Bodybuilders Reg Lewis (born 1936) and Dave Draper (born 1942) and Sharon Tate (1943 – 1968) in Don’t Make Waves (1967). Reg Lewis, Actor and Mae West Muscleman, Dies at 85By Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, March 1, 2021 Reg Lewis, the champion bodybuilder and actor who was a member of Mae West’s beefcake stage…
Mark Goddard, 1936 – 2023
Mark Goddard, ‘Lost in Space’ Star, Dies at 87Variety Mark Goddard, known for playing Major Don West on the CBS series “Lost in Space,” died in Hingham, Mass. on Oct. 10 of pulmonary fibrosis. He was 87. … During his time on “Lost in Space,” Goddard also appeared in films “The Monkey’s Uncle” and “A…
Raquel Welch 1940 – 2023
Raquel Welch: actress and singer in A Swingin’ Summer (1965). Actress and model Raquel Welch dies at 82 Welch died after a brief illness, her representative said. Welch was born on Sept. 5, 1940, in Chicago, to Armando Carlos Tejeda, an aerospace engineer, and his Irish American wife, Josephine Sarah Hall. When she was 2…
Valora Noland, 1941 – 2022
Valora Noland (born Valor Baum 8 Dec 1941 Seattle Washington; died Valora Tree 27 March 2022 Sebastopol California) Beach Party (7-Aug-1963) Rhonda – film debutMuscle Beach Party (25 Mar 1964) Animal VALOR BAUM OBITUARY Valor Baum, aka Valora Tree, died on March 27, 2022 in Sebastopol, CA where she lived for many years. She was…
Vicki Trickett, 1938 – 2021
Vicki Trickett: born 2 September 1938, Kansas City Kansas; died 30 August 2021, San Juan Capistrano, California. Played Abby Stewart, friend and rival to Deborah Walley’s Gidget in Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961). VICKI LINDBLAD OBITUARY Vicki Kay Lindblad 80, of San Juan Capistrano, died August 30, 2021, at San Juan Capistrano Skilled Nursing Facility. She…
Diane McBain, 1941 – 2022
Diane McBain: born 18 May 1941, Cleveland Ohio; 21 December 2022, Los Angeles, California. On screen between 1959 and 2001. Selected credits:
Ed Garner, 1944 – 2022
Ed Garner, born Edward Byron Garner 15 October 1944 Wyoming USA, died 10 March 2022 California USA. Edward Byron Garner, 77 passed away at his home in Carmel by the Sea, surrounded by his wife Kelly and niece Tricia Contidino. Born October 15th, 1944 in Cheyenne Wyoming, to Lorraine Warner and Edward Frields Garner. He…
Johnny Fain, 1943 – 2022
Johnny Fain, born 7 July 1943 Los Angeles, California, died 6 March 2022, Malibu California RIP Johnny Fain – one of the Four Princes of Malibu (Pacific Longboarder) The fast-turning fast-talking Malibu local died on Wednesday aged 78. One of the original “Four Princes of Malibu” along with Miki Dora, Lance Carson and Dewey Weber,…
Mike Nader, 1945 – 2021
Michael Nader, who has died of cancer aged 76, was a TV heart-throb of the 1980s, appearing in the glitzy American soap Dynasty as Dex Dexter, who for a while “tamed” Alexis, the “superbitch” played by Joan Collins, in the TV-speak of the time. … Several months after Michael’s birth, his parents split up and…
Martin West, 1937-2019
Martin West: born Martin Weixelbaum, 28 August 28 1937, Southampton New York; died 31 December 2019. A Swingin’ Summer (1-Apr-1965) TurkThe Girls on the Beach (12-May-1965) DukeLord Love a Duck (21-Feb-1966) Bob Bernard Martin West, ‘Lord Love a Duck’ and ‘General Hospital’ Actor, Dies at 82Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, January 3, 2020 Martin West,…
Dwayne Hickman, 1934-2022
Dwayne Hickman (born 18 May 1934, Los Angeles, California; died 9 January 2022, Los Angeles, California USA). Obituary after the jump…
Yvette Mimieux, 1941-2022
Yvette Carmen Mimieux, born 8 January 1942, Hollywood California; died 17 January 2022 Bel Air, California USA. Starred in Florida beach movie Where the Boys Are (1960); retired from acting at age 49, final screen credit: a supporting role in the Jackie Collins’ TV movie Lady Boss (1992). Obituary after the jump.
Peter Brown, 1935-2016
Peter Brown, an actor who was known best for his work on television Western series and soap operas, has died, according to multiple news sources. He was 80.
Tommy Kirk, 1941-2021
Tommy Kirk, born 10 December 1941 Louisville KY; died 28 September 2021 Las Vegas NV; pictured here with co-star Deborah Walley (1941-2001) in The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966).
Mark Richman, 1927-2021
Mark Richman (aka Peter Mark Richman): played the villainous Gerald Pryor in the Arthur Dreifuss-directed, Sam Katzman-produced For Singles Only (1968); born Marvin Richman 16 April 1927 Philadelphia PA; died 14 January 2021 Woodland Hills CA. Richman played lawyer to the Carringtons (Linda Evans and John Forsythe) in Dynasty (TV, 1981-1984).
Don’t Kick Sand on ‘Beach’ Movies
By BOB RUBIN, Nov. 1, 1993, The Los Angeles Times As a young assistant director in the ‘60s, I was the only member of our production team to work on all of Annette Funicello’s quite successful “Beach Party”-type motion pictures. I now find it interesting that in your interview with her (“There’s That ‘Annette Sound,’…
Mad, Mad Meredith
Meredith MacRae for Royal Crown Cola
Animal from Petticoat Junction
Meredith MacRae (30 May 1944 – 14 July 2000) Daughter of Gordon MacRae (Oklahoma! 1955) and Sheila MacRae (The Jackie Gleason Show TV 1966-70) Beach Party (7-Aug-1963) beach girlBikini Beach (22-Jul-1964) Animal Petticoat Junction (TV 1966 – 70) Billie Jo Bradley
Tanya Roberts, 1955-2020
Tanya Roberts, ‘Stephanie’ in California Dreaming (1979), born Victoria Leigh Blum, 15 October 15 1955 the Bronx NY; died 5th January 2021 Los Angeles CA.
Ned Wynn, 1941-2020
Ned Wynn: actor Pajama Party (1964), writer California Dreaming (1979), author We Will Always Live In Beverly Hills: Growing Up Crazy in Hollywood (1990); born Edmond Keenan Wynn 27 April 1941 New York NY; died 20 December 2020 Healdsburg CA (Parkinson’s disease).
Pamela Tiffin dead at 78
Pamela Tiffin (1942 – 2020) and James Darren in For Those Who Think Young (1964).
Pamela Tiffin, 1942-2020
Pamela Tiffin: Sandy Palmer in For Those Who Think Young (1964 – see photo), Edie Manning in The Lively Set (1964), Susie Higgins in The Pleasure Seekers (1964) and Carol Brewster in Come Fly With Me (1963), final credit 1974; born Pamela Tiffin Wonso 13 October 1942, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; died 2 December 2020, Manhattan,…
Warren Berlinger, 1937-2020
Warren Berlinger: Philip Short in Spinout (1966); Eddie Sands in Thunder Alley (1967 – see photo); born 31 August 1937, Brooklyn New York; died 2 December 2020, Santa Clarita California; distant relative or nephew (disputed) of Milton Berle.
Fabrizio Mioni, 1930-2020
Fabrizio Mioni: Italian actor, ‘Armand’ in Get Yourself a College Girl (see photo) and ‘Romano’ in Girl Happy; born 23 September 1930, Rome Italy; died 8 June 2020, Los Angeles, California.
New York Football Giants 1960 Cheerleader
“On the squad, there was only one true cheerleader, nineteen year old Chris Noel, a voluptuous blonde with Hollywood aspirations. According to all of the cheerleaders, she stole the show. After her brief stint cheering for the Giants, Noel pursued her acting career and co-starred with Elvis Presley in the movie, “Girl Happy.” She also…
Robert Conrad, 1935-2020
Robert Conrad as the villain imposing his will on Connie Stevens in Palm Springs Weekend (1963). Actor Robert Conrad died on Feb. 8, 2020, People reported. He was 84 years old. The Chicago-born actor worked as a milkman and a nightclub singer before moving to Los Angeles to pursue stardom. He broke into the business…
Lyle Wagonner, 1935-2020
Lyle Waggoner (on the right) in his third screen role, as a heavy in Catalina Caper (1967). Lyle Waggoner died on March 17, 2020, at 84 years old after a battle with cancer, The New York Times reported. The actor was born in Kansas City, Kan., and studied at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.,…
Edd Byrnes, 1933-2020
Edd Byrnes died on Jan. 8, 2020 at 86 years old, The New York Times reported. His son told the outlet that the actor likely suffered a stroke. Byrnes was born Edward Byrne Breitenberger in New York in 1933, to an alcoholic and alternatively absent and verbally abusive father. When Byrnes was 13, his father…
Dancing on the sand
David Winters (white Speedos), Toni Basil (front center), Teri Garr (back center) and other Shindig / Hullabaloo dancers on Paradise Cove beach in Pajama Party (1964).
Beach volleyball 1964
The Beach Party gang plays beach volleyball on Paradise Cove beach in Pajama Party (released 11 November 1964). Jody McCrea (at age 29) is about to play the ball, watched by 20 year-old teammate Candy Johnson, and against 24 year old Marianne Gaba (far left), 20 year old Ed Garner (left, closest to camera) and…
Beach volleyball 1979
Glynnis O’Connor (born 19 November 1955) plays beach volleyball on the south end of Avila City Beach in California Dreaming (released 16 March 1979). The movie was shot fall / winter 1977-1978 when O’Connor had just turned 22 years old.
Looka There!
LOOKA THERE! — Curvaceous Tanya Roberts as Stephanie, a young woman involved with the “in crowd” in a beach community, captures the undivided attention of both hangers-on and passers-by every time she strolls on the sands in American International‘s fun-filled drama, “California Dreaming.” Photo by Chas Gerretsen. After becoming world famous for his work as…
Reluctant California Dreamer
“Tall, tanned, blonde and lovely, Glynnis O’Connor is the epitome of the California Dream.” Glynnis O’Connor, a 22‐year‐old who is considered one of Hollywood’s most promising actresses, shrugs. “I don’t like California all that much,” she says. “I stay there while I’m working, about one‐third of the year. The rest of the time I live…
Young Californian Lovers
John Calvin (born 1947) and Tanya Roberts (born 1955) play the ‘John Ashley / Deborah Walley’ fighting couple in California Dreaming (1979). You can see on IMDB that John (sometimes ‘Jack’) Calvin was a prolific film and TV actor from 1971 to 1995. Then what? I haven’t been able to discover. I979 was a big…
On the move in Malibu
Jim Van Patten (born 1956) as a beach boy and Tanya Roberts (born 1955) as a sidewalk surfer in California Dreaming (1979), scripted by Ned Wynn (born 1941). Both Wynn and Van Patten grew up in Beverly Hills, the children of Hollywood stars Keenan Wynn and Dick ‘Eight is Enough’ Van Patten. Following this movie,…
Romantic beach interlude
Glynnis O’Connor (born 1955) and Dennis Christopher (born 1955) are the late seventies version of Gidget & Moondoggie / Dee Dee and Frankie in California Dreaming (released April 1979 according to IMDB). O’Connor had already starred in the song-inspired Ode to Billy Joe (1976) and TV movie The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976). In…
A broken arm and Johnny’s last surf
Johnny Fain (born 1943) and Stacey Nelkin (born 1959) in California Dreaming (1979), written by Ned Wynn, distributed by American International Pictures, Johnny Fain’s final film credit, and, in my view, the last beach party movie.
Reg Lewis with Dave Draper and Sharon Tate
Bodybuilders Reg Lewis (born 1936) and Dave Draper (born 1942) and Sharon Tate (1943 – 1968) in Don’t Make Waves (1967).
Linda Foster: the girl in the bathing suit
Linda Foster, born 12 June 1944, Lancaster Pennsylvania USA, on screen 1964 – 1984.
Rock n’ roll (and La Jolla) folklore
SALLI’S RIDE: Meet Salli Sachse, part of rock n’ roll (and La Jolla) folklore by Corey Levitan, La Jolla Light, May 22, 2019. What was filming those beach films like? “It was so much fun. Don Rickles was in a couple of the films, so he would come when they were changing the lights and…
In color: Big Wednesday (1978)
My Favourite Film: Big Wednesday (1978) Maxton Walker | The Guardian UK, 13 Dec 2011
California Dreaming (1979)
California Dreaming (1979): the last beach party movie; released by American International Pictures, written by Ned Wynn, and the final film appearance of Johnny Fain.
Big Wednesday (1978)
Big Wednesday (1978): the penultimate beach movie / the second last beach-surf movie appearance by Johnny Fain.
Dick Dale, 1937 – 2019
Brian Wilson ✔ @BrianWilsonLive I’m sorry to hear about Dick Dale passing. Dick’s guitar playing was a big influence on all of us, and we covered “Misirlou” on our Surfin’ USA album in ‘63. Love & Mercy to Dick’s family.
Michele Carey, 1943 – 2018
Michele Carey Dies: ‘El Dorado’ And ‘Live A Little, Love A Little’ Actress Was 75 By Dino-Ray Ramos | Deadline December 3, 2018 Model-turned-actress Michele Carey died November 21 from natural causes in her home in Newport Beach. The news was announced on her Facebook page. She was 75.
Peter Fonda, 1940 – 2019
Peter Fonda, Star of ‘Easy Rider,’ Dies at 79 By Carmel Dagan | VARIETY August 16, 2019 Two-time Oscar nominee Peter Fonda, who became a counterculture icon when he co-wrote, produced and starred in seminal 1969 road movie “Easy Rider,” then showed Hollywood he could act about three decades later in “Ulee’s Gold,” died on…
Dick Miller, 1928 – 2019
Dick Miller, ‘Gremlins’ and ‘The Howling’ Star, Dies at 90 The Hollywood Reporter 1/30/2019 by Etan Vlessing The veteran Hollywood character actor had a career that spanned six decades with more than 175 movie credits and 2,000 TV appearances.
Glen Campbell, 1936 – 2017
Glen Campbell, 81 August 8, 2017 Film Buff Online | William Gatevackes Glen Campbell, a legend in country and pop music, lost his battle with Alzheimer’s Disease on Tuesday. He was 81.
Don Rickles, 1929 – 2017
Don Rickles, Legendary Comic With a Gift for the Insult, Dies at 90 The Hollywood Reporter 4/6/2017 by Mike Barnes, Duane Byrge Don Rickles, the rapid-fire insult machine who for six decades earned quite a living making fun of people of all creeds and colors and everyone from poor slobs to Frank Sinatra, has died….
Marianne Gaba, 1939 – 2016
Actress, Model. Born Mary Ann Gaba, in Chicago, her father worked as a mail carrier, she began modeling during her teenage years and captured the title of ‘Miss Illinois’ in 1957. This experience resulted in her finishing as a finalist for the ‘Miss Universe Pageant’ and her adorning the cover of Playboy Magazine in September…
Deanna Lund, 1937 – 2018
Deanna Lund: http://www.emmys.com Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois Birthday: May 30 Date of passing: June 22, 2018 Obituary: Hollywood Reporter Deanna Lund was an American actress. She was best known for her role in the Irwin Allen television series Land of the Giants, where she played the character of Valerie Ames Scott. Lund’s early career included…
Celeste Yarnall, 1944 – 2018
Celeste Yarnall, Alluring Actress of the 1960s, Dies at 74 Hollywood Reporter | 10/9/2018 | by Mike Barnes Celeste Yarnall, who appeared opposite Elvis Presley in Live a Little, Love a Little, had a memorable turn on Star Trek and donned a loincloth to play “the original flower child” in the jungle-set cult classic Eve,…
Carol Lynley (1942 – 2019)
Carol Lynley and Gardner McKay in “The Pleasure Seekers” 1964 Carol Lynley, actress in cult classic ‘The Poseidon Adventure,’ dies at 77 By Matt Schudel The Washington Post | September 6, 2019 Carol Lynley, who appeared on Broadway in her early teens, then became a film actress whose best-known role was as a ditsy, shrieking…
Jimmy Darren sings the titel song from the Columbia film “Gidget”
Picture sleeve featuring Sandra Dee and Jimmy Darren for the 7″ release of the title song from Gidget (1959) in Denmark, backed with There’s No Such Thing. (Discogs listing).
young folk soaking up sun
“GIDGET” is enough to make anybody leave one of the neighborhood theatres, where it opened yesterday, and light out for Long Island Sound. Pictorially, this mild little Columbia frolic, about a teen-age girl with boy trouble, seems an ideal way to usher in the beach season. Most of the story spills along a balmy California…
surfboard and beach shack
“Sandra Dee is the ‘gidget’ of the title, being a young woman, so slight in stature she is tagged with a nickname which is a contraction of girl and midget. Dee is in that crucial period of growing up where she doesn’t like boys very much but is beginning to realize they are going to…
the one and only…
Gidget (Bantam Books #F2786) Kohner, Frederick New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1964. Sixth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. My English comp teacher Mr. Glicksberg says if you want to be a writer you have to—quote—sit on a window sill and get all pensive and stuff and jot down descriptions. Unquote Glicksberg! I don’t know what…
Smitty and Melvin ~ the lively ones
Vic Damone (born 1928) with his “dates” – Smitty (Quinn O’Hara) and Melvin (Gloria Neil) — and director Barry Shear (Wild In The Streets) in a promotional photo for The Lively Ones (TV 1962-63), Vic Damone’s summer variety series. Gloria Neil plays Bunny, the monster’s first victim in The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965). Link.
Don’t Try To Fight It Baby
Quinn O’Hara Dies: The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini Actress Was 76 by Greg Evans. May 6, 2017
Quinn O’Hara (1941 – 2017)
Quinn O’Hara: born Alice Jones in Edinburgh, Scotland 3 January 1941; died in Los Angeles, California, 5 May 2017, at 76 years of age. Obit after the jump.
…advises Beautiful Young Actress…
Quinn O’Hara ~ appears uncredited in The Caretakers (1963), along with Pamela Austin, Susan Oliver, and Diane McBain.
Fascinating Onlookers, December 30, 1965
Fascinated on-lookers are Quinn O’Hara (left) and Mary Mitchell, who will appear on tonight’s “My Three Sons,” Channels 2, 9 and 10 at 8:30.
Beauty and the Beat, August 1, 1965
Curvaceous and cute Quinn O’Hara, William A. Wellman Jr., left, and James Stacy, star in United Screen Arts’ “A Swingin’ Summer,” the musical story of teen-age adventure at Lake Arrowhead, now playing at the Skyway Drive-In Theater.
Linda Gaye Scott
Linda Gaye Scott: born 1 February 1943, Los Angeles California. First credit: Escape From Hell Island (1963) Appeared in Gidget (TV 1965) ‘The War Between Men, Women and Gidget’ (S1E13) as Patty “Introduced” in Psych-Out (1968) with Susan Strasberg and Adam Roarke Final credit: Archie Bunker’s Place (TV 1983)
My Summer Girl
SURF CITY b/w SHE’S MY SUMMER GIRL | JAN & DEAN (with Linda Gaye Scott) | LIBERTY #55580 | Jan & Dean fan club: 1307 Brinkley, Los Angeles, California.
My Buddy Seat
The Hondells in Beach Ball (1965): Jerry LeMire (guitar), Wayne Edwards (drums), Randy Thomas (melodihorn) and Dick (aka Richie) Burns (guitar); song My Buddy Seat composed by Gary Usher and Roger Christian ~ screenshot from the trailer.
The Gasser
The Hondells in Ski Party (1965): pianist Randy Thomas behind the cymbal, Wayne Edwards playing the snare drum, Dick Burns in blue checkered shorts on guitar, Jerry LeMire in a white tee on guitar (behind Mary Hughes in a light blue bikini).
Frank Sinatra Jr. 1944 – 2016
Frank Sinatra Jr: born 10 January 1944, Jersey City New Jersey; died 16 March 2016, Daytona Beach Florida (heart attack); composer for The Beach Girls and The Monster (1965); kidnapped in December 1963 by Barry Keenan, best friend of Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean.
Sinatra sisters
Tina Sinatra (born 1948) and Nancy Sinatra Jr (born 1940), with their brother Frank Sinatra Jr (1944 – 2016), are the children of Nancy Barbato Sinatra, who died today at age 101, and the late Frank Sinatra (1915 – 1998).
The Hondells
The Hondells in Beach Blanket Bingo (1965); a project of Brian Wilson collaborator Gary Usher, the Hondells featured LA studio musicians on recordings and variety of members on the road and in movies; likely identities of this lineup: (left to right): Randy Thomas (keyboard), Jerry LeMire (born 1944), Wayne Edwards (drums), and Dick aka ‘Ritchie’…
Tab Hunter 1931 – 2018
Tab Hunter (11 July 1931 – 9 July 2018) “Hunter hid his relationships with championship skater Ronnie Robertson and actor Tony Perkins; publicly, he was romantically linked to co-star Natalie Wood and French actress Etchika Choreau.” LA Times.
The Oscar Winner at the Beach
By 1963, having taken time off to have children, Dorothy Malone‘s career was fading, and while filming Beach Party (1963), husband Jacques Bergerac returned from France and filed for divorce. Bitter custody battles ensued. In December 1964 their divorce was finalized with Malone winning custody of their two daughters. 50plusworld.
Dorothy Malone 1924 – 2018
Dorothy Malone: born Dorothy Eloise Maloney, 29 January 1924, Chicago Illinois; died 19 January 2018, Dallas Texas. Credited roles 1945 – 1992, including Beach Party (1963) and Peyton Place (TV 1964–1968).
The Professor and Marianne
Beach Party (1963): Bob Cummings (1910 – 1990) as Professor Sutwell and Dorothy Malone (1924 – 2018) as his long-suffering assistant Marianne.
Let’s Go Trippin’
Dick Dale in Beach Party (1963) When most people think of surf music, they typically recall the pop harmonies of the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, or the tunes from any number of beach party films, however, the true sound of surf got its origins in instrumental rock’n’roll, and Dick Dale is regarded as one…
North Hollywood High School Class of ’62
Terry Garr (aka Teri Garr, born 11 Dec 1944) and Carol Sydes (aka Cindy Carol, 19 Oct 1944) – class of 1962 at North Hollywood High School; other alumni supposedly include Martin Milner, Gary Crosby, Shelley Fabares and Meredith MacRae but I can’t find them in any yearbook.
third annual Teen Awards dinner
Cindy Carol (just turned 19), Hal Baylor (almost 45) and Paul Petersen (just turned 18) in a publicity photo for the third annual Teen Awards dinner, November 16, 1963, at the Knollwood Country Club, Granada Hill CA.
Cappy and Big Daddy
Beach Party (1963): Cappy (Morey Amsterdam) and Big Daddy (Vincent Price under the hat) – manager and owner of surfer hangout Big Daddy’s; venue inspired by the original Cafe Frankenstein at Laguna Beach.
why we love…
Beach Party (1963) starring Annette Funicello (22 Oct 1942 – 8 April 2013) and Frankie Avalon (born Francis Thomas Avallone, 18 September 1939).
Green, green
A queasily-colored lobby card showing James Darren as Moondoggie and Cliff Robertson as The Big Kahuna in Gidget (1959).
April brings the boys!
Or “April discovers the men,” also known as Gidget (1959).
Mary LaRoche 1920 – 1998
Mary LaRoche: born 20 July 1920 New York City; died 9 February 1999 Rochester New York; worked mostly on and off Broadway in musicals, screen credits 1945 – 1977 including Gidget (1959), Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Karen (TV 1964) and The Swinger (1965).
Chad and Chris
Chad Everett (1937 – 2012) and Chris Noel (born 1941), cast mates in Get Yourself A College Girl (1964).
Brenda and Chad
Folk singer Chad Mitchell (born 1936) of the Chad Mitchell Trio with Brenda Benet (1945 – 1982) of Beach Ball (1965).
from a small town in Texas…
Jo Morrow migrated from a small town in Texas to Hollywood at an early age…she broke into the movies by the simple expedient of filling out a form and sending it to one of the major studios in Hollywood…her photograph attracted the attention of a casting director who arranged for a film test.. she was…
Surfing in babydoll pajamas
The original Gidget (1959) – not Pajama Party – with Sue George, Sandra Dee, and Mary LaRoche.
Why we like…
Beach Party (1963): Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon.
Marty Ingels (1936 – 2015)
Marty Ingels: born Martin Ingerman 6 March 1936, New York City New York; died 21 October 2015, Los Angeles California; comedian and character actor on screen 1958 until his death, including For Singles Only (1968); married to Shirley Jones of The Partridge Family (TV 1970-74) from 1977 until his death.
Charles Robinson (1932 – 2006)
Charles Robinson: born 13 April 1932, Orange New Jersey; died: 22 July 2006, Palm Springs California; on screen 1958 – 1987, including Take Her, She’s Mine (1963), Dear Brigitte (1965), For Singles Only (1968).
Duke Hobbie
Duke Hobbie: born 6 May 1942, Helena Georgia. On screen 1965 – 1971 including Winter A-Go-Go (1965) and For Singles Only (1968).
Dita Nicole
Dita Nicole: born 15 August 1945; five credits on IMDB 1968 – 1973 including For Singles Only (1968) pageant girl (uncredited).
Leslie McRae
Leslie McRae: pageant competitor, turned actress turned faith-based documentary producer. Miss Hawaii 1968; second runner up to Miss World-USA 1968. First screen credit: Mr. Terrific (TV 1967) ‘Stanley Goes to the Dentist’ –Sally … Valley of the Dolls (1967) Ted’s Girl (uncredited) Girl in Gold Boots (1968) Michele Casey For Singles Only (1968) uncredited ……
The Singing Seven
Paul Petersen (b. 1945), Bobby Crawford (b. 1944), Johnny Crawford (b. 1946), Lori Martin (1947-2010), Tim Considine (b. 1940), Roberta Shaw (b. 1943), Shelley Fabares (b. 1944) – 1963 TV Guide.
Sitting Pretty
Six models who have cashed in on their looks and abilities for TV commercials: Jim Galbraith, Bob Ames, Jean Swanson, Dagne Crane, Chris Noel, Augie Brown (Nov. 30, 1963 TV Guide)
Why we like…
For Singles Only (1968): Leslie McRae, Duke Hobbie, Mary Ann Mobley.
Why we like…
Girl Happy (1965): Lyn Edgington (1935 – 2005), Shelley Fabares, and Chris Noel.
Sandra Louise in 1967
Chris Noel: born Sandra Louise Noel, 2 July 1941; movie credits related to this website: Girl Happy (1965), Beach Ball (1965), Get Yourself A College Girl (1965), Wild Wild Winter (1966), The Glory Stompers (1968), For Singles Only (1968).
Meet the new Gidget
Meet Cindy Carol, the new Gidget.
Pin-Up Cindy
Cindy Carol, born Carol Sydes, was a child star, including a series regular role on The Loretta Young Show (TV 1963), before changing her name to be the third Gidget in Gidget Goes To Rome (1963).
Beach Party Movies 