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Long before Magnum, PI put Tom Selleck on the
map, Charlie's Angels owned the world of TV private eyes. Nominated
for 4 Emmys and 7 Golden Globes, including 2 for Best TV Series -
Drama, Charlie's Angels was a truly rare overnight sensation. The
forerunner to modern day shows such as La Femme Nikita and Alias,
creators Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts capped off long careers as
showbiz writers by penning the unforgettable story of three sexy and
vivacious private investigators. Executive producer Aaron Spelling
(linked to innumerable hit shows such as Beverly Hills 90210, The
Love Boat, Melrose Place, Dynasty, 7th Heaven, and Charmed among
others) played a prominent role in the pop culture explosion of this
series which witnessed the immediate mass marketing of Charlie's
Angels trading cards, posters, lunchboxes, and endless other
memorabilia - including a full-length feature film of the same name
two decades later (2000). Through the duration of the series (five
seasons), the cast changed continuously as Charlie's angels became
media stars in their own right and left to pursue various
opportunities in modeling, film, and TV…
Charlie's Angels centers around a group of
gorgeous female ex-police officers hired to work for the Charles
Townsend Detective Agency. A mysterious multi-millionaire with
seemingly unlimited means, Charles Townsend communicates with his
girls via speaker-phone and through the aid of his personal
assistant, John Bosley (David Doyle). Charlie sends the girls on
various undercover missions and dangerous assignments where they
apprehend criminals and pursue justice with a vengeance. The
original angels are Sabrina Duncan (Kate Jackson) who plays the role
of the "smartest" angel, Kelly Garrett (Jaclyn Smith) who plays the
part of the "street-smart" angel, and Jill Munroe (Farrah Fawcett)
who plays the role of the "athletic" angel. Together, they unleash
their collective talents on the criminal underworld, putting their
own lives at risk in process… As the show progressed, Jill Munroe
left as a regular on the series and was replaced by her sister Kris
(Cheryl Ladd). The following year, Sabrina left the agency to tend
to her family and was replaced by Tiffany (Shelley Hack) and later
by Julie (Tanya Roberts)…
The Charlie's Angels DVD features a number of
action-packed episodes including the series premiere "Hellride" in
which the audience first learns of the mysterious Charles Townsend
Detective Agency and the beautiful women who comprise the majority
of its agents. When a female racecar driver suffers a questionable
death, Charlie sends the girls out to uncover the truth. To get the
job done, Sabrina poses as a racecar driver, and the girls discover
the existence of a murderous conspiracy… Other notable episodes from
Season 1 include "Bullseye" in which the angels uncover a drug-ring
owned and operated by two corrupt military officials, and "The Vegas
Connection" in which the angels and Bosley travel to Las Vegas in
order to catch a deviant con artist…
Below is a list of episodes included on the
Charlie's Angels (Season 1) DVD:
Episode 1 (Hellride) Air Date: 09-22-1976
Episode 2 (The Mexican Connection) Air Date: 09-29-1976
Episode 3 (Night of the Strangler) Air Date: 10-13-1976
Episode 4 (Angels in Chains) Air Date: 10-20-1976
Episode 5 (Target: Angels) Air Date: 10-27-1976
Episode 6 (The Killing Kind) Air Date: 11-03-1976
Episode 7 (To Kill an Angel) Air Date: 11-10-1976
Episode 8 (Lady Killer) Air Date: 11-24-1976
Episode 9 (Bullseye) Air Date: 12-01-1976
Episode 10 (Consenting Adults) Air Date: 12-08-1976
Episode 11 (The Seance) Air Date: 12-15-1976
Episode 12 (Angels on Wheels) Air Date: 12-22-1976
Episode 13 (Angel Trap) Air Date: 01-05-1977
Episode 14 (The Big Tap Out) Air Date: 01-12-1977
Episode 15 (Angels on a String) Air Date: 01-19-1977
Episode 16 (Dirty Business) Air Date: 02-02-1977
Episode 17 (The Vegas Connection) Air Date: 02-09-1977
Episode 18 (Terror on Ward One) Air Date: 02-16-1977
Episode 19 (Dancing in the Dark) Air Date: 02-23-1977
Episode 20 (I Will Be Remembered) Air Date: 03-09-1977
Episode 21 (Angels at Sea) Air Date: 03-23-1977
Episode 22 (The Blue Angels) Air Date: 05-04-1977
Who Was Charlie in
Charlie's Angels?
By Vernon Stent
The man who played Charles Townsend - he was the never-seen answer
phone voice - in Charlie's Angels was John Forsythe. Now he is well
into his eighties and enjoying his retirement.
John Lincoln Freund was born in Penns Grove, New
Jersey as firstborn to Samuel and Blanche Freund in 1918. John was
soon joined by a sister and a brother. He graduated from Abraham
Lincoln High School, Bronx, New York when he was still 16 and spent
two years at the University of North Carolina. After graduation he
found a job as sportscaster for the Brooklyn Dodgers, a dream job
for the baseball mad young man. His experience behind the microphone
and some work with a children's theatre company got John thinking
about the possibility of taking up acting. His father was not sure
about the idea and had always expected that John would take up a
more stable career. He intuitively realised, though, that it would
be better to support his son rather than reject his choice, although
John was not sure himself whether his chosen path would prove to be
the right one. Only time would tell.
John Freund became actor John Forsythe as he
took on bit parts off- and on-Broadway as well as landing roles in
radio dramas. Whilst treading the boards he met fellow actress
Parker MacCormick and they married in 1939. Around the time of the
birth of their son, Dall, in 1941, John Forsythe was noticed by
Warner Brothers who signed him up. Events were moving apace as the
Second World War intervened. John was signed up to the Army Air
Corps where he appeared in the show Winged Victory
He continued to play several uncredited movie
parts for Warner Brothers, including a part in Action in the
North Atlantic and another part (a soldier) in Northern
Pursuit in 1943. He landed his first credited part later that
year in Destination Tokyo, playing a sailor. By now, his
marriage was over and he had met Julie Warren and they soon wed.
After the war John was asked to help Elia
Kazan, Cheryl Crawford and Robert Lewis with the fledgling Actor's
Studio project. One of the students he coached was a very young Joan
Collins, later to co-star with him in Dynasty. Television was
still in its early years, but already it was hungry for acting
talent as the first commercial networked show was being planned at
WNBT-TV. This was Kraft Television Theatre. John Forsythe was
an obvious candidate as he was certainly in the right place at the
right time.
These days it may be hard to imagine how
relatively unimportant television was on those days. It was
roughly equivalent to somebody doing a webcast about 10 years ago
when most internet connections were far too slow to see any video,
leaving a very limited audience. However, the fact that John was in
television at such an early stage meant that he had the contacts and
the track record that would bring work to him in the future. Indeed,
his early work on stage, film and television meant that he was
always engaged in one of those media throughout his career and was
never out of work for any length of time. Another string to his bow
was the fact that he had a very clear voice with excellent diction.
This carried with it authority and clarity and was excellent for
narration, voice-overs and hosting shows. He was in demand in later
years as a voice-over artist for corporate videos and was famously
cast as Charlie (Charles Townsend), the never seen subject of the
hit tv series Charlie's Angels.
Most of his career was in television, playing
dramatic roles in such shows as in Starlight Theatre,
Suspense and Studio One. Then, in 1957, came the
situation comedy series Bachelor Father. Situation comedies
were a rarity on television on those days. Comedy was more likely to
be found in variety show acts. Radio, on the other hand, was
familiar territory for sit-coms and it was a radio scriptwriter who
came up with the idea for Bachelor Father. A situation comedy
required a situation, preferably an unusual situation that would
give rise to misunderstandings and comic conflict. The situation
that scriptwriter Everett Freeman put forward to MCA's Revue
Productions, one of U.S. television's mainstay production houses,
was where a wealthy bachelor attorney is landed with the role of
looking after his young niece after her parents are killed in an
auto accident. The trouble really starts when the young lady becomes
a teenager. This situation was certainly a recipe for
misunderstanding and conflict. This was a major shift for John
Forsythe, who was invited to play the lead role of Bentley Gregg,
the man-about-town bachelor, as this was his first comedy role on
television.
The scripts for Bachelor Father were
genteel and refined. Bentley Gregg and Kelly, his niece, played by
Noreen Corcoran, are kindly folk who have a slightly different
outlook on life. Bentley is keen to keep up his bachelor lifestyle
while Kelly likes to play matchmaker or unintentionally involve
Bentley in a situation that causes him embarrassment. The
housekeeper, played by Sammee Tong, provides some more farcical
moments as a counterweight to the softer comedy of the main
protagonists.
Bachelor Father ran for five seasons in all,
covering Kelly's emergence into womanhood as she dated various
suitors until she finally got engaged. Finally is the apt word as
the show was pulled before there could be a wedding.
Onwards and upwards, John Forsythe followed
with The John Forsythe Show in 1965, using a similar comedy
format. He still took on many straight roles on television and some
in the theater and on film. As well as being Charlie to the Angels,
he became world famous in the 1980s as scheming Blake Carrington in
Dynasty where he came to work with his old pupil, Joan
Collins.
Sadly, in 1994, his wife of nearly 50 years,
Julie Warren, died. He married Nicole Carter in 2002.
John Forsythe was a pioneer. He was one of the
earliest members of the Actor's Studio and one of the early faces on
television. He now lives a very contented retirement on his Bel Air
ranch, enjoying his horses, his art collection and his family. It
seems that the choice he made back in 1940, to go into acting, was
the right one after all.
