Hills Street Blue's curse
Dean Loudermilk
I saw the thread about 'Poltergiest'. I have heard about the fates of some of those
cast members but one of the most well known is the deaths of many of the Hill Street
Blues cast. Though you should take the time to research your facts and present them so
others can share in them I do not have time as I live in Fort Lauderdale and we have
Bertha coming our way and things are a bit crazy with preparing and evacuating and
that sort of thing. So if anybody else who is not under a hurricaine watch or warning
who could finish this article in the manner I should have done. It was a large cast
and I think six of them have died from cancer, AIDS and other causes.
Dean.
J.D. Baldwin
In article <4rskk0$n...@viper.shadow.net>, Dean Loudermilk
<ty...@shadow.net> wrote:
>I saw the thread about 'Poltergiest'. I have heard about the fates of
>some of those cast members but one of the most well known is the
>deaths of many of the Hill Street Blues cast.
And of those still living, their *careers* are all dead. Creepy.
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Rory
Could only find 4 actors from the series who have died:
Michael Conrad - Srg. Phil Esterhaus
22 November 1983
Rene Enriquez -Lt. Ray Calletano
23 March 1990, Tarzana, CA (pancreatic cancer)
Kiel Martin - John ("J.D.") La Rue
28 December 1990
Died of lung cancer in Rancho Mirage CA at age 46.
Trinidad Silva - Jesus Martinez
31 July 1988. (auto accident)
The Antagonist
In article <4ru17i$9...@topeka.cjnetworks.com>, ro...@cjnetworks.com says...
no career
Veronica Hamel
became cursed with a series of TV movies
Betty Thomas
directed the Brady Bunch movie
Ed Marinaro
terminally Italian
WILL THIS CURSE NEVER END?!?!
Rickey Wright
Dean Loudermilk (ty...@shadow.net) wrote:
:
:
: I saw the thread about 'Poltergiest'. I have heard about the fates of some of those
: cast members but one of the most well known is the deaths of many of the Hill Street
: Bertha coming our way and things are a bit crazy with preparing and evacuating and
: that sort of thing. So if anybody else who is not under a hurricaine watch or warning
: who could finish this article in the manner I should have done. It was a large cast
: and I think six of them have died from cancer, AIDS and other causes.
:
: Dean.
Well, Michael Conrad's dead. Other than that . . . ?
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Brad Ferguson
In article <4ru17i$9...@topeka.cjnetworks.com>, ro...@cjnetworks.com (Rory)
wrote:
> Could only find 4 actors from the series who have died:
>
> Michael Conrad - Srg. Phil Esterhaus
> 22 November 1983
>
> Rene Enriquez -Lt. Ray Calletano
> 23 March 1990, Tarzana, CA (pancreatic cancer)
>
> Kiel Martin - John ("J.D.") La Rue
> 28 December 1990
> Died of lung cancer in Rancho Mirage CA at age 46.
>
> Trinidad Silva - Jesus Martinez
> 31 July 1988. (auto accident)
Not to open up another can of worms (no unfortunate references intended),
but there were reports at the time that Enriquez died of AIDS and Martin
of liver cancer related to his alcoholism. I take it that these are
incorrect?
Lawrence Tierney, who replaced Robert Prosky as the desk sergeant toward
the end of the series' run, is also dead. (Tierney has the last line of
dialogue in the series: He answers a phone.)
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Matthew Hubbard
The name escapes me, but the black guy with the shaved head that
Belker would bust on a regular basis also passed away.
A couple of regulars, Joe Spano and Barbara Bosson, are still
working in Bochco-Land, now appearing on "Murder One". (Not surprising
with Bosson, who is still Bochco's wife.) Peter Jurasik, who played the
snitch, now plays Londo on Babylon 5.
I don't know, but four or five deaths out of a cast of twenty or
thirty in fifteen years or so does not constitute a 'curse' to me.
MattH
Rickey Wright
Matthew Hubbard (leof...@crl.com) wrote:
: The name escapes me, but the black guy with the shaved head that
:
Important Question: Is the guy who played Buck Naked still alive? He was a
running gag who turned up on at least two episodes. A bedraggled-looking guy
who would pick some opportune moment, then open his coat and display himself
(back to camera, of course) to as many of the officers as possible,
announcing gleefully: "I'm *Buck Naked*!" Can't think of the actor's name,
but in the end credits, the character's name was actually Buck Naked. One of
the funniest things I ever saw on TV.
Jude
Okay, this is probably a silly question, and perhaps I've missed the
FAQ:
Other than Alice Ghostley (Esmeralda), is any of the cast of Bewitched
left alive? I know that Agnes Morehead (Endora) died of a heart attack
in the mid-70s, Paul Lynde (Uncle somethingorother) died of a heart
attack in the early 80s, the woman who played Mrs. Kravitz is dead, and
one of the Darrens died not too long ago, as did Elizabeth Montgomery :(
(Samantha).
This question rises from a discussion I had with some friends not too
long ago of who would be cast in a Bewitched movie, since they've remade
the Addam's Family and the Brady Bunch, they're remaking I Dream of
Jeannie (sans Barbara Eden, who could probably still pull off a
convincing Jeannie!!!) and Lost in Space (I think) and probably a host
of others that we don't know about yet.
Thanks.
Jude
Kathy O'Connell
Both of the Darrens are dead. Dick Sargent (2nd Darren) died fairly
recently of prostate cancer.
Dick York (1st Darren) died of emphysema-related illness a few years ago.
George Tobias(?)--I believe he was Mr. Kravitz--died a few years ago. he
was quite, quite old.
I'm pretty sure that Agnes Moorehead died of cancer. Her longtime friend
Debbie Reynolds said that she had regretted "doing that Conqueror" movie
because so many people associated with it died of cancer (now "The
Conqueror"---there's a cursed cast! Radioactive sand from St. George,
Utah, where the movie was shot, was shipped to Hollywood for interior
scenes. There must be someone else on this group who can fill in more
details.
Jude (ju...@yetter.com) wrote:
: Okay, this is probably a silly question, and perhaps I've missed the
Brad Ferguson
In article <4s1b1k$9...@netnews.upenn.edu>, ocon...@pobox.upenn.edu (Kathy
O'Connell) wrote:
> Both of the Darrens are dead. Dick Sargent (2nd Darren) died fairly
> recently of prostate cancer.
> Dick York (1st Darren) died of emphysema-related illness a few years ago.
> George Tobias(?)--I believe he was Mr. Kravitz--died a few years ago. he
> was quite, quite old.
> I'm pretty sure that Agnes Moorehead died of cancer. Her longtime friend
> Debbie Reynolds said that she had regretted "doing that Conqueror" movie
> because so many people associated with it died of cancer (now "The
> Conqueror"---there's a cursed cast! Radioactive sand from St. George,
> Utah, where the movie was shot, was shipped to Hollywood for interior
> scenes. There must be someone else on this group who can fill in more
> details.
BEWITCHED was THE CONQUEROR of television. Liz Montgomery, Dick York and
Dick Sargent all died well before their time.
Although everyone remembers the two Darrins, there were also two Mrs.
Kravitzes. Alice Pearce (who'd become well-known for doing a series of
commercials) died in March 1966 (during the series' second season) and was
replaced by Sandra Gould.
THE CONQUEROR was filmed during a series of above-ground nuclear tests
upwind from the shooting location. There are even publicity photos of
John Wayne and his son looking on as the area is tested for
radioactivity. The area was declared safe, but the fallout from the tests
was in their food, their water, and the dust in the air they breathed. It
was almost as if THE CONQUEROR were a living laboratory for the study of
post-strike health problems.
Tons of radioactive dirt from the area was scraped up, trucked into Los
Angeles, and spread around so the studio shots would match the location
footage. Howard Hughes produced the movie, and he is said to have felt
responsible for the deaths and illnesses of so many of its cast members.
Thereafter, Hughes campaigned against nuclear testing and funded
opposition to it.
SHADOW1966
George Tobias died of a heart attack in 1980 and had his body hijacked
when a group of punks stole the ambulance that had his body in it. As
soon as they found they had a passenger, they ditched it. Tobias' brother
said he would have laughed his ass off about the whole situation. This
story is from The National Enquirer.
Richard Nelson
Bernard Fox who played the role of Dr. Bombay is alive and well.
Rory
In article <4s12ch$7...@nw101.infi.net>, ric...@infi.net says...
>
>Matthew Hubbard (leof...@crl.com) wrote:
>: The name escapes me, but the black guy with the shaved head that
>: Belker would bust on a regular basis also passed away.
>:
>: A couple of regulars, Joe Spano and Barbara Bosson, are still
>: working in Bochco-Land, now appearing on "Murder One". (Not surprising
>: with Bosson, who is still Bochco's wife.) Peter Jurasik, who played
the
>: snitch, now plays Londo on Babylon 5.
>:
>: I don't know, but four or five deaths out of a cast of twenty or
>: thirty in fifteen years or so does not constitute a 'curse' to me.
>:
>: MattH
>:
>:
>
>Important Question: Is the guy who played Buck Naked still alive? He was
a
>running gag who turned up on at least two episodes. A bedraggled-looking
guy
>who would pick some opportune moment, then open his coat and display
himself
>(back to camera, of course) to as many of the officers as possible,
>announcing gleefully: "I'm *Buck Naked*!" Can't think of the actor's
name,
>but in the end credits, the character's name was actually Buck Naked. One
of
>the funniest things I ever saw on TV.
stabbed to death in a park in California while walking his dog.
Rory
Jim Beaver
No one has mentioned David White, who played Darren's boss, Larry Tate.
David was a friend of mine. He died about 4 years ago. Although a
dynamic and active man, he was devastated by the death of his son
Jonathan aboard Pan Am flight 104 over Lockerbie, Scotland. David's last
couple of years were rather depressed and quite bitter. He seemed to be
coming out of it a little bit (at least to me) when he died suddenly of a
heart attack very nearly exactly two years after his son's death.
JIM BEAVER BAJ...@prodigy.com |"Man is born to live, to suffer and to
die, and what befalls him is a tragic lot. There is no denying this in
the final end -but we must deny it all along the way."Thos. Wolfe
Jim Beaver
thir...@fred.net (Brad Ferguson) wrote:
>
>
>Lawrence Tierney, who replaced Robert Prosky as the desk sergeant
toward
>the end of the series' run, is also dead. (Tierney has the last line
of
>dialogue in the series: He answers a phone.)
>
>Stop by and set a spell at http://www.fred.net/thirteen/
Lawrence Tierney did not replace Robert Prosky. He functioned
occasionally on the show as "a" desk sergeant. More importantly, unless
something has happened to him very recently, he is not dead. He's had
good roles in films and television within the past year. (Check him out
in RESERVOIR DOGS, or in the title role of DILLINGER, from the 40s.)
Jon Ames
I
>Lawrence Tierney did not replace Robert Prosky. He functioned
>occasionally on the show as "a" desk sergeant. More importantly, unless
>something has happened to him very recently, he is not dead. He's had
>good roles in films and television within the past year. (Check him out
>in RESERVOIR DOGS, or in the title role of DILLINGER, from the 40s.)
Re Lawrence Tierney; He also played Elaine's father, writer Alton
Bennis (sp?), on an episode of Seinfeld from a few seasons ago. It
just reran in Los Angeles last evening.
In addition he is and was the brother of actor Scott Brady AKA Gerard
Tierney who died in 1985.
RobertaQ
In article <4s3fsf$d...@useneta1.news.prodigy.com>, BAJ...@prodigy.com
(Jim Beaver) wrote:
> No one has mentioned David White, who played Darren's boss, Larry Tate.
> David was a friend of mine. He died about 4 years ago. Although a
> dynamic and active man, he was devastated by the death of his son
> Jonathan aboard Pan Am flight 104 over Lockerbie, Scotland. David's last
> couple of years were rather depressed and quite bitter. He seemed to be
> coming out of it a little bit (at least to me) when he died suddenly of a
> heart attack very nearly exactly two years after his son's death.
Had no idea that his son was one of those lost in that crash! How sad his
last few years were spent in sadness.
May he rest in peace now that he's reunited with his loved ones...
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Mark McLean
Jim Beaver wrote:
>
> No one has mentioned David White, who played Darren's boss, Larry Tate.
> David was a friend of mine. He died about 4 years ago. Although a
> dynamic and active man, he was devastated by the death of his son
> Jonathan aboard Pan Am flight 104 over Lockerbie, Scotland. David's last
> couple of years were rather depressed and quite bitter. He seemed to be
> coming out of it a little bit (at least to me) when he died suddenly of a
> heart attack very nearly exactly two years after his son's death.
>
> die, and what befalls him is a tragic lot. There is no denying this in
> the final end -but we must deny it all along the way."Thos. Wolfe
That is so sad.....I remember David White (and the character he played,
Larry Tate) very well -- he was a wonderful element of the show. Sad to
hear that he has passed. Did he live in the LA area?
Mark McLean
Mark McLean
"Pipe down, Choirboy!" (What a wonderful portrayal this actor made of
Elaine's father....gruff, tyranical....loved it!) Hope he is still
alive, and will recur in that roll sometime....
Mark McLean
Matthew Hubbard
In article <4s12ch$7...@nw101.infi.net>, Rickey Wright <ric...@infi.net> wrote:
>
>Important Question: Is the guy who played Buck Naked still alive? He was a
>running gag who turned up on at least two episodes. A bedraggled-looking guy
>who would pick some opportune moment, then open his coat and display himself
>(back to camera, of course) to as many of the officers as possible,
>announcing gleefully: "I'm *Buck Naked*!" Can't think of the actor's name,
>but in the end credits, the character's name was actually Buck Naked. One of
>the funniest things I ever saw on TV.
There was a musician in the San Francisco Area who called himself
Buck Naked (real name Phillip Bury), who died from HIV complications in
1992. Don't know if it's the same guy, but I would assume so.
MattH
Brad Ferguson
> Jim Beaver wrote:
> >
> > No one has mentioned David White, who played Darren's boss, Larry Tate.
> > David was a friend of mine. He died about 4 years ago. Although a
> > dynamic and active man, he was devastated by the death of his son
> > Jonathan aboard Pan Am flight 104 over Lockerbie, Scotland. David's last
> > couple of years were rather depressed and quite bitter. He seemed to be
> > coming out of it a little bit (at least to me) when he died suddenly of a
> > heart attack very nearly exactly two years after his son's death.
I knew that David White had died, but I hadn't known about his son being
aboard Pan Am 104. How sad.
Brad Ferguson
In article <31E565...@pacbell.net>, Mark McLean <mmc...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Jon Ames wrote:
> >
> > >Lawrence Tierney did not replace Robert Prosky. He functioned
> > >occasionally on the show as "a" desk sergeant. More importantly, unless
> > >something has happened to him very recently, he is not dead. He's had
> > >good roles in films and television within the past year. (Check him out
> > >in RESERVOIR DOGS, or in the title role of DILLINGER, from the 40s.)
I saw his obituary in Variety, sometime in February or March. I was sorry
to see it; he was always one of my favorites. (I don't think I'm having
an out-of-body experience on this one.)
As for HILL STREET BLUES, Tierney's character first surfaced as a desk
sergeant at another precinct. He was a friend of Prosky's character, and
the two of them, as well as a number of other older sergeants, were once
shown at a rather contentious union meeting. Tierney's character
transferred to the Hill toward the end of the series' run, when Prosky's
character finally took retirement. I'm not sure if we're disagreeing on
this one. Tierney was shown working the day shift (when Furillo was
there) which I guess makes him _the_ desk sergeant for all practical
purposes, but Tierney's character was never important to the show, and his
role was not developed.
> > In addition he is and was the brother of actor Scott Brady AKA Gerard
> > Tierney who died in 1985.
Damn! I was always confusing them, and now I know why!
The Antagonist
In article <4s3g7e$4...@useneta1.news.prodigy.com>,
BAJ...@prodigy.com says...
>
>thir...@fred.net (Brad Ferguson) wrote:
>>
>>
>>Lawrence Tierney, who replaced Robert Prosky as the desk sergeant
>>the end of the series' run, is also dead. (Tierney has the last line
>of
>>dialogue in the series: He answers a phone.)
>>
>occasionally on the show as "a" desk sergeant. More importantly, unless
>something has happened to him very recently, he is not dead. He's had
>good roles in films and television within the past year. (Check him out
>in RESERVOIR DOGS, or in the title role of DILLINGER, from the 40s.)
Tierney is most certainly not dead, and has gotten quite a bit of work lately.
You failed to mention the hilarious SEINFELD episode where he played Elaine's
father....
Michael C. Berch
Matthew Hubbard wrote:
> There was a musician in the San Francisco Area who called himself
> Buck Naked (real name Phillip Bury), who died from HIV complications in
> 1992. Don't know if it's the same guy, but I would assume so.
Buck Naked (Philip Bury) of Buck Naked and the Bare Bottom Boys did
*not* die of HIV complications; he was murdered (stabbed, I believe)
while walking in Golden Gate Park by a lunatic.
--
Michael C. Berch
m...@postmodern.com
CortJes332
>No one has mentioned David White, who played Darren's boss, Larry Tate.
>David was a friend of mine. He died about 4 years ago. Although a
>dynamic and active man, he was devastated by the death of his son
>Jonathan aboard Pan Am flight 104 over Lockerbie, Scotland. David's last
>couple of years were rather depressed and quite bitter. He seemed to be
>coming out of it a little bit (at least to me) when he died suddenly of a
>heart attack very nearly exactly two years after his son's death.
>
>
Good story,if a little sad...... I think he appeared in "The Secret Of My
Success" in 1957....
Nick Carlson
CortJ...@aol.com
As good workers you bestow us praise
but we'll believe it when we see a raise!
M. Collins
Two other regulars: Marion Lorne (Aunt Agatha) and Maurice Evans (Sam's
father) are gone *but* the girl who played Tabitha ought to be alive and well.
GREAT SERIES really represented the '60's
mc
Jim Beaver (BAJ...@prodigy.com) writes:
> No one has mentioned David White, who played Darren's boss, Larry Tate.
> David was a friend of mine. He died about 4 years ago. Although a
> dynamic and active man, he was devastated by the death of his son
> Jonathan aboard Pan Am flight 104 over Lockerbie, Scotland. David's last
> couple of years were rather depressed and quite bitter. He seemed to be
> coming out of it a little bit (at least to me) when he died suddenly of a
> heart attack very nearly exactly two years after his son's death.
>
>
>
>
Brad Ferguson
In article <4s4ehe$q...@jupiter.tcac.com>, smit...@tcac.com (The
Antagonist) wrote:
> Tierney is most certainly not dead, and has gotten quite a bit of work
lately.
> You failed to mention the hilarious SEINFELD episode where he played
Elaine's
> father....
I'm giving ground on this one, because I know better than to trust my
recollection past a certain point. I can't find any database that
mentions his death. I'm always happy when I'm wrong about something like
this (and I really do swear up and down that I thought I saw Tierney's
obituary in Variety). I know he did a lot of television work this season,
but his death in late winter would have precluded none of it, so it wasn't
a question of my forgetting it.
My apologies.
Brad Ferguson
Happily, and despite my recollection, I can find no confirmation of the
death of Lawrence Tierney. I'm sorry I was wrong, but I'm not sorry I was
wrong, if you know what I mean.
Richard Belcher
M. Collins (ac...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:
: Two other regulars: Marion Lorne (Aunt Agatha) and Maurice Evans (Sam's
: father) are gone *but* the girl who played Tabitha ought to be alive and well.
: GREAT SERIES really represented the '60's
Actually Tabitha was played by twins, as was the practice at the time.
--
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that they used to.
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will...@netcom.com
Matthew Hubbard
In article <thirteen-120...@thirteen.fred.net>,
I remember his obituary in an issue of "Psychotronic" not so long
ago, citing his work as the bartender who get crank calls in the movie
"Red", which Matt Groening says is the inspiration for Moe's reaction to
Bart's calls. I haven't watched "Seinfeld" regularly for a while, but
are you sure his work is from this season?
MattH
W.C. Humphrey
Are you sure Tierney is dead?
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Mark McLean
Jim Beaver wrote:
>
> No one has mentioned David White, who played Darren's boss, Larry Tate.
> David was a friend of mine. He died about 4 years ago. Although a
> dynamic and active man, he was devastated by the death of his son
> Jonathan aboard Pan Am flight 104 over Lockerbie, Scotland. David's last
> couple of years were rather depressed and quite bitter. He seemed to be
> coming out of it a little bit (at least to me) when he died suddenly of a
> heart attack very nearly exactly two years after his son's death.
>
> JIM BEAVER BAJ...@prodigy.com |"Man is born to live, to suffer and to
> die, and what befalls him is a tragic lot. There is no denying this in
> the final end -but we must deny it all along the way."Thos. Wolfe
Jim:
He played the role of Larry Tate (and many others, I'm sure...) so well!
Sometimes it just seems that you know the person. I did not know him,
but am thankful that I can relive the Larry Tate persona almost
every night on Nick at Nite.
I would like to pay my respects to his grave.....is he interred in the LA
Metro area?
Thanks....Mark McLean
Louis Epstein
Richard Belcher (will...@netcom.com) wrote:
: M. Collins (ac...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:
:
: : Two other regulars: Marion Lorne (Aunt Agatha) and Maurice Evans (Sam's
: : father) are gone *but* the girl who played Tabitha ought to be alive and well.
: : GREAT SERIES really represented the '60's
: Actually Tabitha was played by twins, as was the practice at the time.
Small children are routinely played by twins on TV series because of
California's child labor laws.
Tabitha was played by successive sets of twins as she grew...but with the
last set,Erin Murphy did most of the work and got sole credit,and is the
person most people think of as "the girl who played Tabitha"(ignoring,of
course,the retread with Lisa Hartman as a grown Tabitha)...yes,she is
alive,still in her twenties,and well...I recall her being commemted on in
this newsgroup at the time of the most recent BEWITCHED death.
Mr Spock
Yet, just another example of the inaccurate spewings coming forth from
Mr. Ferguson.
--
"Live Long and Prosper"
Mr Spock
Proving again Brad, there is obviously much you don't know!!!!
Eric Newman
leof...@crl.com (Matthew Hubbard) wrote:
As far as I know, Lawrence Tierney is not dead, but his brother Scott
Brady is. Maybe that's where some of the confusion comes from.
Brad Ferguson
It has happened -- rarely -- than a prepared obit has been released to the
press prematurely, either by accident or as a prank. (Two examples: Kirby
"Sky King" Grant and the actor Ted Ross.) I had a friend search the
Associated Press' electronic archives, and she found no trace of any obit
for Tierney. That surely makes me wonder, because I could have sworn I
saw his obit in Reuters' list of the daily dead last winter. If it was on
Reuters but not matched by AP, then it was surely an error (or a grievous
oversight by AP, but I'd bet on the former).
I can't answer for others, but I don't think I could be confusing this
alleged obit with Scott Brady's. Brady's death was more than a decade
ago.
I'm still giving ground on this one because I can't prove otherwise, and
one's memory can be faulty.
Brad Ferguson
In article <williambD...@netcom.com>, will...@netcom.com (Richard
Belcher) wrote:
> M. Collins (ac...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:
>
> : Two other regulars: Marion Lorne (Aunt Agatha) and Maurice Evans (Sam's
> : father) are gone *but* the girl who played Tabitha ought to be alive
and well.
> : GREAT SERIES really represented the '60's
> Actually Tabitha was played by twins, as was the practice at the time.
> --
Tabitha (born 1/13/66) was actually played by three sets of twins. First,
she was "played" as a newborn by Heidi and Laura Gentry and then by Tamar
and Julie Young. As happens on TV, the baby got old fast over the summer
and, beginning in the fall of 1966, Tabitha was played by two-year-olds
Erin and Diane Murphy. A little later, Erin played the part all by
herself.
Len - Pacific NW
"Michael C. Berch" <m...@postmodern.com> wrote:
>Buck Naked (Philip Bury) of Buck Naked and the Bare Bottom Boys did
>*not* die of HIV complications; he was murdered (stabbed, I believe)
>while walking in Golden Gate Park by a lunatic.
The murderer was hiding behind the lunatic?
--
##--Len--###############lenp...@nwlink.com#####
"The monkey looked up at the stars and he thought to himself,
Memory is a stranger, history is for fools.
And he cleaned his hands in a pool of holy writing."
###########################-Roger Waters-#####
Brad Ferguson
Well, Spockie or Steve or whatever your name is this week, I know you're
the asshole who sent me email insulting my wife. I also know you're a
coward who hides behind juvenile pseudonyms.
What else do I need to know? Go way, you trolling puke.
Jim Beaver
Mark McLean <mmc...@pacbell.net> wrote (re David White):
>
>Jim:
>
>He played the role of Larry Tate (and many others, I'm sure...) so well!
>Sometimes it just seems that you know the person. I did not know him,
>but am thankful that I can relive the Larry Tate persona almost
>every night on Nick at Nite.
>
>I would like to pay my respects to his grave.....is he interred in the
LA
>Metro area?
>
>Thanks....Mark McLean
>
>mmc...@pacbell.net
You know, Mark, I don't know the answer to that. When I get back to L.A.
from my current gig, I'll find out. I would like to visit him myself.
Sweet, dear man, who was one of the most loveable curmudgeons I've ever
known. Don't miss his performance in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS. Great
movie, great acting.
Jim
Matthew Hubbard
In article <4se5ta$q...@netnews.upenn.edu>,
Kathy O'Connell <ocon...@pobox.upenn.edu> wrote:
>Distribution:
>
>Just a sidenote...Lawrence Tierney was one of the guest voices in a
>recent Simpsons episode. He played a store security guard who catches
>Bart shoplifting a video game.
>: > > I remember his obituary in an issue of "Psychotronic" not so long
>: > >"Red", which Matt Groening says is the inspiration for Moe's reaction to
>: > >Bart's calls. I haven't watched "Seinfeld" regularly for a while, but
>: > >are you sure his work is from this season?
Well, I'm glad to hear this. I loved Tierney's work in
"Reservoir Dogs", and I hope to see him in another film or TV show soon.
Glad I was wrong about this,
MattH
Phil
Did anyone mention Agnes Moorehead, who played Samantha's mother,
Endorra? She was great in this role - deliciously malevolent and such a
thorn in old Durwood's side. She died in the 70's, I believe.Richard
Nelson wrote:
>
>
> Bernard Fox who played the role of Dr. Bombay is alive and well.
Kathy O'Connell
Jim Beaver
Harvester <tra...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>That's a pretty cool piece of info there, Jim. How did you get to know
>David White? I think there ought to be a newsgroup devoted to people
who
>know famous people! It would be a gas to hear the stories. Any
anecdotes
>on the late "Larry Tate"??? He was really great in that TV show..what
else
>did he do??
I got to know David as a fellow member of Theatre West, a well-known
theatre company in Los Angeles. He was a wonderful actor, not
particularly fond of being known simply as "Larry Tate." Check him out
in the superb Burt Lancaster-Tony Curtis film SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS.
Chris Borg
Len - Pacific NW (lenp...@nwlink.com) wrote:
: "Michael C. Berch" <m...@postmodern.com> wrote:
he was also married to my friend.
: >Buck Naked (Philip Bury) of Buck Naked and the Bare Bottom Boys did
Mark McLean
Mark McLean
Hmmm....Jay Leno passed me last night on the freeway. And following
that, I slept 4 floors direct over Little Richard (actually, where he
usually sleeps -- I think he's touring at this moment...)....does that
count for anything?....
Chessex RP
> Buck Naked (Philip Bury) of Buck Naked and the Bare
> Bottom Boys did *not* die of HIV complications; he was
> murdered (stabbed, I believe) while walking in Golden
> Gate Park by a lunatic.
Phillip was shot in the Panhandle (part of Golden Gate Park) by a man who
walked his dog and carried a gun. After he was killed, the papers here
dropped the case and I never found out what happened to his murderer.
CRASHDOG
I was dissed by Adam Rich...............................CRASH.
Mark McLean
Who's Adam Rich? Is that Richie Rich's Brother?..................
Louis Epstein
Sluggo
In article <4sra7s$8...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, ches...@aol.com (Chessex
RP) wrote:
As I recall, the newspaper stated that Buck (or was it his dog?) was
"harassing" the pigeons in the park and was shot to death by an irate (and
rathers insane) birdwatcher.
The story also made it into News of the Weird a couple of years ago.
--
"Cheesy distaste and maximum displeasure since 1964"
James C Kaufman
In article <Duyn3...@news2.new-york.net> l...@put.com (Louis Epstein) writes:
>Mark McLean (mmc...@pacbell.net) wrote:
>: CRASHDOG wrote:
>: >
>:
>: Who's Adam Rich? Is that Richie Rich's Brother?..................
>Eight is Enough star,son of a Lorimar exec,I believe...
Wasn't Adam Rich just killed? I thought I saw a long article about his
death in some independent/entertainment type mag. Shot by a mugger-type?
Not sure. Might be confused.
James
Brad Ferguson
In article <4t1q3e$j...@news.ycc.yale.edu>, jck...@mercury.cis.yale.edu
(James C Kaufman) wrote:
As someone (or several someones) pointed out here recently, Rich's obit
was a hoax. He's not dead.