Neville Brand

He served in the US Army during World War II and was the fourth most decorated soldier of the war (Actor Audie Murphy being the first).
. It should also be pointed out that Brand was a real life hero. He has rerecorded several Partridge Family songs and is still touring as of 2004. One of the funnier moments was the twin episode in which gruff and dusty Reese has an immaculate and proper lookalike that confounds the other Texas Rangers.
Cassidy has recorded several solo albums and continues to record. One of the most heart wrenching scenes on TV showed Brand's character, Reese Bennet, waiting in torment when he realizes he has been stood up by the love of his life. In 2000 he appeared in the Las Vegas show David Cassidy At The Copa with co-star Sheena Easton.

Known also for his cowboy roles, he stared in his own TV series, Laredo, with William Smith, Peter Brown, and Claude Akins. The show ran very successfully in Las Vegas. Many will remember him as Bull Hansom, the prison guard of The Birdman of Alkatraz, and as the antagonistic prisoner in Stalag 17. He also created a show about the Rat Pack, in which he occasionally made guest appearances playing Bobby Darin. The characterization caused an outcry from the Italian American community over stereotypes. In 1996, he took over from Michael Crawford in the Las Vegas show, EFX. Of the hundreds of roles he has played, he is probably most well known as Al Capone in the TV show The Untouchables. Cassidy has appeared in several Broadway musicals, including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Blood Brothers.

However, he played a very romantic lead in the movie Return From the Sea with Jan Sterling and a heartwarming character who was brain damaged and misunderstood in an episode of the TV show Daniel Boone. He played Hoss Cartwright's (Dan Blocker) Uncle Guntur on Bonanza. He also made a couple of small films in the 1990s. I'm a loser.". In 1980, Cassidy had a cameo in the television movie, The Night the City Screamed. He played the villain in so many movies, his self-image became affected, culminating in a television interview on TV's Entertainment Tonight show with the actor moving about in agitation repeating, "I'm a loser. The show was not a hit and was cancelled after one season. The worst career move of his life was to kill the Elvis Presley character in Love Me Tender. Due to the success of the episode, NBC created a prime time show based on it called David Cassidy: Man Under Cover.

Gravel-voiced Neville Brand started his big screen career in D.O.A. as a henchman named Chester. He received an Emmy nomination for this role. Neville Brand (August 13, 1920 - April 16, 1992) was a television and movie actor. He also starred in an episode of Police Story in 1978 called A Chance to Live. Five Gates To Hell. He did continue to record after he left The Partridge Family and released several critically well-received albums on RCA during the 1970s. Captains Couragous. He toured for a while after the show ended, retiring from touring in 1975.

Tora! Tora! Tora!. Cassidy grew tired of playing the character of Keith Partridge and decided to leave the series in 1974. Charge At Feather River (the first 3-D movie). There were ten Partridge Family albums and several David Cassidy solo albums during the run of the show. Love Me Tender. On The Partridge Family he played Keith Partridge, son of Shirley Partridge, who was played by Shirley Jones, Cassidy's real-life stepmother. Backtrack (a compilation of a few Laredo episodes). He then took over the lead vocals for The Partridge Family recordings and quickly became a teen idol.

The Birdman Of Alcatraz. When he first started working on The Partridge Family nobody knew that he could sing, until Cassidy himself brought it up. Return From The Sea. Prior to The Partridge Family, Cassidy appeared in a number of television programs, among them Marcus Welby, M.D., The Mod Squad, Bonanza, and Ironside. D.O.A.. He is the son of the late actor Jack Cassidy and actress Evelyn Ward. David Bruce Cassidy (born April 12, 1950) is an American actor who starred in the television series The Partridge Family from 1970 to 1974.

Spirit of '76 (1991). Instant Karma (1990). The Night the City Screamed (1980). World of the Partridge Family.

Bulletin Board. Crossword Puzzle. The Partridge Family Notebook. At Home With Their Greatest Hits.

Shopping Bag. Christmas Card. Sound Magazine. Up To Date.

The Partridge Family Album. A Touch of Blue. Then and Now. Classic Songs.

Old Trick New Dog. Didn't You Used to be?. David Cassidy. The Best of David Cassidy.

His Greatest Hits - Live. Romance. Gettin' it in the Streets. Home is where the Heart is.

The Higher They Climb. Cassidy Live!. Dreams are Nuthin' More than Wishes. Rock Me Baby.

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