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Died Today (September 27th): Herbert Lom (1917–2012)

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herbertlom.jpg Herbert Lom (1917–2012)

Born: September 11, 1917 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Died: September 27, 2012 (age 95) in London, England, UK

[on Alexander Mackendrick] He had a charming habit of losing his temper very frequently, but exclusively with the bosses, never with his cast.

[on Alec Guinness] I remember Alec teaching me not to rehearse too much. Because I am a bit of a pedestrian, I like to rehearse until I know it all backwards. That was my school, but Alec taught me. He said, “If you know too much about it, it ceases to be fun.”

THE DEAD ZONE
1983
dir. by David Cronenberg
Stars:
Christopher Walken
Brooke Adams

SPARTACUSSpartacus
1960
dir. Kubrick
Cast
Kirk Douglas
Laurence Olivier
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Died Today (September 27th): Donald O’Connor (1925–2003)

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donaldoconnor.jpgDonald O’Connor (1925–2003)

Born: August 28, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: September 27, 2003 (age 78) in Calabasas, California, USA

Married to: Gloria Noble (11 October 1956 – 27 September 2003) (his death) (3 children)

[In 1998, on his Singin’ in the Rain (1952) co-star Gene Kelly] It’s not easy working with a genius – but Gene was very patient with me.

Died Today (September 26th): Paul Newman (1925–2008)

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paulnewman.jpgPaul Newman (1925–2008)

Born: January 26, 1925 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
Died: September 26, 2008 (age 83) in Westport, Connecticut, USA

Married to: Joanne Woodward (29 January 1958 – 26 September 2008) (his death) (3 children)
Jacqueline E. Witte (27 December 1949 – 28 January 1958) (divorced) (3 children)

[Joanne Woodward] has always given me unconditional support in all my choices and endeavors, and that includes my race car driving, which she deplores. To me, that’s love.

I’m always puzzled by this talk about star… image. I think there’s people who are writers or barbers or mechanics or race car drivers that have certain recognizable personalities, and I don’t think just because they happen to be on the screen that it makes them any more exceptional.

Cat on a Half Tin Roof
1958
dir. Richard Brooks
Cast
Newman
Elizabeth Taylor		 The Long Hot Summer, dir. Martin Ritt, starring Paul Newman, Orson Welles, Joanne WoodwardThe Long, Hot Summer
1958
dir. Martin Ritt
starring
Newman
Orson Welles
Joanne Woodward
THE LEFT HANDED GUNThe Left Handed Gun
1958
dir. Arthur Penn
Cast
Paul Newman
Lita Milan		 HustlerThe Hustler
1961
dir. by Robert Rossen
starring
Newman
Jackie Gleason
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
dir. Richard Brooks
Cast
Paul Newman
Geraldine Page		 HUDHud
1963
dir. Martin Ritt
Cast
Newman
Melvyn Douglas
SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES MESomebody Up There Likes Me
1956
dir. Robert Wise
Cast
Paul Newman
Pier Angeli		 Torn CurtainTorn Curtain
1966
dir. by Alfred Hitchcock
starring
Newman
Julie Andrews
movie posterTHE SECRET WAR OF HARRY FRIGG
1968
dir. Jack Smight
Cast:
Paul Newman
Sylva Koscina
Cool Hand Luke
1967
dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Cast:
Newman
George Kennedy
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
dir. George Roy Hill
starring
Newman
Robert Redford		 The StingThe Sting
1973
dir. George Roy Hill
starring
Newman
Robert Redford		 The Towering InfernoThe Towering Inferno
1974
dir. John Guillermin
Irwin Allen
Starring
Steve McQueen
Paul Newman		 SHOT SLAPSlap Shot
1977
dir. George Roy Hill
starring
Newman
THE VERDICTThe Verdict
1982
dir. Sydney Lumet
Cast
Paul Newman
Charlotte Rampling		 The Hudsucker ProxyThe Hudsucker Proxy
1994
dir. Joel and Ethan Coen
Cast
Tim Robbins
Jennifer Jason Leigh		 Road to PerditionRoad to Perdition
2002
dir. Mendes
starring
Tom Hanks
Newman		 CARSCars
2006
dir. John Lasseter
Joe Ranft
Voices by
Owen Wilson
Paul Newman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Died Today (September 26th): Johnny Lewis (1983–2012)

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johnnylewis.jpgJohnny Lewis (1983–2012)

Born: October 29, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: September 26, 2012 (age 28) in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, USA

Was a victim of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Head injuries from a motorcycle crash in late 2011 were followed by increasingly bizarre behavior culminating in arrests in 2012, additional head injuries in jail, misdiagnosis as “psychotic with chemical dependency,” despite never testing positive for drugs that year and never having any previous criminal history.

 

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Died Today (September 26th): Gloria Stuart (1910–2010)

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gloriastuart.jpg  Gloria Stuart (1910–2010)

Born: July 4, 1910 in Santa Monica, California, USA

Died: September 26, 2010 (age 100) in Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to:
Arthur Sheekman (29 July 1934 – 12 January 1978) (his death) (1 child)
Blair Gordon Newell (21 June 1930 – 17 May 1934) (divorced)

At age 86, she was aged by makeup to play Rose DeWitt Bukater at age 101 in Titanic (1997). However, Stuart did not find this a pleasant experience.

THE INVISIBLE MAN
1933
dir. James Whale
Starring:
Claude Rains
Gloria Stuart
THE OLD DARK HOUSETHE OLD DARK HOUSE
1932
dir. James Whale
Starring:
Boris Karloff
Melvyn Douglas

TITANICTitanic
1997
dir. Cameron
starring
Kate Winslet
Leonardo DiCaprio

 

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Died Today (September 25th): Walter Pidgeon (1897–1984)

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walterpidgeon.jpgWalter Pidgeon (1897–1984)

Born: September 23, 1897 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: September 25, 1984 (age 87) in Santa Monica, California, USA

I was called to [Louis B. Mayer]’s office to discuss a long-term contract he wanted me to sign. He told me he had been impressed by my work at other studios and that he felt I would be an asset to MGM. He peered at me over his glasses and suggested I tell him about myself. I started by saying I came from New Brunswick. “That’s in Canada”, I added. “I know where New Brunswick is”, said Mayer rather snippy. “Where in New Brunswick were you born?” “Saint John”, I replied. Mayer jumped to his feet and thumped on his desk. “Young man”, he shouted, “you can’t influence me with lies like that. Who told you to say you came from Saint John?” Finally I quietened him down and convinced him I really was from Saint John. I had to tell him where half-a-dozen streets and buildings were that he remembered. But I left his office with a contract for much more money than I expected and we were friends until the day he died.

 

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Died Today (September 25th): Mary Astor (1906–1987)

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maryastor Mary Astor

Born: Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke
May 3, 1906 in Quincy, Illinois, USA

Died: September 25, 1987 (age 81) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to:

Thomas Gordon Wheelock (24 December 1945 – 30 August 1955) (divorced)

Manuel del Campo (18 February 1937 – 15 December 1942) (divorced) (1 child)

Dr. Franklyn Thorpe (29 June 1931 – 12 April 1935) (divorced) (1 child)

Kenneth Hawks (24 February 1928 – 2 January 1930) (his death)

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Don Juan
1926
dir. Alan Crosland
starring
John Barrymore
Astor
DodsworthDodsworth
1936
dir. Wiliam Wyler
starring
Walter Huston
Astor
The Maltese FalconThe Maltese Falcon
1941
dir. John Huston
starring
Humphrey Bogart
Astor

 

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Died Today (September 22nd): George C. Scott (1927–1999)

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georgecscottGeorge C. Scott (1927–1999)

Born: October 18, 1927 in Wise, Virginia, USA
Died: September 22, 1999 (age 71) in Westlake Village, California, USA

Married to: Trish Van Devere (14 September 1972 – 22 September 1999) (his death)
Colleen Dewhurst (4 July 1967 – 2 February 1972) (divorced)
Colleen Dewhurst (1960 – 1965) (divorced) (2 children)
Patricia Reed (1 March 1955 – 5 June 1960) (divorced) (2 children)
Carolyn Hughes (30 August 1951 – 1 January 1955) (divorced) (1 child)

[when asked for suggestions on how to judge acting] I have three tests. First, which dominates, the character or the actor? With very few exceptions it should be the character. Second, on film – as opposed to stage – we’re pretty much playing basic emotions: love, anger, fear, pity. So the trick is whether you can come up with any fresh choices to present these common emotions. Third – and this is the quality that separates the great ones from the good ones – I look for a “joy of performing” quality. Who had that quality? As much as anyone, Jimmy Cagney [James Cagney].

Anatomy of a Murder
1959
dir. Otto Preminger
Starring
James Stewart
Ben Gazzara		 HustlerThe Hustler
1961
dir. by Robert Rossen
starring
Paul Newman
Jackie Gleason
DR STRANGELOVEDr. Strangelove
1964
dir. Stanley Kubrick
starring
Peter Sellers
Scott		 MOVIE POSTERTAPS
1981
dir. Harold Becker
Starring:
George C. Scott
Timothy Hutton

 

PATTONPatton
1970
dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast
George C Scott
Karl Madden		 The ChangelingThe Changeling
1980
dir. by Peter Medak
starring
Melvin Douglas
FIRESTARTERFirestarter
1984
dir. Mark L Lester
Starring
David Keith
Drew Barrymore		 MOVIETHE HINDENBURG
1975
dir. Robert Wise
Starring:
George C. Scott
Anne Bancroft
MOVIE POSTERTHE EXORCIST III
1990
dir. by William Peter Blatty
Stars:
George C. Scott
Ed Flanders >
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Died Today (September 18th): Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970)

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jimihendrix.jpgJimi Hendrix (1942–1970)

Born: November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, USA
Died: September 18, 1970 (age 27) in Notting Hill, London, England, UK

Died at 27 years old, making him a member of the “27 Club”; The 27 Club is a group of prominent musicians who died at the age of 27. Other members include The Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, singer Janis Joplin, The Doors frontman Jim Morrison, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse.

I will be dead in five years’ time, but while I am here, I will travel many highways and I will, of necessity, die at a time when my message of love, peace and freedom can be shared with people all over the world.

Died Today (September 18th): Frank Morgan (1890–1949)

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frankmorgan.jpgFrank Morgan (I) (1890–1949)

Born: June 1, 1890 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: September 18, 1949 (age 59) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to:
Alma Muller (11 March 1914 – 18 September 1949) (his death) (1 child)

Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz (1939) said that whenever she saw the scene in the film where Frank Morgan as the Wizard is giving Dorothy’s friends gifts from his “black bag” (a diploma for the Scarecrow, a ticking heart for the Tin Man, and a medal for the Cowardly Lion), she got teary eyed, because “Frank Morgan was just like that in real life – very generous”.

THE STRATTON STORY
1949
dir. Sam Wood
Stars:
James Stewart
June Allyson

THE WIZARD OF OZ 1939The Wizard of Oz
1939
dir. Victor Fleming
Starring
Garland
Frank Morgan
THEThe Good Fairy
1935
dir. Wyler
starring
Margaret Sullavan
Frank Morgan
The Shop Around the CornerThe Shop Around the Corner
1940
dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Margaret Sullavan
James Stewart