RIP Gary Dubin

October 12, 2016, 5:53 am

Gary Michael Dubin was an actor who portrayed Punky Lazaar, a friend of Danny's on ‘The Partridge Family’. He also voiced Toulouse in “The Aristocats” in 1970 and played the part of ill-fated teenager Eddie Marchand, who was eaten by the shark in “Jaws 2”. Dubin played a runaway boy on ‘Green Acres’ in 1968. He appeared in the James Bond film “Diamonds Are Forever” in the carnival scene, where he won a stuffed animal and happened to choose the one with the smuggled diamonds in it; Jill St. John, working for the villain, then persuades him to choose another prize and takes it away from him. Gary was also a prominent voice actor in dubbing for Japanese animation throughout the 90's to the early 2000's.

Gary has also acted in many other projects, his most recent being “RockBarnes: The Emperor in You”. He married in 2006, but later separated. He died on October 8, 2016 from bone cancer, his brother revealed on Facebook.

“RIP My beloved brother Gary Michael Dubin [May 5, 1959 - October 8, 2016], who lost his battle with cancer & passed away this afternoon in Burbank,” – L.E. Dubin

DUBIN, Gary (Gary Michael Dubin)

Born: 5/5/1959, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.

Died: 10/8/2016, Burbank, California, U.S.A.

Gary Dubin’s western – actor:

Here Come the Brides (TV) – 1968 (Charlie)

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RIP Tina Wanner

October 12, 2016, 10:30 am

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RIP Tina Fuchs-Wanner

Wilmington Star News

October 9, 2016

TINA FUCHS WANNER Tina Fuchs Wanner passed away peacefully on October 6, 2016 after a courageous 17-month battle with cancer. Tina was born in Greenfield, Indiana on March 19, 1981, the only daughter to John and the late Carolyn Fuchs. Tina attended Preble Shawnee Junior/Senior High School in Camden, Ohio where she held a state record in track and field until 2015. She graduated from UNC-Wilmington with a degree in communication and film studies. She started her career selling boats and yachts, which began her love affair with the water. She then moved to the film industry where she enjoyed a 10-year career as a stunt woman. Tina loved being around her family, and friends; she loved horseback riding, boating, volleyball, sports in general, traveling, helping others and red wine. She was a caring and compassionate person. Tina is preceded in death by her mother, Carolyn Fuchs. She was a devoted wife to her husband of nine years, Jamie Wanner and a loving mother to her 4 year old daughter, Harper. She is also survived by her father, John Fuchs and his wife, Melissa; her oldest brother, Jeremy (Stacey) of Wilmington, NC and youngest brother, Chris (Angie), of Camden, OH, four nieces, a nephew, grandparents and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. A memorial service will be held 11am on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at Andrews Market Street Chapel. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Jamie would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to the numerous friends, neighbors and family for their love, support and prayers during Tina's illness. He could not have managed without his "village". Also, many thanks to the caring staff at Lower Cape Fear Hospice. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Coastal Therapeutic Riding Program, c/o Kim Niggel, 8120 Sidbury Road, Wilmington, NC 28411 (coastalriding.org) or Lower Cape Fear Hospice, 1414 Physicians Drive, Wilmington, NC 28404

WANNER, Tina (Tina Fuchs)

Born: 3/19/1981, Greenfield, Indiana, U.S.A.

Dead: 10/6/2016, Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Tina Wanner’s western – horse wrangler:

Times Lihke Dying – 2016

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RIP Patricia Barry

October 12, 2016, 4:12 pm

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Patricia Barry, Stalwart of Daytime Soap Operas, Dies at 93

Hollywood Reporter

By Mike Barnes

10/12/2016

She was Bill Hayes' wife on 'Days of Our Lives,' ran an international drug cartel on 'All My Children' and played the scheming Miss Sally on 'Guiding Light.'

Patricia Barry, the veteran actress of stage and screen who was a standout on such soap operas as Days of Our Lives, All My Children and Guiding Light, has died. She was 93.

Barry, one of the earliest members of Women in Film and a former president of the nonprofit advocacy organization, died peacefully Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles, her publicist announced.

In the movies, Barry starred in Send Me No Flowers as the soon-to-be divorced neighbor whom Doris Day suspects is having an affair with her husband Rock Hudson, and she played Glenn Ford's former mistress in Delbert Mann's Dear Heart. Both films were released in 1964.

Also that year, Barry appeared in the crime drama Kitten With a Whip (1964), starring Ann-Margret, and starred as Jack Klugman's spendthrift wife in the short-lived NBC sitcom Harris Against the World.

On NBC's Days of Our Lives, Barry portrayed Addie Horton Williams, who was married to the character played by Bill Hayes, from 1971-74. She then had a rather interesting turn as Peg English — who raised her adopted daughter Brooke (Julia Barr) while running an international drug cartel under the alias The Cobra — on ABC's All My Children from 1980-81.

On CBS' Guiding Light from 1984-87, Barry sparkled as the conniving Southern belle "Miss Sally" Gleason, then played upper-crust matriarch Isabelle Alden on the ABC soap Loving in the '90s.

Patricia White was born Nov. 16, 1922, in Davenport, Iowa. Her father was a doctor who cared for rural families, and her mother was the youngest of 14 children. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., where she trained with Maude Adams — who played Peter Pan on Broadway in 1905 — and then studied under Sanford Meisner in New York.

Her first professional role came in a 1944 production of Laughing Water, by Henry and Phoebe Ephron (the parents of Nora and Delia), and she soon appeared on Broadway in Calico Wedding. Later, she was Steve Allen's co-star in The Pink Elephant.

She won a Rita Hayworth look-alike contest, was signed by Warner Bros. and made her big-screen debut as a showgirl in Her Kind of Man (1946). She went on to appear in such films as The Beast With Five Fingers (1946); Joan Crawford's Humoresque (1946); The Man I Love (1947) with Robert Alda and Ida Lupino; The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948); Gene Autry's Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949); The Tattooed Stranger (1950); and First Love (1954).

She co-starred with William Frawley, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Whitey Ford and other New York Yankees in the spring-training-set Safe at Home! (1962).

Barry starred in two episodes of The Twilight Zone and showed up on such series as Perry Mason, Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Thriller, Route 66, My Three Sons, Three's Company, Dallas, Murder, She Wrote and PBS' Ghostwriter, where she played a movie star.

An astute businesswoman, Barry leased fully furnished homes to visiting stars, directors and other dignitaries in Los Angeles and New York. Her tenants included Peter Ustinov, Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward, Angela Lansbury, Paula Prentiss & Richard Benjamin, Joshua Logan, Don Rickles and Peter Gallagher. George Roy Hill was living in her house on Beverly Drive when he directed his Oscar-winning Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).

Barry, who had a fondness for Yorkshire Terriers, was the recipient of Women in Film's prestigious Founder's Award in 1999. In 2004, she starred in Martha Mitchell Speaks, a one-woman show in New York produced by Dorothea Petrie.

Her husband, Philip Barry Jr., who produced plays, films (The Mating Game) and telefilms for ABC, died in 1998. He was the son of playwright Philip Barry, and after her husband's death, she authorized all productions of Philip Barry plays, including stagings in London of High Society and The Philadelphia Story, starring Kevin Spacey.

Survivors include her daughters Miranda Barry, a former executive in charge of global Sesame Street productions, and Stephanie; son-in-law Mark; grandchildren Alixanne and Hailey; and godchildren Tracy and Stephen.

Memorial services are planned for early 2017 in Los Angeles and New York.

BARRY, Patricia (Patricia Allen White)

Born: 11/16/1921, Davenport, Iowa, U.S.A.

Died: 10/11/2012, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Patricia Barry’s westerns – actress:

Rose of the Santa Rosa – 1947 (Dolores de Garfias)

Blazing Across the Pecos – 1948 (Lola Carter)

Riders of the Whistling Pines – 1949 (Helen) Carter

Singin’ Spurs – 1948 (Joan Dennis)

Gunsmoke (TV) – 1958, 1960 (Belle, Laura Rand, Kate Schiller)

Maverick (TV) – 1958, 1959 (Kitty Stillman, Jessamy Longacre)

Laramie (TV) – 1959 (Eve)

The Rifleman (TV) – 1959, 1960 (Adele Adams, Laurie Hadley)

Sugarfoot (TV) – 1959 (Doreen Bradley)

Yancy Derringer (TV) – 1959 (Patricia Tappworth)

Bronco (TV) – 1960 (Amy Carter)

Outlaws (TV) – 1960, 1961 (Aimee Carter)

Rawhide (TV) – 1960, 1963 (Susan Parker, Abigail Fletcher)

Tales of Wells Fargo (TV) – 1960 (Phyllis Randolph)

The Tall Man (TV) – 1961 (Sylvia)

Zane Grey Theater (TV) – 1961 (Beth Martin)

Frontier Circus (TV) – 1962 (Amy)

Destry (TV) – 1964 (Sarah Sprague)

The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV) – 1967 (Sally Lambert)

The Iron Horse (TV) – 1967 (Helen)

The High Chaparral (TV) – 1967 (Melanie Cawthorn

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RIP Ken Plonkey

October 12, 2016, 7:45 pm

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In Memory of

Kenneth D. Plonkey

September 23, 1937 - October 11, 2016

Imperial Funeral Home

10/12/2016

Kenneth Dale Plonkey was born September 23, 1937, at Highland Park Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. He joined his Creator on October 11, 2016. His family moved to Aurora, Colorado in 1943. He graduated from Aurora High School in 1955. He went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado State College in Greeley in 1959, taught high school English, Speech and Drama and junior high Art from 1959 – 1962. He earned the Master of Arts degree from Southern Illinois University in 1963 and his Doctor of Philosophy from Southern Illinois University in 1968. In his later years, Ken also tutored students who wanted to be Actors via the internet and at his home.

He was a member of Central United Methodist Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Ken was preceded in death by his parents, Alvin and Loretta (Baumgarten) Plonkey and his brother Ronald Plonkey.

Ken is survived by his loving wife Rosemary (Ann), his sister Carole Hastings; his 3 children Shannon Plonkey (Cinnamon), Erik Plonkey (Corbey), Carla Miller (Michael); 2 step children Lane Hapke and Terri Parks (Rich); 9 grandchildren, Torry Plonkey (Ashley), Tonni Daley (Kevin), Tally Plonkey, Olivia Plonkey, Savannah Plonkey, Sam Plonkey, Desmond Miller, Sophia Miller, Cody Hapke (Elena), Logan Hapke (Heather), Dalton Parks and Natalie Parks; and 2 great grandchildren, Scarlett Plonkey and Colton Plonkey.

Theatre was Ken's raison d'etre. Family and other obligations limited his acting to a dozen films including Centennial, The Sacketts, and the Avenging. He performed Oscar in "The Odd Couple," Jonathon in "Arsenic and Old Lace," and Merlin in "Camelot" at the Old Town Dinner Theatre in Colorado Springs. He played Pertrucio in "Taming of the Shrew" as guest artist at Otero College, and appeared many times on the stage at the University of Southern Colorado where he was Director of Theatre from 1968 to 1996. He co-authored several plays, directed and served as Chairman of the Board of Entertainment Unlimited which he founded to purchase Iron Springs Chateau Melodrama Dinner Theatre in Manitou Springs, Colorado. He also wrote children's theatre plays and toured them in the Southern Colorado area while at USC. He directed the first dinner theatre production in Pueblo in 1969 and the first full-length play produced at the Sangre de Christo Fine Arts Center. He also wrote, produced and directed many dinner theatre productions and children's theatre tours after his retirement in 1996.

Ken was an enthusiastic cook and enjoyed going on 9 cruises, world food dinners, dining out, playing games, solving crossword and jigsaw puzzles and socializing with family all of which he shared with his wife, Ann.

Memorial Service will be held on Friday, October 21, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Central United Methodist Church, 4373 Galley Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80915

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to your favorite local theatre company.

PLONKEY, Ken (Kenneth Dale Plonkey)

Born: 9/23/1937, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.

Died: 10/11/2016, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A.

Ken Plonkey’s westerns – actor:

The Sacketts (TV) – 1979 (miner)

The Avenging – 1982 (Warner)

Manhunt for Claude Dallas (TV) – 1986 (trapper)

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RIP Tonino Valerii

October 14, 2016, 7:55 am

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October 14, 2016

Film director Cinema, Tonino Valerii has died

Bereavement in the Italian cinema. Director Tonino Valerii, one of the famous western directors died in Abruzzo.

On hearing the news, the Mayor of Teramo Maurizio Brucchi and the Councillor for Culture Marco Chiarini, have expressed deep sorrow for the death of the director. "With him is another less prominent figure and relief that has been able to ferry sensitivity and typical nature of his native land in a particular area such as the cinema".

Tonino Valerii was born May 20, 1934 in Montorio al Vomano. In 1955 he moved to Rome to attend the Experimental Center of Cinematography, where he studied with among others Alessandro Blasetti and where he graduated in direction and screenwriting.

Valerii made his way with working on the film "Tutto è musica" by Domenico Modugno, which he wrote. In 1964, the director was noted by the icon of the new spaghetti westerns of the time, Sergio Leone. Leone asked Tonino to act as assistant director for “Fistful of Dollars” and “For a Few Dollars More” (although actually in “A Fistful of Dollars” Valerii is not credited). In 1966, Valerii started his career as a director. In that year, he directed and wrote the script for “A Taste for Killing”, with Craig Hill and George Martin. Two years later he dedicated himself to the realization of the great Ron Barker 'novel, Der Tod ritt dienstags(“Day of Anger”), written by Ernesto Gastaldi, with two-stars of the spaghetti westerns of the time: Giuliano Gemma and Lee Van Cleef, the latter after the success obtained by “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and “For a Few Dollars More. Valerii remained famous by the soundtrack of the movie made by Riz Ortolani and recently used in Kill Bill Vol. 2 by QuentinTarantino, a big fan of the genre. He was responsible for the innovative (for that time) cinematic technique to follow the enemy from a distance in the "Day of Anger"....

In 1973, he directed Henry Fonda and Terence Hill in “My Name Is Nobody”, a film born from an idea by Sergio Leone with Ernesto Gastaldi’s screenplay, which happens to be a real tribute to Leo's cinema and the western in general. A film, sold to manufacturers, as repeatedly stated Leone, telling the first 3 minutes, without knowing how the film would be continued. The film was a huge success, one of the top three grossing films of 1973. In 1986 he wrote and directed “Unscrupulous” an erotic movie starring Marzio Honorato and Sandra Wey (cast as the protagonist in the sequel “Histoire d'O”). The film makes use of the soundtrack written by James Senese and Joe Amoruso as well as the photography of Giulio Albonico.

In 1996 he was the creator of the film festival Roseto Opera Prima, dedicated to the Italian first-time directors, which takes place every summer in Roseto degli Abruzzi, now in its twenty-first edition.

Tonino Valerii is survived by his wife Rita, and his children Francesca, Andrea, Luca, and his sister Rosella. The funeral will be held in Rome.

VALERII, Tonino(Antonio Valerii)

Born: 5/20/1934, Montorio al Vomano, Teramo, Italy

Died: 10/13/2016, Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy

Tonino Valerii’s westerns – director, assistant director, writer:

Fistful of Dollars – 1964 [assistant director, dialogue director]

For a Few Dollars More – 1965 [assistant director]

A Taste of Killing – 1966 [director, story]

Day of Anger – 1967 – [director]

The Price of Power – 1969 – [director]

Massacre at Fort Holman – 1972 [director, story]

My Name Is Nobody – 1973 [director]

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RIP Diana Herrera

October 15, 2016, 12:27 pm

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Actress Diana Herrera dies

Ahota Mismo

By Alida Cleer

October 14, 2016

The Mexican entertainment world is still mourning, now with the death of actress Diana Herrera, who died on October 12.

According to the Association of Interpreters in Mexico (ANDI) who announced this sad news, Herrera, has been facing health problems since 2000 due to the aftermath left after a treatment to increase their buttocks.

The renowned starlet that throughout her 46 year career participated in numerous films as sexy characters, was another recognized figure of Mexico that relied on cosmetologist Valentina Albornoz, who injected her in the buttocks of Alejandra singer Guzman substance that nearly took her life.

Sources close to Herrera, say 5 years after the cosmetic treatment, the interpreter developed a tumor in her leg and had to be operated on on several occasions.

She had recently participated in TV series like "El Pantera", "La Rosa de Guadalupe" and the telenovela " Hasta que el dinero nos separe" in the role of Licensed Carmela Muñoz.

Her acting partner in this soap opera, singer and actor Pedro Fernandez has been one of the figures who have expressed regret on social networks.

HERRERA, Diana

Born: 19??, Mexico

Died:10/12/2016, Mexico

Diana Herrera’s westerns – actress:

Hot Snake – 1978

El corrida de Lino Rodarte - 2003

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RIP Lee Lively

October 16, 2016, 8:25 am

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Alton Lee Lively, 89, of Virginia Beach, passed away on October 12, 2016 in Virginia Beach.

“Lee” was born in Portsmouth, VA to late Reverdy Clarence and Charlotte Elizabeth Ewald Lively on September 20, 1927. He was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and studied at The College of William and Mary.

Lee was a founding member and elder of Thalia Trinity Presbyterian Church, where he was a faithful member of the choir.

Lee Lively was an actor, voice-over talent and incredible portrait artist. Acting credits include many local little theater and dinner theater productions as well as TV and feature film roles. On television he played Judge Caldwell for 12 episodes on “Matlock” in the early 1990’s and was also in “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles,” “Lincoln” and the mini-series “Dream West.” His movie credits include roles in “Prince of Tides” and Zelly and Me.” He was on the board of directors at Studio Center in Norfok and was the on-air spokesperson for many companies across the country. One could hear his distinctive voice in Las Vegas (Walker Furniture), New York, Los Angeles, or right here in town. His broad range of characters and dialects kept him busy in the studio for over five decades. His portrait work graces many homes, boardrooms and offices. His work is also featured in the East Tennessee Hall of Fame for the Performing Arts.

In 1972, he was commissioned to establish a portrait-centered news graphic service for syndication to the television news organizations. Since then his portraits of world leaders in politics, business, sports and the performing arts have been seen in millions of homes on more than 280 television stations and cable systems across the United States and Canada. He was most revered for his ability to capture both the likeness and the personality of those he painted.

Lee was a member of Screen Actors Guild, Portrait Club of New York (Portrait Institute), The Society of Illustrators and the American Portrait Society Certified. He served as a faculty member of the annual National Portrait Seminar in New York and the Nation Artists Seminar in Chicago.

He hosted the Azalea Festival (Norfolk NATO Festival) for many years at the Botanical Gardens and was a longtime member of the Virginia Beach Chorale.

A dear friend writes, “Lee Lively was a fountain of creativity. Talent poured from him in so many ways. He painted; he was a musician, singer, actor and could flavor his stories with every accent known on this planet and then some! He had an unparalleled sense of humor that grabbed life by the throat and brightened up everyone around him. Above all, he was a loyal friend, thoughtful and generous person, a sharer of many martinis and colorful memories.”

He will be most remembered by those who knew him as one who loved a good joke and the entertaining company of good friends and family. He was a true entertainer until the end.

Lee was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife, Catherine “ChiChi” Thomson Lively.

He is survived by his loving wife of 36 years, Sandra Nettles Lively; devoted children, David M. Lively (Katie) of Chicago, IL, Peter F. Lively (Laurie) of Virginia Beach, Michelle Elizabeth Lively of Virginia Beach; adoring grandchildren, Jenna Catherine Lively and Brian Thomson Lively; and many cousins.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2016, at Thalia Trinity Presbyterian Church, 420 Thalia Road, Virginia Beach, VA at 11:00 AM.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests making donations to the Alzheimer’s Association in Lee’s memory.

The family of Alton Lee Lively extends sincere thanks to Sentara Nursing Center Rosemont for their care and support over the past five months.

LIVELY, Lee

Born: 9/20/1927, Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.

Died: 10/12/206, Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.A.

Lee Lively’s western – actor:

Dream West (TV) – 1986 (General Wood)

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RIP Ted V. Mikels

October 17, 2016, 10:48 am

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RIP Ted V. Mikels

SAGACTOR.ORG

October 16, 2016

Remembering Ted V Mikels....a very independant film maker and mentor

Ted V Mikels passed away while in home hospice at 8 AM this morning (10-16-2016). The world has lost a filmmaker who broke all the rules and had fun doing it, with a long string of B movies in the horror, adventure and science fiction realm. While still in LA on SAG-AFTRA union busness, I am saddened and am finding it hard to concentrate. We met Ted through PAVCA (the Professonal Audio Visual Communication Association) of which I was president in the mid to late 1980's. When Laura and I visited Ted last Thursday he pointed to the trophy PAVCA awarded him with great pride. I had the honor of being his Script Supervisor and Continuity on one and a half films, relearning how to splice 35mm film and stripe sound in the days before computers. Back then Ted paid us every week for our work. Since I am union I never acted in one of his films but did watch him teach actors, crew and anyone who would work with him, the art of filmmaking.

God bless you Ted Mikels.

He always wore his large tooth around his neck, kept his house decorated in a Norse tradition and wanted to finance his opus, "Beowulf". Never did that, but has made sure his most recent film is completed by another filmmaker editor.

I am saddened, as Ted was a part of our younger days, party days, for PAVCA and at Arnie Bartz's home and studio.

MIKELS, Ted V. (Theodore Mikacevich)

Born: 4/29/1929, New York City, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 10/16/2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

Ted V. Mikels’ westerns – stuntman, actor:

The Indian Fighter – 1955 [stuntman]

Oregon Passage – 1957 [stuntman]

Tonka – 1958 [stuntman]

Planetfall – 2005 (President Arch Stanton)

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RIP Eddie Applegate

October 18, 2016, 3:17 pm

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Eddie Applegate, Actor on 'The Patty Duke Show,' Dies at 81

The Hollywood Reporter

By Mike Barnes

10/18/2016

He portrayed Richard Harrison, the easygoing boyfriend of the Brooklyn-born Patty Lane, on the 1960s ABC sitcom.

Eddie Applegate, who played Richard Harrison, the high school boyfriend of Patty Lane, on The Patty Duke Show, died Monday. He was 81.

Applegate died at a nursing home in Los Angeles after a long illness, his friend, Lizzie Maxwell, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Applegate appeared in 88 of the ABC sitcom's 104 episodes as Richard, who dated the Brooklyn-born Patty (Duke). Of course, Duke also played an identical cousin, Cathy Lane, on the series, which aired from 1963-66.

In CBS' 1999 reunion telefilm, The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights, Applegate returned as Harrison; now, he was Patty Lane's ex-husband.

While starring in a Las Vegas stage production of Bye Bye Birdie, Applegate was approached by a producer to appear in the 1963 romantic comedy A Ticklish Affair, starring Shirley Jones, Carolyn Jones, Gig Young and Red Buttons.

A native of Wyncote, Pa., Applegate also appeared on such shows as The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Lucy Show, Daktari, Gunsmoke and the short-lived comedy Nancy, created by Sidney Sheldon and featuring Celeste Holm.

More recently, Applegate played a grandfather in the Emma Stone starrer Easy A (2010) and appeared in the crime film Rain From Stars (2013). He also worked as an agent, artist and carpenter.

Survivors include his children Heather and Michael, their respective spouses Eric and Julie and grandchildren Jenna, Zack, Katie, Lauren, Kyle and Mia.

APPLEGATE, Eddie (Edward Applegate)

Born: 10/4/1935, Wyncote, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Died: 10/17/2016, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Eddie Applegate’s western – actor:

Gunsmoke (TV) – 1970 (Al)

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RIP Anthony Addabbo

October 19, 2016, 2:49 pm

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Soap Star Tony Addabbo dies suddenly.

Radar On Line

October 19, 2016

Longtime soap opera actor Anthony Addabbo, known for his roles in The Bold And The Beautiful and All My Children, has passed away at the age of 56, according to Soap Opera Digest.

“Today we lost a damn good man a father and great actor,” close pal and former costa, Winsor Harmon, announced on Facebook. “Here’s to you TA. We shared many glasses of Vino Rosso together brother. I’ll never forget how excited you were to land B&B.”

“By the way, you still owe me that lobster dinner. I’ll collect next time I see ya. We will miss you my dear friend. RIP. I know you’re walking the streets of Gold bringing joy to the Angels as you did here on earth. God Bless you man. Love and miss you brother.”

Addabbo is survived by his wife Elli Pattino and his son Brandon Everestt.

ADDABBO, Anthony

Born: 9/14/1960, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.

Died: 10/19/2016, U.S.A.

Anthony Addabbo’s western – actor:

The Gunfighters – 1987 (TV) – Matt Everett)

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RIP José G. Maesso

October 19, 2016, 3:34 pm

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Hoy

Alejandro Pachón Ramírez

9/1/2016

Not that he was the best Spanish film director, nor the best producer, although he was first class in terms of culture, education, and "savoir faire" and production "Los Tarantos" and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The book's title Jesus Garcia de Duenas - "Joseph G. Maesso. Number 1 "- refers to the academic fact that Pepe had been the first of the promoters of the former Official Film School. If you want more details about his long and varied career, his family roots are in Azuaga, Llerena, Portugal and Badajoz, hi bunsiness and artistic risks, his teaching career and personality, are there in the book, published by the Department Publications of the Provincial de Badajoz.

What I remember here is the tribute that was made to him at the Iberian Badajoz Film Festival. Were Andrea Bronston (singer who performed at the gala and daughter of legendary producer Samuel Bronston), actor Manolo Zarzo, editor Pepe Salcedo, director of photography Fernando Arribas and how could I forget, me, but mostly I remember the presence of Eugenio Martin, author of the cult movie "Horror Express". Maesso produced "The Ugly Ones", a large Hispanic western halfway between spaghetti and cortijero cinema. Then Mario Camus wanted to do something similar in "Anger Wind" but he had no equal. Anyway do not forget that Pepe, producer of "Django" and other titles by Corbucci that he had such an influence on the career of Quentin Tarentino, is considered the creator of the first Almerien Western, "Tierra brutal" (Savage Guns), but he also co-produced it.

All this comes about how happy Maesso was on that spring day in 2003 among us, his serene temperament reflected in the audiovisual document that he did, the clarity of his memories and priceless anecdotes. For me, regardless of his merits and artistic errors, Maesso was a key figure in the history of our cinema and actively - Participated in Talks on Salamanca - and the start of the new Spanish cinema championed by Berlanga and Bardem. It was in key moments and situations to understanding the true story of those years. Connoisseur of a wide film in French and English literature, when there are only film books published the Rialp publishing house. A professor remembered by several generations of filmmakers ... .A strange case of intellectual and academic entrepreneur in those years when he developed the bulk of his filmography.

From this his idea and our extreme land, also sometimes brutal, like his film with Paquita Rico and Richard Basehart, a posthumous memory and grateful to the first filmmaker who taught us to ride through the wasteland of Almería.

MAESSO, José G. (José Gutiérrez Maesso)

Born: 6/10/1920, Azuaga, Badajoz, Spain

Died: 8/1/2016, Spain

José G. Maesso’s westerns – producer, writer:

The Savage Guns – 1962 [producer]

Gunfight at Red Sands – 1963 [producer]

Minnesota Clay – 1964 [writer]

Django – 1966 [writer]

The Hellbenders – 1967 [writer]

The Ugly Ones – 1967 [producer, writer]

A Train for Durango – 1968 [writer]

Sting of the West – 1972 [writer]

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RIP Darwin Lamb

October 21, 2016, 8:24 am

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Former Clark County Commissioner Darwin Lamb dies at 83

Las Vegas Review-Journal

By Kimber Laux

January 28, 2016

Darwin Lamb, who served as a Clark County commissioner for six years in the 1960s, died Sunday at his home in Cedar City, Utah.

The last living of 12 siblings, including former state Sen. Floyd Lamb and former Clark County Sheriff Ralph Lamb, Darwin Lamb was born in Alamo on April 20, 1932, and was involved in politics from the time he was teenager.

Lamb, owner of Western Furniture, ran unsuccessfully for a Clark County Commission seat in 1960, but he beat candidate Bert Leavitt in 1964. The longtime Democrat campaigned on improved services with emphasis on Clark County's recreational needs.

He ran again in 1966 for a four-year, at-large commission seat, touting 11 new parks and 10 new lighted baseball diamonds built during his first term. Lamb won and was elected vice chairman of the commission in '66 and chairman in '68.

Lamb was a world-class cowboy who won 38 championship buckles and 21 saddles. He built Los Rancheros steakhouse and founded Lamb and One Corp., the largest distributor of soda syrups and dispensers in Nevada in 1971.

After retirement from the soda company, Lamb moved to Cedar City.

He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Mavourneen; three children, Tommy, Ocey and Marion; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his seven brothers: Ralph, Floyd, Sheldon, Phil, Bill, Alton and Larry; and four sisters: Myrtle Howery, Erma McIntosh, Fae Mason and Wanda Peccole.

"Gosh we had such a wonderful life together," 68-year-old Mavourneen Lamb said Thursday. "We've had so many wonderful adventures."

The pair met at Lamb's steakhouse when Mauvourneen was 30 and working for an airline. She had gone to the steakhouse to console a friend who was having problems with her boyfriend.

Lamb was walking past her when he pointed a finger at her and said ''Don't you leave." He got on stage to sing, saw Mavourneen dancing with a man and took the man's seat when the song was over.

"'I'm moving in on you buddy,' he said. And we've been together ever since," Mavourneen said. Her husband always loved and trusted people and helped them whenever he could.

"All Of His Life," she said emphatically. "He never changed."

Lamb died of pneumonia at home, surrounded by family, his wife said.

A public memorial service will be in Cedar City from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at Lamb's old restaurant, Rusty's Ranch House.

A Las Vegas memorial will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Gilcrease Ranch Ward, 6051 Dorrell Lane, near Jones Boulevard.

LAMB, Darwin (Darwin W. Lamb)

Born: 4/20/1932, Alamo, Nevada, U.S.A.

Died: 1/24/2016, Cedar City, Utah, U.S.A.

Darwin Lamb’s westerns – actor:

The Professionals – 1966 (Hooper)

The Ballad of Cable Hogue – 1970 (‘The Stranger’)

Bite the Bullet - 1975

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The actor Clément Michu has died

Le Parisian

October 21, 2016

The famous figure of French cinema died Friday morning of natural causes at his home in Boulevard Gallieni to Nogent-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne). Clément Michu was 80 years old.

Accustomed to playing supporting roles, he has staked the lives of moviegoers and TV series fans for over 50 years. For many he will remain Inspector Guyomard, the right arm of Commissioner Mill for almost 30 years. But to reduce his career to this single role would be reductive as this native of Villeurbanne, near Lyon, has embodied characters. Friends of the director Gérard Oury, he said “He was lucky”, he starred in “The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob”, “La Grande vadrouille”, the “La Folie des grandeurs” and many other films.

He was also recognized a lot on the street for his role in the series ‘Thierry La Fronde’.

MICHU, Clément (Antoine Louis Rene Chapuit)

Born: 11/27/1936, Villeurbanne, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Dead: 10/21/2016, Nogent-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France

Clemen Michu’s western – actor:

The Legend of Frenchie King - 1971 (Charvet)

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Mankato Free Press

October 18, 2016

Kathryn's Story

Kathy was born in New Ulm, Minnesota to Anna and Christian Hohn.

She used stage name Kathryn Adams while working in films. In 1942 she married actor Hugh Beaumont.

She later became a teacher and a psychologist.

In 1975 Kathy married Dr. Fred Doty When Kathy retired she started writing and had two novels and an autobiography published.

She is survived by her children Hunter Beaumont of Munich, Germany, Kristan Beaumont of Mankato, Minnesota, and Mark Beaumont of Roswell, Georgia. She leaves six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

Services will be private in northern Minnesota.

ADAMS, Kathryn (Kathryn Elizabeth Hohn)

Born: 7/15/1920, New Ulm, Minnesota, U.S.A.

Died: 10/14/2016, Mankato, Minnesota, U.S.A.

Kathryn Adams westerns – actress:

Mollie Cures a Cowboy – 1940 (Molly)

Arizona Cyclone – 1941 (Elise)

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie – 1941 (Dorothy Walker)

Rawhide Rangers – 1941 (Jo Ann Rawlings)

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Toronto Star

November 23, 2016

E.J. (TED) FOLLOWS November 30, 1926 - October 21, 2016 Edward James (Ted) Follows made his final exit stage right, camera left on October 21, 2016 after 70 years as a leading Actor, Director and Producer in stage, television and radio. Ted was born in Ottawa to Isabella and Edward Follows on November 30, 1926. He started acting in 1945 with Vancouver's Everyman Theatre. He was a founding member of Muskoka's Straw Hat Players and later the Neptune Theatre in Halifax for which he was awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal in 1976. Ted had fond memories of his years at Theatre New Brunswick and the Stratford Shakespearean Festival.

His many accomplishments in television include the CBC drama "Wojeck" and the title role in the series "McQueen". In 2000 Ted was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the City of Kitchener- Waterloo for his contribution to the arts. In 2016 Canadian Actors' Equity recognized Ted with the Life Membership Award. His talent, mentorship and passion are an inspiration to all. Ted is the father of four children by his first wife Dawn Greenhalgh: Edwina (Matthew Ives), Laurence (Peter Ferrie), Samantha (Sean O'Bryan) and Megan.

In 1988 Ted married the love of his life, Susan Trethewey, musician and educator, and they resided in Kitchener. Susan and children will all greatly miss Ted as will his grandchildren: Lyla, Aaron, Russell, Samuel, Mikayla and Rowan. He was deeply loved by his mother-in-law Thelma Trethewey and in-laws Paul, Jim (Nancy), Mary (David Moody) and Catherine (Rob Klea), his brother Jack (Catherine) and his many nieces and nephews. Ted was predeceased by his parents and father-in-law George Trethewey. Friends are invited to share their memories of Ted with his family during memorial visitation at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, Monday, October 24, 2016 from 7-9 p.m. Visitation will also continue on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 from 5-7 p.m. at Knox Presbyterian Church, 50 Erb St. W., Waterloo. A memorial Service will follow at 7 p.m. Reception to follow. Condolences for the family and donations to PAL (Performers Arts Lodge Toronto) may be arranged through the funeral home at www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445.

FOLLOWS, Ted (Edward James Follows)

Born: 11/30/1926, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Died: 10/21/2016, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada,

Ted Follows’ western – actor:

Hudson Bay (TV) - 1959

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Jane Alderman, casting director who discovered many Chicago talents, dies

Chicago Tribune

By Chris Jones

October 24, 2016

When the producers of the 1985 Steven Spielberg movie "The Color Purple" were looking to cast the role of Sofia, they contacted Jane Alderman, a Chicago casting director who was hugely influential in putting the city's talent on the national map. She offered up an unconventional idea.

"My mother said to them, 'you really should take a look at this daytime talk show host we have in town,'" said Jason Alderman on Monday, speaking from his home in California. The host without much acting experience, of course, was Oprah Winfrey, whose life was no longer the same.

And although she rarely took credit, Alderman made similar transformations in the lives of "Flashdance" star Jennifer Beals (whom she discovered at the Francis Parker School), Jeremy Piven, John Cusack, Gary Cole and many others, be they famous names or merely working Chicago actors.

Alderman, 77, who had retired to North Carolina, died Sunday of complications related to emphysema, according to her son.

"Jane will always be remembered by me for her warmth, her support for a struggling young actor, and for a smile as big as her talent," said David Schwimmer on Monday, noting Alderman's ability to "cast to perfection."

With various partners — including Tom Guerra and Shelley Andreas Stallworth — Alderman pretty much invented the notion of Chicago talent attracting the attention of Hollywood and TV producers. "When she started, directors would just come to Chicago to shoot exterior shots and then get out of town fast, because the first Daley crew was not too friendly to them," Jason Alderman said. "My mother was really on the ground floor of persuading them to do a lot more than that in Chicago."

Alderman saw all that change. And she enjoyed the fruits of that early work — Alderman cast the show "ER" for more than 15 years. She also cast such movies as "Backdraft" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," among a formidable list of other assignments.

But her first love was theater, and its actors. "There wasn't a play in Chicago she did not see," said Stallworth, Alderman's partner for 12 years. "She was dedicated to the entire theater community of Chicago."

In the 1990s, Alderman was highly supportive of the Eclipse Theatre, a company that still exists, bringing to its shows a broad array of prominent showbiz power brokers — she was so successful that some in the ensemble decamped for more lucrative paychecks than the wages that come from a Chicago storefront. But as Alderman saw it, there always a generation below, waiting to be discovered. She passed that on through a plethora of teaching assignments at a variety of local institutions across the years.

"Every actor was touched by her," said Erica Daniels, longtime casting director of the Steppenwolf Theatre. "She was the advocate for Chicago talent. Long before anyone else. And she had such an eye for who belonged in what role. As a casting person, you aspired to have her taste, but also the way she treated the talent. Nobody's time ever was wasted. She created an atmosphere that allowed you to be your best."

Alderman and the-then Shelley Andreas initially had their office above a furrier on Michigan Avenue. "It was like an R-rated 'Laverne & Shirley' in there," said Jason Alderman. "They had Playboy magazines in the bathroom and all kinds of glamorous people traipsing through there. I was a 13-year-old boy. I'd go after school, eat instant soup and just watch."

Alderman, who was born in Britain, raised in New York City and divorced in the early 1980s from Tom Alderman, was also an actor. Among many other roles, she appeared in Tracy Letts'"Superior Donuts" on Broadway. But she will be best remembered for what she did for the careers of other actors in Chicago.

"I have," her son said, "hundreds of brothers and sisters."

Survivors also include a sister, Jennifer Browne and a brother, Nicholas Browne. Plans for a memorial service in Chicago are pending.

ALDERMAN, Jane

Born: 1939, England, U.K.

Died: 10/23/2016, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Jane Alderman’s western – actress:

The Awakening Land (TV) – 1978 (Idy Tull)

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Michael Gleason, Co-Creator of ‘Remington Steele,’ Dies at 78

Variety

By Alex Stedman

October 24, 2016

Michael Gleason, who co-created “Remington Steele,” the series that shot Pierce Brosnan into the spotlight, died last Friday. He was 78.

The news was announced on Gleason’s Facebook page over the weekend. A source also confirmed the news to Variety.

Gleason is best known for his work on NBC’s “Remington Steele,” which he co-created with Robert Butler and ran from 1982 to 1987. Gleason also served as a producer and writer on the show. The series followed a detective, played by Stephanie Zimbalist, who ends up partnering with a former thief, Remington Steele (Brosnan). After the show, Brosnan’s career took off, as he became the fifth actor to play James Bond in 1994.

Gleason got his start as a writer in 1962, working on westerns such as “Rawhide,” “Laramie,” and “The Big Valley.” In 1965, he began writing for ABC soap opera “Peyton’s Place,” and would go on to rack up dozens of writing credits on the show up until 1968.

His other writing credits include stints on “Cannon,” “Marcus Welby, M.D.,” “Nash Bridges,” and “Lois and Clark.” In 2013, Gleason released his literary debut, “Working Dirty,” which follows fictional disgraced ex-cop Nick Fallon, who must find a killer inside the prison he’s currently serving time in.

Funeral plans have not yet been announced.

GLEASON, Michael

Born: 1938, U.S.A.

Died: 10/21/2016, Marina del Rey, California, U.S.A.

Michael Gleason’s westerns – producer, writer:

Laramie (TV) – 1962 [writer]

Rawhide (TV) – 1962 [writer]

The Big Valley (TV) – 1967 [writer]

Cade’s County (TV) – 1972 [writer]

The Oregon Trail (TV) – 1977 [producer, writer]

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October 26, 2016, 11:13 am

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Caesar died filmmaker Luis D'Angiolillo

Argentine filmmaker, editor and author of great films as "Kill the granddaddy" and "power", died at age 72 following a long illness.

Telam

10/25/2016

Argentine filmmaker Luis César D'Angiolillo, great editor and author of such films as "Kill the granddaddy" and "Powers", who died at age 72 following a long illness, was remembered as a professional "enormous generosity" , "warm" and "very supportive" by some of the people who worked or were close to him during his long and prolific career.

"It was very warm and very quiet. I also remember that laughed a lot when we were working. I learned a lot off him, he was very generous with all those around him, "said Loli Moriconi, who collaborated with him on" Fontana, the Interior Frontier "(2009), by Juan Bautista Stagnaro, and" Three of Hearts " (2007), Sergio Renán, among other films.

Born in the province of Santa Fe in 1944, D'Angiolillo directed three feature films: "Kill the granddaddy" (1993), "Powers" (2001) and "Norma Arrostito, Gaby" (2007), but his work in film he began in the late 60s as an editor, a job from which he took part in some 50 films.

Intimate and strongly linked to that world, married Mary Agnes Teisie, who began as a photographer sets and became the first director of photography in Argentina, while the son, Julian D'Angiolillo, already has two films in his credit: "Become pitchman" and "Body of letter".

Julian confirmed Telam that his father was "very ill" and said that after the wake, in the living lavalleja 1556 Buenos Aires, his remains will be buried tomorrow in the Chacarita Cemetery.

"I really liked being with him when talking with managers, it was always very interesting because it was a person who was very aware of everything, very informed and educated. And the arguments that led the discussions were very rich. Not down as direct instruction, transmitting by sharing with him, "he added Moriconi in relation to D'Angiolillo.

Speaking to Telam, the montajista also recalled that "always treated you as a couple, I never felt a hierarchical relationship with him was always a relationship of equals. I always worked very comfortable with Luis and learned everything without realizing it. "

Meanwhile, Ana Poliak, director and editor who 30 years ago was a student of D'Angiolillo at the Center for Experimentation and Filmmaking (Cerc, today Enerc) of Incaa, said that since then had with him a friendship, which it decreased from a year ago that the disease was diagnosed and began making a series of treatments.

"We owe a coffee,'" he said Poliak saying to him whenever they communicated, but in recent months, "the silences grew longer, I worried and I returned to communicate to know how he was. 20 days I phoned, because I felt the need to hear your voice makes. Since I found out how it was not me I could out of my head ".

The director of "Parapalos" said D'Angiolillo "was a wonderful person, a being of great generosity and solidarity. While I never worked with him, we were nine months working, walk through in the Alex laboratories. He was editing 'Wait for me a lot' by Juan Jose Jusid, I went to look like it was working and I was mad. "

Meanwhile, the producer Diego Dubcovsky, also evoked D'Angiolillo with affection and gratitude: "I met him in '92 working on a miniseries, one of the first made on film, and that project was assistant director in postproduction, with which my work was to be near Caesar representing the principal in the assembly ".

"There were six months of working with him lunch every day, to know him personally and professionally. There I discovered a very warm and generous guy. In a top-down industry where nobody treated you as a couple, he had a very affectionate treatment. Even, I think was the first person who gave me his script to read, and that for someone who was just starting was quite a compliment, "he added.

Dubcovsky, who later became his assistant in the assembly of a film Nemesio Juárez, said D'Angiolillo "was an obsessive at work, in the setting of each plane, and was not afraid to disarm preconceived ideas from the script seek new ways. "

"It was a very intuitive but also very composed type, occupied very well his role as collaborator, and above all, something that showed his humility, is that it could work in a narrative line for weeks, realizing it was the wrong and change again course without fear of saying that he was wrong, "said producer Daniel Burman films as" the party hug "and" empty nest ".

D’ANGIOLILLO, Luis César

Born: 1944, Santa Fe, Argentina

Died: 10/24/2016, Palermo, Argentina

Luis César D'Angiolillo’s western – film editor:

Manhunt - 2002

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Michael Massee, ‘The Crow’ Actor Who Accidentally Shot Brandon Lee, Dies at 61

Variety

By Maane Khatchatourian

October 26, 2016

Michael Massee, who accidentally fatally shot Brandon Lee on the set of their 1994 film “The Crow,” in which he played Funboy, has died, his agent confirmed to Variety. He was 61.

Actor Anthony Delon first annouced the news in an Instagram post on Monday, writing “R.I.P. my friend Michael. You were ‘five seconds away from a clean getaway.'” Massee and Delon worked together on the 2014 French TV series “Interventions.”

Details of his death weren’t immediately available.

Massee fired the improperly prepared prop gun that killed Lee on the set of “The Crow” in 1993. Lee, the son of martial arts star Bruce Lee, died in surgery on March 31, 1993. He was 28. “The Crow,” directed by Alex Proyas, was released in May of 1994.

Massee, who reportedly never watched “The Crow,” returned to New York following the traumatic accident and took time off from acting. “I don’t think you ever get over something like that,” he said in a 2005 interview.

The actor, who has almost 80 film and television credits, is also known for his role as the man at the massage parlor in David Fincher’s 1995 thriller “Seven.” He worked with the director again in 1997 on “The Game.” His other film credits include “Lost Highway” (1997), “Catwoman” (2004), “The Amazing Spider-Man” (2012), and “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” (2014), in which he portrayed Gustav Fiers — aka The Gentleman.

On TV, Massee had recurring roles as villain Ira Gaines on the first season of the Fox’s “24” and baddie Charles Hoyt on TNT’s “Rizzoli & Isles,” in addition to making appearances in “The X-Files,” “Alias,” “Supernatural,” “House,” and “The Blacklist.”

“My heart is heavy to hear of his passing,” his “Rizzoli & Isles” costar Angie Harmon wrote on Twitter. “He was IMMENSELY talented & had the kindest soul. I am privileged to have known him.”

MASSEE, Michael

Born: 8/16/1955, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.

Died: 10/26/2016

Michael Masse’s westerns – actor:

Supernatural – 2007 (Kubrick)

Reclamation – 2012 (Lawrence Shiftlet)

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Michael Charles Kennedy

Thousand Oaks, CA

Ventura County Star

October 27, 2016

Michael Charles Kennedy, 67, a resident of Thousand Oaks and native of Woodstock, Illinois passed away at Northridge Hospital on Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 12:39am.

He was a loving father to his only child, Christopher Michael Kennedy, who was his pride and joy. Catherine Dianne Kennedy, his ex-wife and mother of his son was by his bedside.

He is survived by his sister Penny Wortham and her husband, Jim Wortham, nephews Mark Stanoch, Frank Hoegen and his wife, Molly and nieces Brook Galvin, Amy Yang, Heather Wiedamann and Lisa Ash.

Born May 14, 1949 to Frank and Robin Kennedy, Michael enjoyed living all over the world due to his father's military service. From 1971-1975, Michael assisted his parents who owned and operated RVK Talents, one of the first Screen Actors Guild Agencies in Tucson and Tucson Central Casting. Michael then moved to Los Angeles and became a proud member of the Directors Guild of America advancing to the level of First Assistant Director and 2nd Unit Director. During his 45+ years in the film industry, Michael worked on many feature films and movies and mini-series for television including "Walker, Texas Ranger", "The Two Jakes" with Jack Nicholson, "Salsa", "Noble House", "The Winds of War" and "East of Eden". He was also an Assistant Director and Unit Production Manager instructor at California State University, Long Beach Film School. Aftercare Cremation will care for Michael's remains.

The celebration of Michael's life will take place on Saturday, October 29, 2016, at 2pm at Paramount Ranch, his favorite film location.

KENNEDY, Michael (Michael Charles Kennedy)

Born: 5/14/1949, Woodstock, Illinois, U.S.A.

Died: 10/23/2016, Northridge, California, U.S.A.

Michael Kennedy’s westerns – production assistat, assistant director, casting:

Death Valley Days (TV) – 1970 [production assistant]

The Soul of Nigger Charlie – 1973 [production assistant]

The Trial of Billy Jack – 1974 [production assistant]

Gunsmoke (TV) – 1974 [production assistant]

The Gun and the Pulpit (TV) – 1974 [production assistant]

The Hanged Man (TV) – 1974 [production assistant]

The Mask of Zorro (TV) – 1974 [production assistant]