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| − | Other Connally film appearances were in ''Rush'' starring Jason Patric as a [[narcotics]] [[detective]], and in ''Heaven and Hell: North & South: Book Three." In 1991, he played Judge Bolen in the [[television]] production ''Wild Texas Wind.'' He was an extra in the 1979 television film ''The Girls in the Office.'' On August 12, 1956, he appeared as himself as a contestant on John Charles Daly's '[What's My Line?'' [[CBS]] quiz program in which a celebrity panel attempts to guess the occupation of the guest. [[Jimmy Carter]] of [[Georgia], before he was nationally-known also appeared once on ''What's My Line?''<ref name=imdb/> | + | Other Connally film appearances were in ''Rush'' starring Jason Patric as a [[narcotics]] detective, and in ''Heaven and Hell: North & South: Book Three." In 1991, he played Judge Bolen in the [[television]] production ''Wild Texas Wind.'' He was an extra in the 1979 television film ''The Girls in the Office.'' On August 12, 1956, he appeared as himself as a contestant on John Charles Daly's '[What's My Line?'' [[CBS]] quiz program in which a celebrity panel attempts to guess the occupation of the guest. [[Jimmy Carter]] of [[Georgia], before he was nationally-known also appeared once on ''What's My Line?''<ref name=imdb/> |
| | Connally served as the Wilson County judge from 1955 to 1958<ref>Years confirmed by the office of the Wilson County, Texas county judge</ref> and was involved in various [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] activities. He was a delegate to the 1956 [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Chicago]], which nominated the [[Adlai Stevenson]]-[[Estes Kefauver]] ticket. In 1968, he managed the unsuccessful candidacy of Eugene Locke, who resigned as deputy ambassador to the former [[South Vietnam]] to seek to succeed Connally's brother as governor. John Connally professed neutrality in the primary because the lieutenant governor, [[Preston Smith]] of [[Lubbock]], and the former appointed Texas secretary of state, John Luke Hill, were also in the race.<ref name="Ashman, Connally, pp. 131–133">Ashman, ''Connally'', pp. 131–133</ref> | | Connally served as the Wilson County judge from 1955 to 1958<ref>Years confirmed by the office of the Wilson County, Texas county judge</ref> and was involved in various [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] activities. He was a delegate to the 1956 [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Chicago]], which nominated the [[Adlai Stevenson]]-[[Estes Kefauver]] ticket. In 1968, he managed the unsuccessful candidacy of Eugene Locke, who resigned as deputy ambassador to the former [[South Vietnam]] to seek to succeed Connally's brother as governor. John Connally professed neutrality in the primary because the lieutenant governor, [[Preston Smith]] of [[Lubbock]], and the former appointed Texas secretary of state, John Luke Hill, were also in the race.<ref name="Ashman, Connally, pp. 131–133">Ashman, ''Connally'', pp. 131–133</ref> |