Ensign O'Toole is a military comedy that aired on NBC from September 23, 1962, to May 5, 1963, with 31-year-old Dean Jones in the title role of a nonchalant Navy ensign during the early 1960s. Jones, born in 1931 in Alabama and a Navy veteran of the Korean War, played an officer aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Appleby, which roamed the Pacific Ocean. The Appleby's crew included:
Ensign O'Toole was based on All the Ships at Sea and Ensign O'Toole and ...
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Ensign O'Toole is a military comedy that aired on NBC from September 23, 1962, to May 5, 1963, with 31-year-old Dean Jones in the title role of a nonchalant Navy ensign during the early 1960s. Jones, born in 1931 in Alabama and a Navy veteran of the Korean War, played an officer aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Appleby, which roamed the Pacific Ocean. The Appleby's crew included:
Ensign O'Toole was based on All the Ships at Sea and Ensign O'Toole and Me, two books by William Lederer, who served as a consultant on the series. Though there was no second season of production, Ensign O'Toole was repeated on NBC through September 15, 1963, and it was rebroadcast once more by ABC in the 1963—1964 season.
The USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754), which was launched on October 3, 1944 and commissioned on February 3, 1945, was used to portray the Appleby. On June 3, 1969, the Evans was cut in half in a collision with the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne. The bow sank almost immediately, and the...
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