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Gary David Goldberg (June 25, 1944 – June 22, 2013) was an American writer and producer for television and film. Goldberg was best known for his work on Family Ties (1982–89), Spin City (1996–2002), and his semi-autobiographical series Brooklyn Bridge (1991–1993).
- Matthew Broderick Was The Creator's First Choice For Alex P. Keaton.
- Michael J. Fox Saw Alex as A "Scared kid."
- Alex P. Keaton Was Beloved by Conservatives and Liberals alike.
- Mallory Keaton Wasn't Always So dumb.
- Scott Valentine Thought He Was Paid Too Much Money to Grunt.
- Producers Attempted Create Spin-Offs Around Nick Moore A Total of Three times.
- Fox Was Almost Fired Because His Face Wasn't Fit For A Lunchbox.
- Fox Filmed Family Tiesandbackto The Futuresimultaneously.
- When Tracy Pollan First Met Fox, She Found Him to Be "Full of himself."
- There Was A Rumor That Fox and Courteney Cox Were An Off-Screen item.
Gary David Goldberg saw an audition tape of Matthew Broderick and wanted to cast him Alex P. Keaton, but Broderick turned down the part as he didn’t want to move to L.A. Goldberg saw Michael J. Fox’s audition tape but didn’t feel he was right for the role. “I just thought, ‘No,’” Goldberg latertold Emmy TV Legends. “And Mike is such a gifted actor ...
On Inside the Actors Studio, host James Lipton asked Fox, “Who is Alex Keaton?” “I always thought of him like a mansion made out of rice paper,” Fox replied. “He looked amazing, he felt good about what he presented to the world, but you could poke your finger through it any time you wanted to. And then the fun was watching him react to that and rec...
Finally, some good news on bipartisanship: Republicans and Democrats both loved Alex. Fox grew up in Canada and “wasn’t a part of any American political construct,” he told Emmy TV Legends. “As the character developed, Republicans really took Alex under their wing and made him a poster boy for the movement. At the same time, too, social liberals we...
Justine Bateman, who played Mallory Keaton, told Varietythat in the first couple of episodes, Mallory was “a normal sister.” “In fact, they have a line in the pilot where Alex brings a girl home to have dinner with the family and she says, ‘I really love helping people, and I really love cheerleading.’ And I say, ‘Oh, kind of like an Albert Schweit...
Scott Valentine played Mallory’s boyfriend, Nick Moore, and felt the role was too dumbed down for him. “That was some tough stuff there,” he told Montreal radio station CJAD 800 AM. “I'm so glad I went to the [American Academy of Dramatic Arts] and to all the other fine acting institutions so I could grunt on primetime television. The primal dig, t...
Nick Moore, Valentine's Stallone-esque character, was only supposed to appear in a single episode of Family Ties but became a series regular. He was such a popular character that the network decided to give him his own show. Three pilots were made, and all three failed. The first was a show called Taking It Home, where Nick (last name Morelli) move...
Brandon Tartikoff, then-president of NBC, wanted to fire Fox after the pilot. “He said, ‘I love the show, you’ve just got to get rid of the kid. I can’t see that face on a lunchbox,’” Fox told Parade. “So years later, whenBackto the Futurehit andFamilyTieswas the number two show on TV, I made Brandon a lunchbox with my picture on it, and I wrote, ‘...
Because of his contractual obligations to Family Ties, Fox initially wasn’t allowed to do Back to the Future. But when things didn’t work out with actor Eric Stoltz, the filmmakers tried again for Fox. Right before Christmas break in 1984, Goldberg called Fox into his office and told him about the movie and asked, “‘Was I prepared to do both the sh...
At the start of season 4, the producers cast Tracy Pollan as Ellen Reed, a grounded love interest for Alex. On Inside the Actors Studio, Lipton askedPollan what her first impression of Fox was and she said, “He was feeling good about himself. I think I thought he was kind of full of himself. And then we started to work together and I got a complete...
For the last two seasons of Family Ties, futureFriendsstarCourteney Cox joined the cast as Alex’s girlfriend, Lauren Miller. Rumors swirled that Fox had broken up with his former co-star, Pollan, and hooked up with Cox. “People always want to read there’s romance when it’s just two actors having a good time working with each other," Fox told People...
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Jun 24, 2013 · Gary David Goldberg, a writer and producer who created warmhearted television shows, most notably “Family Ties,” a leading comedy of the 1980s that propelled Michael J. Fox to stardom, died...
Since the 1970s, Lawyer Gary Goldberg has made a name for himself as one of the best plaintiff’s lawyers in Maine. Learn about Gary.
Gary David Goldberg. Writer: Family Ties. Gary David Goldberg was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 25, 1944. After a prolonged and checkered collegiate career, which began at Brandeis University in 1962 and ended at San Diego State University in 1975 (with many other schools in between), he moved to Hollywood to try to make it as a writer.
- June 25, 1944
- June 22, 2013
Gary David Goldberg. Writer: Family Ties. Gary David Goldberg was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 25, 1944. After a prolonged and checkered collegiate career, which began at Brandeis University in 1962 and ended at San Diego State University in 1975 (with many other schools in between), he moved to Hollywood to try to make it as a writer.
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Jun 24, 2013 · Gary David Goldberg, the Emmy-winning writer who created two long-running hit sitcoms in Family Ties and Spin City, died yesterday from brain cancer in Montecito, California. He was 68. He is...
