Angel Tompkins Movies
After a few seasons' work as a model in the Chicago area, golden-haired Angel Tompkins began showing up in supporting roles on such TV series as Dragnet. In 1970, Tompkins was honored with the "most promising newcomer" Golden Globe Award for her performance as Elliott Gould's mistress Helen Donnelly in I Love My...Wife (1970). Her nude scenes as gangster moll Clarabelle in Prime Cut (1972) earned Tompkins a three-page spread in Playboy magazine; around the same time, she was cast as telemetry specialist Gloria Harding on the TV weekly Search. She spent much the mid-1970s headlining such tickle-and-tease exploitationers as The Teacher (1974). Some of her best work during this period can be found in Little Cigars (1973), an underrated crime caper which cast her as the "brains" behind a gang of crooked midgets! Briefly retiring from show business in 1976, Tompkins made a comeback in the John Sayles-scripted terrorfest Alligator (1980); since that time, she has been seen as one of psycho killer Carrie Snodgress' victims in Murphy's Law (1985), and in a self-mocking cameo in Amazon Women of the Moon (1987). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide- 1971
Ironside (Raymond Burr) invests in a play staged by an avant-garde theater troupe. When one of the actresses dies of a heroin overdose during rehearsal, the Chief takes it upon himself to find the killer, prevent further murders--and, incidentally, protect his investment! Featured in the cast is Sally Struthers, whose career was then just taking off thanks to her exposure on the new CBS sitcom All in the Family. This episode was filmed at the old Pasadena Playhouse, onetime training ground of series star Raymond Burr. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1970
- R
This romantic comedy finds Richard Burrows (Elliot Gould) as a medical student in residence engaged to marry the pregnant Jody (Brenda Vaccaro). When Jody abstains from sex and her mother moves in with the newlyweds, Richard engages in a series of love affairs with the hospital nurses. He meets Helen Donnelly (Angel Tompkins), the wife of a baseball player (played by Dabney Coleman). The two initially plan to divorce their respective spouses before Richard decides to work things out with his wife after the birth of their son. Jody loses weight at a health spa and also loses her desire for Richard. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Elliott Gould, Brenda Vaccaro, (more)
- 1970
Bonanza's twelfth season commenced on September 13, 1970 with the episode titled "The Night Virginia City Died." Several Virginia City buildings have burned to the ground; the townsfolk are in an uproar, and the local constabulary is apparently helpless. Meanwhile, the Cartwrights have befriended a pretty young stranger named Janie (Angel Tompkins), the new sweetheart of Deputy Clem (Bing Russell). Only the audience knows that the profoundly disturbed Janie is the elusive arsonist whom everyone is seeking. Written by John Hawkins, this episode was specially contrived to "destroy" the old Virginia City sets at the Paramount studios so that the Bonanza company could move into its new home at Warner Bros. "The Night Virginia City Died" also boasted a new Bonanza theme song by David Rose, which would endure until the old theme was brought back by popular demand in 1972. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, (more)
