The name " Frank " is also clearly seen in the episode from 1991 called " Death Hits The Jackpot " when Lt. Columbo shows how shiny his badge is when explaining to Rip Torn's character how he was able to figure out how he was in the victim's apartment at the time of the murder.

Goldberg was backed by the studio, who also allowed her to replace Torn's chosen DP, veteran cinematographer John Alonzo, with her then-husband.

Torn's Off Broadway debut as director was for the Evergreen Theater with the play The Beard ; he won the 1968 Obie for Distinguished Direction for that work.

In 2006, Torn's film-score for Believe in Me won the Best Score-award at the Jackson Hole Film Festival ; in 2005, he composed an evocative score to Friday Night Lights, and in 2003, his score for the film The Order was nominated for a Grammy Award.

The producer had sampled Torn's Cloud About Mercury album and, when Madonna found out, she had Torn added to the credits.

The group's origins can be traced to David Torn's album Cloud About Mercury ( 1987 ) which featured the above-listed musicians, except with Mark Isham playing trumpet.

Though only a relatively short walk separated it from my own part of town, its character was wholly foreign to me.

He was the lawman who survived more gunfights than any other famous gun-slinging character in the book.

After the collapse of that desperate and ill-fated campaign the character of the king degenerated for a time into a futility that was not merely pitiable but often ridiculous.

Some people thought he lacked both ability and character, but most agreed that he was noble in appearance and, for a Russian, humane.

Pike was stunned by the first blast against his character, which was published in the March 4th issue of The Gazette under the name `` Vale ''.

Thus, the Church was born and because of its intrinsic character was soon identified as a conservative institution, determined to resist the forces of change, to identify itself with the political rulers, and to maintain a kind of splendid isolation from the masses.

Until the last year or so the profession of friendship with the United States had been an article of faith with Trujillo, and altogether too often this profession was accepted here as evidence of his good character.

The audience was fond of Harry Hawk, he was a dear, in or out of character, but he was not particularly funny.

The figure was so theatrically dressed, that it was as though a character from some other play had blundered into this one.

The sentimental pure heart of Galahad is gone with the knightly years, but I still believe in the heart of the George Meredith character that was not made of the stuff that breaks ''.

Of more importance to the West than Poland's boundaries was the character of her government.

Following Day was Woodbury who spoke of his disapproval of Brown's attempt at servile insurrection, his admiration of Brown's character, and his opposition to slavery.

What was lacking was a real sense of phrase, the kind of legato singing that would have added a dimension of smoothness to what is, after all, a very oily character.

The new `` School For Wives '' was interpreted according to a principle that is becoming increasingly common in the playing of classic comedy -- the idea of turning some obviously ludicrous figure into a tragic character.

At the other extreme in character was the half-hour excerpt from the Petipa-Minkus ballet `` Bayaderka '', which opened the evening.

A year ago it was bruited that the primary character in Erich Maria Remarque's new novel was based on the Marquis Alfonso De Portago, the Spanish nobleman who died driving in the Mille Miglia automobile race of 1957.

Susan was an active character ; ;

It was the kind of thing that could ruin a man's life, and it was a tribute to John's strength of character and very real business ability that it hadn't ruined his.

Alaric's wife was reportedly taken prisoner after this battle ; it is not unreasonable to suppose that he and his troops were hampered by the presence of large numbers of women and children, which gave his invasion of Italy the character of a human migration.

This corner is reportedly named after a local character who had earned the nickname of Tarzan and only wanted to give up his vegetable garden in the dunes if the track's designers named a nearby corner after him.

He was reportedly paid $ 5000 for the role, although some stories state the actual amount was only $ 1000. Lugosi is credited as " The Scientist ", a character whose purpose is unclear.

Voight, who was awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, for his portrait of an embittered paraplegic, reportedly based on real-life Vietnam veteran-turned-anti-war activist Ron Kovic, with whom Fonda's character falls in love.

In Tunisia, where censorship is reportedly severe, people have become aware of the nature of the fake 404 errors and have created an imaginary character named " Ammar 404 " who represents " the invisible censor ".

Although Rowling has said that Gilderoy Lockhart is her only character that she " deliberately based on a real person ", Snape was reportedly based, at least in part, on John Nettleship, who taught Rowling chemistry and employed her mother as an assistant at Wyedean School near Chepstow.

On 15 December 2011 the Spelthorne Borough Council voted 25-4, with 6 abstentions ( including all of those from Staines ward itself ), to change the name of the town to Staines-upon-Thames with the aim of promoting its riverside location so boosting the local economy and, reportedly, to attempt to discourage association with the fictional character Ali G.

But Christie reportedly did not approve of the 1960s films as they portrayed Marple as a comedy character and were not faithful to the original plots.

The genus name Achillea is derived from mythical Greek character, Achilles, who reportedly carried it with his army to treat battle wounds.

Purviance reportedly was required to eat so many plates of beans during the many takes to complete the restaurant sequence ( in character as another immigrant who falls in love with Charlie ) that she became physically ill.

Godard appropriated the character for Alphaville but according to director Anne Andreu, Godard's subversion of the Lemmy Caution " stereotype " effectively shattered Constantine's connection with the character — he was never again offered a Lemmy Caution role and reportedly said that he was shunned by producers after Alphaville was released.

In 1989 reportedly Phoenix wanted the role of Neil Perry, the main character of Dead Poets Society, but the role was instead given to Robert Sean Leonard.

Show creator Fracaswell Hyman reportedly devised the character before casting Lee Thompson Young for the role.

During the several years between the novel's publication and the film's production, Peter Sellers reportedly engaged in a determined quest to obtain the rights to bring the story to the screen and portray its lead character, sending several postcards and letters signed " Chance " to Jerzy Kosinski and Hal Ashby.

Day-Lewis's character research for this film was well-publicized ; he reportedly underwent rigorous weight training and learned to live off the land and forest where his character lived, camping, hunting and fishing.

Crenna's performances were also reportedly the inspiration for the character " Colonel Roy Campbell " in the Metal Gear series of games.

Numerous hit shows followed thereafter, including Maude ( the lead character of which was reportedly based on Lear's then-wife Frances ), The Jeffersons ( both spin-offs of All in the Family ), and One Day at a Time.

Under the stage names " Ann " ( for " Announcer ") and later " Orphan Annie " and possibly " Your Favorite Enemy, Annie ", reportedly in reference to the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, ( or more likely, a reference to " Orphans ", the nickname given to Australian troops separated from their divisions in battle ), Toguri performed in comedy sketches and introduced recorded music, but never participated in any actual newscasts, with on-air speaking time of generally about 20 minutes.

While many foreign observers tended to take sides and emphasize the atrocities committed by one Spanish faction while glossing over or offering apologies for those of the other, there were also those who tended to lump together all the atrocities reportedly committed in Spain and attribute them all to the inherent cruelty of " Spanish character " or " Spanish culture "-regardless of the political affiliation of the Spaniards involved in each specific case.

" Elizabeth reportedly hated the film because, at the time of its making, she was not only being tied down to the project by the studio, but also because due to her " stealing " Eddie Fisher away from his then-wife Debbie Reynolds she was referred to as a " slut " and a " homewrecker " by US fans, which is exactly what her character, Gloria, was based on.

The movie Shampoo ( 1975 ), with Warren Beatty as the Horner character, is a somewhat distant version of The Country Wife after exactly 300 years, reportedly inspired by the Chichester Festival production of 1969.

" Fleegle was reportedly based on a real-life character, a Runyonesque local boxing trainer and hanger-on named Benjamin " Evil Eye " Finkle.

IBM — which likely timed its announcement to hurt competitors ' sales during Christmas — reportedly spent $ 40 million on PCjr advertising, which used Charlie Chaplin's iconic character " The Tramp ", already used in a successful campaign for the IBM PC, to link the two products together.