Considine mostly retired from acting in the ensuing decades, working instead as a writer, photographer and automobile historian. By Kirk Fox March 4, 2022. CBS now holds the series' copyright. Mr. Considine was relatively blas in his early teens. In addition to the time changes for the 12th season, a new four-part story arc is introduced with MacMurray in a second role, that of his cousin, the Laird (Lord) Fergus McBain Douglas of Sithian Bridge; English actor Alan Caillou's voice was dubbed over MacMurray's. Due to the 'out of sequence' way they were making the show, there's sometimes evidence that scenes in any episode were filmed months apart and edited together, looking like it's set in a very short time. [2][6] He played young rebel Billy Penn in the Bonanza episode "The Reluctant Rebel", which aired on November 21, 1965. According to the storyline, Bub returns to Ireland to help his Aunt Kate celebrate her 104th birthday. With Fred MacMurray, William Frawley, Tim Considine, Don Grady. He was 81. Fred MacMurray, William Frawley, Tim Considine and Don Grady, on the set of "My Three Sons"| Photo: Getty Images. AmoMama creates engaging, meaningful content for women. [8][9], As an adult, Considine was an automobile historian, photographer, and writer who specialized in motor sports. But he told his agent that he didnt want the part, that hed rather play Spin Evans, the more athletic and more popular character, the city boy with the cool flattop haircut, he said. He was 81. He was mostly active in the entertainment industry from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. On the well-acclaimed show, the then teen actor played the role of Mike Douglas, the eldest son of widower Steve Douglas. When the series moved to CBS in 1965, the latter network assumed full production responsibilities (in association with Fedderson Productions) until the end of the series in 1972. CBS Television Distribution presently owns distribution rights to the entire series (including the more widely seen and aforementioned 196572 CBS episodes). Originally played by sets of uncredited twins, the boys were later played uncredited by Guy, Gunnar, and Garth Swanson; and in the last two seasons by Michael, Daniel, and Joseph Todd. Then after it was canceled by ABC in 1965 the series was picked up by CBS for the next seven seasons in color for 227 episodes from September 16,1965 until April 13,1972. He studied acting with such prominent mentors as Howard Da Silva and played character roles on and off Broadway in his mid-twenties, supplementing his income as a night watchman and shooting-gallery barker. With a later time slot, the show finished the season outside the top 30. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons. After the conclusion of Room 222, Constantine portrayed night court magistrate Matthew J. Sirota on the 1976 sitcom Sirota's Court, receiving his second Golden Globe nomination. "My Three Sons" are now grown-up with children of their own. The series was broadcast on ABC during its first five seasons, before moving to CBS for the remaining seasons. While he no longer acts, he is still very active in his other professions. He made a later career as a sports and automobile photographer, writer and author. A successful actor and producer, he's now 68 years old. My Big Fat Greek Wedding Star Michael Constantine has died. Here's how he looks 60 years after the show. The role is credited as "Soldier Who Gets Slapped". The films adult lead, Fred MacMurray, went on to star in My Three Sons, a half-hour sitcom about a widower and his all-male household, with Mr. Considine as his eldest son, Mike. Fred De Cordova was the show's longest and most consistent director of the series (108 episodes) until he left in 1971 to produce The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He was 81. [5] In 1967, he appeared in the first part of "The Judgment", the two-episode conclusion of The Fugitive, starring David Janssen. Season six, episode three - "Brother, Ernie", Season four, episode two "Scotch Broth", Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Fred MacMurray: The First Disney Legend by Wade Sampson", "The TV Ratings Guide: 1971-72 Ratings History", "My Three Sons - Season 2, Vol. My Three Sons: With Fred MacMurray, Stanley Livingston, Don Grady, Barry Livingston. He was an actor and writer, known for My Three Sons (1960), Patton (1970) and Executive Suite (1954). Menu. TV Guide/courtesy Everett Collection. Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. Last but not least, Considine joined the cast of "My Three Sons" in its first five seasons. Early on while filming My Three Sons, MacRae already had a steady boyfriend in an accounting student named Rick Berger, but they weren't in a rush to get married, so MacRae . The family soon appears before a judge who researches the law and determines that its intent is to ensure that a full-time caregiver is in the household. The reasons behind this move concerned the sale of actress-comedian Lucille Ball's studios to the Gulf + Western conglomerate, which owned Paramount Pictures, so Don Fedderson Productions, who produced My Three Sons (along with Family Affair starring Brian Keith), had to quickly make other arrangements for filming. While initially reluctant to give up her life in America and return to Scotland as nobility, she finally accepts. And I don't think you got Rock Hudson worried very much either. [3], Constantine died at his home in Reading, Pennsylvania on August 31, 2021, at age 94, from natural causes. The obituary includes a quote from an interview Constantine gave his local . MeTV began airing the black and white episodes on May 29, 2017,[7] the first time the black and white episodes have aired on broadcast television since their original ABC airings. We collect and tell stories of people from all around the world. Tim Considine was born on 31 December 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. To look out and see that wasreally strange.. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons. They took us in one of those electric carts through alleys in the back to a doorway that was elevated. Stanley Livingston. On Steve's day off from work, everything seems to go wrong in the house, and the volume of activity is loud. Michael Francis 'Bub' O'Casey: Oh, uuh Cosmetics. The neighboring driveway to the right of the house was used as the Douglas' driveway on the show, although the real life driveway for that home is on the left hand side of the house. Beverly Garland. The special was notable for featuring footage from early black and white episodes of My Three Sons that, at this point in time, were not in syndication. Itwas no longer a challenge I wanted to do other things.. The couple lives in Los Angeles and also does website design/content consulting, including work for General Motors. [4][5] The following year, Considine played the role of Franklin D. Roosevelt's eldest son James between ages 14 and 17, in the 1960 feature film Sunrise at Campobello. My Three Sons (TV Series 1960-1972) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Michael Constantine attends the premiere of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2" at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, in New York. AmoMama creates engaging, meaningful content for women. The show's sponsors throughout it's run where during the earlier years The Chevrolet Motor Division where you saw Chevrolet products featured in various episodes and during the closing credits. The Capitol scores were replaced instead with more modern, synthesized music. Browse celebrity nostalgia on our website. In the fall of 1967, CBS moved My Three Sons to Saturday at 8:30 pm ET. It was a very critical time as a teenager, and I was more interested in being a cool guy than being an actor.. As Timmie Considine, he made his film debut at 12 in The Clown (1953), Red Skeltons revisiting of the sentimental 1930s drama The Champ, which had starred Wallace Beery and 9-year-old Jackie Cooper. Tim Considine, the actor best known for the role of eldest son Mike on the long-running sitcom " My Three Sons ," died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles, according to a Facebook post from . Published Sept. 8, 2021 Updated Sept. 14, 2021. He was previously married to Willett Hunt and Charlotte Stewart. [12][13], Considine married his first wife, Charlotte Stewart, in 1965. [citation needed], On May 13, 2019, the third season was released, in two volume sets, available exclusively through Amazon's made-on-demand (MOD) service. 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The actual address of the home used for the Bryant Park episodes was 837 5th Avenue in Los Angeles California. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. Steve starts to wish he had all girls instead of boys.On Steve's day off from work, everything seems to go wrong in the house, and the volume of activity is loud. March 4, 2022 2:37pm. And he stays in touch with survivingSonsactor Stanley Livingston (so talented, with a heart as big as Texas) and with his brother Barry, brought in to replace Considine as adopted son Ernie onSons. According to Bommermagazine, Considine said, "It was no longer a challenge I wanted to do other things. He co-starred with Roberta Shore and Frankie Thomas. ", Tim Considine on the set of the show, "My Three Sons" on November 25, 1977. [3], On December 31, 1959, his 19th birthday and before the debut of My Three Sons, Considine appeared as Jamie Frederick in the episode "Bound Boy" on CBS's Johnny Ringo western television series, starring Don Durant in the title role. After this episode, Mike is mentioned briefly in only four succeeding episodes (including the one in which the family adopts Ernie) and is never seen again, even at Robbie's and Steve's weddings. The actor who was then in his early twenties wrote a teleplay that was adopted on the show. Considine's grandfather, John Considine, was Alexander Pantages' rival vaudeville impresario, while one of his uncles, Bob Considine, was a columnist and author. From 1955 to 1957, he starred on Disney shows "Spin and Marty" and "Hardy Boys," which were both 15-minute segments on the "Mickey Mouse Club.". As the series . In an August 1989 interview on the Pat Sajak Show, he explained that he was also devoted to car racing, which his contract forbade. They also briefly aired the black and white episodes. Cynthia Pepper. In 2016, Decades began airing the CBS (color) episodes in its "binge" blocks on some weekends. He had a small but memorable supporting role in The Hustler (1961). An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons Read allWidower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle. Michael Constantine, an Emmy-winning character actor known as the genially dyspeptic school principal on the popular TV series "Room 222" and . It makes history human.. Stanley Livingston's real-life brother, Barry Livingston, joins the cast as Ernie, a foster child living with a family down the street. CBS also aired various episodes in repeats for it's daytime line-up for one season in September,1971 that featured various seasons in color. Considine jumpstarted his career by making an appearance on "The Clown" back in 1953. My Three Sons chronicles the life of widower and aeronautical engineer Steven Douglas (Fred MacMurray) as he raises his three sons.. Actor Michael Constantine, best-known for playing the proud father in the hit movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," died last week, his agent told CNN. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons. The series was a cornerstone of the ABC and CBS lineups in the 1960s. Ive always thought that was one of the worst performances I ever gave, Disney quoted him as saying. Tim Considine, who played the eldest son, Mike, on the 1960s TV sitcom "My Three Sons," has died. The plot centers on Lord Douglas's arrival in Los Angeles from the family's native Scotland, in search of a bride to take back to Scotland with him. William Demarest, playing Bub's brother, "Uncle Charley", replaced Frawley in 1965 because of Frawley's declining health. The first five seasons were filmed in black & white, then after the move to CBS, it was filmed in color for the remainder of its run. James V. Kern, an experienced Hollywood television director who had previously helmed the "Hollywood" and "Europe" episodes of I Love Lucy, continued in this role for two years until his untimely death at 57 in late 1966. (And, eventually, the adopted Ernie.) [1] Earlier, he earned acclaim for his television work, especially as the long-suffering high school principal, Seymour Kaufman, on ABC's comedy-drama, Room 222, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1970; he was again recognized by the Emmy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe Awards, the following year. He was the son of Andromache (ne Fotiadou) and Theocharis Ioannides Efstratiou (a steel worker), both immigrants from Greece. About this book. The oldest son was played by Tim Considine, now 78 years old. Richard X. Slattery and Pat Carroll guest-starred as the landlords of the apartment block into which Robbie and Katie move. Mr. Considine is survived by his wife and son as well as his brother, John; a sister, Erin; and two grandchildren, the Disney website said. Disney producer Bill Walsh often mused on whether the concept of the show was inspired by the film The Shaggy Dog, as in his view they shared "the same dog, the same kids, and Fred MacMurray". The eldest son on "My Three Sons" was portrayed by Tim Considine, and while he was a regular in showbusiness for almost 20 years, the former child star suddenly went off the radar. Before going on board the "My Three Sons," actor was called up into the US Air Force for service, but the TV star deferred his drafting. Considine died Thursday at his home in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles . A year later, he teamed with MacMurray in TV's iconic My Three Sons (1960-1972), with MacMurray playing a widowed dad overseeing a household of sons and Considine portraying the eldest son, "Mike . Constantine is best known for his role as patriarch Gus Portokalos . Widower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle. Michael Francis 'Bub' O'Casey: Oh-ho, BOY! RELATED: See Tim Conway through the years, Man who lost wife, son in Texas mass shooting tells story, Teen arrested after 2 killed, 4 hurt in Miss. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons Widower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle. Katie is played by Tina Cole, who had appeared in different roles on three previous episodes: "House For Sale" from the fourth season (February 13, 1964), "The Coffee House Set" from the fifth season (November 19, 1964), and "Robbie and the Little Stranger" from the sixth season (February 17, 1966). The agent passed along the request, Spins role was beefed up and the series ended up being a partnership of adolescent equals rivals who eventually became friends, riding, roping, boxing, sleeping in a bunkhouse and sitting around the campfire together. National Pastime" - 4/27/61- Ruth Marion and Tim Considine, National Pastime" - 4/27/61- Tim Considine, Fred MacMurray, Stanley Livingston and Don Grady, St. Patrick's Day" Layout - 1960 - Stanley Livingston, Fred MacMurray, William Frawley, Tim Considine and Don Grady, The My Three Sons cast, led by Fred MacMurray as Steve Douglas, is a beloved sitcom that ran for 12 great years. The actor's love for photography, art, sport, and a previous photography gig with The National Hockey team earned him a tour of the world with soccer legend Pel. [9] A DVD version of the Adventures of Spin & Marty was released in December 2005 as part of the fifth wave of the Walt Disney Treasures series. In 1959, he appeared in his first film, The Last Mile (1959). Ultimately, the show ran for 12 seasons. Considine remembers show creator/first-season director Peter Tewksbury as a genius. That was really the first hint of celebrity. He released an original album in 2008. His father, John W. Considine Jr. (himself the son of vaudeville impresario John Sr.), was an Oscar-nominated MGM film producer (1938sBoys Town, starring Spencer Tracy) during Hollywoods Golden Age. Tim Considine at Walt Disney Studios on June 24, 2013 in Burbank, California | Photo: Getty Images. Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories. To keep the show's title plausible, the show's head writer, George Tibbles, fashioned a three-part story arc in which an orphaned friend of youngest brother Richard (Chip, played by Stanley Livingston), Ernie Thompson (played by his real-life brother, Barry Livingston), awaits adoption when his current foster parents are transferred to the Orient. For the series' 12th and, ultimately, final season, CBS moved the show to Mondays at 10:00 pm ET. Don Grady joined the Army Reserve in 1968. April 16, 2022. To save the series, CBS moved it in midseason back to Thursdays at 8:30 pm ET, its old time slot. The relationship between the duo wasn't limited to the screens as they nursed a relationship off-screen. For example, scenes set in the kitchen for different episodes were shot on one day, out of sequence, and later edited into each episode. [1], Considine made his film debut in 1953, co-starring with Red Skelton in The Clown, a remake of the 1931 movie The Champ. The series first aired on ABC's Thursday night prime time schedule producing 153 black and white episodes from September 29, 1960 until May 20,1965. The Seasons 610 (and the first half of season 11) episodes were later aired on TV Land in the late 1990s. He was 94. Stanley didn't settle for just being an actor as he went on to become a director and producer as well, deciding to sit on the other side of the camera for a while to see what . Mike Douglas 156 Episodes 1972. Then Disney came along and brought him a decade of success and popularity, which included playing a Revolutionary War heros nephew on the series The Swamp Fox (1957-60), with Leslie Nielsen, and Franklin D. Roosevelts teenage son in the movie Sunrise at Campobello (1960), with Ralph Bellamy. MacRae joined Petticoat Junction the following year, the last of three actresses to play Billie Jo Bradley. In 2009, FamilyNet began airing the program as a lead-in for its Happy Days and Family Ties program block, which ended in February 2010. The TV star continued to feature in movies and TV, but his career on the screen took a downturn from the 70s. Notable of mention is his part in the classic '60s sitcom "My Three Sons." Michael Francis 'Bub' O'Casey / . My Three Sons had 36 episodes each in the first two seasons. The succeeding director, Richard Whorf, took over the reins for one season and was in turn followed by former actor-turned-director Gene Reynolds from 1962 to 1964. Published March 4, 2022 Updated March 5, 2022. Constantine was a busy . Like nostalgia? He was a panelist at the event alongside most of the surviving cast members. A family friend suggested an audition that resulted in the sonsfirst film role, 1953sThe Clown with Red Skelton. Also, the family has no need for a housekeeper; Uncle Charley already has things running smoothly. Widower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle. Popular and prolific character actor Billy Barty, a little person who appeared in scores of productions, appeared as Billy Longfellow. His paternal grandfather, John Considine Sr., was Pantagess biggest rival. In the same interview, Mr. Considine expressed gratitude for what he saw as the undeserved richness of his career: Thank God theres no justice in this world., Tim Considine, Young Star of My Three Sons, Is Dead at 81, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/obituaries/tim-considine-dead.html. Earl Bellamy rounded out the series as director of the show's final year. Many of the 1960s My Three Sons external shoots were actually done on location on 5th Avenue, and many items, such as the two young trees growing across the street on early episodes, were still visible in 2022. My Three Sons (1960-1972) Trivia. He's appeared on dozens of TV shows through the years, including "Mad Men," "Angie Tribeca" and "The Middle." He was also in the Annette serial, starring Annette Funicello. In the program's later years, Steven Douglas married Barbara Harper (Beverly Garland) and adopted her young daughter Dorothy Anne ("Dodie") (Dawn Lyn). WATCH: See the cast reunited a few years back. The series had at least thirty episodes in each of the first eight seasons; the episode output then decreased by two episodes until the eleventh season, which had twenty-four episodes, along with the twelfth season. Or sign up for our monthly Nostalgia e-newsletter or other e-newsletters tailored for boomers! Michael Constantine (born Gus Efstratiou (); May 22, 1927 August 31, 2021) was an American actor. A 1971 television pilot with Don Grady and Tina Cole called Three of a Kind, then retitled Robbieabout Robbie, Katie, and the triplets moving to San Franciscowas filmed but not picked up as a series. Photography was something I controlled at every stage and I loved that, he explains. In the season premiere episode, "Moving Day", the Douglas family and Uncle Charley relocate from the fictional Midwestern town of Bryant Park to Los Angeles, California. He is most widely recognized for his portrayal of Kostas "Gus" Portokalos, the Windex bottle-toting Greek father of Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos), in the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002).Earlier, he earned acclaim for his television work, especially as the long . Tim Considine. Tim Considine, one of the most popular young Disney actors of the 1950s before . The couple got married in 1979 following his divorce from his first wife, Charlotte Stewart. So was acting expected of him? 165 episodes, 1960-1965 Tina Cole . Considine, however, would leave after the fifth season, and his character was written out by having him marry his fianc Sally (Meredith MacRae). CBS DVD (distributed by Paramount) has released the first five seasons of My Three Sons on DVD in Region 1. The retrospective special looked back at the history of My Three Sons and The Partridge Family (other than featuring single parents with a large family, the two series had no narrative, or even a studio, link). He married Willett Hunt in 1979, and they had a son, Christopher. "My Three Sons" are now grown-up with children of their own. Considine married for the first time in 1970 to his heartthrob Charlotte Stewart. Robbie Douglas: Boy can you imagine anything worse then being a woman and having to look like Bub? [1], Considine's best known acting roles were in the 19551957 Disney TV serials Spin and Marty (he played Spin) and Hardy Boys (he played older brother Frank opposite Tommy Kirk as Joe), both of which appeared in 15-minute segments on The Mickey Mouse Club. Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories. However, during the next five decades, he continued to make mostly small appearances in TV movies and series, with his last role in the 2006 film, "Ray of Sunshine.". Anyone can read what you share. He is most widely recognized for his portrayal of Kostas "Gus" Portokalos, the Windex bottle-toting Greek father of Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos), in the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002). The series originally featured William Frawley (who had first co-starred with Fred MacMurray 25 years earlier in the film Car 99) as the boys' maternal grandfather and live-in housekeeper, William Michael Francis "Bub" O'Casey. Following this movie, he suddenly shifted careers. Considine is survived by his son Christopher, wife Willett, two grandchildren, sister Erin and brother John Considine. In 1964 and 1965, Constantine appeared on Perry Mason, both times as the murderer. Mr. Considine, right, and David Stollery in an episode of Spin and Marty in 1956. Son Chris, 32, runs CXC Simulations, a company producing high-tech auto racing simulators. A year later, he teamed with MacMurray in TVs iconicMy Three Sons(1960-1972), with MacMurray playing a widowed dad overseeing a household of sons and Considine portraying the eldest son, Mike, for the firstfive seasons of the shows 12-season run. Im out of here., Most of the time, though, working for Disney was considerable fun. Tim Considine, who is best known for his portrayal of Mike Douglas in the classic series "My Three Sons," is an American actor, writer, photographer, and automotive historian. Tim Considine (1940-2022), "My Three Sons" star. Steve Douglas: I didn't say you looked like her. At different times in my life, I wanted to do different things and I did..