August 23, 2019
Today's featured celebrity was not trapped down at the bottom of a well. Although, I believe he might have been in his youth and the brave and dependable Lassie had to save him. It's Lassie star Jon Provost!
Provost and Lassie were best friends for seven very memorable and very entertaining years on the program. Let's see what he's been lately and listen for the whistle...
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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":
Amanda Blake: Played Miss Kitty on the TV series "Gunsmoke"
Lauren Chapin: Played Kathy Anderson, known as Kitten, in the TV series "Father Knows Best"
Gina Lollobrigida: Italian actress, "Solomon and Sheba", "Come September", later became a successful photographer
(Answer at the bottom)
Jon Provost
Click Here to Learn More About Jon Provost, see Then & Now pictures, and find out What He's Been Up To on Celebrity Nooz
BIRTH DATE: March 12, 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA
BIRTH NAME: Jonathan Bion Provost
CLAIM TO FAME: Jon Provost is an American actor, best known for his role as young Timmy Martin in the CBS series Lassie (1957-1964).
FAMILY LIFE: Provost met and later married, in 1979, first wife Sandy after accidentally backing his car into hers. They have a son and a daughter together. They subsequently divorced in 1993. Provost then married Laurie Jacobson in 1999 and the two are still going strong today.
INFO: In 1957, Provost won the role of Timmy Martin in the CBS television series Lassie. He joined the show at the top of the fourth season.
Jon left Hollywood for college at Sonoma State University and chose to remain there, returning for occasional roles.
He sold real estate in Sonoma County, California and donated his time to various causes.
Served on the Board of Directors for Canine Companions for Independence, a non-paid position he held for more than 25 years. Among his many awards was one presented by the Motion Picture Council for his dedication in helping the physically challenged.
Seven-year-old Jon was hand-picked, and not screen-tested, for his role on Lassie solely based on the strength of his work in Escapade in Japan.
His mother accompanied him on the set and was paid a salary plus expenses for being with him. Brother Bill occasionally appeared in small roles on Lassie.
TRIVIA: In 1990, Provost was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for his role as Timmy Martin on the original Lassie series.
In 1994, Provost received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7080 Hollywood Blvd.
His memoirs, Timmy's in the Well: The Jon Provost Story, were released in December 2007.
In August 2008, Provost was honored with a "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the Pocono Mountains Film Festival.
Provost's canine companion Lassie was played by three dogs that were all descendants of Pal, the original Lassie from the MGM films: Pal's son Lassie Jr. and his grandsons Baby and Spook. Provost said that they were all great dogs, but Baby was his favorite.
Still remains close to his Lassie former co-star, June Lockhart.
He left Hollywood in 1970, at 20 years old, after filming Disney's The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.
Wrote a column for "Fido Friendly" magazine called Your Canine Connection.
His original Timmy outfit is in the Smithsonian Institution next to the Fonz's leather jacket and Archie Bunker's chair.
WHERE IS HE NOW: Since 2013, it seems as if Jon Provost has retired from acting. He does attend conventions and in November 2019 Provost will be joining Barry Williams, Jerry Mathers, Dawn Wells, Butch Patrick and many more, for the Classic TV Stars Cruise.
CREDITS:
2013 Susie's Hope...Sen. Don Vaughan
2010 Elf Sparkle and the Special Red Dress (TV Movie)...Elf Benny (voice)
2009 Elf Sparkle Meets Christmas the Horse (TV Movie)...Prancer (voice)
1989-1992 The New Lassie (TV Series)...Steve McCullough
- A Will and a Way (1992) ... Steve McCullough
- Punch Drunk (1992) ... Steve McCullough
- The Amazing Lassie (1991) ... Steve McCullough
- The Stranger (1991) ... Steve McCullough
- The Gathering of the Clans (1991) ... Steve McCullough
- Leeds, the Judge (1991) ... Steve McCullough
- On the Beach (1991) ... Steve McCullough
- No Pets Allowed (1991) ... Steve McCullough
- Crush (1990) ... Steve McCullough
- Pot Hunters (1990) ... Steve McCullough
- The Wild West (1990) ... Steve McCullough
- He's Back (1990) ... Steve McCullough
- Just Another Saturday (1990) ... Steve McCullough
- Trapped (1990) ... Steve McCullough
- Livewire (1990) ... Steve McCullough
- I'm Still Alive (1990) ... Steve McCullough (credit only)
- Witness (1990) ... Steve McCullough
- Watch Your Step (1990) ... Steve McCullough
- Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner? (1990) ... Steve McCullough
- Once Upon a Time... (1989) ... Steve McCullough
- Snake Pit (1989) ... Steve McCullough
- A Dog and His Boy (1989) ... Steve McCullough
- Burglary (1989) ... Steve McCullough
- Tinker (1989) ... Steve McCullough
- Roots (1989) ... Steve McCullough
- Dangerous Party (1989) ... Steve McCullough (credit only)
- New Generation (1989) ... Steve McCullough
- Water Watchdog (1989) ... Steve McCullough
- Heatwave (1989) ... Steve McCullough
- Bingo Was Her Name (1989) ... Steve McCullough
- City Lights (1989) ... Steve McCullough
- Occurrence at Glen Ridge (1989) ... Steve McCullough
1992 Star Time...Paramedic #2
1970 The Secret of the Sacred Forest...Jimmi
1969 The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes...Bradley
1966 This Property Is Condemned...Tom
1965 Mister Ed (TV Series)...Johnny Provost
- Jon Provost Meets Mister Ed (1965) ... Johnny Provost
1957-1964 Lassie (TV Series)...Timmy Martin / Timmy Claussen
249 episodes
1963 Lassie: A Christmas Tail...Timmy Martin
1963 Lassie's Great Adventure...Timmy Martin
1957 The Jack Benny Program (TV Series)...Timmy Martin
- John Forsythe Show (1957) ... Timmy Martin
1957 Escapade in Japan...Tony / Tony Saunders
1957 All Mine to Give...Robbie Eunson - age 6
1956 Toward the Unknown...Joe Craven Jr. (uncredited)
1956 Back from Eternity...Tommy Malone
1956 He Laughed Last...Child (uncredited)
1955 Fireside Theatre (TV Series)
- Sergeant Sullivan Speaking (1955)
1954 The Country Girl...Johnnie Elgin (uncredited)
1953 So Big...Dirk - Age 2 (uncredited)
To see Then & Now pictures of Jon Provost, visit: Celebrity Nooz
--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Amanda Blake - DEAD (AIDS)
Born: 02/20/1929 Died: 08/16/1989
Lauren Chapin - ALIVE
Born: 05/23/1945
Gina Lollobrigida - ALIVE
Born: 07/04/1927
WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
8/22
Junior Agogo, 40, Ghanaian footballer (Bristol Rovers, Nottingham Forest, national team).
Tim Fischer, 73, Australian politician and diplomat, Deputy Prime Minister (1996-1999), Ambassador to the Holy See (2009-2012), acute myeloid leukemia.
8/21
Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, 89, Jordanian princess, Queen consort (1955-1957).
Giovanni Buttarelli, 62, Italian civil servant, European Data Protection Supervisor (since 2014), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Ifeanyi Chiejine, 36, Nigerian footballer (CSHVSM, F.C. Indiana, national team).
Julian Daan, 74, Filipino comedian, actor and politician, heart failure.
Babulal Gaur, 89, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (2004-2005).
Ylia Kurgan [ru], 93, Belarusian radio and television announcer.
Celso Piña, 66, Mexican cumbia singer, composer and accordionist, heart attack.
8/20
Aleksey Agibalov [ru], 78, Kyrgyz guitarist and composer.
Richard Booth, 80, Welsh bookseller.
Russ Conway, 70, American sports journalist and hockey beat writer (Boston Bruins).
Rudolf Hundstorfer, 67, Austrian trade unionist and politician, president of the Austrian Trade Union Federation, heart attack.
Rudolf Kramár [cs], 88, Czech cardiac surgeon.
Alexandra Nazarova, 79, Russian actress (But What If This Is Love, Sofiya Perovskaya, Air Crew), People's Artist of Russia (2001).
Jan Purzycki [pl], 71, Polish screenwriter.
Fred Rister [fr], 58, French musical producer and composer.
Akhilesh Kumar Singh, 59, Indian politician, MLA (1993-2017), cancer.
8/19
Cosimo Cinieri [it], 80, Italian actor (The New York Ripper, Manhattan Baby, Murder Rock).
Ida Colucci [it], 58, Italian journalist, director of TG2 (2016-2018), cancer.
Paul Connerton, 79, British social anthropologist.
George Ganchev, 79, Bulgarian politician, MP (1995-2001).
Zakir Hussain, 85, Pakistani field hockey player, Olympic champion (1968).
Al Jackson, 83, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals).
Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, 92, Indian music director and composer (Kabhie Kabhie, Umrao Jaan, Dil-e-Nadaan), lung infection.
Zorka Kohoutová [cs], 88, Czech singer.
Enn Kokk, 82, Swedish politician and journalist.
Lars Larsen, 71, Danish retailer, founder of Jysk, liver cancer.
Mike Leaf, 58, American college basketball coach (Winona State).
Philippe Leroy, 79, French politician, Senator (2001-2017).
Gina Lopez, 65, Filipino environmentalist, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (2016-2017), brain cancer.
Jagannath Mishra, 82, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Bihar (1975-1977, 1980-1983, 1989-1990).
Anatoliy Ostryagin [ru], 69, Russian politician.
Jack Perkins, 85, American reporter and television host (NBC Nightly News, Biography).
Mikhail Romanov [ru], 68, Russian trumpeter, suicide.
David Rubinstein, 86, American social historian.
Jan Ruff O'Herne, 96, Australian comfort women's rights activist.
Bette Stephenson, 95, Canadian physician and politician.
Larry Taylor, 77, American bass guitarist (Canned Heat).
Bai Yan, 99, Chinese-born Singaporean actor, pneumonia.
8/18
Kathleen Blanco, 76, American politician, Governor (2004-2008) and Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1996-2004), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1984-1989), ocular melanoma.
Andrzej Buszewicz [pl], 84, Polish actor (To Save the City).
Giulio Chierchini, 91, Italian comics writer and artist.
Gary Cooper, 80, English rugby league football player and coach.
Helmuth Froschauer [de], 85, Austrian conductor and choirmaster (Vienna Boys' Choir, Wiener Singverein, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln).
Denis Kuljis, 67, Croatian writer and journalist.
Karel Kuklík, 82, Czech photographer.
Ivan Oman, 89, Slovenian politician.
Robert Ouko, 70, Kenyan runner, Olympic champion (1972).
Encarna Paso, 88, Spanish actress (Begin the Beguine), pneumonia.
Sasson Somekh, 86, Iraqi-born Israeli writer and translator.
Jack Whitaker, 95, American sportscaster (CBS, ABC), The NFL Today host (1971-1974).
8/17
Damodar Ganesh Bapat, 84, Indian social worker.
Cedric Benson, 36, American football player (Texas Longhorns, Cincinnati Bengals, Chicago Bears), traffic collision.
Walter Buser, 93, Swiss politician, Chancellor (1981-1991).
Frantisek Derfler, 77, Czech actor.
Jacques Diouf, 81, Senegalese diplomat, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (1994-2011).
Donald A. B. Lindberg, 85, American mathematician, Director of the United States National Library of Medicine (1984-2015), fall.
José A. Martínez Suárez, 93, Argentine film director (Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic) and screenwriter, pneumonia.
Suffian Rahman, 41, Malaysian footballer (Negeri Sembilan, Melaka Telekom, national team), heart attack.
Tabu Taid, 77, Indian educationist.
8/16
Naguib Ayad [ar], 65, Tunisian film producer.
Gustavo Barreiro, 60, Cuban-born American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1998-2006), heart attack.
Princess Christina of the Netherlands, 72, Dutch royal, bone cancer.
Bruce Deans, 58, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, national team), cancer.
Peter Fonda, 79, American actor and screenwriter (Easy Rider, Ulee's Gold, 3:10 to Yuma), lung cancer.
Felice Gimondi, 76, Italian racing cyclist, Tour de France (1965), Vuelta a España (1968) and Giro d'Italia (1967, 1969, 1976) winner, heart attack.
Jim Hardy, 96, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Chicago Cardinals, Detroit Lions) and sporting executive.
Faisal Masud, 64, Pakistani doctor and professor, cardiac arrest.
Mike McGee, 80, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals), sporting executive and athletic director (University of South Carolina).
José Nápoles, 79, Cuban-born Mexican Hall of Fame boxer, world welterweight champion (1969-1970, 1971-1975).
Nancy Parker, 53, American television journalist (WVUE-DT, WAFB, WSFA), plane crash.
Rizia Rahman, 79, Indian-born Bangladeshi novelist.
Bruno Reiter [ru], 78, Russian scientist and politician.
Bobby Smith, 78, English footballer (Barnsley, Chelmsford City).
Alexandre Soares dos Santos, 83, Portuguese businessman, CEO and President of Jerónimo Martins (1969-2013).
Penka Stoyanova, 69, Bulgarian basketball player, Olympic silver medallist (1980).
Alla Ter-Sarkisiants, 82, Russian historian.
Richard Williams, 86, Canadian-British animator and director (The Thief and the Cobbler, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, A Christmas Carol), three-time Oscar winner, cancer.
8/15
Claire Cloninger, 77, American Christian songwriter and author.
Madan Mani Dixit, 96, Nepalese writer, pneumonia.
Vladimir Fomichyov, 59, Russian footballer (Kuban Krasnodar, Dynamo Moscow, Kuzbass Kemerovo).
Samuel Gelfman, 88, American film producer, complications from heart and respiratory disease.
Roman Ledenev [ru], 88, Russian composer (Heat, Wings, All the King's Men).
Luigi Lunari [it], 85, Italian writer.
Eddie Marlin, 89, American professional wrestler and promoter (CWA), multiple organ failure.
Dobrilo Nenadic [sr], 78, Serbian writer.
Qin Hanzhang, 111, Chinese engineer and food scientist, heart attack.
Antonio Rastrelli, 91, Italian politician, MP (1979-1995) and President of Campania (1995-1999).
Vidya Sinha, 71, Indian actress (Rajnigandha, Chhoti Si Baat, Qubool Hai), respiratory failure.
Glenn Tasker, 67, Australian sports administrator, President of the Australian Paralympic Committee (2013-2018).
Wrestling Pro, 81, American professional wrestler (GCCW).
8/14
Tõnu Aav, 80, Estonian actor (The Lark, Õnne 13).
V. B. Chandrasekhar, 57, Indian cricketer (Tamil Nadu, Goa, national team), heart attack.
Águeda Dicancro, 80, Uruguayan sculptor.
Graham Farmer, 84, Australian footballer (Geelong).
Karim Olowu, 95, Nigerian Olympic sprinter and long jumper (1952, 1956).
Héctor Rivoira, 59, Argentine football player (Almirante Brown) and manager (Quilmes, Atlético Tucumán), cancer.
Ugo Sansonetti, 100, Italian writer and masters athlete.
Reginald Scarlett, 84, Jamaican cricketer (national team).
Ben Unwin, 41, Australian actor (Home and Away).
Artak Voskanyan [hy], 81, Armenian poet.
Gjergj Xhuvani, 55, Albanian film director (Slogans, East, West, East: The Final Sprint) screenwriter and producer.
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