Where Are They Now - Friday, November 17, 2017

Hello fans,

Larry Manetti is best known for playing Orville "Rick" Wright on the CBS television series Magnum P.I. What else has he done with his career? What is he doing now? Find out here!

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Steve

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Susan Blakely: She played Julie Prescott in the TV mini-series "Rich Man, Poor Man", she's also appeared in "The Lords of Flatbush", "The Towering Inferno" and other movies

Joe Piscopo: Comedian/actor, former regular on the TV show "Saturday Night Live"

Bruce Gordon: He played mob boss Frank Nitti in the TV series "The Untouchables"



(Answer at the bottom)
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Larry Manetti
Learn More About Larry Manetti on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: July 23, 1947, Chicago, IL

CLAIM TO FAME: He is best known for his starring role as Orville "Rick" Wright on the long-running CBS television series Magnum P.I.

FAMILY LIFE: He is married to actress Nancy DeCarl; they have one son, Lorenzo Manetti (b. 1980).

INFO: Manetti studied acting with the Ted List Players in Chicago, and his first television role was in Jack Webb's Chase (1973-74). He then played pilot Bobby Boyle in Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976-78) with Robert Conrad. Later, he had a role as a book on the NBC series The Duke (1979). His best known role on Magnum P.I. lasted for the eight year run of the series, from 1980-88.

He co-starred in 25 feature films and guest starred on several other television shows including Emergency!, Tenspeed and Brownshoe, Tales from the Darkside, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Battlestar Galactica, Renegade, Quantum Leap, JAG and Walker, Texas Ranger.

TRIVIA: Is the author of the semi-autobiographical Aloha Magnum built around his time on Magnum P.I. and anecdotes about fellow cast members and celebrities such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and Michelle Pfeiffer.

Used to host a "Celebrity Brunch" and own a restaurant at the Plaza Hotel & Casino.

Is a fan of "The Jeffersons" (1975).

WHERE IS HE NOW: He does a podcast called the PM Show with Larry Manetti on CRN every Tuesday with a different guest featured each week. Here is a link to the podcast: http://crntalk.com/larrymanetti

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.larrymanetti.com/

CREDITS:

2013-2016 Hawaii Five-0 (TV Series)...Nicky 'The Kid' Demarco
- Ua ola loko i ke aloha (2016) ... Nicky 'The Kid' Demarco
- Ka Makau Kaa Kaua (2015) ... Nicky 'The Kid' Demarco
- Ka Hana Malu (2014) ... Nicky 'The Kid' Demarco
- Makani 'Olu a Holo Malie (2014) ... Nicky 'The Kid' Demarco
- Hau'oli La Ho'omoaika'i (2013) ... Nicky 'The Kid' Demarco
- Pa'ani (2013) ... Nicky 'The Kid' Demarco

2012 The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez

2010 Sinatra Club...Peg Leg Broncato

2007 Las Vegas (TV series)...Larry
When Life Gives You Lemon Bars (2007)

2005 Back to You and Me (TV movie)...Nelson

2005 Cool Money (TV movie)...Det. Ed O'Connor

2004 Scrambled Eggs (short)...Victor

1997-2004 JAG (TV series)...Andy Kochifos / Stan Nadelman / Tour Manager

2003 Monster Makers (TV movie)...Spatz Lonegan

2002 The Stoneman...Sgt. C. 'Chickie' Mudryck

2001 Random Acts

2000 The Alternate...Agent Harris

1993-2000 Walker, Texas Ranger (TV series)...Shelby / Hendrix

1999 Hijack...Thomas Grady

1999 Time Served (TV movie)...Billy

1999 No Tomorrow...Lewis

1999 The Net (TV series)...Lyle
Pay the Line (1999)

1998 Fatal Pursuit...Gersi

1998 Scar City...Paul

1997/II Top of the World...Morgan

1993-1996 Renegade (TV series)...Jackie Rosetti / Timothy Macy / Mr King

1996 Exit (video)...Haney

1996 Subliminal Seduction (TV movie)...Larry Bonner

1995 Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure (video)...Derrick Richmond

1995 Crowfoot (TV movie)...Angel

1995 Marker (TV series) ...Lt. Osterman
Snowballs in Hawaii (1995)

1994 Cobra (TV series)...Nick Collotie
Precious (1994)

1994 Bandit: Bandit Bandit (TV movie)...Currier

1993 CIA II: Target Alexa...Radcliffe

1993 Snapdragon...Lengle

1993 Street Justice (TV series)...Doc Nash
Bitter Fruit (1993)

1993 Quantum Leap (TV series) ...Vic
A Tale of Two Sweeties - February 25, 1958 (1993)

1992 The Hat Squad (TV series)...Terry Teasley
92 Seconds to Midnight (1992)

1992 Swamp Thing (TV series)...Nestor Parkins / Officer Nestor

1992 Raven (TV series)...Tony Piero
Reunion (1992)

1990 The Take (TV movie)...Barry Shaw

1980-1988 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)...Orville 'Rick' Wright / Rick / Charlie Chaplin / â?¦

1986 Tales from the Darkside (TV series)...Henry Hogan / Junior P. Harmon

1984 Hotel (TV series)...Owen Lloyd
Flesh and Blood (1984)

1982 Fantasy Island (TV series)...Marty Downs
Face of Love/Image of Celeste (1982)

1980 Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV series)...Chip Vincent

1979 The Rockford Files (TV series)...Larry St. Cloud
Nice Guys Finish Dead (1979)

1979 The Duke (TV series)...Joe Cadillac

1978 Battlestar Galactica (TV series)...Giles

1976-1978 Black Sheep Squadron (TV series)...Lt. Bob Boyle / Boyle / Robert Boyle

1973-1978 Emergency! (TV series)...Brian / Fireman Charlie / Paramedic

1977 Sudden Death

1976 Two-Minute Warning...The S.W.A.T. Team - Pratt

1974-1976 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)...Johnny Brennan / Larry Walsh

1976 Switch (TV series)...Sgt. Valli
The Walking Bomb (1976)

1975 The Kansas City Massacre (TV movie)...Harry Pierpont

1975 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)...Stan
Pilot (1975)

1974 Barnaby Jones (TV series)...Joe Scully
Mystery Cycle (1974)

1974 Chase (TV series)
$35 Will Fly You to the Moon (1974)

1973 The Girl Most Likely to... (TV movie)...Football Player-Student

To see Then & Now pictures of Larry Manetti, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Susan Blakely - ALIVE
Born: 09/07/1952

Joe Piscopo - ALIVE
Born: 06/17/1951

Bruce Gordon - DEAD
Born: 02/01/1916 Died: 01/20/2011

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
11/14
Little Mama, c. 79, oldest chimpanzee on record (Lion Country Safari), kidney failure.
Uwe Reinhardt, 80, German-born Canadian-American economist (Princeton University).
Jean-Pierre Schmitz, 85, Luxembourgian road bicycle racer.
Vitali Shapovalov, 78, Russian actor (Lenin in Paris, Dead Souls, Deja Vu).
Shyama, 82, Indian actress.
Nancy Zieman, 64, American writer and television host (Sewing with Nancy), cancer.

11/13
Jeff Capel II, 64, American college basketball coach (North Carolina A&T, Old Dominion), ALS.
Bobby Doerr, 99, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
Thomas J. Hudner Jr., 93, American naval aviator, Medal of Honor recipient (Battle of Chosin Reservoir).
Jeremy Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington, 102, British lawyer and life peer.
Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert, 84, British police officer, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (1987-1992) and life peer.
Alina Janowska, 94, Polish actress, Alzheimer's disease.
Yannis Kapsis, 88, Greek journalist (Ta Nea) and politician, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (1982-1989).
Janet Paula Lupo, 67, American model (Playboy).
Haskell Monroe, 86, American educator, President of the University of Texas at El Paso (1980-1987) and the University of Missouri (1987-1993).
Kevin Phillips, 63, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (since 2011).
David Poisson, 35, French alpine skier, training crash.
Jim Rivera, 96, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics).
Eric Salzman, 84, American composer (Center for Contemporary Opera), heart attack.

11/12
Michel Chapuis, 87, French classical organist and pedagogue.
Chad Hanks, 46, American rock bassist (American Head Charge).
Ashok Khale, 64, Indian racing cyclist, traffic collision.
Jamie MacDonald, 26, Welsh judoka, brain tumour.
Bernard Panafieu, 86, French Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix (1978-1994) and Marseille (1995-2006).
John C. Raines, 84, American civil rights activist and member of the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI, congestive heart failure.
Jack Ralite, 89, French politician, MP (1973-1981), Minister of Health (1981-1983) and Senator (1995-2011).
Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy, 9th Baron Langford, 105, British Army officer and hereditary peer.
Amar Rouaï, 85, Algerian football player and manager.
Edith Savage-Jennings, 93, American civil rights activist.
Liz Smith, 94, American gossip columnist (Newsday, New York Daily News).
Santiago Vernazza, 89, Argentine footballer (River Plate, AC Milan, national team).

11/11
Henry Badenhorst, 51, South African businessman, co-founder of Gaydar, suicide.
Kirti Nidhi Bista, 90, Nepali politician, Prime Minister (1969-1970, 1971-1973, 1977-1979), cancer.
Vanu Bose, 52, American engineer and technology executive, pulmonary embolism.
Chiquito de la Calzada, 85, Spanish singer, actor and comedian, complications of cardiac catheterization.
Frank Corsaro, 92, American opera director and actor (Rachel, Rachel).
Floyd Crawford, 88, Canadian ice hockey player, world champion (1959).
Carlos Dívar, 75, Spanish magistrate, President of Audiencia Nacional (2001-2008), General Council of the Judiciary and Supreme Court (2008-2012).
Edward S. Herman, 92, American economist and journalist (Manufacturing Consent).
Franco Hernandez, 26, Filipino television personality (It's Showtime) and singer, drowned.
Nate Hobgood-Chittick, 42, American football player (St. Louis Rams, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers), heart attack.
Baard Owe, 81, Norwegian-born Danish actor (The Kingdom), lung cancer.
Haresh Pandya, 53, Indian journalist.
Rance Pless, 91, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics).
Jeffrey T. Richelson, 67, American author and national security researcher, cancer.
Valery Rozov, 52, Russian BASE jumper, wingsuit crash.
Ian Wachtmeister, 84, Swedish metallurgic executive, count and politician, MP (1991-1994), founder of New Democracy, lymphoma.
Freddie Williams, 81, English darts referee.

11/10
Moniz Bandeira, 81, Brazilian political scientist, historian and poet.
Márcia Cabrita (pt), 53, Brazilian actress (Sai de Baixo), ovarian cancer.
Neil Clerehan, 94, Australian architect.
Geoff Fletcher, 74, English rugby league player (Leigh Centurions).
Ila Jones, 114, American supercentenarian.
Ray Lovelock, 67, Italian actor (Fiddler on the Roof, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Murder Rock) and musician, cancer.
A. G. Milkha Singh, 75, Indian cricketer.
Mikhail Zadornov, 69, Latvian-born Russian comedian and writer, cancer.

11/9
Rob Astbury, 69, Australian sports journalist.
Grete Berget, 63, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children and Family Affairs (1991-1996), cancer.
Sir Arlington Butler, 79, Bahamian politician.
Donald S. Coffey, 85, American physician.
Fred Cole, 69, American singer and musician (The Lollipop Shoppe, Dead Moon), liver disease.
Tom Coughlan, 83, New Zealand rugby union player (South Canterbury, national team).[62]
Akbar Eftekhari, 73, Iranian footballer (Persepolis F.C.).
Robert Gensburg, 78, American lawyer.
John Hillerman, 84, American actor (Magnum, P.I., Chinatown, Blazing Saddles), Emmy winner (1987).
Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo, 102, Pakistani writer and scholar.
Chuck Mosley, 57, American singer (Faith No More, Bad Brains) and songwriter ("We Care a Lot").
Chuck Nergard, 88, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1967-1976, 1978-1990).
Priyan, 53, Indian cinematographer, heart attack.
Shyla Stylez, 35, Canadian pornographic actress.
Costas Vergopoulos (el), 76, Greek economist and author, hematoma.
Hans Vermeulen (nl), 70, Dutch singer and musician (Sandy Coast, Anita Meyer, Stars on 45), winner of Golden Harp.