MILKMAN MOVIES

TED KNIGHT - "DR. DEATH"

(Thanks to Drac - "Robert Kokai", for finding these photographs of Dr. Death) "Milkman Movies" was a hosted horror movie show with Ted Knight as "Dr. Death" presenting movies on WJAR-TV, Channel 10 Providence, Rhode Island sometime in the 1950s, possibly around 1953. The exact dates the show ran is not known. Ted Knight was a station announcer and on-air host at WJAR back in the late 1950s. Playing "Dr. Death" Knight looked like a cross between Vincent Price's "Dr. Phibes" and Boris Karloff's "Mummy". TED KNIGHT From Wikipedia: Ted Knight (born Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka; 7 December 1923 - 26 August 1986) was an American actor well known for playing the comedic roles of Ted Baxter in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Henry Rush in Too Close for Comfort, and Judge Elihu Smails in Caddyshack. In 1948, he married Dorothy Smith, and the couple had three children, Ted Jr., Elyse, and Eric. In January 1985, Knight was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the television industry. It is located at 6673 Hollywood Boulevard. His hometown of Terryville, Connecticut, dedicated a bridge on Canal Street over the Pequabuck River in his memory. There is a bronze plaque bearing his likeness on the bridge. There are no known clips from the show.

LINKS

Internet Movie Data Base "Milkman Movies"	Classic Horror Film Board "Dr. Death"	Internet Movie Data Base "Ted Knight"
Geekademia "Dr. Death"	E-gors Chamber of TV Horror Hosts "Dr. Death"	Wikipedia "Ted Knight"

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