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R.I.P. Mr Chilton.
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03-18-2010, 02:51 PM
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R.I.P. Peter Graves
another star from my childhood  Fess Parker, who starred as Davy Crockett in "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier," becoming a lifelong star to young Baby Boomers, has died of natural causes, according to reports. He was 85. Parker also delighted young viewers with his performances in "Old Yeller" and "Daniel Boone." In more recent years, he attained a second stardom as a winery owner of the sprawling Doubletree resort along beachfront Santa Barbara, Calif., and the Wine Country Inn & Spa in Los Olivos, Calif. He was hugely popular among kids in the late 1950s, starring in such Disney films as "The Great Locomotive Chase," "Westward Ho the Wagons!" and "The Light in the Forest." He was named a Disney legend in 1991. His appeal peaked with the nationwide Davy Crockett craze as little tykes bought the coon-skinned caps and belted out the popular refrains of "Davy Crockett." He went on to star in other Disney creations centering on Crockett, including "Alias Jesse James" (1959), in which he appeared as Crockett. His casting by Walt Disney as Crockett was a bit of a fluke: Disney had requested to screen a sci-film film "Them!" which starred James Arness, whom Disney was considering for Crockett. Instead, Parker caught his eye in a bit role as a man frightened by an alien encounter. Arness, of course, went on to star as Matt Dillon in the popular TV series "Gunsmoke." "Like many kids growing up in the '50s, Davy Crockett was my first hero, and I had the coonskin cap to prove it," said Disney CEO Bob Iger. "Fess Parker's unforgettable, exciting and admirable performance as this American icon has remained with me all these years, as it has for his millions of fans around the world. Fess is truly a Disney legend, as is the heroic character he portrayed, and while he will certainly be missed, he will never be forgotten." Before attaining stardom with "Crockett," Parker appeared in a string of Westerns and family films, beginning with "Springfield Rifle" (1952), in which he appeared with Gary Cooper and Lon Chaney. His athleticism and size -- he was 6-foot-5 -- won him the role of a baseball player in "The Kid From Left Field" (1953), his first notable role. During the early '50s, he worked in TV and films, unusually in Western-related story lines, including such movies as "Untamed Frontier," "Thunder Over the Plains" and "The Bounty Hunter." He also played in such fare on TV, including the "Annie Oakley" series. Following his late-'50s stardom, Parker roles became less frequent, reaching their high point with his portrayal of Daniel Boone in the TV series, which ran from 1964-69. Following the series, Parker was embroiled in a drawn-out suit against the show's producer, who, Parker claimed, reneged on the profits-percentage agreements. During the 1960s, he made several guest-star appearances on TV, including stints on such shows as "Dragnet," "Death Valley Days," "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour," "Destry," "Burke's Law" and "The Andy Williams Show." |
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Goodbye Davy....
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March is rapidly turning into the cruellest month for icons that straddled the big and small screens: Robert Culp has died after falling while taking a walk.
 He was 79. Culp’s career spanned decades and his fans spanned generations, but he may be best known for a couple of stand-out roles: that of Kelly Robinson in globe-trotting 1960s action series I Spy (which saw him star alongside Bill Cosby) and the 1980s series The Greatest American Hero, in which he played Bill Maxwell. Film-wise, he made waves with the sexually adventurous Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice in 1969. A native of Oakland, California, he kick-started his career on the small screen with appearances on Western series Trackdown, for which he also wrote several episodes (a duty he would continue on I Spy). Among his more notable guest roles on TV was starring in the classic Outer Limits episode Demon With A Glass Hand, written by science fiction enfant terrible Harlan Ellison, as well as playing a murderer in no less than three separate episodes of Columbo. More recently, he could be found on several episodes of Ray Roman’s sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond, where he played Ray’s father-in-law. He also voiced video games and provided erudite narration for Eminem’s Guilty Conscience music video. Culp is also a member of the club of actors who have played the president of the United States on the silver screen, having occupied the Oval Office in The Pelican Brief. He’s survived by his fifth wife, Candace Faulkner and five children.
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Falling while taking a walk? what kind of fall are we talking about?
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Terrible news.
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R.I.P. John Forsythe.
 Dynasty star John Forsythe, who played patriarch Blake Carrington on the primetime soap and was the voice of Charlie in both the TV and film versions of Charlie's Angels, lost his nearly four-year-battle with cancer on Thursday. In a statement Friday, Reuters reported, "The family of John Forsythe sadly announces his passing on April 1, 2010. He was 92 years old and, thankfully, he died as he lived his life ... with dignity and grace, after a years-long struggle with cancer." Forsythe, who also played Bentley Gregg, the swinging single saddled with an orphaned niece on the 1957-62 sitcom Bachelor Father, received three Emmy nominations for Dynasty, which ran from 1981-89. After making his film debut in 1943, he also appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock movies The Trouble with Harry (1955) and Topaz (1969), as well as 1988's Bill Murray comedy Scrooged, among many others. Born John Lincoln Freund in Penn's Grove, N.J., Forsythe found his first love in the Brooklyn Dodgers. He dropped out of the University of North Carolina to become their stadium announcer. A two-year marriage at 20 to actress Paula McCormick produced a son, Dall. A second marriage, to Julie Warren, lasted from 1943 until her death in 1994 and produced two daughters: Page and Brooke. In 2002, he married businesswoman Nicole Carter, who, along with his children, survive him. In 2006, it was revealed Forsythe had been diagnosed with colon cancer. He will be remembered for his distinguished voice and courtly presence on screen. Off screen, it was his modesty that separated him from the rest of the crowd.
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