101-526: David Bruce Cassidy (April 12, 1950 – November 21, 2017) was an American actor and musician. He was best known for his role as Keith Partridge, the son of Shirley Partridge (played by his real-life stepmother, actress Shirley Jones ), in the 1970s musical-sitcom The Partridge Family . This role catapulted Cassidy to teen idol status as a superstar pop singer of the 1970s. Raised primarily by his maternal grandparents in West Orange, New Jersey , Cassidy
202-537: A field sobriety test , Cassidy was subjected to an alcohol breath test , returning a blood alcohol level of 0.10%, which was above the New York legal limit of 0.08%. The arresting officer, one Tom Jones, reported that Cassidy was polite and courteous; in reference to a 1965 hit song by singer Tom Jones , Cassidy jokingly asked the officer, "What's New, Pussycat?" Cassidy was charged, taken to jail, and released several hours later on $ 2,500 bail. On May 12, 2015, Cassidy
303-514: A public service announcement for Alzheimer's disease research and prevention – because his mother, Evelyn Ward, suffered with the condition – and said that he would campaign for that cause whenever possible. He planned to address Congress in 2012. Cassidy was a long-time registered Democrat . During a 2012 guest appearance on The Colbert Report he expressed his views on the leading Republican candidates for president, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich . Cassidy stated, "I believe both of them are
404-488: A Navy veteran, widower, and veteran of 25 years of police service, forced to retire from the department after a sniper 's bullet to the spine paralyzed him from the waist down , resulting in his reliance on a wheelchair . In the pilot episode, a television movie , Ironside shows his strength of character and gets himself appointed a peculiar and unprecedented job; a "special department consultant", by his good friend, Police Commissioner Dennis Randall. He does this by calling
505-651: A TV-movie, The Priest Killer . Jessica Walter guest-starred in a spin-off episode for the series Amy Prentiss , which aired as part of The NBC Mystery Movie during the 1974–1975 season. She played a relatively young investigator who becomes chief of detectives for the San Francisco Police Department. Helen Hunt , in an early role, played Prentiss' preteen daughter, Jill. Three two-hour episodes were aired. The 22nd episode of season seven, airing in March 1974, and titled "Riddle at 24,000,"
606-456: A UK number one which failed to chart in the States. In Britain, Cassidy the solo star remains best known for "Daydreamer", "How Can I Be Sure" and "Could It Be Forever" (UK number 2/US number 37), all released during his 1972–73 solo chart peak. After launching his solo musical career, he was for a short time the highest paid entertainer in the world. At the peak of his career, Cassidy's fan club
707-407: A divorce petition in 2002), they remained married until Ingels' death on October 21, 2015, from a massive stroke . After his death, Jones said: "He often drove me crazy, but there's not a day I won't miss him and love him to my core." On the evening of December 11, 1976, after Jones had refused an offer of reconciliation from Jack Cassidy, she received news that her ex-husband's penthouse apartment
808-456: A general retail release. Season four was re-released on August 22, 2017. In Region 2, Anchor Bay Entertainment released the first season on DVD in the UK on August 25, 2008. In Region 4, Madman Entertainment released all eight seasons on DVD. The eighth and final season, which included the 1993 TV reunion movie The Return of Ironside , was released on October 19, 2011. Season five includes
909-511: A gruff persona. The series enjoyed a seven-and-a-half-season run on NBC, drawing respectable, if not always high ratings. As the shortened eighth and final season began (only 16 of 19 episodes produced were aired by NBC), Universal released a syndicated rerun package of episodes from earlier seasons under the title The Raymond Burr Show , reflecting the practice of that time to differentiate original network episodes from syndicated reruns whenever possible. After NBC's midseason cancellation, however,
1010-645: A high school diploma, David moved into the rental home of Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones in Irvington, New York, where his half-brothers also lived. David remained there, seeking fame as an actor/musician, while simultaneously working half-days in the mailroom of a textile firm. He moved out when his career began to flourish. Cassidy's father, Jack, is credited with setting his son up with his first manager. After David Cassidy signed with Universal Studios in 1969, Jack introduced him to former table tennis champion and close friend Ruth Aarons , who later found her niche as
1111-577: A high school. Cassidy later stated he was broke by the 1980s, despite being successful and highly paid. In 1985, music success continued with the Arista release of the single "The Last Kiss" (number six in the United Kingdom), with backing vocals by George Michael , which was included on the album Romance . These went gold in Europe and Australia, and Cassidy supported them with a sellout tour of
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#17327905935021212-464: A hit and was screened in over 70 countries. Within months, Jones and her co-stars were pop culture television icons. Her real-life 20-year-old stepson David Cassidy , who was an unknown actor at the time, played Shirley Partridge's eldest son Keith and became a teen idol . The show also spawned a number of albums and singles by The Partridge Family, performed by David Cassidy and Shirley Jones. That same year, " I Think I Love You " reached number one on
1313-612: A huge picture of me on the back. I can't even eat breakfast without seeing my face. — New Musical Express , October 1972. By this point, Cassidy had decided to quit both touring and acting in The Partridge Family , concentrating instead on recording and songwriting. International success continued, mostly in Great Britain, Germany, Japan and South Africa, when he released three well-received solo albums and several hit singles on RCA in 1975 and 1976. Cassidy became
1414-595: A nod to both Ironside and Perry Mason . A promo for the adult animated sitcom Archer was made in the style of the show's opening sequence, replacing Ironside with the character Ray Gillette, who had been temporary confined to a wheelchair after a spinal injury. Shout! Factory has released the first four seasons of Ironside on DVD in Region 1. Seasons three and four were released as Shout Factory Exclusives , available exclusively through Shout!'s online store. On May 9, 2017, Shout! Factory re-released season three as
1515-578: A parody of Ironside titled "Ironride." On The Benny Hill Show , Benny Hill played Ironside in a few sketches, most notably in a sketch called "Murder on the Oregon Express," which parodied several television detective characters. Impressionist Billy Howard included Ironside as one of the detectives parodied in his novelty hit record "King of the Cops." The 1980 television movie Murder Can Hurt You spoofs numerous television detectives from
1616-606: A press conference and then tricking Commissioner Randall into meeting his terms. In the pilot, Ironside eventually solves the mystery of the ambush. He requests Ed Brown and Eve Whitfield be assigned to him as his own private law enforcement squad. Supporting characters on Ironside included Det. Sgt. Edward "Ed" Brown ( Don Galloway ) and a young socialite-turned-plainclothes officer, Eve Whitfield ( Barbara Anderson ). In addition, delinquent-turned assistant Mark Sanger ( Don Mitchell ), who subsequently attends and graduates from law school (night classes were mentioned from early on), joins
1717-523: A prostitute who encounters her seducer years later and reveals his true character. The director, Richard Brooks , had originally fought against her being in the movie, but after seeing her first scene, told her she would win an Oscar for her performance. She was reunited with Ron Howard (who had played her brother in The Music Man ) in The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963). Jones landed
1818-568: A rather large open space on the fourth floor of the Old Hall of Justice in San Francisco at 750 Kearny Street between Washington and Merchant Streets. The Old Hall had already been demolished while Ironside was still in production. It had been abandoned in 1961 and demolished in late 1967. The SFPD had begun using their new home by January 1962. In December 1967, demolition finally began. Wrecking balls and bulldozers took five months to raze
1919-522: A revival of 42nd Street , portraying diva Dorothy Brock opposite Patrick Cassidy, the first time a mother and son were known to star together on Broadway. In July 2005, Jones revisited the musical Carousel onstage in Massachusetts, portraying "Cousin Nettie". In July 2006, Jones received another Emmy Award nomination for her supporting performance in the television film Hidden Places . She
2020-524: A short-lived 2009 ABC Family comedy series titled Ruby & the Rockits , a show created by Shaun. Cassidy was one of the contestants on Celebrity Apprentice in 2011. As the days of "Cassidymania" subsided, Cassidy regularly addressed fans at his concerts in question-and-answer sessions. In August 2016, Cassidy performed in The Villages, Florida , and brought multiple attendees to the side of
2121-405: A sick day ... two adorable children ... a devoted husband ... everything to live for ... just fell asleep at the dining room table and left us forever. Dear God take care of my baby. With regard to David Cassidy's alcohol abuse and legal problems, Jones once shared her family's related concerns: We are just scared to death that we are going to wake up one morning and find out that he is dead on
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#17327905935022222-579: A small makeover to distinguish the Ironside character from the more identifiable Perry Mason. Burr thus had his hair colored (which was unnecessary, since Burr was already gray-haired when Ironside originally aired) and cut his beard down to a goatee. One thing Burr did not need to do, however, was pretend to be disabled. At the time the Ironside reunion went into production, Burr had been suffering from kidney cancer that had metastasized to his liver, and
2323-425: A store or even walk down the street without being stopped by people." Though he wanted to become a respected rock musician along the lines of Mick Jagger , his channel to stardom launched him into the ranks of teen idol , a brand he loathed until much later in life, when he managed to come to terms with his pop idol beginnings. Ten albums by The Partridge Family and five solo albums by Cassidy were produced during
2424-451: A surefire hit. Jones realized, however, that: The problem with Partridge —though it was great for me and gave me an opportunity to stay home and raise my kids—when my agents came to me and presented it to me, they said if you do a series and it becomes a hit show, you will be that character for the rest of your life and your film career will go into the toilet, which is what happened. But I have no regrets. During its first season, it became
2525-399: A suspect on the streets of San Francisco.) The iconic theme music has since been sampled in numerous recordings and soundtracks to television commercials and shows, including Kill Bill: Volume 1 . The score for the episode "The Macabre Mr. Micawber" by Billy Goldenberg (credited as William Goldenberg) was sampled for the song " All Caps " by the hip-hop duo Madvillain . In addition to
2626-484: A talent manager, given her theater background. Aarons had represented Jack and Shirley Jones for several years and later represented Cassidy's half-brother Shaun. Aarons became an authority figure and close friend to Cassidy and was the driving force behind his on-screen success. After Cassidy made small wages from Screen Gems for his work on The Partridge Family during season one, Aarons discovered that he had been underage when he signed his contract; she then renegotiated
2727-410: A two-hour crossover between Ironside and a new series, Sarge , starring George Kennedy as a cop-turned-priest. Kennedy's San Diego–based Father Samuel Cavanaugh comes to San Francisco because of the death of a friend and fellow priest, and his investigation gets him embroiled with Ironside and his staff. The special consolidated the two shows' consecutive time slots and has been subsequently seen as
2828-554: Is an American actress and singer. In her six decades in show business , she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of musical films , such as Oklahoma! (1955), Carousel (1956), and The Music Man (1962). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a vengeful prostitute in Elmer Gantry (1960). She played the lead role of Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in
2929-414: Is excerpted in the biographic film Yankee Doodle Dandy [1942], when James Cagney sings " Give My Regards to Broadway " and " The Yankee Doodle Boy ".) However, Cassidy received negative reviews, and he was replaced by another former teen idol, Donny Osmond , before the show reached Broadway. Cassidy, in turn, was himself a replacement for the lead in the original 1982 Broadway production of Joseph and
3030-478: Is now." Cassidy married songwriter Sue Shifrin on March 30, 1991. It was Cassidy's third marriage and Shifrin's second marriage. They had one child, Beau, in 1991. In August 2013, Cassidy's Los Angeles publicist confirmed that the couple had separated, with Shifrin filing for divorce in February 2014. Cassidy moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida , in 2002. He filed for bankruptcy in 2015. In 2011, Cassidy recorded
3131-440: Is replaced in the episode titled "Poole's Paradise" after the van is destroyed by Sergeant Brown as part of a plan to trick a corrupt sheriff. At the end of the episode, the patrol wagon is replaced by a one-off fully custom modified 1969 one-ton Ford Econoline Window Van. The show became a success as Ironside depended on brains and initiative in solving cases. Although Ironside is portrayed as good-hearted and honest, he maintains
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3232-460: The Billboard Hot 100 music chart, making Jones the second person, after Frank Sinatra , and the first woman to win an acting Oscar and also have a number-one hit on that chart, an achievement only matched by Cher and Barbra Streisand . The Partridge Family won a NARM award for the best-selling single of the year in 1970 for their hit "I Think I Love You". In 1971, The Partridge Family
3333-455: The 1970s and '80s, and includes Victor Buono playing the wheelchair-using detective Ironbottom. American Dad has an episode, "Wheels and Legman," that loosely parodies Ironside and similar programs in which Roger and Steve have a fictional detective agency. In the "Gone Efficient" episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law , a man in a wheelchair is shown pleading a case in front of Judge Mentok (who strongly resembles Raymond Burr) as
3434-912: The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat . Cassidy also appeared in London's West End production of Time and returned to Broadway in Blood Brothers alongside Petula Clark and David's half-brother Shaun Cassidy. Cassidy returned to the American top 40 with his 1990 single "Lyin' to Myself", released on Enigma Records , from his 1990 album David Cassidy , followed by the 1992 album Didn't You Used to Be... on Scotti Brothers Records . In 1998, he had an adult contemporary music hit with "No Bridge I Wouldn't Cross" from his album Old Trick New Dog on his own Slamajamma Records label. Along with his single "Lyin' to Myself", 1990
3535-468: The Heart Is . In 1978, Cassidy starred in an episode of Police Story titled "A Chance to Live", for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award . NBC created a series based on it, called David Cassidy: Man Undercover , but it was cancelled after one season. A decade later, the successful Fox series 21 Jump Street used the same plot, with different youthful-looking police officers infiltrating
3636-798: The Houston Astrodome in Texas over one weekend in 1972. His concert in New York's Madison Square Garden sold out in one day and resulted in riots after the show. His concert tours of the United Kingdom included sellout concerts at Wembley Stadium in 1973. In Australia in 1974, the mass hysteria was such that calls were made to have him deported from the country, especially after the madness at his 33,000-person audience concert at Melbourne Cricket Ground . A turning point in Cassidy's live concerts (while still filming The Partridge Family )
3737-535: The Las Vegas show At the Copa with Sheena Easton , as both the young and old versions of the lead character, Johnny Flamingo. His 2001 album Then and Now went platinum internationally and returned Cassidy to the top five of the UK album charts for the first time since 1974. In 2005, Cassidy played the manager of Aaron Carter 's character in the film Popstar . He co-starred alongside his half-brother Patrick in
3838-622: The Miss Pittsburgh contest in 1952. Her first audition was for an open bi-weekly casting call held by John Fearnley, casting director for Rodgers and Hammerstein and their various musicals. At the time, Jones had never heard of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Fearnley was so impressed, he ran across the street to fetch Richard Rodgers , who was rehearsing with an orchestra for an upcoming musical. Rodgers then called Oscar Hammerstein at home. The two saw great potential in Jones. She became
3939-516: The Partridge Family Bus . In December 2019, C'mon, Get Happy was published as an E-book (by Open Road Media, ISBN 0446395315 ) with a new afterword by Chip Deffaa, covering the rest of Cassidy's life. Cassidy also wrote a memoir, Could It Be Forever? My Story , published in the United Kingdom in March 2007, which gives further details about his personal life. Shirley Jones Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934)
4040-444: The San Francisco police force himself in the sixth season, then marries late in the run of the series. Commissioner Randall was played by Gene Lyons . After the program's fourth season, Anderson left for personal reasons, and her character was then replaced by another young policewoman, Fran Belding ( Elizabeth Baur ), who filled much the same role for four more years. Ironside uses a fourth-floor room (for living and office space) in
4141-493: The United Kingdom, which resulted in the Greatest Hits Live compilation of 1986. Michael cited Cassidy as a major career influence and interviewed Cassidy for David Litchfield's Ritz Newspaper . Cassidy performed in musical theater. In 1981, he toured in a revival of a pre-Broadway production of Little Johnny Jones , a show originally produced in 1904 with music, lyrics, and book by George M. Cohan . (The show
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4242-548: The United States, number two in the United Kingdom (a double A-side with "Could It Be Forever"), and number one in Australia and New Zealand. He began tours that featured Partridge tunes and his own hits. Cassidy achieved far greater solo chart success in the UK than in his native America, including a cover of The Young Rascals' " How Can I Be Sure " and the double A-side single " Daydreamer " / " The Puppy Song " –
4343-422: The airing of just four episodes (of nine produced). There was a single novel based on the series by Jim Thompson . It was published in 1967 by Popular Library . There was also a board game published by Ideal in 1967. An episode of Get Smart that aired in March 1969 was titled "Leadside" and featured a wheelchair-using master criminal by that name (and his assistants). Leadside could not walk, but he
4444-413: The back of a car " stoned and drunk." Once " I Think I Love You "—the first single released by The Partridge Family pop group—became a hit, Cassidy began work on solo albums, including Cherish and Rock Me Baby , both released in 1972. Within the first year, he had produced his own single, a cover of The Association's " Cherish " (from the album of the same title ); the song reached number nine in
4545-455: The building. The opening theme music was composed by Quincy Jones , and was the first synthesizer-based television theme song. In 1971, Jones recorded a fuller four-minute band version for the album Smackwater Jack . This recording was then edited and used for the opening credits of the fifth through eighth seasons (1971–1975). (The entire album track can be heard in the fifth-season episode "Unreasonable Facsimile" as Ironside and team track
4646-580: The condition. Despite facing health and legal issues later in life, Cassidy continued performing until announcing his retirement in 2017, before his death later that year. Cassidy was born at Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York City, the son of singer and actor Jack Cassidy and actress Evelyn Ward . His father was of half Irish and half German ancestry, and his mother was descended mostly from Colonial Americans , along with having some Irish and Swiss roots. His mother's ancestors were among
4747-468: The contract with far superior provisions and a rare four-year term. On January 2, 1969, Cassidy made his professional debut in the Broadway musical The Fig Leaves Are Falling . It closed after four performances, but a casting director saw the show and asked Cassidy to make a screen test. In 1969, he moved to Los Angeles . After signing with Universal Studios in 1969, Cassidy was featured in episodes of
4848-536: The disease left him unable to stand or walk without assistance. Thus, like Ironside, Burr used a wheelchair to get around. Unlike the original series, which took place in San Francisco, the reunion was set and filmed in Denver , Colorado , with the justification that the character Ed Brown had become the city's deputy chief of police. (Denver was also where most of Burr's Perry Mason TV movies were produced.) Galloway, Mitchell, Anderson, and Baur recreated their roles for
4949-407: The fame took its toll on Cassidy. In the midst of his rise to fame, Cassidy felt stifled by the show and trapped by the mass hysteria surrounding his every move. In May 1972, to alter his public image, he appeared nude on the cover of Rolling Stone in a cropped Annie Leibovitz photo; among other things, the accompanying Rolling Stone article mentioned that Cassidy was riding around New York in
5050-401: The family and to avoid turning the girl's funeral into a media circus, Cassidy did not attend the service, although he spoke to Whelan's parents and sent flowers. Cassidy stated at the time that this would haunt him until the day he died. I'm exploited by people who put me on the back of cereal boxes. I asked my housekeeper to go and buy a certain kind of cereal and when she came home, there was
5151-412: The film adaptation Oklahoma! in 1955. Other film musicals quickly followed, including Carousel (1956), April Love (1957), and The Music Man (1962), in which she was often typecast as a wholesome, kind character. However, she won a 1960 Academy Award for her performance in Elmer Gantry portraying a woman corrupted by the title character played by Burt Lancaster . Her character becomes
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#17327905935025252-762: The films Oklahoma! , Carousel , and April Love . The album featured new recordings of songs including " Beauty and the Beast ", " Memory ", and a sentimental tribute to The Music Man . She had a recurring role as Burt Chance's mother in the Fox TV comedy series Raising Hope . In mid-2012, Jones played Mrs. Paroo, when her son Patrick played Harold Hill, in a California Musical Theatre revival of The Music Man . In 2014, Jones guest-starred on an episode of General Hospital as Mrs. McClain . On August 5, 1956, Jones married actor and singer Jack Cassidy . They had three sons, Shaun , Patrick , and Ryan. David Cassidy
5353-522: The first and only singer to be put under personal contract with the songwriters. They first cast her in a minor role in South Pacific . For her second Broadway show, Me and Juliet , she started as a chorus girl, and then an understudy for the lead role, earning rave reviews in Chicago . Jones impressed Rodgers and Hammerstein with her musically trained voice, and was cast as the female lead in
5454-474: The first few days after the incident, but that his memory had returned. Cassidy also acknowledged that there was "no sign of [dementia] at this stage of [his] life," adding that "[it] was complete alcohol poisoning—and the fact is, I lied about my drinking." Cassidy said, "You know, I did it to myself, man. I did it to myself to cover up the sadness and the emptiness." Cassidy had told his family and others that he had given up drinking. On November 18, 2017, Cassidy
5555-502: The first recording artist to have a hit with " I Write the Songs ", peaking at No. 11 in the Top 30 in Great Britain before the song became Barry Manilow 's signature tune. Cassidy co-produced the recording with the song's author-composer, Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys . The two artists collaborated on two of David's mid-70s RCA Records albums The Higher They Climb and Home Is Where
5656-401: The floor. David has not had a relationship with anyone in the family for years. We are sick over it! David Cassidy died on November 21, 2017. The day after his death, Jones commented publicly: Long before he played my son on The Partridge Family , he was my stepson in real life. As a little boy, his sweet sensitivity, and wicked sense of humor were already on display, and I will treasure
5757-622: The founders of Newark, New Jersey . As his parents were frequently touring on the road, he spent his early years being raised by his maternal grandparents in a middle-class neighborhood in West Orange, New Jersey . In 1958, he found out from neighbors' children that his parents had been divorced for more than two years and had not told him. In 1956, Cassidy's father married singer and actress Shirley Jones . They had three children, David's half-brothers Shaun (b. 1958), Patrick (b. 1962), and Ryan (b. 1966). In 1968, after completing one final session of summer school to obtain credits necessary to get
5858-410: The main cast reunited for a made-for-TV movie in 1993, The Return of Ironside , which aired on May 4, 1993, on NBC, not long before Burr's death. At the time, Burr was starring in a series of telefilms for NBC playing his most famous character, Perry Mason . In the years between the end of Ironside in 1975 and the first Perry Mason movie in 1985, Burr's appearance had undergone some changes. His hair
5959-532: The most embarrassing, sad, pathetic ... I mean, really, this is the best we can do?" Cassidy was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) in Florida on November 3, 2010. Cassidy was arrested for DUI in Schodack, New York , in the early hours of August 21, 2013. He was pulled over after failing to dim his headlights as he passed a police car going in the opposite direction. After performing poorly on
6060-464: The mother!'" Cassidy discussed his relationship with his stepmother on the show: "She wasn't my mother, and I can be very open, and we can speak, and we became very close friends. She was a very good role model for me, watching the way, you know, she dealt with people on the set, and watching people revere her." Cassidy appeared on many shows alongside his stepmother, including A&E Biography , TV Land Confidential , and The Today Show , and he
6161-457: The movie, though Anderson and Baur had not worked at the same time on the original series. "The Over-the-Hill Blues" (1974) At the start of its sixth season, Ironside did a two-part crossover episode with The Bold Ones: The New Doctors , titled "Five Days in the Death of Sergeant Brown", where Ed is critically injured by a sniper and is treated by Dr. David Craig and his medical staff. Part 1
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#17327905935026262-439: The musical Oklahoma! . In early 2008, it was announced that Jones would play Colleen Brady on the long-running NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives . Jones guest-starred on ABC Family 's short-lived show Ruby & The Rockits as David and Patrick's mother. In 2008, U.K. label Stage Door Records released the retrospective collection Then & Now featuring 24 songs from Jones's musical career, including songs from
6363-638: The musical situation-comedy television series The Partridge Family (1970–1974), which co-starred her real-life stepson, David Cassidy , son of Jack Cassidy . Jones was born on March 31, 1934, in Charleroi, Pennsylvania , to Methodist parents Marjorie (née Williams), and Paul Jones, owner of the Jones Brewing Company. Jones' paternal grandfather came from Wales . She was named after child star Shirley Temple . Jones says that many people have incorrectly assumed that her middle name
6464-447: The old San Francisco Hall of Justice building, which housed the city's police headquarters. He recruits Mark Sanger to be his personal assistant after Sanger is brought in as a suspect who wanted to kill Ironside. Ironside acquires a specially equipped, former fleet-modified 1940 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -ton Ford police patrol wagon, with bulletproof glass and a specially modified high-performance supercharged and fuel-injected V-8 engine. This
6565-467: The opening theme music, Quincy Jones composed the entire score for the first eight episodes. Oliver Nelson took over those duties up to the end of the winter to spring 1972 episodes. Nelson was then replaced by Marty Paich for nearly all of the episodes from the beginning of the fall of that year until the last episode that was produced, in late 1974. The song "Even When You Cry", with music composed by Jones and lyrics written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman ,
6666-489: The role of a lady who fell in love with the professor in Fluffy (1965). In her film career, she has worked with some of Hollywood's icons: Jimmy Stewart , Gene Kelly , Marlon Brando , James Cagney , Henry Fonda , Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin and director John Ford . In 1970, after turning down the role of Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch , a role that ultimately went to her best friend, Florence Henderson , Jones
6767-469: The scene of a car accident, improper lane change, expired plates and driving on a suspended license. In 2008, Cassidy publicly admitted he had an alcohol problem. On February 20, 2017, following a performance in Agoura Hills, California , in which Cassidy had difficulty remembering the lyrics of songs he had been performing for nearly 50 years, and appeared to fall off the stage, he announced that he
6868-484: The second time, starring in the NBC show Shirley , which, like The Partridge Family , featured a family headed by a widowed mother, but the show failed to win ratings and was cancelled toward the middle of the season. Jones also played the "older woman" girlfriend of Drew Carey's character in several episodes of The Drew Carey Show , and reprised Shirley Partridge in a cameo in a 2000 episode of That '70s Show . She
6969-589: The series was cancelled, and regularly would send cards and birthday presents for Crough and her children. Jones said of Crough's death on Hollywood Life: I am so devastated to hear of the sad and sudden loss of Suzanne. I still remember her as my young daughter on The Partridge Family. She was the baby of the show. It's a rude awakening that we are all mortal. How fleeting life is. My heart goes out to her family and children. Suzanne will always be remembered and I will always treasure my memories of her. Suzanne Crough ... my sweet TV baby for 5 years ... only 52 ... never
7070-428: The series, with most selling more than a million copies each. Internationally, Cassidy's solo career eclipsed the already phenomenal success of The Partridge Family . He became an instant drawing card, with sellout concert successes in major arenas around the world. These concerts produced mass hysteria, resulting in the media coining the term "Cassidymania". For example, he played to two sellout crowds of 56,000 each at
7171-424: The show's success, Cassidy sought to break free from his idol image, leading to a diverse solo music career with hits in the UK and Australia, and a tumultuous life marked by public and personal challenges. Cassidy's personal life was complex, with multiple marriages, children from relationships, and struggles with alcohol. He became an advocate for Alzheimer's disease research, inspired by his family's history with
7272-517: The stage, asking and answering questions and engaging with members of the community who had been fans for nearly half a century. Cassidy's first wife was actress Kay Lenz , whom he married on April 3, 1977, and divorced on December 28, 1983. Cassidy married his second wife, horse breeder Meryl Tanz, in 1984. They met in 1974 at a horse sale in Lexington, Kentucky . This marriage ended in divorce in 1988. Cassidy's daughter, actress Katie Cassidy ,
7373-413: The syndicated episodes reverted to the Ironside title. The show was filmed in a mixture of locations, sometimes in San Francisco, but also with a large number of studio scenes (including scenes with conversations in a moving vehicle, where a traffic backdrop is used). The shows contained stock footage of San Francisco, with pan shots of Coit Tower or clips of traffic scenes. Ironside and his team used
7474-482: The television series Ironside , Marcus Welby, M.D. , Adam-12 , Medical Center , and Bonanza . In 1970, Cassidy took the role of Keith Partridge on the musical television show The Partridge Family produced by Screen Gems . After demonstrating his singing talent, Cassidy was allowed to join the studio ensemble as the lead singer. (He and Shirley Jones were the only TV cast members to appear on any Partridge Family recordings.) The show proved popular, but
7575-405: The title role (with none of the other characters from the original series being used), while the action was relocated from San Francisco to New York City. This version of the character was more in the tough cop mold, often at odds with his superiors over his unrelenting, even violent approach to police work. The series was lambasted by critics and ignored by viewers, and was cancelled and pulled after
7676-453: The years we spent working and growing together. I will also find solace knowing that David is now with his dad. Ironside (1967 TV series) Ironside is an American television crime drama that aired on NBC over eight seasons from 1967 to 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside (usually addressed by the title "Chief Ironside"), a consultant to the San Francisco police department (formerly chief of detectives), who
7777-420: Was 20 years old when she met Cassidy, who was seven years her senior, and she refers to him as the most influential person in and the love of her life. Jones is a supporter of PETA . Jones was devastated when Suzanne Crough died on April 27, 2015; Crough played one of her TV daughters on The Partridge Family . She had a very close relationship with the younger actress and remained close friends long after
7878-432: Was Jack's son from his first marriage to actress Evelyn Ward and became her stepson. Jones divorced Cassidy in 1975. On November 13, 1977, Jones married actor and comedian Marty Ingels . Jones and Ingels wrote an autobiography based on their relationship called Shirley & Marty: An Unlikely Love Story . Despite being what Ingels called having an “odd-couple relationship” and separations (she filed, then withdrew,
7979-456: Was a gate stampede at the penultimate show on a world tour, in London's White City Stadium on May 26, 1974, when nearly 800 people were injured in a crush at the front of the stage. Thirty were taken to the hospital, and a 14-year-old girl, Bernadette Whelan, died four days later at London's Hammersmith Hospital without regaining consciousness. A deeply affected Cassidy faced the press, trying to make sense of what had happened. Out of respect for
8080-463: Was a pilot for "Dr. Domingo," a proposed spin-off series starring Desi Arnaz as a crime-solving physician in a small, California town. It was written by Lane Slate, perhaps best known as the screenwriter of They Only Kill Their Masters , the James Garner movie about a small-town police chief. In 2013, a short-lived remake with the same name aired on NBC. Actor Blair Underwood took on
8181-407: Was able to run. Leadside was directed by Gary Nelson. Nelson never directed on Ironside during its original stint as a television series but instead directed the reunion television movie The Return of Ironside . Another Get Smart episode, called "Ironhand," had a KAOS operative with a hand encased in metal hence why he was known as Ironhand. The December 1970 issue of Mad magazine included
8282-518: Was also in the dramatic project There Were Times, Dear , in which she played a loyal wife whose husband is dying of Alzheimer's disease ; she was nominated for an Emmy Award for this work. In February 1986, Jones unveiled her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Vine Street just around the corner from Hollywood Boulevard. In 1983, she appeared in a rare revival of Noël Coward 's operetta, Bitter Sweet . In 2004, she returned to Broadway in
8383-642: Was also the year he starred in the motion picture comedy, The Spirit of '76 , where he was the main character as a man from the future who arrived in the US in the year 1976 on a mission to find the US Constitution. It was also the year he was a main character in the romantic drama Instant Karma . From November 1996 to December 1998, Cassidy starred in the Las Vegas show EFX at the MGM Grand Las Vegas . In 2000, Cassidy wrote and appeared in
8484-508: Was born in 1986 from an extramarital affair with fashion model Sherry Williams. After David and Williams ended their relationship, Katie was raised by her mother and her stepfather, Richard Benedon. David spoke of his absence from Katie's life: in February 2017, he said, "I've never had a relationship with her. I wasn't her father. I was her biological father but I didn't raise her. She has a completely different life. I'm proud of her. She's very talented. It's hard for me to even accept how old she
8585-413: Was broadcast on Ironside and part two on The New Doctors . Part two is now shown in reruns as an episode of Ironside . E. G. Marshall and David Hartman (stars of The New Doctors ) received starring credit in the opening credits of both episodes. Part two features a longer edited version of Quincy Jones' "Ironside" theme as heard on his 1971 album Smackwater Jack . NBC's 1971 fall TV season opened with
8686-425: Was grayer, he had gained a significant amount of weight, and after years of playing clean-shaven characters, he grew a beard. Since nearly 20 years had passed since Ironside left the air, and as he had been playing Perry Mason on television for the previous eight years, Burr felt that he was more associated with Perry Mason. He believed that to play Ironside properly and not confuse viewers, he would need to undergo
8787-554: Was hospitalized with liver and kidney failure , and was critically ill in a medically induced coma . He came out of the coma two days later, remaining in critical but stable condition. Doctors hoped to keep Cassidy stable until a liver became available for transplant , but he died of liver failure on November 21, 2017, at the age of 67. According to his daughter, Katie Cassidy , his final words were "So much wasted time." In 1994, Cassidy, in collaboration with Chip Deffaa , wrote his autobiography C'mon, Get Happy ... Fear and Loathing on
8888-644: Was larger than that of any other pop star, including The Beatles or Elvis Presley . A fictionalized version of him starred in the fan magazine David Cassidy . Many of its issues were signed by Turkish comics creator Su Gumen. In a 1993 interview, Cassidy said that he was frustrated by his portrayal in the magazines, which sanitized his image. His fanclub nicknamed a star after him in the International Star Registry in 1983. In his autobiography, Cassidy said that he felt overwhelmed by his fanbase, and said that "it became impossible for me to go in
8989-532: Was later informed of his parents' divorce, which had happened two years prior without his knowledge. After completing high school, Cassidy pursued acting and music, moving into his father and stepmother's home in Irvington, New York . His career took off after signing with Universal Studios in 1969, leading to roles in several TV series. His major breakthrough came in 1970 as Keith Partridge on The Partridge Family , which propelled him to teen idol status. Despite
9090-564: Was living with dementia and was retiring from all further performing. He said that his mother and grandfather had also suffered from dementia at the end of their lives, and that "I was in denial, but a part of me always knew this was coming." Later in 2017, Cassidy fell ill at a recording studio and was hospitalized. In a later phone conversation with an A&E producer, he stated that he had just met with his doctor, that he had liver disease, and that his life had "changed dramatically." Cassidy added that he had been unconscious and near death for
9191-764: Was named after vaudeville and film legend Mae West , but Jones was actually named after her aunt. Coincidentally, the first star Jones ever met was West, who was performing at the Twin Coaches supper club in Rostraver around 1954. The family later moved to the small nearby town of Smithton . Jones began singing at the age of six in the Methodist Church choir and took voice lessons from Ralph Lewando. While attending South Huntingdon High School in Ruffs Dale , she participated in school plays. Jones won
9292-570: Was nominated for a Grammy under the Best New Artist category. The series' run ended in 1974. Shirley Jones's friendship with David Cassidy had begun in the mid-to-late 1950s, when David was just six, after he learned about his father's divorce from his mother Evelyn Ward. Upon David's first meeting with Shirley before co-starring with her on The Partridge Family , he said, "The day he tells me that they're divorced, he tells me, 'We're remarried, and let me introduce you to my new wife.' He
9393-720: Was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for the same film but lost to Helen Mirren for Elizabeth I . She also appeared in Grandma's Boy (2006) as a nymphomaniac senior citizen. On November 16, 2007, she took the stage at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , during the Oklahoma Centennial Spectacular concert that celebrated the state's 100th birthday. Jones sang the songs " Oklahoma! " and " People Will Say We're In Love " from
9494-514: Was on fire. Apparently, the fire started from his lit cigarette when he fell asleep on the couch; the following morning, firefighters found Cassidy's body inside the gutted apartment. Jack "wanted to come back (to me) right up to the day he died", Jones said in a 1983 newspaper interview. "And as I realized later, I wanted him. That's the terrible part. Much as I love Marty and have a wonderful relationship—I'd say this with Marty sitting here—I'm not sure if Jack were alive I'd be married to Marty." Jones
9595-655: Was one of the presenters of his stepmother's Intimate Portrait on Lifetime Television , and the reality show pilot In Search of the Partridge Family , where he served as co-executive producer. The rest of the cast also celebrated the 25th, 30th, and 35th anniversaries of The Partridge Family (although Cassidy was unavailable to attend the 25th anniversary in 1995 owing to other commitments). In addition, Jack Cassidy's death in 1976 drew Jones and Cassidy closer as Shirley's three children and stepson mourned their father. In 1979, Jones tried her hand at television for
9696-587: Was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot while on vacation. The character debuted on March 28, 1967, in a TV movie entitled Ironside . When the series was broadcast in the United Kingdom, from late 1967 onward, it was broadcast as A Man Called Ironside . The show earned Burr six Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations. Ironside was a production of Burr's Harbour Productions Unlimited in association with Universal Television . The series revolves around former San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Chief of Detectives Robert T. Ironside ( Raymond Burr ),
9797-443: Was performed by James Farentino in the episode "Something for Nothing", while Marcia Strassman had already sung it off-screen in the earlier episode "The Man Who Believed"; both installments were originally broadcast during season one. * The pilot episode was titled A Man Called Ironside . ** The last three episodes of the series were not broadcast on NBC, but were later seen in syndication, as well as released on DVD. Burr and
9898-548: Was sentenced to community service, a fine, and a six-month license suspension. Cassidy was arrested on suspicion of DUI in California on January 10, 2014, after he made an illegal right turn against a red light. He was held overnight in jail, ordered to undergo inpatient rehabilitation, and placed on probation for five years. On September 9, 2015, Cassidy was cited in Fort Lauderdale, Florida , on charges of leaving
9999-417: Was shocked to hear her real-life stepson was going to audition for the role of Keith Partridge. David said, "At the auditions, they introduced me to the lead actress [Shirley Jones] 'cause they had no idea, they had no idea. So I said, 'What are you doing here?' She looked at me and said, 'What are you doing here?' And I said, 'Well, I'm reading for the lead guy.' I said, 'What are you doing here?' She said, 'I'm
10100-483: Was the producers' first choice to audition for the lead role of Shirley Partridge in The Partridge Family , an ABC musical sitcom based loosely on the real-life musical family The Cowsills . The series focused on a young widowed mother whose five children form a pop-rock group after the entire family painted its signature bus to travel. She was convinced that the combination of music and comedy would be
10201-429: Was thrilled when her first film, Oklahoma! (1955), had come out; and my dad took me to see it—I just see her, and I go, uh-oh, it doesn't really quite register with me, 'cause I'm in total shock, because I wanted to hate her, but the instant that I met her, I got the essence of her. She's a very warm, open, sweet, good human being. She couldn't have thawed it for me—the coldness and the ice—any more than she did." Shirley
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