Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Tim Russ, Actor, Director & Musician, Co-Star, “Star Trek: Voyager”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Tim Russ, is a highly popular, multi-award-winning actor, director and musician who’s been immortalized for his portrayal of the Vulcan security chief, “Lieutenant Tuvok”, in the blockbuster TV series, “Star Trek: Voyager”.

In fact, he has the distinction of appearing in FOUR “Star Trek” TV series as well as in the feature film, “Star Trek Generations”. Besides playing “Lieutenant Tuvok” in “Star Trek: Voyager”, he played “Devor” in “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, he played “T’kar” in “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”, he played a changeling impersonating “Lieutenant Tuvok” in an episode of “Star Trek: Picard”. And in the movie, “Star Trek Generations”, he played a lieutenant on USS Enterprise B.

But far beyond his work on that iconic franchise, our guest has many talents that encompass a wide spectrum of the performing arts including writing, producing, directing, songwriting, recording albums like "Only a Dream in Rio", "Tim Russ", "Kushangaza" and "Brave New World", and performing with his band, Tim Russ Crew.

On the big screen, you’ve seen him in many movies including “Live Free or Die Hard,” “Rampart”, “Greyscale”, “The Midnight Sky”, “Nightshade”, “The Star City Murders”, “5th Passenger” and many more. And on TV, besides the Star Trek shows I mentioned, he’s appeared in dozens of classic series including “Hill Street Blues”, “Thirtysomething”, “The Highwaymen”, “Murphy Brown”, “ER”, “CSI: Miami”, “iCarly”, “Criminal Minds”, “American Horror Story”, “NCIS”, and yes, he played the sarcastic doorman “Frank” in “Samantha Who?”.

He’s also appeared in many great TV movies and miniseries including “Roots: The Gift”, “Alien Nation”, “The Heroes of Desert Storm”, “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, “Asteroid vs Earth”, “Karma” and many more. And as a director, he brought us feature films like “Star Trek: Of Gods and Men”, “Junkie” and “ A Night at the Silent Movie Theater.” And he’s directed episodes of TV shows including “The FBI Files”, “12-Sided Die” and the award-winning web series, "Bloomers."

Our guest has won an Indie Series Award, a Telly Award, an Indie Short Fest Award, an Indie X Film Festival Award, 2 Vegas Movie Awards, and an Emmy Award for directing several public service ads.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Tim Russ, go to:

https://www.timrusswebpage.com

https://www.instagram.com/trvulcan/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Rodney Allen Rippy, Former Child Star, Actor

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Rodney Allen Rippy, is an actor, producer, TV personality, radio host, business man and humanitarian who first captured our hearts at the tender age of 3 years old. His over-the-top cuteness, infectious giggle and precocious personality made him an overnight sensation when he became the national spokesperson the popular fast food chain, Jack-in-the-Box.

He was one of the biggest child stars of the 70s and appeared on many iconic TV shows including “Laugh-In”, “The Six Million Dollar Man”, “Marcus Welby”, “Police Story”, and he had a co-starring role on the Saturday morning children’s show, “The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine”. And when he guest starred on “The Odd Couple”, HE was the one who first used the phrase, “You’re fired.”

He also appeared in classic movies like “Blazing Saddles” and “Oh God, Book 2”. As a child, our guest had his own talking doll made by MATTEL, AND he was also a recording artist. In fact, his 1973 hit song “Take Life a Little Easier”, recorded when he was only 5 years old, made him the youngest music artist in history to have a song on the Billboard Charts, a record which STILL has not been surpassed.

As an adult, our guest has appeared in movies like “Checking the Gate”, “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star”, “Flowers in the Snow” and “To the Top”, and on TV, you’ve seen him in “Parker Lewis Can’t Lose”, “Howie Goes to Hollywood” and “The Mis-adventures of Camp Elaine”. He’s also had a successful career in radio broadcasting.

And beyond his show business career, our guest has had his own marketing firm, he’s been a film production executive, and he has his own charitable foundation, the Rippy Foundation, which supports at-risk youth, seniors and veterans.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Rodney Allen Rippy, go to:

https://rodneyallenrippy.wixsite.com/official-site

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553337029996

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Fred Mollin, Acclaimed Music Producer, Songwriter, Film and TV Composer

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Fred Mollin, is a true giant in the music world. Although he may not be a household name, I guarantee that you’ve heard his music multiple times and in a variety of mediums.

He’s a multi-award-winning record producer, musician, songwriter, film and TV composer and music director, who first came to international prominence in the late 70’s when he produced Dan Hill’s albums, most notably “Longer Fuse”, which produced the classic Grammy nominated hit song, "SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH". He went on to make critically acclaimed records with some of the greatest superstars in music history including Jimmy Webb, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Mathis, Carole King, Billy Joel, Glen Campbell, Linda Ronstadt, Willie Nelson, Natalie Cole, Chris Stapleton – and believe me, I’m just scratching the surface.

He also spent 17 years as a highly successful composer for television and film, writing scores for major motion pictures like “Hanoi Hilton”, “Fast Company”, “Spring Fever”, “The Fall”, “Friday the 13th: The New Blood AND Jason Takes Manhattan”, as well as for the “Friday the 13th” TV series and many other hit TV shows including “Beverly Hills 90210”, “Hard Copy”, “Outer Limits” and “My Secret Identity”.

He also composed the music scores for dozens of TV movies including “Amy Fisher: My Story”, “Little Criminals”, “White Lies” and “Daydream Believer: The Monkees Story”, on which he also served as music director. He’s also been the Vice President of A&R for Walt Disney Records and produced a whole slew of children’s lullaby albums under the Disney label, as well as executive producing the blockbuster show and CD, “High School Musical – The Concert”. Our guest has won 3 Juno Awards, a Gemini Award and 5 SOCAN Awards.

And now, he’s released a highly insightful and terrifically entertaining memoir entitled, “Unplugged: Stories and Secrets from a Life of Making Records, Scoring Film, and Working with the Legends of Music.”

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Fred Mollin, go to:

http://www.fredmollin.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVe6UMbv6ccO6d-djTqAQFg

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0qPfO5FCAsfqK3pgqBSAJR

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Renowned Actress, Veronica Cartwright

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Veronica Cartwright, is a highly acclaimed and beloved actress who’s been dazzling audiences her entire life.

We first saw her as the Kellogg's Girl doing commercials for Corn Flakes, Sugar Smacks and Rice Krispies. At the age of nine, she played Robert Wagner's sister in IN LOVE AND WAR, and a few years later, she played “Violet” on the classic TV series, LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, and, yes, she was the little girl who gave “Beaver” his first kiss. She also played Daniel Boone’s daughter “The Daniel Boone Show”.

As a child she also appeared in iconic movies like THE CHILDREN'S HOUR, THE BIRDS and SPENCER'S MOUNTAIN. And she guest-starred in numerous classic TV shows including “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, “The Danny Thomas Show”, “Route 66”, “Mannix”, “Family Affair”, “My Three Sons” - and for all you “Twilight Zone” fanatics, our guest starred in the renowned Season 3 episode, “I Sing the Body Electric”. And when our guest became an adult, her career went into overdrive.

On the big screen, you’ve seen her in over 50 great movies including “Inserts”, “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”, “Alien”, “The Right Stuff”, “False Identity”, “Kinsey”, “The Invasion”, “The Odd Way Home”, “The Field”, “The Ruse” - and she’s made 3 movies with Jack Nicholson: “Goin’ South”, “The Witches of Eastwick”, and “Man Trouble”. On television, she’s appeared in dozens of classic series including “Miami Vice”, “L.A. Law”, “E.R.”, “The X-Files”, “Chicago Hope”, “Six Feet Under”, “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Eastwick”, “Resurrection”, “Bosch”, and most recently, “A Man on the Inside”, in which she co-stars with Ted Danson. At age 15 she won an Emmy Award for Best Actress in the TV movie, TELL ME NOT IN MOURNFUL NUMBERS.

And she’s appeared in dozens of other terrific TV movies and miniseries including “Who Has Seen the Wind”, “Prime Suspect”, “Robert Kennedy and His Times”, “Tanner ‘88”, “Hitler’s Daughter”, “Lincoln and the War Within”, “The Lottery”, “The Rat Pack”, and many more. And on the stage, our guest received rave reviews for her performances in THE HANDS OF ITS ENEMY, THE TRIPLET COLLECTION and HOMESTEADERS, each of which earned her a Drama Logue Award for Best Actress. She’s also won a Glitter Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in “Straight-Jacket”, she won a Best Supporting Actress Award at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival for her performance in “Barry Dingle”, she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in “Alien”, and she’s received 3 Emmy Award nominations for her extraordinary work in “The X-Files” and “E.R.”.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Veronica Cartwright, go to:

http://www.veronica-cartwright.com

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with James E Hibbard, Dancer, Choreographer, Author, “Can’t Stop Dancing”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, James E Hibbard, may not be a household name, but I’m pretty sure you’ve seen him in many classic movies and TV shows.

In a career spanning over 65 years, our guest has been a highly respected dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, director and teacher. His list of credits is truly jaw dropping. He’s appeared in dozens of iconic movies including “Gypsy”, “Bye Bye Birdie”, “The Swinger”, “Thoroughly Modern Millie”, ‘Hello Dolly”, “Finian’s Rainbow”, “Marriage on the Rocks”, and a staggering total of SIX movies with Elvis Presley: “Viva Las Vegas”, “Kissin’ Cousins”, “Girl Happy”, “Roustabout”, “Spinout”, “Clambake” and “Easy Come, Easy Go”. On television, he’s appeared in a whole slew of classic shows like “The Beverly Hillbillies”, “Batman”, “The Lucy Show”, “MacGyver”, and as a dancer and choreographer, he’s worked on numerous variety shows and TV Specials with Dean Martin, Tom Jones, Paul Anka, Bobby Vinton, Anne Murray, Nancy Sinatra, Ann-Margret, Peggy Fleming, and he even choreographed the 2002 TV movie, “It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie”.

He’s worked with the greatest legendary stars in history including Mickey Rooney, Donald O’Connor, Julie Andrews, Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Diana Ross, Sonny & Cher, Raquel Welch, Tina Turner, James Brown, The Beach Boys, The Mamas and the Papas – and believe me, I’m just scratching the surface. On stage, our guest has worked in productions of “West Side Story”, “Anything Goes”, “Godspell”, “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”, “Cabaret”, “Little Shop of Horrors”, “Guys and Dolls”, “The Pajama Game”, and he also appeared in the world premiere of the rock opera, “Tommy”, at the Aquarius Theatre in Los Angeles.

And his most recent film and television appearances include movies like “Wrongfully Accused”, “Angels in the End Zone” and “Good Boys”, and TV movies including “The Swinging Nutcracker”, “Descendants” and “Descendants 3” and “Freaky Friday”, and TV series including “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”, “Julie and the Phantoms”, “The Man in the High Castle”, “Batwoman” and “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies”.

In 2003, the West Coast Tap Collective honoured our guest with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2004, he received a star on the British Columbia Entertainment Walk of Fame.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about James E. Hibbard, go to:

https://www.facebook.com/p/James-E-Hibbard-100014367160905/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Legendary Actress, Michele Lee

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Michele Lee, is a highly popular and beloved, multi-award-winning actress, singer, dancer, recording artist, producer and director who’s conquered every medium in the world of entertainment.

She’s appeared on Broadway in 6 shows, including “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”, “Bravo Giovanni”, “Seesaw”, for which she won a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critics Award AND a Tony Award nomination, and of course, “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife”, for which she received another Tony Award nomination. She also starred as “Mame” at the Hollywood Bowl alongside Christine Ebersole and Benjamin Platt. And most recently she played “Madame Morrible” on Broadway in “Wicked”.

And on the big screen, our guest has appeared in a number of great movies including “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”, “The Love Bug”, “The Comic” and “Along Came Polly”. And on television, our guest has been immortalized for her portrayal of the resilient and compassionate “Karen MacKenzie” on the blockbuster TV series, “Knots Landing”, for which she received an Emmy Award nomination, and she won 5 Soap Opera Digest Awards, as well as the 2009 TV Land Anniversary Award.

But beyond that iconic role, our guest has appeared in many classic TV shows including “Ben Casey”, “The Red Skelton Show”, “The Carol Burnett Show”, “Marcus Welby”, “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-in”, “Will & Grace”, and many more. And she’s starred in dozens of TV movies and miniseries including “Only With Married Men”, “Dark Victory”, “A Letter to Three Wives”, “The Fatal Image”, “A Murder on Shadow Mountain” and “Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story”, which she also executive produced.

And let’s not forget the 1997 miniseries, “Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac”, and the 2005 TV movie, “Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again”. In 1996, our guest became the first woman EVER to produce, direct, co-write and star in a TV movie, “Color Me Perfect”, for which she was honored with the prestigious Christopher Award, which recognizes artistic works that “affirm the highest values of the human spirit.”

She’s also a recipient of the Gracie Allen Award presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation. And in 1998, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

And now, our guest is starring in a brand-new podcast, along with her pals from “Knots Landing”, Joan Van Ark and Donna Mills, called “We’re Knot Done Yet”.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Michele Lee, go to:

https://michelelee.com/

https://www.facebook.com/TheMicheleLee/

https://www.instagram.com/themichelelee

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Susan Stroman, Legendary Broadway Director & Choreographer

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Susan Stroman, is one of the greatest directors and choreographers the theatre world has ever known.

She’s won 5 Tony Awards for her work in “Crazy For You”, “Show Boat”, “Contact”, and “The Producers”, for which she won TWO Tony Awards, for Best Direction and Best Choreography. She also directed and choreographed the movie version “The Producers: The Musical”, which received 4 Golden Globe Award nominations.

Some of her other most popular theatrical productions include “Oklahoma”, “The Music Man”, “Bullets Over Broadway” “Big”, “Steel Pier”, “Young Frankenstein”, “The Scottsboro Boys”, “Prince of Broadway”, “Big Fish”, “New York, New York”, “Picnic”, “Left on Tenth”, and believe me, I’m just scratching the surface. Her shows have been produced not only on Broadway, but in London’s West End and in countless national tours. For ten years she choreographed Madison Square Garden’s annual spectacular, “A Christmas Carol”.

She directed and choreographed “The Merry Widow” for the Metropolitan Opera debut. For the New York City Ballet, she created “Double Feature”, a full-length ballet highlighting the music of Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson, and she also created “For the Love of Duke”, featuring the music of Duke Ellington.

She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Music Dance Program for the TV production of “Contact”, and she received an Emmy Award nomination for Liza Minnelli’s TV special, “Liza – Live from Radio City Music Hall”. And for her work in the feature film, “Center Stage”, she received the American Choreography Award.

And her latest Broadway musical is SMASH, which opened in April and has been getting rave reviews. The show, which is inspired by the hit TV series of the same name, is a terrific musical comedy about all the backstage pandemonium as opening night approaches for a splashy new show about Marilyn Monroe called “Bombshell”.

In addition to her 5 Tony Awards, our guest has received 11 more Tony Award nominations, and she’s won a Helen Hayes Award, a Commonwealth Award, 2 Laurence Olivier Awards, 6 Drama Desk Awards, 13 Outer Critics Circle Awards, 2 Lucille Lortel Awards, 6 Fred Astaire Awards, and 3 Lifetime Achievement Awards including the George Abbott Award and the Oscar Hammerstein Award. And in 2014, she was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. And I just have to mention that in 2001, our guest was named Woman of the Year by Glamour Magazine.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Susan Stroman, go to:

https://www.susanstroman.com/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Johnny Whitaker, Former Child Star, “Family Affair”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Johnny Whitaker, is an actor, filmmaker, educator, addiction counselor and humanitarian whom we all grew up watching and loving on the classic TV series, “Family Affair”, on which he portrayed “Jody”, the brother of “Buffy” and “Cissy” portrayed by Anissa Jones and Kathy Garver, and co-starring Brian Keith and Sebastian Cabot.

But beyond that iconic role, our guest appeared in the 1966 movie, “The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming”, he originated the role of “Scotty Baldwin” on “General Hospital”, he starred in the 1973 musical version of “Tom Sawyer”, and he starred in 5 Walt Disney films: “The Littlest Angel”, "Snowball Express", "The Biscuit Eater", "Napoleon and Samantha" and "The Magic Pony"

He also starred in the Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning TV show, “Sigmund and the Sea Monsters”, and he appeared as “Zach” in the 2016 reboot of the series. He guest starred in many iconic TV shows including “Bonanza”, “Bewitched”, “Green Acres”, “Gunsmoke”, “Marcus Welby”, “Adam-12” and many others. He played Santa Claus in the highly acclaimed TV movie, “A Husband for Christmas”.

And most recently, he played the Bishop in the TV series, “The Last Evangelist”. After overcoming his own struggles with substance abuse, our guest became certified as an Addiction Counselor and Advocate, in addition to writing, directing, teaching and acting. He actually wrote, directed and executive produced a compelling documentary showcasing Portugal's groundbreaking treatment of drug addicts, which focuses on rehabilitation, rather than punitive criminal prosecution, making Portugal a world leader in positive change in drug policy.

In 1999, our guest received the Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award from the Youth in Film Awards.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Johnny Whitaker, go to:

http://www.johnnywhitaker.com/

http://www.pasoporpaso.org/

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