Elvis (1990 TV series)
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Elvis—Good Rockin' Tonight is a short lived American TV series on ABC
in 1990, about the early life of Elvis Presley. The show aired ten episodes before it's cancellation due to low ratings (and being put up against The Simpsons on Fox). These ten episodes, along with three unaired episodes, were edited into a four hour mini-series known called Elvis: The Early Years. The series starred Michael St. Gerard
, Jesse Dabson, Blake Gibbons
, Millie Perkins
, and Billy Green Bush
.
Michael St Gerard had played Elvis three times before, in Heart of Dixie
, Great Balls Of Fire !
, and an episode of Quantum Leap.
Millie Perkins starred as the real Elvis's love interest in Wild In The Country(1961), here she plays his mother.
Matt Dillon
and Scott Valentine
(of "Family Ties) were the first two choices for the role of Elvis.
Michael St. Gerard's audition was a line read, and him lip syncing to 'Baby, Let's Play House'. He was flown to Memphis the next day to start filming. He refused to wear blue contacts for the role.
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
in 1990, about the early life of Elvis Presley. The show aired ten episodes before it's cancellation due to low ratings (and being put up against The Simpsons on Fox). These ten episodes, along with three unaired episodes, were edited into a four hour mini-series known called Elvis: The Early Years. The series starred Michael St. Gerard
Michael St. Gerard
Michael St. Gerard is an American actor, appearing in Japanese commercials and Off-Broadway shows. His first movie was 1987's Senior Week. He is most recognized for his role as 'Link' in John Waters' Hairspray...
, Jesse Dabson, Blake Gibbons
Blake Gibbons
Blake Gibbons is an American actor with a recurring role as Coleman on the long running Daytime television serial General Hospital.He also played "The Dude" in The Summer of George episode of Seinfeld....
, Millie Perkins
Millie Perkins
Millie Perkins is an American film and television actress.Born in Passaic, New Jersey, Millie grew up in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Her father was a merchant marine captain...
, and Billy Green Bush
Billy Green Bush
William Warren Bush is an American actor, sometimes credited as “Billy Greenbush”.Notable movie appearances include Five Easy Pieces , The Culpepper Cattle Company , Electra Glide in Blue , Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore , The River , The Hitcher , Critters , and Jason Goes to Hell: The Final...
.
Michael St Gerard had played Elvis three times before, in Heart of Dixie
Heart of Dixie
Heart of Dixie is a 1989 drama film adaptation of the 1976 novel Heartbreak Hotel by Anne Rivers Siddons and directed by Martin Davidson...
, Great Balls Of Fire !
Great Balls of Fire! (film)
Great Balls of Fire! is a 1989 American biographical film directed by Jim McBride and starring Dennis Quaid as Jerry Lee Lewis. Based on a biography by Myra Lewis and Murray M. Silver Jr., the screenplay is written by McBride and Jack Baran...
, and an episode of Quantum Leap.
Millie Perkins starred as the real Elvis's love interest in Wild In The Country(1961), here she plays his mother.
Matt Dillon
Matt Dillon
Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon is an American actor and film director. He began acting in the late 1970s, gaining fame as a teenage idol during the 1980s.- Early life :...
and Scott Valentine
Scott Valentine
Scott Eugene Valentine is an American actor.-Life and career:Valentine was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, the son of Beverly Ann and Edward Eugene Valentine. He began to pursue acting one year into his college education, attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York...
(of "Family Ties) were the first two choices for the role of Elvis.
Michael St. Gerard's audition was a line read, and him lip syncing to 'Baby, Let's Play House'. He was flown to Memphis the next day to start filming. He refused to wear blue contacts for the role.
Cast
- Michael St. Gerard as Elvis Presley
- Jesse Dadson as Scotty Moore
- Blake Gibbions as Bill Black
- Billy Green Bush as Vernon Presley
- Millie Perkins as Gladys Presley
- Kelli WilliamsKelli WilliamsKelli Renee Williams is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Lindsay Dole on the Legal drama The Practice and as psychologist and deception expert Dr. Gillian Foster on Lie to Me....
as Mattie Walker - Jordan WilliamsJordan WilliamsJordan Williams is an American professional basketball player for the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association . He played two seasons of college basketball for the University of Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team.-High school career:Williams played high school basketball for...
as Sam Phillips
Episodes
- Money Honey
- The Storm
- The Locket
- Bel-Air Breakdown
- Hole In The Pocket
- Roots
- Grand Ole Opry/Sun Sessions part one
- Grand Ole Opry/Sun Sessions part two
- Four Mules
- The Old Man
- Moody's Blues
- Bodyguards
- Let It Burn