Here Come The Brides aired from September 1968 until September 1970 on ABC.
Comedy-adventure set in boomtown Seattle - population 152 - in the 1870's.
Logging camp operator Jason Bolt ( Robert Brown ) , and his young brothers Jeremy and Joshua ( Bobby Sherman, David Soul), were in danger of losing their forest, at Bridal Veil Mountain, because their men were in an uproar over the lack of women in Seattle. Jason came up with an ingenious plan. Using funds borrowed from rival sawmill operator Aaron Stempel( Mark Lenard), he traveled back to New Bedford, Massachusetts, and persuaded 100 prospective brides to return with him to the frontier. The women, led by Candy Pruitt( Bridget Hanley), returned with Jason aboard Capt. Clancey's( Henry Beckman's) decrepit ship . But, there was a catch - if any of the 100 women left before a year was up, Jason would forfeit his land to Stempel. It was some year, but Jason won his wager.
Bobby Sherman and David Soul were both looked on as promising young singers when the series was cast. Boosted by exposure on the show, Sherman went on to become a highly successful recording star beginning in 1969 and ending up appearing on several other TV show as well.
David Soul, who had his first TV exposure as the hooded "mystery singer" on The Merv Griffin Show from 1966-1967, later became Hutch on the extremely popular series Starsky And Hutch. He also married (in real life) one of the "brides" he met on the series, actress Karen Carlson.
Here are the Lyrics for the theme song from "Here Come the Brides"
SEATTLE
Theme song from the TV Series "Here Come The Brides" (1968)
(Jack Keller / Hugo Montenegro /Ernie Sheldon)
The New Establishment (TV Soundtrack) - 1968
Perry Como - 1968
Connie Smith - 1969
Bobby Sherman - 1970
The bluest skies you've ever seen are in Seattle
And the hills the greenest green, in Seattle
Like a beautiful child, growing up, free an' wild
Full of hopes an' full of fears, full of laughter, full of tears
Full of dreams to last the years, in Seattle . . . in Seattle
When it's time to leave your home and your loved ones
It's the hardest thing a boy can ever do
An' you pray that you will find someone warm an' sweet an' kind
But you're not sure what's waiting there for you
The bluest skies you've ever seen are in Seattle
And the hills the greenest green, in Seattle
Like a beautiful child, growing up, free an' wild
Full of hopes an' full of fears, full of laughter, full of tears
Full of dreams to last the years, in Seattle . . . in Seattle
(Instrumental break)
When you find your own true love, you will know it
By her smile, by the look in her eye
Scent of pine trees in the air, never knew a day so fair
It makes you feel so proud that you could cry
The bluest skies you've ever seen are in Seattle
And the hills the greenest green, in Seattle
Like a beautiful child, growing up, free an' wild
Full of hopes an' full of fears, full of laughter, full of tears
Full of dreams to last the years, in Seattle . . . in Seattle
Henry Beckman, a Canadian character actor who appeared in hundreds of TV shows, films and stage productions in a career spanning five decades, is dead at age 86.
By Canwest News Service June 30, 2008
Henry Beckman, a Canadian character actor who appeared in hundreds of TV shows, films and stage productions in a career spanning five decades, is dead at age 86.
While Beckman had few well-known leading roles, he played a host of supporting characters which included Detective Frank Briggs on X-Files, Colonel Harridan on McHale’s Navy, George Anderson in Peyton Place and Captain Clancy in Here Come the Bridges. He co-starred as Sandy Duncan’s landlord in the series Funny Face.
He had other television roles in such series as the Twilight Zone, Welcome Back Kotter, Rockford Files, Happy Days, Gunsmoke, Quincy, Ironside, Marcus Welby, Mannix, Columbo, Bewitched and The Monkees.
Beckman, who had lived in Washington State just south of the B.C. border for many years, died on June 17 in Barcelona, Spain.
He also appeared in a dozen or more movies. They included the role of the sheriff in 1992’s The Man Upstairs starring Katherine Hepburn. In 2000, he was the narrator of the Lion of Oz. Other roles dated back to the ’50s and ’60s in such films as Niagara and Marnie. Beckman also took home two Genie awards for his film work in Canada.
He wrote scripts as well.
Beckman was born in Halifax on Nov. 26, 1921 and entered the Canadian military before his 18th birthday in 1939 by lying about his age. He went ashore during the invasion of Normandy.
He is to be buried in the family plot at St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery near Sumas, Wash.
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