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Combat! Photos from 1964

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February 1964    
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Earl Parker
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MGM Backlot
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MGM Backlot
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MGM Backlot
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MGM Backlot
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March 1964    
     
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See "The Gun" synopsis
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Per Lyne Tremblay: March 1964 picture 2 and April 1964 picture 1 are from GLORY AMONG MEN. They're interesting to look at, knowing that Vic directed it.
     

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MGM Backlot

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Conlan Carter
     
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Conlan Carter
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Conlan Carter
     
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"Glory Among Men" set.
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Vic Morrow on the "Glory Among Men" set.
     
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Emmett
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Angelo De Meo
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Vic Morrow on the Combat! set
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Pierre, Jack, Conlan and Dick
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The Squad

April 1964
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Mason (Eddie Ryder), "The Glory Among Men"
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Vic and crew

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Per Lyne Tremblay: April 1964 picture 3 is of Angelo De Meo, the man who coordinated stunts with Earl. Angelo is in several Eps, usually as a German, but sometimes as a G.I. That man could really grimace!

Per Lyne Tremblay: I noticed Angelo quite a while ago, but couldn't find his name in any credits. But he's in almost as many epidodes as Walt or Paul or Earl. He's just never credited (except for one ep, which is how I learned who he is). His longest screen appearance, as far as I can tell, is in A LITTLE JAZZ. Angelo is the American truck driver who is changing a tire at the beginning of the episode. There, he's got lines to speak, and you'd never tell he was a stunt coordinator rather than an actual actor, he's so very natural in front of the camera.

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Conlan - See April 1964 picture 1
     
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Vic and more crew
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Mason (Eddie Ryder), "The Glory Among Men"
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May 1964    
   

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Conlan and ??

Per Dodger: May 1964, Photo #1%. This photo of Conlan Carter, coupled with the
knowledge that Earl Parker was a pilot and Conlan's post Combat! career as a pilot flying corporate jets, leads me to believe that
Earl and Conlan shared a common interest during the filming of Combat! Here we see Conlan, with an unidentified man, standing in
front of a P-38 Lightning. This aircraft is painted in a `civilian paint' scheme and I don't think it was a `movie prop'. I checked a `Warbird Directory' and found that a Southern California man named Bob Bean bought a handful of P-38s from the Honduran Government and imported them to the US during the 1960's. Lacking a serial number of
the P-38 in the photo, I would make a strong guess that Conlan is checking out one of these aircraft. Conlan can also be seen near another classic aircraft, possibly a Beech "Staggerwing', in a photo in November 1968.


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August 1964    
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John Pickard (Frank Ross from "True Grit") and
James Best

Steven Dhuey emailed me on 1/22/2005 about this photo, on which I had done a very bad job of identification, and I thank him for his research. Because of this I can now positively ID the other actor in the picture:

"The caption for one of the photos in the August 1964 section speculates that it might have been taken on the set of the series "Temple Houston." However, I can tell you that "Temple Houston" was already out of production by that time, having been cancelled, with its last new episode filmed in February 1964 and broadcast in April 1964.
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I notice several actors in cavalry uniforms, and a fort set. Neither of those elements fit any "Temple Houston" episode from 1964. Nor do I recognize "Temple Houston" star Jeffrey Hunter in any of the photos.

My guess is that it is actually the episode "Hero of Fort Halleck" from "Death Valley Days", first broadcast on Oct. 9, 1964. James Best was in that episode. Given the typical lead time of two months between filming and broadcast, that fits in well with production in August 1964."

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Based on Steven Dhuey's ID of the first picture from August 1964, I'm going to make an assumption that all the pictures for this month are from the "Death Valley Days" episode called "Hero of Fort Halleck."
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See August 1964 #1
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See August 1964 #1
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See August 1964 #1
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See August 1964 #1

October 1964    

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Per Dodger: October 1964, Photos 1 and 2. These two photos are taken on a hilltop on the Korbel Winery grounds during the shooting of "A Walk with an Eagle". In Photo #2, look to the left of the man in the red shirt. Below him, you can see a road and a single large firtree. This road is Highway 116, which runs in front of the Korbel Winery and continues into Guerneville in Northern California's wine country. Directly beyond the road is a large open field with a grove of trees to the right side of the picture. This is the area where the opening scenes of "The Gun" were filmed in Season 5. Beyond that field and in front of the large tree covered hill in the background is the Russian River.

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Conlan Carter

Per Dodger: October 1964 picture 3 of Conlan Carter again was done at Korbel. Here you see Conlan standing in front of an apple orchard, note the neatly spaced trees. Two episodes were filmed at that location. "A Walk with an Eagle" features the orchard in the boring motorcycle chase scenes and the orchard was used for a shootout in "Birthday Cake."

Per King Two: I don't think this was shot of Doc was taken at Korbel. It looks somewhat like the Apple orchard they used in first season ("Survival" and "The Volunteer", and I think others).  As far as I know, they didn't go to Korbel in 1st Season (that would have been an expensive location shoot for a show just starting out in the lineup). Was there an Apple Orchard at Thousand Oaks or the Farm across the Highway from Thousand Oaks (the farm area where much of Gunsmoke was shot?)

Per Green Recruit: I'm sorry King Two but I respectfully disagree with your observations and here is why...

In Season # 1, the show rarely left the MGM lots. The exceptions being "The Celebrity" which was shot at Gene Autry's Melody Ranch after a fire at that location. Dodger questioned Burt Kennedy about this at Recon '98. "A Day in June" with the beach scene being filmed at Point Dume was off the lot. We all know that Conlan Carter did not become Doc until Season # 2.

The apple orchard from "Survival" and a few other episodes was located on backlot # 3. Note the irregular locations of the trees and the much smaller size of the orchard. Now take a look at Photo 7 on this page. Note the very straight lines of trees and the *immense* size. Definitely NOT the "Survival" orchard ... this one has been planted professionally.

This orchard was featured prominently in two Combat! episodes... "A Walk with an Eagle" with that wild motorcycle ride and "Birthday Cake." Since Conlan Carter was NOT in "Birthday Cake" this photo definitely comes from "A Walk with an Eagle." I stand behind Dodger's observation that this is the Korbel area. To our knowledge, there is no other orchard location other than these two.

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Philip Pine
     

November 1964    
     

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Earl Parker

Per Green Recruit: This is from the set of 'Mutiny on the Bounty,' the Marlon Brando version. The Bounty was built on Lot # 2 at the waterfront location and can be seen in one
of Marty's aerial backlot photos. I remember Tom Lowell saying that they would go over and try to visit the set while on breaks from Combat! (obviously I'm talking about the 1962 version and not the original from 1935!) Earl Parker can be seen wearing his Combat! jacket in this pic.

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Earl Parker
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Earl Parker
     
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Earl Parker
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Earl Parker
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James Whitmore from "The Cassock"
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Earl Parker - on the set of "Mutiny on the Bounty"
     
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Dick Peabody on the set

Per Lynne Tremblay: November 1963, pic no. 10 is from "The Cassock."
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Earl Parker
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MGM Backlot
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Vic Morrow and Tommy Sands

 


December 1964

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Per Dodger: I believe December 1964 pictures 1 and 2 are from the opening scenes of "The Gantlet". The back of the truck was loaded with wounded soldiers when they were ambushed
and Saunders was captured. The scenes were filmed up the road from the Bronson Canyon quarry.

Per Filly: Sorry, Dodger, but I gotta disagree. If you watch the episode The Long Wait right around the "Directed By Edward Lakso," you will see them pan across the truck. It seems to me that is the episode. The guy on the right has his head bandaged, the guy on the floor with his head toward the camera is correct, and in the background above the guy on the floor, you can make out the guy with white showing around his head and at his neck. In the ep The Long Wait, that would be accurate with the show...the guy on the left was bandaged across the head and down to his neck. Also, in Gantlet, the truck had one wounded man with Saunders, and the rest were healthy. No one is bandaged. Sorry, but it just ain't Gantlet.

Per Lynn Tremblay: And I have to repeat that the pic no. 5, on the first page, is from LONG WAIT. With the clearer image, I'm absolutely positive that the man sitting in the truck next to the "wounded man" is Conlan Carter. Conlan wasn't in GANTLET. So, I'm positive that this pic is taken from LONG WAIT.

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See description on the picture to the left.
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Emmett Bergholtz, cinematographer

Per Dodger: Photo 3 has another tank turret in the picture but the background shows a
large Eucalyptus tree, my guess is it is in Southern California, most likely at MGMs backlot.
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Emmett Bergholtz, cinematographer

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Pierre, Dick, Jack and Conlan on the set of, we think, "The Long Wait." Those are the same soldiers in the back of the truck as in #1 and 2 above.

Per Lynne Tremblay: Pic no. 7 definitely is from Long Wait. Boy, that wounded guy in the truck sure looks bored! :-)

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