"United States Postal Service stamp honoring the King of Rock and Roll. He also became friendly with the estate again, attending special ceremonies and events in Memphis, invited by Priscilla. However, he did occasionally step on their toes by commenting negatively on some of their decisions. In 1994, following the marriage of Lisa Marie and Michael Jackson, Parker stated that Presley would not have approved, and in 1993, interest in Presley's enduring legend, interest that is sometimes notable for its obsessiveness, provoked Parker to remark, ""I don't think I exploited Elvis as much as he's being exploited today."" In 1994,"
"June 1961. His manager, Colonel Tom Parker, decided to shift the focus of Presley's career to movie-making, and stopped him touring. The films were low-budget, formulaic comedies. Their releases were successful at the box office, while the resulting albums sold well. Presley attempted to move into more dramatic roles, trying to reduce the prominence of musical numbers to center on his acting with ""Flaming Star"" (1960) and ""Wild in the Country"" (1961). Both releases flopped, and by 1964 Parker decided to limit all recordings exclusively to movie soundtracks. Parker then set the Presley formula: the films would promote album releases,"
"throughout his life, becoming known simply as ""the Colonel"" to many acquaintances. A young singer, Tommy Sands, caught Parker's eye in 1952, and Parker immediately set about promoting him. He arranged live appearances and became something of a father figure to the then-15-year-old Sands. Parker had intended to mold Sands into the next Roy Rogers, but Sands had no interest in such a plan. Instead, Parker sent demonstration recordings to Steve Sholes at RCA. Sholes showed little interest in Sands, but promised that he would attempt to find songs he might be able to record. Arnold fired Parker in 1953"
"of The Soldiers, The Emperor, Jones, Gabriel, and Free and Easy. Parker was appointed Executive Director of Arts & Culture Foundation in Central Harlem, including the You-Act anti-poverty arts program. Employed by the City of New York, Parker supervised within several Arts & Culture Foundation departments. Parker married his second wife Elaine in 1964 and they have one son Leonard. Leonard Parker (actor) Leonard Rudy Parker, Jr., (born July 22, 1932) is an American actor in theater, film and television. He is known for his performance in the film ""Nothing But a Man"". Parker was born and raised in Cleveland,"
"Tim Conway Thomas Daniel ""Tim"" Conway (born December 15, 1933) is an American actor, writer, director, and comedian. He portrayed the inept Ensign Parker in the 1960s World War II situation comedy ""McHale's Navy"", co-starred on the 1970s variety and sketch comedy program ""The Carol Burnett Show"", starred as the title character in the ""Dorf"" series of comedy films, and provided the voice of Barnacle Boy in the animated series ""SpongeBob SquarePants"". Conway was born in Willoughby, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, and grew up in nearby Chagrin Falls. He is Irish on his father's side and Romanian on his"
"Army Airfield, attempted to integrate an all-white officers' club, which resulted in multiple arrests of African American officers. As a solution, Al created a talent show that required one squadron to entertain a different squadron every week. This proved to be successful and, with the help of Private First Class Calvin Manuel, a professional actor before entering the service, a variety show was created called Operation Enjoyment. Operation Enjoyment was so successful that ""Colonel Joseph F. Goetz, chief of the entertainment section of the USAF…persuaded the Air Force to sponsor it on a tour of bases throughout the United States."""
"Parker began getting more involved in music promotion again, this time for himself rather than the Society. In 1945, Parker became Arnold's full-time manager, signing a contract for 25% of the star's earnings. Over the next few years he would help Arnold secure hit songs, television appearances, and live tours. In 1948, Parker received the rank of colonel in the Louisiana State Militia from Jimmie Davis, the governor of Louisiana and a former country singer, in return for work Parker did on Davis's election campaign. The rank was honorary, since Louisiana had no organized militia, but Parker used the title"
"Conway gained a national following from his role as the bumbling, naive Ensign Charles Parker, Executive Officer of the World War II PT-73, in the 1960s sitcom ""McHale's Navy"", alongside Ernest Borgnine and Joe Flynn. Borgnine became a mentor and a good friend. Conway appeared at Borgnine's 90th birthday celebration and, four years later, paid tribute to his friend at 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on TNT. Conway said, ""Borgnine was 'like a big teddy bear' and 'a very pleasant person to be around' when he worked with him on the World War Two sitcom 'McHale's Navy'."" Afterwards, he"
"Leonard Parker (actor) Leonard Rudy Parker, Jr., (born July 22, 1932) is an American actor in theater, film and television. He is known for his performance in the film ""Nothing But a Man"". Parker was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, the second of three children, to Leonard and Emily Francis Gibson Parker. He graduated from Thomas Edison High School. He studied music and voice at the Cleveland Music Settlement House. Parker joined the United States Army where he served in the Special Services unit and performed vocally with the Stuttgart military orchestra. After receiving an honorable discharge in 1954,"
"Colonel Tom Parker to tour with the music phenomenon of the hour, Elvis Presley. At this time, Hal and Ginger were also rock and roll singers recording songs like ""My Pink Cadillac"" and ""Bop a Dee Bop a Doo."" Hal and Ginger, along with Hank Snow, were the only Canadian performers to tour with Elvis Presley. He also performed and toured through his career with many American Country Music Hall of Fame singers such as Patsy Cline, Webb Pierce, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. Hal and Ginger Willis were inducted into the Canadian Country"
"offered a lower quality of care. On June 6–8, 2010, Conway returned to his hometown of Chagrin Falls to put on fund-raising performances at the Chagrin Valley Little Theatre to help kick off its capital campaign. He is a spokesperson for the United Leukodystrophy Foundation. A fan of thoroughbred horse racing, and an occasional racehorse owner, Conway is a co-founder and vice-president of the Board of Directors of the Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund. Tim Conway Thomas Daniel ""Tim"" Conway (born December 15, 1933) is an American actor, writer, director, and comedian. He portrayed the inept Ensign Parker in the"
"time as an officer, he was charged with dereliction of duty and conduct unbecoming an officer several times for being drunk on duty, sleeping on streetcars while at work, and visiting a brothel (Parker claimed the madam had sent for him). Parker was typically reprimanded for these acts but never fired. On April 14, 1865, President Lincoln, his wife Mary Todd Lincoln, Major Henry Rathbone and his fiancée Clara Harris were attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" at Ford's Theatre. Parker was assigned to guard the entrance to the President's box where the four were seated. He is known to"
"Point."" In 1965 he was the only black actor to have a role in the World War II drama ""Combat!"". He played the part of Police Officer Tuttle in the 1974 children's film ""Benji."" He is best known internationally for his co-starring role as Colonel Tigh in the popular science-fiction TV series ""Battlestar Galactica"". He was originally cast as Lieutenant Boomer, but was cut following a roller skating accident that fractured his ankle. After replacing Carter with Herb Jefferson, Jr., producer Glen A. Larson instead offered Terry Carter the role of Colonel Tigh, second in command of the ragtag fleet"
"19 August 1959 Gordon announced that he had signed an agreement with Presley's manager Col. Tom Parker for Presley to perform here, but this of course never eventuated. Although promoting an Australian tour by ""The King"" would have crowned Gordon's career, he was evidently unaware of the real reason that such a tour could never take place - the man who called himself ""Tom Parker"" was in fact Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk, a Dutch citizen who had entered the United States illegally in 1929 and had never been naturalised as a U.S. citizen. Consequently, throughout Elvis's touring career, and in"
"taverns. He started writing songs and formed a vaudeville act with Roy Bergere, with whom he wrote ""How Come You Do Me Like You Do."" The act ended when Bergere married. Austin worked briefly in a club owned by Lou Clayton, who later was a part of the famous vaudeville team Clayton, Jackson and Durante. By 1924, Austin was in New York's Tin Pan Alley. His first recording was surreptitiously providing the vocals for the Tennessee guitarist George Reneau, whose own voice did not record well. Colonel Tom Parker (1909-1997) was a former carnival worker and sideshow talker, who gradually"
"the show when it toured on the road in 1943. This brought him to the attention of executives at Columbia Pictures who signed him to a long-term contract. Parker was the second male lead in ""What a Woman!"" (1943), a romantic comedy with Rosalind Russell and Brian Aherne. His career was interrupted by service with the US Marines. Then when he returned Columbia promoted him to leading man status in the swashbuckler ""The Fighting Guardsman"" (1945). Then they starred him in a comedy ""One Way to Love"" (1946); and a Western, ""Renegades"" (1946). These films were not particularly successful and"
"for his business creativity and helped many martial artists open their own dojos. He was well known in Hollywood, where he trained several stunt men and celebrities—most notably Elvis Presley, to whom he eventually awarded a first-degree black belt in Kenpo. He left behind a few world-renowned grand masters: Al Tracy, head of the world's largest system of Kenpo; Bob White; Huk Plana; Larry Tatum; Ron Chapel; and Frank Trejo, who ran a school in California prior to his death. Parker helped Bruce Lee gain national attention by introducing him at his International Karate Championships. He served as one of"
"Operation: Entertainment Operation: Entertainment was an American musical comedy program that was directly aimed at past and present veterans of the military. The show was produced and created by producer and game show host Chuck Barris along with Bill Carruthers. They premiered the show on ABC on January 5, 1968. Louis Armstrong was a performer on the pilot episode. Each week, the show was filmed at a different military base and had a different host. The show's regulars were several musical groups and four performers; Sivi Alberg, Darien Daniels, Marina Gahne and Eileen O'Neill, known as the Operation: Entertainment Girls."
"members of the TV-8 station crew as supporting cast, including engineer ""Big Chuck"" Schodowski, film editor Bob Soinski, weatherman Bob ""Hoolihan"" Wells, and occasionally Tim Conway, a former TV-8 colleague who had gone on to stardom as ""Ensign Parker"" in the ABC sitcom ""McHale's Navy"". Anderson was later assisted by teenage intern Ron Sweed, who had boarded a bus to try to meet his idol at a live appearance at Euclid Beach Park, clad in a gorilla suit. Anderson invited Sweed onstage; to the crowd’s delight, Sweed stumbled offstage back into the audience when Anderson whacked him on the back."
"under the leadership of General Manager Wayne Thompson, reduced the park staff by more than 50% and added many attractions. The amphitheater hosted concerts featuring stars such as Reba McEntire, Hank Thompson, and Ike and Tina Turner. Thompson also brought in the corporate sponsorship of Coca-Cola, Dr Pepper, and Tyson Foods, and superheroes including Spider-Man, Batman and Robin, and Captain America for personal appearances and autograph signing. Gospel and bluegrass shows were presented. Denver Pyle (Uncle Jesse from the popular TV series ""The Dukes of Hazzard"") was signed as the park's spokesman both onsite and in TV commercials. Dogpatch admission"
"well as being much in demand for voice-overs. As a performer, he was most well known for a series of comic monologues, often given in a rural dialect. These were recorded and sold as record albums, which were quite popular. Some of his comic monologues are currently available on youtube.com. Miles was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1953, was knighted in 1969, and was created a life peer as Baron Miles, of Blackfriars in the City of London on 7 February 1979. He was only the second British actor to be given a"
"little success. Later that year, Decca producer Peter Sullivan saw Tommy Scott and the Senators performing in a club and directed them to manager Phil Solomon, but the partnership was short-lived. The group continued to play gigs at dance halls and working men's clubs in South Wales. One night at the Top Hat in Cwmtillery, Jones was spotted by Gordon Mills, a London-based manager who also originally hailed from South Wales. Mills became Jones's manager, took the young singer to London, and also renamed him ""Tom Jones"", to exploit the popularity of the Academy Award-winning 1963 film. Eventually, Mills got"
"Alan Parker Sir Alan William Parker (born 14 February 1944) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. Parker's early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts, many of which won awards for creativity, he began screenwriting and directing films. Parker is noted for having a wide range of filmmaking styles and working in differing genres. He has directed musicals, including ""Bugsy Malone"" (1976), ""Fame"" (1980), ""Pink Floyd – The Wall"" (1982), ""The Commitments"" (1991) and ""Evita"" (1996); true-story dramas, including ""Midnight Express"" (1978),"
"have worked with several managers over the years and have had respect for them all except one. Tom Parker (he refuses to recognize the title Colonel) was the most egotistical, obnoxious human being I've ever had dealings with."" Performing in lavish and colourful sequin-studded suits, Snow had a career covering six decades during which he sold more than 80 million albums. Although he became an American naturalized citizen in 1958, he still maintained friendships in Canada and remembered his roots with the 1968 album, ""My Nova Scotia Home"". That same year he performed at campaign stops on behalf of U.S."
"that he would consider their offers. The Pentagon, too, had been in touch to offer Presley the opportunity to join Special Services, entertaining the troops without having to actually train as a regular soldier; among many soldiers and veterans it is known as ""the celebrity wimp-out"". After discussing each possibility with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, Presley decided to join up as a regular soldier. In Parker's words, ""Taking any of these deals will make millions of Americans angry"". Presley was originally scheduled to be inducted on January 20, 1958. However, due to commitments at Paramount and the filming schedule"
"Joshua Park Joshua Park (November 26, 1976 – August 30, 2015) was an American theater and screen actor, known for his Broadway debut as the title character of Tom Sawyer in the 2001 musical comedy, ""The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"". He died following a brief illness with pancreatic cancer on August 30, 2015, at the age of 38. He was survived by his mother, Beverly Miller, a sister, and other relatives and friends in his native Marshville, North Carolina. Park was born in Union County, North Carolina, in 1976. He graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the"
"Comedian. They discussed the inspiration for some of Munnery's ground breaking characters amongst other topics. Simon Munnery Simon Munnery, also known as his characters ""Alan Parker: Urban Warrior"" and ""The League Against Tedium"", is an English comedian. He performs mainly to an alternative audience but has pierced the mainstream both with his BBC Radio 1 show in 1997 and his BBC2 television series ""Attention Scum!"" in 2001. His stand-up is often satirical and political and almost always surreal. Munnery's experimental style is reflected in his makeshift often elaborate props. As ""The League"" he often wore a hat crafted from a"
"Simon Munnery Simon Munnery, also known as his characters ""Alan Parker: Urban Warrior"" and ""The League Against Tedium"", is an English comedian. He performs mainly to an alternative audience but has pierced the mainstream both with his BBC Radio 1 show in 1997 and his BBC2 television series ""Attention Scum!"" in 2001. His stand-up is often satirical and political and almost always surreal. Munnery's experimental style is reflected in his makeshift often elaborate props. As ""The League"" he often wore a hat crafted from a kettle, epaulets that contained working model tanks, and shoes covered in roses. In Buckethead he"
"best known for his comedy writing, Perry also experienced musical success, composing the signature tunes to all of the above comedy series. The best known of these, the theme tune for ""Dad's Army"", ""Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Hitler?"", won the Ivor Novello Award in 1971 for Best TV Signature Tune. Starting in the late 1950s, Perry was actor-manager at the Watford Repertory Theatre, a role (perhaps intentionally) emphasised by his penchant for heavy checked tweeds, Inverness cape and deerstalker cap. Perry was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1978. In"
"the younger Snow would ""record duets with his father"", as well as cover his own (presumably ghost-written) material. A regular at the Grand Ole Opry, in 1954 Snow persuaded the directors to allow a young Elvis Presley to appear on stage. Snow used Presley as his opening act and introduced him to Colonel Tom Parker. In August 1955, Snow and Parker formed the management team, Hank Snow Attractions. This partnership signed a management contract with Presley but before long, Snow was out and Parker had full control over the rock singer's career. Forty years after leaving Parker, Snow stated, ""I"
"studied drama at the University of Southern California, where he studied for a master's degree in theater history. Parker began his show-business career in summer 1951 when he had a $32-a-week job as an extra in the play ""Mister Roberts"", although he is credited with the voice of Leslie, the chauffeur, in the 1950 film ""Harvey"". Within months, he was on location with a minor part in ""Untamed Frontier"" with Joseph Cotten and Shelley Winters. Parker became a contract player with Warner Bros., appearing in small roles in several films such as ""Springfield Rifle"" (1952), ""Island in the Sky"", ""The"
"the early 1950s, including Knights of Madness, Ring out the Bells, Jokers Wild and These Foolish Kings. In 1956, Shirley Bassey's manager Michael Sullivan commissioned Parker to write a song for the then 19-year-old Bassey. Parker wrote ""Burn My Candle"", which later became Bassey's first recording. Parker made his on-screen debut in the British - American film by Albert R. Broccoli, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as Lord Scrumptious' chef. It was his only notable role in a blockbuster film. Parker previously had appeared on stage in Paris, in 1955, in ""Pommes à l'Anglaise"". He then performed in the revue La"
"in 1958 in Jane Arden's ""The Party"", directed by Charles Laughton, who starred in the production along with his wife, Elsa Lanchester. Then in 1959 he appeared at Stratford in the title role in ""Coriolanus"", replacing a sick Laurence Olivier. His first film appearance was a role in Tony Richardson's ""The Entertainer"" (1960), with Laurence Olivier, and he made his breakthrough in the same year with his portrayal of a disillusioned factory worker in Karel Reisz's film version of Alan Sillitoe's ""Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"". This led to him starring in the Academy Award-winning 1963 film ""Tom Jones"". Prior"