TV Radio Mirror (Jul - Dec 1962)

secured a single acting assignment. "I had many satisfactory interviews with top producers and directors," John recalls. "They couldn't have been nicer — except I didn't get a job. Since I have only a small stock of patience, the constant rain disturbed me and made me more restless. Doubt, despair, worry and misgivings kept seeping into my brain. Had I made the right choice? Perhaps actors like me were a dime a dozen in Hollywood. The thing that hurt most was watching my wife and child perform like champions, while money went out fast — and none came in." It was when they were at their lowest emotional ebb that their whole world changed for the Larkins. Once he'd made the pilot film for "Saints and Sinners," last December, there were more jobs than John could handle. How good it felt to be needed and wanted again! Arthur Nadel, producer of Robert Taylor's "Detectives," gave John his first acting chore. "I had been told that Robert Taylor was sort of a loner," John beams, "but he extended me the warmest hand of friendship. Having a little daughter near Victoria's own age, Bob gave me his private telephone number, saying he thought it would be nice for the children to play together. Working with my TV counterpart on 'Perry Mason' was also a delightful experience. Raymond Burr not only was kind and considerate— when they wanted 'the two Perry Masons' to make stills together, he insisted we both be featured equally ! "In the meantime, we had moved into a comfortable little bungalow in the valley, on a friendly street overrun with healthy, happy kids. Our first Christmas here was unforgettable. It may sound corny — but our life is so good, these days, it's all like a dream come true." The arrival of wee John William Larkin Jr. completed the fulfillment of his daddy's dreams. Aside from little Victoria, John also has two other daughters from former marriages living in the East. Although he's resumed his favorite golf game — after a five-year hiatus — home and hearth are John's primary interests now. In addition to their newfound friends at Four Star and NBC, the friendliness they meet, wherever they go in California, really touches him. "Everyone is so willing to exchange pleasantries, it's really amazing! And when you can look out your windows and see mountains so close you can almost touch them — that's real living. I never want to leave. Needless to say, my family never has been healthier and happier. If Audrey should decide to resume her singing-acting career, I wouldn't mind at all. But, so far, it looks like she's perfectly content to run the show at home." That's the one show John Larkin learned meant more to him than any other. To keep it going, he risked all he had . . . and, for this one wholehearted gambler, everything's coming up roses! — Jerry Asher See "Saints and Sinners" Mon. nights on NBC-TV, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. edt. 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