Captain Gregg's portrait
I wonder if Edward Mulhare ended up with the portrait after the series ended.
Edward and Hope had such great chemistry together on this show. Were they friends outside of the series?
I belong to a GAMM group on yahoo that discusses this series and shares pictures and fan fiction and we watch very old recordings of the show that is STILL not available on DVD, blast it!
The story on the portrait is this: The artist retained ownership of it (I don't know his name) and when the series was cancelled, it was offered to Edward Mulhare... for a price. Some ridiculously large amount for 1970 --- like $30,000. Mulhare said "no thanks," and Fox didn't want it either. The portrait was auctioned at Southbys, a well known auction house and a private owner bought it. It's whereabouts are now unknown and it has never come up for sale again.
I do have a picture that another loopie shared with us of Edward Mulhare standing in front of the portrait -- in the booklet Southby's put out for the auction.
Personally, I think Edward should have negotiated better and kept it. I also read that he did keep one of the false beard and moustache sets he wore for the show (he hated that part of his role -- his makeup took two hours in the morning).
Another loopie mentioned meeting EM HL and CNR at plays years later and they had obtained copies of some of the TV scripts that the actors didn't even have! At this date, 41 scripts have been tracked down -- (copies) nine are still missing.
As for your other question, my understanding is that HL and EM were friends outside the series --- and years later Edward was very supportive of Hope Lange when she was going through her brain tumor treatment in the 80's. I also read another article put out when the series was on the air that Mulhare and Reilly would come over to Hope's house and watch the show for that week with her two kids and husband at the time, Alan Pakula... but that could be publicity stuff at the time, I suppose.
I love this show --- have since I was 11 -- especially the first season! I certainly hope that it will come out on DVD soon!
Thanks for the great information! I love this show also. Might you know what became of the 2 kids from the show?
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Both retired from show biz after this show. Harlen became an civil engineer and got married in around 1984 -- Kellie also grew up, got married, ran a video production service for a while and is currently working on a book about her life as a child actor and lives with her husband and daughter (in California, I think, but I would have to check.) CNR is still around, and recently finished a one man show called the Life of Reilly... I think a film is available -- or will be available. There are currently some cuts of it on YOUTUBE. http://youtube.com/watch?v=ukjH3FSYdjE
Mulhare, Lange and Reta Shaw of course have passed on, but some guest stars still remain... Richard Dreyfus, William Daniels, Shelly Fabares, Eileen Brennan... and Dabbs Greer, who played Norrie during the first season is still around, too!
Again, thank you. I'm looking forward to Kellie's book.
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