Dick Anthony Williams
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The Mack
Born on August 9, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois.
Dick Anthony Williams was an American actor. Williams is known for his starring performances on Broadway in The Poison Tree, What the Wine-Sellers Buy and Black Picture Show. He is also remembered for playing the character of Pretty Tony in The Mack, which starred Max Julien and Richard Pryor. Williams won the 1974 Drama Desk Award for his performance in What the Wine-Sellers Buy, for which he was also nominated for a Tony Award, and was nominated in 1975 for both a Tony and a Drama Desk Award for his performance in Black Picture Show.
Williams died on 16 February, 2012 in Los Angeles. He was 77.
Elyse Knox
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Knox, Elyse Autographed/Hand Signed 8×10 Photo B&W
Born on December 14, 1917 in Hartford, Connecticut.
Elyse Knox was an American actress, model and fashion designer. She was the mother of actor Mark Harmon.
Knox died February 16, 2012, at her home in Los Angeles. She was 94.
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Born on February 3, 1920 in Berkeley, California.
Russell Arms was an American actor and singer. Arms began his career on radio, moving up to minor screen roles during World War II as a contract player with Warner Brothers and later as a freelance performer, mostly in Westerns. Subsequently he appeared in supporting roles in both feature films and television.
Russell Arms died on February 13, 2012 (aged 92).
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Who’s That Knocking at My Door?
Born on February 17, 1945 in New York City.
Zina Bethune was an American actress, dancer, and choreographer. She starred as “The Girl” alongside Harvey Keitel in Martin Scorsese’s first feature film, Who’s That Knocking at My Door. That movie was commercially released in 1967, although much of it (including Bethune’s acting parts) was filmed in 1965 for Scorsese’s film project at New York University. She was also featured on the CBS TV series The Nurses (1962–65), and other series, including Kraft Television Theatre (with Martin Huston in the series finale), Route 66, The Judy Garland Show, Pantomime Quiz, Hollywood Squares, Young Dr. Malone, and Dr. Kildare.
On February 12, 2012, Bethune was killed in an apparent hit-and-run accident while she was trying to help an injured opossum in Griffith Park, Los Angeles. She was five days shy of her 67th birthday.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Widescreen Edition)
Born on 11 July 1929 in Dublin, Ireland.
David Kelly was an Irish actor, who had regular roles in several film and television works from the 1950s onwards. One of the most recognisable voices and faces of Irish stage and screen, Kelly was known to Irish audiences for his role as Rashers Tierney in Strumpet City, to British audiences for his role as Mr. O’Reilly in Fawlty Towers, and to American audiences for his role as Grandpa Joe in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Another notable role was as Michael O’Sullivan in Waking Ned.
David Kelly died after a short illness on 12 or 13 February 2012, aged 82.
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The Character Actor’s Do’s, Dont’s and Anecdotes
Born on May 2, 1931 in Pipestone, Minnesota.
Phil Burns was an American television actor and writer, best remembered for portraying George Shumway, the father of Mary Hartman on the 1970s comedic series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
Phil Bruns died of natural causes on February 8, 2012 (aged 80).
Peter Breck
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Big Valley – Season 1
Born on March 13, 1929 in Rochester, New York.
Peter Breck was an American character actor of stage, who has played roles on television and in film. The rugged, dark-haired Breck played the gambler and gunfighter Doc Holliday on the ABC series Maverick but is best known for his role as Victoria Barkley’s (Barbara Stanwyck) hot-tempered, middle son Nick in the popular 1960s ABC Western, The Big Valley.
Peter Breck died on February 6, 2012 from his illness at the age of eighty-two.
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Saturday Night Fever [Blu-ray]
Born on July 31, 1932 in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Sam Coppola was a Jersey City, New Jersey-born American actor. He appeared in almost 70 films, beginning in 1968, but will best be remembered for his role in Saturday Night Fever.
Sam Coppola died on February 5, 2012 (aged 79).
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Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Born on October 24, 1936 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.
Bill Hinzman was an American actor and film director. Hinzman’s first role was the cemetery zombie in the horror film Night of the Living Dead (1968). Hinzman also played roles in the films Legion of the Night (1985), Santa Claws (1996), Evil Ambitions (1996), and The Drunken Dead Guy (2005).
Hinzman died on February 5, 2012 from cancer. He was 75.
Ben Gazzara
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Capone
Born on August 28, 1930 in New York City, New York.
Ben Gazzara was an American film, stage, and Emmy Award winning television actor and director.
Gazzara died on February 3, 2012 of pancreatic cancer at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York.
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