Actor and playwright -- via We Are Movie Geeks. One of the busiest, most recognizable, and consistently professional character actors, particularly in the Western genre. What was he NOT in? He racked up 181 credits, including "Have Gun Will Travel," "The Rifleman," "Ride the High Country," "Wagon Train," "Rawhide," "Major Dundee," "Gunsmoke," and "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid." His greatest scene may be the one in the last film, in which he plays a vengeful lawman, Bob Ollinger, from whom Billy escapes. Billy kills him with a shotgun loaded with dimes, declaring drily, "Keep the change, Bob."
Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Geoffrey Hughes
Character actor -- via the Guardian. Best remembered as Eddie Yeats in British TV's "Coronation Street" and Onslow in "Keeping Up Appearances."
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Carmela Sbarro
Pizza-making matriarch -- via The Gothamist.
Gennaro and Carmela Sbarro, and assistants at the original Sbarro's Salumeria at 65th Street and 17th Avenue in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. |
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Herbert Vogel
Chad Everett aka Raymon Lee Cramton
Actor -- via the L.A. Times. Best remembered as Dr. Joe Gannon on TV's "Medical Center," and for this amazing and disturbing scene in "Mulholland Dr."
Angharad Rees
Actress -- via the BBC. Best remembered for her role as Demelza in "Poldark." She also featured prominently in the Hammer horror film "Hands of the Ripper."
Sherman Hemsley
Actor -- via Yahoo News. A comedic icon, he will be best remembered for playing obnoxious curmudgeons -- George Jefferson on "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," and the deacon in "Amen." A show that lasted 11 seasons, good and bad, the phrase "'Sup, Weezy?" is an indelible part of my vocabulary.
A talented pro -- and hey, did you know he was really into Gentle Giant? That's pretty cool.
Now he's in that dee-luxe apartment in the sky. Thanks, Sherman.
A talented pro -- and hey, did you know he was really into Gentle Giant? That's pretty cool.
Now he's in that dee-luxe apartment in the sky. Thanks, Sherman.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Frank Pierson
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