas. He was a member of the famous Western band, Sons of the Pioneers, for many years.
Starting clockwise at bottom are: Tim Spencer,
Hugh Farr, Pat Brady, Bob Nolan, Karl Farr,
and Lloyd Perryman (with guitar).
Lerry Len Peterson
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of your throne;
love and faithfulness go before you.
Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
who walk in the light of your presense, O Lord.
--- Bible: Psalm 89:14-15
