![]() ![]() Conceived in the wake of the popularity of Superman, Marston designed his creation as counter-programming to the Man of Steel. Wonder Woman, the fictional superhero character, was created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston and artist Harry G. Main article: Wonder Woman (TV series) Carter as Wonder Woman, 1976 She began making appearances on such TV shows as Starsky and Hutch and Cos, as well as appearances in several "B" movies. Carter made her first acting appearance in "Roots of Anger", an episode of the 1974 police drama Nakia. One of her acting partners during this time was future CBS president Les Moonves. She took acting classes at several New York acting schools during the early 1970s. In the international Miss World 1972 pageant, representing the United States she reached the Top 15. In 1972, Carter won a local Arizona beauty contest and gained national attention in the United States by winning Miss World USA 1972, representing Arizona. Career Left to right: Carter as Miss World USA 1972, Priscilla Barnes, Betty Jo Grove, with Bob Hope at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. In 1972, Carter decided to leave the Garfin Gathering to pursue an acting career, returning to Arizona. ![]() The Garfin Gathering toured the Nevada "Silver Circuit", playing shows in many of the state's casino lounges between Lake Tahoe, Carson City, Reno, and Las Vegas. Consequently, they played mostly to the hotel staff and hotel guests who parked their cars in the underground garage. Their first performance together was at the Holiday Inn Chinatown, a San Francisco hotel so new that it had no completed sidewalk entrance. In 1970, Carter successfully auditioned for and then sang on tour with The Garfin Gathering and bandleader Howard (Speedy) Garfin. The group opened at the Sahara Hotel and Casino lounge in Las Vegas for three months because Carter was under 21 she had to enter through the kitchen. Actor Gary Burghoff was the drummer for the band. When she was 16, she joined two of her cousins in another band called The Relatives. At age 15, Lynda began singing in the local pizza parlor to earn extra money. The band included a marimba, a conga drum, an acoustic guitar, and a stand-up bass which was played by another girl in the group. During high school, Carter performed in a band called Just Us. Ĭarter made her public television debut on Lew King's Talent Show at age 5. She has one brother, Vincent, and one sister, Pamela. Her father is of Irish ancestry, and her mother, whose family hailed from Mexico, is of Mexican, Spanish, and French descent. Early life Ĭarter was born in Phoenix, Arizona, the daughter of Juanita ( née Córdova) and Colby Carter. She achieved fame playing Wonder Woman in a series that aired on ABC and later on CBS from 1975 to 1979. As a pageant contestant, Carter was crowned Miss World USA 1972 and finished in the top 15 at the Miss World 1972 pageant. In this less than memorable B western Raymond Burr is clearly the best in the field and the main reason to watch Code Of The West if you're interested.Lynda Jean Cordova Carter (born July 24, 1951) is an American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder, best known as the star of the live-action television series Wonder Woman, in the role of Diana Prince / Wonder Woman, based on the DC comic book fictional superhero character of the same name. And Steve Brodie and Rita Lynn play a pair of card-sharks who are draining Harvey's son quite dry of the family fortune, also at Burr's behest. Veteran western heavy Harry Woods plays Burr's handpicked marshal who kills for Burr and makes it legal. Not exactly an original western plot, but Burr who was just getting started in the first phase of his career as a screen character actor in mostly villainous roles. against town boss Raymond Burr who wants to drive all the small ranchers because of some insider information about the railroad coming through. Warren and Laurenz have a small spread and they're siding with banker Harry Harvey, Sr. At least it should have been, it was practically sacrilegious to see someone else as the happy go lucky Chito. As for Laurenz I learned today that other actors actually played Chito Rafferty at RKO, a role I thought was the private preserve of Richard Martin. Warren who sang a bit looked a whole lot like Gary Cooper, but with barely a fifth of Cooper's intense screen charisma. ![]() James Warren and John Laurenz play hero and sidekick in Code Of The West, purportedly based on a Zane Grey novel. ![]()
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