Another addition for today. Jon guested on an episode of the series MCMILLAN & WIFE as a jewel thief who targets the eponymous Sally McMillan played by Susan Saint James. Jon’s a little fishy here in terms of how slippery he plays his character of John Thomas Clark, a mural designer who gains access to the homes of his victims via his work.
You’ve likely noticed a significant update to the gallery. It comes in the form of all twenty four episodes of MAJOR DAD where Jon played the part of Brigadier General Marcus C. Craig. I loved this character. Not only was Jon able to show his comedic side, but he was so perfect as Craig. I loved his interaction with the entire cast. While I’m not a fan of the military life it did a good job in showing what those in the military go through in terms of deployment and the effect that has on the families. Though I doubt they get into the many comical shenanigans as this cast did. What got me about Jon’s performance is that while he was funny, when the need presented itself you could see he brought his seriousness to the issue. The highlight of season two was Jon’s outstanding performance of The Impossible Dream, a piece he performed as the lead character Don Quixote in THE MAN OF LAMANCHA, a role he performed understudy for in 1965 while playing the part of Dr. Carrasco. I’ve heard this piece performed by the likes of Colm Wilkinson, Robert Goulet, and others, but I think my favourite has to be Jon’s, though I’d kill to hear him do it with a full symphony orchestra. I’m including a rip of that part of the episode The Possible Dream where Camp Hollister performed a talent show for the civilians on the base. An interesting bit of trivia, if you look in the crowd at the lady with the long white hair, that is Jon’s wife, Dr. Carol Rosin. Enjoy.
I have something new for you. From 1975 Jon guested on four episodes of the show MARCUS WELBY M. D. where he played the part of Eric Brandon. I remember the episodes mainly because for the show, season seven was a watershed for the series. Dr. Steven Kiley played by James Brolin, met and fell in love with a woman played by Pamela Hensley. Her character was Janet Blake who was the new administrator of the hospital where Steve and Marcus Welby (Robert Young) worked at. Jon’s character of Eric Brandon was the former flame of Janet’s who comes back into her life to hassle her. Funny I never correlated this actor to the same one who played Chief Fletcher Daniels on HILL STREET BLUES. Sorry I only have the stills from the episodes Jon was in. I’m hoping to sometime come across the episodes so I can cap them up and get them into the gallery. Unfortunately the only seasons currently available on DVD are the first two. No word yet as to when the other ones will be out. Hopefully soon.
I’m hoping to get more of Jon’s work up on the site. My apologies for not having had more time to spend here as I simply adore Jon. I’m trying to get a hold of Jon’s three seasons as Major General Marcus Craig in MAJOR DAD, however, getting those seasons has been hard. I’m also trying to get Jon’s work in HILL STREET BLUES completed. Please be patient. I also have Jon’s role as General Martin Goldman in one of my favourite series TOUR OF DUTY I’m trying to convert to a usable file size so I can do good screencaps for the gallery. I know there are some of you who are asking whether I have Jon’s role as The Prince in the 1957 television live broadcast of CINDERELLA. I do have it. Unfortunately the quality isn’t all that great. I’m currently trying to find a good version of it with a large enough screencap so it would be useable for the site. I do have some stills and the music from the show I will try to get up soon. Please again be patient. I’m going through some personal things right now that is sort of making it difficult to get to the things I want to. Please feel free to check out all the images I do have up in the Gallery. Thanks.
Another blast from the past in terms of Jon’s episodic television roles. This time it’s from BONANZA where Jon played the part of a Confederate soldier name Col. Cody Ransom. The episode was about the Cartwrights coming to the aid of Jon’s character whose men had been fugitives after the Civil War has ended. The plot involved Washington’s desire to allow Ransom and his men to surrender themselves in order to go back to the lives they lived before the war erupted. A good performance by Jon and he looks so good in unifrom…but I think we all know that from both MAJOR DAD and of course MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE. This episode included a ten-year-old Jodie Foster as Jon’s daughter Bluebird. I couldn’t help but think of Jon’s real life daughter Rowan when I was watching this. Jon looked so natural with Foster and the hug was so sweet. This is one of Jon’s best performances from early in his career.
A rare treat this time. I have Jon’s appearance from the 60s television program FLIPPER. Here Jon played the part of Jim Lorman, a nefarious bounty hunter who was employed to steal a rare fish from a seaquarium where the series stars including Flipper studied rare undersea life. Jon plays nefarious quite well I think. All this while looking handsome and hot. I think Jon made the most out of what was largely your standard baddie for a kid’s show. It was good to see Jon largely without a shirt and as close as one can get to having him nude. The long shorts looked well on him and it was also good to see Jon doing much of his own swimming. Without further adieu.
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