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Eugene Lockhart played the judge
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In Miracle on 34th Street (1947),
Susan & Santa the judge was played by Eugene Lockhart.
  1. Eugene Lockhart
    Gene is the father of June Lockhart.
  2. June Lockhart
    June played the mother on Lassie.
  3. The theme on Lassie
    Lassie & Timmy had whistling. (WAV)
  4. Another TV show theme that had whistling
    Goober Sings LP was The Andy Griffith Show.
    • MIDI version of the Andy Griffith theme.
    • Lyrics, never aired to the Andy Griffith theme.
    • Andy Griffith, itself a spin-off from The Danny Thomas Show, gave birth to numerous spin-offs, including Gomer Pyle USMC, Petticoat Junction, and Green Acres.
  5. On The Andy Griffith Show,
    Andy & Opie the boy who played Andy's son was Ron Howard.
  6. Ron Howard
    Opie later played Richie Cunningham on Happy Days.
    • Before Andy Griffith, Ron Howard sang a solo in the movie The Music Man
    • After Happy Days, he became an acclaimed director
    • Happy Days directly or indirectly spun off several shows, including
      • Lavene and Shirley from which spun off
      • Lenny & Squiggy (early version of Dumb & Dumber... mercifully short-lived or urban legend?)
  7. In one episode of Happy Days, Richie Cunningham
    Richie was the target for an earthling-napping alien named Mork from Ork, played by Robin Williams.
  8. Mork from Ork
    Mork got his own spin-off series the next season, Mork and Mindy. Nanoo Nanoo.
  9. In the third season of Mork and Mindy,
    Mork & Mindy their baby was played by Jonathan Winters.
  10. Jonathan Winters
    Winters had one scene in the movie Penelope (1966) starring Natalie Wood.
  11. Natalie Wood
    Wood played the little girl, Susan, in Miracle on 34th Street (1947).
  12. In Miracle on 34th Street (1947),
    Susan & Santa the judge was played by Eugene Lockhart.
Eugene Lockhart played the judge -- first published, on the web, ©2006 Jun 04. Published to mindfulwebworks.com 2007 Apr 05.

HerbertHow things like this get started: Majic and I were studying some History (see section Netsurf Flotsam in 2004-Jun-13 Blog Heap o' Links) and decided that Herbert Hoover looked a lot like Eugene Lockhart. Or vice versa. And someone wondered if he was June Lockhart's dad. With Google's help, the connections threaded therefrom. The jump from Jonathan Winter to Natalie Wood was looked up just to find a circularity.

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