Ask American Profile 6/1/2008

Q Whatever became of Robert Fuller? Does he still act?
—Kenneth Houston, Maple Hill, N.C.

Fuller, 74, who rose to stardom as a cowboy on the TV-Western series Laramie and then Wagon Train, retired from acting after his 2001 guest appearances on TV’s JAG and Walker, Texas Ranger. Recently inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, he lives in Texas with his second wife, actress Jennifer Savidge, who played Cmdr. Amy Helfman on JAG.

Q What has Shelley Morrison, who played the hysterical character Rosario on Will and Grace, been doing since the end of that show?
—Margaret Taylor, Troy, Ohio

Morrison, 71, stays very busy with acting and charity projects. She provides the voice of Mrs. Portillo for Handy Manny, a Disney Channel animated series. “It’s a gentle, sweet show,” she says. “I won’t do anything that’s violent.” She and her husband reside in Los Angeles and work diligently with various charities. “If everyone volunteered to do something once a month for 15 minutes, we’d have a better world,” she says. Morrison, who has survived two bouts of cancer, loved working on the TV comedy Will and Grace. “Someone once asked me what I want to be remembered for, and I said, ‘That I made people laugh.’”

Q What has Shelley Morrison, who played the hysterical character Rosario on Will and Grace, been doing since the end of that show?
—Margaret Taylor, Troy, Ohio

Morrison, 71, stays very busy with acting and charity projects. She provides the voice of Mrs. Portillo for Handy Manny, a Disney Channel animated series. “It’s a gentle, sweet show,” she says. “I won’t do anything that’s violent.” She and her husband reside in Los Angeles and work diligently with various charities. “If everyone volunteered to do something once a month for 15 minutes, we’d have a better world,” she says. Morrison, who has survived two bouts of cancer, loved working

Q What was the real name of singer Tiny Tim, and what is he doing now?
—Ellen West, DeWitt, Ark.

Born Herbert Butros Khaury in New York, the “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” singer died in 1996 at the age of 64 after suffering a heart attack during a performance. With his warbling falsetto voice, prominent nose and long curly hair, the ukulele-strumming, 6-foot-1-inch Khaury often was considered a novelty act, but his numerous recordings reveal a much more serious musician.

Q Whatever happened to the beautiful actress Shirley Eaton, who was painted gold in the movie Goldfinger?
—Linda Thompson, Williams, Ariz.

Hollywood’s literal “golden girl” in the 1964 James Bond classic, London-born Eaton, now 72, was covered head-to-toe in paint so her character could be murdered through “skin suffocation” by the movie’s namesake villain. She retired from acting a few years later after a brief but undistinguished movie career. She published a book of original poetry in 2006 and sometimes appears at film festivals, where enthusiastic fans fondly recall her gold-plated moment in the spotlight.

Q George Clooney plays a football player in Leatherheads. But was he ever one in real life—in high school or college?
—Emma English, Lapeer, Mich.

Clooney, 47, planned to play football in high school, but his family moved from Mason, Ohio, to Augusta, Ky., where his father, broadcast journalist Nick Clooney, found work. Augusta High School had no football program, only basketball and baseball, and Clooney played both of those sports. Before his Hollywood acting career, Clooney hoped to become a professional baseball player. He even tried out for the Cincinnati Reds, but didn’t make the team. To this day, he still plays basketball with friends.

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