The Higgins Family films was Republic Pictures' response to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's popular Andy Hardy series, as well as 20th Century Fox's Jones Family series.[1] Nine films were released between 1938 and 1941.
In the first seven movies, James Gleason, his wife Lucile and their son Russell played Joe, Lillian, and Sydney Higgins. In contrast, Harry Davenport played Grandpa (though his name changed from William Jordan in The Higgins Family to Higgins in Should Husbands Work? to Ed Carson the rest of the time). In the last two, they were all replaced, by Roscoe Karns, Ruth Donnelly, George Ernest and Spencer Charters, respectively. Tommy Ryan played Tommy in the second through sixth movies. Betty was played by Mary Beth Hughes in the fourth and Lois Ranson in the last five. Lynne Roberts played Marian in the first, then Jean for the second and third.
Gus Meins directed all of the Gleason pictures, and produced some of the later ones.
^Armstrong, Richard B.; Armstrong, Mary Willems (November 15, 2000). Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings and Series. McFarland. p. 96. ISBN 9781476612300. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
and Sydney Higgins. In contrast, Harry Davenport played Grandpa (though his name changed from William Jordan in The HigginsFamily to Higgins in Should...
James Gleason as Joe Higgins Lucile Gleason as Lillian Higgins Russell Gleason as Sidney Higgins Lynne Roberts as Marian Higgins Harry Davenport as Grandpa...
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sketch comedy trio The Higgins Boys and Gruber, who had their own eponymous sketch series on Comedy Central from 1989 to 1991. Higgins was born on August...
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son, Russell, was paired with his parents in the farcical family comedy, The HigginsFamily, in 1938. The story centers around Lucile's performance in...
contained the hit single "Robbery" and became Higgins' first number one debut on the US Billboard 200. Higgins died of a drug overdose on December 8, 2019...
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recruit, Higgins originally committed to the University of Tennessee to play college football before changing to Clemson University. Higgins also played...
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inns (The Breakers and the Higgins Beach Inn) which are open during the summer season. Higgins Beach is most known for its family-oriented oceanside neighborhood...
original concept of having the group sing in unison, leveraged by Higgins' musical talent. Higgins gained more recognition by being featured in the films Fun...
Retrieved 25 September 2014. Jack Higgins Hauptfuhrer, Fred (17 January 1977). "The Eagle Has Landed Jack Higgins in a High Tax Bracket ..." People....
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