Died Today

Died Today (September 14th): Alex Rocco (1936–2015)

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alexrocco.jpgAlex Rocco (1936–2015)

Born: February 29, 1936 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: July 18, 2015 (age 79) in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

[from an interview in 2011] Playing gangsters is great. They usually dress you sharp. And you have a license to pretty much bully anybody. I mean, I wouldn’t dare to that at home. My wife will give me a back hander.

FIND ME GUILTY
2006
dir. Sidney Lumet
Stars:
Vin Diesel
Peter Dinklage

SMOKIN ACESSmokin Aces
2006
dir. Joe Carnahan
starring
Reynolds
Ray Liotta
The Godfather
1972
dir. by Francis Ford Coppola
starring
Marlon Brando
Pacino
THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLEThe Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973
dir. Peter Yates
Cast
Robert Mitchum
Peter Boyle

 

Died Today (September 14th): Jack Hawkins (1910–1973)

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jackhawkins.jpgJack Hawkins (1910–1973)

Born: September 14, 1910 in Wood Green, London, England, UK
Died: July 18, 1973 (age 62) in London, England, UK

Married to: Doreen Lawrence (31 October 1947 – 18 July 1973) (his death) (3 children)

I think that no actor should take Hollywood too seriously; but at the same time it would be wrong to underestimate its professionalism. Really, Hollywood is a caricature of itself, and in particular this is true of the front-office types at the studios. Their enthusiasm towards you is measured precisely to match the success of your last film.

Died Today (September 14th): Jane Austen (1775–1817)

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janeausten.jpgJane Austen (1775–1817)

Born: December 16, 1775 in Steventon, Hampshire, England, UK

Died: July 18, 1817 (age 41) in Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK

QUOTES:

If any one faculty of our nature may be called more wonderful than the rest, I do think it is memory. The memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient–at others, so bewildered and so weak–and at others again, so tyrannic, so beyond control! We are to be sure a miracle every way–but our powers of recollecting and of forgetting, do seem peculiarly past finding out.

[her last words, when asked by her sister Cassandra if there was anything she wanted] Nothing, but death.

[when asked why her heroines always flawed] Pictures of perfection make me sick and wicked.

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Died Today (September 13th) – Paul Gleason (1939–2006)

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paulgleason  Paul Gleason

Born: Paul Xavier Gleason
May 4, 1939 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Died: May 27, 2006 (age 67) in Burbank, California, USA

Married to:

Susan Kehl (August 1995 – 27 May 2006) (his death) (2 children)
Candy Moore (13 March 1971 – 1978) (divorced) (1 child)

QUOTE: I went into acting because I had nothing more sensible to do. However, once I began acting classes with Lee Strasberg at the Actor’s Studio in New York, I found it stimulating and rewarding.

Died Today (September 12): Raymond Burr

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raymondburrBorn: Raymond William Stacey Burr

May 21, 1917 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Died: September 12, 1993 (age 76) in Geyserville, California, USA

Read reviews of the best of the actor:

MOVIE POSTERA PLACE IN THE SUN
1951
dir. George Stevens
Stars:
Montgomery Clift
Elizabeth Taylor		 Rear WindowRear Window
1954
dir. Hitchcock
starring
Jimmy Stewart
Grace Kelly
GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERSGodzilla King of the Monsters
1956
dir. Ishiro Honda
Terry O. Morse
Starring
Raymond Burr

Died Today (September 12): Johnny Cash (1932–2003)

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johnnycashJohnny Cash (1932–2003)

Born: February 26, 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas, USA
Died: September 12, 2003 (age 71) in Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Married to: June Carter Cash (1 March 1968 – 15 May 2003) (her death) (1 child)
Vivian Dorraine Liberto (7 August 1954 – 3 January 1968) (divorced) (4 children)

[in acknowledgment of his similarity to today’s “gangsta” rappers] I wouldn’t let anybody influence me into thinking I was doing the wrong thing by singing about death, hell and drugs. Beause I’ve always done that, and I always will.

How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.

Died Today (September 12): Anthony Perkins (1932–1992)

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anthonyperkinsAnthony Perkins (1932–1992)

Born: April 4, 1932 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: September 12, 1992 (age 60) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Berry Berenson (9 August 1973 – 12 September 1992) (his death) (2 children)

[on Norman Bates] I do have affection for Norman as a person. He does the best he can out of the diminished circumstances with which his personality stranded him, and Norman’s childhood was difficult and traumatic. Norman is, at heart, a benevolent soul, with a dark side, but Norman’s conscious mind is always on the positive things in life.

DAMN YANKEES
1958
dir. George Abbott
Stanley Donen
Stars:
Tab Hunter
Gwen Verdon

PsychoPsycho
1960
dir. Hitchcock
starring
Anthony Perkins
Janet Leigh

 

Died Today (September 11, 2016) Alexis Arquette

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Actress Alexis Arquette died Sunday morning, her brother Richmond Arquette revealed in a Facebook post. She was 47.

alexisarquetteAlexis Arquette

Born: July 28, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: September 11, 2016 (age 47)

Sister of Richmond Arquette, David Arquette, Patricia Arquette, and Rosanna Arquette.

 

 

 

MOVIE POSTERBRIDE OF CHUCKY
1998
dir. by Ronny Yu
Stars:
Jennifer Tilly
Brad Dourif
PulpFictionPulp Fiction
1994
dir. Tarantino
starring
John Travolta
Samuel L. Jackson
She’s All That
1999
dir. by Robert Iscove
starring
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Cook

Died Today (September 11th): John Ritter

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johnritter.jpgJohn Ritter (1948–2003)

Born: September 17, 1948 in Burbank, California, USA
Died: September 11, 2003 (age 54) in Burbank, California, USA

Married to:
Amy Yasbeck (18 September 1999 – 11 September 2003) (his death) (1 child)
Nancy Morgan (16 October 1977 – 1996) (divorced) (3 children)

[How John wants to be remembered] Just as a guy who was interested in the golden thread that intertwines all of us together. You know, that golden thread that goes through me and you, and the cameraman, and all the people out there and back through Nancy. That’s what an artist can do, that someone – anyone – could do, if they’re willing to pluck that. And either it makes you laugh or it makes you cry, it’s that golden thread of humanity, and I’d like to be remembered as maybe a guy who plucked a few of those.

BRIDE OF CHUCKY
1998
dir. by Ronny Yu
Stars:
Jennifer Tilly
Brad Dourif		 THEY ALL LAUGHEDThey All Laughed
1981
dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Cast
Audrey Hepburn
Ben Gazzara

BAD SANTABad Santa
2003
dir. Terry Zwigoff
Starring
Billy Bob Thornton
Tony Cox		 UNFORGIVABLEUnforgivable
1996
dir. Graeme Campbell
Starring
John Ritter
Harley Jane Kozak
Noises Off …
1992
dir Peter Bogdanovich
Starring
Carol Burnett
Caine		 ITIT
1990
dir. Tommy Lee Wallace
Cast
Harry Anderson
Dennis Christopher
HOLY JOEHoly Joe
1999
dir. Larry Peerce
Starring
John Ritter
Meredith Baxter

 

Died Today (September 11th): Jessica Tandy

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jessicatandy.jpgHappy Birthday actor Jessica Tandy (1909–1994)

Born: Jessie Alice Tandy
June 7, 1909 in Stoke Newington, London, England, UK

Died: September 11, 1994 (age 85) in Easton, Connecticut, USA

OSCAR Winner for Best Actress (Driving Miss Daisy)

Married to: Hume Cronyn (27 September 1942 – 11 September 1994) (her death) (2 children)
Jack Hawkins (22 October 1932 – 2 January 1940) (divorced) (1 child)

QUOTES:

[joking reference to her husband, Hume Cronyn] When he’s late for dinner, I know he’s either having an affair or is lying dead in the street, I always hope it’s the street.

I must say, if I had known at the beginning of my life that this is where I would get to, I would have said, “Not possible. Not possible.”

I’m most comfortable on the stage. Because of the nature of film and television, you’ll very often do the climactic scene on the first day and the other parts weeks later. It’s hard to remember exactly what state you were in. It’s easier when you start at the beginning and go through to the end. Any new project, new play, new film, you’re really starting from square one every time. You can’t be sure enough of yourself to say, “Well, this is just a piece of cake.” It’s not like that at all — not for me.