# RIP Tony Curtis **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2010, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585 "2010-09-30T10:32:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/21 "2010-09-30T18:04:21Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > He was always one of my favorites, especially in \*The Vikings \*and _The Great Race_. > > I also loved him as “Stony Curtis” on _The Flintstones_. Ironic that he should die on the fiftieth anniversary of the Flintstones debut. Here’s the one and only [Stony Curtis](http://www.topthat.net/webrock/images/stony_curtis.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/22 "2010-09-30T18:13:48Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > He was great in _Some Like It Hot_. That’s one of my favorite films. But my favorite Tony Curtis movie is _[The Great Race](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059243/)_. RIP Mr. Curtis. “So, until another day, Mr. Leslie!” ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/23 "2010-09-30T18:17:14Z")
He’ll be missed. I’ll always appreciate him for Some Like It Hot, The Great Race, and Jamie Lee. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/24 "2010-09-30T18:19:38Z")
He’s dead? \ Nobody’s Perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/25 "2010-09-30T18:25:30Z")
> [@Carl\_Corey](#): > > He’s dead? > > \ > > Nobody’s Perfect. Nicely done! ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/26 "2010-09-30T18:26:45Z")
Ironic that I watched _Operation Petticoat_ just a few days ago. I’ve just fired up _Some Like It Hot_ (which I never cared for because I thought Marilyn gave a mediocre performance), but will segue into _Sweet Smell of Success_ this afternoon and either _Spartacus_ or _Houdini_ this evening… I love having these flicks at my finger tips with my AppleTV… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/27 "2010-09-30T18:49:12Z")
_Match me, Sidney._ He did, as he always lit up the screen in every movie he made. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/28 "2010-09-30T19:39:55Z")
He was great as well in **The Sweet Smell of Success**. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/29 "2010-09-30T20:52:32Z")
He was not very good when he started. He was a pretty boy who filled pretty boy roles with no stress on acting. He did get better, but not really very good. In the right role he did well, like “Some Like it Hot and the Great Race”. I did not go see a movie because Curtis was in it. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/30 "2010-09-30T20:55:59Z")
He came to my teller’s window when I worked in a bank in Honolulu 20 years ago. He’d stood in line on a very busy day, and needed to make a transaction that was complicated back then by interstate regulations; and he was very gracious and patient about it all, and didn’t expect to be treated any different than anyone else. I know that sounds like I’m prasing someone for simply not acting like a jerk, but he could easily have gone straight into the branch manager’s office and for the trade of a handshake and maybe a quick snapshot together been accomodated as he sat on the manager’s couch, and I’m sure he knew he could have done that, but he didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/31 "2010-09-30T21:47:50Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > I didn’t mean to imply I don’t love it anymore. To be more accurate, I fell in love with it as a kid. I’d never switch pass it if I came across it on a Saturday afternoon. I’d smile and relax back in my chair and enjoy Curtis, Grant, pink sub and the rest all over again. I knew what you meant. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/32 "2010-09-30T22:18:43Z")
I never saw any of his movies but I saw him in his TV serial _The Persuaders_ and liked him in it. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/33 "2010-09-30T22:56:12Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > > [@twickster](#): > > > > He was great in _Some Like It Hot_. > > That’s one of my favorite films. But my favorite Tony Curtis movie is _[The Great Race](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059243/)_. > > RIP Mr. Curtis. “So, until another day, Mr. Leslie!” They showed this near Christmas break when I was in school. I guess I was 8th or 9th grade. It was the best thing they ever did for an assembly. Even though I was a somewhat cynical teen, I still laughed and enjoyed myself. Great cast. I saw it again a few months ago on some expanded basic cable channel (TCM?), and they even left the {_INTERMISSION_} in. Still very funny. “Heehee! Goodbye, you good Leslie you!” ---
**Author:** ![Susanann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Susanann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susanann)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/34 "2010-10-01T00:14:46Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > The last few times I’ve seen him on talk shows, when he was wearing that cowboy hat, he came across as a very ill man. > > . Why was he always wearing a cowboy hat in his old age? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/35 "2010-10-01T00:16:52Z")
Now who will voice the character of Dr. Mrs. The Monarch? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/36 "2010-10-01T00:27:12Z")
> [@Susanann](#): > > > [@salinqmind](#): > > > > The last few times I’ve seen him on talk shows, when he was wearing that cowboy hat, he came across as a very ill man. > > > > . > > Why was he always wearing a cowboy hat in his old age? Coz he was bald. ---
**Author:** ![Susanann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Susanann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susanann)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/37 "2010-10-01T01:09:04Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > > [@Susanann](#): > > > > Why was he always wearing a cowboy hat in his old age? > > Coz he was bald. It would have been better if he gotten a wig/toupee ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/38 "2010-10-01T02:55:57Z")
> [@Damfino](#): > > I never saw any of his movies but I saw him in his TV serial _The Persuaders_ and liked him in it. Wow, the only other person I know that has seen the Persuaders… ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/39 "2010-10-01T05:53:03Z")
With the exception of “Sweet Smell of Success”, I thought Tony Curtis wasn’t the type of actor that could handle a serious role. When I saw him play the title role in “The Boston Strangler” I was really impressed and he turned in a fantastic performance. I believe he thought this was his best role. (see Caprese’s comment earlier in the thread.) Rest In Peace Mr. Curtis. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tony-curtis/555585/40 "2010-10-01T06:02:14Z")
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