"Young Dr. Kildare Young Dr. Kildare is a 1938 film starring Lew Ayres as Dr. James Kildare, an idealistic, freshly graduated medical intern, who benefits greatly from the wise counsel of his experienced mentor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie (played by Lionel Barrymore). The film was based on a story and characters created by author Frederick Schiller Faust, writing as Max Brand. This was the second of a total of ten films featuring the ""Dr. Kildare"" character, but the first made by MGM, the first starring Ayres, and the first film appearance of the Dr. Gillespie character. The first Kildare film, ""Internes"
"that he is sure of Kildare's integrity, competence and most of all courage of convictions, Gillespie hires the young man as his assistant, to pass along as much as possible before he dies of what Kildare had correctly diagnosed. Young Dr. Kildare Young Dr. Kildare is a 1938 film starring Lew Ayres as Dr. James Kildare, an idealistic, freshly graduated medical intern, who benefits greatly from the wise counsel of his experienced mentor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie (played by Lionel Barrymore). The film was based on a story and characters created by author Frederick Schiller Faust, writing as Max Brand. This"
"Calling Dr. Kildare Calling Dr. Kildare is a 1939 film in the Dr. Kildare series. Directed by Harold S. Bucquet, it stars Lew Ayres as the young Dr. Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie, his mentor. The second of their series of Kildare films, it introduces Laraine Day as nurse Mary Lamont, the love of Kildare's life. Dr. Leonard Gillespie, the crusty senior diagnostician at New York's Blair General Hospital, has a severe disagreement with pupil, intern James Kildare, over a suspected case of Q fever. He decides to teach his stubborn assistant a lesson in dealing with the"
"asks for Gillespie's help in diagnosing the drastic, sudden personality changes that occur in his daughter Nancy (Helen Gilbert). Gillespie assigns Kildare to pose as an old friend of the family in order to observe Nancy. At the same time, Gillespie borrows an airplane to fly Kildare around the country collecting blood samples for Gillespie to examine around the clock. When Gillespie collapses from exhaustion, Kildare forces the cranky old doctor to take a rest as a patient and persuades Blair head of hospital Dr. Carew (Walter Kingsford) to assign him to work full-time on the Messenger case. Kildare's move"
"Kildare"", has arranged for Kildare to be offered a prestigious, lucrative position with the Messenger Institute. In the meantime Kildare has arranged for his inspiring but crusty mentor to see a cancer specialist about the melanoma Gillespie is battling. Despite the temptation of a high salary and a new home, Kildare turns down the job offer to continue to remain near Gillespie. As a result, Mary gives up all hope of marrying Kildare and is assigned as a staff surgical nurse to Lane. Kildare and Lane are put together on a case involving an unidentified patient with a skull fracture"
"the same day as that of David Niven, with whom he had co-starred in ""The Prisoner of Zenda"" and ""A Matter of Life and Death"". Massey is buried in New Haven, Connecticut's Beaverdale Memorial Park. Massey has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for films at 1719 Vine Street and one for television at 6708 Hollywood Boulevard. His achievements also have been recognised in a signature cocktail, the Raymond Massey. Raymond Massey Raymond Hart Massey (August 30, 1896 – July 29, 1983) was a Canadian-American actor, known for his commanding, stage-trained voice. For his lead role in"
"Walter Massey (actor) Walter Edward Hart Massey (August 19, 1928 – August 4, 2014) was a Canadian actor, best known for voicing Principal Herbert Haney on the animated series ""Arthur"" and The Doctor in the English version of ""The Mysterious Cities of Gold"". He played Dr. Donald Stewart on the 1990s version of ""Lassie"", and had numerous roles on stage, and in films and television, for more than six decades. Massey was the cousin of actor Raymond Massey and was a founding member of Canadian Actors' Equity. Walter Massey's father, Denton, was an engineer and Ontario politician. Massey died in"
"(1977). In 1984 he won a Golden Globe award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for: ""The Thorn Birds"" (1983). In 1985 he won the Aftonbladet TV Prize (Sweden) for Best Foreign TV Personality – Male. On 12 March 2011, Chamberlain received the Steiger Award (Germany) for accomplishments in the arts. From ""Richard Chamberlain Sings"": UK #8 Richard Chamberlain George Richard Chamberlain (born March 31, 1934) is an American stage and screen actor and singer, who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show ""Dr. Kildare"" (1961–1966)."
"character Daniel, alongside a cast headed by Michael Bryant as Mathieu in the acclaimed BBC adaptation of Jean Paul Sartre's ""The Roads to Freedom"" (1970). Massey was married three times, two of his wives being well-known actresses: He died in London, on 25 March 1998 from Hodgkin's lymphoma, which had been diagnosed in 1992. Granada Television: screen credits. Daniel Massey (actor) Daniel Raymond Massey (10 October 193325 March 1998) was an English actor and performer. He is possibly best known for his starring role in the British TV drama ""The Roads to Freedom"", as Daniel, alongside Michael Bryant. He is"
"and his men to a military garrison. Instead, Cortilla takes over Holden's vessel, the ""Enterprise"", and its gunpowder. Connie Hines appears with Chamberlain as Lucy Bridges, and Ted de Corsia is cast as another bandit. Less than a year later, in 1961, Chamberlain gained widespread fame as the young intern, Dr. Kildare, in the NBC/MGM television series of the same name, co-starring with Raymond Massey. Chamberlain's singing ability also led to some hit singles in the early 1960s, including the ""Theme from Dr. Kildare"" entitled ""Three Stars Will Shine Tonight"", which struck No. 10 according to the ""Billboard"" Hot 100"
"The People vs. Dr. Kildare The People vs. Dr. Kildare is a 1941 drama directed by Harold S. Bucquet, starring Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Bonita Granville, and Laraine Day. Dr. Kildare performs an emergency operation on a crash victim. Ice skater Frances Marlowe, who has just signed a lucrative contract with an ice show, is driving with her manager, Dan Morton, when her car is struck by a truck. Dr. James Kildare and his fiancée, nurse Mary Lamont, see the accident and help the victims, who are only slightly hurt, except for Frances, who has a compound fracture of the"
"of ""Cosmopolitan"" magazine. A second Kildare story, ""Whiskey Sour"", was published in ""Cosmopolitan"" in April 1938. In these early stories, Dr. James ""Jimmy"" Kildare is an aspiring surgeon who leaves his parents' farm to practice at a fictional big-city hospital, and through his work, comes into contact with underworld criminals. The first Kildare film, ""Internes Can't Take Money"" (1937), based on the short story of the same title and made by Paramount, followed this version of the character. In 1938, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) contracted with Faust to acquire the rights to the Kildare character along with Faust's services as a film"
"of childbirth. The Secret of Dr. Kildare The Secret of Dr. Kildare is a 1939 American film directed by Harold S. Bucquet and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This was the fourth of a total of ten Dr. Kildare pictures, Lew Ayres starred in the last nine. Dr. Leonard Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), racing against time in his battle with melanoma, is about to start an important research project at Blair General Hospital to improve the use a Sulfa drug, Sulfapyridine, as a cure for pneumonia with the help of his assistant, Dr. James Kildare (Lew Ayres). Paul Messenger (Lionel Atwill), a Wall"
"were introduced to it by the US television series about ""Dr Kildare."" They were usually called "" housemen"" but the term resident was also used unofficially. However, in some hospitals the ""resident medical officer"" (RMO) (or ""resident surgical officer"" etc.) was the most senior of the live-in medical staff of that specialty. The pre-registration house officer posts lasted six months, and it was necessary to complete one surgical and one medical post. Obstetrics could be substituted for either. In principle, general practice in a ""Health Centre"" was also allowed, but this was almost unheard of. The posts did not have"
"The Secret of Dr. Kildare The Secret of Dr. Kildare is a 1939 American film directed by Harold S. Bucquet and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This was the fourth of a total of ten Dr. Kildare pictures, Lew Ayres starred in the last nine. Dr. Leonard Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), racing against time in his battle with melanoma, is about to start an important research project at Blair General Hospital to improve the use a Sulfa drug, Sulfapyridine, as a cure for pneumonia with the help of his assistant, Dr. James Kildare (Lew Ayres). Paul Messenger (Lionel Atwill), a Wall Street tycoon,"
"Mary Lamont (Laraine Day), make plans for their wedding day, Mary's brother Douglas (Robert Young) arrives for a visit. Douglas asks Kildare and to arrange a meeting with wealthy Mr. Chandler (Pierre Watkin), whose daughter Kildare saved in ""Young Doctor Kildare"", to solicit an endowment of a foundation to create three subsidized trade schools to train unskilled workers. Kildare is reluctant to impose on Chandler for ethical reasons but is concerned that Doug, who hears nonexistent sounds, may be an undiagnosed epileptic. His apparent interest in Doug only as an ""interesting patient"" causes a row with Mary that leads him"
"Daniel Massey (actor) Daniel Raymond Massey (10 October 193325 March 1998) was an English actor and performer. He is possibly best known for his starring role in the British TV drama ""The Roads to Freedom"", as Daniel, alongside Michael Bryant. He is also known for his role in the 1968 American film ""Star!"", as Noël Coward (Massey's godfather), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar nomination. Massey was born in London in 1933. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. He was a member of the noted Massey family, which included his father,"
"a successful film series. In 1938, MGM entered into a deal with author Faust (Brand) to acquire the rights to Dr. Kildare and have Faust work with MGM on developing stories for a film series. Seven Dr. Kildare films were subsequently made by MGM based on stories originally written by Faust. After ""The People vs. Dr. Kildare"" (1941), Faust and MGM ended their collaboration and MGM continued the series using stories by other writers, though Faust still received a credit for creating the characters. In the MGM series, the Dr. Kildare character (played by Lew Ayres) first appears as a"
"known in curmudgeonly roles. In 1938 he broke his hip and, aggravated by arthritis, he lived the remainder of his life in a wheelchair. Mayer made sure that roles were found or written to accommodate Barrymore, who continued to act in films until 1953. During that time he appeared as Dr. Gillespie in the popular Dr. Kildare film series with Lew Ayres in the titular role, and as Mr. Potter in ""It's a Wonderful Life""—a role that was highly placed on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 Heroes and Villains in a film that the critic Philip French"
"in ""Harrigan and Son"", a traveling prizefighter in ""The Real McCoys"", a jailer in ""The Monkees"", and a masseur in David Janssen's ""Richard Diamond, Private Detective"". From 1961 to 1965, Hoyt was cast as Mac in twelve episodes of NBC's ""Dr. Kildare"", starring Richard Chamberlain and Raymond Massey. He also made appearances on: ""Bonanza"" (eight times), ""Gunsmoke"" (five times), ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"" and ""Peter Gunn"" (four episodes each), ""Playhouse 90"" (three times), and twice on both ""Have Gun – Will Travel"", ""Mr. Lucky"" (as Pudge), ""Combat!"", and ""The Twilight Zone"", in the latter as a shopkeeper in the episode ""Static"""
"to change his mind. Soon after, the happy couple's optimism evaporates into despair when Douglas begins experience mysterious mood swings, further pointing to a form of epilepsy, a condition that threatens his marriage to Mary. Kildare arranges for Doug to meet Chandler but refuses to confide in Mary his unconfirmed suspicions. After Dr. Leonard Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), Kildare's crusty mentor, also demurs, Mary reveals her fears that they are hiding from her some hereditary condition she may also have to nurse superintendent Molly Byrd (Alma Kruger), who reassures Mary and pleads with her to patiently trust them. Kildare visits Doug"
"find his own way through a difficult situation. Turning the tables, Kildare extracts a promise from Gillespie to accept the care of the cancer specialist in return for keeping Kildare on as his assistant. Dr. Kildare's Strange Case Dr. Kildare's Strange Case is a 1940 American film directed by Harold S. Bucquet. This was the fifth of a total of ten Dr. Kildare pictures. Horace MacMahon joined the cast regulars in the series as taxi driver ""Foghorn"" Murphy. Dr. James Kildare finds competition for the affections of nurse Mary Lamont in the person of wealthy brain surgeon Dr. Gregory Lane."
"Richard Chamberlain George Richard Chamberlain (born March 31, 1934) is an American stage and screen actor and singer, who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show ""Dr. Kildare"" (1961–1966). Since then, he has appeared in several mini-series such as ""Shōgun"" (1980) and ""The Thorn Birds"" (1983), and many successful films such as ""The Bourne Identity"" (1988) being the first man to play Jason Bourne, and he has performed classical stage roles and worked in musical theatre. Chamberlain was born in 1934 in Beverly Hills, California, the son of Elsa Winnifred (née von Benzon; later Matthews)"
"Dr. Kildare's Strange Case Dr. Kildare's Strange Case is a 1940 American film directed by Harold S. Bucquet. This was the fifth of a total of ten Dr. Kildare pictures. Horace MacMahon joined the cast regulars in the series as taxi driver ""Foghorn"" Murphy. Dr. James Kildare finds competition for the affections of nurse Mary Lamont in the person of wealthy brain surgeon Dr. Gregory Lane. Kildare has not proposed to Mary because of his poor financial situation as an intern. Kildare's mentor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie, is informed that Paul Messenger, whose daughter Kildare cured in ""The Secret of Dr."
"Calling Dr. Gillespie Calling Dr. Gillespie is a 1942 drama film directed by Harold S. Bucquet, starring Lionel Barrymore, Donna Reed and Philip Dorn. This was a continuation of the series that had starred Lew Ayres as Dr. Kildare. Ayres, however, had declared conscientious objector status to World War II, and was taken off the film. Kildare's mentor, Dr. Gillespie, portrayed here and in earlier films by Barrymore, became the lead character. In this first Kildare-less entry, Gillespie has a new assistant, refugee Dutch surgeon Dr. John Hunter Gerniede (Philip Dorn). Finishing school student Marcia Bradburn (Donna Reed) has good"
"Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day is a 1941 American drama film directed by Harold S. Bucquet, starring Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, and Laraine Day. This was the ninth of a total of ten Dr. Kildare pictures made by the MGM studios. When MGM decided to move up-and-coming star Laraine Day out of the ""Dr. Kildare"" series, the studio did so in a startlingly dramatic fashion. Adding extra interest to this film in the Kildare series, Barrymore composed the music credited to the Cornelia Bartlett character, and actor Red Skelton provides comic relief. Dr. James Kildare is finally"
"the eminent but cranky diagnostician Dr. Leonard Gillespie. Calling his mother to announce the news, he becomes worried about his parents because of her lack of enthusiasm. Kildare returns to his home town of Dartford, Connecticut and discovers that his father Stephen, a smalltown physician, is in failing health due to the strain of attending patients in nearby Parkersville, where poor economic conditions have forced the doctors there to abandon their practices. Kildare volunteers to help out with a few cases but because of his age and inexperience is not well accepted. His instinctive talents as a diagnostician makes Kildare"
"had intended as a sequel to their version of ""The Quatermass Experiment"", until Kneale denied them the rights to use the character. Four actors who each became well known for a particular role on British television had supporting parts in ""Quatermass II"". Rupert Davies who played MP Vincent Broadhead would go on to find fame as Sûreté detective Commissaire Jules Maigret, the title character of 1960s TV series ""Maigret"", based on Georges Simenon's novels. Roger Delgado, who found fame in the 1970s as the Master in ""Doctor Who"" (1971–73), played a journalist who helps Quatermass before falling victim to ""the"
"1962,by which time Bald had started drawing his next strip, ""Dr. Kildare."" Bald and writer Elliot Caplin produced the daily strip ""Dr. Kildare"", based on the television show of that name. A Sunday color strip was added beginning on April 19, 1964. Comics historian Maurice Horn said, ""Bald, who modeled the two principals on the actors who played them on television (Richard Chamberlain and Raymond Massey), drew the strip with breezy, self-assured elegance."" Bald continued to draw the ""Dr. Kildare"" strip for 22 years until 1984, long after the 1960s television series had ended. In 1971, Bald (credited as K."
"within postwar British society. The Doctor series, starring firstly Dirk Bogarde and later Leslie Philips, took a comedic look at the antics of a young doctor in an NHS hospital and the Carry on ... comedies, Carry on Nurse (Gerald Thomas,1959), Carry on Doctor (Gerald Thomas, 1967) and Carry on Matron (Gerald Thomas, 1972) also used comic situations within the NHS hospital to poke fun at both the NHS as an institution and the capers of doctors, nurses and patients alike. From the late 1950s, the NHS also became an important subject within the wider history of British soap operas."
"Dr. Kildare in an NBC series but his prescient request that the show have no cigarette advertising led to the offer being withdrawn, and the part going, in 1961, to Richard Chamberlain. He appeared as the Vice-President in ""Advise & Consent"" (1962), and in ""The Carpetbaggers"" (1964), but he was by then primarily a television actor, with only occasional film work. For a guest role in ""Kung Fu"" (""The Vanishing Image"", 1974) he was nominated for an Emmy. His documentary film ""Altars of the World"" (1976), based on a series of documentaries he made titled ""Altars of the East"" (1956),"
"Max Brand Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Faust (as Max Brand) also created the popular fictional character of young medical intern Dr. James Kildare in a series of pulp fiction stories. Faust's Kildare character was subsequently featured over several decades in other media, including a series of American theatrical films by Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), a radio series, two television series, and comics. Faust's other pseudonyms include George Owen Baxter, Evan Evans, George Evans, David Manning,"
"medical intern newly arrived at a New York City hospital, where he attracts the attention of a respected older physician and skilled diagnostician, Dr. Leonard Gillespie (played by Lionel Barrymore). After becoming a physician, Kildare faces a number of professional and personal challenges in the course of his work, while being mentored by Gillespie. In 1942, during the making of the tenth film in the MGM series, originally titled ""Born to Be Bad"", Ayres was drafted to serve in WWII and declared himself a conscientious objector. The resulting negative publicity caused MGM to cut Ayres from the film, eliminate the"