Blackboard Jungle, American social-commentary film, released in 1955, that highlighted violence in urban schools and also helped spark the rock-and-roll revolution by featuring the hit song “Rock Around the Clock” (1954) by Bill Haley and His Comets.Mar 7, 2022
After Woodward High School, where he was one of the standouts among his class, Farr attended the Pasadena Playhouse, where a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talent scout discovered him, offering him a screen test for Blackboard Jungle. He won the role of the mentally challenged student, Santini.
Blackboard JungleEdited byFerris WebsterMusic byMax C. Freedman, Jimmy DeKnight (song "Rock Around the Clock") (uncredited), Willis Holman (song “Blackboard Jungle”), Jenny Lou Carson (song "Let Me Go, Lover!"; uncredited)Production companyMetro-Goldwyn-MayerDistributed byLoew's Inc.13 more rows
In his third big-screen hit that year, Poitier did a role reversal from his "Blackboard Jungle" days -- this time going behind the teacher's desk at an inner-city London school. Poitier turned to directing in the '70s, first on projects like "Buck and the Preacher" and "Uptown Saturday Night" where he also starred.
Joy Ann RichardsJamie Farr / Wife (m. 1963)
Joy Ann RichardsJamie Farr / Spouse (m. 1963)
He grew up in the Bahamas, but moved to Miami at age 15, and to New York City when he was 16. He joined the American Negro Theatre, landing his breakthrough film role as a high school student in the film Blackboard Jungle (1955)....Sidney Poitier.Sidney Poitier KBE2002–2007Ambassador to UNESCO18 more rows
Rock and roll country rockabillyBill HaleyGenresRock and roll country rockabillyOccupationsSinger-songwriter musician bandleaderInstrumentsVocals guitar double bassYears active1946–19808 more rows
Bill Haley and His Comets. Billy Haley and his Comets fused elements of country music, Western Swing, and black R&B to produce some of rock and roll's earliest hits. His "Crazy, Man Crazy" from 1953 was the first rock and roll record to make the pop charts.
Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American Oscar-winning actor, director, activist, and ambassador who had a net worth of $20 million....Sidney Poitier Net Worth.Full Name:Sidney PoitierNet Worth:$20 MillionAge:94Country:United StatesBorn:20 February 19272 more rows•Jan 13, 2022
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Vic MorrowBlackboard Jungle (1955) - Vic Morrow as Artie West - IMDb.