Dean Stockwell was an actor for so long that his career dates all the way back to World War II....
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Read moreIf you decide to go to IMDB to track the career of Ed Asner (as I did) expect to do...
Read moreFor all the fame, and box office that films directed by Richard Donner received, the filmmaker himself was seldom seen...
Read moreNed Beatty made his film debut in 1972 in John Boorman’s classic wilderness survival tale, Deliverance. Of course, that description...
Read moreUpon the passing of Clarence Williams III, you are probably most likely to hear about his work on two projects...
Read moreThere is deadpan and then there is the mystical art of the deadpan that Charles Grodin practiced for the entirety...
Read moreTo write this piece, I had to fix a major cinematic blind spot: I had never seen Moonstruck. Yes, I...
Read moreThe way most of us will (and should) remember Larry McMurtry is as a novelist. Beginning with Horsemen Pass By...
Read moreI suppose there is a whole generation of people (maybe two generations) that know and love George Segal for his...
Read moreI always thought Yaphet Kotto was one of the greatest names in film history. It sounds more like a place...
Read moreBefore finally breaking through as Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music in 1965, Christopher Plummer toiled for over...
Read moreOver the length of his more than 60 year career on TV, stage, and screen, Hal Holbrook played John Adams,...
Read moreThe career of Cicely Tyson was long and extraordinary, but also touched with more than a little of “what should...
Read moreNine decades. That’s how extensive the career of Cloris Leachman was. It is such an extraordinary length of time that...
Read moreAs a director, Michael Apted had two careers. In one, he was a sturdy professional who made a number of...
Read moreWhen you're the in-house obit writer, every now and then you run into a challenging tribute assignment. As well-versed as...
Read moreFor many people (if not most), Sean Connery's legacy is clear: he was the definitive James Bond. Oh sure, there...
Read moreMichael Chapman last made a movie in 2007 with the coming of age film, Bridge to Terabithia. Like Allen Daviau...
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