The appeal for the dead stands out as one of the finest sketches in that film.
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:22 PM, <kbrab...@aol.com> wrote: > He was also in one of the funnier skits in "The Kentucky Fried Movie". He > was one funny guy. > > And so it goes, > > Kevin Brabant (who's still alive...other than Goldie Hawn...from Laugh-In) > kbrab...@aol.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> > To: wnn <wnndl@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wed, Sep 16, 2009 6:15 pm > Subject: Time for a Die In : (Variety) Actor Henry Gibson, 73 > > > >From: BobF <b...@surfwriter.net.not> > >Newsgroups: alt.obituaries > >Subject: (Variety) Actor Henry Gibson, 73 - Starred on 1960s classic TV show > 'Laugh-In' > > Actor Henry Gibson dies at 73 > > Starred on 1960s classic TV show 'Laugh-In' > > By PAT SAPERSTEIN > > Henry Gibson, whose gentle poet persona on 1960s classic TV show > "Laugh-In" made him one of the original flower children, died Monday > in Malibu after a brief battle with cancer. He was 73. > > A favorite of director Robert Altman, the diminutive, soft-spoken > actor more recently had a five-season stint as Judge Clark Brown on > "Boston Legal" and provided the voice of newspaperman Bob Jenkins on > "King of the Hill." > > Gibson developed the persona for which he became known -- the humble > poet laureate of Fairhope, Alabama, whose name was a pun on the name > of Henrik Ibsen -- while working in New York in the early 1960s. His > appearances on "The Tonight Show" and "The Joey Bishop Show" caught > the attention of Jerry Lewis, who cast him in "The Nutty Professor." > > He made guest appearances on classic 1960s shows such as "The Beverly > Hillbillies," "My Favorite Martian," "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and > "Bewitched" before joining "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In," where he > played characters including a priest and the poet, who performed his > poems grasping a giant flower for three seasons. Two comedy albums, > "The Alligator" and "The Grass Menagerie" as well as a book, "A Flower > Child's Garden of Verses" were released based on his poetry. He used > the success of the "Laugh-In" character to further his work in the > environmental movement, writing op-eds and poetry for publications > such as the Washington Post and the Christian Science Monitor. > > Gibson appeared in four Altman films, started with "The Long Goodbye," > in which he played the evil Dr. Verringer. He won a National Society > of Film Critics award and was Golden Globe-nommed for his perf as > country singer Haven Hamilton in "Nashville," for which he also wrote > the character's songs. His other Altman films were "Health" and "A > Perfect Couple." > > Born James Bateman in Germantown, Penn., he began acting at the age of > 8 with a touring theater company. After graduating Catholic U., he > served in France with the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence officer, > then studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. > > His early roles included a Broadway stint opposite Ruth Gordon and > Walter Matthau in Lillian Hellman's "My Mother, My Father and Me," and > a role in Billy Wilder's film "Kiss Me, Stupid." > > Other roles included the voice of Wilbur the Pig in the animated > "Charlotte's Web," as the Illinois Nazi pursuing John Belushi and Dan > Aykroyd in "The Blues Brothers," and roles in "The 'Burbs," "Magnolia" > and "The Wedding Crashers." > > In 2001, he returned to Broadway in the Encores! New York City Center > production of Rogers and Hart's A Connecticut Yankee. > > He is survived by sons Jon, a business affairs exec at Universal; > Charles, a director and visual effects supervisor; James, a > screenwriter, and two grandchildren. > > Donations may be made to the Screen Actors Guild Foundation and > Friends of the Malibu Public Library. > > Read the full article at:http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118008714.html > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wnndl@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
