Fugitive Lovers (1975)

aka’s: Starcrossed Lovers/
The Runaways

Making his morning rounds in a Bel Air neighborhood, swimming pool cleaner, Blue Schuyler (Steve Oliver), prevents a woman Tara (Sondra Currie), from drowning herself. Tara is unhappily married to Harris Alexander (John Russell), a powerful state capital lobbyist. Together, Blue and Tara become lovers and run off. When Harris learns of this, he sends his hired goons to persuade his wife to return. Also with Virginia Mayo, Jeff Morrow, Doodles Weaver, and Frankie (Robby The Robot) Darro, in his final film appearance.

On January 17, 1983, character actor Doodles Weaver died from two self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the chest. His death was ruled a suicide. Weaver’s son later said that his father had been despondent over his failing health. His funeral was held on January 22, at Forest Lawn mortuary, in the Hollywood Hills. He was buried in Avalon Cemetery, in Santa Catalina Island, California. He was 71. Weaver’s memoir, Golden Spike, remains unpublished.