Obits

Upon the passing of Clarence Williams III, you are probably most likely to hear about his work on two projects...

There is deadpan and then there is the mystical art of the deadpan that Charles Grodin practiced for the entirety...

To write this piece, I had to fix a major cinematic blind spot: I had never seen Moonstruck. Yes, I...

The way most of us will (and should) remember Larry McMurtry is as a novelist. Beginning with Horsemen Pass By...

I suppose there is a whole generation of people (maybe two generations) that know and love George Segal for his...

I always thought Yaphet Kotto was one of the greatest names in film history. It sounds more like a place...

Before finally breaking through as Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music in 1965, Christopher Plummer toiled for over...

Over the length of his more than 60 year career on TV, stage, and screen, Hal Holbrook played John Adams,...

The career of Cicely Tyson was long and extraordinary, but also touched with more than a little of “what should...

Nine decades. That’s how extensive the career of Cloris Leachman was. It is such an extraordinary length of time that...

As a director, Michael Apted had two careers. In one, he was a sturdy professional who made a number of...

When you're the in-house obit writer, every now and then you run into a challenging tribute assignment. As well-versed as...

For many people (if not most), Sean Connery's legacy is clear: he was the definitive James Bond. Oh sure, there...

Michael Chapman last made a movie in 2007 with the coming of age film, Bridge to Terabithia. Like Allen Daviau...

Diana Rigg may be known mostly for playing Emma Peel on The Avengers, but her career touched on an astounding...

In 1976, Linda Manz was cast by Terrence Malick at the age of 15 to play the sister of Richard...

There's really no benefit in trying to make sense of the directorial career of Alan Parker. Over more than a...

Hollywood execs never quite figured out what to do with Kelly Preston, did they? The impossibly beautiful blonde was seldom...

Where does one even begin when attempting to contextualize the career of Ennio Morricone? I'm not sure if Morricone is...

Carl Reiner may not have been the last of his kind, but you would be forgiven for thinking so. Over...