![]() ![]() He explained how “the first Olympic Games, in 776 B.C., in which a line scratched in the dirt served as the starting point” for some events, led to the expression “start from scratch. Considine even substituted a couple of times for William Safire, writing the “ On Language” column for The New York Times Magazine. His books included “The Language of Sport” (1982) and “American Grand Prix Racing” (1997). Instead he made a career as a sports and automobile photographer, writer and author. He and his brother John Considine were two of the four writers of “Tarzan’s Deadly Silence” (1970), which was really two TV episodes released as a feature they had done the second episode. Considine planned to work in those fields but racked up only one film credit. Having written two episodes of “My Three Sons” and directed another, Mr. He did even less acting over the next 50 years, turning up onscreen once or twice a decade and playing his last role as a judge with a gray beard in the thriller “ Ray of Sunshine” (2006). Considine did six television guest appearances in five years and had a memorable scene - playing a character credited as Soldier Who Gets Slapped - with George C. Roosevelt’s teenage son in the movie “Sunrise at Campobello” (1960), with Ralph Bellamy. ![]() ![]() Then Disney came along and brought him a decade of success and popularity, which included playing a Revolutionary War hero’s nephew on the series “The Swamp Fox” (1957-60), with Leslie Nielsen, and Franklin D. He followed that with TV guest spots, from “The Ford Television Theater” to “Rin Tin Tin,” and four films. The Times review called Timmie “properly wistful, serious and manly” in the role of a washed-up alcoholic comic’s son. His uncle was the columnist and author Bob Considine.Īs Timmie Considine, he made his film debut at 12 in “ The Clown” (1953), Red Skelton’s revisiting of the sentimental 1930s drama “The Champ,” which had starred Wallace Beery and 9-year-old Jackie Cooper. His paternal grandfather, John Considine Sr., was Pantages’s biggest rival. His mother, Carmen (Pantages) Considine, was the daughter of Alexander Pantages, founder of the vaudeville and movie theater chain. Considine Jr., was a producer whose films included “Broadway Melody of 1936,” “Boys Town” (1938) and “Young Tom Edison” (1940). Timothy Daniel Considine was born on Dec. (To fill his shoes, more or less, the family adopted a neighborhood boy, Ernie, played by Barry Livingston, Stanley’s real-life younger brother.) Considine bowed out in 1965 his character married his girlfriend, played by Meredith MacRae, and moved away. The show had its premiere on ABC in 1960 and ran, moving to CBS, until 1972. Considine became the first screen heartthrob for many preteen girls. The agent passed along the request, Spin’s role was beefed up and the series ended up being a partnership of adolescent equals - rivals who eventually became friends, riding, roping, boxing, sleeping in a bunkhouse and sitting around the campfire together. But he told his agent that he didn’t want the part, that he’d rather play Spin Evans, the more athletic and more popular character, the city boy with the cool flattop haircut, he said. Considine was originally cast in what was supposed to be the lead, as Marty Markham, a snobbish rich kid spending the summer at the Triple R dude ranch. “ Spin and Marty” was an 11-minute serial shown on “The Mickey Mouse Club” from 1955 to 1958 - and in reruns through 2002. The Walt Disney Archives website announced his death. Tim Considine, who was a television star at the age of 14 in Disney’s “Spin and Marty” and went on to wider fame in the family series “My Three Sons,” died on Thursday at his home in the Mar Vista section of Los Angeles. ![]()
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