I know this is way off topic but I felt I needed to let you good people know that George S. Patton IV passed away recently. I just found out myself a few days ago.

He was a Major General (2 Stars) and he passed away on: June 27 2004 from Parkinsons Disease.

Rest In Peace George. :(

Originally posted by The Ringo Kid@Oct 30 2004, 05:46 PM
I know this is way off topic but I felt I needed to let you good people know that George S. Patton IV passed away recently. I just found out myself a few days ago.

He was a Major General (2 Stars) and he passed away on: June 27 2004 from Parkinsons Disease.

Rest In Peace George.* :(
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Was this General Patton the son of the WW2 Patton? If so, I served with him in Germany during my second tour there. We were both assigned to Headquarters, U.S. European Command at Patch Barracks, Stuttgart.

I used to visit the Rod & Gun Club to shoot pool and drink beer. General Patton also hung out there quite a bit. He was much less flamboyant than his father. In fact, he was downright shy and retiring.

Greetings Stumpy, I don't know the the answer but, I figure since he is GSP the 4th, I figure he is Blood -n- Guts's Grandson. My roommate alse served with him but I don't yet know details. I will ask him tonight for info though.

I wonder if the Patton you served with resembled his famed relative in the way of looks? I have never seen a picture of any Patton other that GSP Jr, and his father and grandfather.

Best regards TRK.


Originally posted by Stumpy+Oct 30 2004, 11:40 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Stumpy @ Oct 30 2004, 11:40 PM)</div><!--QuoteBegin-The Ringo Kid@Oct 30 2004, 05:46 PM
I know this is way off topic but I felt I needed to let you good people know that George S. Patton IV passed away recently. I just found out myself a few days ago.

He was a Major General (2 Stars) and he passed away on: June 27 2004 from Parkinsons Disease.

Rest In Peace George.* :(
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Was this General Patton the son of the WW2 Patton? If so, I served with him in Germany during my second tour there. We were both assigned to Headquarters, U.S. European Command at Patch Barracks, Stuttgart.

I used to visit the Rod & Gun Club to shoot pool and drink beer. General Patton also hung out there quite a bit. He was much less flamboyant than his father. In fact, he was downright shy and retiring.
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Boxing legend Max Schmelling passed away at the age of 99. He was lifelong friend with Joe Lewis-the man who beat him in a match I think in 1936? in New York.

Max was a Pro Boxer before WWII, then was forced by the nazi's to join the Luftwaffe and become a Paratrooper, and was used as a propaganda tool. One of the jumps he made as a Para was on Crete where he was badly wounded and recieved several combat and bravery decorations because of. He hater hitler and the nazis. Sometime after the war, he became owner of the Coca Cola Bottling Company in Hamburg, Germany.

Also, Actor John Vernon (Dean Wormser in Animal House) passed away today from complications due to Heart surgery, he was 72.

And last but not least, Ossie Davis, who was found dead in his hotel room in miami. I thinkhe was 86? I enjoyed seeing him in the TV series w/ Burt reynolds called: "Evening Shade."

May all of these celebrities rest in peace.

It is a sad day for those men, but a great one for the Lord above. I also honor those men. I learned a lot about Max Schmeling today, and find his interesting. Thanks for your input Carl. And Ossie Davis was 87. He was a very inspiring man. And will be missed.

John Veron, well what can you say, he's Dean Wormer, and a very good one.

Cheers B)

Hi Ringo ?Hondo

I agree its a sad day

I watched Ossie davis recently in The Scalphunters with Burt Lancaster

and of course John Vernon also played Ben Larking in Brannigan, another one of the dukes Co-workers gone.


Regards

Arthur

:cowboy: Hi Hondo D.L /Arthur.

Yeah, they are all not intertaining the good LORD but they sure are all missed from here. Speaking of John Vernon, he also played Fletcher in The Outlaw Josey Wales. I always like watching him.

As for Ossie Davis, he was great in the only thing I can recall watching him in which was the TV series: Evening Shade.

Max Schmelling won the first fight between him and Joe Lewis, but lost the second fight to him. I thought it was great that Max & Joe became great friends though.

Hondo, thank you for the age correction, I could not remember if he was 87 or not at that time. And a bit more for you on Max Schmelling. Max Schmelling did not like talking about his experiances in WWII. He focused on his first love which was his Boxing career. I am greatful for the fact that Max Schmelling had a VERY comfortable existance for most of his life after WWII.

He must have been a "headache" of sorts to Hitler and his henchmen. Being too popular to ever make any charges stick, and also I thought it was great at how Max Schmelling helped hide a good number of Jewish refugees during the war. He hid them in his home and I think even had a few "employed" to watch after his family and his home.

Max Schmelling is a hero in my book. :)

At sometime today, one of THE best actors from the U.K. and one of my all-time favorites SIR JOHN MILLS, has passed away. :( I don't know any details but I do know that what made me become a fan of his was when I saw the movie: Dunkirk, and another called: The Four Feathers; which he starred in.

May he Rest In Peace.

Hi Ringo

He was one of my favourite actors gaining an oscar for Ryans Daughter. As far as I know he never appeared in The Four Feathers, but was very good in Hobsons Choice, Dunkirk and Ice Cold in Alex. He was 97 when he died.

Regards

Arthur

I think he should have gotten his Oscar for Hobson's Choice. That was a great performance.

Rest In Peace Sir John Mills, a very fine actor indeed.I remember him very well in Dunkirk,King Rat and...who could forget The Colditz Story.He lived a very long and full life.

-IHW

Hi Arthur and all. Yep, he was in The FOur Feathers (The original one) as one of the British Soldiers who were thrown into an Dervish prison. I can't remember the name of his character though because its been many years since I last saw the original. BTW, the remake of it was excellent as well.

IHW, thanks for jarring my memory. I could not remember which Colditz movie he was in.

I was sorry to hear this news this morning, John Mills was a great patriot for the UK and he will be sadly missed.

I am currently reading the book 'Great Expectations' and I look forward to the movie with Mills in it as I hear it is terrific.

:agent:

I like Sir John Mills a lot and didn't know he played in some of the movies that were listed in His Life (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590055/). I was checking to see if he might have played in any movies with Duke, but I should have known when no one mentioned that he did. I though he might have played in The Longest Day but was mistaken.

Anyway what a great life he had and the many contributions he gave back to so many. He will be missed and I guess another one who is listed as the last of the great ones.

Cheers B)

Hi all

I know whenever I watch Ice Cold in Alex, and John Mills downs in one go the glass of beer while the others watch, it always puts me in the mood for one.

He made a lot of British war movies playing everything from the lower ranks to the highest ranking officer. A great actor.

Did you know that he and his wife were married for over 65 years, and they never spent so much at a single night apart in all that time.

may he rest in peace.

Emmanuel.

If anyone ever watched the Batman TV series like I did, you will remember him as The Riddler. Well, he passed away from a mixture of Cancer, Pneumonia and something else.

Rest in Peace sir. I for one always liked watching you and I will miss your presance on screen.

Thanks Ringo, for the news. He can also be seen in the film Warlock with Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda.

-ncb

Frank Gorshin was an amazing talent. He could play ruthless gangsters, he could be really silly and hilariously funny, and he could do some of the best impressions that I've ever seen!

And he put all of that together as the Riddler on Batman. He was silly and funny, but underneath all that he came across as ruthless and very willing to kill anyone who posed a threat to him. That's hard to do - be both funny and menacing at the same time, but he did it with ease!

He will definitely be missed.

Hi -
If my information is correct, Frank Gorshin appears in tonight's season finale of CSI. Speaking of Richard Widmark, Gorshin reminded me of similar characterizations. But that is just a generalization. Gorshin will be missed.
Cheers - Jay :(

I remember him in the Batman show, may the good Lord look after him.

Emmanuel.

...........................

I'll try one of those black beers....THE QUIET MAN.

Thanks nathan, gents.

Nathan, I had not known he was in Warlock, all the more reason now to but the DVD. Frank was also in a VERY well done episode of COMBAT along with Joseph Campanella. It is a season 1 episode called: The Medal. In it his buddy D'Amato-Joe Campanella) is killed after he attacks a German "Tiger" Tank and wipes out half a Platoon of German infantrymen. A German officer shoots "D'Amato" and then the Gorshin character arrives to see his badly wounded buddy, the Germans left the area because the Amis counter-attacked and Gorshin climbs onto the "Tiger" and fires it's turret MG and of course he is seen having chased the already retreating Germans away.

Hince the episodes title: later in the show he gets a "Dear Jo9hn" and thinks that if he won a medal that that would impress his love. It just so happens that orders from higher-up are that men should start recieving combat decorations so--he is recommended for a Silver Star and he accepts the recommendation taking the credit that his now dead buddy whould be getting.

To make a long story short, he gets badly wounded near the end of the episode whilst trying to help out Sgt Saunders who also had been wounded.

Anyway, Frank Gorshin gave an excellent performance in this episode.

James Montgomery Doohan who played Lt Commander Montgomery Scott, passed away today at his home in Washington. He was 85. Mr. Doohan was born on: March 3rd 1920 (My Dad's Birthday) in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He died from Pneumonia & Alzheimers Disease. :(

Rest in Peace Scotty. :(

He's "beamed up" to a better place.
Jay :(

AS A BIG TREK FAN I CAN SAY HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED. I WILL NEVER FORGET THE SCENE IN WRATH OF KHAN WERE HE HE IS IN FULL KILT AT SPOCK'S FUNRAL PLAYING AMAZING GRACE ON THE BAG PIPES.

AMAZING GRACE HOW SWEET THE SOUND...

Originally posted by ZACK613@Jul 20 2005, 04:50 PM
AMAZING GRACE HOW SWEET THE SOUND...
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Rest In Peace Mr. Scott
:angel1:


Baby Sis
:( :(

A very sad day indeed. I grew up watching Star Trek reruns in the 70's my mother was a huge sci-fi addict if she was still around she would be very upset as I am. That is the thing about movies and TV no one ever ages and we refuse to belive that they do and when someone dies of old age we are astonished. getting old sucks!

My sincerest regards to the Doohan family.

Scotty,

You will be missed, and the second in the cast to leave us, first being Dr. McCoy. You added life to a very good series, and you are a fixture in the Star Trek family. I am not an official "trekkie", but loved the show when I saw it in the 60's and in reruns since. You making an appearance on TNG (Star Trek: The Next Generation) in "Relics" was a great tribute to you, and I enjoyed seeing the old Star Trek bridge again. That brought chills to me, as I know it did for you.

You may never be able to go back, but you have touched many who have gone back to see you in the shows of the past.

Thanks Scotty, and beam on to the great unknown.

By the way, we are sending your remains in space, the Final Frontier!

Cheers B)

Rest In Peace "Scotty".The only Star Trek iI ever watched was the original, and he was most favorite character by FAR.From one canadian to another Mr.Doohan you gave me many hours of enjoyment.

-IHW

its sad to see another one go but he goes to a far far better place.

as kids we used to go round saying "beam me up snotty" what brats we were but those words will forever be with us and the memory of scotty twidling with those nobs to beam them up.

he nows joins all those who have gone before him

RIP scotty

cheers smokey

I just heard this morning that he requested that his ashes to be shot into space and they will be doing that later on this year. Sure would like to see how they do that, not to be morbid or anything.

Rest in peace Mr. Scott.

Jay, I like that. He's "beamed up" to a better place. That he sure has.

Originally posted by SXViper@Jul 21 2005, 12:24 PM
I just heard this morning that he requested that his ashes to be shot into space and they will be doing that later on this year. Sure would like to see how they do that, not to be morbid or anything.

Rest in peace Mr. Scott.
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A fitting farewell.

-IHW

Late last night I was cruising the cable channels and one was playing a Star Trek TNG episode which had him in it. After that, a different Star Trek series was on and played an eposide that had them going back in time to when the Enterprise was at Space Station K-9 and had many scenes from the episode: The Trouble With Tribbles" integrated into this episode. They showed the scene where Scotty started the barroom fight with the Klingons. I normally do not watch any Star Trek series except for the Orign=inal and a few TNG episodes. Anyway, these two episodes airing were a tribute to "Scotty" which I thought was nice.

I always enjoyed TNG compared to the rest. Patrick Stewart, as Picard, is I believe an even better captain then Shatner, not a huge Shatner fan.

May I also add, my tribute,
to someone who was very much part of our
earlier years.
He was of course of Irish descent, and the Scottish
used to laugh at some of his so called Scottish accent!
The amazing thing is, is that 'Beam me up, Scotty'
was never actually said in any episode.
James, was also responsibe, for helping to invent
the 'Klingon' language!

Originally posted by SXViper@Jul 24 2005, 11:41 PM
I always enjoyed TNG compared to the rest. Patrick Stewart, as Picard, is I believe an even better captain then Shatner, not a huge Shatner fan.
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I agree, Viper. I never cared much for Shatner either but did like Stewart in the role of captain. I also liked Data and Worf.

I have to admit I liked TNG pretty much as well. I never watched but maybe a few seasons worth of eposides but I plan on buying them on DvD when I can afford to do so.

I agree, Viper. I never cared much for Shatner either but did like Stewart in the role of captain. I also liked Data and Worf.


Yes you are right Stumpy. I believe the supporting cast was much better as well, except for Nimoy and Doohan from the original cast.

Hello All
I liked Scotty and think he gave a major contribution to star trek who's popularity speaks for itself. Until he passed away I didn't know Scotty was from the city I grew up in. I think it says in the good book that a man who does a job well is fit to sit with kings, in my opinion Scotty will be sitting in good company now. Kilo

Sad to say that Don Adams (Maxwell Smart) passed away today. :( Rest in Peace Don, you will be missed. :(

I remember seeing him on an awards show that was on TVLand not long ago and I did notice that he did not look well then.

Yes, another TV legend passes away. That was one of the funniest shows that I always looked forward to after school whiole I was growing up. Yes, it was reruns but I liked it anyways.

Rest in Peace Don!!

A sad day indeed. I still, to this day, use his line "Missed it by that much!" whenever I'm way off something. Don, you will be missed. Mark

Thanks guys. :-))

Also thanks for reminding me of his funny line which made me laugh when reading it. :)

I just remembered hearing a few months ago of his birthday and couldnt believe he was so old.

Rest In Peace, Agent 86.


-IHW

He will be missed.

Darren McGavin, probably best known for his character "Carl Kochak) on his TV series: "Kolchak: The Nightstlker" Passed away early Saturday morning. He was born on: May 7th 1922 and passed away on: February 25th 2006. He was 83. :( :( :(

May he Rest In Peace, as well as his Wife: Kathy Brown. They both are sorely missed. :( :( :(

Hope this link works:

Imdb (http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1362/mptv/1362/9749_0005.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=McGavin)

I will forever remember him from an episode of Magnum, PI where he played Mad Buck Gibson, Vera Miles' ex-husband.


R.I.P. Sir...


-ncb

"Kolchak: The Night Stalker" is my all time favorite horror series. Darren McGavin was brilliant in it. He will be sorely missed . I will have a Kolchak marathon today to honor his memory

The firmest memory we have of Darren McGavin is as the father in the movie A Christmas Story. What a hoot that film is!

May he rest in peace.

If you want to read more about this actor, go to his web site (http://www.darrenmcgavin.net/).

Here's the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/26/AR2006022600053.html) article regarding his death.

Chester :newyear:

McGavin was the consumate character actor who is remembered well for his many movie and tv roles. May he rest in peace.
Cheers - Jay :(

Carl Kolchak was so great. McGavin was the perfect fit for this movie turn to TV series. I also liked him in The Christmas Story. He will be missed.

You know these people have not been around in the big or small screen for a while, and now that they are gone we seem to talk about them as if we had just seen them and they died. I will miss what they did in the past, but it was the long ago past. Saying goodbye in this case is only the fact that they are really gone and will do no more again on this earth.

Rest in Peace, Darren McGavin, age 83.

Cheers B)

I do remember watching him in A Christmas Story. However, a favorite film of mine that he starred in opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger was: Raw Deal. He was an F.B.I. agent who's son (Blair, also an F.B.I. agent) was killed by the mob in the line of duty. He hired ex-agent Schwarzennegger to "get those responsible" in which he did in style.

:( I sure feel really sorry for their Son -- losing both parents in a such short time span. I can DEFINATELY relate to how he feels. I lost my Father in 1988, Grandmother less than 6 weeks later, Mother on Christmas Day 1991 & 3 other's since then.

Rest In Peace Dana Reeve. :( :(

My thoughts are with their son and the rest of their family, and it sounds you had a rough trot Ringo. :(

Thanks Bek, and I didn't mean to detract from the Reeves though. :)

Originally posted by The Ringo Kid@Mar 10 2006, 12:40 PM
Thanks Bek, and I didn't mean to detract from the Reeves though.* :)
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Ringo,

I don't think anyone took it that way; you were expressing compassion from someone who knows how it feels to lose both parents (and more!).

:wub: Hugs to you, Carl! Thanks for sharing with us.

Mrs. C :angel1:

Originally posted by chester7777@Mar 11 2006, 01:05 AM
Ringo,

I don't think anyone took it that way; you were expressing compassion from someone who knows how it feels to lose both parents (and more!).

:wub: Hugs to you, Carl!* Thanks for sharing with us.

Mrs. C :angel1:
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Hi Mrs. C. I didn't think they took it the wrong way either but, I did feel guilty of posting about my family instead of keeping it only about the Reeves. :) Thank you also for you sympathy to me because it does help to recieve it and I greatly appreciate it. :-))

I think it's my weak point though when I do hear of the death of someone, as I grieve for their families. I mean, that I almost take it personally. I never have been comfortable at funerals.

Case in point: Do you remember the recent deaths of those 12 miners in W.Virginia....and how the network news reporters had let it out that 12 were found alive. I was watching TV at 1:00 am when I heard that those 12 were alive and one had died. I remember really feeling good because of those who were reported to have survived because I had feared all had died. Well, I was still watching TV at 2:00 am when I went to one of the news channels and heard that the first report was wrong and that those 12 men had died.

Take care and best regards -- Carl. :)

I am truly sorry for the loss of Mrs Reeve and her family. I couldn't find the date of her birth, all I knew was that she was born in 1961. But the other day I found that she was to celebrate her 45th birthday on March 17. What a loss, especially to her son, who lost both parents.

Cheers B)

Red Buttons passed away today. He was 87 and died of liver disease -- according to the news blurb I just heard on the radio. :(

Rest In Peace Red. :( AKA: Private John Steele in: The Longest Day. He was the American Paratrooper whos parachute got snagged on a Church Steeple and who lost some of his hearing with the constant tolling of the Church bells.

"What?......I Can't Hear You..........It's Them Bells.....DING DONG, DING DONG...yavehhhhhhh."

Well, he is the second in a few days. The other who just passed away was: June Allyson on July 7th? or 8th.

Rest In Peace June. :(

I wonder who the "3rd" will be? :(

I'm sorry to hear of Red Buttons passing, I've only seen him in two movies and I liked him in both.

Incidetally Ringo, Red Buttons also co starred with John Wayne in Hatari.

:agent:

Originally posted by Robbie@Jul 13 2006, 04:21 PM
I'm sorry to hear of Red Buttons passing, I've only seen him in two movies and I liked him in both.

Incidetally Ringo, Red Buttons also co starred with John Wayne in Hatari.

:agent:
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Hi Robbie, yeah--he sure was great in Hatari as well. I had forgotten about him being in it along with Hardy Kruger - another favorite of mine.

Man, I thought he passed away awhile back. Another sad day indeed!

RIP ... Buttons

I remember watching him in those old Dean Martin Roast TV specials. I always loved watching him. He was great, and will be truely missed.
Colorado Bob

Kevin,

Isn't that what everyone used to say to Duke's character - Jacob McCandles?


Red Buttons was also great in "Sayonara" , as Sgt. Joe Kelly. RIP sir...


-ncb

A sad day indeed RIP :cowboy:

This is what he died from:Buttons died of vascular disease on July 13, 2006 at his home in the Century City area of Los Angeles. His spokesman says Buttons had been ill for some time and was with family members when he died

Goodbye Red

My condolences to his family on his passing. He was a great character actor.

Anybody remember him in the TV show E.R. ?



Rest in Peace Red :(

Hi

Just read his obituary on IMDB another pair gone Rip June Allison & Red Buttons.

Regards

Arthur

I echo all the other sentiments expressed here. He also did a great job in the old "Poseidon Adventure" and got Carol Lynley in the end :D

Rest in peace, Red

Mark

The wheat is being separated from the chaff. Unfortunately all we seem to be left with today is chaff. :(

Red was one of my favorite actors. God bless you Red, rest in peace.

Tbone

Originally posted by Tbone@Jul 14 2006, 08:13 AM
The wheat is being separated from the chaff. Unfortunately all we seem to be left with today is chaff.* :(

Red was one of my favorite actors. God bless you Red, rest in peace.

Tbone
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I agree with all of you here and especially what Tbone just said.

R.I.P Red and June.

Emmanuel

Originally posted by nathan_brittles@Jul 13 2006, 05:28 PM
Kevin,

Isn't that what everyone used to say to Duke's character - Jacob McCandles?
Red Buttons was also great in "Sayonara" , as Sgt. Joe Kelly.* RIP sir...
-ncb
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Your right. And Dukes reply.... "Not Hardly" Although I'm not 100% sure of this :huh:


Anyways, here the article about Buttons passing from USAToday-


Sad sayonara to Red Buttons

http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2006/07/14/redbuttons.jpg

As unusual career trajectories go, Red Buttons went from Catskills stand-up comic to Oscar winner for a movie in which he played opposite Marlon Brando, then very much in his prime.
And this doesn't even address Buttons busting Jeep shock absorbers chasing giraffes and rhinos on location with John Wayne in Tanganyika for Hatari!

You want more? A CBS variety series in TV's early days swept the country, around the time he recorded a Billboard No. 15 novelty record that spun off a personal catchphrase the country briefly took to heart. With The Ho Ho Song on the flip side, the hit song was Strange Things Are Happening— which pretty well explains how you later end up on the first Poseidon at 53, paired on screen with onetime teen cover girl Carol Lynley.

After a long illness, Buttons died Thursday at 87 of vascular disease in the Century Hills section of Los Angeles. He had a remarkably sustained career, including countless TV appearances after major movie roles dried up. But he will always be identified with the Friars Club brand of "Ho Ho" because at heart, he was always a stand-up comic.

Buttons was born Aaron Chwatt on New York's Lower East Side, and had the hair color to legitimize his nickname.

A former singing bellhop, he ended up in the Catskills, where he honed his skills.

A Marine Corps stint landed him, with other future stars, in Moss Hart's service-produced play Winged Victory. Buttons also appeared in the George Cukor movie version.

Nightclub and stage appearances followed, but it was 1952's The Red Buttons Show that made him an overnight success. It also made him a king-sized pain, an observation he didn't deny later.

Billy Crystal's abrasive character in 1992's Mr. Saturday Night was widely thought to have been patterned on Buttons, whose career then so quickly nosedived that 1957's Sayonara was regarded as a comeback vehicle.

The movie with Brando was one of the year's biggest hits. It rather intriguingly cast the former Borscht-belter as Airman Joe Kelly — who defies orders and tradition in occupied postwar Japan to marry a native. Miyoshi Umecki played his bride, and she and Buttons won supporting Oscars.

Buttons' career was renewed — though as with many who hit it surprisingly big and fast in movies, success sometimes led to follow-up piffle such as A Ticklish Affair and Five Weeks in a Balloon.

But there were some gems. Delightful Hatari! (1962) put him in Africa with Wayne as comic relief "Pockets." The same year, he had a memorable cameo in The Longest Day as the D-Day paratrooper whose parachute gets entangled. His most underrated performance was as one of Jane Fonda's dance-marathon partners in 1969's They Shoot Horses, Don't They? His achievement was overshadowed by his co-stars' accolades, but his portrayal of a participant too old for the stress was on the button.

Buttons gave Liz Taylor's Cleopatra its most apt early review ("a challenge to the kidneys") and had a one-man Broadway show in 1995. Projecting mock offense, his hysterical "Never Got a Dinner" sketch was for years a staple at roasts (he got his own at the Friars Club in 1982). He was married three times.

By less than two weeks, Buttons' death follows that of comic Jan Murray, who worked the same grand tradition. A dying breed, alas, is indeed really dying.

By Mike Clark, USA TODAY

Hello all
I hear the pain of the passing voiced in comments like the chaff is all thats left. I beg to differ not for the sake of discussion but from personal conviction. There are a great many good people on this rock. Stop and consider, look around your own own back 40s. Do you see the ones who will never step up on a stage and never see a high profile most times by choice. The neighbor you walk past who always has a smile or wave of greeting. The retail clerk who has bagged ten thousand groceries and still finds the patience to interact reasonably. These positive individuals are also stars for they shine without fame or fortune. I liked Red Buttons and I like my mailman and I like waking up in the morning and I like this message board. Go have a wonderful day. Or else!

I thought Red's performance in "Sayonara" was outstanding, so much so that I left the theater bawling. :lol:

I was stationed in San Diego when "Sayonara" was first released. My best buddy and I went to see the movie, about six sheets to the wind. We were sitting in the balcony boo-hooing when the theater manager came and asked us to leave. So we left, went to the nearest water-hole and drowned our tears. :lol:

Hi

I suppose it memories lik Kilo and stumpy that show the measure of the man as an actor. I agree with you that the everyday people also count, thats what John Wayne says on America Why I Love her and it means as much today as it did then.


Regards

Arthur

Kilo,

Of course you are right.

My statement was meant more to reflect upon the quality of the Hollywood crowd these days and my judgement that much, no most, of what comes out of there these days isn't worth the match it would take to burn the film canister up.

For all their faults, there will never be the likes of folks like Ford, Wayne, Cagney, Stewart, Bogart again. I can't explain the why of it. I'm only observing.

Tbone

Originally posted by Tbone@Jul 17 2006, 10:09 AM
Kilo,

Of course you are right.

My statement was meant more to reflect upon the quality of the Hollywood crowd these days and my judgement that much, no most, of what comes out of there these days isn't worth the match it would take to burn the film canister up.

For all their faults, there will never be the likes of folks like Ford, Wayne, Cagney, Stewart, Bogart again. I can't explain the why of it. I'm only observing.

Tbone
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Kilo, same goes for me as what Kilo posted. I do like a few of the current players but, they aint in the same league as Wayne, Cagney, Bogart, Mitchum etc.

Truthfully, of the "new guard" the ones I see who, in 20 years or so, just MIGHT be able to be compared to the likes of the "Old Guard." IMO, these include: Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Cuba Gooding Jr, Sylvester Stallone, AHNOLD Schwarzenegger & Jon Voight; as examples.

Hello All
I hear what you are saying, times change and not all the changes feel good. As a father I have to believe that mankind progresses. Parenting was not a choice made with the suffering of future generations in mind. As for film stars the technology available to directors today has many of them leaning more to special effects then to human elements. I enjoy some of those movies but they do not command the same respect as films which anchor their performance on great acting. TBone I take no issue with what you meant I was offering the most positive spin on the situation that I could think off.
Hey Ringo Arnold S has made political statements about film industry work leaving the US for Canada. It may sound good when you are campaigning but last time I worked on a show where he was the main event he was not Complaining. In fact for the most part his 1/2 dozen bodyguards were pretty bored as he seemed to feel they did not need to shadow him all day. Of corse that doesn't change my opinion of his acting only his character.

Originally posted by kilo 6@Jul 18 2006, 09:45 PM
Hello All
* * * * ** I hear what you are saying, times change and not all the changes feel good. As a father I have to believe that mankind progresses. Parenting was not a choice made with the suffering of future generations in mind. As for film stars the technology available to directors today has many of them leaning more to special effects then to human elements. I enjoy some of those movies but they do not command the same respect as films which anchor their performance on great acting. TBone I take no issue with what you meant I was offering the most positive spin on the situation that I could think off.

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* * * * * Hey Ringo Arnold S has made political statements about film industry work leaving the US for Canada. It may sound good when you are campaigning but last time I worked on a show where he was the main event he was not Complaining. In fact for the most part his 1/2 dozen bodyguards were pretty bored as he seemed to feel they did not need to shadow him all day. Of corse that doesn't change my opinion of his acting only his character.
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Hi Kilo, i'm not knowledgable on what Ahnold talks about but I can agree with what you said as your more qualified than I. All I have is my opinions and what little I know; to go on. ;-))

The man NEEDS 6 bodyguards??? welllllll, that just proves something to me that I have always thought. Do you remember when Stacy Keach was playing the "tough" detective: Mike Hammer? Well, apparently he had a following of sorts in England. Keach was arrested and tossed in prison in England at the heigth of the popularity of his TV series. Keach was in trouble for possessing some Cocaine. Well, some inmates in the prison that Keach was tossed into, made darn sure that Keach was "gently reminded" that he was a wuss.

Anyway, inspite of Keach's past, I still like him as an actor -- as well as Ahnold. I definately do not agree with everything they do/did and or stand for. ;-))

Originally posted by Stumpy@Jul 15 2006, 04:53 PM
I thought Red's performance in "Sayonara" was outstanding, so much so that I left the theater bawling.* :lol:

I was stationed in San Diego when "Sayonara" was first released. My best buddy and I went to see the movie, about six sheets to the wind.* We were sitting in the balcony boo-hooing when the theater manager came and asked us to leave.* So we left, went to the nearest water-hole and drowned our tears.* :lol:
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Stumpy your a man after my own heart I wish I was around back then to be watching all these great movies as they were released and having one hell of a time these days they throw you in jail for that.

However I am a regular at this theatre they only play classic and art films it is like going back in time. check it out below if anyone is local maybe I will see you there you can request movies does not always happen sometimes though.

http://www.baytheatre.com/table_page.htm


RIP Red Buttons and June Allison

:cowboy:

Hello all
Hey Ringo I don't know all that much about Arnold. I worked on a set in the film the 6th day and he was walking around between shots and looking relaxed and I heard that he had 6 bodyguards but that they were not shadowing him to closely, as it seemed like there was no need. He seemed like a calm fellow who was just enjoying the freedom to be in groups of extras and production people without having to worry about some nutbar spoiling things. Then when he was running for Gov in California he seemed to be outspoken about work being done in BC. Most of most films could be shot without leaving California but the bottom line is profit and the unions are more established south of 49. This means that production costs can be less. For this reason there will most likely always be some American funded productions done outside the Country. As BC is only a few hours by plane from LA where many actors make their home, it is possible for them to fly home for the weekends. The percentage of dollars spent in BC is very small and staying that way. I see the issue of keeping work in the states as a Red Herring designed to sound good but not expected to achieve anything except a few more votes for Arnie. I enjoy several of his movies and that won't change but his painting of the local film industry here in BC as a threat seems weak to me.

Originally posted by kilo 6@Jul 22 2006, 02:03 PM
Hello all
* * * * * Hey Ringo I don't know all that much about Arnold. I worked on a set in the film the 6th day and he was walking around between shots and looking relaxed and I heard that he had 6 bodyguards but that they were not shadowing him to closely, as it seemed like there was no need. He seemed like a calm fellow who was just enjoying the freedom to be in groups of extras and production people without having to worry about some nutbar spoiling things. Then when he was running for Gov in California he seemed to be outspoken about work being done in BC. Most of most films could be shot without leaving California but the bottom line is profit and the unions are more established south of 49. This means that production costs can be less. For this reason there will most likely always be some American funded productions done outside the Country. As BC is only a few hours by plane from LA where many actors make their home, it is possible for them to fly home for the weekends. The percentage of dollars spent in BC is very small and staying that way. I see the issue of keeping work in the states as a Red Herring designed to sound good but not expected to achieve anything except a few more votes for Arnie. I enjoy several of his movies and that won't change but his painting of the local film industry here in BC as a threat seems weak to me.
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Hi Kilo, you know more about the Governator than I do ;-)) I happen to agree with what you said though--especially about the "all money" part.

I wonder if he still smokes Cigars?

I always enjoyed Red Buttons' portrayal in "Hatari" - he was such an enjoyable actor.
Cheers - Jay :D :D :D

Originally posted by Jay J. Foraker@Jul 27 2006, 06:06 PM
I always enjoyed Red Buttons' portrayal in "Hatari" - he was such an enjoyable actor.
Cheers - Jay :D* :D* :D
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I'd forgotten that he was also in Hatari. :headbonk: I watched that just last week and did enjoy him in it.

Gordon Scott played Tarzan in 5 films. He passed away on April 30. He was born and raised in Portland, Oregon.

Rest in Peace Gordon. I saw and enjoyed you as Tarzan years before I saw Weismuller as Tarzan. You will be missed. :ohwell:

I thought that name seemed familiar. I too wish to echo the sentiments expressed by Ringo.

Rest in Peace Tarzan! I wonder who will be number three? They seem to happen in threes.

Gordon Scott, R.I.P.. He was, other than Johnny Weissmuller, the best Tarzan of the bunch. "Tarzan's Greatest Adventure" is thought to be, in some quarters, the best Tarzan movie ever. It also boasts a very young Sean Connery playing a heavy.
Cheers - Jay:beer:

Gordon Scott, R.I.P.. He was, other than Johnny Weissmuller, the best Tarzan of the bunch. "Tarzan's Greatest Adventure" is thought to be, in some quarters, the best Tarzan movie ever. It also boasts a very young Sean Connery playing a heavy.
Cheers - Jay:beer:


Thanks Jay, I had not known that and will be something to look for next time this movie is played.

And by now, we know who the 3rd one is :-((

We know who the third will be? Fill me in, please?

It was already posted as another thread by Tbone I think? Anyway, the 3rd celebrity was the Astronaut Wally Schirra.

.... yeah I knew about him but since Bruce Bennett died not too long ago, I was going along the lines of who would be the third Tarzan related person to die.

Don't know who would make a 3rd Tarzan but, I came across this interesting article about Gordon Scott.

http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=13574.

Hope the link still works?

Actor/stuntman,actor

Both Arthur Hill and Roy Jensen passd away in April.

Arthur Hill was famous as the Army Surgeon who at first, was forced to save the life of Sergeant Dolans (James Caan) Captain/friend in: A Bridge Too Far.

Roy Jensen was famous for his tough guys roles in Westerns and such. My favorite with him was in the two Clint Eastwood "Bareknucke brawl" movies that he did. Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can."

A classic scene in: Any Which Way You Can as the Blackwidow Biker gang member: He was with the gang listening to their leader spout off about Philo Beddoe when he noticed smoke coming from the kitchen and he got up and ran in there saying: "G-g-g-good God, muh brownies are burnin!" The biker gang leader says: "What did he say?" And another gang member says: "He's bakin' brownies." Biker gang leader says: "Why me Lord? I mean, you make other men out of clay, and you make mine out of shi*"

Anyway, Rest in Peace Roy, Arthur.

June has been a very sad month in the world of entertainment. First we lost Harvey Korman, then Dick Martin, yesterday we lose George Carlin and Don Goodman. All four of these people were Comdeians.

This year has been all too bad of one with the losses of both Richard Widmark and Charlton Heston. I hate to sound so ghoulish but, and I hate to wonder who might be next? :broken_heart:

Carl,
As long as it's not us, perhaps!!!

It sounds corny but we don't miss them until they are gone.

It is unfortunate that we see so many go, but life is like that. Since being a part of the message board, we've seen so many good ones go, and I can only say that we are the lucky ones to know such people. I don't see it as sad, but a source of celebration of life and moving on. I have that kind of faith in my life. My only regret is that I wish I appreciated most of them while they were alive. Most of these people have lived a full life, and it is our responsibility to continue to better our world from the examples of these people.

Do something positive for someone today.

Cheers :cool: Hondo

It is unfortunate that we see so many go, but life is like that. Since being a part of the message board, we've seen so many good ones go, and I can only say that we are the lucky ones to know such people. I don't see it as sad, but a source of celebration of life and moving on. I have that kind of faith in my life. My only regret is that I wish I appreciated most of them while they were alive. Most of these people have lived a full life, and it is our responsibility to continue to better our world from the examples of these people.

Do something positive for someone today.

Cheers :cool: Hondo
NICELY SAID

Like Hondo/Mike said, life is like that. Unfortunately, most of these folks have been out of the spotlight for a while so we haven't been thinking about them until they pass on. Then it is a shock to our senses and we grieve.
Cheers - Jay:beer:

Carl,
As long as it's not us, perhaps!!!

Hi Keith, I definately hear you on that one! :thumbs_up::thumbs_up:

Well-said Saddletramp, Mike, Bill, Jay, :thumbs_up::thumbs_up::thumbs_up::thumbs_up:

Im embarassed to admit, that years ago I was like that and didn't miss them. As I grow older and hopwfully wiser, my tastes have changed for the better I think? and I realize how wrong I was in not appreciating some of them as much as I do now.

I didn't really care to watch movies that has people like Barbara Stanwyck, Clifton Webb, Spencer Tracy etc etc in them. Now days, I thoroughly enjoy movies much more when I do see them and their likes.

You know they were the ones who were from the golden age of Hollywood including Duke, and they set the standards of film making today. If you notice that they are remaking many of the classics and making sequels because in my opinion, they don't know what works today, and don't have a story to tell. They also think we are stupid.

Cheers :cool:

I didn't really care to watch movies that has people like Barbara Stanwyck, Clifton Webb, Spencer Tracy etc etc in them. Now days, I thoroughly enjoy movies much more when I do see them and their likes.
Tastes change over the years, but another reason we look back on these actors and their movies with more respect and admiration is that they have an enduring quality that seems to have been lost in recent generations.
Cheers - Jay:beer:

Hi Jay, well said. I also like to look at it as becoming moere enlighted too.

I agree with Hondo and Jay 100%. And it is my faith as well that gets me through as I see those who represent the "good 'ole days," pass on. Those days gone by are really GONE. I am grateful that I was born in a time when those like Duke were still here setting the standard and blessing our lives. I would hate to think of never having the honor and priviledge of them gracing my life. The memories they leave behind for us are some of the most cherished.:cry2:


Cindy

Well-said Princess, I feel the same way as you do. I guess that mostly from here on-im only going for older movies. Im looking forward to very few films these days.

Thanks Cindy for the gracious thought, and your insight. I agree with you and wish I got to know more of those great ones myself. I miss them but am glad to see them everyday on the screen.

Cheers :cool: Hondo

I know we have lots of RIPs about stars that have appeared with John Wayne in one or more of his movies, or classic movie stars, but occasionally there might be news stories of someone's passing that might be of interest because that person was in a classic movie or something along those lines.

I heard this story (http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0556254/) today, about the passing of Fred Crane, who played one of the Tarleton twins in Gone with the Wind (the other twin was played by George Reeves, famous for his role in the fifties' TV show Superman). He was 90.

Anyway, when we hear of similar stories, of a "smaller" nature, now we have a place to share them.

Chester :newyear:

R.I.P. Fred Crane - I vaguely remember him in "Gone with the Wind."

Rest in Peace Fred. Though im no fan of GWtW, I have seen it a few times and enjoyed some of the movie.

I just heard about this late yesterday but, Actor Jeff MacKay-best known for his roles in Baa Baa Blacksheep As Lt. Don French, in Tales of the Gold Monkey as Stephan Collins's Mechanic "Corky" and also in Magnum P.I. who was a USN Intelligence Operator who Magnum was always pestering and who was later on killed by Ivan-passed away last week. May he Rest in Peace.

Sorry for the run-on sentence.

Thanks Carl, I remember who he was. RIP Mr. MacKay.

According to IMDb, he passed away on August 22, of liver failure, at the age of 59 (he would have turned 60 in October).

Too bad! We enjoyed his character on Magnum!

Rest in peace, Mack!

Chester :newyear: and the Mrs. :angel1:

the actor who played the indian chief in hondo has passed today at the age of 88 (he was an aussie)

cheers smokey

That would be Michael Pate, who was also an Indian chief in "McLintock" and had a role in "The Court Jester." R.I.P..

Hi

Sad news I liked Michael Pate he was a fine actor. He was also one of the subjects in Tim Lilleys Campfire series of books.

Regards

Arthur

Hi

One other loss related to Duke was the death on 31st March 2008 of the director Jules Dassin who died in Athens.
The director of Re-Union in France he was victim of the HUAC trials of the late 40s and 50s.

Regards

Arthur

Michael Pate who played the Apache Chief in Hondo passed away on monday 1st September 2008, he was 81. A story about Michael Pate, he was born in Australia & went to the states as a young actor to try his luck. He landed small parts in tv like Batman & Get Smart before landing his big part in Hondo.

May He Rest In Peace

Timtam1,
Thanks for your post and informing us.
The passing of this fine actor,
has already been posted earlier,
so I have merged your post.
He was born in 1920, so he was 88!
Michael Pate was brilliant as Vittorio
in Hondo (http://www.dukewayne.com/showthread.php?t=1927)
He also played Puma
in McLintock (http://www.dukewayne.com/showthread.php?t=1857)
He was also a character actor in many Classic TV Westerns,
and other TV series.
May he rest in peace.

http://www.hondoandtheapaches.com/vitorro2.gif

1920- 2008

This is a sad day to hear about a great actors passing. I too always liked Michael Pate. I thought his role as Vittorio was absolutely brillient! Rest in Peace ;-(

I just heard on the radio that Paul Newman has died, at age 83.

You can read more about him here (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/sep/27/paulnewman.usa).

Not a great lover of Paul Newman.
However R.I.P to an obviously professional actor,
and star of many fine movies

RIP to one of my favorite actors, Paul Newman. Except for his political views, I thought he was a class act and loved alot of his movies. I pray for his wife a fine actress as well. I think what I revere the most from Paul and his wife is that they were a Hollywood couple who stayed together there whole lives. He will be missed by alot of people.

Just learned that actor Paul Newman died today - he was 83. I know he was a big liberal, but his acting abilities were the best! R.I.P Mr. Newman.

Movie Icon, Professional Actor & Gentleman. He will be sadly missed.

God speed to Paul Newman. I don't think anyone will ever beat your record of boiled eggs!

RIP, Mr Newman

RIP to one of my favorite actors, Paul Newman. Except for his political views, I thought he was a class act and loved alot of his movies. I pray for his wife a fine actress as well. I think what I revere the most from Paul and his wife is that they were a Hollywood couple who stayed together there whole lives. He will be missed by alot of people.

Agree with everything you said, Todd.

I've said before that although the Duke was my favorite actor, I thought Paul Newman was the best actor. And there is a difference.

I can think of at least 6 or 7 movies that I thought he should have won the Best Actor Oscar.

I also very much admired the fact that he and Joanne stayed together their whole lives, unlike so many in Hollyweird.

Here are some of Paul's personal qoutes:

"The light that you think you emanate is not necessarily the light that other people see. You think of yourself as a shy, retiring whatever it is, and some other people will see you in an entirely different way. ... You have to constantly learn. Obviously, you have to start with some kind of gift, but people don't understand that. ... I don't have a gift for anything. I've only had a gift of pursuit." — 1990.
___
"I remember a speech I did at a graduation. I was saying how you spend your whole life trying to get 'it' and you never know what the 'it' is. You want to connect somehow, to be in touch, and this business is terrible because it encourages you to create that protective wall. Otherwise, you get eaten alive." — 1994.
___
"There aren't many jobs you do where you do your work and people criticize you in print and on television about it. 'He's really off. He shouldn't do that.' ... They praise me, too, but that can be just as bad." — 1994.
___
"I didn't seek out those (anti-hero) roles. They're probably written better. ... Maybe it's because the writers, good writers try to choose people who are loners or are anti-heroes for characters. You can probably find some good connection between that and their own writing talent." — 1994.
___
"I've been trying to quit almost everything I do for the last 10 years, and I've managed to quit absolutely nothing. ... I was going to give up my race team, I was going to quit racing. I was going to quit films. I was going to turn the salad-dressing business over to somebody else. And get out of politics. And unfortunately, I'm busier now than before." 2002.

"I used to make three pictures a year, and now I make a picture every three years. Things change. There have been a lot of good things out there, but they weren't the kind of pictures that I wanted to make. I didn't want to do pictures about explosions. I don't want to do pictures about shattered glass and broken bodies and blood. That just doesn't interest me." 2002.
___
On his longevity: "Luck. ... Genetics is luck. Appearance is luck ... being born in the United States." — 1999.
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On working with Robert Redford on "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "The Sting": "We were lucky. We did two almost perfect films together. And to try to maintain that special quality is pretty tough." — 1999.
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On continuing acting or not: "There's a lot of stuff floating around, but I don't like to talk about it until it's in cement. I think I'd like to make one more film and then take a powder. It's time Joanne and I spent quality time together." — 2005.
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On his Newman's Own food business: "I got into the theater because I was running away from the sporting goods business. I could never understand the romance of it — I mean, of any (retail) business. ... Now that I'm in this business, I understand the allure of market share, and killing the opposition. ... Yes, I'm very competitive." — 1999.
___
On auto racing: "Young (drivers) think about winning. I think about whether I'm going to have a pulse. ... When you get older and older, you start slowing down. Everything is off one-50th of 1 percent. Your eyes are a little off, your reflexes, touch — everything. You multiply that by just a factor of 1 percent, that's two or three seconds a lap." — 1990.
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"I don't regret anything. It came at the right time. I was getting bored acting. ...You become passionate about one thing, it leads back into something else. If you can gain a sense of passion and commitment in your life in one arena, it's bound to bleed back into other arenas. ... In all the things I started to attack — football, tennis — I had no gift for it at all. I had no gift for racing, either. It's just something that I really wanted to do." — 1990.
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"I'm thrilled. I'm on a roll now, and maybe now I can get a job." — Joking after winning his first best-actor Oscar in 1997.

Depends on what you mean by "their whole lives". Newman and Woodward were married for 50 years and he was the only husband that she ever had but, Paul Newman was married for 9 years to another woman, Jackie Witte with which he three kids, including his late son, actor Scott Newman. But if you go by Hollywood years, then yes, they were together their whole lives. Cause being married for 50 years in that world is about 100 in the normal world.
And he was a liberal but, I never heard him flaunt it or go around like some of the Hollywood left and say nasty things about the right. I think he kept it close to home and he was certainly a very selfless person, what with taking whatever money was made from his Newmans Own food products and giving it to charity.
My personal favorite Newman movies:
Cool Hand Luke
Exodus
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Slap Shot
The Sting

Here's an interesting thought . . . with which I don't necessarily agree . . . .

A local radio show host was talking about Paul Newman's death, and what a class act he and his wife Joanne Woodward were (I do agree there). He (the host) was suggesting that he thought that the next comparable couple from Hollywood would be Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. I don't know about you, but I think the stars from yesteryear are in a class by themselves, never to be replaced. It was a different era, never to be repeated.

Chester :newyear:

I've got a couple of more to add to my favorite Paul Newman movies list.

Hud
Hombre

Here's an interesting thought . . . with which I don't necessarily agree . . . .

A local radio show host was talking about Paul Newman's death, and what a class act he and his wife Joanne Woodward were (I do agree there). He (the host) was suggesting that he thought that the next comparable couple from Hollywood would be Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. I don't know about you, but I think the stars from yesteryear are in a class by themselves, never to be replaced. It was a different era, never to be repeated.

Chester :newyear:
I don't even think Jolie and Pitt are married, are they?? Plus, she is too excentric to have the relationship last. She will have to be "stimulated" by someone else shortly!!!

Depends on what you mean by "their whole lives". Newman and Woodward were married for 50 years and he was the only husband that she ever had but, Paul Newman was married for 9 years to another woman, Jackie Witte with which he three kids, including his late son, actor Scott Newman. But if you go by Hollywood years, then yes, they were together their whole lives. Cause being married for 50 years in that world is about 100 in the normal world.
And he was a liberal but, I never heard him flaunt it or go around like some of the Hollywood left and say nasty things about the right. I think he kept it close to home and he was certainly a very selfless person, what with taking whatever money was made from his Newmans Own food products and giving it to charity.
My personal favorite Newman movies:
Cool Hand Luke
Exodus
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Slap Shot
The Sting

I understand what you are saying but I meant it as they stayed true to each other. There are many people who marry young and find out they shouldn't have for many countless reasons but then find a person they do spend the rest of there lives with. I would also venture to say there is not alot of people in the whole country that are married 50 years..... And to be in Hollywood, I think they deserve a medal or something!!

Rest in Peace, Paul. As already said, you are a class act.

See you Paul, God speed, we will miss ya.

I had the good fortune to see him at Limerock, Conn at his home racetrack in the late 70's. He and Joanne said hello to the whole group of us from atop a motorhome. He had just gotten done qualifying laps. He was a few classes up on our 240Z we ran.

R.I.P. Paul Newman.

here is Maggie Van Ostrand's nice story.
Paul Newman wasn’t just an Oscar-winning movie star and director, he was a philanthropist, practical joke player, and award-winning race car driver.
The roles he chose were immortalized by his outstanding performances in films like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Hud, Cool Hand Luke, Somebody Up There Likes Me, The Hustler, The Sting, The Verdict, The Color of Money. He was an electric Mt. Rushmore with a thousand twinklers behind his bright blue eyes
And he tried to soften the effect he had on fans. Here are two stories of what it was like to encounter Paul Newman face to face:
When I was an agent, my office was at 9000 Sunset Blvd., a building owned by several show business people, including Paul Newman. I often saw him on the elevator, said hi, and averted my eyes out of respect (but it was really because I didn’t want him to think I was uncool or a slobbering fan).
One night about 2:00 a.m., I pulled out of the parking garage in my new Mustang convertible and at the first traffic light on unusually empty Sunset Boulevard, I happened to look next to me while waiting for the light to go green. There was Newman grinning at me and gesturing with his forefinger mutely inviting me to race him down Sunset. He was in a beat-up VW bug, rusty-reddish in color, and faded. Really dinky looking. No contest.
I had a new Mustang. No contest. I shrugged “sure, why not?” and, when the light turned green, I jammed down the pedal. Before it even hit the floor, I was covered in his dust.
Next day somebody told me Newman did that all the time, that he had a racing engine under that crappy looking hood and was always on the lookout for victims.
Another time, a Michigan tourist visited a small Connecticut town. Sunday morning, she got up early to take a long walk. After a brisk five-mile hike, she decided to treat herself to a double-dip chocolate cone, and stopped in at the local ice cream parlor.
One other person was in the shop. Paul Newman. He was sitting at the counter having a doughnut and coffee.
The woman’s heart skipped a beat as her eyes made contact with Newman’s famous baby-blues.
The actor nodded hello and the flustered, star struck woman smiled back. Now what?
Pull yourself together, she told herself. You’ve got a life. He’s just a person like you. Oh really?
The clerk filled her order and she took her double-dip chocolate ice cream cone in one hand andher change in the other. Then she went out the door, avoiding another glance in Paul Newman’s direction.
When she reached her car, she realized that she had a handful of change but her other hand was empty. Where’s my ice cream cone? Did I leave it in the store? Back into the shop she went, expecting to see the cone still in the clerk’s hand or in a cone holder on the counter. No ice cream cone was in sight.
With that, she looked over at Paul Newman. His face broke into his familiar, warm,friendly grin and he said to the woman,
“You put it in your purse.”
Hemingway said of bullfighters that they lived all the way up. So did Paul Newman.



regards,
Taka

Thanks for that, Taka - those were cute anecdotes. Like other people have said, he was a class act.

One of my favorite Newman movies, which I don't think has ever received the attention it deserved, was "Sometimes A Great Notion". It also starred Henry Fonda and Richard Jaeckel.

To me, one of the most fascinating aspect of Paul Newman's career was the huge contradiction between his real and his screen persona.

As everyone knew, he was the archtypical liberal in real life. Which means he would undoubtedly embrace government, as all liberals do. Government stands for authority. Yet Paul's most memorable roles had him playing a rebel, totally rejecting any kind of authority, including government.

Taka,

THANK YOU for posting that! What wonderful stories!

Did you guys realize that one of Paul Newman's last roles was as the voice of Doc Hudson in the movie Cars (and then in a video game of the same name, and one other Cars-related short)? What a versatile, interesting man.

Mrs. C :angel1:

Hi

Sad to see yet another star go. I enjoyed many of his films.

Regards

Arthur

Another member of Hollywood has passed away. House Peters Jr., a veteran character actor and the original Mr. Clean of the tv ads has died at age 92. Peters career spanned the mid 30's to the mid 60's. He acted in many movie and tv westerns usually playing the heavy or villain. One role I just seen him in was in Disneys Johnny Tremain, where he played the patriot commander at Lexington who tells the colonists gathered "to not fire a shot unless fired upon, that if the British want a war, let it begin here".

Thanks, Jim, for posting about Mr. Peters - he represents a fond childhood memory, from the TV commercials for Mr. Clean!

Mrs. C :angel1:

As always, im late in saying my piece but, Rest in Peace Paul. To me your best film is a ties between Cool Hand Luke and Road To Perdition. Loved ya in both.

Here's an interesting thought . . . with which I don't necessarily agree . . . .

A local radio show host was talking about Paul Newman's death, and what a class act he and his wife Joanne Woodward were (I do agree there). He (the host) was suggesting that he thought that the next comparable couple from Hollywood would be Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. I don't know about you, but I think the stars from yesteryear are in a class by themselves, never to be replaced. It was a different era, never to be repeated.

Chester :newyear:

Hi Jim/Sue, I fully agree with you here. Also, to mention pitt and jolie in the same story as Paul Newman-is a travesty.

Hi Taka, thanks for posting sucha great story.

Also, Rest in Peace House Peters. I had not known you had been called away.

Michael Crichton author & director has died of cancer at 66. In addition to books and film listed below he wrote and directed Westworld with Yul Brynner Coma with Michael Douglas and my favorite the 1st Great Train Robbery with Sean Connery




Author Michael Crichton dies, 66


http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45178000/jpg/_45178071_-45.jpg Michael Crichton won awards including an Emmy


Best-selling author Michael Crichton has died in Los Angeles aged 66 after a "courageous and private battle against cancer", his family has said.
He penned Jurassic Park, as well as books like Congo and Disclosure, all of which were adapted into films.
His books have sold more than 150 million copies. He also created the long-running US hospital TV drama ER.
"He will be profoundly missed by those whose lives he touched," his family said in a statement.
A private funeral service is expected.
Crichton is survived by his wife, Sherri, and daughter, Taylor.
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Steven Spielberg

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The family's statement paid tribute to a "devoted husband, loving father and generous friend".
It added: "Through his books, Michael Crichton served as an inspiration to students of all ages, challenged scientists in many fields, and illuminated the mysteries of the world in a way we could all understand."
'Gentle soul'
"Michael's talent out-scaled even his own dinosaurs of Jurassic Park," said filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who directed the blockbuster film version of that novel.
"He was the greatest at blending science with big theatrical concepts, which is what gave credibility to dinosaurs again walking the Earth.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gifCRICHTON'S BEST-KNOWN NOVELS
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Odds On (1966)
The Andromeda Strain (1969)
The Great Train Robbery (1975)
Congo (1980)
Jurassic Park (1990)
Disclosure (1994)
The Lost World (1995) - pictured
Timeline (1999)
State of Fear (2004)
Next (2006)


"Michael was a gentle soul who reserved his flamboyant side for his novels. There is no-one in the wings that will ever take his place," he added.
A new Crichton novel had been scheduled to come out in the US next month.
Publisher HarperCollins said the book would now be postponed indefinitely.
A Harvard Medical School graduate, Chicago-born Crichton became the toast of Hollywood when his 1971 novel The Andromeda Strain was turned into a film.
Many of his novels and screenplays were adapted for cinema.
The most successful were Jurassic Park, which burst onto the screen in 1993, and its sequel The Lost World.
ER has won a host of Emmys since it began in 1994, and helped launch the career of George Clooney.
John Wells, executive producer of the medical drama, called the author "an extraordinary man - brilliant, funny, erudite, gracious, exceptionally inquisitive and always thoughtful.
"No lunch with Michael lasted less than three hours and no subject was too prosaic or obscure to attract his interest.
"Sexual politics, medical and scientific ethics, anthropology, archaeology, economics, astronomy, astrology, quantum physics, and molecular biology were all regular topics of conversation," he added. Crichton's 2004 bestseller State of Fear caused controversy when it cast doubt on the dangers of global warming. Environmentalists said his novel was marring efforts to pass legislation to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Michael Crichton author & director has died of cancer at 66. In addition to books and film listed below he wrote and directed Westworld with Yul Brynner Coma with Michael Douglas and my favorite the 1st Great Train Robbery with Sean Connery


Thanks for posting Mike.
R.I.P. to a geat contributor,
and now a sad loss to modern cinema

I'd have to agree that the "Great Train Robbery" was my favorite Crichton film, followed by the Jurrassic Park movies.

R.I.P. Michael Crichton. He could really whip up a good tale with plausible scientific background.

I really like Paul Newman's movies myself. A little late but I wanted to add my condolences as well. Some of my favorite movies:

Torn Curtain
The Long Hot Summer
Absence of Malice
Nobody's Fool
Fort Apache
The Left-Handed Gun
Somebody Up There Likes Me
The Road to Perdition
Fat Man & Little Boy

One's Already Mentioned
Cool Hand Luke
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Hud
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Sting
Exodus
The Hustler

I haven't seen Cars, but I plan to see it soon.

Cheers :cool:

Mr Sci Fi aka Forrest J. Ackerman has passsed away at 92.

Sci-fi's grand old man, Forrest J Ackerman, dies

By JOHN ROGERS – 17 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forrest J Ackerman, the sometime actor, literary agent, magazine editor and full-time bon vivant who discovered author Ray Bradbury and was widely credited with coining the term "sci-fi," has died. He was 92.
Ackerman died Thursday of heart failure at his Los Angeles home, said Kevin Burns, head of Prometheus Entertainment and a trustee of Ackerman's estate.
Although only marginally known to readers of mainstream literature, Ackerman was legendary in science-fiction circles as the founding editor of the pulp magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland. He was also the owner of a huge private collection of science-fiction movie and literary memorabilia that for years filled every nook and cranny of a hillside mansion overlooking Los Angeles.
"He became the Pied Piper, the spiritual leader, of everything science fiction, fantasy and horror," Burns said Friday.
Every Saturday morning that he was home, Ackerman would open up the house to anyone who wanted to view his treasures. He sold some pieces and gave others away when he moved to a smaller house in 2002, but he continued to let people visit him every Saturday for as long as his health permitted.
"My wife used to say, 'How can you let strangers into our home?' But what's the point of having a collection like this if you can't let people enjoy it?" an exuberant Ackerman told The Associated Press as he conducted a spirited tour of the mansion on his 85th birthday.
His collection once included more than 50,000 books, thousands of science-fiction magazines and such items as Bela Lugosi's cape from the 1931 film "Dracula."
His greatest achievement, however, was likely discovering Bradbury, author of the literary classics "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Martian Chronicles." Ackerman had placed a flyer in a Los Angeles bookstore for a science-fiction club he was founding and a teenage Bradbury showed up.
Later, Ackerman gave Bradbury the money to start his own science-fiction magazine, Futuria Fantasia, and paid the author's way to New York for an authors meeting that Bradbury said helped launch his career.
"I hadn't published yet, and I met a lot of these people who encouraged me and helped me get my career started, and that was all because of Forry Ackerman," the author told the AP in 2005.
Later, as a literary agent, Ackerman represented Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and numerous other science-fiction writers.
He said the term "sci-fi" came to him in 1954 when he was listening to a car radio and heard an announcer mention the word "hi-fi."
"My dear wife said, 'Forget it, Forry, it will never catch on,'" he recalled.
Soon he was using it in Famous Monsters of Filmland, the magazine he helped found in 1958 and edited for 25 years.
Ackerman himself appeared in numerous films over the years, usually in bit parts. His credits include "Queen of Blood," "Dracula vs. Frankenstein," "Amazon Women on the Moon," "Vampirella," "Transylvania Twist," "The Howling" and the Michael Jackson "Thriller" video. More recently, he appeared in 2007's "The Dead Undead" and 2006's "The Boneyard Collection."
Ackerman returned briefly to Famous Monsters of Filmland in the 1990s, but he quickly fell out with the publisher over creative differences. He sued and was awarded a judgment of more than $375,000.
Forrest James Ackerman was born in Los Angeles on Nov. 24, 1916. He fell in love with science-fiction, he once said, when he was 9 years old and saw a magazine called Amazing Stories. He would hold onto that publication for the rest of his life.
Ackerman, who had no children, was preceded in death by his wife, Wendayne.
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Beverly Garland died. I always liked her.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-garland7-2008dec07,0,5645483.story

Forry Ackerman loved sci-fi and horror movies and was at one time owner of the
largest science fiction and horror collection in the world.
Even up to this past summer he was signing autographs.He sent me a signed
inscribed card and signed a video cover of one of the many movies in which he had a cameo.He was a truly giving person,who made time for everyone.
He will be sadly missed.

R.I.P. Forrest J. Ackerman (affectionately known as Forry J). Not well known outside of Sci-Fi circles, he had a cult following there. I did not realize that he was 92!!!

Beverly Garland died. I always liked her.
I did too! She was a good actress.

Another member of the Golden Age of Hollywood bites the dust, Van Johnson has died at 92.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_en_ce/obit_van_johnson

Another member of the Golden Age of Hollywood bites the dust, Van Johnson has died at 92.
That's too bad! Well, maybe not . . . he was 92, and had lived a good long life.

may2, I couldn't get your link to work, so in case others are having the same problem, here's (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,466084,00.html) (hopefully) a link that will work.

My biggest memory of him is mostly from Yours, Mine, and Ours, as the match-making friend that got Lucille Ball's and Henry Fonda's characters together!

Mrs. C :angel1:

I also recall him in Yours, Mine and Ours too. I do remember him dancing with Lucy in I Love Lucy, and the Minstrel in Batman TV series in the 60's. He is well liked actor, and a full life. I see that he hasn't been in anything since 1992 (over 16 years). Rest in peace, Van.

Cheers :cool: Hondo

Hi

As you say he lived to a good age. He never appeared with John Wayne but made a number of good films. RIP


Regards

Arthur

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTY5MjI4MjQ1OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDg3NTcxMg@@._ V1._CR80,0,580,580_SS80_.jpg I remember him as a jet pilot in "Men of the Fighting Lady".
Good jet fighter movie.
R.I.P. Van Johnson.

regards,
taka

Don't forget "Battleground", "The Caine Mutiny", and "Command Decision". RIP Van........

He was also very good in "23 Paces to Baker Street." R.I.P. Van:cry2:

Just to let you know that Turner Classic Movie channel (TCM) has their annual in memory of . . . . . to list those who are no longer with us. It is amazing how many they list that I know this year.

OhFiMeMV4_M

Cheers :cool: Hondo

Robert Mulligan died. He directed To Kill A Mockingbird and others.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-mulligan21-2008dec21,0,2215697.story

Loved that movie and book, To Kill A Monkingbird. The direction was fantastic. Sorry to hear about Mr. Mulligan. May he rest in peace.

Thanks, Hondo, for sharing that TCM 2008 obit/tribute. I think I probably knew about half the names. One that flashed by pretty quickly, that I recognized, was Robert J. Anderson, who played the young George Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life (and an incidental part in The Bishop's Wife, which we just watched tonight).

Anyway, since we don't have cable, we would have never seen it otherwise, so thanks again!

Chester :newyear:

Robert Mulligan died. He directed To Kill A Mockingbird and others.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-mulligan21-2008dec21,0,2215697.story

His brother was the late Richard Mulligan of the TV series "Soap" and "Empty Nest" as well as numerous movies such as "Scavenger Hunt" and "S.O.B.." R.I.P.

Van Johnson appeared in many good movies. Don't forget Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo and A Guy Named Joe, High Barabee, In The Good Old Summertime, Two Girls and A Sailor, Romance Of Rosy Ridge, Last Time I Saw Paris.

Eartha Kitt Past On at the Age of 81 with Cancer !
:yeaahh:
She was also Cat-Woman in Bat-Man !!
:wink_smile:
Boy that Gal could Belt-Out A Torch Song !!!
:hyper:
Chilibill
:cowboy:

Yes, she sure was a character.
There'll only ever be, one Eartha Kitt

i liked eartha kitt - especially her version of "santa baby" and "an old fashioned millionaire"

I just heard of her passing. I thought she was an excellent catwoman on that Batman series. She was also a great singer. Her birth was in South Carolina of a bi-racial parents which didn't sit well in the south back then, but being raised in New York she found the dance, and singing to take her through her life.

I also heard that she was once invited by the first lady to the White House under the Johnson administration. There was controversy when she shouted out to the first lady her objections of the Vietnam war.

I don't think Eartha and Duke had any connection to the screen to my knowledge.

I guess she was pretty quiet since those days. Now Eartha Kitt can rest in peace after 81 years of life.

Cheers :cool:

Rest in Peace Eartha Kitt and Van Johnson.

For Van Johnson: You were especially great as the 101st Airborne Div. Sgt.-Sgt Holly in: Battleground-great as the 2nd Lt. in: Go For Broke, great as the Pilot of The Ruptured Duck-in: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo-and last but not least-also great in: A Guy Named Joe. Your passing greatly hurt.

Forgot to mention you were great opposite Bogie in: The Caine Mutiny.

Hi

Looks like a couple more to add Eartha Kitt and Harold Pinter

Regards

Arthur

The news said today that the 16 yr old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston died after having a seizure, then falling and hitting his head on a bathtub. Such ashame to lose a child.

My prayers and heartfelt condolences go out to John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston.There can be no greater pain than losing a child.

I agree, a very sad loss to anyone.

The news said today that the 16 yr old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston died after having a seizure, then falling and hitting his head on a bathtub. Such a shame to lose a child.
Yeah, I saw that on the internet news feed . . . very sad :cry2:, any time a parent loses a child.

Mrs. C :angel1:

I agree. a pain that a parent should never feel. My sympathies go out to them.

Mark

I read they wouldn't allow him his autism medicine because of the scientology beliefs. They even denied he had the disease. great parents huh?

Not wanting to derail the general purpose of this thread with a possible extended conversation of religion, I have shared some thoughts here (http://www.dukewayne.com/showthread.php?p=77342#post77342).

Mrs. C :angel1:

Very sad day for the Travolta family and special prays to them in their lost.

Cheers :cool:

R.I.P. Pat Hingle. A great character actor who can be found in many films.

I didn't hear about Pat Hingle. Too bad, like Jay said, he was a good character actor. May he rest in peace.

Sorry to hear about Pat Hingle (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475784,00.html). I liked him ias Colonel Daniel Webster Tucker in M*A*S*H. May he rest in peace.

Cheers :cool: Hondo

I think there are people around here old enough to remember the Mickey Mouse Club. An original Mouseketeer, Cheryl Holridge, has died. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32726540

Pat Hingle was one of those actors who was so good that he was always in demand, therefore, he seemed like he was around forever because he was in so many movies and tv shows.

And so sorry to see that Cheryl Holdridge has passed on. I always watched the Mickey Mouse Club and to me Cheryl was absolutely the prettiest Mouskateer. Annette was good looking and had the best body but, Cheryl was the prettiest.

I was not around when the Micky Mouse Club on aired back in the 50's. But I did see the reruns and do remember Cheryl. She was kinda young and to die from lung cancer is such a shame. May she rest in peace.

Cheers :cool: Hondo

Ironside actor, Don Galloway, has died.

Don Galloway obit (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3icd8f44807b52b1a6af869134f477a9c1)

Ironside actor, Don Galloway, has died.
http://http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3icd8f44807b52b1a6af869134f477a9c1
I am sorry to hear that. I believe he was a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff in recent years.

I really like Ironside and it was the supporting cast that made the show good. I wasn't aware that he was in The Rare Breed or even The Big Chill. He had a stroke on Christmas Day, that's sad, especially when his mother and mother-in-law died on that day as well (years back). He was 71.

May Don rest in peace.

Cheers :cool: Hondo

I hadn't known that Pat Hingle (and two more celebs already) I liked him in whatever I saw him in. Two Eastwood films-one of which was: The Gauntlet-the other I think was Hang Em High.

Rest in Peace.

I hadn't known that Pat Hingle (and two more celebs already) I liked him in whatever I saw him in. Two Eastwood films-one of which was: The Gauntlet-the other I think was Hang Em High.

Rest in Peace.

Hingle was also in one of the Dirty Harry movies of Eastwoods, Sudden Impact.

Double whammy today Ricardo Montalban and Patrick mcGoohan died.

Ricardo Montalban was with Duke in The Train Robbers.

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-01/44518285.jpg

Ricardo Montalban dies at 88; 'Fantasy Island' actor

He was often cast -- and stereotyped -- as a Latin lover and later was best known as Mr. Roarke of 'Fantasy Island.' He was respected for his work to improve the roles and image of other Latino actors

By Lorenza Muñoz
January 15, 2009

Ricardo Montalban, the suave leading man who was one of the first Mexican-born actors to make it big in Hollywood and who was best known for his role as Mr. Roarke on TV's "Fantasy Island," has died. He was 88.

Montalban died Wednesday morning at his Los Angeles home of complications related to old age, said his son-in-law, Gilbert Smith.

Within the entertainment industry, Montalban was widely respected for his efforts to create opportunities for Latinos, although he and others believed that his activism hurt his career. In 1970, he founded the nonprofit Nosotros Foundation to improve the image and increase employment of Latinos in Hollywood.

"He paved the way for being outspoken about the images and roles that Latinos were playing in movies," said Luis Reyes, co-author of "Hispanics in Hollywood" (2000).

On Wednesday, actor Edward James Olmos called Montalban "one of the true giants of arts and culture."

"He was a stellar artist and a consummate person and performer with a tremendous understanding of culture . . . and the ability to express it in his work," Olmos told The Times.

Montalban was already a star of Mexican movies in the 1940s when MGM cast him as a bullfighter opposite Esther Williams in "Fiesta" and put him under contract. He would go on to appear alongside such movie greats as Clark Gable and Lana Turner.

When major film roles dried up for him in the 1970s, he turned to stage and eventually TV, where he was familiar to millions as the mysterious host whose signature line, “Welcome to Fantasy Island,” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x_QbVDlLbI) opened the hit ABC show that aired from 1978 to 1984.

While "Fantasy Island" was renewing Montalban's career and giving him financial stability, he also won an Emmy for his performance as Chief Satangkai in the 1978 ABC miniseries "How the West Was Won."

In the 1970s and '80s, Montalban was also familiar to TV viewers as a commercial spokesman for Chrysler. He was later widely spoofed for his silky allusion to the “soft Corinthian leather” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIL3fbGbU2o) of the Chrysler Cordoba, although no such leather actually existed.

While making "Fantasy Island," Montalban also gave one of his best movie performances -- as Khan Noonien Singh in the “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAAl2zfk684) (1982), a follow-up to a beloved 1967 “Star Trek” television episode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDboDUfbAe8) that also featured Montalban.

New Yorker magazine critic Pauline Kael said Montalban's performance as Khan "was the only validation he has ever had of his power to command the big screen."

Born Nov. 25, 1920, in Mexico City, Montalban was the youngest of four children of Castilian Spaniards who had immigrated in 1906 to the city, where Montalban's father owned a dry goods store.

Montalban came to Los Angeles as a teenager with his oldest brother, Carlos, who had lived here and worked for the studios.

"I felt as if I knew California already, because of the movies," Montalban said in "Reflections: A Life in Two Worlds," the 1980 autobiography he wrote with Bob Thomas.

Montalban studied English at Fairfax High School, where an MGM talent scout noticed him in a student play. He was offered a screen test, but his brother advised him against taking it and took him on a business trip to New York City.

The handsome Montalban soon found himself the star of a short film that was made to play on a screen atop a jukebox. That three-minute movie, which debuted at the Hurricane Bar in midtown Manhattan, led to small roles in plays.

When his mother's illness took him back to Mexico, Montalban got a one-line role in a parody of "The Three Musketeers," starring Cantinflas. Around that time, he also met Georgiana Belzer, a model and Loretta Young's sister, whom he married in 1944. She died in 2007.

Montalban intended to stay in Mexico, where his film career was taking off, but MGM wanted him for "Fiesta." In the 1947 musical, he had a memorable dance scene with a young Cyd Charisse.

"Fiesta" led to a contract at MGM, where he had a friendly rivalry with Fernando Lamas -- later Williams' husband off-screen -- as the studio's resident "Latin lovers." Bill Murray immortalized the duel between the two men with his classic "Saturday Night Live" skit, "Quien es mas macho, Fernando Lamas o Ricardo Montalban?"

Cheers :cool:

I am saddened to hear of the deaths of these two fine actors.My condolences to their families.

I didn't really know him but some of you may, so this is in memory of Patrick. May he rest in peace.

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-01/44511818.jpg
Patrick McGoohan, TV's 'Secret Agent' and 'Prisoner,' dies

Patrick McGoohan in "Danger Man" on CBS in 1961.


The British actor, 80, often played villains on TV and in movies. But he gained his greatest fame as the TV spy John Drake. He also won two Emmys for 'Columbo.'

By Dennis McLellan
5:09 PM PST, January 14, 2009

Patrick McGoohan, a two-time Emmy Award-winning actor who starred as a British spy in the 1960s TV series "Secret Agent" and gained cult status later in the decade as the star of the enigmatic series "The Prisoner," has died. He was 80.

McGoohan, whose career spanned stage, screen and TV, died peacefully Tuesday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica after a short illness, said Cleve Landsberg, McGoohan's son-in-law. The family did not provide further details.

It was the height of James Bond mania in 1965 when McGoohan showed up on American TV screens in "Secret Agent," a British-produced series in which he played John Drake, a special security agent working as a spy for the British government.

The hourlong series, which ran on CBS until 1966, was an expanded version of “Danger Man,” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqabpJlKc2k) a short-lived, half-hour series on CBS in 1961 in which McGoohan played the same character.

But it was McGoohan's next British-produced series, “The Prisoner,” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRPDO63rI1E) on CBS in 1968 and 1969, that became a cult classic that spawned fan clubs, conventions and college study.

Once described in The Times as an "espionage tale as crafted by Kafka," "The Prisoner" starred McGoohan as a presumed British agent who, after resigning his top-security job, is abducted in London and taken to a mysterious prison resort called the Village. .

Known only as No. 6, he is interrogated by a succession of officials who are known as No. 2. But he refuses all methods of breaking him down to reveal his past or why he resigned, and he repeatedly makes failed attempts to escape.

The seemingly idyllic village contains "seeing eyes" that monitor activities and signs such as "A Still Tongue Makes a Peaceful Life."

McGoohan co-created and executive-produced the series, which ran for only 17 episodes, as well as wrote and directed several episodes.

In a 1967 interview with The Times, he described the series as "Brave New World" stuff.

"Nobody has a name, everyone wears a number," he said. "It's a reflection of the pressure on all of us today to be numbered, to give up our individualism. This is a contemporary subject, not science fiction. I hope these things will be recognized by the audience. It's not meant to be subtle. It's meant to say: This little village is our world."

Of the enduring cult status of the series, McGoohan once said: "Mel [Gibson] will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a number."

McGoohan, who reportedly turned down an offer to be the big-screen's original James Bond, appeared in films such as "The Three Lives of Thomasina," "Mary, Queen of Scots," "Silver Streak," "Escape From Alcatraz," "Scanners" and Gibson's "Braveheart," in which he played England's sadistic King Edward I.

In his review of "Braveheart" in The Times, critic Peter Rainer wrote: "Patrick McGoohan is in possession of perhaps the most villainous enunciation in the history of acting."

As a guest star on Peter Falk's TV detective-series "Columbo," McGoohan won Emmys in 1975 and 1990.

Falk once described McGoohan, who also occasionally worked as a director and writer on the "Columbo" mysteries, as being "mesmerizing" as an actor.

"There are many very, very talented people in this business, but there are only a handful of genuinely original people," Falk told the Hollywood Reporter in 2004. "I think Patrick McGoohan belongs in that small select group of truly original people."

He was born to Irish parents in Astoria, Long Island, N.Y., on March 19, 1928. Some months later, his family returned to Ireland, where he grew up on a farm before moving to Sheffield, England, when he was 7.

In the late '40s, after working a number of jobs, he landed as a stage manager at Sheffield Repertory Theatre, where he soon launched his acting career.

In 1951, he married actress Joan Drummond, with whom he had three daughters, Catherine, Anne and Frances.

In 1959, he received a London Drama Critics Award for his performance in a London stage production of Ibsen's "Brand."

On television, McGoohan also starred in the short-lived 1977 medical drama "Rafferty."

Sharif Ali, McGoohan's agent, said McGoohan had been writing and had two acting offers on the table before he died.

"He really didn't talk much about his illness," said Ali. "We were too busy talking about his future; he was excited to get back to work. He had so much more to give."

In addition to his wife and daughters, McGoohan is survived by five grandchildren and a great-grandson.

Cheers :cool:

He also appeared in the title role of Disney's Dr.Syn alias The Scarecrow of
Romney Marsh.This is a great movie for those of you who haven't seen it.

He also appeared in the title role of Disney's Dr.Syn alias The Scarecrow of
Romney Marsh.This is a great movie for those of you who haven't seen it.

Avenger,

I just purchased that DVD series and until you mentioned that I didn't know Patrick was in that Disney series. Or maybe forgotton. Thanks.

Cheers :cool:

Well Another Big One Passed on Yesterday "Ricardo Montaban" He Was 88 !
Bill

"Boss, the plane, the plane". Ah, the memories.

Rest in peace, Mr. Montaban.

To my mind, two major actors are now gone!
Montaban was a consumate actor. He made a short-lived TV series here in San Antonio in the 90s (don't remember the name) in which he played an angel. I recall that he broke a leg many years ago which never healed properly and gave him a pronounce limp.
McGoohan was famous for "The Prisoner" series which caused a lot of discussion, but I also remember him in one of my favorite movies, "Ice Station Zebra," where he played the British spy in one of his over-the-top, but still excellent and memorable, performances.
Both will be sorely missed!!! R.I.P.

Hi

The Prisoner was required watching for fans during the early 60s every sunday night you would seeit and wonder what the hell it was all about.
But ice Station Zebra was a good film as was Dr Syn.
He was a good actor.

Ricardo Montalban The Train Robbers, Fantasy Island and many others.

Also yesterday the author John Mortimore and ex barristor who wrote the popular television series Rumpole of the Bailey.

Regards

Arthur

Hi
. . . . . . . Also yesterday the author John Mortimore and ex barristor who wrote the popular television series Rumpole of the Bailey.

Regards

Arthur

Could you tell us a little more about Mortimore? I am sure we would be interested in him.

Cheers :cool:

I loved Rumpole. A great character and great stories. R.I.P. John Mortimore.

I used to watch the tv series Rumpole, Of The Bailey with the great Leo McKern. Didn't watch it all the time, just once in awhile on our local PBS channel. It was pretty good. And McKerns acting was first rate.

Hi Mike

'As the creator of the much loved Hirace Rumpole and an award winning TV version of Brideshead revisited Sir John Mortimore was one of the 20th Century's most popular authors.
But he also had a hugely successful day job as a barrister. He fought several high profile censorship battles including the Lady Chatterleys Lover obsenity case in 1960 and the Oz magazine trial in 1971.
He was educated at Harrow and Oxford before being called to the bar in 1948.
After graduating he got a job at Pinewood studios as a scripwriter, and wrote propaganda documentaries during the Second World War.'

Rumple had a screen wife Hilda, whom he referred to as she that must be obeyed but she never appeared on screen. Rumple of the Bailey played brilliantly by Leo Mckern was a little fat crusty figure always willing to take on the establishment and it made for great entertainment.

RIP Sir John

Regards

Arthur

Been away for a while, but R.I.P all great artists mentioned here,
who have recently passed away

And speaking of Ricardo Montalban, HDNet Movies is showing The Dukes The Train Robbers and I nearly forgot that Montalban had a pretty good role in that one. Didn't have much dialogue but, he was key near the end of the movie.

James Whitmore died http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/07/obit.whitmore/

Hi

Another famous face gone, I thought he was a great actor who appeared in a number of fine films. RIP


Regards

Arthur

James Whitmore died http://http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090207/ap_en_ce/obit_james_whitmore;_ylt=AsmIJ3vS7rhWDrxzOSgMmClxF b8C

Thanks May,

Can you check the link please!

RIP! I loved his part as King Edward I in Braveheart!


I didn't really know him but some of you may, so this is in memory of Patrick. May he rest in peace.

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Patrick McGoohan, TV's 'Secret Agent' and 'Prisoner,' dies

Patrick McGoohan in "Danger Man" on CBS in 1961.


The British actor, 80, often played villains on TV and in movies. But he gained his greatest fame as the TV spy John Drake. He also won two Emmys for 'Columbo.'

By Dennis McLellan
5:09 PM PST, January 14, 2009

Patrick McGoohan, a two-time Emmy Award-winning actor who starred as a British spy in the 1960s TV series "Secret Agent" and gained cult status later in the decade as the star of the enigmatic series "The Prisoner," has died. He was 80.

McGoohan, whose career spanned stage, screen and TV, died peacefully Tuesday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica after a short illness, said Cleve Landsberg, McGoohan's son-in-law. The family did not provide further details.

It was the height of James Bond mania in 1965 when McGoohan showed up on American TV screens in "Secret Agent," a British-produced series in which he played John Drake, a special security agent working as a spy for the British government.

The hourlong series, which ran on CBS until 1966, was an expanded version of “Danger Man,” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqabpJlKc2k) a short-lived, half-hour series on CBS in 1961 in which McGoohan played the same character.

But it was McGoohan's next British-produced series, “The Prisoner,” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRPDO63rI1E) on CBS in 1968 and 1969, that became a cult classic that spawned fan clubs, conventions and college study.

Once described in The Times as an "espionage tale as crafted by Kafka," "The Prisoner" starred McGoohan as a presumed British agent who, after resigning his top-security job, is abducted in London and taken to a mysterious prison resort called the Village. .

Known only as No. 6, he is interrogated by a succession of officials who are known as No. 2. But he refuses all methods of breaking him down to reveal his past or why he resigned, and he repeatedly makes failed attempts to escape.

The seemingly idyllic village contains "seeing eyes" that monitor activities and signs such as "A Still Tongue Makes a Peaceful Life."

McGoohan co-created and executive-produced the series, which ran for only 17 episodes, as well as wrote and directed several episodes.

In a 1967 interview with The Times, he described the series as "Brave New World" stuff.

"Nobody has a name, everyone wears a number," he said. "It's a reflection of the pressure on all of us today to be numbered, to give up our individualism. This is a contemporary subject, not science fiction. I hope these things will be recognized by the audience. It's not meant to be subtle. It's meant to say: This little village is our world."

Of the enduring cult status of the series, McGoohan once said: "Mel [Gibson] will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a number."

McGoohan, who reportedly turned down an offer to be the big-screen's original James Bond, appeared in films such as "The Three Lives of Thomasina," "Mary, Queen of Scots," "Silver Streak," "Escape From Alcatraz," "Scanners" and Gibson's "Braveheart," in which he played England's sadistic King Edward I.

In his review of "Braveheart" in The Times, critic Peter Rainer wrote: "Patrick McGoohan is in possession of perhaps the most villainous enunciation in the history of acting."

As a guest star on Peter Falk's TV detective-series "Columbo," McGoohan won Emmys in 1975 and 1990.

Falk once described McGoohan, who also occasionally worked as a director and writer on the "Columbo" mysteries, as being "mesmerizing" as an actor.

"There are many very, very talented people in this business, but there are only a handful of genuinely original people," Falk told the Hollywood Reporter in 2004. "I think Patrick McGoohan belongs in that small select group of truly original people."

He was born to Irish parents in Astoria, Long Island, N.Y., on March 19, 1928. Some months later, his family returned to Ireland, where he grew up on a farm before moving to Sheffield, England, when he was 7.

In the late '40s, after working a number of jobs, he landed as a stage manager at Sheffield Repertory Theatre, where he soon launched his acting career.

In 1951, he married actress Joan Drummond, with whom he had three daughters, Catherine, Anne and Frances.

In 1959, he received a London Drama Critics Award for his performance in a London stage production of Ibsen's "Brand."

On television, McGoohan also starred in the short-lived 1977 medical drama "Rafferty."

Sharif Ali, McGoohan's agent, said McGoohan had been writing and had two acting offers on the table before he died.

"He really didn't talk much about his illness," said Ali. "We were too busy talking about his future; he was excited to get back to work. He had so much more to give."

In addition to his wife and daughters, McGoohan is survived by five grandchildren and a great-grandson.

Cheers :cool:

R.I.P. James Whitmore. I remember him in one of his earliest roles in "Them" with James Arness. His son (Jr.) is very active as a TV director.

Phillip Carey died. He was on One Life to Live for years but I remember him from Loredo way back in the '60's.

http://www.soapcentral.com/oltl/news/2009/0209-carey.php

Hi

Very sad I liked Phil Carey and was watching one of his films The Great Sioux Massacre last week on television.

he appeared in many fine films -Operation Pacific, Calamity Jane and The Thin Grey Line to name only a couple. We never get to see many of your daytime shows over here so all of those shows are unknown to us.

But another fine actor gone.

R.I.P. Phil

Regards

Arthur

R.I.P. Phil Cary.
Yes Arthur is correct about Operation Pacific.
Many folks thought he was a relative of Harry Carey,
but he was not.

Hi

At one stage John Ford took an interest in his career and it was suggested that Phillip Carey would become a member of Ford's 'stock company' and his first of many roles would be in 'The Long Grey Line'. However during filming Carey absented himself without leave one night and as was Ford's way he never worked for him again.

Regards

Arthur

I thought Patrick McGoohan's portrayel of the prison warden in "Escape from Alcatraz" was perfect. He made Clint Eastwood's escape motivation much more interesting.

Kevin

Wow, lost two more good ones from the old days, James Whitmore and Phil Carey. My favorite Whitmore roles were as Sgt Kinnie in Battleground and the Marine M/Sgt, Mac, in Battle Cry. Carey was fantastic on One Life To Live. Even though it was set in modern times, you could see Carey playing Asa Buchanan like he was Ben Cartwright, head of the clan. Sometimes he'd even pull out a six shooter on an enemy. I always liked Laredo too but, for some reason, I never got to see much of it.

RIP James Widmore and Phil Carey.

Cheers :cool:

My favorite Whitmore roles were as Sgt Kinnie in Battleground and the Marine M/Sgt, Mac, in Battle Cry.

Mine too. I especially liked him in "Battleground".

Here's a couple of more to add to the celebrity list of passing. Clint Ritchie, who played Phil Careys son, Clint Buchanan for many years on One Life To Live, also passed away about a week or so before Carey. Ritchie left the show a few years back when his health became a concern. He was a longtime character actor in movies, with notable appearances in Bandolero as one of Dean Martins gang members and in Patton as the near death tank commander who Patton comforts on the battlefield as he relates the events of the battle before he dies. He also did a good job in The St. Valentines Day Massacre as Machine Gun Jack McGurn who Al Capone puts in charge of wiping out Bugs Moran gang. Ritchie was about 70.

Also passing was singer-actress from the 50's and 60's, Molly Bee. She was a regular on the old Pinky Lee Show in 1954 and made numerous guest appearances on Tennessee Ernie Ford and Jimmy Deans Shows, plus a few teen movies from the early 60's. She died from complications from a stroke. She was 69.

And on the oldies music scene, Estelle Bennett, one of the original Ronettes from the 60's and Phil Spectors "Wall of Sound", was found dead in her home in NJ. She was 67. Bennett and her more famous sister, Ronnie Bennett Spector, along with cousin Nedra Talley had such hits as Be MY Baby, Baby, I Love You, You Baby, Walking In The Rain and, Do I Love You.

WaynamoJim,

You are a wealth of information. Thanks for the list. I am not familiar with the ones you mention, but it is sad to see the classic people from a classic age go, even if they are not the major actors of the motion pictures era. They filled in the roles that made the major actors portrayed. May they rest in peace.

Cheers :cool:

Well, I'll tell you Hondo, in a few short months, I'm going to be 62. And now I find that you notice people passing on more than you did when younger. I read the obits in the paper to see if people I've known over the years have died and when I hear that some celeb from my younger days passes on, I jump on it. It's like my era is fading away and I'm very aware of it.

Paul Harvey passed away today at the age of 90.

I always tried to tune in Paul when I could, often had news tidbits you never heard anywhere else



Paul Harvey passed away today at the age of 90.

I just learned of Mr. Harvey's death . . . it hardly seems possible, it sometimes seemed that he had been around forever, and would continue to be. His wife died less than a year ago, so it is not very surprising.

Sad, nonetheless. We really enjoyed listening to his daily "News and Commentary."

RIP, Paul Harvey!

Cheter :newyear:

Paul, Good By For Now,
"Now You Know The Rest Of The Story"
We are Going Miss You In
Carefree
:wub:
Chilibill
:cowboy:

The news will never be the same without him.

When I was working, I would be driving around on business and he would be on during that period and I would listen extensively. Loved his delivery and subject matter. R.I.P. Paul Harvey.

Horton Foote has died.

http://http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/horton-foote-has-died/

Jimmy Boyd, who wrote I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, has died.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7936958.stm

Natasha Richardson Dies at 45 (http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0714386/)

I remember her from the Parent trap remake....

The old saying, "Life is short" came to mind when I heard she passed. It's a shame when anyone passes, but at a young age seems sadder. My thoughts and prayers go out to Liam and her family.

Mark

R.I.P. Natasha Richardson. This was a terrible shame. I suspect they will find a weak blood vessel in the brain was the cause - it could have blown at any time and though the accident seemed trivial enough, it was sufficient to trigger the event.
My thoughts and prayers go out to Liam Neeson and the rest of the family.

As Jay said, my thoughts and prayers go out to her family. Especially her children.

It's such a shame that Nataha Richardson passed away, may she Rest In Peace.

I hadn't heard that Phillip Carey and James Whitmore Sr. both had passed away-may they also Rest in Peace.

I too liked James Witmore best as Sgt. Kinnie. Now Battleground has no major stars still living unless were lucky that Don Taylor is still alive?

Update and correction: the last major star who was in Battleground who is still alive is none other than James Arness Aka Garvey.

Ringo,
Looks like Don Taylor died in 1998, here's a link to IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852279/)

Maurice Jarre died. He won Oscars for the scores of Dr. Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia. He was a great composer.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7971223.stm

He was a great composer.

I agree. He wrote the beautiful scores to "Doctor Zhivago" and "Witness", two of my all-time favorite films. And one of their most appealing features was the music.

Jody McCrae, son of Joel, has died.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jody-mccrea17-2009apr17,0,3886252.story

Ringo,
Looks like Don Taylor died in 1998, here's a link to IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852279/)

Hi Chester, darn and thanks for the news :-( I always did like him.

British author James G. Ballard has died at 78 from prostate cancer. In case you don't his work, he wrote Empire Of The Sun, an autobiographical novel of his time spent as a kid in a Japanese prison camp. It was later made into a movie from Steven Speilberg and starred a young Christian Bale as Ballard. It's one of my favorite movies of all time. Ballard also wrote Crash which was also made into a movie about people who get sexual turn ons from car crashes. That starred James Spader and Holly Hunter.

Ken Annakin director of Longest Day Battle of the Bulge and Magnificent Men & Their Flying Mchines and many Disney comedies.




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Ken Annakin, after receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Hull in 2002
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Published Date: 24 April 2009

KEN Annakin, the Beverley-born director whose credits included the World War II epics Battle of the Bulge and The Longest Day, has died.
The 94-year-old died at his Beverly Hills home, according to his daughter, Deborah Peters.

His health had been failing since he had a heart attack and stroke within a day of each other in February.

Annakin had previously been in good health and always talked about making more films, even though he had not directed since the early 1990s, his daughter said.

"He was absolutely fine, other than old age," Ms Peters said. "He was walking and mobile, chatting and working, still trying to get films made. I don't think anybody like that ever really stops."

Annakin dabbled in many genres, from action comedies and family fare to crime drama and swashbuckling romance.

He was best-known for his war sagas, 1965's Battle of the Bulge with Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Robert Shaw and Telly Savalas and 1962's The Longest Day, which he co-directed with Andrew Marton and Bernhard Wicki.

Probably his most-beloved film was 1960's Swiss Family Robinson, one of a series of family adventures Annakin made for Walt Disney Pictures starting in the 1950s.

Born August 10, 1914, Annakin travelled in his youth to Australia, New Zealand and the United States, then sold insurance, cars and advertising back in England.

He got his start as a feature film-maker with 1947's Holiday Camp. In 2002, he was honoured with an OBE

Bea Arthur Dies at 86....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090426/ap_en_mo/us_obit_arthur

May they both Rest in Peace.

The last of the "Bedford Boys" passed awy a few days ago. I don't have hi name on hand but he was one of I think 40 men who landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day. He was wounded in that battle while at least 22 or more of those Bedford Boys, were killed while assaulting Omaha Beach.

If nobody knows about these men-they were all from the small town of Bedford, Virginia and had been part of a State Guard unit that was activated and sent to Europe. These men all knew each other very well as well as everyone else in town.

May all of these men Rest in Peace as well :-(

Being a huge Gunsmoke fan, & being that today is the day, I borrowed this post from a friend on another Forum, but it definitely deserves it:

Mr. Ken Curtis, AKA Festus died 18 years ago today...

Birth: Jul. 2, 1916
Death: Apr. 28, 1991

Best known for his long-running role as Festus, the cantankerous deputy in the long-running TV series "Gunsmoke". Born Curtis Wane Gates in Lamar, Colorado to Dan Gates and Millie Sneed Gates. His father was Sheriff of Las Animas, Colorado. He worked at the town jail and played the saxophone in high school. He served in the Army during World War II. He attended Colorado College for a time wanting to study medicine but was so successful as a singer-songwriter that he left college and got a job in Los Angeles in 1938 as a singer on NBC Radio. He was a vocalist in the Tommy Dorsey orchestra. He entered films in the late 1940s in a series of low-budget westerns for Columbia Pictures. He then joined the singing group "Sons of the Pioneers." They did the soundtrack of John Ford's 1950 movie, "Wagonmaster." Curtis became a stock player with Ward Bond, Ben Johnson and Harry Carey in the Ford Production Company. At the time, he was married to Ford's daughter, Barbara. His film debut was in "Sheriff of Tombstone" (1941). His other film credits include: "Out of the Depths" (1946), "Cowboy Blues" (1946), "Rio Grande" (1950), "The Quiet Man" (1952), "Mister Roberts" (1955), "The Searchers" (1956), "The Wings of Eagles" (1957), "The Last Hurrah" (1958), "The Horse Soldiers" (1959), "The Alamo" (1960), "Cheyenne Autumn" (1964), Disney's animated "Robin Hood" (1973) as the voice of Nutsy, "Pony Express Rider" (1976), and "Lost" (1983) his last theatrical film. We know him best for his TV work which included regular roles on "Ripcord" (1961-63), "Gunsmoke" (1964-75), "How the West Was Won" (1978), and "Yellow Rose" (1983-84). He also appeared in mini-series and made for TV movies and guest starred on many TV series. He died in his sleep of natural causes in Fresno, California, at age 74.
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