Hollywood Possibilities

[RolandDeschain 91]

14 hours ago, CoffinLodger said:

This is even better ! https://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/577376/kevin-dobson-knots-landing-days-of-our-lives-dead/

 

And so the last surviving member of the main cast of Kojak is gone.R.I.P Crocker !

 

I don't think thats quite right.

 

According to IMDB all of the main cast are now dead APART from Mark Russell who played Detective Saperstein in 107 of the 117 episodes.

 

 Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer and now Kevin Dobson starred in all the episodes whilst George Savalas (Telly's brother)  was in 114 episodes.  Vince Conti (died in 2018) was in 92 episodes. 

 

After these no other actor was in more then 12 episodes so I would say Mark Russell was one of the main cast even though he wasn't in every one of them.  He was born in 1933 in Glasgow according to IMDB and his last role was in 1985 so no idea how he's doing now...

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

1 hour ago, RolandDeschain said:

 

I don't think thats quite right.

 

According to IMDB all of the main cast are now dead APART from Mark Russell who played Detective Saperstein in 107 of the 117 episodes.

 

 Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer and now Kevin Dobson starred in all the episodes whilst George Savalas (Telly's brother)  was in 114 episodes.  Vince Conti (died in 2018) was in 92 episodes. 

 

After these no other actor was in more then 12 episodes so I would say Mark Russell was one of the main cast even though he wasn't in every one of them.  He was born in 1933 in Glasgow according to IMDB and his last role was in 1985 so no idea how he's doing now...

You are correct. Kevin Dobson was the penultimate living main cast member to die  . Long live Detective Saperstein ! 

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Meet Lee Grant (born in the mid- 1920ies), who knows the secret of eternal youth...

 

 

...but I prefer to remember her like this:

 

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,527]

On 10/05/2020 at 05:47, Perhaps said:

 

James Caan seems to have deleted this tweet now, so perhaps the wheelchair is no longer as temporary as he initially thought?

 

James Caan healthy enough to clear Angry Birds levels with ease:

 

 

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25 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

 

James Caan healthy enough to clear Angry Birds levels with ease:

 

 

 

Give him his three stars or he goes to the mattresses.

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

On 15/06/2020 at 23:19, Ulitzer95 said:

Twitter reporting the death of actress Nancy Saunders, aged 94.

 

Contract actress for Columbia and RKO. Also appeared in The Three Stooges.

Finally. Confirmation from Three Stooges.net.
 

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Designer & artist Ron Cobb, whose credits include Alien & Back to the Future, has died on his 83rd birthday. Not a DDP pick 

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Michael Chapman, the cinematographer on Taxi Driver and Raging Bull has died. He was 84. Chapman was nominated for an Oscar for each film.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-chapman-cinematographer-on-taxi-driver-and-raging-bull-dies-at-84

 

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Kevin Burns, creator of Ancient Aliens and a co-producer of the Lost in Space reboot, has died. He was 65.

 

https://deadline.com/2020/09/kevin-burns-dead-obituary-ancient-aliens-creator-lost-in-space-reboot-producer-1234586413/

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,527]

Character actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd, an "oh that guy" face from numerous Spike Lee films, was murdered last night. He was Tony-nominated for his role in a revival of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

Big time Hollywood producer Edward Feldman has died at 91 https://deadline.com/2020/10/edward-s-feldman-dead-hollywood-producer-witness-the-truman-show-1234592324/

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

On 05/04/2018 at 16:59, drol said:

Directors Roger Corman and Lester James Peries turn respectively 92 and 99 years old today! 

Close but no cigar.

Gene Corman (wiki), film producer and brother of Roger, dead at 93.

[drol 11,946]

Re-watched Magnum Force this week. Notably enough, Clint Eastwood (1930), Hal Holbrook (1925) and Mitchell Ryan (1928) are all alive in their 90s. Who will go first? The most likely answer is David Soul!

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3 hours ago, drol said:

Re-watched Magnum Force this week. Notably enough, Clint Eastwood (1930), Hal Holbrook (1925) and Mitchell Ryan (1928) are all alive in their 90s. Who will go first? The most likely answer is David Soul!

 

Every year we get to my annual October rewatch of The Fog and I remain surprised Hal Holbrook is still with us.

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Bradley Mott, a Chicago theatre actor whose Hollywood credits included episodic appearances on A Different World, Roseanne, and ER, has died. He was 64. 

 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/chris-jones/ct-ent-brad-mott-dead-1012-20201011-rrmbunrhurccrpd2kowje3s6h4-story.html

 

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

15 hours ago, drol said:

Re-watched Magnum Force this week. Notably enough, Clint Eastwood (1930), Hal Holbrook (1925) and Mitchell Ryan (1928) are all alive in their 90s. Who will go first? The most likely answer is David Soul!

I watched that a couple of weeks ago.I was meaning to watch all the Dirty Harry films in chronological order but didn't get past Magnum Force. Must watch the next one soon ! 

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I know it's been posted elsewhere, but I felt Rhonda Fleming's death deserved a mention in this thread too.

 

https://deadline.com/2020/10/rhonda-fleming-dies-film-tv-star-hollywood-golden-era-was-97-obituary-1234599156/

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9 hours ago, markb4 said:

I know it's been posted elsewhere, but I felt Rhonda Fleming's death deserved a mention in this thread too.

 

https://deadline.com/2020/10/rhonda-fleming-dies-film-tv-star-hollywood-golden-era-was-97-obituary-1234599156/

She died of aspiration pneumonia, which was also the CoD of Lee Teng-hui and Stan Lee and almost killed Dilip Kumar twice. People who suffer from it are usually very frail. I guess The Queen of Technicolor spent her last years bedridden and in failing health.

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Jeff Bridges announces lymphoma diagnosis. 

[alt obits guy 3,371]

William Blinn, who created Starsky & Hutch, wrote the Prince movie Purple Rain and had involvement in a cross-section of successful productions, including Eight is Enough, Roots, Fame and Brian's Song, has died. He was 83.

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/william-blinn-screenwriter-on-purple-rain-brians-song-and-roots-dies-at-83?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

 

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https://deadline.com/2020/11/charles-gordon-dies-producer-waterworld-and-die-hard-was-73-1234607344/

 

Oscar nominated film producer Charles Gordon has died aged 73.

Amongst the films he worked on were Waterworld and Field of  Dreams and Die Hard 

 

 

[SwiftlyVague 79]

Eddie Hassell, who had roles in The Kids Are All Right and the short-lived series Surface has died at age 30 after being shot during an apparent carjacking.

 

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/eddie-hassell-dead-dies-actor-the-kids-are-all-right-surface-1234821208/

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https://deadline.com/2020/11/elsa-raven-dies-save-the-clock-tower-lady-from-back-to-the-future-was-91-obituary-1234609443/

 

 

 

American actress Elsa Raven has died aged 91.

 

She starred in Back to the future amongst other roles. 

[Perhaps 1,423]

She was in titanic too:

 

 

Apparently Lew Palter, who played the husband, is still alive and 92 years old.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Gilbert Gottfried

 Yesterday at 8:52 AM  · 

While filming Ghost of Frankenstein, she would play hide & go seek with Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney, Jr.  Chaney wanted to adopt her. She died of leukemia on Friday the 13th.  And most importantly, she was a guest on my podcast Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast. 

RIP Janet Ann Gallow.