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Q What's going on with Kevin Sorbo of the
Hercules TV series?
—Kim Lee. Willow Spring, N.C
Sorbo, the married father of three children and native
of Mound, Minn., is working up a storm. He appeared
in the recent TV movie Christmas Angel and stars in
Abel’s Field, which goes to
i DVD on Jan. 22, in which
| he plays a janitor who
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1 Lights,” says the actor, 54,
£ who has six more movies
awaiting release, including
God’s Not Dead, FDR and
Julia X. His book True
Strength, that deals with
his recovery from strokes
he suffered while making
the TV series Hercules, is
now in paperback.
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Q Whatever happened to Ty Hardin, who
played Bronco Layne in the Western series?
—Stephen K. Hauser. Elm Grove, Wis
Hardin, 83, was born in New York but grew up
on his grandparents’ farm near Austin, Texas.
The Korean War veteran, who played college
football at Texas A&M under coach Bear Bryant,
starred in Bronco, a TV spin-off of Cheyenne,
from 1958 to 1962. He also was in the 1960 s films
Merrill’'s Marauders, PT 109, Wall of Noise and
Palm Springs Weekend. After making spaghetti
Westerns in Europe and an Australian series,
Riptide, Hardin retired from
show biz and now lives in
Southern California.
Q Is the actress who plays Debbie ;
Weaver on The Neighbors the same 2
one who was in Square Pegs? ? ¥
—Patricia Campbell, Clinton, Ohio " L o
Yes, that’s Jami Gertz. The actress, 47, ;fi,
was discovered by producer Norman :
Lear while still in her teens and
went on to appear in films
including Sixteen Candles, The
Lost Boys and Less Than Zero, as
well as the 1980 s TV series Square
Pegs, before transitioning to adult \» '.-“\‘" .
roles on Still Standing, Entourage, Ally “i
Mcßeal and the TV movie Gilda Radner:
It’s Always Something. “I think itis a
blessing to make someone laugh,” says the
Chicago-born mother of three sons. “That
is a gift. I feel lucky to be able to do that and
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: g, Della Street on Perry Mason?
*“” —Kay Griffin. Lamesa, Texas
- Hale, 90, a native of DeKalb, 111,
- won an Emmy for her role as
® Mason’s confidential secretary
in the 1957-1966 TV series. She
G made about 45 films between
N 1943 and 1978, including Lady
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Doone, A Lion Is in the Streets
and Airport. She and her late husband, actor Bill Williams,
who starred in The Adventures of Kit Carson, have two
daughters and a son, William Katt, who starred in The
Greatest American Hero TV series and also played detective
Paul Drake Jr. in several Perry Mason TV movies.
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