Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted September 20, 2016 Jon Polito dead at 65. You'll know the face... http://www.vulture.com/2016/09/character-actor-jon-polito-dead-at-65.html I missed this at the time. I loved him as the dopey Mafia leader in Miller's Crossing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted September 21, 2016 Director Curtis Hanson dead of heart attack aged 71. Most famous for winning an oscar for LA Confiential: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/curtis-hanson-dead-la-confidential-861160?utm_source=twitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 21, 2016 Director Curtis Hanson dead of heart attack aged 71. Most famous for winning an oscar for LA Confiential: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/curtis-hanson-dead-la-confidential-861160?utm_source=twitter LA'd To Rest Confidential 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted September 21, 2016 Director Curtis Hanson dead of heart attack aged 71. Most famous for winning an oscar for LA Confiential: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/curtis-hanson-dead-la-confidential-861160?utm_source=twitter LA'd To Rest Confidential I read a lot of hyperbole about that film as being a critical and financial succes. And in this case, well justified. Also one of my favorite films of all time. Never seen it? It's on par with Reservoir Dogs and Usual Suspects. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted September 24, 2016 Bill Nunn, most famous for being in the films Do The Right Thing and Spider Man has died: http://heavy.com/entertainment/2016/09/bill-nunn-dead-dies-death-rip-radio-raheem-spike-lee-twitter-age/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted September 24, 2016 Bill Nunn, most famous for being in the films Do The Right Thing and Spider Man has died: http://heavy.com/entertainment/2016/09/bill-nunn-dead-dies-death-rip-radio-raheem-spike-lee-twitter-age/ You will know the face. Maybe. Anyway he was also in Sister Act, and I hate that movie. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted September 24, 2016 He was Robbie Robertson in the Raimi Spider Man.His face has been seen by one or twenty million. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted September 25, 2016 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ4y7GPeFBY Here he is in do the right thing. That guy in the glasses is the same guy who plays gus in breaking bad. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted October 4, 2016 Ben Stiller opens up on the fact he had an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer a few years ago, which is now in remission. Can't have been that big then, presumably it was a tumour for ants. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewd_Squirrel 331 Posted October 4, 2016 Ben Stiller opens up on the fact he had an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer a few years ago, which is now in remission. Can't have been that big then, presumably it was a tumour for ants. Hmm, maybe next year, I should put him back on my long list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Switch 141 Posted October 4, 2016 Ben Stiller opens up on the fact he had an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer a few years ago, which is now in remission. Can't have been that big then, presumably it was a tumour for ants. Hmm, maybe next year, I should put him back on my long list. Why was he originally on your long list? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewd_Squirrel 331 Posted October 6, 2016 Ben Stiller opens up on the fact he had an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer a few years ago, which is now in remission. Can't have been that big then, presumably it was a tumour for ants. Hmm, maybe next year, I should put him back on my long list. Why was he originally on your long list? I had him on my list, a few years back, back when my list was slightly shorter. I just had him on it, as a random hopeful name, s'all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,026 Posted October 9, 2016 Report here of the death of former child actor Bryan Russell. http://westernboothill.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/rip-bryan-russell.html Played Emil in Emil And The Detectives and Randolph in Bye Bye Birdie. IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751050/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 10, 2016 Report here of the death of former child actor Bryan Russell. http://westernboothill.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/rip-bryan-russell.html Played Emil in Emil And The Detectives and Randolph in Bye Bye Birdie. IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751050/ I actually have a VHS of Bye Bye Birdie, gonna pop it'll in tonight and enjoy some IPAs and popcorn lolSC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 14, 2016 Gary Dubin, a child actor with credits in Diamonds Are Forever, AristoCats, and the Partridge Family, dead at 57. Gary is catching up with his career, which died in 1978 when Jaws 2 was released. http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/gary-dubin-child-actor-on-the-partridge-family-and-the-aristocats-dies-at-57/ar-AAiV9RZ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,026 Posted October 22, 2016 Kathryn Adams Doty, American actress, has died aged 96. http://obituaries.mankatofreepress.com/story/kathryn-doty-1920-2016-840105772 Credits include the 1939 film The Hunchback Of Notre Dame and the 1940 film The Invisible Woman. IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0011116/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 23, 2016 Kathryn Adams Doty, American actress, has died aged 96. http://obituaries.mankatofreepress.com/story/kathryn-doty-1920-2016-840105772 Credits include the 1939 film The Hunchback Of Notre Dame and the 1940 film The Invisible Woman. IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0011116/ She's not even credited on IMDb so she must have been a small part--but nonetheless CERTAINLY the last cast member to have been alive from Hunchback, what with Maureen O'Hara dying almost exactly a year earlier (Oct 24 2015). Looking at the cast I saw an Etienne Girardot, b, Feb 22 1856, who died in 1939 age 83. I'm sure there's some movies with an old man and a young kid in it that rival this, but the lifespan of actors in a movie from 2-22-1856 to 10-22-2016 HAS to be near the top, though I won't take the time to calculate how many days that is. (Looks exactly 160 years 8 months) SirC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted October 23, 2016 It would be interesting to know who the person with the earliest birthdate to appear in a motion picutre was (particularly if that picture is still surviving, not lost like many of the early silents). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted October 23, 2016 To answer my own question, this is not an actor/actress but it may be the earliest-born person captured on film: http://mentalfloss.com/article/68977/footage-shows-earliest-born-person-ever-captured-film Straight Dope has a discussion on the question: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=637059 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted October 23, 2016 The earliest-born actor in a film appears to be Joseph Jefferson, born in 1829: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jefferson Fittingly enough, the film he was in was a version of Rip Van Winkle from 1903: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Van_Winkle_(1903_film) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted October 26, 2016 Michael Massee dead at 61. A very minor character actor, but his place in film history will be forever secured as he was the guy who fired the prop gun that killed Brandon Lee. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted October 26, 2016 From all accounts he never mentally recovered from that, unsurprisingly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted October 29, 2016 Enzo Petito is still knocking around, probably best known for his role in The good,the bad & the ugly. Turned 102 past Feb. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo_Petito Died in 1967, if someone cares. Don't trust Wikipedia. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0677654/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted October 29, 2016 Legendary Talent Agent who's reputation of finding talent includes Clint Eastwood and Marilyn Monroe, Norman Brokaw, has died age 89: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/trailblazing-talent-agent-norman-brokaw-dies-at-age-89/2016/10/29/34f0c376-9df7-11e6-b552-b1f85e484086_story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted October 29, 2016 Enzo Petito is still knocking around, probably best known for his role in The good,the bad & the ugly. Turned 102 past Feb. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo_Petito Died in 1967, if someone cares. Don't trust Wikipedia. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0677654/ Well that was a waste of a card and a birthday cake. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
