George "Buddy" Tyne, 97?; Blacklisted Actor & Sitcom Director ("M*A*S*H")
Stephen Bowie
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."
DGH
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.
An excellent movie.
Nelly Bly
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.
Nell
Chef Juke
Only pic I could find of Tyne so far...
http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/nmedia/18/64/16/86/18757126.jpg
LtoR, RIchard Conte, Dana Andrews and Tyne...
-Chef Juke
"EVERYbody Eats when they come to MY house!"
http://www.chefjuke.com
Ted
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 May 14, 9:03 pm, Chef Juke <j...@NOTchef.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 11:05:49 -0700 (PDT), Stephen Bowie
>
Garondo Marondo
RAT added.
Nelly Bly
> Hi,
>
> 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?
I'm glad you found him.
The IMDb has his birthdate as Feb. 6, 1911 which is how come the 97.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0879002/bio
Nell
Jim Beaver
"Chef Juke" <ju...@NOTchef.net> wrote in message
news:qo2n24hfb44aupiuc...@4ax.com...
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
Chef Juke
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.
Here's the pic I posted pic with caption
http://tinyurl.com/444d69
And here's a capture from the video you posted:
http://www.chefjuke.com/pics/tyne1.jpg
Dang, I blame the French for my snafu....
Chef Juke
wrote:
And, to be honest, kinda hard to tell them apart from the few pics
Stephen Bowie
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.
Jim Beaver
"Chef Juke" <ju...@NOTchef.net> wrote in message
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.
Jim Beaver
Jim Beaver
"Chef Juke" <ju...@NOTchef.net> wrote in message
Also, Tyne and Rudley were both born in Philadelphia, about six weeks apart.
Tyne and Ronald Reagan were born on the same day.
Jim Beaver
Stephen Bowie
> 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.
Brad Ferguson
<jumb...@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.
R H Draney
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?
Chef Juke
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.
Ted
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
Stephen Bowie
"George" was originally something more ethnic as well, since he also
went by "Buddy."
Jane Margaret Laight
Most online sources call him Martin "Buddy" Yarus--there's nothing
online denoting the death of anyone of that name, so far.