John Alderson, Actor, 90 ("To Catch a Thief", "My Fair Lady," "Blazing Saddles")

[deb...@comcast.net]

John Alderson, a British-born actor who starred in many U.S. Western
films and television shows, died Aug. 4 at the Motion Picture &
Television Hospital in Woodland Hills. He was 90.

Born in Newcastle County, England, he was the youngest son of a coal
miner. He left home at 16 and joined the British Army.

Alderson arrived in Hollywood in 1949, and his British accent quickly
got him acting work. He appeared in many Western tele-vision series of
the 1950s and '60s: "The Californians," "Wagon Train," "Maverick,"
"Gunsmoke," "Have Gun Will Travel," "Bonanza," "Death Valley Days" and
"The Wild, Wild West." Alderson eventually emerged as a character actor
in such films as "To Catch a Thief" "My Fair Lady," "Double Trouble,"
"Blazing Saddles," "Ragtime," "Evil Under the Sun" and "Young Guns II."
He retired in 1995. (Hollywood reporter)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017580/

[Bermuda999]

deb...@comcast.net wrote:
> John Alderson, a British-born actor who starred in many U.S. Western
> films and television shows, died Aug. 4 at the Motion Picture &
> Television Hospital in Woodland Hills. He was 90.
>
> Born in Newcastle County, England, he was the youngest son of a coal
> miner. He left home at 16 and joined the British Army.

...
> "Blazing Saddles,"

"Gum Chewer"

[James Neibaur]

Bermuda999 8/9/06 8:01 PM

He had a great bit in that movie. "Did you bring enough for everyone?"
"I didn't know there'd be so many!"

JN