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Postby Candy » Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:53 pm

Prolific Actor Darren McGavin Dies at 83
McGavin, 83, died Saturday of natural causes at a Los Angeles-area hospital with his family at his side, said his son Bogart McGavin.

McGavin also had leading roles in TV's "Riverboat" and cult favorite "Kolchak: The Night Stalker." Among his memorable portrayals was Gen. George Patton in the 1979 TV biography "Ike."

Despite his busy career in television, McGavin was awarded only one Emmy: in 1990 for an appearance as Candice Bergen's opinionated father in an episode of "Murphy Brown."
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Postby Enzo » Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:27 am

And just as he was about to reveal the secret of Don KNotts...
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Postby Candy » Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:02 pm

I find it weird that all these older actors are popping off around the same time. Didn't "McCloud" just die, too? :-k
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Postby Enzo » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:10 am

Yep, that's a fact, ma'am.
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Postby Bill EE » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:44 pm

I have a soft spot for Kolchak: The Night Stalker. It was the first TV show I auditioned for (when I actually thought I could act) - my coach got the part of a killer zombie. We had a little party when that show was aired.
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Postby Lance » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:45 pm

Bill EE wrote:I have a soft spot for Kolchak: The Night Stalker. It was the first TV show I auditioned for (when I actually thought I could act) - my coach got the part of a killer zombie. We had a little party when that show was aired.

Have you been in anything we might have seen?
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Postby Bill EE » Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:35 pm

The only movie where you may actually see me enough to make me out is Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. I was an unpaid extra in the stomping scene at the end of the movie. I was paid to run in an Army uniform but you can not tell it was me and it was uncredited. May last "job" was in The Kid from Left Field. I got to yell at Gary Coleman from the stands at Jack Murphy Stadium but my face was cut out. I did audition way too much.

A short and not too sweet career.
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Postby Lance » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:38 pm

So if I want to see you I would have to watch Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

Again.

I think, my friend, it will remain a mystery.
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Postby Bill EE » Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:19 pm

Lance my friend - it is a great movie! The theme still brings a smile to my face.
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Postby Lance » Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:32 pm

Bill EE wrote:Lance my friend - it is a great movie! The theme still brings a smile to my face.

Yeah, I was joking...

Does it ever come on any of the movie (or basic) channels?
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Postby Bill EE » Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:41 pm

I don't know if it is still being shown on basic cable - I kinda doubt it. The studio that made it - Four Squares in National City - is still in business and a friend of mine is a camera man there. He had John Astin (star of the sequels) show up at a Halloween Party he threw about five years ago.

If you really want to see me you have to view it in widescreen - the normal TV version cuts off about half the people jumping around that day to focus on the Chicken! It was a strange day!
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Postby Lance » Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:48 pm

Come to think of it, I may have seen it in one of those "Cheap DVD" bins they have a so many stores now-a-days. I will pick it up if I see it again, and let you know here that I did.

What the heck, it'll fit on my DVD shelf between Rocky Horror and Dark Star.

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