The role I remember him best for is Mr Herd, one of Bob’s regular patients on The Bob Newhart Show.
Another one I saw in the newspaper celebrity birthday list. Barry McGuire of “Eve of Destruction” fame is 90 today. I don’t know that I was surprised he was still alive but I hadn’t thought about him in years.
Architect Frank Gehry is 96.
Leslie Caron, b 1931 is still with us. I just watched my favorite Cinderella movie, “The Glass Slipper”, in which she played the title part. Also, I loved her in “Lili”, and her other films. “Gigi”, not so much since it has the song about little girls. It hasn’t aged well at all, but I try to remind myself of the era and culture they portray. Let others love it, if they must.
John Glen, the director of many James Bond movies in the 70s and 80s, is still alive at age 93.
Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy is still with us at 88.
June Lockhart passes at age 100.
Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss, both 87 are still with us.
I hadn’t realized that; I’m glad. They both have long filmographies, but I’d particularly recommend, for Benjamin, The Last of Sheila; for Prentiss, The Parallax View. (She’s in it for only the first ten minutes, but her final scene is devastating.)
Eta:
Never mind, not a big deal.
That’s a good one, I didn’t realize she was still alive until I saw that she had passed.
Am I the only one here who loved Saturday the 14th?
I never saw that, but should, since I do like Benjamin and Prentiss. (Even though Rotten Tomatoes takes a dim view of it.)
Ugh, hated that movie. I see there is a sequel, which will remain unwatched by me.
Maybe part of its nostalgia. I loved it as a kid, but haven’t watched it recently.
One I was surprised to just learn about is France Nuyen. Her acting debut was in 1958. But she’s still alive at 86.
She had a good run.
They showed Sandy Koufax (age 89) in attendance at last nights World Series game.
My wife and I quote her from when she was on the phone with her distinct voice.
“Oh, I know…oh, I know…oh, I know.”
Former New York senator Al D’Amato is still alive at 88.