What a namby pamby. --Deb RIP Judge Clark.
--- On Wed, 9/16/09, danny burstein <[email protected]> wrote: > From: danny burstein <[email protected]> > Subject: Time for a Die In : (Variety) Actor Henry Gibson, 73 > To: "wnn" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 3:15 PM > > >From: BobF <[email protected]> > >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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
