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RIP Peter Breck

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by BNWriter, Feb 15, 2012.

  1. BNWriter

    BNWriter Active Member

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/peter-breck-star-of-1960s-tv-western-big-valley-dead-at-age-82-after-long-illness/2012/02/10/gIQAJMul4Q_story.html

    Never saw this show first run. Always in reruns.

    What I saw was impressive. Did not know he had still been acting up til about a decade or so ago.

    RIP
     
  2. steveu

    steveu Well-Known Member

    Big Valley was a great show. Even more impressive is it was on ABC, a network known back in the 1960s for being like NBC is now. (The old joke. How do you end the Vietnam War? Put it on ABC. It'll be canceled in 13 weeks.)

    The theme song was underrated, too.

    RIP.
     
  3. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    Fantastic show. I always enjoyed watching it in reruns. RIP.
     
  4. SoCalDude

    SoCalDude Active Member

    Big Valley was one of my guilty pleasures a few years ago. Could watch it from 2-3 p.m. then go to work. Linda Evans, in the top 3 all-time blondes.
     
  5. Watched the show during my childhood. I was too young to realize how outstanding the cast was until much later: Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Long, Breck, Linda Evans and of course Lee Majors. A western that was a cut above.
     
  6. Biscayne

    Biscayne Guest

    Two versions of the Big Valley opening:

    http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=82OD628xBk8

    http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=eOFb-9hK2jM
     
  7. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    Nick was my man on the show. Still watch the reruns. RIP
     
  8. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    Always thought it was weird that the opening credits listed almost everybody "as So-and-So Barkley," but poor Lee Majors was always introduced simply "as Heath." Guess he was never fully accepted into the family after all.
     
  9. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    It was part of the show's mystique.
     
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