Longtime Days of our Lives actor Frank Parker died September 16 in Vacaville, California, from complications of Parkinson's disease and dementia. He was 79.
Parker played Grandpa Shawn Brady on the NBC soap Days of our Lives from 1983 until he retired in 2008. He was given a hero's exit from the show: His character was on a sabotaged airplane and gave up his oxygen mask to save his son, Bo (Peter Reckell). He also had smaller roles on the daytime dramas General Hospital (as Paddy Kelly), The Young and the Restless and Never Too Young.
Born on July 1, 1939 in Darby, Pennsylvania, Frank Russell Parker earned an acting degree from Carnegie Tech in 1962 and moved to Culver City to pursue his career. By the mid-1960s, he was guesting on such TV series as Gomer Pyle: Usmc, Lost in Space, Daktari and Hogan's Heroes. He went on to work steadily in the 1970s and into the mid-1980s,...
Parker played Grandpa Shawn Brady on the NBC soap Days of our Lives from 1983 until he retired in 2008. He was given a hero's exit from the show: His character was on a sabotaged airplane and gave up his oxygen mask to save his son, Bo (Peter Reckell). He also had smaller roles on the daytime dramas General Hospital (as Paddy Kelly), The Young and the Restless and Never Too Young.
Born on July 1, 1939 in Darby, Pennsylvania, Frank Russell Parker earned an acting degree from Carnegie Tech in 1962 and moved to Culver City to pursue his career. By the mid-1960s, he was guesting on such TV series as Gomer Pyle: Usmc, Lost in Space, Daktari and Hogan's Heroes. He went on to work steadily in the 1970s and into the mid-1980s,...
- 9/26/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Beloved Days of Our Lives actor, Frank Parker, has died from complications of Parkinson's disease and dementia, according to Deadline.
He was 79.
The report goes on to state that he passed away on September 26 in Vacaville, CA.
Parker is best known for starring on NBC soap, Days of Our Lives as Shawn Brady. He starred on the show on and off between 1983 to 2008.
His final storyline on the daytime TV series found Shawn giving up his oxygen mask to his son, Bo following an airplane disaster.
It was one of the most shocking storylines to rock the show and a dramatic exit for someone who appeared on it for almost 25 years.
Parker also appeared on other TV shows throughout his time in the spotlight, including:
Gomer Pyle: Usmc, Daktari and Hogan’s Heroes, Mission: Impossible, Mod Squad, Little House on the Prairie, S.W.A.T., Wonder Woman, Lost in Space,...
He was 79.
The report goes on to state that he passed away on September 26 in Vacaville, CA.
Parker is best known for starring on NBC soap, Days of Our Lives as Shawn Brady. He starred on the show on and off between 1983 to 2008.
His final storyline on the daytime TV series found Shawn giving up his oxygen mask to his son, Bo following an airplane disaster.
It was one of the most shocking storylines to rock the show and a dramatic exit for someone who appeared on it for almost 25 years.
Parker also appeared on other TV shows throughout his time in the spotlight, including:
Gomer Pyle: Usmc, Daktari and Hogan’s Heroes, Mission: Impossible, Mod Squad, Little House on the Prairie, S.W.A.T., Wonder Woman, Lost in Space,...
- 9/26/2018
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Frank Parker, a veteran TV character actor who recurred on the soap opera Days of Our Lives for a quarter-century, has died. He was 79. Legacy.com said he died September 16 in Vacaville, CA, from complications of Parkinson’s disease and dementia.
Parker played Grandpa Shawn Brady on the NBC soap Days of Our Lives from 1983 until he retired in 2008. He was given a hero’s exit from the show: His character was on a sabotaged airplane and gave up his oxygen mask to save his son, Bo (Peter Reckell). He also had smaller roles on the daytime dramas General Hospital, The Young and the Restless and Never Too Young.
Born on July 1, 1939 in Darby, Pa, Parker earned an acting degree from Carnegie Tech in 1962 and moved to Culver City to pursue his career. By mid-decade, he was guesting on such TV series as Gomer Pyle: Usmc, Lost in Space, Daktari and Hogan’s Heroes.
Parker played Grandpa Shawn Brady on the NBC soap Days of Our Lives from 1983 until he retired in 2008. He was given a hero’s exit from the show: His character was on a sabotaged airplane and gave up his oxygen mask to save his son, Bo (Peter Reckell). He also had smaller roles on the daytime dramas General Hospital, The Young and the Restless and Never Too Young.
Born on July 1, 1939 in Darby, Pa, Parker earned an acting degree from Carnegie Tech in 1962 and moved to Culver City to pursue his career. By mid-decade, he was guesting on such TV series as Gomer Pyle: Usmc, Lost in Space, Daktari and Hogan’s Heroes.
- 9/26/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
By Tim Greaves
When it was announced that Flowers in the Attic was lined up for its UK Blu-ray debut, it occurred to me that I had no real memory of my one and only dip into writer-director Jeffrey Bloom’s adaptation of the controversial, best-selling Virginia (V.C.) Andrews novel – which I guess would have been right back upon its initial release in 1987. Interest to revisit it duly piqued, my anticipation was tempered a tad by the sense that being unable to remember it had surely to be indicative that it wasn’t actually very good. Although it still amuses me that a guy named Bloom wrote and directed a film with Flowers in the title, regrettably my reservations proved well founded. It really is rather awful. There be spoilers ahead!
After the death of her husband, Corinne Dollenganger (Victoria Tennant) falls on hard times and is forced to return,...
When it was announced that Flowers in the Attic was lined up for its UK Blu-ray debut, it occurred to me that I had no real memory of my one and only dip into writer-director Jeffrey Bloom’s adaptation of the controversial, best-selling Virginia (V.C.) Andrews novel – which I guess would have been right back upon its initial release in 1987. Interest to revisit it duly piqued, my anticipation was tempered a tad by the sense that being unable to remember it had surely to be indicative that it wasn’t actually very good. Although it still amuses me that a guy named Bloom wrote and directed a film with Flowers in the title, regrettably my reservations proved well founded. It really is rather awful. There be spoilers ahead!
After the death of her husband, Corinne Dollenganger (Victoria Tennant) falls on hard times and is forced to return,...
- 3/20/2018
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Forced to live together in a confined space and depending on each other for survival, the Dollanganger siblings from 1987’s Flowers in the Attic have always reminded me of the kids from The Boxcar Children book series I grew up reading, although instead of solving mysteries on fun adventures, they were busy dealing with a scissors-wielding grandma, a murderous mother, and some intense incestual feelings—not exactly the type of material you’d find next to Gertrude Chandler Warner’s books in the library.
Published in 1979 and featuring evil parental figures, inter-family violence, and sibling incest, V.C. Andrews’ Flowers in the Attic was a sought-after page-turner for readers drawn to its controversial elements, and its viability in the bookstores paved its way to the cinemas in the mid-’80s. A story about four siblings—two brothers and two sisters—locked away in a gothic mansion’s upstairs room (and the...
Published in 1979 and featuring evil parental figures, inter-family violence, and sibling incest, V.C. Andrews’ Flowers in the Attic was a sought-after page-turner for readers drawn to its controversial elements, and its viability in the bookstores paved its way to the cinemas in the mid-’80s. A story about four siblings—two brothers and two sisters—locked away in a gothic mansion’s upstairs room (and the...
- 7/17/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
A girl hears gunshots from a neighbouring apartment. A boy is dead and the lock is broken. The place has been trashed and so has the Vic, comments Mac (Gary Sinise). The blood trail and the position of the debris reveals the Vic was shot and dragged near the door and the killer was using the Db to send a message. The Vic was Will Novick (Devin Cromwell) from Hoboken, a business major at Chelsea Uni. Jordan, (Lindsay Parker) the roommate was a freshman who ditched classes. Mac: "Killer could've come for one thing, left with another." There are no usable prints at the Cs. Blood spatter from the gun is revealed after the place was trashed. Stella (Melina Kanakaredes) finds theatre tickets with blood. There are razor scratches on the glass and traces of heroin. Jordan is missing. Hawkes (Hill Harper) finds a fatal Gsw to the head and other various evidence of beatings.
- 1/6/2012
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
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