On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Bob in Jersey <bob.in.jer...@juno.com>wrote:
> His film roles - as a kid in 1931's "Skippy" (Oscar nomination), as > Perry White in Chris Reeve's Superman series -- overshadow his career > in TV, including Emmys for directing eps of "M*A*S*H" and "The White > Shadow." Tuesday in Beverly Hills; 88. > > http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/movies/121281534.html > http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20487083,00.html > Damn. I have been working in desultory fashion on my Dead or Not-Dead list of Columbo murderers. Wish I had it polished up before this. One of the above Obits mentions Cooper's guest shot on freakin "Murder......She Wrote" but does not mention his Columbo, which is a top ten episode in that series in my book. BTW, working just from the original 7 Seasons on NBC, I think I have a list of 37 different actors who murdered someone on Columbo (I eliminated multiple appearances by Cassidy and Culp, but I may be missing 1 or 2 other multiples in that span. Without giving too much of a spoiler, one other of the actors, listed below, could arguable be counted among the multiples as well I suppose). Of those 37, 13 are still alive (35%) - one fewer, sadly, then yesterday. Here are the 13 survivors, in order of appearance on the show (If anyone spots a corpse among this list please let me know): 1. Susan Clark 2. Leonard Nimoy 3. Martin Landau 4. Vera Miles 5. Dick Van Dyke 6. George Hamilton 7. Hector Elizondo 8. William Shatner 9. Joyce Van Patten 10. Theodore Bikel 11. Trish Van Devere 12. Nicol Williamson 13. Clive Revill -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
