Which American actor played a submarine 'skipper' in the films 'Operation Petticoat' 1959 and 'Destination Tokyo'?
"be called his best performance: three interrelated roles in the comedy ""Some Like It Hot"" (1959). Thomson called it an ""outrageous film,"" and an American Film Institute survey voted it the funniest American film ever made. The film co-starred Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe, and was directed by Billy Wilder. That was followed by Blake Edwards’s ""Operation Petticoat"" (1959) with Cary Grant. They were both frantic comedies, and displayed his impeccable comic timing. He often collaborated with Edwards on later films. In 1960, Curtis played a supporting role in ""Spartacus"", which became another major hit for him. His stardom and"
"his original story for ""Destination Tokyo"". The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: According to Warner Bros records the film earned $3,237,000 locally and $1,307,000 domestically. Inspired by Grant's role, a seventeen year-old Tony Curtis forged his mother's signature to enlist in the United States Navy in 1943. Requesting submarine duty he instead served aboard a submarine tender, . Later, as a top Hollywood talent, he co-starred with Grant as submariners in the 1959 World War II comedy ""Operation Petticoat"", with Grant commanding the fictional USS ""Sea Tiger"". When the crew of a World War II-submarine"
"in the 1951 movie ""Operation Pacific"" is given the treat of watching a movie, ""Destination Tokyo"" is screened. According to his autobiography, the film influenced Ronald Reagan in his decision to accept the lead role of a World War II-submarine captain in the 1957 movie ""Hellcats of the Navy"". One of the film's screenwriters, Albert Maltz, was later brought before the House Committee on Un-American Activities on the grounds that some of the dialogue in ""Destination Tokyo"" reflected Communist sympathies. Notes Destination Tokyo Destination Tokyo is a 1943 black and white American submarine war film. It was directed by Delmer"
"""Destination Tokyo"" (1943) starring Cary Grant. Wheeler B. Lipes eventually received official recognition for his feat over 60 years after the submarine surgery. He was awarded a Navy Commendation Medal at a ceremony at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Wheeler Bryson Lipes In September 1942, Wheeler Lipes performed an emergency appendectomy aboard a United States Navy submarine. Although he did not have proper medical equipment or formal surgical training, the operation was a success. After the war, Mr. Lipes remained in the Navy and received a Medical Service Corps commission in 1951. He retired as a lieutenant commander. In September 1942, aboard"
"David Hedison Albert David Hedison, Jr. (born May 20, 1927) is an American film, television, and stage actor. He was billed as Al Hedison in his early film work. In 1959, when he was cast in the role of Victor Sebastian in the short-lived espionage television series ""Five Fingers"", NBC insisted that he change his name. He proposed that he use his middle name and he has been billed as David Hedison ever since. He is known for his role as Captain Lee Crane in Irwin Allen's television series ""Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"" and as CIA agent"
"the role of one of the nurses as she felt the film had too many sex jokes. ""Operation Petticoat"" was produced with extensive support of the Department of Defense and the US Navy. Most of the filming was done in and around Naval Station Key West, now the Truman Annex of Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, which substituted for the Philippines and Australia. Filming for the period suggesting postwar 1959 was done at Naval Station San Diego, California. USS ""Sea Tiger"" was portrayed by three different American World War II ""Balao""-class submarines: A plot error says that ""Sea Tiger"""
"Richard Basehart John Richard Basehart (August 31, 1914September 17, 1984) was an American actor. He starred as Admiral Harriman Nelson in the television science fiction-drama ""Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"" (1964–68). He also portrayed Wilton Knight in the series ""Knight Rider"" (1982–86). Basehart was equally active in cinema, receiving National Board of Review Awards for his performances in ""Fourteen Hours"" (1951) and ""Moby Dick"" (1956). He was further nominated for a BAFTA Award for his role in ""Time Limit"" (1957), the directorial debut of Karl Malden. One of his most notable film roles was the acrobat known as"
"Del Monroe Del Monroe (April 7, 1932June 5, 2009) was an American film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his role as Seaman Kowalski in the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, which was broadcast on ABC from September 14, 1964 to March 31, 1968. Monroe was born in Santa Barbara, California. After a tour of duty in the United States Army he enrolled in the Pasadena Playhouse where he appeared in more than 30 plays. In 1961, Monroe portrayed Seaman Kowski in the film version of ""Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea""."
"David R. Ellis David Richard Ellis (September 8, 1952 – January 7, 2013) was an American film director and stunt performer born in Santa Monica, California in 1952. His credits included dozens of films and television series including ""National Lampoon's Vacation, Baywatch, Lethal Weapon,"" and ""Patriot Games."" He also served as second unit director on blockbuster action films like ""Waterworld, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Matrix Reloaded,"" and ""."" His feature directorial credits included the action thriller ""Snakes on a Plane"" and two entries in the ""Final Destination"" series. Following a successful career as a junior pro surfer,"
"His final appearance was in an episode of ""Medium"" in 2005. Del Monroe Del Monroe (April 7, 1932June 5, 2009) was an American film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his role as Seaman Kowalski in the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, which was broadcast on ABC from September 14, 1964 to March 31, 1968. Monroe was born in Santa Barbara, California. After a tour of duty in the United States Army he enrolled in the Pasadena Playhouse where he appeared in more than 30 plays. In 1961, Monroe portrayed Seaman Kowski in"
"a large number of troops on board, they took the ship prize, and escorted her into Morotai 6 August. A week later ""Conner"" sailed for Okinawa, and with the war at an end, arrived at Jinsen, Korea, 8 September 1945, Until 21 December, she served in the occupation of the Far East, cruising between Jinsen and Tsingtao and Shanghai. Returning to San Francisco 20 January 1946, she was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Long Beach 5 July 1946. ""Conner"" received 12 battle stars for World War II service. In the 1959 comedy movie, ""Operation Petticoat"", ""Conner"" played the role"
"Terry Becker Terry Becker (August 5, 1921 – December 30, 2014) was an American film and television actor, Emmy-winning director and producer. He is best known for his role as Chief Francis Ethelbert Sharkey in seasons 2 through 4 of the television series ""Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"". Becker took the role after the death of actor Henry Kulky, who had played the submarine's Chief (Curly Jones) during the first season of the series. Terry Becker also made two guest appearances on ""Perry Mason"". In 1958 he played murder victim Philip Larkin in ""The Case of the Prodigal"
"Richard Benedict Richard ""Pepe"" Benedict (born Riccardo Benedetto, Palermo, January 8, 1920 – Studio City, April 25, 1984) was an Italian-American television and film actor and director. He appeared in dozens of television programs and movies from the 1940s to the 1960s, most notably ""Ace in the Hole"" (1951), directed by Billy Wilder. Benedict appeared with Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack in the 1960 movie ""Ocean's 11"" as one of the 11 men who rob five Las Vegas casinos on the same night. He also played the commander of the Mars rescue ship in the 1958 B sci-fi movie"
"Torpedo Run Torpedo Run is a 1958 American war film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Glenn Ford as a World War II submarine commander in the Pacific who is obsessed with sinking a particular Japanese aircraft carrier. It was filmed in Metrocolor CinemaScope. A. Arnold Gillespie and Harold Humbrock were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. The American submarine ""Grayfish"", under Lieutenant Commander/Commander Barney Doyle (Glenn Ford), searches for the ""Shinaru"", one of the Japanese aircraft carriers that led the attack on Pearl Harbor. Doyle receives word that the target has an escort, including a transport"
"Destination Tokyo. Later, while the crew of the ""Thunderfish"" are watching Destination Tokyo, John Wayne is shown trying to figure out torpedo explosions reported by the sub's sonar operator. The following day, the ""Thunderfish"" comes across wreckage, and discovers the case containing George Washington Slept Here, revealing that the ""Corvina"" had been sunk. The ""Thunderfish's"" radar then reports a single contact, and the sub submerges. John Wayne discovers ""one I-type Jap submarine"" while looking through the periscope. The ""Thunderfish"" then engages, torpedoes, and sinks the Japanese sub, avenging the loss of the ""Corvina"". USS Corvina USS ""Corvina"" (SS-226), a ""Gato""-class"
"Keith Larsen Keith Larsen (born Keith Larsen Burt, June 17, 1924 – December 13, 2006) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who starred in three short-lived television series between 1955 and 1961. Larsen was born in Salt Lake City in 1924. He was of Norwegian descent. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy. After he was demobilized he became involved in stage acting in Santa Monica, California. Larsen was tapped by a talent scout to play a small uncredited role in 1951 movie ""Operation Pacific"". In 1952, Larsen played Ens. Barney Smith, an aircraft"
"Bobby Driscoll Robert Cletus ""Bobby"" Driscoll (March 3, 1937 – March 30, 1968) was an American child actor and artist known for a large body of cinema and TV performances from 1943 to 1960. He starred in some of the Walt Disney Studios' most popular live-action pictures of that period, such as ""Song of the South"" (1946), ""So Dear to My Heart"" (1949), and ""Treasure Island"" (1950). He served as animation model and provided the voice for the title role in ""Peter Pan"" (1953). In 1950, he received an Academy Juvenile Award for outstanding performance in feature films of 1949,"
"Chris Cooper Christopher Walton Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American film actor. He became well known in the late 1980s. He has appeared in supporting performances in several major Hollywood films, including the drama ""American Beauty"" (1999), the biopic about a NASA engineer titled ""October Sky"" (1999), the action spy film ""The Bourne Identity"" (2002), the biographical sports film ""Seabiscuit"" (2003), the biographical film about Truman Capote"", Capote"" (2005), the geopolitical thriller ""Syriana"" (2005), the action-thriller ""The Kingdom"" (2007), the crime drama ""The Town"" (2010), and the musical comedy film ""The Muppets"" (2011). He also portrayed Sheriff July"
"honorary doctorate from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Chris Cooper Christopher Walton Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American film actor. He became well known in the late 1980s. He has appeared in supporting performances in several major Hollywood films, including the drama ""American Beauty"" (1999), the biopic about a NASA engineer titled ""October Sky"" (1999), the action spy film ""The Bourne Identity"" (2002), the biographical sports film ""Seabiscuit"" (2003), the biographical film about Truman Capote"", Capote"" (2005), the geopolitical thriller ""Syriana"" (2005), the action-thriller ""The Kingdom"" (2007), the crime drama ""The Town"" (2010), and the musical comedy film"
"Peter Whitney Peter Whitney (born Peter King Engle; May 24, 1916 – March 30, 1972) was an American actor in film and television. Whitney was born in Long Branch, New Jersey. Tall and heavyset, he played brutish villains in many Hollywood films in the 1940s and 1950s. Whitney was often a supporting character actor credited at least in the top ten actors appearing in several Hollywood classic feature films, such as ""Destination Tokyo"" (1943), ""Action in the North Atlantic"" (1943), ""Mr. Skeffington"" (1944), ""Murder, He Says"" (1945) (in which he played a dual role), ""The Big Heat"" (1953), ""In the"
"lead character played by Carlos Thompson. In a career that lasted more than 40 years, he also appeared in 36 episodes of ""Knight Errant Limited"" as Adam Knight (1959–1960), as well as in episodes of ""Z-Cars"" (1967), ""The Saint"" (1968), ""The Champions"" (1968), ""Fall of Eagles"" (1974), the TV mini series ""Lorna Doone"" (1976), ""Heartbeat"" (1992), ""The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones"" (1999) and ""The Bill"" (2000). Film roles include John in ""Behemoth the Sea Monster"" (1959), Lieutenant Pattinson in ""Petticoat Pirates"" (1961), Sir Richard Fordyke in ""The Black Torment"" (1964), Joab in ""Captain Nemo and the Underwater City"" (1969),"
"Joe Maross Joe Maross (February 7, 1923 - November 7, 2009) was an American actor who appeared in movies and made guest appearances on many television series from the 1950s to the 1980s. Born in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania, Maross was a drama student at Yale University. Serving in the Marines, Maross was stationed in Hawaii during World War II. Maross's Broadway credits include ""Ladies Night in a Turkish Bath"" (1949) and ""The Innkeepers"" (1955). Among the movies he appeared in were ""Run Silent, Run Deep"", ""Elmer Gantry"", ""Zig Zag"", and ""Rich and Famous"". Maross played Captain Mike Benton in the ABC-TV"
"were cast into the Pacific Ocean. Lawrence Dobkin Lawrence ""Larry"" Dobkin (September 16, 1919 – October 28, 2002) was an American television director, character actor and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades. Dobkin was a prolific performer during the Golden Age of Radio. His voice was used to narrate the classic western ""Broken Arrow"" (1950). His film performances include ""Never Fear"" (1949), ""Sweet Smell of Success"" (1957) and ""North by Northwest"" (1959). He announced the landmark television series ""Naked City"" (1958–1963), closing each episode with the statement, ""There are eight million stories in the naked city, and this has been"
"model of the ""Copperfin"" used for filming was based on actual American submarines, except that, to confuse the Japanese, it was given equipment and apparatus that were used on numerous different types of subs. The film was accurate enough to be used by the Navy as a training tool for submariners. The incident in the film in which the pharmacist's mate performs an appendectomy was based on an actual event which took place on the submarine . Some filming of ""Destination Tokyo"" took place at Portuguese Bend near Redondo Beach, California. Writer Steve Fisher received an Academy Award nomination for"
"Bruce A. Young Bruce Arnold Young (born April 22, 1956) is an American television, film, and stage actor, television writer and screenwriter. Young is best known for his role as Captain Simon Banks in the UPN science fiction police drama ""The Sentinel"". Young also had roles in the films ""Risky Business"", ""Jurassic Park III"", ""The Color of Money"", ""Basic Instinct"", ""Into Temptation"", ""Undisputed"", and ""Enough"". His other television roles include parts in ""21 Jump Street"", ""E/R"", """", ""Quantum Leap"", ""NYPD Blue"", ""The X-Files"", ""Cold Case"", ""Lady Blue"", ""Ghost Whisperer"", ""Grey's Anatomy"" and ""Prison Break"". As television writer and screenwriter, Young"
"Pat Skipper William Patterson ""Pat"" Skipper (born September 23, 1958) is an American television actor, film actor and voice actor. Pat is probably best known for his television work on such shows as ""The X-Files"" and ""Boston Legal"". On film, he played Carducci in the (1996) action/horror film """", Mason Strode from ""Halloween"", Seabiscuit's Vet from ""Seabiscuit"" (2003), Bob from ""Fits and Starts"", and Agent Ellroy from ""Chain of Command"". He also wrote a book called ""The Working Actor"" in 2015. Skipper was born in Lakeland, Florida. He was educated at Florida State University and Yale University. He is married"
"Michael Boatman Michael Patrick Boatman (born October 25, 1964) is an American actor and writer. He is known for his roles as New York City mayoral aide Carter Heywood in the ABC sitcom ""Spin City"", as U.S. Army Specialist Samuel Beckett in the ABC drama series ""China Beach"", as 101st Airborne soldier Motown in the Vietnam War movie ""Hamburger Hill"", and as sports agent Stanley Babson in the HBO sitcom ""Arli$$"". Boatman was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the son of Gwendolyn Boatman Pugh, a job supervisor for the handicapped, and Daniel Boatman, an army officer. He was raised in"
"Royce D. Applegate Royce Dwayne Applegate (December 25, 1939 – January 1, 2003) was an American actor and screenwriter. Born in Oklahoma, his most visible role was that of Chief Petty Officer Manilow Crocker on the first season of the Steven Spielberg-produced television series ""seaQuest DSV"". In 1985 Applegate played family man-turned-kidnapper Donald Brown, a father who kidnaps Sam McKinney (Danny Cooksey) in order to replace his own dead son, on the premiere episodes of ""Diff'rent Strokes"" final season (when it moved from NBC to ABC). Applegate portrayed Confederate General James L. Kemper in two Ronald F. Maxwell movies, ""Gettysburg"""
"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is a 1961 American science fiction disaster film from 20th Century Fox, produced and directed by Irwin Allen, that stars Walter Pidgeon as Admiral Harriman Nelson, and Robert Sterling as Captain Lee Crane. The supporting cast includes Peter Lorre, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, Michael Ansara, and Frankie Avalon. The story was written by Irwin Allen and Charles Bennett. The opening title credits theme song was sung by Frankie Avalon. The new, state of the art nuclear submarine ""Seaview"" is on diving trials in the Arctic Ocean."
"Barry Atwater Garrett ""Barry"" Atwater (May 16, 1918 – May 24, 1978) was an American character actor who appeared frequently on television from the 1950s into the 1970s. He was sometimes credited as G.B. Atwater. He appeared on ""Gunsmoke"" in 1959, Season 5, Episode 22; ""The Twilight Zone"" (1960), ""Lawman"" (1962), ""Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"", ""Perry Mason"", (1959–1965); """", ""Bewitched"" (1966); """", ""Mannix"" (1968); ""Hawaii Five-0"" (1970); ""Kung Fu"" (1974); and ""The Rockford Files"" (1977). The son of the landscape painter of the same name, Garrett Atwater was born in Denver, Colorado. He served as head of"
"the Japanese film ""Atragon"" (1963). In all three films a high-tech nuclear submarine of the near-future travels to the deepest part of the ocean in order to save the Earth from destruction. Actor Arthur Franz, who played Lieutenant Commander Holloway in ""The Atomic Submarine"", guest starred five years later on an episode of Irwin Allen's 1964 submarine TV series ""Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"". The Atomic Submarine The Atomic Submarine is a 1959 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film drama, produced by Alex Gordon, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, that stars Arthur Franz, Dick Foran, Brett Halsey"
"barrages of depth charges, Cassidy attacks, sending a destroyer to the bottom and enabling the crew to return safely to San Francisco. Cast notes: Members of the cast spent time at the U.S. Navy's Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California, to familiarize themselves with submarine procedures and operations. Technical advisors to the film included the captain of the , Dudley Walker Morton, and crewmember Andy Lennox. The sub was reported as missing in action after production on ""Destination Tokyo"" completed, sunk by Japanese aircraft in October 1943 while returning home from a patrol in the Sea of Japan. The"
"Carleton Carpenter Carleton Upham Carpenter, Jr. (born July 10, 1926) is an American film, television and stage actor, magician, songwriter, and novelist. Carpenter was born in Bennington, Vermont, where he attended Bennington High School. He is bisexual. Carpenter resides in Warwick, New York. Carpenter served as a Seabee in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Among his accomplishments in that regard was helping to build the airstrip from which the ""Enola Gay"" took off for its flight to bomb Hiroshima. Carleton Carpenter began his performing career as a magician and an actor on Broadway, beginning with David Merrick's first"