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Donald Sutherland, Versatile Star of ‘M*A*S*H,’ ‘Ordinary People’ and ‘The Hunger Games,’ Dies at 88
Donald Sutherland, whose performances in such films as M*A*S*H, Ordinary People and The Hunger Games proved he could portray sinister, sympathetic, comedic or tragic with equal aplomb, has died. He was 88. Sutherland died Thursday in Miami after a long illness, CAA’s Missy Davy told The Hollywood Reporter. Remarkably, Sutherland was never even nominated for […]
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Darryl Hickman, Young Actor in ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ and ‘Leave Her to Heaven,’ Dies at 92
Darryl Hickman, who appeared in such films as The Grapes of Wrath and Leave Her to Heaven as a youngster before becoming a CBS executive in charge of daytime drama and an actor once more, has died. He was 92. Hickman, who lived in Montecito, died Wednesday, his family announced. He was the older brother (by three years) […]
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Ryan Gosling Reveals How Hope for a Burt Reynolds Friendship Was Dashed by His Mom
Ryan Gosling’s teenage actor hopes for a friendship with late screen legend Burt Reynolds were dashed when he learned that the 1970s movie icon was more interested in his mother. While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday, the 43-year-old Barbie Oscar nominee and star of the new movie The Fall Guy recalled his time […]
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Eddie Driscoll, Actor on ‘The Last Ship,’ Dies at 60
Eddie Driscoll, the veteran character actor who appeared on shows including Sex and the City, Boston Public, Entourage, Mad Men, The Last Ship and This Is Us, has died. He was 60. Driscoll died Dec. 15 in Los Angeles from a saddle pulmonary embolism after months of fighting stomach cancer, actor Jimmy Palumbo announced. Driscoll […]
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Tom Priestley, Oscar-Nominated Film Editor on ‘Deliverance,’ Dies at 91
Tom Priestley, the British film editor whose work assembling the dueling-banjos sequence and hellish “squeal like a pig” attack in John Boorman’s Deliverance landed him an Oscar nomination, has died. He was 91. His death on Christmas Day was only recently revealed. Priestley also cut two other movies helmed by Boorman: Leo the Last (1970), which won the best […]
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Hank Bradford, Stand-Up Comic Turned Head Writer on Carson’s ‘Tonight Show,’ Dies at 88
Hank Bradford, the clever stand-up comic who performed a half-dozen times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson before serving a five-year stint as head writer on the program, has died. He was 88. Bradford died Jan. 18 in Los Angeles, his family announced. Bradford did uncredited dialogue rewrites on the Burt Reynolds-starring Smokey and […]
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Herbert “Cowboy” Coward, the Toothless Mountain Man in ‘Deliverance,’ Dies at 85
Herbert “Cowboy” Coward, who as the sadistic toothless man in John Boorman’s Deliverance terrorized canoeists and audiences alike with the chilling line, “He got a real pretty mouth, ain’t he?,” has been killed in a car accident. He was 85. Coward died Wednesday when the Nissan he was driving was struck by a pickup truck […]
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Norman Jewison, Director of ‘In the Heat of the Night’ and ‘Moonstruck,’ Dies at 97
Norman Jewison, the multifaceted filmmaker who could direct a racial drama (In the Heat of the Night), stylish thriller (The Thomas Crown Affair), musical (Fiddler on the Roof) or romantic comedy (Moonstruck) with the best of them, has died. He was 97. Jewison died Saturday at home — his family does not want to specify […]
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Richard Roundtree, Suave Star of ‘Shaft,’ Dies at 81
Richard Roundtree, the ultracool actor who helped open the door to a generation of Black filmmakers and performers with his portrayal of private eye John Shaft, “the cat that won’t cop out when there’s danger all about,” died Tuesday. He was 81. Roundtree died at his home in Los Angeles of pancreatic cancer, his manager, […]
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Peter Gonzales Falcon, Star of Federico Fellini’s ‘Roma,’ Dies at 74
Peter Gonzales Falcon, the actor from Texas who portrayed a young Federico Fellini in Roma, the famed Italian director’s 1972 autobiographical film, has died. He was 74. Gonzales Falcon was found dead at his home Tuesday in La Pryor, Texas, by authorities called there for a safety check, his friend Aurelio Montemayor told The Hollywood […]
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Carlin Glynn, Actress in ‘Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ and ‘Sixteen Candles,’ Dies at 83
Carlin Glynn, who won a Tony Award for her performance as the madam Mona Stangley in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and had strong supporting turns in the films Sixteen Candles and The Trip to Bountiful, has died. She was 83. Glynn died July 13, her daughter, actress Mary Stuart Masterson (Fried Green Tomatoes, […]
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Carol Locatell, ‘Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning’ Actress, Dies at 82
Carol Locatell, who had a memorable turn as the foulmouthed mother Ethel Hubbard in Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning and worked alongside Burt Reynolds in three films, has died. She was 82. Locatell died April 11 at her home in Sherman Oaks after a long battle with cancer, her husband, songwriter and […]
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