'80sSitcoms
04-08-2015, 08:32 AM
I always thought Claude Cainmaker was an interesting rare, obscure character on MF. If you'll notice, he only appeared in the first two filmed episodes, "Mama's Silver" and "Alien Marriage" (not "Vint and the Kids Move In" which was the first episode broadcast, but not the first filmed), before Vicki brought Harvey on as co-director because she felt "the show wasn't right". That could be just a pure coincidence, but it's interesting that those are the only two episodes in which Claude appears, and he is never again mentioned after that. The closest thing to a mention of Claude outside of these 2 episodes is "For Better or Worse" where Vint and Naomi sleep together for the first time, when Vint confides in Naomi that none of his plans work out, like the time he got into chinchilla farming and they were wiped out by mange---an unspoken indirect link to Claude, as they were partners in that venture.
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Actor Geoffrey Lewis, who appeared in several Clint Eastwood movies and made guest appearances on dozens of TV shows in the ’60s through ’80s, died Tuesday in Woodland Hills, Calif. of natural causes. He was 79. The character actor, who often appeared in Westerns, was the father of actress Juliette Lewis.
He had roles in Eastwood’s High Plains Drifter, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, as Orville Boggs in Every Which Way But Loose, and Any Which Way You Can as well as in Bronco Billy, Pink Cadillac and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
Among his other film credits were The Devil’s Rejects, Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate, John Milius’s Dillinger, TV movie 'Salem’s Lot and Michael Ritchie’s Smile.
Lewis received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance on the 1980 series Flo, and appeared in numerous other shows including Barnaby Jones, Hawaii Five-O, Lou Grant, Little House on the Prairie, Falcon Crest, and Murder, She Wrote.
Born in San Diego, he grew up in Rhode Island and moved to California at age 10. He is survived by his wife Paula Hochhalter, Juliette Lewis and nine other children including Lightfield and Matthew, both actors, and Dierdre, an actress.
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Actor Geoffrey Lewis, who appeared in several Clint Eastwood movies and made guest appearances on dozens of TV shows in the ’60s through ’80s, died Tuesday in Woodland Hills, Calif. of natural causes. He was 79. The character actor, who often appeared in Westerns, was the father of actress Juliette Lewis.
He had roles in Eastwood’s High Plains Drifter, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, as Orville Boggs in Every Which Way But Loose, and Any Which Way You Can as well as in Bronco Billy, Pink Cadillac and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
Among his other film credits were The Devil’s Rejects, Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate, John Milius’s Dillinger, TV movie 'Salem’s Lot and Michael Ritchie’s Smile.
Lewis received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance on the 1980 series Flo, and appeared in numerous other shows including Barnaby Jones, Hawaii Five-O, Lou Grant, Little House on the Prairie, Falcon Crest, and Murder, She Wrote.
Born in San Diego, he grew up in Rhode Island and moved to California at age 10. He is survived by his wife Paula Hochhalter, Juliette Lewis and nine other children including Lightfield and Matthew, both actors, and Dierdre, an actress.