RIP Douglas Netter

May 11, 2017, 12:06 pm

Tacoma Washington News Tribune

May 11, 2017

Douglas Netter, the science-fiction oriented TV chief who served as executive producer of "Babylon 5," died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, according to multiple news sources. Born in 1921, he was either 95 or 96.

"Babylon 5," the science fiction cable TV series created by the writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski, ran for five seasons starting in January 1994 on the Prime Time Entertainment Network and, for its final season on Turner Network Television. It starred Bruce Boxleitner. Michael O'Hare, and Claudia Christian, among others.

Netter also had producing credits in the film industry. He served as associate producer of "The Ambushers" (1967) that starred Dean Martin as secret agent Matt Helm, who is dispatched to recover a government-built UFO.

Eight years later, Netter produced "Mr. Ricco," also starring Martin, and in 1978 co-produced "The Wild Geese," a story about an African mercenary.

Between 1970 and 1975, Netter was the executive vice president and chief operating officer at MGM Studios.

While serving as executive producer for "Babylon 5," Netter founded the CGI special effects company Netter Digital. He served as its first CEO.

Bruce Boxleitner offered a tribute to Netter Wednesday on social media.

"I'm saddened by the news I received this morning about the passing of B5 executive producer Doug Netter," Boxleitner tweeted. "Always a gentleman,RIP.#Babylon5"

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NETTER, Douglas

Born: 1921 Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Died: 5/10/2017, Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.

Douglas Netter’s westerns – producer:

Buffalo Soldiers (TV) - 1979

The Sacketts – 1979

Wild Times – 1980

The Cherokee Trail – 1981

The Wild West - 1993

Siringo (TV) - 1995

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RIP Albert Nalbandian

May 13, 2017, 8:51 pm

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San Francisco Chronicle

May 14, 2017

San Francisco lost one of its legends this week, a true character who contributed to the tapestry and folklore of our city by the bay. Born at St. Francis Memorial Hospital on September 15th, 1921, Albert Nalbandian was a native son, through and through. His father, an Armenian immigrant to the US from the Ottoman Empire, established Paul's Flowers in 1915 and created a new beginning for his 3 children, of which Albert was his eldest. Their sidewalk flower stand, a simple vessel for delivering beauty to the average passerby, paved the way for over a century of purpose and inspiration for the Nalbandian family. Albert was tapped in from the start, becoming a fixture at his father's flower stand at a young age. Undeniably, he felt the pulse of this city's heartbeat as he was inspired to expand the business and take over the flower stand at the corner of Stockton and Geary Streets, the I.Magnin flower stand, named after the iconic department store.

Over the years, he became an institution with his magnetic personality and boundless energy. He served his customers for over 70 years on that street corner, looking and observing with big eyes, delivering beauty and purpose every day. A graduate of USF with a major in Philosophy, Albert was active in his university's drama department. His love of an audience grew undeniable as he performed in stage plays around the city. Through his years, Al was drawn to Hollywood, and amassed a formidable collection of screen acting credits over the years, from "The Conversation", to "American Graffiti", "So I Married an Axe Murderer" to "Once a Thief", among many many others. His love of all things Armenian led him to make nearly 20 yearly trips to the USSR during the cold war years, as he took medical supplies and gifts to those in need year after year. He was featured in the June 1978 issue of National Geographic among notable Armenian-Americans, and was a frequent subject of local papers, appearing in Herb Caen's and Carl Nolte's column, among others.

He lived a life rich in so many ways, and was active in his business until the very end, showing us strength of spirit, longevity and determination on the stage of an ever-changing world and an ever-changing San Francisco.

He passed away peacefully at the age of 95, on Tuesday May 9th, 2017. Albert is survived by his wife Aida, his two daughters Elizabeth and Louise, his son-in-law Patrick, and his granddaughters Sofia and Alexandria. Services will be held on Friday May 19th at 12:30pm, at St. John's Armenian Apostolic Church.

NALBANDIAN, Albert

Born: 9/15/1921, San Francisco, California, U.S.A

Died: 5/9/1917, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Albert Nalbandian’s western – actor:

Gone With the West – 1975 (Mimmo’s man)

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RIP Powers Boothe

May 14, 2017, 8:43 pm

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Powers Boothe, “Sin City,” “Nashville,” and “Deadwood” Actor, Dies at 68

Variety

By Lawrence Yee

May 14, 2017

Powers Boothe, a character actor on the small and big screen, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 68.

Boothe died in his sleep Sunday morning of natural causes, his rep tells Variety.

Boothe appeared in several comic book shows and movies, portraying Senator Roark in “Sin City” and its sequel “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” (pictured above). He also had a small role in “The Avengers.”

He also played Gideon Malick for eleven episodes on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” As a voice actor, he voiced Gorilla Grodd and Red Tornado on the animated “Justice League” series.

His talents weren’t only limited to genre material. He played former mayor Lamar Wyatt on 26 episodes of the country drama “Nashville,” as well as Judge “Wall” Hatflied on “Hatfields & McCoys.” Prior to that, he played saloon owner Cy Tolliver on “Deadwood” and Vice President Daniels on “24.”

Actor Beau Bridges tweeted news of Boothe’s passing on Sunday. “It's with great sadness that I mourn the passing of my friend Powers Boothe. A dear friend, great actor, devoted father & husband.”

In 1980, Boothe took home the Emmy for lead actor in a limited series or special for playing infamous cult leader Jim Jones in “Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones.”

According to reps, there will be a private service held in Texas where he was from. A memorial celebration in his honor is being considered for a future date. Donations can be made to the Gary Sinise Foundation, which honors the nation’s defenders, veterans, first responders, their families and those in need.

BOOTHE, Powers (Powers Allen Boothe)

Born: 6/1/1948, Snyder, Texas, U.S.A.

Died: 5/14/2017, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Powers Boothe’s westerns – actor:

Extreme Prejudice – 1987 (Cash Bailey)

Wild Card (TV) -1992 (Preacher)

Tombstone – 1993 (Curly Bill Borcius)

True Women (TV) – 1997 (Bartlett McClure)

Deadwood (TV) – 2004-2006 (Cy Tolliver)

Mouth of Caddo – 2008 [narrator]

Hatfields & McCoys (TV) – 2012 (Judge Valentine ‘Wall’ Hatfield)

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RIP John Cygan

May 15, 2017, 10:16 am

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John Cygan, voice of Solidus Snake, has passed away

Metal Gear Informer

May 15, 2017

Some sad news today. Past Saturday, on May 13th American voice actor John Cygan has passed away. To Metal Gear fans he will be remembered for his awesome performance of Solidus Snake in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.

Cygan played in many different television productions, animated movies and video games over the years. His most recent video game work was for Mafia III.

His voice will be missed.

CYGAN, John

Born: 4/27/1954, New York City, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 5/13/2017, U.S.A.

John Cygan’s westerns – game voice actor:

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood – 2009 (Colonel Barnsby)

Call of Juarez: The Cartel – 2011 (Michael Duke)

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger – 2013 (Silas Greaves)

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RIP Brad Grey

May 15, 2017, 12:26 pm

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Brad Grey, the former Paramount Pictures chairman and CEO, died on Sunday night of cancer. He was 59.

Variety

By Brent Lang, Stuart Oldham

May 15, 2017

In addition to running Paramount for 12 years, Grey helped transform Brillstein-Grey Entertainment into one of Hollywood’s most successful management and production companies, playing a key role in the development of “The Sopranos” and “The Larry Sanders Show.” He also co-founded Plan B Entertainment with Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, through which he produced the Oscar-winning “The Departed.”

Grey was forced out at Paramount in February in the wake of several film flops and some $450 million in annual losses at the studio.

Grey, a shrewd operator who alternately stroked and clashed with Hollywood’s key power brokers, had a tumultuous tenure at Paramount. He was credited with maintaining strong relationships with Pitt and Martin Scorsese, as well as overseeing the successful “Transformers” and “Mission: Impossible” series. However, he was faulted for failing to turn Paramount into a destination for top talent and for being unable to replenish its lineup of film franchises. As Grey and his team struggled to keep reinvigorate their lineup, Paramount’s market share plummeted, and the company finished behind all of the five other major Hollywood studios in each of the last five calendar years.

His time at the top coincided with a bruising power struggle at its corporate parent Viacom that pitted former chairman Philippe Dauman, a key ally of Grey’s, against Shari Redstone, whose family holds a controlling stake in the media conglomerate. The fight was triggered, in large part, by the failing health of Sumner Redstone, the 93-year old Viacom founder whose personal issues caused a leadership crisis. Shari Redstone prevailed against Dauman. Grey was able to keep his job for nearly seven more months, but was ultimately unable to convince the studio that he had the right vision to move Paramount forward. Viacom tapped Jim Gianopulos, the former head of Fox’s film business, to take over from Grey.

The Bronx-born Grey first broke into the entertainment business while a student at the University at Buffalo, where he became connected with Miramax founder Harvey Weinstein. He helped Weinstein with his concert promotion business. From there, Grey moved into the world of stand-up comedy, helping discover Bob Saget and forming a partnership with Bernie Brillstein, whose Bernie Brillstein Company would eventually become Brillstein-Grey Entertainment.

Of all the professional associations, none would be more important to Grey than the one he forged with Garry Shandling. Grey produced Shandling’s Showtime hit “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” and HBO’s beloved “The Larry Sanders Show,” helping to elevate the comic’s profile. But the two had an epic falling out in the late 1990s, with Shandling suing Grey for $100 million for breach of duties. He claimed that Grey had inappropriately enriched himself by taking fees on “The Larry Sanders Show” from Shandling and from HBO. Grey counter-sued for breach of contract. Their feud split the entertainment industry into factions, with the likes of Warren Beatty and former agent Sue Mengers trying to broker a peace. Both suits were eventually settled. Shandling died of from pulmonary thrombosis in 2016 at the age of 66.

In public, Grey could come across as retiring, almost shy, but that masked a keen survival instinct and a willingness to go to the mat. During his time at Paramount, Grey also clashed with Steven Spielberg, David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg. After helping orchestrate a 2005 deal that saw Paramount buy DreamWorks for $1.6 billion in cash and debt, only to see the alliance collapse under the strain of competing ambitions and egos. DreamWorks ended up striking out on its own in 2008.

For seven years, Paramount distributed films from DreamWorks Animation, the spinoff then overseen by Katzenberg. The companies scored with the first two “Kung Fu Panda” movies and “How to Train Your Dragon,” but Paramount was unable to keep the deal, which went to Fox in 2012. Paramount started an animation division in 2011 to help fill the void.

Grey became entangled in a controversy that threatened to torpedo his time at Paramount shortly after he took the reins at the studio. He was named twice in lawsuits by screenwriter Bo Zenga over a claimed agreement to produce 2000’s “Scary Movie,” with Zenga charging that Grey used celebrity detective Anthony Pellicano wiretap Zenga during the negotiations. Grey had denied knowledge of wiretapping and both suits were dismissed, due to Zenga having lied and to statute of limitations issues.

Grey is survived by his wife Cassandra Grey, their son Jules, his three grown children Sam, Max and Emily from his marriage to Jill (nee Gutterson) Grey, his mother Barbara Schumsky, his brother Michael Grey and his sister Robin Grey.

Grey’s family said there will be a small private funeral service later this week. A memorial service will be scheduled in the coming weeks. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC.

GREY, Brad

Born: 12/29/1957, Bronx, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 5/14/2017, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Brad Grey’s western – executive producer:

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Bob Ford – 2007

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RIP Pierino Munari

May 15, 2017, 5:08 pm

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Farewell to drummer Pierino Munari: he played with Mina, Modugno and Morricone

Spettacoli

May 15, 2017

Death of drummer Pierino Munari, real name Pietro Commonara, born in Frattamaggiore in 1927. Along with great national and international artists, his performances in over 500 soundtracks are also remembered. He has collaborated with Mina, Modugno, Dalla, Paoli, Carosone and with the masters Morricone, Piccioni, Bacalov, Piovani. For Ennio Morricone "was a great percussionist, I think he has given him so much, but he has given me so much. He will miss it all." Tullio De Piscopo remembers him as "an extraordinary musician, great soloist who participated in soundtracks Unforgettable of the greatest masters. Pillar of Italian Rca "

"Pierino Munari's death deepens me deeply. He has been a great percussionist and has worked with me for several years, "Morricone continues." When our roads separated, I felt their absence, both humanly and artistically, because it was an important moment in my professional life . He was a kind, affectionate person. I will certainly miss, everyone who has been fortunate enough to know him. I think I've given him so much, but he has given me so much. "

Next September Pierino Munari would take 90 years, most of whom spent playing and teaching the drum, which was one of the absolute masters for future generations of Italian musicians.

One day on Francis Ford Coppola's set of "The Godfather Part III", a band played in the scene: at every break, actor Andy Garcia - always a big fan of love - approached the drummer and asked him to teach him some techniques Who had seen him use it shortly before. It was Pierino Munari. In this memory you sum up your talent, your great talents and your career.

Munari has played in over 500 soundtracks, many of which have been awarded several times, including the Oscar, directed by the greatest Italian and international masters (including Oscar Ennio Morricone, Jerry Goldsmith, Nicola Piovani, Luis Bacalov, Hungarian Miklós Rózsa and Armando Trovajoli, Toshiro Mayuzumi, Pigeons, Carmine Coppola, Piero Umiliani, Stelvio Cipriani, Ritz Ortolani, Carlo Rustichelli).

To remember it today is another great percussion master, Tullio De Piscopo: "Pierino is part of my childhood and somehow has also influenced my story. He was really a family and I see him every day: I go to the stairs of the house, in fact, and always look at a photo that portrays it with my father Giuseppe percussion while Gloria Christian sings "Cerasella" at a Festival of Naples in the late fifties at the Mediterranean Theater, with Carletto Esposito orchestra conductor He was a beautiful person, I never heard him criticize a colleague (something very rare in our environment) It was for a while that we did not see, but it was always a pleasure to have dinner in Rome where he lived As a musician Was extraordinary, he was the first Parthian drummer who brought his knowledge beyond Campania, and through the music he made the Neapolitan rhythm known everywhere. He was a great soloist who participated in soundtrack songs Kabyles".

Among the soundtracks in which you can listen to Munari's battery are those of "Ultimo tango a Parigi", "C’era una volta in America", "Amarcord", “Fellini 8½”, "Papillon", "Il sorpasso", "Sacco e Vanzetti", "Una giornata particolare","Anonimo veneziano", "Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto", "La battaglia di Algeri", "I soliti ignoti", "C’era una volta il West", "Giú la testa", "Divorzio all’italiana", Polvere di stelle”, "Nell’anno del Signore", "Dramma della gelosia", "Uccellacci uccellini".

He has worked on TV, radio and discography, becoming one of the most demanding and trusted drummers of the great Italian Rca family (memorable performances with Mina). Ability to use the "drummer" of the battery, Munari was the ultimate interpreter of the "military drum" in the soundtracks. At the beginning of his career, he worked with various US military orchestras - a fundamental time for his Jazz formation. With Father Thomas and Brothers Armando and Gegè, they formed the Munari Orchestra, known for being the first to swing in our country.

He collaborated with all the most celebrated Italian artists (from Johnny Dorelli to Lucio Dalla, Paul Anka, Neil Sedaka to Rita Pavone and Gino Paoli, from Renato Carosone to Milva from Gianni Morandi at Lelio Luttazzi). Drummer in the first world tour of Domenico Modugno and testimonial of "Hollywood" (well-known international brand of batteries), Munari participated in six editions of the Sanremo Festival; To countless of the Naples Festival; And major international jazz festivals.

In recent years, he has been part of Pregadio's orchestra, also in televisiva "La corrida".

MUNARI, Pierino(Pietro Commonara)

Born: 9/9/1927, Frattamaggiore, Campania, Italy

Died: 5/6/2017, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Pierino Munari’s westerns – musician (drums):

Fistful of Dollars – 1964

For a Few Dollars More – 1965

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - 1966

Django - 1966

Once Upon a Time in the West – 1968

Duck You Sucker - 1972

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RIP Jack Cheap

May 16, 2017, 5:55 am

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Los Angeles Times

May 12, 2017

January 3, 1928 - May 6, 2017 Jack's blessed life embodies the promise and opportunity in twentieth century California. His parents, Albert and Alice Cheap married at St. Vibiana's Cathedral in 1906 and settled in the St. James Park area of Los Angeles. The 12th of 13 children, Jack attended Loyola High School where he enriched his passion for singing through his time in the Glee Club and also played on the football team. Jack enjoyed frequent Red Car trips to Santa Monica Beach, and made the most of Hollywood's burgeoning entertainments. A dutiful soldier, he followed his five brothers into military service, trained at Camp Cook with California's own 40th Division, and completed his tour as a highly decorated Korean War combat veteran. Returning home,Jack set out to start a family and working life.He married Patricia Doyle at Christ the King Church on February 7, 1953, and began his career as an apprentice in the movie and television industry. Over time, he worked at every major studio in the city and operated his own post production sound editing company. His body of work spanned nearly four decades, and his credits include several years as sound effects editor on television's Perry Mason as well as dozens of movies including Logan's Run. He received numerous accolades for his editing skill and earned the prestigious Golden Reel Award in 1982. Jack and Pat built a family of seven children, all of whom attended Our Mother of Good Counsel School spanning 26 consecutive years! By playing roles in musical theater productions, patronizing the arts in Los Angeles, and singing baritone in the church choir, he instilled a love of music in his children. Jack's retirement years in Carpinteria allowed him to tend to his interests and spend time sharing them with those who loved him. He became a Master Gardener and spent many sunny afternoons either tending to the garden or taking long walks on the beach. He volunteered as a driver for seniors never missing an opportunity to brighten their days with an unexpected wise crack or funny joke. Jack was a USC Trojan through and through and a devoted Dodger fan.Some of his happiest hours were spent with a houseful of children and grandchildren gathered around watching sports or a classic movie. He was a man of faith, a loyal friend, and a patriarch of the gentlest, most generous kind. He will be deeply missed. He is survived by his beloved wife, Patricia, his children John (Mary), Karen (John), Pamela, Michael (Kathy), Tom (Crista), Elizabeth (Catherine) and Katie (Charles), and his fifteen grandchildren Allison (Emery), Brigid (Chris), Terence, Dylan, Eamon, Kaitlin, Jack, Flannery, Lindsey, Kendall, James, Carly, John, Peter, and Ilsa, great-granddaughter Avery, his sister Dorothy McDonough (Vince) and many, many nieces and nephews. A Funeral Mass will be held at 2 pm, Friday, May 19 at Our Mother of Good Counsel Church, 2060 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Our Mother of Good Counsel School, or to The Da Camera Society Young Artist Program of Mount Saint Mary's University (www.daCamera.org)

CHEAP, Jck (John J. Cheap)

Born: 1/3/1928, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A

Died: 5/6/2017, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Jack Cheap’s westerns – sound editor, sound effects:

Shane (TV) – 1966 [sound editor]

The Guns of Will Sonnett – 1966-1967 (TV) [sound editor]

Rango (TV) 1967 [sound editor]

Bearcats (TV) – 1971 [sound effects]

How the West Was Won (TV) – 1979 [sound editor]

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RIP Oleg Vidov

May 16, 2017, 7:28 am

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Russia Beyond the Headlines

May 16, 2017

Actor Oleg Vidov has died on May 16 at his home in Westlake Village, California at the age of 73, his widow Joan Borsten told TASS.

According to Borsten, her husband died of cancer complications.

Oleg Vidov appeared in some 50 films since 1960. He starred in such films as The Headless Horseman and Moscow, My Love. He worked with world-acclaimed film directors, including Sergei Bondarchuk (Waterloo). Even before moving to the United States in 1985, he appeared in many foreign films. While in the U.S., he played in many Hollywood productions, with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mickey Rourke, Warren Beattly and other Hollywood stars.

In 1988, Vidov and his wife co-founded a company to restore old Soviet animation films. They obtained international distribution rights to the award-winning Soyuzmultfilm Studio animation library in 1992 and helped popularize Russian animation around the world. Later on, they ceded the rights to the animation library to Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov.

Apart from that, Vidov was a co-founder and chairman of the board of Malibu Beach Recovery Centre specializing in treatment of alcohol and drug addicts.

VIDOV, Oleg (Oleg Borisovich Vidov)

Born: 6/11/1943, Filimonki, Leninskiy, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.

Died: 5/16/2017, Westlake Village, California, U.S.A.

Oleg Vidov’s westerns – actor:

The Headless Rider – 1972 (Morris Gerald)

Tecumseh – 1972 (Elliot)

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RIP Cal Bellini

May 17, 2017, 8:33 am

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Cal Bellini a former actor, originally from Singapore died on April 9, 2017 in California. Born Khalid Ibrahim in Singapore on June 6, 1935, he was cast in roles of mostly foreigners, Native Americans, or ethnic minorities, primarily on American television between 1960 and 1986.

Using the stage name Cal Bellini his first role was as the physician Motilal Mookerji in the 1960 CBS summer series, ‘Diagnosis: Unknown’, a nine-episode program starring Patrick O'Neal as a crime-solving pathologist at a large hospital. During the 1960s, he made a few appearances on such series as ‘Flipper’, ‘Coronet Blue’, and ‘Dan August’, starring Burt Reynolds.

In 1971, he appeared as Lt. Fernando Mercado in the episode "Escape" of Raymond Burr's second series, ‘Ironside’ on NBC. From 1970-1972, he appeared in different roles in three episodes of ABC's ‘The Mod Squad’ police drama. Other roles followed on ‘The F.B.I.’ ‘Marcus Welby, M.D.’, ‘Barnaby Jones’, ‘Hawaii Five-O’, ‘The Streets of San Francisco’, ‘Cannon’, ‘Little House on the Prairie’, ‘The Rockford Files’, and ‘Kung Fu’. On ‘Young Dan'l Boone’, a four-episode CBS series in 1977, Bellini played an Indian called Red Eagle.

Bellini's film roles included those of Younger Bear in Dustin Hoffman's western, “Little Big Man” (1970), and as Cross Otter in “The Mountain Men” (1980), starring Charlton Heston and Brian Keith.

He played Run Run Li in the 1982 episode "The Warlord" of the Bruce Boxleitner adventure series ‘Bring 'Em Back Alive’, loosely based on the career of professional hunter Frank Buck. Bellini's last small screen appearance was as Tommy Lemanna in the 1986 episode “The Frankie Kahana Show”; of the NBC detective series, ‘Riptide.’

BELLINI, Cal (Khalid Ibrahim)

Born: 6/9/1935, Singapore, Malaysia

Died: 4/19/1935, California, U.S.A.

Cal Bellini’s westerns – actor:

Little Big Man – 1970 (Younger Bear)

The Cowboys (TV) – 1974 (Wa-Cha-Ka)

Kung Fu (TV) – 1974 (Haskay)

Little House on the Prairie (TV) – 1974 (brave)

Law of the Ladn (TV) – 1976 (Tom Condor)

Young Dan’l Boone (TV) – 1977 (Red Eagle)

Go West, Young Girl (TV) – 1978 (Chato)

The Mountain Men – 1980 (Cross Otter)

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RIP Erwin Fuller

May 18, 2017, 12:39 pm

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Erwin Ellwood Fuller, 86, of Port Hadlock passed away on April 20, 2017.

The Peninsula Daily News

May 19, 2017

Erwin Ellwood Fuller, 86, of Port Hadlock passed away on April 20, 2017.

Erwin was born on June 1, 1930, in Batavia, New York, to LaVerne and Corinne Fuller.

A graduate of Pasadena City College and Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, Erwin went on to honorably serve his country in the U.S. Air Force.

Erwin married the love of his life, Winnifred "Winky" Fuller, on April 20, 1952, in Pasadena, California.

Erwin enjoyed a career in Hollywood as a character actor spanning 25 years and 42 years as a photographer. He played a variety of roles in both movies and television. He acted in "Cheers,""Murder She Wrote,""Matlock,""Dukes of Hazard,""Dallas," just to name a few.

Erwin's hobbies included photography, old movie trivia, garage sales with his friend Hal and helping with the Kala Point newsletter. He spent hours on the computer perfecting each photo he took, each one a work of art.

Erwin was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Winky; sisters Dorothy, Elaine and Eunice; and brother LaVerne.

Erwin leaves behind his brother Mark Fuller of Bakersfield, California; sister Avis Henderson of Carson City, Nevada; cousins, nieces, nephews and friends; and his beloved cat, Fu.

We will miss his wit and humor and his kind heart. We rejoice in knowing that Erwin believed in Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.

There will be a memorial on Saturday, May 27, 2017, at 3 p.m. at the Kala Point clubhouse, 310 Sailview Drive, Port Townsend.

Donations may be made in Erwin's memory to the Jefferson County Humane Society, P.O. Box 845, Port Hadlock, WA 98339.

FULLER, Erwin (Erwin Ellwood, Fuller)

Born: 6/1/1930, Batavia, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 4/20/2017, Port Hadlock, Washington, U.S.A.

Erwin Fuller’s westerns – actor:

Father Murphy (TV) – 1981 (Sloan)

Best of the West (TV) – 1982 (cattleman)

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RIP Ron Barkeley

May 21, 2017, 6:35 am

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Los Angeles Times

May 21, 2017

March 3, 1931 - May 9, 2017 Award-winning Makeup Artist Ron Berkeley passed away Tuesday, May 9th at the Motion Picture & Television Country Home. Acknowledged by AMPAS and the Television Academy and with a body of work spanning more than 50 years, Berkeley was noted for his contributions to The Time Machine, The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, The Manchurian Candidate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?, Anne of a 1000 Days, Equus, JFK, The Doors, Chaplin, Scrooged, For the Boys, The Truman Show, Good Night and Good Luck, the Star Trek franchise and the television series Tracy Takes On. He is survived by his children, Ronda Berkeley and spouse Mel Green, Rex and Ani Berkeley, Richard Berkeley and spouse Aurelia Shrenker, grandchildren Lucie Belle and Roman and sister and brother-in law Constance and Robert Ensign. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Motion Picture & Television Fund at www.mptf.com/tributegift.

BERKELEY, Ron

Born: 3/3/1931, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Died: 5/9/2017, Woodland Hills, California, U.S.A.

Ron Berkeley’s westerns – makeup artist:

Pure Country – 1992

American Outlaws - 1992

Walker, Texas Ranger (TV) – 1993-2001

The Alamo - 2004

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RIP Michael Messenger

May 21, 2017, 9:00 am

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San Luis Obispo Tribune

May 21, 2017

Michael Messinger In 1932, Mike was born in Los Angeles and passed on May 13, 2017, in Morro Bay. Believe it or not, Mike did not think he would be delivered into the arms of any "heavenly father," since he will not exist in any form for eternity. Since Mike did not exist in any form before his birth, his logic dictated that he will not exist in any form after his death. He was a third generation Californian and lived 84 years. Way back when, discouraged by his less-than- enviable job prospects for a non-college-bound graduate of Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, Mike enlisted in the U.S. Army in March of 1950. Subsequently, the conflict in Korea began. After serving for a year and a half with a signal battalion attached to Eight Army Headquarters in Korea, Mike enjoyed the unusual distinction of typing up his own discharge papers at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. March 5, 1953, his separation date, was also a historical marker, since it denoted both Mike's famous discharge date plus the death of the evil dictator, Josef Stalin (Stalin, as most people know, was a notorious tyrannical Georgian who, like still many of our American southern Georgians, was diligently oppressive toward segments of the population.). After military service, Mike was discouraged after many uninspired dead-end jobs. However, his future brightened with a gig in the mail room at Republic Studios in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. Then he became inspired. After requisite butt-kissing, groveling and all-around obsequiousness, Mike wormed his way into an Assistant Director internship and became a member of the Screen Directors Guild (later the Directors Guild of America). Mike worked in the motion picture/film television industry as an "AD" for 25 years on hundreds of local and location productions, every- thing from the early "Spin and Marty" serials at Disney to extended-form television for Screen Gems/Columbia's "Beaulahland" in Mississippi. A partial-disabling accident and downturn in the U.S. economy changed careers for Mike. After many temp jobs he landed a plum at an E&O insurance carrier that indemnified lawyers against malpractice claims. In Burbank he worked as a claims clerk, an assistant legal secretary, and finally as an administrative assistant in the Loss Prevention Division of Lawyers' Mutual Insurance Company. Mike retired in 1994 and relocated to Morro Bay. With many varied interests, Mike was a compulsive reader of history and true crime cases. He was an advocate of Democratic progressive governance and moderate marijuana consumption. Mike enjoyed classic jazz and big band swing music, four-star movies, pro football, boxing and cage fighting. He was an inveterate walker and a so-so prolific writer for his own entertainment. Mike leaves behind his beloved son Eric, also of Morro Bay, and another son Scott of Studio City in Los Angeles. There were no services and cremation followed. Sign his guestbook at sanluisobispo.com/obituaries

MESSENGER, Michael

Born: 11/11/1932, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Died: 5/13/2017, Morro Bay, California, U.S.A.

Michael Messenger’s westerns – assistant director:

The Adventures of Spin and Marty - 1955

Zane Grey Theater (TV) – 1958

The Alamo - 1960

The Virginian (TV) – 1964-1966

Laredo (TV) – 1965

Shane (TV) – 1966

Dundee and the Culhane (TV) - 1967

Junior Bonner – 1972

Santee - 1973

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RIP Gunnar Möller

May 21, 2017, 12:11 pm

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Junge Welt

5/20/2017

With Gunnar Möller, one of the last German actors has died, whose career began in the 1930s. Born in Berlin-Neukölln in 1928, he was already an eleven-year-old in advertising films before the camera and quickly became a favorite child actor alongside Jenny Jugo and Heinrich George. In the Propaganda film "Junge Adler" the Halbschwede played a Napola pupil next to Hardy Krüger and Dietmar Schönherr. However, his attitude remained unpolitical. Thus he stood before 1950 in DEFA films (main role in "The Boys of the Kranichsee", 1950), but soon worked in the Westdeutschen film sector upwards. To this day, he remains as Andi in Kurt Hoffmann's nostalgic play "I often think of Piroshka" (1955) with Liselotte Pulver - it was his most popular role. As a character actor, he distinguished himself in foreign productions, such as the elaborately produced Czechoslovakian second-person "The Days of Treason" (1973), in which he embodied Adolf Hitler.

In 1979 he killed his wife in London during a dispute in London. After two years he was released from custody, Möller could once again gain a foothold in film, television, radio and theater in the FRG. He married his longtime friend Christiane Hammacher and joined her successfully with Loriot's sketches. For his last film, Margarethe von Trotta brought him to the camera in 2015. In "The Lost World," the mid-easter completed a thrashing scene with Matthias Habich. As the European Cultural Workshop reported on her honorary member, he died on Tuesday after a serious illness at the age of 88 years.

MÖLLER Gunnar (Gunnar Thor Karl Möller)

Born: 7/1/1928, Berlin-Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

Died: 5/16/2017, Germany

Gunnar Möller’s western – actor:

Rosmarie kommt aus Wildwest – 1956 (Willy Sanders)

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RIP Jerry Catron

May 21, 2017, 2:33 pm

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May 21, 2017

Jerry "Jack" Catron passed asleep in the Lord on May 6. Jack attended high school in Vallejo and served in the Korean War. Vocationally, he worked in the Motion Picture and Television Industry for over 50 years. He was a second-unit Director and Stuntman on Ben Hur, Lawrence of Arabia, Vertigo and scores of other classic movies. His National Geographic work on over 35 documentaries is distinguished.

He will be remembered for his humility and kindness and the premium he placed on living a life that honored his Savior Jesus Christ.

CATRON, Jerry (Jerry Aldridge Catron)

Born: 2/22/1932, Welch, West Virginia, U.S.A.

Died: 5/16/2017, Novato, California, U.S.A.

Jerry Catron’s westerns – actor, stuntman:

Thunder in the Sun – 1959

The Rough Riders (TV) – 1959 (Hiker)

Posse from Hell – 1961 (townsman)

Bat Masterson (TV) – 1961 (John Grant)

Whispering Smith (TV) – 1961 (Carruthers)

Lawman (TV) – 1962 (cowhand)

The Virginian (TV) – 1963 (prison guard)

Hostile Guns – 1967 (townsman)

Gunsmoke (TV) – 1967 (victim)

Iron Horse (TV) – 1967 [stunts]

The Big Valley (TV) – 1967, 1968 (Bill, Norvil Stone, Bob Adams)

The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV) – 1967, 1968 (Al Burke, operator)

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RIP Richard Beale

May 22, 2017, 6:53 am

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Richard Beale, actor who starred in EastEnders

The Herald

By Toby Hadoke

5/21/2017

RICHARD Beale, who has died aged 96, was a stocky, dependable character actor whose career spanned five decades. A distinctive presence, his rich voice and strong features were recognisable to audiences even if his name was not. A year in EastEnders (1990-91 as veteran market trader Jackie Stone) cemented the viewer’s impression that they had probably seen him in something somewhere.

He was born Richard Henry Beale, the eldest of three sons of print business owner Henry and his wife Constance. Joining the Navy in 1940, he rose from being a rating to having his own command by the end of the Second World War: Lieutenant Beale was mentioned in Despatches for distinguished service in 1945.

For ten years he worked at his father’s firm before following his dream and becoming an actor, whereafter he was rarely short of work. Early roles in nautical films like The Battle of the River Plate (1956), A Night to Remember (1958) and Sink the Bismark! (1960) benefitted from his wartime experience.

His theatre career began in Bristol, and he enjoyed stints at the Traverse, Edinburgh (1980) and as Julius Caesar for the National Theatre at the Young Vic (1972, with Nigel Hawthorne as Brutus). He cut his teeth on the small screen in the tense arena of live television and became an asset to directors like Rex Tucker and Michael E Briant who used him again and again. Early recurring parts included the stableman Hippolyte (good casting as he was a skilled rider with a love of horses) in Madame Bovary (1964) and a detective in the soap opera Compact (1963-64).

His deeply textured voice found him playing a benevolent invisible alien opposite William Hartnell’s Doctor Who in The Ark (1966) which was to be the first of four credits on the iconic show. Alongside staple fare such as Dr Finlay’s Casebook (1970), Z-Cars (1972, 1974) Dixon of Dock Green (1975), and The Onedin Line (1978) he was in the high profile BBC productions of War and Peace (1973, with Anthony Hopkins), The Prince and the Pauper (1976, with Nicholas Lyndhurst in the dual role), A Horseman Riding By (1978), and The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (as Lord Kitchener, 1981).

He worked opposite three different interpretations of Long John Silver, playing Captain Smollett in the BBC’s Treasure Island (1977, with Alfred Burke), the same role in an otherwise unrelated Return to Treasure Island (with Brian Blessed for Disney, 1986), and Mr Arrow in the 1990 TV Movie with Charlton Heston.

He was in the film A Handful of Dust with Kristin Scott Thomas (1988) but despite a busy time on screen in the early 2000s - including Teachers (2004) and Afterlife (2005) both with Andrew Lincoln - he eventually retired to spend more time with his boat, racing and sailing single handedly until 2010. Thereafter he remained as physically active and mentally sharp as ever, engaging with political issues by writing to his local paper or contributing to the BBC’s Any Answers. His evocative and well written memoir of his time in the navy, One Man’s War, was published by Bloomsbury in 2015.

His marriage to German born Anne ended in divorce: he is survived by their two children Anya and Tom.

BEALE, Richard(Richard H. Beale)

Born: 5/13/1920, Hackney, London, England, U.K.

Died: 3/27/2017, Somerset, England, U.K.

Richard Beale’s westerns – actor:

Doctor Who: The Gunfighters (TV) – 1966 (Bat Masterson)

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RIP Dina Merrill

May 22, 2017, 6:45 pm

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Dina Merrill, Actress and Philanthropist, Dies at 93

The New York Times

By Aljean Harme

May 22, 2107

Dina Merrill, the actress and heiress to two fortunes who wintered at her family’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., as a child before becoming a leading lady in movies, most often in upper-class roles, died on Monday at her home in East Hampton, N.Y. She was 93.

Her death was confirmed by her son, Stanley H. Rumbough, who said she had Lewy Body dementia.

An elegant presence in most of her 30 or so mid-20th-century movies, Ms. Merrill played the betrayed wife who loses both her husband, Laurence Harvey, and her mink coat to Elizabeth Taylor in “Butterfield 8” (1960); the chic fashion consultant who loses Glenn Ford to Shirley Jones in “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father” (1963); and the steadfast socialite wife of an assistant district attorney played by Burt Lancaster in “The Young Savages” (1961).

In the submarine comedy “Operation Petticoat” (1959), her stranded Navy nurse ends up married to a slick lieutenant played by Tony Curtis.

The daughter of the Wall Street broker E. F. Hutton and the cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, Ms. Merrill grew up in luxury, spending up to six months a year on the Sea Cloud, the family yacht. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor were among the guests on what has been described as a “floating palace” equipped with fireplaces, marble bathrooms, a barber shop and a wine cellar.

Home during the winter was the 115-room Mar-a-Lago estate, which was bought by Donald J. Trump in 1985 and converted into a private club. (Mr. Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump slept in the same children’s suite that Ms. Merrill had used.)

As a child, born into the American aristocracy of money and high society, Ms. Merrill wished she could take the bus “like the other kids,” she said, instead of being driven to school by the family chauffeur. After she became a successful actress, she told Quest magazine, “It’s fascinating to lead someone else’s life for a while.”

But as it turned out, the “someone else” was almost always a coolly sophisticated patrician woman not that different from the real Dina Merrill. Typical of her parts, in the 1959 television version of Budd Schulberg’s “What Makes Sammy Run?” she was the glamorous daughter of a Wall Street banker.
Although her father’s investments had earned her a million dollars by the time she became an actress, against his wishes, Ms. Merrill supported herself by modeling clothes for Vogue at $10 an hour.

“It never occurred to me to ask my father or mother to pay for something they didn’t believe in,” she said in a 1979 interview. “My ambitions were my own — not exactly the ones they had for me.”

Her father wanted her to become a lawyer and then to run for Congress. Instead, Ms. Merrill made her Broadway debut — speaking three lines — in John Van Druten’s “The Mermaids Singing” in 1945.

She was born Nedenia Marjorie Hutton on Dec. 9, 1923, in New York City and nicknamed Deenie. Her parents divorced when she was 10.

She attended George Washington University, but dropped out after a year to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. In 1946 she married Stanley M. Rumbough Jr., heir to the Colgate-Palmolive consumer products fortune, and spent much of the next decade raising their three children. By the time she got her first movie role — as a young research assistant to Katharine Hepburn in “Desk Set” (1957), with Spencer Tracy — she was over 30.

Her subsequent roles included the bored upper-class wife of an Australian sheep rancher in the Deborah Kerr movie “The Sundowners” (1960), and the alcoholic wife of an entrepreneur played by the comedian Alan King in “Just Tell Me What You Want” (1980).

She also had a thriving career as a guest star on television series, including “Bonanza,” “Mission: Impossible” and “Murder, She Wrote,” and as an actress in made-for-TV movies.

She returned to Broadway in 1975, starring as a wife whose husband is trying to drive her mad in a revival of the play “Angel Street.” In 1983 she played the manager of the Russian Ballet in a well-received Broadway revival of the Rodgers and Hart musical “On Your Toes.”

Divorced from Mr. Rumbough and married to the actor Cliff Robertson in 1966, she was partly responsible for bringing down the head of a Hollywood studio. When David Begelman, the president of Columbia Pictures, embezzled $10,000 by forging Mr. Robertson’s name to a check, no one paid much attention, Ms. Merrill said, until she called her friend Katharine Graham, the publisher of The Washington Post.

“Cliff took the telephone and told the whole story,” she recalled. “Kay put an investigative reporter on it, and then it really became public.”
With an inheritance from her parents estimated at more than $50 million, Ms. Merrill became a philanthropist. A liberal Republican, she was vice chairwoman of the Republican Pro-Choice Coalition, an advocate on women’s health issues and vice president of the New York Mission Society. After her son David, who had diabetes, died in a boating accident at age 23 in 1973, Ms. Merrill created a yearly award for scientific excellence in his name for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

After divorcing Mr. Robertson in 1986, Ms. Merrill married Ted Hartley, a former Navy fighter pilot, actor and investment banker, who survives her. Shortly after their marriage in 1989, their company, Pavilion Communications, bought a controlling interest in RKO Pictures, but they had little success in returning that studio to its former glory.

In addition to her son and her husband, Ms. Merrill is survived by a daughter from her first marriage, Nina Rumbough Roosenburg; a stepson, Philippe Hartley; six grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren. Heather Robertson, her daughter with Mr. Robertson, died of cancer in 2007. Mr. Robertson died in 2011.

Ms. Merrill had some regrets about her late-blooming acting career, which had been forestalled because of her child-rearing responsibilities.

“You didn’t go to work then if you had young children,” she said in 1979. “But the 20s are very important years to an actress. If I had it to do over again today, I might continue working.”

MERRILL, Dina (Nedenia Marjorie Hutton)

Born: 12/9/1923, New York City, New York, U.S.A.

Died: 5/22/2017, East Hampton, New York, U.S.A.

Dina Merrill’s western – actress

The Sundowners – 1960 (Jean Halstead)

Rawhide (TV) – 1964 (Lisa Temple)

Daniel Boone (TV) – 1965 (Madeline Lorne)

Bonanza (TV) – 1966 (Susannah Clauson)

The Virginian (TV) – 1971 (Laura Duff)

Running Wild – 1973 (Whit Colby)

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RIP Stephen Johnston

May 23, 2017, 6:33 am

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Stephen Johnston, Former Goldcrest Films President, Dies at 68

The Hollywood Reporter

By Etan Vlessing

5/21/2017

He ran the Los Angeles office of the onetime British movie giant before retiring in 2013.

Stephen Johnston, former president of Goldcrest Films, whose best picture Oscar winners included Chariots of Fire, Gandhi, Dances With Wolves and Driving Miss Daisy when run by co-founder Jake Eberts during the 1980s, has died. He was 68.

Johnston, who served as president and managing director of the Los Angeles office of Goldcrest before retiring in 2013, died May 4 in Los Angeles after a short illness, according to his publicist.

"I’ll miss him terribly and fondly recall our 30 years of joy and laughter," Goldcrest Group chairman John Quested said Sunday in a statement.

Johnston was born in Calgary, Alberta, on Oct. 5, 1948. After high school, he worked in various hometown jobs before deciding to distribute movies in 1972, initially with Pacific International Enterprises. He then worked stateside for U.S. companies like Jensen Farley, TAFT International and Sun-Classic Pictures.

Johnston served as a senior vp at the sales outfit Simcom in Los Angeles from 1985-89 before joining Goldcrest Films International under Quested. This was after Eberts — a fellow Canadian who founded the company in the late 1970s in the U.K. with producer David Puttnam and won back-to-back best picture Oscars for Chariots of Fire and Gandhi in 1982 and 1983 — had left Goldcrest in 1987 after it fell on hard times and needed rescuing.

At Goldcrest, Johnston helped produce, develop, acquire and distribute films globally. One of his first tasks was to oversee the U.S distribution by MGM/UA of the 1989 Don Bluth animated hit All Dogs Go to Heaven.

He had a home in L.A. and for a time maintained a second home in London.

Johnston is survived by his wife, Patricia, whom he married in June 1990.

JOHNSTON, Stephen

Born: 10/5/1948, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Died: 5/4/2017, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Stephen Johnston’s westerns – studio executive:

Legend of the Wild – 1981

Dances With Wolves - 1990

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RIP Roger Moore

May 23, 2017, 7:04 am

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Roger Moore – Saint, Persuader and the suavest James Bond – dies at 89

The much-loved English actor, who made his name on the small screen before taking on the mantle of 007, has passed away in Switzerland

The Guardian

By Benjamin Lee

May 23, 2017

He was the epitome of the suave English gent, quipping sweatlessly in a bespoke three-piece suit, who enjoyed an acting career spanning eight decades. On Tuesday, Roger Moore’s children announced his death at the age of 89 in Switzerland, saying: “he passed away today ... after a short but brave battle with cancer”.

Roger Moore: ‘Being eternally known as James Bond has no downside’

Moore was best known for playing the third incarnation of James Bond as well as his roles in hit shows The Saint and The Persuaders. He also devoted a lot of his time to humanitarian work, becoming a Unicef goodwill ambassador in 1991.

The actor was born in London in 1927 and, after working as a model in the early 50s, he signed a seven-year contract with MGM. His early movies weren’t particularly memorable, from Interrupted Melody to The King’s Thief, and it was a move to the small screen that brought Moore his first taste of success.

“During my early acting years I was told that to succeed you needed personality, talent and luck in equal measure,” Moore said to the Guardian in 2014. “I contest that. For me it’s been 99% luck. It’s no good being talented and not being in the right place at the right time.”

His first break in TV came in romantic adventure Ivanhoe which was the start of a set of hit shows for Moore, including western Maverick and crime shows The Saint and The Persuaders. The success of The Saint gave Moore an opening in Hollywood yet the resulting spy movies failed to ignite the box office.

Moore had been approached to play the character of James Bond but scheduling conflicts with his television roles meant that he was never available. When Connery had stepped down from the role for good, Moore was asked again and made his first Bond film in 1973, the well-received Live and Let Die. He went onto star in another six films as 007 over a period of 12 years, making him the longest running actor in the role. When he finally retired from the role in 1985, he was 58.

“Being eternally known as Bond has no downside,” Moore told the Guardian. “People often call me ‘Mr Bond’ when we’re out and I don’t mind a bit. Why would I?”

Why I'd like to be … Roger Moore, particularly in his non-Bond roles

After handing over the reins to Timothy Dalton, Moore took a break from the spotlight and didn’t make another film until 1990. From then on, his acting work became sparse, including small roles in Spice World and Boat Trip.

In 1999, Moore was awarded a CBE which then became a knighthood in 2003, given to him for his charity work. Moore’s decision to become a Unicef goodwill ambassador was actually based on his friendship with Audrey Hepburn, who had also worked with the same charity.

“The knighthood for my humanitarian work meant more than if it had been for my acting,” Moore said to the Guardian. “I’m sure some people would say, “What does an actor know about world issues?” But [working for Unicef] I’ve become an expert on things from the causes of dwarfism to the benefits of breastfeeding. I feel very privileged.”

Moore also wrote two books about his time as Bond as well as two autobiographies, the most recent of which was 2014’s Last Man Standing. When asked by Time in 2012 who his favourite Bond was, he changed his mind from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig.

“You can either grow old gracefully or begrudgingly,” he said to GQ in 2008. “I chose both.”

Moore is survived by his wife, Kristina Tholstrup, and three children.

MOORE, Roger (Roger George Moore)

Born: 10/14/1927, Stockwell, London, England, U.K.

Died: 5/23/2017, Switzerland

Roger Moore’s westerns actor:

The Alaskans (TV) – 1959-1960 (Silky Harris)

Maverick (TV) – 1959-1961 (Beauregard Maverick)

Gold of the Seven Saints – 1961 (Shaun Garrett)

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RIP Chip Radaelli

May 23, 2017, 7:58 am

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AlbuquerqueJournal

May 23, 2017

In loving memory of Thomas "Chip" Radaelli. who passed away surrounded by friends and family on May 15, 2017. He was 69. He was born November 24th, 1947, in North Adams MA, to Ferdinando Radaelli and Theresa O'Hare.

He moved West in 1965, and has been a resident of Corrales, NM since the early 1970's. After graduating from the UNM with a master's degree in Theater Arts, he dedicated his life to his family, his friends and his career in the Film Industry. His career spans over 40 years, 100's of movies and many locations. He was a member of the Film Union International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local #480 for many years. He loved crossword puzzles, golf & cooking for others.

Chip is survived by his wife, Danielle; daughter Jesica, her husband Matthew Nida, their children Maxwell and Mary; step-daughter Twyla Courtney and her daughter Soleil; sister Shirley Neveu and husband Robert, brother Charles Radaelli and wife Lucile, brother Michael Radaelli & wife Melinda; and 21 nieces and nephews.

A celebration for his life will be held July 16th, 2017 at the home of his daughter Jesica; please email responses to "Friends of Chip Radaelli" at friendsofchipradaelli@gmail.com

In lieu of flowers the family asks you make a donation to Storehouse West, 1030 Veranda Rd. SE Rio Rancho, NM 87124. Special Thanks to the entire IATSE Local 480; UNM Cancer Center and UNM West for all your support. It matters. He will be loved and missed by many. A new adventure, another location, we love you and miss you already.

RADAELLI, Chip (Thomas Radaelli)

Born: 11/24/1947, North Adams, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Died: 5/15/2017, Corrales, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Chip Radaelli’s westerns – actor, production designer, art director, construction supervisor, general forum:

Lust in the Dust – 1985 [construction coordinator]

Young Guns – 1988 [construction coordinator]

Lucky Luke (TV) – 1992 [construction coordinator]

Bad Girls – 1994 [construction coordinator]

The Cherokee Kid (TV) – 1996 [construction coordinator]

The Ransom of Red Chief (TV) – 1998 [construction coordinator]

Dobe and a Company of Cowards (TV) – 2002 (Sheriff) [production designer]

The Homesman – 2014 [general foreman]

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RIP Jared Martin

May 25, 2017, 5:07 pm

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Jared Martin, Who Played Rodeo Cowboy Dusty Farlow on 'Dallas,' Dies at 75

The Hollywood Reporter

By Mike Barnes

May 25, 2017

The actor roomed with Brian De Palma in college and starred in the director's first movie.

Jared Martin, the Dallas actor who portrayed Dusty Farlow, the rodeo cowboy and Sue Ellen Ewing seducer who perished in a plane crash, only to have producers resurrect his character by popular demand, has died. He was 75.

Martin died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Philadelphia, his son, Christian Martin, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Martin roomed with Brian De Palma when they both attended Columbia University in New York and appeared in the first and third features of the director's career: Murder a la Mod (1968) and The Wedding Party (1969).

In De Palma's inaugural effort, Martin played "a mad photographer-murderer who liked to lick the blood off his victims' bodies," he recalled in a 1981 interview with People magazine. "Brian used Hershey syrup for blood and paid me $35."

Martin's career also included starring roles on two sci-fi TV series: 1977's The Fantastic Journey at NBC and a 1988-90 adaptation of War of the Worlds, which aired in syndication.

In 1979, the handsome actor signed a contract to appear as the cowpoke Steven "Dusty" Farlow — the adoptive son of Clayton Farrow (Howard Keel) — on three episodes of the third season of the smash CBS primetime soap Dallas.

"They brought Dusty Farlow on to make goo-goo eyes at Sue Ellen [Linda Gray], become moderately involved with her, tempt her and then she basically remembered who she was and went back to J.R. [Larry Hagman]," Martin said a few years ago in an interview for a Dallas fan site.

Dusty (fans nicknamed him "Lusty Dusty") was incinerated in a plane crash, but after J.R. was shot by an unseen assailant in that season's finale, viewer polls and Las Vegas oddsmakers made the character a favorite to be the answer to the burning question, "Who shot J.R.?"

So producers found a way to have him return.

"My agent said, 'Get ready, they are going to bring you back,'" Martin remembered. "I said, 'How? I'm dead.' My agent says, "Oh, this is Hollywood, they will think of something.'"

It turns out Dusty had survived, but his injuries rendered him impotent, paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair.

"He was being nursed back to health by an extremely beautiful woman. That was something America kind of wanted to see at the time; don't ask me why, but they did," Martin said. "So I came from being very much of an episodic television actor to being part of the most successful and fabulous series ever to have been known to humankind."

Dusty would make a miraculous recovery and even return to the rodeo circuit.

Born in Manhattan on Dec. 21, 1941, Jared Christopher Martin was the son of famed New Yorker artist and illustrator Charles E. Martin. He attended The Putney School in Vermont and Columbia, then followed De Palma to Hollywood.

The blue-eyed Martin also appeared in such movies as Westworld (1973), The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974) and Pia Zadora's The Lonely Lady (1983) and on TV's The Partridge Family, Dan August, Night Gallery, The Rookies, The Waltons, How the West Was Won, The Incredible Hulk, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, The Love Boat, Hunter and L.A. Law.

After retiring from acting, Martin co–founded and served as creative director of the Big Picture Alliance, a nonprofit group that introduces inner-city kids to the art of filmmaking, and worked as a professional painter and photographer.

And just last year, Martin co-directed the feature film The Congressman, starring Treat Williams.

His son Christian is general manager for video at SiriusXM, and his wife is Liz Cole, an executive producer at Dateline NBC.

Martin's survivors also include his wife, Yu Wei, whom he married in 2000, and grandchildren Charlie and Emilia.

MARTIN, Jared (Jared Christopher Martin)
Born: 12/21/1941, Manhattan, New York, U.S.A.
Died: 5/24/2017, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Jared Martin’s westerns – actor:
Westworld – 1973 (technician)
How the West Was Won (TV) – 1978 (Frank Grayson)

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