RIP Miguel de Grandy dies

February 23, 2016, 1:13 pm

Actor Miguel de Grandy dies

Spanish Actors Union

December 30, 2016

Cuban actor and stage director Miguel de Grandy died on Tuesday January 29, 2016 in Madrid at 81 years old.

Son of artists Julita Muñoz actress and director and tenor Miguel de Grandy, the actor developed his career in dozens of countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, USA, Germany and, of course, in Spain, where he resided in the 1970's.

His career Spain was noted for his participation in “La corte de Faraón”, “La del soto del Parral” and “La verbena de La Paloma” at Compañía Nacional del Teatro de La Zarzuela, and “La chulapona y La revoltosa”, among others.

He was also part of the National Classical Theatre Company, with which he made his debut in 1992 with the premiere of “La Gran Sultana” by Miguel de Cervantes, along with “Don Gil de las calzas verdes” and “El sí de las niñas”, among other classics .

In recent years, he joined the cast in several films such as “Espérame en el cielo”, “Besos en la Oscuridad” and “La conjura del Escorial”, as well as the television series ‘Farmacia de guardia’, ‘Manos a la obra’ and ‘Amar en tiempos revueltos’, among others.

de GRANDY, Miguel

Born: 7/5/1934, Havana, Cuba

Died: 1/29/2016, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Miguel de Grandy’s western – actor:

The New Zorro (TV) – 1991 (Bernardo de la Paz)

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RIP Carlos Camara

February 24, 2016, 10:13 am

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Mexican actor dies Carlos Camara dies

The famous soap opera star was 82 years old. He appeared in novelas likemor Real", "La mentira" and "Cuna de lobos".

Actor Carlos Cámara, who suffered a heart attack, had celebrated his 82 birthday on January 9.

La Prensa

2/24/2016

Renowned Mexican actor Carlos Camara has died at age 82 in Mexico City.

The death of the actor was announced via Twitter by the producer Emilio Larrosa, who worked with him in the telenovela "Hasta que el dinero nos separe".

Carlos Camara acted in many Mexican soap operas like "Hasta que el dinero nos separe", "Amor Real", "La mentira" y "Cuna de lobos", among others.

The famous actor was of Dominican descent and was the father of the Venezuelan actors Carlos Cámara Jr. and Victor Camara, who was also devoted to acting.

He settled in Mexico in the late19 60s and worked in television, and in film and theater.

According to various reports, the actor had undergone surgery and afterward suffered a stroke; He was 82 years old.

Carlos Camara turned 82 on January 9th.

CAMARA, Carlos (Ahuizotl Camacho)

Born: 1/9/1934, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Died: 2/24/2016, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico

Carlos Camara’s western – actor:

My Friend Winnetou (TV) – 1979 (Mortimer)

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RIP Tony Burton

February 25, 2016, 7:40 pm

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MLive

By Eric Woodyard

February 25, 2016

FLINT, MI – Movie star Tony Burton died in California on Thursday afternoon, according to his younger sister Loretta "Peaches" Kelley.

Burton, a native of Flint, was best known for his role as Apollo Creed's trainer "Duke" in the Rocky series.

Kelley said he had been in and out of the hospital for the past year, but never received an official diagnosis. He was 78.

Burton had been living in California for more than 30 years and was just one of four actors, including Sylvester Stallone, to appear in the first six Rocky movies.

Due to his health, Kelley said he wasn't able to see the film "Creed," released in 2015, that was centered on the son of Rocky's rival Apollo Creed.

"There's a scene in the restaurant of that movie (Creed) where his picture is on the wall," Kelley said. "We didn't talk about (Rocky) a lot. I mean we were excited, but other people were more excited. Whenever he would come home (to Flint) other people would just come over."

Burton graduated from Flint Northern High School in 1955. He played football and made All-City and All-Valley teams as a halfback in 1954, while also leading the Vikings baseball team to a city title as a pitcher, too.

Burton won two Flint Golden Gloves light heavyweight titles in 1955 and 1957, then briefly fought professionally before starting his acting career.

"He was a heck of a ball player," said Norm Bryant, Burton's football teammate at Northern. "Tony was just a good all-around athlete."

He also had memorable scenes in the 1970s films "The Shining" and "Stir Crazy" but is mostly linked to the Rocky movies.

In 1993, he was inducted into the Greater Flint Afro-American Sports Hall of Fame.

His son, Martin, died of a heart attack at age 43 on May 8, 2014.

"It's just like someone in my own family passed," said Gerald Moore, a Northern classmate of Burton. "Whenever we got together we would reminisce on old times."

BURTON, Tony (Anthony Burton)

Born: 3/23/1937, Flint, Michigan, U.S.A.

Died: 2/25/2016, California, U.S.A.

Tony Burton’s westerns – actor:

Ransom for Alice (TV) – 1977 (Fish Man)

Bret Maverick (TV) – 1982 (Arthur)

The Magnificent Seven (TV) – 1998 (Tennessee Eban)

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RIP Stefan Lisewski

February 28, 2016, 12:00 pm

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Brecht-actor Stefan Lisewski has died

Salzburger Nachrichten

2/28/2016

The actor Stefan Lisewski is dead. He died at the age of 82 years on Friday in Berlin, such as the Berliner Ensemble said on Saturday. Lisewski, born in 1933 in Tczew (Poland), have until recently in Bertolt Brecht confessed "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" as Dogsborough on stage, as a spokeswoman for the ensemble of the German press agency said.

More than 500 times embodied Lisewski, who learned his craft at the State Drama School in Berlin Schöneweide, the Mac the Knife in "The Three Penny Opera". He also acted in another Brecht plays like "Mother Courage", "Señora Carrar's Rifles", "The Mother", "Galileo", "Puntila" or "Caucasian Chalk Circle" with.

Lisewski still played together with Helene Weigel and Ernst Busch. It was a "great time", he told the German Press Agency on his 70th birthday. Thanks to the many foreign guest performances he had, even before the Wall fell, "seen by the whole world". He also stood in front of the camera: among other things, in the DEFA film "The Sorrows of Young Werther" and some "Polizeiruf 110" crime episode.

LISEWSKI, Stefan

Born: 7/6/1933, Dirschau, Poland

Died: 2/26/2016, Berlni, Berlin, Germany

Stefan Lisewski’s western – actor:

Fatal Error - 1969 (Ten Eyck)

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RIP Richard Newman

February 28, 2016, 2:41 pm

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Ventura County Star

February 28, 2016

Richard Ferdinand Newman, born August 24, 1928, died peacefully, at home, after a long illness on February 11, 2016. Born in New York, raised in Washington, DC, and graduated from the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked for Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, and became a Publicist at Columbia Studios and Paramount. In 1959, he married Pat, had three sons, and, in 1966, moved to Thousand Oaks. He wrote for television: "Restless Gun", "The Rebel ", Bonanza", "Laramie", "Wells Fargo", etc. and continued as a Unit Publicist on motion pictures featuring Steve McQueen, Fess Parker, Yvette Mimieu, and Ricardo Montalban. He was twice Vice-President of the Publicists Guild. Meanwhile, he became a Reserve Deputy Sheriff in Los Angeles County, twice named Reserve Deputy of the year, serving in West Hollywood during the heyday of the Sunset Strip.

Now with a family in Thousand Oaks and seeking a more regular schedule, he joined the new Simi Valley Police Department, where he rose quickly through the ranks, and retired as a lieutenant, though he had once served as Acting Deputy Chief. While with SVPD, he earned Master’s Degrees in Administration of Justice, Public Administration, and Educational Counseling. Considered an expert in Juvenile Justice, he was invited to address the National Chiefs of Police on that subject. This subject also inspired him to welcome 44 foster sons from Juvenile Court and a mental health treatment home program into his home.

His youth involvement led him to manage and coach in Conejo Valley Little League for 24 years, including All-Stars and CVLL Board positions. Elected to the Conejo Valley Recreation & Parks Board, he served seven years, before being elected to the Conejo Valley Unified School Board for nine years, and was twice president of each. With his counseling degree, he worked in Oak Park School District as an At-Risk Counselor in middle schools until he was off the school board, when he shifted to At-Risk children in CVUSD middle schools. He volunteered at Sequoia Middle School until 2015.

In his later years, limited by kidney dialysis, he amassed an extensive CD collection and he and Pat continued their frequent cruise travels, collecting souvenir schlock, which he loved.

In addition to wife, Pat, Richard leaves three sons: H. Robert (Samantha), Richard W. (Jodi), and Christopher W. (Tammy); and granddaughters Jessica, Ryan, Grace, Alexandra, and Joy. As Richard had so many good stories to tell, through his varied experiences, an informal memorial gathering will be held in March to share "Tales of Newman."

NEWMAN, Richard (Richard Ferdinand Newman)

Born: 8/24/1928, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 2/11/2016, Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.A.

Richard Newman’s westerns – screenwriter:

The Restless Gun (TV) – 1958, 1959

Johnny Ringo (TV) – 1959

The Rebel (TV) – 1960

Bonanza (TV) – 1961

Tales of Wells Fargo (TV) – 1961

Laramie (TV) - 1962

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RIP Jack Lindquist

February 28, 2016, 4:59 pm

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Jack Lindquist, First President of Disneyland, Dies at 88

Variety

February 28, 2016

Jack Lindquist, a longtime Disney Parks employee who served as the first president of Disneyland and helped plot the global expansion of the Mouse’s theme park operations, died of natural causes Sunday morning at his home in Anaheim, Calif. He was 88.

Lindquist was a designated Disney Legend for his long tenure at the Anaheim theme park that is the cornerstone of Disney’s global parks and resort empire. Hired by Walt Disney himself, Lindquist served as the first advertising manager for Disneyland, which opened its doors in July 1955. Lindquist rose up the marketing ranks at Disney during the next 35 years before being named president of Disneyland in 1990.

Lindquist is a recipient of the ultimate honor for Disney insiders: a window featuring his name on Disneyland’s Main Street. It reads: “J.B. Lindquist, Honorary Mayor of Disneyland.”

During his 38 years with Disney, Lindquist did everything from market the original ticket books that guests used to ride attractions in Disneyland to serving as an integral part of the planning for Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland and what is now Disneyland Paris.

“Jack Lindquist was a Disney original in every sense,” said Robert Iger, Disney chairman-CEO in a statement. Iger noted that Lindquist always referred to his role as Disneyland president as “the best job in the world.”

Moreover, Lindquist “made sure Disneyland was the ‘Happiest Place on Earth’ for each guest who walked through the gates, setting the standard for every leader that followed,” Iger said. “Those of us who had the good fortune to know Jack will always remember the kindness, humility and dedication that made him such an important part of this company and a true Disney Legend.”

A native of Chicago, Lindquist’s family moved to Los Angeles when he was four. He worked as a child actor with credits that included serving as an extra in Hal Roach’s popular “Our Gang” series and as a kid hoofer in the 1943 Lucille Ball movie “Best Foot Forward.”

After graduating from Hollywood High School, Jack spent two years in the U.S. Air Force and then attended USC.

Lindquist rose through the marketing ranks at Disney parks, becoming VP of marketing for Disneyland and Disney World in 1972. Ten years later, he was promoted to exec VP of marketing and entertainment for all of the company’s outdoor recreation activities.

Lindquist retired from Disney on Nov. 18, 1993, a date that also marked Mickey Mouse’s 65th birthday.

Lindquist published a memoir, “In Service to the Mouse,” in 2010.

Marty Sklar, former vice chairman of Walt Disney Imagineering, called Lindquist a “great friend and mentor.” He cited his creativity in dreaming up promotions such as giving away a car to every 30,000th visitor to Disneyland to celebrate the park’s 30th anniversary in 1985. Disney handed out some 410 cars in all and reaped invaluable promotion for the park in the process.

“The title of Jack’s memoir really says it all about his professional career: ‘In Service to the Mouse.’ That’s who he was and what he did,” Sklar said. “His innovations pioneered theme park industry marketing: New Year’s Eve parties, Grad Nights for high schools, Disney Dollars and his ultimate concept to celebrate Disneyland’s 30th anniversary. … As he acknowledged in his book, ‘Keep that smile on your face, twinkle in your eye, and song in your heart. Thanks, Mickey!’ And all of us who worked with him say “Thanks, Jack!”

LINDQUIST, Jack

Born: 3/15/1927, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Died: 2/28/2016, Anaheim, California, U.S.A.

Jack Lindquist’s westerns – actor:

Wells Fargo – 1937

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – 1938

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RIP George Kennedy

February 29, 2016, 3:37 pm

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George Kennedy, Oscar Winner for 'Cool Hand Luke,' Dies at 91

The Hollywood Reporter

By Mike Barnes and Duane Byrge

2/29/2016

The burly actor played bad guys in such films as 'Charade' and 'Thunderbolt & Lightfoot' before memorably playing against type in the 'Naked Gun' movies.

George Kennedy, a bear of a man who won an Oscar for his performance as the sadistic chain gang prisoner Dragline in Cool Hand Luke and delighted audiences as a dimwitted police captain in the zany Naked Gun comedies, has died. He was 91.

Kennedy died Sunday morning in Boise, Idaho, his grandson, Cory Schenkel, said on his Facebook page.

Until his recognition in Cool Hand Luke (1967), Kennedy was usually cast as a tough guy. Following his Oscar win for best supporting actor, he went on to star in The Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) and received second billing in such films as The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969) with Robert Mitchum; Dirty Dingus Magee (1970) with Frank Sinatra; Fools’ Parade (1971) with James Stewart; and The Eiger Sanction (1975) with Clint Eastwood, a frequent co-star.

A former Army career soldier, Kennedy played a series of heavies in the movies. He attacked Cary Grant with a steel claw in Stanley Donen's Charade (1963), pursued Joan Crawford with an ax in Strait-Jacket (1964), attempted to assassinate Gregory Peck in Mirage (1965) and kicked Jeff Bridges to death in Thunderbolt & Lightfoot (1974).

The 6-foot-4, barrel-chested New Yorker also appeared as airplane mechanic Joe Patroni in the star-studded disaster thriller Airport (1970) and its three sequels.

Along with Leslie Nielsen, another actor with a straight-arrow reputation, Kennedy played comically against type as Captain Ed Hocken (replacing Alan North from the TV show) in the antic Jim Abrahams/Zucker Brothers spoofs The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), The Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear (1991) and The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994).

On television, the sandy-haired Irish-American starred in two short-lived series in the 1970s — as a homicide detective turned priest in NBC’s Sarge and as L.A. beat cop Bumper Morgan on CBS’ The Blue Knight, based on the Joseph Wambaugh best-seller. He also played Ewing family nemesis Carter McKay from 1988-91 on the CBS primetime soap Dallas.

Recently, big George appeared in the films Another Happy Day (2011) and Mark Wahlberg's The Gambler (2014).

George Kennedy Jr. was born Feb. 18, 1925, in New York City. His father was a pianist and a composer/conductor at the Proctor’s theater in Manhattan, and his mother danced with vaudeville’s Le Ballet Classique. He made his acting debut at age 2 in a touring company of Bringing Up Father, traveling with the show for two years, and later voiced children’s radio shows.

Following high school graduation, Kennedy enlisted in the Army in 1943 with the hope of becoming a pilot in the Army Air Corps. He wound up in the infantry, served under Gen. George Patton and distinguished himself with his valor: He won two Bronze stars and four rows of combat and service ribbons. After World War II, a bizarre medical condition — his left leg was shorter than his right by three inches — left him in traction for two years.

(Kennedy would later play Patton, the target of an assassination plot, in 1978's Brass Target opposite Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes and Robert Vaughn.)

In the mid-1950s after re-enlisting, Kennedy worked in Armed Forces Radio and Television, and that got him a job in New York as technical adviser (and a few uncredited appearances) on the army-camp comedy Sgt. Bilko. Watching Phil Silvers and show creator Ned Hiken work whetted his appetite for acting. Additional good fortune arrived when the production company’s secretary referred him to a chiropractor who alleviated his leg and back problems.

With 30 percent disability after 15 years of service, Kennedy moved to Hollywood in 1959 and played an array of toughs who could go up against such stars of TV Westerns as 6-foot-7 James Arness in Gunsmoke, 6-foot-6 Clint Walker in Cheyenne and 6-foot-6 Chuck Connors in The Rifleman.

“The big guys were on TV and they needed big lumps to eat up,” Kennedy said in a 1971 interview. “All I had to do was show up on the set, and I got beaten up.”

Of course, he fought Paul Newman early on in Stuart Rosenberg’s drama Cool Hand Luke as Dragline, the leader of the prisoners who gives Newman's character his nickname.

“The marvelous thing about that movie,” Kennedy recalled in a 1978 interview, “was that as my part progresses, I changed from a bad guy to a good guy. The moguls in Hollywood must have said, ‘Hey, this fellow can do something besides be a bad guy.’ ”

Kennedy’s vast body of work also includes Spartacus (1960); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); the John Wayne classic The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Dirty Dozen (1967); The Boston Strangler (1968); Earthquake (1974); Death on the Nile (1978), Albert Brooks’ Modern Romance (1981), in which he played himself as the star of an atrocious sci-fi film; Bolero (1984) opposite Bo Derek; Small Soldiers (1997), in which he voiced Brick Bazooka; and Wim Wenders’ Don’t Come Knocking (2005).

He appeared in NBC's See How They Run (1964), which is considered the first movie made for TV. He also played President Warren G. Harding in the 1979 miniseries Backstairs at the White House and had a long-standing role on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless.

Kennedy's wife, Joan, died in September.

KENNEDY, George (George Kennedy Jr.)

Born: 2/18/1925, New York City, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 2/28/2016, Boise, Idaho, U.S.A.

George Kennedy’s westerns – actor:

Cheyenne (TV) – 1959 (Lee Nelson)

Colt .45 (TV) – 1959 (Hank)

The Deputy (TV) – 1959 (Tex)

Sugarfoot (TV) – 1959, 1960 (Sykes, Ross Kuhn)

Gunsmoke (TV) – 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966 (Emil, Jake Bayloe, Pat Swarner, Hug, Stark, Cyrus, Ben Payson)

Have Gun – Will Travel (TV) – 1960, 1961, 1963 (Lt. Bryson, Sam Tarnitzer, Deke, Rud Saxon, Brother Grace, Big Jim,

Laramie (TV) – 1960 (Gallagher henchman)

Lawman (TV) – 1960 (Burt)

Maverick (TV) – 1960 (Deputy Jones)

Riverboat (TV) – 1960 (Gunner Slagle)

Shotgun Slade (TV) – 1960 (Tex)

The Tall Man (TV) – 1960, 1962 (Cyrus Canfield)

Bat Masterson (TV) – 1961 (Sheriff Zeke Armitage)

Bonanza (TV) – 1961, 1964 (Peter Long, Waldo Watson)

Gunslinger (TV) – 1961 (Sheriff)

Klondike (TV) – 1961 (Ira Shallop)

Lonely Are the Brave – 1962 (Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez)

Death Valley Days (TV) – 1962 (Steamboat Sully)

Outlaws (TV) – 1962 (Joe Ferris)

Rawhide (TV) – 1962 (George Wales)

Tales of Wells Fargo (TV) – 1962 (Hawk)

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV) – 1963 (Angus)

The Virginian (TV) – 1964, 1965, 1966 (Jack, Tom 'Bear' Suchette, Huck Harkness)

Shenandoah – 1965 (Col. Fairchild)

The Sons of Katie Elder – 1965 (Curley)

Daniel Boone (TV) – 1965 (Zach Morgan)

Laredo (TV) – 1965 (Jess Moran)

A Man Called Shenandoah (TV) – 1965 (Mitchell Canady)

The Big Valley (TV) – 1966 (Jack Thatcher)

The Legend of Jesse James (TV) – 1966 (Blodgett)

The Ballad of Josie – 1967 (Arch Ogden)

Bandolero! – 1968 (Sheriff July Johnson)

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys – 1969 (McKay)

Guns of the Magnificent Seven – 1969 (Chris)

Dirty Dingus Magee – 1970 (Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill)

Cahill U.S. Marshal – 1973 (Fraser)

A Cry in the Wilderness – 1974 (Sam Hadley)

The Gunfighters (TV) – 1987 (Deke Turner)

Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues (TV) – 1987 (Gen. Nelson Miles)

Lonesome Dove: The Series (TV) – 1994 (Judge J.T. 'Rope' Calder)

Santo Bugito (TV) – 1995 [the voice of Ralph]

Dobe and a Company of Heroes (TV) – 2002 [himself]

Don't Come Knocking - 2005 (Director)

Three Bad Men – 2005 (Ed Fiske)

Truce – 2005 (Dr. Peter Gannon)

The Man Who Came Back – 2008 (Judge Duke)

Mad Mad Wagon Party – 2010 (JB Scotch)

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RIP Antony Gibbs

March 2, 2016, 12:05 pm

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Antony Gibbs, Editor of ‘Dune,’ ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ Dies at 90

Variety

By Carmel Dagan

March 2, 2016

Antony Gibbs, a British-born film editor who cut dozens of pictures, including such ’60s classics as “Tom Jones” as well as “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Rollerball,” “Dune” and “Ronin,” died February 26. He was 90.

The Guild of British Film and Television Editors reported his death on Facebook.

Gibbs was nominated for four of the American Cinema Editors’ Eddie Awards, including for “Tom Jones” in 1964 and “Fiddler on the Roof” in 1972. He won Eddies in 1998 for his work on John Frankenheimer’s TNT miniseries “George Wallace,” starring Gary Sinise, and in 2002 for his editing of Mark Rydell’s TNT TV movie “James Dean,” starring James Franco (a film for which he also picked up an Emmy nomination). Also in 2002, he received an ACE career achievement award.

The ACE said of Gibbs in 2002: “With ‘Reindeer Games’ he continued his successful collaboration with John Frankenheimer, but his friend director Mark Rydell allowed Tony to accomplish something nobody has ever done in the A.C.E. annals; with his edit of ‘James Dean,’ a MOW for TNT, he is the only editor ever to be nominated for an A.C.E. Eddie Award and chosen to be an A.C.E. Career Achievement Award recipient in the same year. Absolutely deserving for an editor whose career startled us with his editorial innovations in the British New Wave and still amazes us with his ability to stay ahead of the crowd by infusing editing with new ideas.”

Gibbs received the first of his two Emmy nominations for Rydell’s 1996 HBO TV movie “Crime of the Century,” about the Lindbergh kidnapping case.

Gibbs began his editing career in the mid-1950s, working at first as an assistant to Ralph Kemplen and to Alan Osbiston; through these editors, Gibbs became involved from the beginning in the “New Wave” of British filmmaking of the early 1960s. Osbiston (with Gibbs’ assistance) edited “The Entertainer” (1960), starring Laurence Olivier and directed by Tony Richardson, one of the key British New Wave directors.

Gibbs was principal editor for “A Taste of Honey” (1961), “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner” (1962) and “Tom Jones” (1963), all directed by Richardson, as well as Richard Lester’s “The Knack …and How to Get It” (1965) and “Petulia” — all classics of 1960s filmmaking. On Richardson’s 1965 cult classic “The Loved One,” which was produced in Hollywood, Gibbs served as supervising editor.

Gibbs edited 1970’s “Performance,” starring James Fox and Mick Jagger and directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, and Roeg’s Australia-shot “Walkabout,” and around this time relocated to Hollywood, where he began with a very high-profile assignment, editing Jewison’s “Fiddler on the Roof.”

In addition to “George Wallace,” Gibbs worked with director Frankenheimer on 1998 action film “Ronin” and 2000’s “Reindeer Games.”

Gibbs also had a long association with director Norman Jewison beginning with “Fiddler on the Roof” and continuing with musical adaptation “Jesus Christ Superstar” (1973); futuristic sports actioner “Rollerball” (1975); union story “F.I.S.T.” (1978), starring Sylvester Stallone; mercenaries-in-Africa story “The Dogs of War” (1980), starring Christopher Walken; “Agnes of God” (1985), starring Jane Fonda and Meg Tilly; and “In Country” (1989), starring Bruce Willis as a troubled Vietnam veteran.

During the 1970s Gibbs edited films including “The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea” (1976) and Richard Attenborough’s World War II epic “A Bridge Too Far” (1977). In the 1980s his credits included Sean Penn prison drama “Bad Boys” (1983), David Lynch’s controversial adaptation of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” and the more intimate films “Stealing Home,” starring Jodie Foster and Mark Harmon, and the Kentucky-set “In Country.”

In the 1990s Gibbs edited films including the Mel Gibson-directed “The Man Without a Face” (1993), also starring Gibson; “Don Juan DeMarco” (1994) with Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando and Faye Dunaway; and Frankenheimer’s “Ronin.”

Gibbs retired after working on “James Dean” in 2001.

“The generation of American editors of which Dede Allen is a part has given considerable credit for the inspiration of their work to Antony Gibbs, the English editor of films directed by, amongst others, Tony Richardson, Nicholas Roeg, and Richard Lester,” writes Roger Crittenden in his 1995 book “Film and Video Editing.” “There is a daring and energetic quality to Tony Gibbs’ work, especially in some sequences of ‘The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner,’ ‘Tom Jones,’ ‘The Knack,’ and ‘Performance,’ which must have given a shot of adrenaline to aspiring editors on both sides of the Atlantic at the time. Dede ascribes her work on ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ directly to the influence of Tony Gibbs.”

Gibbs is survived by his wife Sherri.

GIBBS, Antony

Born: 10/17/1925, U.K.

Died: 2/26/2016, U.K.

Antony Gibbs – western – Supervising Editor:

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days - 1979

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RIP Lyla Graham

March 2, 2016, 7:58 pm

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Los Angeles Times

March 1, 2016

September 30, 1924 - February 26, 2016 Lyla Graham Pober passed away peacefully at home on February 26th, 2016 at the age of 91. Lyla was a source of inspiration to others through her teaching and practice of Yoga and her positive outlook on life. She had a passion for acting which she pursued professionally under the name Lyla Graham in a career spanning over 75 years.

One of her most cherished possessions was her memory books which were filled with photos of friends, family and her numerous travel adventures. She enjoyed spending time with her four grandchildren, Mara, Rachel, Valerie and Sarah. A good day for Lyla would begin with a swim in the pool, followed by a ride on a merry-go-round and end with a Lobster dinner.

Lyla is remembered and loved by her devoted partner of over 40 years, Phillip Braverman and his children (Lynne and Michael), son Lloyd Pober and family, son Lionel Pober and family, brother Earl Goldman and sister-in-law Terri Goldman.

She was predeceased by her husband Leon Pober, her parents, son Larry Pober and brother Steve Graham.

Private services will be held at the Hillside Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California. If you wish to honor Lyla go for a swim, take a yoga class, share a meal, have an adventure or spend some time with family and friends.

GRAHAM, Lyla

Born: 9/30/1924, U.S.A.

Died: 2/26/2016, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Lyla Graham’s western – actress:

The Return of Jack Slade – 1955 (Abilene)

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RIP Burt Nodella

March 3, 2016, 6:29 am

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Los Angeles Times

March 3, 2016

May 6, 1924 - February 23, 2016 WWll Veteran, Producer, Writer, Actor Burt Nodella was born in Brooklyn, NY. He served under General Patton where he survived Omaha Beach, Battle of the Bulge, and liberated Bergen Belson Concentration Camp. In 1946 Burt attended UCLA where he met Joanne Davis. They married and had two children.

Burt thrived as an actor, agent and producer of Television, winning two Emmys for producing Get Smart. He lived with Barbara Feldon from 1968-1979 then spent his remaining years on his boat in Marina Del Rey. Burt loved art, travel, romance, poetry, theater and sailing. He is survived by children Matthew Nodella and Carrie Kane along with her husband David and grandchildren, Oliver, Spencer and Lucas.

NODELLA, Burt

Born: 5/16/1924, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 2/23/2016, Marina Del Rey, California, U.S.A.

Burt Nodella’s western Producer:

Tate (TV) – 1960

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RIP Renée Valente

March 3, 2016, 6:44 am

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Los Angeles Times
March 3, 2016

July 15, 1927 - February 20, 2016 Veteran Emmy winning Producer died on February 20, 2016 at home in Studio City, California surrounded by family & friends. Born in New York City. She was 88. Renée met the love of her life in New York. Burr Smidt, Emmy award winning and Oscar Nominated Art Director, Producer and writer at Talent Associates while working on "Power and the Glory". They were married for 40 years and had 4 children. Burr Smidt died November 14, 2000.

Very few women in the Entertainment industry have received the respect that Renée Valente had. Renée was the first woman to serve as President of the Producers Guild, and was the first female Vice President of Screen Gems Productions and Columbia Pictures Television. Valente started her career at Talent Associates as a part-time secretary and rose through the ranks to Head of Production. She left Talent Associates for NASA to produce a series of specials. Valente was the first woman ever to test the Special Suit that simulates a walk on the Moon. Followed by a move to Screen Gems in Los Angeles where she became head of talent and casting.

During her career Valente produced more than 70 Movies for television and feature film, including "A Storm in Summer" which won her an Emmy. She received several other Emmy Nominations, countless awards including the Prestigious Women in Film Crystal Award and the first Casting Society of America Artios Award. Renée is survived by two step daughters and other family, her beloved dog Freddy and friends who will always miss the special, talented, supportive and loving woman she was. Memorial Services are pending.

VALENTE, Renée

Born: 7/15/1927, New York City, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 2/20/2016 Studio City, California, U.S.A.

Renée Valente’s westerns – executive producer, producer, casting executive:

Black Noon (TV) – 1971 [casting executive]

Banjo Hackett: Roamin’ Free (TV) – 1976 [casting executive]

The Quest (TV) – 1976 [casting executive]

Uphill All the Way – 1986 [executive producer]

Poker Alice (TV) – 1987 [producer]

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RIP Natalya Krachkovskaya

March 3, 2016, 7:57 am

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On Thursday, March 3, in to the Moscow hospital on 78^thyear of life the famous actress Natalya Krachkovskaya has died.

TASS

3/3/2016

The actress has been hospitalized on February 28 in the First city hospital from - for heart disease, doctors estimated her condition as extremely serious.

Natalya Krachkovskaya (maiden name of Belogortseva) was born into an actor's family. Her mother wanted Natalya to become an archivist. After leaving school she has was hired by Istoriko – an archival institute and at the same time to the VGIK.

In total Natalya Krachkovskaya's appeared in more than ninety movies. Generally they were supporting character parts. Among her best known pictures were - " Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future", "The 12 Chairs", "A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines", "The Pokrovsky Gate" and others.

"12 chairs"

The real creative success for the actress came after a role of Madam Gritsatsuyeva. Director Leonid Gaidai couldn't find a suitable type for the role. The actress agreed to act for the famous director but not at once. She first accompanied other actors on tests until she finally was used for the role.

"Ivan Vasilyevich Back to the Future"

One her roles, which the audience had fallen in love with the actress was executed in Gaidai's movie "Ivan Vasilyevi: Back to the Future ". She has played the wife of the house manager Bunsha in the film. The movie has the right to be considered a classic of the domestic film industry, and the phrase of the hero of Yury Yakovlev "Leave me and the old woman, in grief" became a well-known phrase in Russia

Is that so!"

She also had a bit part in Gaidai's film and was well remembered by the audience for “It Can't Be” where the actress performed together with Vyacheslav Nevinny and Igor Yasulovich.

KRACHKOVSKAYA, Natalya (Natalya Leonidovna Belogortseva)

Born: 11/24/1938, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.

Died: 3/3/2016, Moscow, Russia

Natalya Krachkovskaya’s western – actress:

A Man from Boulevard Capucines – 1987 (Conchita)

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RIP Steven Rumbelow

March 3, 2016, 5:09 pm

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Steven Rumbelow, Film, TV and Theater Writer and Director, Dies at 66

Variety

Alyssa Sage

March 2, 2016

Steven Rumbelow, a writer-producer-director of film, television and theater, died of sepsis Feb. 27 in Toronto. He was 66.

With a career spanning more than four decades, Rumbelow was introduced to the entertainment industry via London’s theater scene in the early ’70s. The English native went on to direct over 150 stage productions, the most notable of which was an adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s “Dr. Faustus” that he debuted in 1971 and continued to tour with around the world until the late ’90s.

Within the realm of television and film, Rumbelow was best known for the paranormal documentary series “Beyond” (2005-2007), which he created, directed, produced and starred in. He also directed and wrote the screenplay for the 2009 sci-fi thriller “Autumn.” Two of his later feature film projects, “The Summoning” and “Over the Edge,” are slated to launch at Cannes Film Festival this spring. Additional film and television credits include “King Lear” (1976), “St. Joan” (1978), “Ghosts” (1998), “Queen City Blowout” (2003) and “Covenant” (2012).

In recent years Rumbelow and his wife ran independent production company Renegade Motion Pictures.

Rumbelow is survived by his wife, Rachel, and two children, Dick Tolson and Svea Rumbelow.

RUMBELOW, Steven

Born: 7/22/1949, Bristol, England, U.K.

Died: 2/27/2016, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Steven Rumbelow’s westerns – producer:

Titus – 2015

Where Horses Die - 2017

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RIP Rudy Bukich

March 4, 2016, 6:21 am

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Former Chicago Bears QB Rudy Bukich, 85, dies

Chicago Tribune

By Brad Biggs

March 1, 2016

Former Bears quarterback Rudy "the Rifle" Bukich, a member of the team's 1963 championship team and an All-Pro in 1965, died Monday at 85.

A second-round draft pick of the Rams out of Southern Cal in 1953, Bukich had a 14-year career in the NFL and two stints with the Bears while also playing for the Redskins and Steelers.

Bukich played for the Bears in 1958-59 and from 1962-68. He served as Bill Wade's backup in 1963 and was second in the NFL in passing in '65. Bukich is the last Bear to post a passer rating of 100 or better in four consecutive games in a single season (1964). He led USC to a victory over Wisconsin in the 1953 Rose Bowl and was regarded for having one of the strongest arms in the league during his career.

Bukich was a favorite of teammates and tight end Mike Ditka once incensed coach George Halas when he stated publicly that he preferred Bukich to Wade. Bukich threw 20 touchdown passes in 1965 with only nine interceptions for the 9-5 Bears.

His career was shortened by two years when he served in the military from in 1954-55. Bukich retired in California and was a real estate developer.

BUKICH, Rudy (Rudolph Andrew Bukich)

Born: 9/15/1930, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.

Died: 2/29/2016, San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Rudy Bukich’s western – actor:

The Big Valley (TV) – 1966 (barkeep)

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RIP Pake Perin

March 5, 2016, 11:22 am

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Los Angeles Times

March 5, 2016

May 25, 1930 - February 3, 2016 From humble beginnings, Parke Raymond Perine made a wonderful life for himself and his family. He achieved success as a television writer, director and producer. But his greatest successes came as a father, husband, grandfather and friend. Parke passed away in Sherman Oaks on February 3, 2016, with his two loving daughters by his side.

Born in Wilmington, Delaware, on May 25, 1930, Parke grew up at the height of the Great Depression. His father was a jazz musician who was presumed dead in a car accident when Parke was just three years old. Thirty years later, he would discover that his father was still alive. His mother, a housewife whose ancestry in Delaware dated back several generations, died when Parke was just eight. When his grandfather died one month later, Parke and his older sister were left on their own until their cousin, Andy, and his wife, Emily, stepped in. However, Andy was soon drafted into World War II and died in Germany at the end of the war. It would be Emily who raised Parke, and she did so with great love and affection. Eventually, they settled in Lewes, Delaware, a small coastal town where the Atlantic Ocean and the Delaware Bay converge, and where he gained his lifelong love of the sea.

Parke graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in Political Science, and the dream of going to New York City to become an actor. Instead, he joined the Navy and served his country as Executive Officer on a tank landing ship in the Korean War. Upon leaving the Navy, he finally moved to New York City where he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and later studied with the famous drama teacher Uta Hagen.

After graduating from the Academy, Parke acted on Broadway and in the National Touring Company of "The World of Suzie Wong," where he met the great love of his life, Flavia Hsu Kingman. They married and had two daughters, Laura and Andrea. He appeared in several Off-Broadway productions, most notably "Two by Coward" at the St. Mark's Playhouse, and various television series, including "Naked City,""The Blue Men,""Dennis the Menace" and "The Rookies."

In between jobs as Production Stage Manager for Theatres-in-the-Round, Parke began directing Children's Theater, then moved into television, directing both live and tape productions for KCET, PBS and several local stations in Los Angeles. During this time, he also directed several productions for the American National Theatre and Academy as well as special projects for IBM and Hewlett-Packard.

In his capacity as Producer, Story Editor, freelance writer and Associate Producer, he wrote close to 100 television scripts for "The Rookies,""Starsky and Hutch,""Foul Play,""Wonderful World of Disney,""Eight is Enough,""Highway to Heaven,""Our House,""Knots Landing" and "Fame," for which Parke was nominated for a Writer's Guild Award.

Parke is survived by his two daughters, who could not be more proud of the loving and decent man he was; his four grandchildren, for whom the world will not be nearly so wondrous now that he is gone; his two sons-in-law, whom he so completely welcomed into the family; and a host of friends, all of whom will dearly miss his kindness, generosity, creativity and sense of humor. Parke loved nothing more than to dance with Flavia, with whom he shared 50 extraordinary years of marriage. His family smiles today knowing they are dancing together again.

PERIN, Parke (Parke Raymond Perin)

Born: 5/25/1930, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.

Died: 2/3/2016, Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.A.

Parke Perin’s western – actor:

The Hatfields and the McCoys – 1975 (first man)

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RIP Nancy Davis

March 6, 2016, 10:54 am

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Nancy Reagan: Charm, grace, and a passion for America

USA Today

By David Jackson

March 6, 2016

Former first lady Nancy Reagan, the former actress who played a pivotal role in the political rise and presidency of husband Ronald Reagan, died Sunday of congestive heart failure at the age of 94, the Reagan library announced.

She will be buried next to her husband, former President Ronald Reagan, at his presidential library in Simi Valley, Calif.

"Prior to the funeral service, there will be an opportunity for members of the public to pay their respects at the Library," its statement said. "Details will be announced shortly."

Tributes to Mrs. Reagan poured in from across the political spectrum.

"With the passing of Nancy Reagan, we say a final goodbye to the days of Ronald Reagan," said Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee in 2012. "With charm, grace, and a passion for America, this couple reminded us of the greatness and the endurance of the American experiment."

Barbara Bush, Mrs. Reagan's successor as first lady, said she "was totally devoted to President Reagan, and we take comfort that they will be reunited once more."

Former President George W. Bush said that, during her eight years in the White House, Mrs. Reagan "raised awareness about drug abuse and breast cancer." Bush added that when he and wife Laura moved into the White House in 2001, "we benefited from her work to make those historic rooms beautiful."

The 2016 Republican presidential candidates also paid praised the former first lady.

Donald Trump called Mrs. Reagan "the wife of a truly great President" and "an amazing woman" who will be missed, while Ted Cruz said she will be "remembered for her deep passion for this nation and love for her husband.."

John Kasich described the Reagans' marriage as "one of our nation's great love stories and a model of shared devotion to our country," while Marco Rubio called the former first lady "a true example of integrity and grace."

A Democrat, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, said that "you didn't have to be a Reagan Republican to admire and respect Nancy Reagan." He called her a tower of strength who had strong beliefs and "was not afraid to chart her own course politically," including support for the Brady gun control law.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., citing President Reagan's late-in-life battle with Alzheimer's, praised Nancy Reagan for her support of stem-called research, "channeling her family's private struggle into public advocacy on behalf of the millions of Americans fighting this disease."

Long-time aide Michael Deaver, who died in 2007, once said that, “without Nancy, there would have been no Governor Reagan, no President Reagan."

The former president died in 2004.

"Hands intertwined, Nancy and Ron rose to the pinnacle of political power, weathered cancer and personal heartbreak, and braved the depths of Alzheimer's cold embrace -- always together," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R- Ky.

Born Anne Frances Robbins on July 6, 1921 — and given the name Nancy by her mother — Mrs. Reagan's father left the family when she was young. Her mother, Edith Robbins, toured the country as an actress. Mrs. Reagan later married Dr. Loyal Davis, and the family settled in Chicago.

Having caught the acting bug from her mother, young Nancy pursued the profession in New York and Hollywood, where she met with fellow actor Ronald Reagan.

The two married on March 4, 1952.

The former Nancy Davis made 11 films in all, her last one coming in 1956: Hellcats of the Navy, co-starring her husband.

After her husband's election as governor of California in 1966, Mrs. Reagan began projects to assist wounded Vietnam veterans, prisoners of war, and service members missing in action. As first lady of the United States, Mrs. Reagan made drug abuse a central focus for her "Just Say No" program.

The library said that Mrs. Reagan is survived by her brother, Dr. Richard Davis; her two children with Ronald Reagan — Patti Davis and Ronald Prescott Reagan — and her stepson, Michael Reagan, as well numerous nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, Mrs. Reagan had requested that memorial contributions be made to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Foundation, the announcement said.

DAVIS, Nancy (Anne Frances Robbins)

Born: 7/6/1921, New York City, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 3/6/2016, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Nancy Davis’ westerns – actress:

The Tall Man (TV) – 1961 (Sarah Wiley)

Zane Grey Theater (TV) – 1961 (Amy Lawson)

Wagon Train (TV) – 1962 (Mrs. Baxter)

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RIP Aldo Ralli

March 6, 2016, 1:24 pm

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Goodbye to Aldo Ralli, last supporting actor of the Italian film industry

One of the actors of the Italian cinema, had just turned 80. Supporting actor of the greatest Italian actors: Totò, Macario Walter Chiari and Paolo Villaggio. He appeared in comedies, musicals and also TV series, such as the cult 'Iron Class'. And finally, three films by Paolo Sorrentino. We have lost a piece of history of the Italian film industry

La Republica

By Raffaella Scuderi

March 6, 2016

He’s died in Rome aged 80 Aldo Ralli, one of the last stars of the Italian film industry. The announcement was made by his family. "Aldo Ralli should be protected as a panda because he belongs to a breed in danger of extinction," so they had written about him. Aldo was a "supporter", that is he belonged to that class of character actors whose art is deeply appreciated at the roots and consisted in offering artful jokes to comedians and to give birth to unforgettable duets. Such as those between Toto and Castellani, Campanini and Walter Chiari, Ric and Gian, Agus and Village, to name just a few. With Aldo Ralli disappears the last supporting actor formed in the era of the 1950s, the last who could boast of having worked with the great comedians like Beniamino Maggio, Carlo Dapporto, Erminio Macario. To their school he had learned the secrets of the times and breaks that draw the laughter, the ability to improvise, the mastery of the stage that is to say: "When he comes on stage, someone comes in." However, times have changed, and comedians have started to prefer monologues and he, without a supporting comedian, had used his art to play character roles in countless performances. Especially comedies, and among them to remember the many recited with Maurizio Micheli, comedian who despite being born with the attitude to the monologue, had become seduced by the entertainment that offered the game on stage with a supporting doc as it was Ralli. But also musicals as "My Fair Lady" and more "serious" texts as "Three Penny Opera" produced by Palermo Stable where roared in the role of Tiger Brown. An actor then, but the general public had known him as a character actor in many films of the 1970s and 1980s, in particular a number of "Rubbish" with Tomas Milian directed by Bruno Corbucci. Film-junk became a much-loved cult movie! As a "cult" it has also became the television series "Iron Class" in the early 1990s. Yet both in memory and in the lives of the children of those years to merit, after more than 20 years, a fan page on Facebook, where Aldo Ralli is invariably referred to as the "legendary" Captain Dowels, leader and teacher of young men who later became famous as Rocco Papaleo.

RALLI, Aldo (Aldo Matarazzi Ralli)

Born:10/21/1935, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Died: 3/6/2016, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Aldo Ralli’s western – actor:

Rick & John Conqueror the West – 1967 (Romolo)

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RIP Richard Davalos

March 9, 2016, 12:13 pm

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Richard Davalos, 'East of Eden' and 'Cool Hand Luke' Actor, Dies at 85

The Hollywood Reporter

By Cheryl Cheng

3/9/2016

The actor was once roommates with James Dean.

Richard Davalos, who was featured in such classic films as East of Eden (1955) and Cool Hand Luke (1967), has died. He was 85.

The actor died Tuesday at St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, a hospital official confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

Davalos is best known for his role in East of Eden as Aron Trask, the younger brother of James Dean’s character, Cal. Previously a movie usher, he was discovered by director Elia Kazan and soon cast in his first film role. During filming, he shared a Burbank apartment with Dean.

He also starred opposite Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke as convict Blind Dick. Davalos’ other films include All the Young Men (1960), The Cabinet of Caligari (1962), Brother, Cry for Me (1970), Kelly’s Heroes (1970), Hot Stuff (1979), Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) and Ninja Cheerleaders (2008).

His TV credits include roles on Bonanza, The Americans, Perry Mason, Mannix, The Rockford Files, Hawaii Five-O, The Jeffersons, Hart to Hart and Murder, She Wrote.

Davalos also garnered some fame when he was featured on the cover art of The Smiths’ 1987 album Strangeways, Here We Come. Of the image, the actor told Mojo: “I’m in as much of a dilemma as to why Morrissey chose me for the cover as you, but I was terribly flattered.” Davalos’ image also appears on The Smiths’ U.S. releases of Best... I and ...Best II.

Davalos’ survivors include his two daughters, actress Elyssa and musician Dominique, and his granddaughter, actress Alexa.

DAVALOS, Richard (Richard Norman Davalos)

Born: 11/5/1930, Bronx, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 3/8/2016, Burbank, California, U.S.A.

Richard Davalos’ westerns – actor:

Bonanza (TV) – 1960 (Johnny Logan)

The Americans (TV) – 1961 (Corporal Jeff Canfield CSA)

Laramie (TV) – 1961 (Danny Hode)

Rawhide (TV) – 1965 (Will Butler)

The Quest (TV) – 1976 (Pratt)

The Quest: The Longest Drive (TV) – 1976 (Pratt)

How the West Was Won (TV) – 1979 (Captain Olini)

Death Hunt – 1981 (Beeler)

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RIP Dragan Nikolic

March 11, 2016, 7:32 am

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Deceased actor Dragan Nikolic

BLIC3/11/2016

Legendary actor Dragan Nikolic (73) passed away this morning in Belgrade, after a long and serious illness.

The giant of the Serbian theater has long struggled with problems with the colon.

The commemoration will be held on Monday 14 March at 12 am at the scene, "Mira Trailović" Atelier 212th

Dragan Nikolić will be buried the same day in the Avenue of Honor at the New Cemetery in Belgrade. A collection of family and friends in 14 hours, and the start of funeral at 14:30.

He was born in 1943 in Belgrade. After finishing elementary school he enrolled in the fourteenth Belgrade High School, which was not completed because it was moved to the School of Economics.

After spending two years in high school he graduated and passed the entrance exam at the Academy for theater, film, radio and television, and was the youngest student. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade.

His film career began in 1964 with a small role in the film Pravo stanje stvari," he then appeared using his baptismal name Dragoslav Nikolić.

Credit for changing to his nickname was due to an error at the end of the television series "Dovoljno je ćutati" in 1965 when they instead placed a nickname that would mark his career.

The first significant role was the main role in the film “Kad budem mrtav i beo” (1967) Živojina Pavlovića. His main and higher secondary roles were seen in more than thirty films: ističu se još “Horoskop” (B. Drašković, 1969); “Bube u glavi” (M. Radivojević, 1970), “Uloga moje porodice u svetskoj revoluciji” (B. Čengić, 1971), “Mlad i zdrav kao ruža” (J. Jovanović, 1971), “Bez reči” (M. Radivojević, 1972, Car Konstantin u Nišu), “Kičma” (V. Gilić, 1975), “Nacionalna klasa” (G. Marković, 1979, Car Konstantin), “Ko to tamo peva” (S. Šijan, 1980), “Banović Strahinja” (V. Mimica, 1981), where the role of the Turkish robbers Ali won the Golden Arena in Pula, “Sezona mira u Parizu” (P. Golubović, 1981), „Nešto između“ (S. Karanović, 1983), “Balkan ekspres” (B. Baletić, 1983), “Obećana zemlja“ (V. Bulajić, 1986), “Poslednji krug u Monci” (A. Bošković, 1989), “Original falsifikata” (D. Kresoja, 1991).

As a member of the Belgrade Drama Theatre and Atelier 212, where since 1969 he appeared in more than twenty roles and built a very successful theater career.

The "Pavle Vuisić" award for lifetime achievement was given to him in 2000.

Dragan and his wife Milena Dravić met in 1972 when they were together running the TV show "Obraz uz obraz" (Cheek to cheek) and during a break between filming, December 31, they went to the municipality to get married.

NIKOLIC, Dragan (Dragoslav Nikolic)

Born: 8/20/1943, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia

Died: 3/11/2016, Belgrade, Serbia

Dragan Nikolic’s western – actor:

The Golden Sling - 1967 (Dete I)

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RIP Miles Swarthout

March 11, 2016, 5:33 pm

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RIP Miles Swarthout

Miles Hood Swarthout, the only child of writers Glendon Swarthout and Kathryn Swarthout, died February 2^nd at his Playa Del Rey home. While his novelist father, Glendon, taught creative writing at Michigan State University he wrote two bestsellers that became big films -- "They Came To Cordura" and the first of the beach pictures, MGM's hit "Where The Boys Are." The family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, for Miles' high school, where he captained the tennis team and his parents collaborated on six young adult novels including "Whichaway,". Miles majored in English at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, while his dad authored the biggest-selling novel ever set in Arizona, "Bless the Beasts & Children," which Stanley Kramer filmed around Prescott. After stints modeling clothes, appearing in TV commercials and as a DJ on Phoenix rock radio, Miles spent a year as a VISTA Volunteer on the Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. He then got a Masters degree in Telecommunications from the University of Southern California and has since taught screenwriting and film history at his alma mater, CMC, and Arizona State University.

As a screenwriter, Miles adapted his father's Spur-winning novel," The Shootist," which garnered him a Writer's Guild nomination in 1976 for Best Adaptation and went into cinema history as John Wayne's final film. After a CBS TV-Movie, "A Christmas To Remember," and other script sales, both adaptations of his dad's 16 novels and originals, Miles became a filmmaker himself in 1997 with "Mulligans"!, a 35mm. short comedy which has become a hit, playing 42 film festivals, winning 8 prizes internationally and airing 50 times on the Women's Entertainment cable network. Besides writing numerous articles for magazines and film reviews for "The Roundup," the magazine of the Western Writers of America, Miles edited a collection of his late father's short stories," Easterns and Westerns," for Michigan State University Press in 2001. One of his dad's stories Miles expanded into his first Western novel, "The Sergeant's Lady," for Forge Books in 2003, which he also thought would make a dandy movie. Swarthout lived in Playa del Rey near the Los Angeles airport, where he enjoyed body surfing, tennis, chasing starlets and riding an occasional horse.

SWARTHOUT, Miles Hood

Born: 1946, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.

Died: 2/2/2016, Playa Del Rey, California, U.S.A.

Miles Swarthout’s westerns – screenwriter:

The Shootist – 1976

The Homesman - 2013

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