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Combat! Photos from 1963

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March 1963
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From "Mutiny on the Bounty" set, 1962
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Earl Parker
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Earl Parker on the "Bounty" set.
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Earl Parker on the "Bounty" set, in a Combat! jeep
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Earl Parker on the MGM backlot
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Earl Parker on the MGM backlot
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Earl Parker on the "Bounty" set
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Vic Morrow, Jack Hogan, Dick Peabody and Pierre Jalbert, on the Combat! set

April 1963    

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Vic Morrow, with his back to us

Per Lynne Tremblay: April 1963, pic. no. 1, Vic Morrow with his back to us. It looks like
it was taken on the set of Child's Game.

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July 1963    
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Conlan Carter
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Kanab, Utah
     
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Kanab, Utah

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George Gobel in Kanab, Utah; must go along with the other two marked Kanab for this month. Earl must have been doing the stunts on this one. But, there is nothing in Gobel's filmography on the IMDB that can jive with this one, so if anyone out there can tell us what this is, it would be great.

Per Filly: 1963, the George Gobel pic. It was suggested that it is a Daniel
Boone, but didn't George do a Wagon Train where he played a guy in a
wind wagon? Just straight from memory, but it sorta rings a bell.

After some more research, thanks to Filly, I think we can id this picture. The only "Wagon Train" episode listed for George is 1957, too early to be this photo, but while looking that up I noticed there is a "Death Valley Days" episode listed in Gobel's credits for September 1963; the IMDB has 1952 listed, the wrong year, on this episode. The episode was called "Thar She Blows," and that is a much better fit for this picture; the idea that he drove a wind wagon seems to fit that name. And, "Death Valley Days" was filmed in Kanab, so that seems to seal the id.

     

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Conlan Carter

   

September 1963
     
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Dick Peabody
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Conlan Carter and Dick Peabody
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Vic Morrow, Conlan Carter and Dick Peabody
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Vic and crew
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Jack Hogan
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Vic Morrow and Pierre Jalbert

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Vic Morrow and friend

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Vic Morrow
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Earl Parker on the MGM backlot, by the "Bounty" set.
     
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John Truwe (I'm guessing it's the first man, but it's not noted on the slide which one is John), who is listed in the IMDB as a makeup man.
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Angelo De Meo and ?? The only marking on this slide was "Ledgerwood," which might be the other person's name, or a location.
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Angelo De Meo and ??

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Dick Peabody and Vic Morrow on the Combat! sidelines

Per Christine Bacro: I'm pretty sure the person seated next to Vic in pic 16 is Dick Peabody (Littlejohn).

Per Lynne Tremblay: In Sept. 1963, pic. no. 14, the man sitting next to Vic Morrow is Dick Peabody.

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October 1963
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Earl Parker in Indian costume
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Per Filly: Anatomy of a Patrol. The men are coming down that hill with the funny foliage that is seen in so many eps, like "The Volunteer" and spot the plane ahead...right next to the lake.

Per Green Recruit: October 1963, picture 3 is a P-38 from the episode 'Anatomy of a Patrol' as Filly has already
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Per Filly: Anatomy of a Patrol. It is Vic,
Dick, William Sargent (Blocker), and Jack. When they cross the river, Saunders tells Littlejohn, Blocker, and Kirby to come with him. Then they shove off in the boat.

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Rick, Pierre and several others. I was not sure if Earl took this at an angle, or exactly what was going on, so it's an odd-looking pic.

Per Green Recruit: October 1963, picture 5 is the strange looking one that appears to be at an angle. TG, this was shot at Bronson Canyon and the guys are from top to bottom: Pierre, Jack, Rick and Dick. (can't tell the one at the very bottom but it could be a crew member) This is from the episode "Thunder From the Hill." Marty has a similar photo also from Earl Parker IIRC. We spent many hours at Bronson Canyon trying to find the exact location by using the rock formations in the background as a guide. (Why do you think we're COIs?) We finally located the spot and discovered that the guys were no more than five to ten feet off the canyon floor! The camera can certainly be deceptive

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See description of picture to the right. This is
Pierre Jalbert and Jack Hogan, in the same Bronson Canyon location and at the same time, taken from a different angle.

Per Dodger: October 1963, Photos #6, #15% and 16%. All these were taken at
Bronson Canyon during the filming of "Thunder from the Hills". See
Green Recruit's comments under Photo #5 about the camera angles and
tricks used to give the impression of a greater height.

     
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Vic Morrow, ??, Dick Peabody and Pierre Jalbert
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?? and Vic Morrow
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Per Lynne Tremblay: October 1963, pic no. 15 looks as if it was taken on the set of
Thunder From The Hill.

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Per Lynne Tremblay: Pics no. 19, 20, and 21 are from Anatomy of aPatrol.

Per Dodger: October 1963, Photos #19% and 21%. Both show another view of the P-38 Lightning fighter owned by MGM and seen in the episode "Anatomy of a Patrol". MGM owned an assortment of WWII aircraft bodies used for filming and sold all of them at auction in the 70's. This scene was filmed near the large `lake' on Lot #2. For a connection, look at Photo #12, September 1963. That photo shows Earl Parker standing in front of the `lake' with a river steamboat on the left side of the picture. Note the brown, two story `colonial style' building in the background between Earl and the steamboat. The same building is seen in the upper left of the P-38 in Photo 19%, October 1963.

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Per Lynne Tremblay: Pics no. 19, 20, and 21 are from Anatomy of aPatrol.

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Per Lynne Tremblay: Pics no. 19, 20, and 21 are from Anatomy Of A Patrol.


November 1963    
     

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Per Green Recruit: # 1 appears to be the members of the special effects group as the closest guy has his safety shield raised.

Per Lynne Tremblay: I do believe that it's Emmett Bergholtz. He's a cinematographer who came in for season two after the departure of Robert Hauser. Emmet Bergholz is also credited as being the Director of Photography, starting with season two.

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Earl Parker and others
     
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Earl Parker
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On the Combat! set
     
 
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December 1963
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Per Dodger: Photos 1, 2, and 3 from December 1963 are from "Counter Punch" and features MGM's steam locomotive. Engine #11 is the ex-Virginia and Truckee Railroad locomotive
"Reno', which ran elegant passenger trains between Reno, Carson City and Virginia City, Nevada from the late 1880's to mid 1930's. Many of the V&T locos, freight cars and passenger equipment was sold in 1937(?) to the movie
studios to help raise money to keep the railroad alive. After years of service at MGM, "Reno" was sold to Old Tucson in Arizona, where I believe it is still available for movie work.
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See 1st December 1963 photo description
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Emmett Bergholtz, cinematographer
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Vic Morrow and Emmett Bergholtz, cinematographer
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Vic Morrow and Pierre Jalbert
     
 
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Pierre Jalbert
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