I have no date or further details, but the May issue of the DGA Monthly includes George Tyne in their In Memoriam column. He would've been 97 on February 6 if the most widely published birthdate is correct. Nothing in the SSDI yet, so I'm guessing the death is fairly recent. Anyone have any more details?
Tyne was a great character actor: sort of rumpled-looking and usually wore a big walrus mustache. He was in some major film noirs before his political troubles, including Thieves' Highway (he's one of the thugs who beats up Richard Conte) ... directed by Jules Dassin, who may have been born and died in the same year, it seems. Tyne turned to directing late in life, after he came back from the blacklist, probably by way of having taught acting during his hiatus; mostly for sitcoms, including "M*A*S*H."
Talking of blacklisted actors, writers, etc., if you have not seen the Woody Allen movie, "The Front", you should. It is the best movie involving black listing that I have ever seen.
> I have no date or further details, but the May issue of the DGA > Monthly includes George Tyne in their In Memoriam column. He would've > been 97 on February 6 if the most widely published birthdate is > correct. Nothing in the SSDI yet, so I'm guessing the death is fairly > recent. Anyone have any more details?
> Tyne was a great character actor: sort of rumpled-looking and usually > wore a big walrus mustache. He was in some major film noirs before > his political troubles, including Thieves' Highway (he's one of the > thugs who beats up Richard Conte) ... directed by Jules Dassin, who > may have been born and died in the same year, it seems. Tyne turned > to directing late in life, after he came back from the blacklist, > probably by way of having taught acting during his hiatus; mostly for > sitcoms, including "M*A*S*H."
Not every death turns up in the SSDI. A friend's brother told me he'd died and when and I tried to find him in the SSDI, he wasn't there. The death wasn't recent, either. I'd been out of touch with the family and it was four years after the fact.
On Wed, 14 May 2008 11:05:49 -0700 (PDT), Stephen Bowie
<stephen_bo...@hotmail.com> wrote: >I have no date or further details, but the May issue of the DGA >Monthly includes George Tyne in their In Memoriam column. He would've >been 97 on February 6 if the most widely published birthdate is >correct. Nothing in the SSDI yet, so I'm guessing the death is fairly >recent. Anyone have any more details?
>Tyne was a great character actor: sort of rumpled-looking and usually >wore a big walrus mustache. He was in some major film noirs before >his political troubles, including Thieves' Highway (he's one of the >thugs who beats up Richard Conte) ... directed by Jules Dassin, who >may have been born and died in the same year, it seems. Tyne turned >to directing late in life, after he came back from the blacklist, >probably by way of having taught acting during his hiatus; mostly for >sitcoms, including "M*A*S*H."
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 11:05:49 -0700 (PDT), Stephen Bowie
> <stephen_bo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >I have no date or further details, but the May issue of the DGA > >Monthly includes George Tyne in their In Memoriam column. He would've > >been 97 on February 6 if the most widely published birthdate is > >correct. Nothing in the SSDI yet, so I'm guessing the death is fairly > >recent. Anyone have any more details?
On May 14, 1:05 pm, Stephen Bowie <stephen_bo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have no date or further details, but the May issue of the DGA > Monthly includes George Tyne in their In Memoriam column. He would've > been 97 on February 6 if the most widely published birthdate is > correct. Nothing in the SSDI yet, so I'm guessing the death is fairly > recent. Anyone have any more details?
> Tyne was a great character actor: sort of rumpled-looking and usually > wore a big walrus mustache. He was in some major film noirs before > his political troubles, including Thieves' Highway (he's one of the > thugs who beats up Richard Conte) ... directed by Jules Dassin, who > may have been born and died in the same year, it seems. Tyne turned > to directing late in life, after he came back from the blacklist, > probably by way of having taught acting during his hiatus; mostly for > sitcoms, including "M*A*S*H."
> Not sure which version of SSDI you accessed but the one via > Ancestry.com lists him.
> He was born on Feb, 6, 1917 and died on March 7, 2008 in West Hills, > Los Angeles, California.
> Ted >> On Wed, 14 May 2008 11:05:49 -0700 (PDT), Stephen Bowie >> <stephen_bo...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> I have no date or further details, but the May issue of the DGA >> Monthly includes George Tyne in their In Memoriam column. He would've >> been 97 on February 6 if the most widely published birthdate is >> correct. Nothing in the SSDI yet, so I'm guessing the death is fairly >> recent. Anyone have any more details?
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 11:05:49 -0700 (PDT), Stephen Bowie > <stephen_bo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>I have no date or further details, but the May issue of the DGA >>Monthly includes George Tyne in their In Memoriam column. He would've >>been 97 on February 6 if the most widely published birthdate is >>correct. Nothing in the SSDI yet, so I'm guessing the death is fairly >>recent. Anyone have any more details?
>>Tyne was a great character actor: sort of rumpled-looking and usually >>wore a big walrus mustache. He was in some major film noirs before >>his political troubles, including Thieves' Highway (he's one of the >>thugs who beats up Richard Conte) ... directed by Jules Dassin, who >>may have been born and died in the same year, it seems. Tyne turned >>to directing late in life, after he came back from the blacklist, >>probably by way of having taught acting during his hiatus; mostly for >>sitcoms, including "M*A*S*H."
That's not Tyne. That's Herbert Rudley. I can't find a good still of Tyne, but you can see him in the opening credits of A WALK IN THE SUN (with his name right under his image) here: http://tinyurl.com/5q47ka For that matter, you can see the whole film there.
>>>I have no date or further details, but the May issue of the DGA >>>Monthly includes George Tyne in their In Memoriam column. He would've >>>been 97 on February 6 if the most widely published birthdate is >>>correct. Nothing in the SSDI yet, so I'm guessing the death is fairly >>>recent. Anyone have any more details?
>>>Tyne was a great character actor: sort of rumpled-looking and usually >>>wore a big walrus mustache. He was in some major film noirs before >>>his political troubles, including Thieves' Highway (he's one of the >>>thugs who beats up Richard Conte) ... directed by Jules Dassin, who >>>may have been born and died in the same year, it seems. Tyne turned >>>to directing late in life, after he came back from the blacklist, >>>probably by way of having taught acting during his hiatus; mostly for >>>sitcoms, including "M*A*S*H."
>That's not Tyne. That's Herbert Rudley. I can't find a good still of Tyne, >but you can see him in the opening credits of A WALK IN THE SUN (with his >name right under his image) here: http://tinyurl.com/5q47ka For that >matter, you can see the whole film there.
>Jim Beaver
Hmmm...dang, I just trusted the caption.
And, to be honest, kinda hard to tell them apart from the few stillas available from that film.
>>>>I have no date or further details, but the May issue of the DGA >>>>Monthly includes George Tyne in their In Memoriam column. He would've >>>>been 97 on February 6 if the most widely published birthdate is >>>>correct. Nothing in the SSDI yet, so I'm guessing the death is fairly >>>>recent. Anyone have any more details?
>>>>Tyne was a great character actor: sort of rumpled-looking and usually >>>>wore a big walrus mustache. He was in some major film noirs before >>>>his political troubles, including Thieves' Highway (he's one of the >>>>thugs who beats up Richard Conte) ... directed by Jules Dassin, who >>>>may have been born and died in the same year, it seems. Tyne turned >>>>to directing late in life, after he came back from the blacklist, >>>>probably by way of having taught acting during his hiatus; mostly for >>>>sitcoms, including "M*A*S*H."
>>That's not Tyne. That's Herbert Rudley. I can't find a good still of Tyne, >>but you can see him in the opening credits of A WALK IN THE SUN (with his >>name right under his image) here: http://tinyurl.com/5q47ka For that >>matter, you can see the whole film there.
>>Jim Beaver
Hmmm...dang, I just trusted the caption.
And, to be honest, kinda hard to tell them apart from the few pics available from that film.
Thanks for the additional info, folks. The only free SSDI portal I know of (at rootsweb.com) is not updated all that often.
As for the 1911 birthdate, I'm pretty sure I know where that originates ... there's an old biographical dictionary published by Variety in the 70s or 80s that has entries on a lot of people not mentioned anywhere else, but a lot of the data is inaccurate, too.
>>>>I have no date or further details, but the May issue of the DGA >>>>Monthly includes George Tyne in their In Memoriam column. He would've >>>>been 97 on February 6 if the most widely published birthdate is >>>>correct. Nothing in the SSDI yet, so I'm guessing the death is fairly >>>>recent. Anyone have any more details?
>>>>Tyne was a great character actor: sort of rumpled-looking and usually >>>>wore a big walrus mustache. He was in some major film noirs before >>>>his political troubles, including Thieves' Highway (he's one of the >>>>thugs who beats up Richard Conte) ... directed by Jules Dassin, who >>>>may have been born and died in the same year, it seems. Tyne turned >>>>to directing late in life, after he came back from the blacklist, >>>>probably by way of having taught acting during his hiatus; mostly for >>>>sitcoms, including "M*A*S*H."
>>That's not Tyne. That's Herbert Rudley. I can't find a good still of >>Tyne, >>but you can see him in the opening credits of A WALK IN THE SUN (with his >>name right under his image) here: http://tinyurl.com/5q47ka For that >>matter, you can see the whole film there.
>>Jim Beaver
> Hmmm...dang, I just trusted the caption.
> And, to be honest, kinda hard to tell them apart from the few stillas > available from that film.
There's a definite resemblance between Rudley and Tyne. Tyne tended to play sort of vaguely humorous, wise-cracking guys, whereas Rudley was often a sort of staid or supercilious sort.
>>>>I have no date or further details, but the May issue of the DGA >>>>Monthly includes George Tyne in their In Memoriam column. He would've >>>>been 97 on February 6 if the most widely published birthdate is >>>>correct. Nothing in the SSDI yet, so I'm guessing the death is fairly >>>>recent. Anyone have any more details?
>>>>Tyne was a great character actor: sort of rumpled-looking and usually >>>>wore a big walrus mustache. He was in some major film noirs before >>>>his political troubles, including Thieves' Highway (he's one of the >>>>thugs who beats up Richard Conte) ... directed by Jules Dassin, who >>>>may have been born and died in the same year, it seems. Tyne turned >>>>to directing late in life, after he came back from the blacklist, >>>>probably by way of having taught acting during his hiatus; mostly for >>>>sitcoms, including "M*A*S*H."
>>That's not Tyne. That's Herbert Rudley. I can't find a good still of >>Tyne, >>but you can see him in the opening credits of A WALK IN THE SUN (with his >>name right under his image) here: http://tinyurl.com/5q47ka For that >>matter, you can see the whole film there.
>>Jim Beaver
> Hmmm...dang, I just trusted the caption.
> And, to be honest, kinda hard to tell them apart from the few stillas > available from that film.
Also, Tyne and Rudley were both born in Philadelphia, about six weeks apart. Tyne and Ronald Reagan were born on the same day.
In article <VcYWj.125$Q57...@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com>, Jim Beaver
<jumble...@prodigy.spam> wrote: > There's a definite resemblance between Rudley and Tyne. Tyne tended to play > sort of vaguely humorous, wise-cracking guys, whereas Rudley was often a > sort of staid or supercilious sort.
That fits. Boomers may remember Rudley best as Eve Arden's husband on "The Mothers-in-Law," a briefly-lived NBC series that, for some reason, everyone past a certain age seems to remember.
>In article <VcYWj.125$Q57...@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com>, Jim Beaver ><jumble...@prodigy.spam> wrote:
>> There's a definite resemblance between Rudley and Tyne. Tyne tended to play >> sort of vaguely humorous, wise-cracking guys, whereas Rudley was often a >> sort of staid or supercilious sort.
>That fits. Boomers may remember Rudley best as Eve Arden's husband on >"The Mothers-in-Law," a briefly-lived NBC series that, for some reason, >everyone past a certain age seems to remember.
Remembers him as the husband on that show who *wasn't* recast, you mean?...Kaye Ballard's hubby was played by Roger Carmel in one season and Richard Deacon in the other....r
-- What good is being an executive if you never get to execute anyone?
<thirt...@frXOXed.net> wrote: >In article <VcYWj.125$Q57...@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com>, Jim Beaver ><jumble...@prodigy.spam> wrote:
>> There's a definite resemblance between Rudley and Tyne. Tyne tended to play >> sort of vaguely humorous, wise-cracking guys, whereas Rudley was often a >> sort of staid or supercilious sort.
>That fits. Boomers may remember Rudley best as Eve Arden's husband on >"The Mothers-in-Law," a briefly-lived NBC series that, for some reason, >everyone past a certain age seems to remember.
RIIIIGHT!
I remember the Mothers-In-Law very well...I think because it ran in syndication after it's initial run and any time I was home early (or home sick) I could watch it...
Still remember meeting Ms. Arden at Nadines restaurant about 4-5 years before she died. She was very gracious and funny and seemed rather pleased that this young Maitre D' I recognized her and knew her work.
On May 15, 1:07 pm, Stephen Bowie <stephen_bo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Also, Tyne and Rudley were both born in Philadelphia, about six weeks apart. > > Tyne and Ronald Reagan were born on the same day.
> Well, no, not if the SSDI is accurate and Tyne was actually born in > 1917. That also screws up the synchronicity with Jules Dassin's > lifespan.
I tried to verify his birth year via census records, but the only men named George Tyne who show up were born in the late 19th Century. Guess "Tyne" may be a stage name or the census takers screwed it up, or the family wasn't around to answer questions.
For what it is worth, US Public Records database list him as being 91 in the first quarter of 2008, and The Almanac of Famous People also list his birth year as 1917
Supposedly his real surname was Yarus. I wouldn't be surprised if "George" was originally something more ethnic as well, since he also went by "Buddy."
On May 15, 8:55 pm, Stephen Bowie <stephen_bo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Supposedly his real surname was Yarus. I wouldn't be surprised if > "George" was originally something more ethnic as well, since he also > went by "Buddy."
Most online sources call him Martin "Buddy" Yarus--there's nothing online denoting the death of anyone of that name, so far.
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