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Morton Downey Jr. (December 9, 1932 – March 12, 2001) was an American television talk show host and actor who pioneered the "trash TV" format in the late-1980s on his program The Morton Downey Jr. Show.
Morton Downey was the father of television personality Morton Downey Jr. by his first wife, actress Barbara Bennett (1906–1958), the sister of actresses Constance and Joan Bennett, and with whom he ultimately had five children, four sons, and a daughter: Michael, "Sean" (John Morton Downey Jr.), Lorelle, Anthony, and Kevin. Her early promise ...
Morton Downey Jr. (nephew) Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress and producer. She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s; during the early 1930s, she was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. Bennett frequently played society women, focusing on ...
Occupation. Activist and politician. Roy Emile Alfredo Innis (June 6, 1934 – January 8, 2017) was an American activist and politician. He was National Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) [ 1] from 1968 until his death. One of his sons, Niger Roy Innis, serves as National Spokesman of the Congress of Racial Equality.
Robert Downey Sr. Robert John Downey Sr. ( né Elias Jr.; June 24, 1936 – July 7, 2021) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He was known for writing and directing his underground film Putney Swope (1969), a satire on the New York Madison Avenue advertising world. According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, Downey's ...
Downey Jr. was 28 at the time, and struggled with a drug addiction. “I was young and crazy,” Downey Jr. said during an interview on The View on Wednesday, January 24. He told cohost Joy
Rick Kogan, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, believes that Morton Downey, Jr. formatted his own talk show after The Joe Pyne Show. [27] The Los Angeles Times [28] and Radio Only magazine [29] have also made similar remarks. Likewise, Bill Press, author of the book Toxic Talk, characterized Pyne as "a precursor to [Rush] Limbaugh." [9]
A post shared by Robert Downey Jr. (@robertdowneyjr) May 18, 2023 Robert and Susan attend a special screening of “ Sr .” — aka a new Netflix doc about the actor’s relationship with his ...