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Ensign O'Toole
Ensign O'Toole is a military comedy that aired on NBC from September 23, 1962, to May 5, 1963, with Dean Jones in the title role of a nonchalant United States Navy ensign during the early 1960s. Jones played an officer aboard the fictional U.S. Navy destroyer USS "Appleby", which roamed the Pacific Ocean.
Cast.
"Appleby"s crew included:
- Jack Mullaney as 24-year-old Lieutenant Rex St. John, wealthy, handsome, and ambitious but vain
- Jay C. Flippen
John Albert O'Toole
John Albert O'Toole, born in Boston, Massachusetts, May 16, 1916, entered the U.S. Naval Reserve as Ensign May 7, 1942.
North Africa Assignment.
Assigned to USS Joseph Hewes (AP-50) following instruction at the Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School in Chicago, Illinois, he commanded a boat wave from that transport during the assault on Fedhala, Morocco, November 8, 1942.
Awarded the Navy Cross.
Killed while withdrawing from the beach, "Ensign O'Toole" was posthumously