Hollywood Possibilities

[time 8,621]

Joanna Barnes, writer and actress, most remembered for her role of Gloria Upson in Auntie Mame, in TV & film a career lasting over 40 years, has died aged 87. She appeared in both the original The Parent Trap (1961) and the 1998 remake. She also played Jane opposite Denny Miller's Tarzan in Tarzan, The Ape Man (1959), the 13th actress to take the role. On TV she appeared in many programmes - Maverick, HAve Gun Will Travel, Alias Smith * Jones, Cheers, Hart to Hart - from 1956 until 2000.

 

As well as acting, she wrote several novels and a book about home decorating.

[gcreptile 10,979]

David Birney, US actor in St. Elsewhere and on the sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie, dead of Alzheimer's at 83:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/david-birney-dead-actor-bridget-loves-bernie-83-1235139638/

 

Picked by the DDP theme team "Saints Elsewhere"

Edit: QO:https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/celebrities/18447146/david-birney-cause-of-death/

[Filenos 22]

On 07/01/2022 at 18:46, drol said:

Lee Grant from In the Heath of the Night is cranky old now. Wouldn't surprise me as a "sudden" death.

Very old, but obviously still quite well according to a new interview: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/may/06/name-names-never-never-never-lee-grant-on-her-decades-of-defiance

 

Although a sudden death can always happen at 95.

[YoungWillz 21,066]

Apparently the death has been announced on Facebook of John R Cherry, writer, producer and director of the series of Ernest movies: 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156047/

[Gisooo 3,380]

American actor James Olson (Wiki) reported dead at 91

 

He starred alongside Joanne Woodward in the Academy Award-nominated Best Picture Rachel, Rachel in 1968. He made numerous stage, feature film, and TV appearances from the mid-1950s until 1990, when he retired.

 

On television, Olson portrayed Mickey Mantle in The Life of Mickey Mantle. His other TV appearances included guest roles on scores of shows, including episodes of Kraft Television Theatre; Ironside; Murder, She Wrote; Little House on the Prairie; Hawaii Five-O; Battlestar Galactica; Lou Grant; The Bionic Woman; Wonder Woman; Mannix; Bonanza; Have Gun-Will Travel; Marcus Welby, M.D.; Police Woman; Barnaby Jones; The New Land; Columbo; Maude; The Virginian; and The Streets of San Francisco.

 

[jcc 228]

. Prolific character actor Jack Kehler whose credits include the Dude's landlord in "The Big Lebowski" felled by leukemia at 75.

[YoungWillz 21,066]

7 hours ago, jcc said:

. Prolific character actor Jack Kehler whose credits include the Dude's landlord in "The Big Lebowski" felled by leukemia at 75.

Jack Kehler was in Star Trek: DS9 - hey a Scavvy Hunt miss. 

 

Could equally have gone in the much underused Babylon 5 thread. 

[msc 18,480]

38 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Jack Kehler was in Star Trek: DS9 - hey a Scavvy Hunt miss. 

 

Could equally have gone in the much underused Babylon 5 thread. 

 

Yeah but you ever seen how many episodes of Star Trek there is? Millions! Everyone was in them. Hell, I'm sure even @Bibliogryphon had a 3 episode run in the mid 90s!

[YoungWillz 21,066]

4 minutes ago, msc said:

 

Yeah but you ever seen how many episodes of Star Trek there is? Millions! Everyone was in them. Hell, I'm sure even @Bibliogryphon had a 3 episode run in the mid 90s!

The American Z-Cars.

[Bibliogryphon 9,588]

11 minutes ago, msc said:

 

Yeah but you ever seen how many episodes of Star Trek there is? Millions! Everyone was in them. Hell, I'm sure even @Bibliogryphon had a 3 episode run in the mid 90s!

 

A traitorous but handsome Bajoran Doctor 

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Philip M. Goldfarb, who was an Emmy Award-winning producer on L.A. Law as part of a 40+ year career, died April 7th. He was 82. Goldfarb's death was being reported on May 11th.

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/phillip-goldfarb-dead-la-law-producer-1235144663/

[MrWonderful 481]

On 09/05/2022 at 08:30, Gisooo said:

American actor James Olson (Wiki) reported dead at 91

 

He starred alongside Joanne Woodward in the Academy Award-nominated Best Picture Rachel, Rachel in 1968. He made numerous stage, feature film, and TV appearances from the mid-1950s until 1990, when he retired.

 

On television, Olson portrayed Mickey Mantle in The Life of Mickey Mantle. His other TV appearances included guest roles on scores of shows, including episodes of Kraft Television Theatre; Ironside; Murder, She Wrote; Little House on the Prairie; Hawaii Five-O; Battlestar Galactica; Lou Grant; The Bionic Woman; Wonder Woman; Mannix; Bonanza; Have Gun-Will Travel; Marcus Welby, M.D.; Police Woman; Barnaby Jones; The New Land; Columbo; Maude; The Virginian; and The Streets of San Francisco.

 

I couldn't place where I'd seen his face before, so I looked it up, and for me, I remembered seeing him in the Schwarzenegger flick Commando.  

[ajlposh 548]

Fred Ward has died at 79

[Gisooo 3,380]

June Preston, classic Hollywood child actress and opera performer dead at 93 

 

She was known for her roles in Anne of Green Gables, Heaven Can Wait, The Strawberry Blonde and The Devil and the Daniel Monster

Hollywood Reporter Obit

 

[SwiftlyVague 79]

The SAG-AFTRA magazine's Spring 2022 Edition has been published online for those who are interested.

 

https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1467606-spring-2022/0?

 

Skip to the "In Memoriam" section here:

https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1467606-spring-2022/89?

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

5 hours ago, SwiftlyVague said:

The SAG-AFTRA magazine's Spring 2022 Edition has been published online for those who are interested.

 

https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1467606-spring-2022/0?

 

Skip to the "In Memoriam" section here:

https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1467606-spring-2022/89?

I'm going through the whole list at the moment.

The first name that stands out is actress Barbara Collentine (IMDb). Widow of actor Richard Bull (who died in 2014, aged 89) and mentioned in the Detective thread before.



She died on March 10, 2022, aged 97.

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

The only other previously unreported name on the list appears to be Italian-born model and actress Tina Scala (wiki), who died in Las Vegas on January 10, 2022, aged 86.

Had minor roles in Capone and Midnight Cowboy. Actress and model Gia Scala (1934–1972) was her sister. She died from a barbiturate overdose.



That appears to be it. The Spring/Summer edition of Equity magazine will be out in a few days time. That should be more interesting.

[Gisooo 3,380]

2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

The only other previously unreported name on the list appears to be Italian-born model and actress Tina Scala (wiki), who died in Las Vegas on January 10, 2022, aged 86.

Had minor roles in Capone and Midnight Cowboy. Actress and model Gia Scala (1934–1972) was her sister. She died from a barbiturate overdose.



That appears to be it. The Spring/Summer edition of Equity magazine will be out in a few days time. That should be more interesting.

Before SAG AFRTA, a obituary for her, published at her death date

[alt obits guy 3,371]

John Aylward, a veteran actor with dozens of roles to his credit, but perhaps best known as Dr. Donald Anspaugh in ER, has died. He was 75.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/entertainment/john-aylward-dead/index.html

[msc 18,480]

5 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

John Aylward, a veteran actor with dozens of roles to his credit, but perhaps best known as Dr. Donald Anspaugh in ER, has died. He was 75.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/entertainment/john-aylward-dead/index.html

 

An ER regular, he was in it for years.

 

 

Also had a recurring role in The West Wing as the DNC chair, a spot in one of the last original X-Files episodes (about an evil Brady Bunch house, it's crap but he's good in it),  and more recent roles in Yellowstone, Fringe and American Horror Story. He was also in 2010's zombie flick The Crazies, as the true to life Mayor who refuses to quarantine his town as shit breaks down.

 

[arghton 6,763]

6 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

John Aylward, a veteran actor with dozens of roles to his credit, but perhaps best known as Dr. Donald Anspaugh in ER, has died. He was 75.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/entertainment/john-aylward-dead/index.html

Terrible news. 

A few months ago I got recommended on youtube a video of him participating in an one-hour podcast/interview (September 2021) talked about his roles on tv, in films and especially his role as Dr. Arne Magnusson in video game Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007) he was sharp, didn't sound weak and could still read his lines from that game , still working and I can't say he looked great but I would've said he probably won't go during the next five years.

[Gisooo 3,380]

According to SAG AFTRA Magazine, actress Laurinda Barrett (IMDb) dead at 90.

 

She played the mother of Sandra Locke (Mick) in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968). Both actresses now are dead.

 

I submitted this in IMDb and as always they did not accept it even though it was SAG 

 

     

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

22 minutes ago, Gisooo said:

According to SAG AFTRA Magazine, actress Laurinda Barrett (IMDb) dead at 90.

 

She played the mother of Sandra Locke (Mick) in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968). Both actresses now are dead.

 

I submitted this in IMDb and as always they did not accept it even though it was SAG 

 

     

SAG-AFTRA have spelt her surname wrong, which won't help with the IMDb update.

[Spade_Cooley 9,540]

Ray Liotta dead at 67.

 

For a second I thought I was dead. But, when I heard all the noise, I knew they were cops

[Leon Brittan 294]

8 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Ray Liotta dead at 67.

 

For a second I thought I was dead. But, when I heard all the noise, I knew they were cops

What a shocker. Brilliant actor in his early days. He was shite in the Newark sopranos film though