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Don't Say Goodbye
Season 1, Episode 15
Thomas is instructed to pay a ransom demand without pursuing the case further, but a series of 'accidents' makes him decide to break the rules and hunt down the would-be blackmailer. Detective drama, guest starring Ted Danson (Cheers)
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Tom Selleck
(Actor)
.. Thomas Magnum
Roger E Mosley
(Actor)
.. TC Calvin
Larry Manetti
(Actor)
.. Rick Wright
John Hillerman
(Actor)
.. Jonathan Higgins
Ted Danson
(Actor)
.. Stewart Crane
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Did You Know..
Tom Selleck
(Actor)
.. Thomas Magnum
Born:
January 29, 1945
in
Detroit, Michigan
Best Known For:
Magnum, PI.
Early-life:
Thomas William Selleck was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 29, 1945 to Martha and Robert. His family moved to Sherman Oaks, California during his childhood. A talented athlete, Tom attended the University of Southern California on a basketball scholarship. He went on to study acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and was serving as a soldier in the California National Guard when he was activated for the Watts riots in Los Angeles in 1965.
Career:
Selleck won small parts in films and TV shows during the 1970s until his big break came in 1979 when he was cast in the lead role in detective series Magnum, PI. The popular series earned him an Emmy and a Golden Globe and it ran for eight seasons, clocking up 162 editions. He went on to star alongside Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg in the box-office smash Three Men and a Baby (1987), had a recurring role in the sitcom Friends during the 1990s and since 2005, he has played lawman Jesse Stone in a series of TV movies based on novels by Robert B Parker. Since 2010, he has played Frank Reagan in police drama Blue Bloods.
Quote:
'I think of myself as an actor first, not a sex symbol.'
Trivia:
Selleck turned down the role of Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark to honour the contract he had just signed for Magnum, PI.
Roger E Mosley
(Actor)
.. TC Calvin
Larry Manetti
(Actor)
.. Rick Wright
John Hillerman
(Actor)
.. Jonathan Higgins
Ted Danson
(Actor)
.. Stewart Crane
Born:
December 29, 1947
in
San Diego, California
Best Known For:
Playing Sam Malone in Cheers.
Early-life:
Born Edward Bridge Danson III on December 29, 1947, in San Diego, California. As a youngster he was a local basketball star, but became interested in drama while attending Stanford University. Danson later transferred to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, and not long after graduating was cast as an understudy in Tom Stoppard's stage production of The Real Inspector Hound. Deciding it was the career for him, Danson moved to LA to train at the Actors' Institute.
Career:
After numerous small TV and film roles, including parts in acclaimed dramas The Onion Field and Body Heat, Danson's big break came in 1982 when he was cast as retired baseball player and barkeeper Sam Malone in US sitcom Cheers. The show ran for more than a decade, and during that time, Danson received nine Emmy nominations, winning twice, and two Golden Globes. He went on to star in the successful sitcom Becker, which ran for six years. He's also starred in a number of films, including Three Men and a Baby and its sequel, Made in America, Saving Private Ryan and a highly acclaimed adaptation of Gulliver's Travels. More recent TV work includes roles in Damages, Bored to Death, and CSI.
Quote:
'I am the king of the faux pas. I call everybody by their wrong name, and I congratulate women who are not pregnant.'
Trivia:
Danson enjoys tap dancing.
