DAVE KETCHUM, AL MOLINARO, VICTOR FRENCH BIO

Dave Ketchum, an Illinois native, has had a long and busy career as a character man. He can be seen in reruns of nearly every classic TV show made between 1960 and today. His credits include Hey Landlord, Green Acres, The Andy Griffith, Petticoat Junction, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Odd Couple, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Maude, The Partridge Family, Alice, Mork and Mindy, and Happy Days.

Beyond acting, Ketchum, is also a television writer of some note. His writing credits include MacGyver, Scooby-Doo, M*A*S*H, and, of course, Get Smart.

Al Molinaro, from Kenosha, Wisconsin, is truly a big cheese. After a single appearance on Bewitched and playing 3 different characters on Green Acres in just one year, Al replaced Dave Ketchum as Agent 44 on Get Smart. Though rarely seen, his sad-sack, comic dead-pan takes quickly made him a stand out on the show.

While appearing in Get Smart, Al studied acting alongside classmate Penny Marshall. Marshall's brother Garry soon cast Molinaro as Murray "the Cop" Greschler in The Odd Couple. That role was followed with Happy Days as Al Delvecchio, Joanie Loves Chachi and a host of guest appearances including The Family Man and Ally McBeal.

Victor French was born in Santa Barbara, California on December 4, 1934. His father was a Hollywood stuntman. He, like most of the Get Smart alumni, can be found in nearly every classic show of the 60's through the 90's. But the genre he was most familiar in was Westerns. He made numerous appearances on shows like The Virginian, The Wild, Wild West, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and Little House on the Prarie.

French also worked as a director, winning a Critics Circle Award in Los Angeles in 1982.

His best known role was that of Mark on Highway to Heaven. He died of cancer in 1989. -- From TVLAND