Duane Earl Poole, a writer and producer for Aaron Spelling, Hanna-Barbera and Sid & Marty Krofft whose credits include Hart To Hart, The Love Boat, The Smurfs and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, died of cancer on April 1 in Studio City, California. He was 74.
His death was announced by his husband, Frank V. Bonventre.
Born in Prescott, Arizona, Poole was raised in Kennewick, Washington, Poole began working for King World Productions in Seattle after graduating from the University of Washington. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1975 to work for Hanna-Barbera, and soon became a prolific writer of such Saturday morning cartoon fare as The Great Grape Ape, Scooby’s Laff-a-Lympics, The All-New Super Friends Hour and The Smurfs, among others.
Poole also wrote for Sid and Marty Krofft, whose bizarre, colorful live-action shows rivaled Hanna-Barbera in Saturday morning popularity. Far Out Space Nuts, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, The Krofft Supershow and...
His death was announced by his husband, Frank V. Bonventre.
Born in Prescott, Arizona, Poole was raised in Kennewick, Washington, Poole began working for King World Productions in Seattle after graduating from the University of Washington. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1975 to work for Hanna-Barbera, and soon became a prolific writer of such Saturday morning cartoon fare as The Great Grape Ape, Scooby’s Laff-a-Lympics, The All-New Super Friends Hour and The Smurfs, among others.
Poole also wrote for Sid and Marty Krofft, whose bizarre, colorful live-action shows rivaled Hanna-Barbera in Saturday morning popularity. Far Out Space Nuts, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, The Krofft Supershow and...
- 4/21/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
All's well: Polo joins indie 'Two'
NEW YORK -- "Meet the Fockers" star Teri Polo is joining Dwight Yoakam, Mark Pellegrino, Mark Thompson and Kevin Pollak in the indie thriller "Two: Thirteen".
Polo stars as a detective overseeing the investigation of a serial killer with a love of Shakespeare. Thompson plays a police profiler who has returned from psychiatric leave and gets drawn into the case. Pellegrino plays a target of the killer, and Yoakam plays a colorful club owner who becomes a source during the investigation. Pollak has a supporting role as the psychiatrist who treats Thompson's character.
Thompson wrote the screenplay for the thriller, which director Charles Adelman is shooting in Los Angeles. The It's an Us Thing production is produced by Keith Walley, Ric Beddingfield and David Armstrong, who also serves as the film's director of photography.
Aside from her role in the two "Meet the Parents" films and their upcoming sequel, Polo recently has appeared in "Full of It", "Beyond Borders", NBC's "The West Wing", Lifetime Movie Network's "For the Love of a Child" and Hallmark Channel's "Love Is a Four Letter Word".
Thompson, best known as co-host of the "Mark and Brian" radio show on KLOS-FM Los Angeles, also wrote and starred in "Mother Ghost" and recently penned an adaptation of the novel "Mary Mary" for Revelations Entertainment.
Polo stars as a detective overseeing the investigation of a serial killer with a love of Shakespeare. Thompson plays a police profiler who has returned from psychiatric leave and gets drawn into the case. Pellegrino plays a target of the killer, and Yoakam plays a colorful club owner who becomes a source during the investigation. Pollak has a supporting role as the psychiatrist who treats Thompson's character.
Thompson wrote the screenplay for the thriller, which director Charles Adelman is shooting in Los Angeles. The It's an Us Thing production is produced by Keith Walley, Ric Beddingfield and David Armstrong, who also serves as the film's director of photography.
Aside from her role in the two "Meet the Parents" films and their upcoming sequel, Polo recently has appeared in "Full of It", "Beyond Borders", NBC's "The West Wing", Lifetime Movie Network's "For the Love of a Child" and Hallmark Channel's "Love Is a Four Letter Word".
Thompson, best known as co-host of the "Mark and Brian" radio show on KLOS-FM Los Angeles, also wrote and starred in "Mother Ghost" and recently penned an adaptation of the novel "Mary Mary" for Revelations Entertainment.
- 6/21/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cuoco, Rhea will be 'Fat' actresses
Kaley Cuoco and Caroline Rhea are set to star in Fat Like Me, an original movie for Lifetime.
Inspired by the true story of New York teen Ali Schmidt, who went undercover for a 2003 network news special on obesity, the film tells the story of an attractive, athletic high school junior (Cuoco) who experiences firsthand the prejudice and heartbreak overweight teens face when she dons a fat suit as part of a documentary film project.
Rhea, host of The Biggest Loser, co-stars as the girl's mother.
"This story speaks from a young person's point of view about the unconscious judgments we make about appearances, even towards our own family members," Lifetime vp original movies Libby Beers said. "With their touches of humor and vulnerability, Kaley and Caroline are perfect portraying this sensitive connection between girls and their mothers on this highly charged topic."
"Fat" was written by Michelle Lovretta (Instant Star), with Doug Barr (Lifetime's For the Love of a Child) on board to direct.
Inspired by the true story of New York teen Ali Schmidt, who went undercover for a 2003 network news special on obesity, the film tells the story of an attractive, athletic high school junior (Cuoco) who experiences firsthand the prejudice and heartbreak overweight teens face when she dons a fat suit as part of a documentary film project.
Rhea, host of The Biggest Loser, co-stars as the girl's mother.
"This story speaks from a young person's point of view about the unconscious judgments we make about appearances, even towards our own family members," Lifetime vp original movies Libby Beers said. "With their touches of humor and vulnerability, Kaley and Caroline are perfect portraying this sensitive connection between girls and their mothers on this highly charged topic."
"Fat" was written by Michelle Lovretta (Instant Star), with Doug Barr (Lifetime's For the Love of a Child) on board to direct.
- 10/25/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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