"titled """" was published under the J.R. Hartley pseudonym with Lumsden being hired to promote it as J.R. Hartley. It was reworked and remade for a new generation in 2011, 28 years later, this time featuring a middle-aged DJ looking for his only hit in old record shops, not finding any luck until his daughter gives him the Yellow Pages (now on an iPhone 4G), with him finding the record. In 2001 Lumsden contracted shingles and died from subsequent infection at the age of 95. After his death the ""Fly Fishing by JR Hartley"" advert was rebroadcast as a tribute."
"He was survived by his wife, Irene Palmer, a soprano, whom he married in 1952. They had one son, Andrew. Norman Lumsden Norman Lumsden (16 September 1906 – 28 November 2001) was a British opera singer and actor. He first came to prominence during the 1940s and 1950s in several operas by composer Benjamin Britten, often performing at Covent Garden and the Aldeburgh and Glyndebourne festivals. He later began a television acting career during the 1970s appearing mostly in small roles in TV dramas. He branched out into films during the 1980s, notably appearing in Clint Eastwood's 1990 film ""White"
"Pepsodent had plummeted to the point of near bankruptcy. In an effort to boost sales, Pepsodent became the official sponsor of ""Amos 'n' Andy"", a continuation of WGN's popular ""Sam 'n' Henry"" starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll. The first Pepsodent sponsored episode of ""Amos 'n' Andy"" aired on August 19, 1929. It was also during the run of ""Amos 'n' Andy"" that Pepsodent began advertising the supposed ingredient ""Irium"". Irium is another word for sodium lauryl sulfate, an inexpensive ionic surfactant. Even though the advertising was convincing enough for people to actually believe that Irium is real, in a"
"from 1977 to 1982. During his run on ""Lou Grant"", Adams performed perhaps his most often seen role, as the US president in """" (1981). He also appeared in popular TV movies, such as ""The Deadliest Season"" (1977), ""Revenge of the Stepford Wives"" (1980), ""The Kid with the Broken Halo"" (1982) and ""The Night They Saved Christmas"" (1984). During the 1960s, he was ubiquitous as a voiceover actor in television commercials for foods and household products, most notably for Chiffon margarine and Crest toothpaste (""Helps stop cavities ""before"" they start""). He also did the vocal part of the television commercials"
"""Red Skelton"", ""Bat Masterson"", ""Our Miss Brooks"", ""My Friend Irma"", ""Spike Jones"", Edgar Bergen's ""Do You Trust Your Wife?"" and ""Life with Luigi"". He also announced for countless television special events including the Academy Awards (for sponsor General Motors' Oldsmobile division) and the Tournament of Roses Parade. Additionally, LeMond continued to work as a voice actor for television and radio commercials. One of his most famous commercials included a spot for Raid bug spray with Mel Blanc, the legendary voice actor and voice of Bugs Bunny. His other commercial credits included Dial Soap, Oldsmobile and Johnson's Wax, just to name"
"Elevation 3, Crypt G-130, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles Co., CA. [Find-a-Grave Memorial No. 94483176] Norman Alden Norman Alden (born Norman Adelberg, September 13, 1924 – July 27, 2012) was an American character actor who performed in television programs and motion pictures. He first appeared on television on ""The 20th Century Fox Hour"" in 1957. He provided the voice of Kay in ""The Sword in the Stone"" (1963), and had a notable role in ""I Never Promised You a Rose Garden"". His acting career began in 1957 and lasted nearly 50 years. He retired from acting in 2006. Alden"
"for the relatives and friends and I guess enough people bugged mom saying 'Gee you oughta get him in show business.'"" Kolden's mother took him to a commercial talent agent. The agency signed him, sent him on three auditions, and he was promptly hired for all three commercials. Kolden continued, ""I guess I just had the right look at the right time [because] every [audition] I seemed to go on, I just started getting them."" After starting as essentially a child model in commercials, Kolden quickly transitioned to acting roles. In January 1971, ""The Los Angeles Times"" reported that Paramount"
"frequent appearances as advertisers during the Super Bowl. Several notable commercials aired during Super Bowl games during the 1970s. In a commercial during Super Bowl IV in 1970, Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus endorsed Prestone, a brand of antifreeze, stating the tagline, ""Because plugging holes is my business."" The ad marked the first highly successful celebrity endorsement in Super Bowl advertising. In 1973, lotion brand Noxzema aired a commercial starring Farrah Fawcett and quarterback Joe Namath, featuring Namath being literally ""creamed"" by Fawcett. Later in the decade, Fawcett would become better known for her role on the television series ""Charlie's"
"and then forming a jumbled mess, which then turns into a face and then smokes a cigar, making it smile. This advert was played in 1982 to 1989. These adverts were often mocked, most notably on ""The Kenny Everett Television Show"". Numerous advertising filmmakers, including: Numerous celebrities appeared in the adverts, including: The advert was listed as the eighth greatest television advertisement of all time by Channel 4 in 2000. Both the original Channel 4 ident and a Hamlet advert spoofing the ident were made by Martin Lambie-Nairn. Furthermore, the advert was ranked as the ninth greatest advertisement in an"
"Norman Alden Norman Alden (born Norman Adelberg, September 13, 1924 – July 27, 2012) was an American character actor who performed in television programs and motion pictures. He first appeared on television on ""The 20th Century Fox Hour"" in 1957. He provided the voice of Kay in ""The Sword in the Stone"" (1963), and had a notable role in ""I Never Promised You a Rose Garden"". His acting career began in 1957 and lasted nearly 50 years. He retired from acting in 2006. Alden was born in Fort Worth, Texas and was the son of Ben Adelberg and Esther Covinsky"
"Bride, Isle of Man. For a number of years British exhibitors voted Wisdom one of the most popular stars in the country. Norman Wisdom Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring his hapless onscreen character that was often called Norman Pitkin. He was awarded the 1953 BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles following the release of ""Trouble in Store"", his first film in a lead role. Wisdom gained celebrity status in"
"Norman Wisdom Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring his hapless onscreen character that was often called Norman Pitkin. He was awarded the 1953 BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles following the release of ""Trouble in Store"", his first film in a lead role. Wisdom gained celebrity status in lands as far apart as South America, Iran and many Eastern Bloc countries, particularly in Albania where his films were the only"
"nominations for his performance and finished the year as the most popular film star at the box office. In 1959, Grant starred in the Hitchcock-directed film ""North by Northwest"", playing an advertising executive who becomes embroiled in a case of mistaken identity. Like ""Indiscreet"", it was warmly received by the critics and was a major commercial success, and is now often listed as one of the greatest films of all time. Weiler, writing in ""The New York Times"", praised Grant's performance, remarking that the actor ""was never more at home than in this role of the advertising-man-on-the-lam"" and handled the"
"appears as an actor in ""Riot in Juvenile Prison"" (1959), ""Midnight Cowboy"" (1969) and later, ""Adaptation"" (2002). Together with actresses Virginia Gregg and Jeanette Nolan, Paul Jasmin provided the voice for Norman's mother in Alfred Hitchcock's classic ""Psycho"" (1960). The three voices were thoroughly mixed except for the last speech, which is all Gregg's. After Jasmin's brief career as an actor the artist pursued painting and illustration. From 1965-1975 Jasmin illustrated fashion campaigns for the luxury brand, Valentino. At the urging of friend and photographer Bruce Weber, Jasmin began photographing for commercial clients in the late 1970s. Jasmin has realized"
"Temptations. Norman made his debut on ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"" on April 28, 1969. As a stage actor, he starred in more than 20 plays. His performance in the title role of Bertolt Brecht's ""The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui"" at the Stamford Center for the Arts in Stamford, Connecticut (1980) was critically acclaimed. In May 1969, Norman traveled to the Cannes International Film Festival in France to put deals together for movie projects. As Howard Zuker, he had developed a film fund financed by a group of Boston real estate investors based on tax ramifications related to"
"between 1934 and 1937. The radio show premiered during the middle of the war, in October 1943. While primarily concerned with crime, detection and legal procedure, it was still structured in the manner of a soap opera, with omnipresent organ music, laundry-product commercials from its sponsor, television's largest advertiser, Procter & Gamble, and its 2:15 time slot, sandwiched between two ""standard"" soap dramas. A number of actors voiced Mason during the show's early years, with Bartlett Robinson, Santos Ortega and Donald Briggs, each performing for several months. Shortly before John Larkin took over the role in May 1947, Irving Vendig,"
"well as alcohol substitutes, and also tried psychotherapy and joined Alcoholics Anonymous to battle his addiction, which he said ran in the family. He finally found success with Antabuse and quit drinking during the filming of ""Harry and Tonto."" Art Carney Arthur William Matthew ""Art"" Carney (November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003) was an American actor in film, stage, television and radio. He is best known for playing sewer worker Ed Norton opposite Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden in the sitcom ""The Honeymooners"", and for winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in ""Harry and Tonto"". Carney,"
"he portrayed a Catholic priest and used the same Bible he had used in ""On the Waterfront"". Malden delivered the line ""Don't leave home without them!"" in a series of U.S. television commercials for American Express traveler's cheques in the 1970s and 1980s. He also advertised the American Express card, with the famous opening line, ""Do you know me?"" These ads were occasionally spoofed on ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"". Malden was a member of the United States Postal Service's 16-member Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, which meets to review recommendations for U.S. commemorative postage stamps. On December 18, 1938,"
"Peter Billingsley Peter Billingsley (born April 16, 1971), also known as Peter Michaelsen and Peter Billingsley-Michaelsen, is an American actor, director, and producer, best known for his role as Ralphie in the 1983 movie ""A Christmas Story"" and as ""Messy Marvin"" in the Hershey's Chocolate Syrup commercials during the 1970s. He began his career as an infant in television commercials. Peter was born in New York City. His father, Alwin Michaelsen, is a financial consultant and his mother, Gail, was once Alwin's secretary. Gail is the grand-niece of Stork Club owner Sherman Billingsley, and cousin of Glenn Billingsley who was"
"placement, the film features appearances by popular characters from Kokanee's past advertising campaigns, and was the culmination of a multi-platform marketing campaign that was intended to encourage user engagement and crowdsourcing to help promote the film. Reception to ""The Movie Out Here"" was largely negative, with critics panning its over-reliance on product placement, lewd content, and gross-out humour. Kokanee considered the film and campaign to be successful, having increased its market share by 6%, Adam (Robin Neilsen), a lawyer from Toronto, returns to his hometown of Fernie, British Columbia and discovers that a ski waxing business run by his friend"
"was the first announcer to deliver the slogan ""Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should"" for Winston cigarettes. Fleming's acting career began at age four, when he starred in a Broadway play. His first television role was as a stunt double for Ralph Bellamy in the detective series ""Man Against Crime"". In 1959 he starred as detective Ken Franklin in the ABC TV series ""International Detective"", credited as Arthur Fleming. He also played attorney Jeremy Pitt in ""The Californians"", an NBC Western set in San Francisco during the gold rush of the 1850s. Fleming also appeared in many television commercials."
"born in October 1963. Moore starred with Sugden in ""My Husband and I"". Moore died on 24 April 2000 in London, five days after his 84th birthday. William Moore (actor) William Aaron Moore (19 April 1916 – 24 April 2000) was an English character actor. He was best known for his role as long-suffering Sydney Lumsden in the popular 1980s comedy series ""Sorry!"" (in which he became known for the catchphrase ""Language, Timothy!""). He also appeared in numerous other television programmes, including ""Coronation Street"" as Cyril Turpin, Betty Turpin's husband from 1969–1970. The character put in two more appearances in"
"played many different characters. Gleason's regular characters included Charlie Bratten, a lunchroom loudmouth who insisted on spoiling a neighboring patron's meal. Carney, established in New York as a reliable actor, played Bratten's mild-mannered victim, Clem Finch. Gleason and Carney developed a good working chemistry, and Gleason recruited Carney to appear in other sketches, including the domestic-comedy skits featuring ""The Honeymooners"". Carney gained lifelong fame for his portrayal of sewer worker Ed Norton, opposite Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden. The success of these skits resulted in the famous filmed situation comedy ""The Honeymooners"", and the ""Honeymooners"" revivals that followed. He was nominated"
"considered by some historians to have been the first situation comedy. From 1928 to 1960, Gosden and Correll broadcast their program ""Amos 'n' Andy"", which was one of the most famous and popular radio series of the 1930s. Gosden voiced the characters ""Amos"", ""George 'Kingfish' Stevens"", ""Lightning"", ""Brother Crawford"", and some dozen other characters. During 1961-1962, Gosden and Correll provided the voices for the animated television series ""Calvin and the Colonel"" broadcast by American Broadcasting Company-TV. During 1969, Gosden was honored with a symbolic star shape on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work for radio. During 1974 Gosden"
"caught the public's fancy. One columnist wrote, ""Probably no 'commercial' personality in television history has so completely captured the interest and affection of viewers as little Teddy Quinn, who became famous overnight with the phrase: 'Mothers are like that... yeah they are'... The hundreds of letters the company receives about Teddy Quinn are an excellent indication of the impact of his personality on the public. They come from all over the country and many actually ask that the commercial be repeated."" The ad also caught the attention of casting agents, leading to his career in Hollywood, including roles in ""Bonanza"","
"senza donne"", ""Facciamo festa"", ""Teste di cocco"", ""Lovest"", ""I miei più cari amici"" and ""Natale a Beverly Hills"", in the theatrical version of ""Some Like It Hot"" and as dubbers of the Disney cartoon ""Eldorado"". In 1997 he imposed internationally with Ferzan Özpetek's ""Hamam"". He was subsequently chosen by Yves Saint Laurent as testimonial for his perfume ""Opium"", and posed in a nude calendar for the Italian magazine ""Max"". He also became a testimonial for Lancia of Musa, as well as appearing in an ad for the Glen Grant liquor. As an actor, he worked for several TV miniseries and,"
"which was to give him his first crack at the title roles in ""Othello"" (his favourite), ""Macbeth"" and ""Coriolanus"". Gambon was suggested for the role of James Bond in ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969), although he was dismissed for being even less known than George Lazenby who was cast. His rise to fame began in 1974 when Eric Thompson cast him as the melancholy vet in Alan Ayckbourn's ""The Norman Conquests"" at Greenwich. A speedy transfer to the West End established him as a comic actor, squatting at a crowded dining table on a tiny chair and agonising over"
"become a professional actor and left Missouri for New York City in 1975. With a small bankroll from his brother, Goodman found an apartment near the Theater District and unsuccessfully tried to make money as a bartender and waiter. However, he eventually found modest success in voice-overs, commercials, and plays. He was the person who slapped himself (uttering the famous tagline, ""Thanks... I needed that!"") in an iconic television ad for Skin Bracer by Mennen. Goodman also performed off-Broadway and in dinner theaters before landing character roles in film during the early 1980s. In 1985, Goodman originated the role of"
"Norman Jones (actor) Norman Jones (16 June 1932 – 23 April 2013) was an English actor, primarily on television. He appeared in three ""Doctor Who"" serials — ""The Abominable Snowmen"" (1967, as Khrisong), ""Doctor Who and the Silurians"" (1970, as Major Baker) and ""The Masque of Mandragora"" (1976, as Hieronymous). A native of Shropshire, Norman Jones was born at Donnington, son of coal miner Clar (""sic"") and his wife Florrie Jones. He was educated at Adams' Grammar School, Newport, Shropshire. After taking part in local amateur dramatics in Donnington, employment as a cost clerk at the Lilleshall Company and Sankey's"
"Kermit Murdock Kermit Murdock (20 March 1908 – 11 February 1981) was an American film, television and radio actor known for his avuncular and professorial character portrayals. His more prominent character roles in major motion pictures included Dean Pollard in ""Splendor in the Grass"" (1961), Henderson, the banker in ""In the Heat of The Night"" (1967), and Dr. Robertson in ""The Andromeda Strain"" (1970). He is also well known for his voice acting in many episodes of the 1950s science fiction radio series ""X Minus One"". He was in ""The Mysterious Traveler"" episode ""Survival of the Fittest"" with Everett Sloane,"
"James Harder (actor) James Harder (November 19, 1931 – January 9, 2009) was an American actor. Born to ""Titanic"" survivor George Achilles Harder and Elizabeth Peebles Rhodes, he was a graduate of Buckley School, St. Mark's School, and Princeton University. He appeared in over 130 stage productions, as well as small roles in films like ""The Telephone Book"", ""Paternity"", and ""Author! Author!"", and TV series like ""Spin City"" and ""Ed"". He also appeared in commercials, most notably playing Big Fig in 1970s Fig Newton commercials, and appearing in several of CTW's ""Betcha Don't Know"" PSAs in the 1980s. He died"
"favour of a new advertisement featuring James Corden. On 17 August 2018, following a run of 6 adverts, James Corden was replaced in favour of a new direction and new frontman Timothy Murphy. The advert features Murphy driving a car through a busy mass of confusing messaging and advertising before ending with Murphy driving down a clear road. Confused.com has sponsored programmes on ITV such as Ninja Warrior UK, Sunday Night at the Palladium, Celebrity Squares and Catchphrase and The Simpsons on Sky 1. It also previously sponsored the ITV National Weather. Confused.com Confused.com, part of the Admiral Group, is"
"Beer and Budweiser. His most famous commercial was a spot for Pepsi where a little boy sucks himself into a Pepsi bottle. The ad ran during the Super Bowl and was USA Today's highest rated commercial for that year. In 1997, he directed the international blockbuster ""Con Air"" for Jerry Bruckheimer starring Nicolas Cage and John Malkovich and followed that up in 1999 with ""The General's Daughter"" starring John Travolta. In 2001, he directed """" starring Angelina Jolie. West originated the project ""Black Hawk Down"" after reading Mark Bowden's newspaper articles on the failed US mission in Somalia. West pitched"