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Jan Shepard, the actress who graced both the big screen and TV during Hollywood’s Golden Age, has passed away at 96. Born Josephine Angela Sorbello on March 19, 1928, in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Shepard wasn’t just a name in the credits—she was a dynamo of talent.

Her career spanned decades, from classic films to the era of cowboy-filled TV shows. Shepard passed away on January 17, 2025, due to pneumonia and respiratory failure.

Jan Shepard

Though she’s no longer with us, her legacy blazes bright through her iconic roles, especially her indelible collaborations with Elvis Presley. Let’s take a look at her most iconic junctures, her remarkable career on TV, and the love story that endured longer than most Hollywood stars could ever dream of.

Jan Shepard’s iconic roles alongside Elvis Presley Elvis Presley and Jan Shepard in a scene from King Creole (Credits: Paramount Pictures)

Jan Shepard had her share of unforgettable roles,...

Kurt Russell's Wyatt Earp is the trigger-happy star of Tombstone, but the real Wyatt Earp only ever killed one person before the events covered in the 1993 classic. Earp was not only a well-respected agent of law and order in the Old West, he was also reportedly an expert with the typical six-shooter revolver that was carried by lawmen of the time. While the caliber of his reputation has fluctuated over the decades, Earp is largely recognized as a master gunslinger and a hero lawman by the greater public.

However, Earp's career as a gunslinger was not without controversy. Some historians have since considered Earp a coward, a gambler, and a murderer, among other less-than-savory designations. While obviously first-hand evidence from that era is all but impossible to confirm, there are some stories that are fairly reputable, having been confirmed by multiple witnesses. One such story revolves around the first...

In the Wednesday night episode of Wild West Chronicles, Bat Masterson encounters a delusional criminal, Red Pipkin, who holds him at gunpoint. To buy time, Bat encourages Red to recount stories from his past as an outlaw. Red reveals his involvement with a gang of train robbers led by Bronco Bill and describes their eventual […]

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In the season premiere of Wild West Chronicles, Bat Masterson departs from Dodge City and embarks on a new chapter as the manager of Denver’s Palace Theatre. Here, he encounters Emma Walter, a talented juggling virtuoso known as the Queen of Clubs, and a romantic interest develops between them. Wild West Chronicles ‘Bat Masterson Leaves […]

Wild West Chronicles: Bat Masterson Leaves the West...

Distinguished by a golden-tipped cane and a black derby hat, Bat Masterson was a distinctive, sophisticated figure in the Wild West scene. Despite being canceled due to competition, Bat Masterson's unique visual appeal could captivate a modern, diverse audience. With a revival possible, Bat Masterson's concealed sword and stylish flair could bring a fresh spin to the Western genre today.

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Bass Reeves, a former slave turned farmer, becomes one of the first black Deputy U.S. Marshals in American history. Lawmen: Bass Reeves may potentially become an anthology series exploring other famous American lawmen throughout history. The potential lawmen options for future seasons include Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Pat Garrett, Wild Bill Hicock, John Selman, Bill Tilghman, Heck Thomas, Doc Holiday, John Hughes, and John Barclay Armstrong.

Lawmen: Bass Reeves followed the real-life outlaw Bass Reeves, setting the stage for a potential anthology series produced by Taylor Sheridan and lead actor David Oyelowo. Bass Reeves' remarkable story began as a slave who was forced to fight for the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He escaped slavery and lived in Indigenous Territory until the passing of the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. After starting a family as a farmer in Van Buren, Arkansas, he was recruited to become...

Lisa Montell, a starlet in the 1950s and ’60s who appeared in such films as World Without End opposite Rod Taylor and Ten Thousand Bedrooms alongside Dean Martin, has died. She was 89.

Montell died March 7 in Southern California Hospital at Van Nuys of heart problems and sepsis, her daughter, Shireen Janti, told The Hollywood Reporter.

A native of Poland, Montell portrayed characters of various ethnicities during her career. In Naked Paradise (1957) and She Gods of Shark Reef (1958), directed back-to-back in Kauai by Roger Corman, she played Hawaiians.

She also showed up on several TV Westerns, including The Gene Autry Show, Broken Arrow, Tales of Wells Fargo, Colt .45, Have Gun — Will Travel, Sugarfoot, Cheyenne, Bat Masterson and Maverick.

In the sci-fi feature World Without End (1956), written and directed by Edward Bernds, Montell portrayed a woman on Earth in the 26th century, hundreds of years after a devastating atomic war, who...

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Jack Ging, the familiar character actor who recurred on such series as Tales of Wells Fargo, Mannix, Riptide and The A-Team and appeared in three films opposite Clint Eastwood, has died. He was 90.

Ging died Friday of natural causes at his home in La Quinta, California, his wife, Apache Ging, told The Hollywood Reporter.

In rare starring turns, Ging played the love interest of Diane Baker’s character in a remake of Tess of the Storm Country (1960), a soldier and reluctant hero in the waning days of the Korean War in the drama Sniper’s Ridge (1961) and a clinical psychiatrist on the 1962-64 NBC medical series The Eleventh Hour.

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