THAT MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
I was in the bookstore this weekend and browsed through a number of new memoirs including those of Robert Wagner, Roger Moore, Diahann Carroll, and the one that most interested me, Robert Vaughn. He writes a lot about his hit TV spy show The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and mentions a few big name guest stars but he totally ignores all the nubile starlets that worked with him. Not surprising based on what a number of them said to me about him in my book Film Fatales (not all bad though):
“Vaughn was professional but he wasn’t much fun. He wouldn’t hang out where as David McCallum would.” – Sharyn Hillyer
“I respected him very much as an actor but he was rather pompous and a bit full of himself” – Kathy Kersh
“As for acting with him, he is not unpleasant to work with, just aloof.” – BarBara Luna
“So we do this scene and Vaughn just jams his tongue down my throat. Of course the actress in me just kept on acting but I was not responsive. I was trying to keep my mouth shut. I was so stunned and I decided that I was just not going to say anything.” – Marlyn Mason
“He has the same atmosphere about himself as Napoleon Solo in the show—a very tongue-in-cheek polish and too, too suave!” – Sue Ane Langdon
“Robert Vaughn was wonderful to work with. He is a very elegant and intelligent man.” – Celeste Yarnall
