Category Archives: Television

My autobiography is now available worldwide on Amazon

Posted on March 8, 2026 by admin

By Ray Bennett It’s been a long time coming but now I can announce that my autobiography is available worldwide on Amazon. Here’s the description: In the golden days of Hollywood, M-G-M studios boasted that it had ‘more stars than … Continue reading →

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Why Emma Samms took nude scenes on TV in stride

Posted on August 28, 2025 by admin

By Ray Bennett Emma Samms, who turns 65 today, was one of the hottest young actresses on American television in 1985 when she segued from playing Holly Sutton on the daytime soap opera ‘General Hospital’ to replacing Pamela Sue Martin … Continue reading →

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Jill St. John wanted to share recipes but not Robert Wagner

Posted on August 19, 2025 by admin

By Ray Bennett Jill St. John, who turns 85 today, has brightened big and small screens in countless TV shows and movies including her big splash as the first American James Bond girl, Tiffany Case, in ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ opposite … Continue reading →

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TV broadcaster Bill Moyers regarded the elite as the enemy

Posted on June 26, 2025 by admin

By Ray Bennett Veteran TV newsman Bill Moyers,  former New York Newsday publisher and press secretary to President Lyndon Johnson, has died aged 91. As a broadcaster, he often spun off bestselling books from his TV productions and in 1989 … Continue reading →

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The look on Anne Murray’s face was one of sheer terror

Posted on June 20, 2025 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – One of Canada’s most successful singers, Anne Murray, who turns 80 today, became a huge international entertainer but she told me two things had made her nervous – performing in Las Vegas and at the … Continue reading →

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When US TV censored hip-swinging Tom Jones

Posted on June 7, 2025 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Fans of “The Voice” might not suspect that the venerable Sir Tom Jones, who turns  85  today, was censored on American television when he was younger. His show “This is Tom Jones” aired on the … Continue reading →

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Life wasn’t always easy for Loretta Swit on ‘M*A*S*H’

Posted on May 30, 2025 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Loretta Swit, who has died aged 87, is remembered fondly for playing ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan in ‘M*A*S*H’ on TV for eleven years but life on that show wasn’t always easy for her. It was a … Continue reading →

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Bernard Slade: From ‘Bewitched’ to Broadway

Posted on May 2, 2025 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Bernard Slade, who was born on this day in 1930, created TV shows such as “The Flying Nun” and “The Partridge Family” but he had his greatest success with the smash hit Broadway play “Same … Continue reading →

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When Canadian actress Alberta Watson was just Susan

Posted on March 6, 2025 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – I knew Canadian actress Alberta Watson, whose birthday was today, a long time ago when she went by her first name, Susan. To meet Susan Watson in 1977 was to fall in love. She was … Continue reading →

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The time I asked Robert Wagner about mortality

Posted on February 10, 2025 by admin

By Ray Bennett “What the hell kind of question is that?” It’s 1985 and I’m sitting with Robert Wagner, who turns 95 today, in his luxury trailer on the Warner Bros. lot where he was making the shortlived TV series … Continue reading →

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