In light of the new Kenneth Branagh version of CINDERELLA due out in theatres in March, I thought it might be time to take another trip down that staircase with the glass slipper and remember Jon in his role as Prince Christopher from the 1957 live televised airing of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical of the same name. Though in the new version the part of the Prince is being played by Game of Thrones star Richard Madden. In this version the Prince has a new name. That is Kit. Can Richard compare to Jon? I think he’s my close second since no other can compare to Jon. The clip is the part where Christopher is in search of his princess and is all about to give up hope. Here Jon joins Dorothy Stickney in a reprise of Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful. In the making of on the DVD, Jon tells of his flub up where he sang over Dorothy. You can tell he knew he’d done the unforgivable, though I will give him a pass because he’s Jon Cypher and he was just so earnest in his wanting to find his princess. And if that princess was Julie Andrews, wouldn’t you be?
Happy New Year everyone and I hope your Christmas Holidays were the best ever. Mine were great and the New Year started off great for me. Thanks to everyone who has visited the site in the last year and here’s to a wonderful 2015. To start off the year, I have some stills of Jon from his work as Dirk E. Maurier from the ABC television soaper DYNASTY. I think it was great for Jon to have been able to be a part of three very successful series during the 80s. That he played three different characters on three different shows on three different networks was great for him. Those roles and series were; Dirk Maurier on ABC’s DYNASTY, Jeff Munson on CBS’s KNOTS LANDING and Chief Fletcher Daniels on NBC’s HILL STREET BLUES. I can’t think of any actor that had that kind of elasticity when moving between networks, yet Jon did it and created three distinctly different characters. Kudos to him.
- [007] STILLS: DYNASTY – E7X22 THE GARAGE
An updated album for VALDEZ IS COMING. I have three new larger images from the lobby cards for the film. Jon made his screen debut as Frank Tanner. Enjoy.
- [003] LOBBY CARDS: VALDEZ IS COMING – UPDATED ALBUM
I was able to get a hold of four more stills from Jon’s film MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE where Jon played the part of Duncan, Man-At-Arms. Please enjoy.
- [004] STILLS: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE – UPDATED ALBUM
The last for the night…yeah, right! The same year Jon guested on MCMILLAN & WIFE he also did an episode of the spy series MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE in the part of Art Stafford a rich member of a drug syndicate set in Southeast Asia. Jon’s main raison d’être is to be a general rat, a condition he plays to maximum effect.
- [659] SCREENCAPS: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – E5X22 TRAPPED
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.
- [642] SCREENCAPS: MCMILLAN & WIFE – E1X05 THE FACE OF MURDER
