Open Channel D: The Man From UNCLE Affair

MIKE REYES Somehow, My Spy has returned. With the oft-delayed movie landing a cozy streaming release on Amazon’s Prime Video earlier this year, it looks like that partnership was a rather successful one. At least, that’s what it would look like on the surface, as My Spy 2 is apparently a project that’s being discussed between the streaming retailer and the film’s production company, STX Entertainment. Which is fine and all, as if the public really wants another My Spy, they should get it. But there are 10 other spy franchises that should easily get sequels if we’re really getting serious. We submit, for your eyes only, the spy sequels we’d rather get than My Spy 2: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. It’s been five years since Guy Ritchie’s uber-slick adaptation of  The Man From U.N.C.L.E.  reinvented the swinging ‘60s TV caper into a smooth and adventurous adventure for today. And yet, despite being well-regarded by fans far and wide, the lack of blockbuster success for Henry Cavill, Arm...

Jocelyn "Jackie" Lane (born 16 May 1937) is a former actress and model of the 1950s and 1960s. She was married to Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Lane was born as Jocelyn Olga Bolton in Vienna, Austria in 1937. She is the youngest daughter of Russian-born pianist mother Olga Mironova and English father Briton John Bolton, who worked for an American oil firm; he later died in a car crash in the US. She was educated in New Rochelle, New York, in the United States. At the age of 14, she moved to Britain, where she received dance training.Her older sister Mara Lane was a well-known British model and actress in the 1950s. With Elvis Presley in "Tickle Me" Lane established herself as a popular model in the United Kingdom by the time she was 18, using the pseudonym Jackie Lane. She appeared in several British films beginning in 1955 with a travelogue April in Portugal. One of her most striking film roles in the 1950s was as the second female lead in These Dangerou...

Jacqueline Beer (born Jacqueline Vangramberg; 14 October 1932 in Paris, France) is a French film and television actress who was Miss France in the 1954 Miss Universe Pageant. She is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Thor Heyerdahl Institute, located in Larvik, Norway. Her second husband was scientist Thor Heyerdahl. She was sometimes credited as Jacqueline Baer. Beer's father was "a well-known writer and owner of a large horse farm." Her formal education came at a convent near Paris. Soon after competing in the Miss Universe contest, Beer signed a contract with Paramount Pictures. Her American film debut came in 1956 when she had an uncredited role as a model in That Certain Feeling. She was also in Screaming Eagles (1956) and The Prize (1963). She is best remembered today for her five-year role as Suzanne Fabray, nicknamed "Frenchy," the charming and efficient switchboard operator (and occasional operative) on the classic private eye TV series 77 Sunset S...

The Man From UNCLE Episode 35 The Re-Collectors Affair Writer : Alan Caillou Director : Alvin Ganzer Guests : Jocelyn Lane (Lisa Donato), Jacqueline Beeras (Genevieve), George Macread (Claude Alphonze Demos), Theo Marcuse (Gregori Valetti) Filmed : 24 June - 01 July 1965 Premiere : 22 October 1965 Places : Madrid (Spain) and Rome (Italy) Acts titles: 1 - "Whatever happened to Dept F?" 2 - "A better hostess than mortician" 3 - "Are we going to scream?" 4 - "Oooops" The affair : In the Miraflores Hotel in Madrid, Gregori Valetti kills the Nazi Colonel Oscar Meinheim. Valetti call the police and say he works for the Re-Collectors. At UNCLE Headquarter in New York, Alexander Waverly order Napoleon Solo to pretend to be an art collector as a bait to find the Re-Collectors. Four Nazis fugitives are caught with stolen works of art and killed by Re-Collector organization. (Continue)  You'll find much more about UNCLE in Amazon.com -  http://goo.gl/OD...

Some more scenes from Episode # 34, "The Discotheque Affair": Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) openin Channel D THRUSH explosive Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) with a bazooka Alexander Waverly (Leo G Carroll) Judi West Ray Danton You'll find much more about UNCLE in Amazon.com -  http://goo.gl/OD1XKW Amazon Australia -  http://goo.gl/ODQYPY Amazon Brazil -  http://goo.gl/qYPYg6 Amazon Canada -  http://goo.gl/XrC6gc Amazon France-  http://goo.gl/IGxkLq Amazon Germany -  http://goo.gl/Wtz6WB Amazon India-  http://goo.gl/vtNMYo Amazon Italy -  http://goo.gl/gPOn6X Amazon Japan-  http://goo.gl/Cwqw1s Amazon Mexico -  http://goo.gl/xY6ANr Amazon Netherlands-  http://goo.gl/y1t4KO Amazon Spain -  http://goo.gl/ph9s0Z Amazon UK-  http://goo.gl/RDkUxB

Harvey Lembeck (April 15, 1923 – January 5, 1982) was an American comedic actor best remembered for his role as Cpl. Rocco Barbella on The Phil Silvers Show (a.k.a. Sgt. Bilko , a.k.a. You'll Never Get Rich) in the late 1950s, and as the stumbling, overconfident quasi-outlaw biker Eric Von Zipper in beach party films during the 1960s. He also turned in noteworthy performances in both the stage and screen versions of Stalag 17. He was the father of actor and director Michael Lembeck and actress Helaine Lembeck. As Eric Von Zipper Born in Brooklyn, Lembeck started his career right out of New Utrecht High School, as a dancer at the 1939/40 New York World's Fair. He was half of an exhibition dance team known as The Dancing Carrolls. His partner, Caroline Dubs, became his wife. Two weeks after graduation, Lembeck won the role of Sam Insigna in Mister Roberts, which he played on Broadway for nearly three years. Lembeck made three films for 20th Century Fox, You're in the Navy No...

If there was any doubt that Illya Kuryakin was the coolest spy ever, that doubt ended in The Man From UNCLE episode 34, "The Discotheque Affair". To investigate another devilish THRUSH plan, Illlya disguised himself as a musician and went to play bass at a night club called The Bealers. The actor David McCallum was so convincing in his role that whoever watched this episode didn't forget that scene anymore. You'll find much more about UNCLE in Amazon.com -  http://goo.gl/OD1XKW Amazon Australia -  http://goo.gl/ODQYPY Amazon Brazil -  http://goo.gl/qYPYg6 Amazon Canada -  http://goo.gl/XrC6gc Amazon France-  http://goo.gl/IGxkLq Amazon Germany -  http://goo.gl/Wtz6WB Amazon India-  http://goo.gl/vtNMYo Amazon Italy -  http://goo.gl/gPOn6X Amazon Japan-  http://goo.gl/Cwqw1s Amazon Mexico -  http://goo.gl/xY6ANr Amazon Netherlands-  http://goo.gl/y1t4KO Amazon Spain -  http://goo.gl/ph9s0Z Amazon UK-  http://goo.gl/RDkUxB

Ray Danton (born Raymond Caplan; September 19, 1931 – February 11, 1992), also known as Raymond Danton, was a radio, film, stage, and television actor, director, and producer whose most famous roles were in the screen biographies The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) and The George Raft Story (1962). He was married to actress Julie Adams from 1954 to 1981. Danton was born Raymond Caplan in New York City, the son of Myrtle (née Menkin) and Jack Caplan. His family was Jewish, and he was a descendant of the Vilna Gaon. Danton entered show business as a child radio actor on NBC radio's Let's Pretend show in 1943 at age twelve. He began acting on radio and stage regularly also working as an assistant stage manager. In 1947, he started at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Technical School, appearing in many stage productions. He went to New York to try and make it on Broadway and ended up appearing on television dramas. In 1950, he went to London to appear o...

Born December 15, 1942 in USA Mini Bio Judi West was born on December 15, 1942 in the USA. She is an actress, known for F ortune Cookie (1966), The Man From UNCLE (1964) and La donna, il sesso e il superuomo (1968). She was previously married to John Rubinstein. Judi West in Fortune Cookie (1966) Spouse John Rubinstein (15 December 1971 - 1989) ( divorced) ( 2 children) Trivia Mother, with John Rubinstein, of son Michael Weston. First wife of John Rubinstein. Mother-in-law of Priscilla Ahn. Ex-daughter-in-law of Artur Rubinstein. You'll find much more about UNCLE in Amazon.com -  http://goo.gl/OD1XKW Amazon Australia -  http://goo.gl/ODQYPY Amazon Brazil -  http://goo.gl/qYPYg6 Amazon Canada -  http://goo.gl/XrC6gc Amazon France-  http://goo.gl/IGxkLq Amazon Germany -  http://goo.gl/Wtz6WB Amazon India-  http://goo.gl/vtNMYo Amazon Italy -  http://goo.gl/gPOn6X Amazon Japan-  http://goo.gl/Cwqw1s Amazon Mexico -  http://goo.gl/xY6ANr...

The Man From UNCLE Episode 34 "The Discotheque Affair" Writer : Dean Hargrove Director : Tom Gries Guests : Judy West (Sandy Wyler), Ray Danton (Vincent Carver), Harvey Lembeck (Ted Carter), Eric Braeden (Oakes) Filmed : 06-13 August 1965 Premiere : 15 October 1965 Places : New York NY (EUA) Judi West The affair : in a New York street, a Madax Vacuum Cleaner truck parks in the company's garage and unload THRUSH’s weapons. Napoleon Solo breaks in and shoot all enemy agents. The van escapes but is interrupted by the bazooka shot of Illya Kuryakin. Vincent Carver, owner of the night club The Bealers (and a THRUSH operative), detonates a bomb. At UNCLE headquarters, Kuryakin tells Waverly that THRUSH are moving files to Eastern Europe and that they are probably temporarily hidden in New York. Illya must search the files. Napoleon (with a broken arm) should treat real estate issues with neighboring apartments sublet by UNCLE. In The Bealers there is a party for...