"film adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel ""Inherent Vice"" (2014). Both roles earned him nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In 2017, his performance as the damaged savior of sex-trafficking victims in ""You Were Never Really Here"" netted him the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. Joaquin Phoenix filmography Joaquin Phoenix is an American actor who started his career performing as a child on television. He appeared on the shows ""Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"" (1982) and """" (1984) with his brother River Phoenix and on an episode of ""Murder, She"
"1993, three days after Phoenix's 19th birthday, his older brother River suffered a drug overdose and died. The call Phoenix made to 911 seeking help for his brother was repeatedly played on radio and television. In response, Phoenix retreated from the public eye for about a year. During the comeback portion of his career, Phoenix went back to his given name Joaquin and was often cast in supporting roles as conflicted, insecure characters with a dark side. In 1995, he co-starred in ""To Die For"", as the disturbed young man Jimmy who gets seduced by Suzanne Stone (Nicole Kidman) to"
"aged 86, from natural causes. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. He was survived by his third wife, seven stepchildren, three sisters, two brothers, and 17 grandchildren. His ""New York Times"" obituary cited him as ""the handsome leading man in a string of Warner Brothers films."" Denis Gifford of ""The Independent"" noted that ""his good looks and sincere playing won him a place in the memories of all film fans of Hollywood's golden age."" Jeffrey Lynn Jeffrey Lynn (born Ragnar Godfrey Lind; February 16, 1909 – November 24, 1995) was an American stage-screen actor"
"Marcia Cross. A memorial in Jordan's honor was held at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles on October 8, 1993, the day ""Gettysburg"" was released. Richard Jordan Robert Anson Jordan Jr. (July 19, 1937 – August 30, 1993) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. A long-time member of the New York Shakespeare Festival, he performed in many Off Broadway and Broadway plays. His films include ""Logan's Run"", ""Les Misérables"", ""Raise the Titanic"", ""The Friends of Eddie Coyle"", ""The Yakuza"", ""Interiors"", ""The Bunker"", ""Dune"", ""The Secret of My Success"", Timebomb, ""The Hunt for Red October"", ""Posse"" and ""Gettysburg""."
"Claude Rains William Claude Rains (10 November 188930 May 1967) was an English–American film and stage actor whose career spanned several decades. After his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in ""The Invisible Man"" (1933) he appeared in classic films such as ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"" (1938), ""Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"" (1939), ""The Wolf Man"" (1941), ""Casablanca"" and ""Kings Row"" (both 1942), ""Notorious"" (1946), ""The Pied Piper of Hamelin"" (1957), and ""Lawrence of Arabia"" (1962). He was a Tony Award winning actor and was a four-time nominee for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Rains was"
"2004, in Los Angeles, California at age 85. Richard Karlan Richard Karlan (April 24, 1919 – September 10, 2004) was an American actor. He appeared in the films ""Snow Dog"", ""Union Station"", ""Between Midnight and Dawn"", ""The Lemon Drop Kid"", ""Love Is Better Than Ever"", ""The Racket"", ""Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie"", ""Tangier Incident"", ""Blowing Wild"", ""All the Brothers Were Valiant"", ""Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl"", ""Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy"", ""The Steel Jungle"", ""Accused of Murder"", ""Hollywood or Bust"", ""Rock All Night"", ""The Crooked Circle"", ""The Man Who Died Twice"", ""Inside the Mafia"" and ""Star!"", among"
"of Mr. Freeze in a first-season episode of ""Batman"" titled ""Rats Like Cheese"". From then on he had several small parts in various movies and TV shows, his last part being Mr. Dunn in 1971's ""How's Your Love Life?"". He died at age 55 on April 5, 1974 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California from cirrhosis. He was survived by his twin brother, actor John Hudson. William Hudson (actor) William Woodson Hudson Jr. (January 24, 1919 - April 5, 1974) was an American actor best remembered for the role of Ranger Clark in ""Rocky Jones, Space Ranger"" and the role"
"Alec Baldwin Alexander Rae ""Alec"" Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor, writer, producer, and comedian. A member of the Baldwin family, he is the eldest of the four Baldwin brothers, all actors. Baldwin first gained recognition appearing on seasons 6 and 7 of the CBS television drama ""Knots Landing"", in the role of Joshua Rush. He has played both leading and supporting roles in films such as the horror comedy fantasy film ""Beetlejuice"" (1988), as Jack Ryan in the action thriller ""The Hunt for Red October"" (1990), the romantic comedy ""The Marrying Man"" (1991), the drama"
"at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles. Noah Beery Sr. Noah Nicholas Beery (January 17, 1882 – April 1, 1946) was an American actor who appeared in films from 1913 to 1945. He was the older brother of Academy Award-winning actor Wallace Beery and the father of character actor Noah Beery Jr. Beery was billed as either Noah Beery or Noah Beery Sr. depending upon the film. Noah Nicholas Beery was born on a farm in Clay County, Missouri not far from Smithville. The Beery family left the farm in the 1890s and moved to nearby Kansas"
"Gary for dragging Dad's name through the mud. My dad was my hero. I loved him very much. And he loved all of us too, including Gary. He was a great father."" Crosby died on January 13, 2004, in Woodland Hills, California from a heart attack, aged 69. ""Presenting the Crosby Brothers"" (MGM-C-846) SIDE ONE SIDE TWO Phillip Crosby Phillip Lang Crosby (July 13, 1934 – January 13, 2004) was an American actor and singer. He was one of the four sons of Bing Crosby and Dixie Lee; the others were his older brother Gary, his twin brother Dennis, and"
"Lloyd Bridges Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. (January 15, 1913 – March 10, 1998) was an American film, stage and television actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of actors Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges. He started his career as a contract performer for Columbia Pictures, appearing in classics such as ""A Walk In The Sun"", ""High Noon"", ""Little Big Horn"", and ""Sahara"". By the end of his career, he had re-invented himself and demonstrated a gifted comedic talent in such parody films as ""Airplane!"", ""Hot Shots!"","
"Dan Sheridan Dan Sheridan (born Daniel Marvin Sheridan on September 3, 1916 in Athlone, Ireland - died June 29, 1963 in Encino, Los Angeles, California) was an Irish-American actor who appeared in more than thirty-five television series between 1957 and his death at the age of forty-six in 1963. He was cast in forty-one episodes of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, ""Lawman"", starring John Russell and Peter Brown. In most of his ""Lawman"" appearances, Sheridan played the bartender, Jake Summers. A supporting player with a cultured voice, he also appeared in several films, including ""Cry of the City"", ""Bullwhip"", and"
"Rance Howard Rance Howard (born Harold Rance Beckenholdt; November 17, 1928 – November 25, 2017) was an American actor who starred in film and on television. He was the father of actor and filmmaker Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard, and grandfather of the actresses Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard. Howard appeared in many notable films such as ""Cool Hand Luke"" (1967), ""Chinatown"" (1974), ""Splash"" (1984), ""Ed Wood"" (1994), ""Apollo 13"" (1995), ""Independence Day"" (1996), ""A Beautiful Mind"" (2001), ""Cinderella Man"" (2005), ""Frost/Nixon"" (2008), ""Nebraska"" (2013), and ""Max Rose"" (2016). For co-produced the television film ""The Time Crystal"" (1981),"
"Richard Jordan Robert Anson Jordan Jr. (July 19, 1937 – August 30, 1993) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. A long-time member of the New York Shakespeare Festival, he performed in many Off Broadway and Broadway plays. His films include ""Logan's Run"", ""Les Misérables"", ""Raise the Titanic"", ""The Friends of Eddie Coyle"", ""The Yakuza"", ""Interiors"", ""The Bunker"", ""Dune"", ""The Secret of My Success"", Timebomb, ""The Hunt for Red October"", ""Posse"" and ""Gettysburg"". Jordan was born in New York City, to Robert Anson Jordan, Sr., from Boston, Massachusetts, and Constance (née Hand), from New York. His maternal grandfather was"
"Swofford died on November 1, 2018. His death was announced by his grandson Brandon on Twitter. Ken Swofford Kenneth Charles Swofford (July 25, 1933 – November 1, 2018) was an American film and television actor often cast as a villain or a policeman. Between 1962 and 1995, Swofford's film credits included ""Thelma & Louise"", ""Skyjacked"", ""Black Roses"" and ""The Andromeda Strain"", while his TV career during the same period was prolific. He appeared on such television series as ""Fame"", ""Switch"", ""The Oregon Trail"", ""Rich Man, Poor Man Book II"", ""Murder, She Wrote"", and as a cast member of the mystery"
"John Ritter Jonathan Southworth Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American actor and comedian. He was the son of the singing cowboy star Tex Ritter and the father of actors Jason and Tyler Ritter. Ritter was known for playing Jack Tripper on the ABC sitcom ""Three's Company"" (1977–1984), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award in 1984. He briefly reprised the role on the spin-off ""Three's a Crowd"", which aired for one season. Ritter appeared in over 100 films and television series combined and performed on Broadway, with roles including"
"Michael Jeter Michael Jeter (August 26, 1952 – March 30, 2003) was an American actor of film, stage, and television. His television roles included Herman Stiles on the sitcom ""Evening Shade"" from 1990 until 1994 and Mr. Noodle's brother, Mister Noodle on the ""Elmo's World"" segments of ""Sesame Street"" from 1999 until 2003. Jeter's film roles include ""Zelig"", ""Tango & Cash"", ""The Fisher King"", """", ""Waterworld"", ""Air Bud"", ""Patch Adams"", ""The Green Mile"", ""Jurassic Park III"", ""Welcome to Collinwood"", ""Open Range"", and ""The Polar Express"". Jeter was born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee on August 26, 1952. His mother, Virginia (née Raines;"
"partner, Sean Blue, stated publicly that Jeter died after suffering an epileptic seizure. Michael Jeter Michael Jeter (August 26, 1952 – March 30, 2003) was an American actor of film, stage, and television. His television roles included Herman Stiles on the sitcom ""Evening Shade"" from 1990 until 1994 and Mr. Noodle's brother, Mister Noodle on the ""Elmo's World"" segments of ""Sesame Street"" from 1999 until 2003. Jeter's film roles include ""Zelig"", ""Tango & Cash"", ""The Fisher King"", """", ""Waterworld"", ""Air Bud"", ""Patch Adams"", ""The Green Mile"", ""Jurassic Park III"", ""Welcome to Collinwood"", ""Open Range"", and ""The Polar Express"". Jeter was"
"Captain Spaulding""—done entirely in French. Groucho Marx Julius Henry ""Groucho"" Marx (; October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian, writer, stage, film, radio, and television star. A master of quick wit, he is widely considered one of America's greatest comedians. He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born. He also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game show ""You Bet Your Life"". His distinctive appearance, carried over from his days in vaudeville, included quirks such as an exaggerated"
"sudden death on February 3, 1992. On that fateful night in Quezon City, Jay lost control of his motorcycle and skidded to his death. Reports claimed that the actor was not wearing a protective helmet. He was 39. He died in a motorcycle accident in Quezon City in 1992. He was 39 years old. Jay Ilagan Jay Ilagan (January 20, 1953 – February 3, 1992) was a Filipino actor. He hosted ""Stop, Look and Listen"" and starred in ""My Son, My Son"" and ""Going Bananas"", and starred and participated in a number of movies. Born Julius Abad Ilagan on January"
"Karamessos in ""Friends"". Susskind died on Jan 21, 2005 in an automobile accident in Sunland, California. Steve Susskind Steve Susskind (October 3, 1942 – January 21, 2005) was an American actor who appeared in numerous small parts in sitcoms, such as ""Seinfeld"", ""Frasier"", ""Married... with Children"", ""Scrubs"", and ""NewsRadio"". Susskind also performed as an actor and a voice actor in several films, such as ""Friday the 13th Part III"", """", ""Monsters, Inc.,"" The Emperor's New Groove and ""Osmosis Jones""; and the video games """" and ""Dead to Rights"". He also sang with The Roommates, who had hit records with ""Please"
"Anthony Quinn Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001), more commonly known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican actor, painter and writer. He starred in numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including ""La Strada"", ""The Guns of Navarone"", ""Zorba the Greek"", ""Guns for San Sebastian"", ""Lawrence of Arabia"", ""The Shoes of the Fisherman"", ""The Message"", ""Lion of the Desert"", ""Last Action Hero"" and ""A Walk in the Clouds"". He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice: for ""Viva Zapata!"" in 1952 and ""Lust for Life"" in 1956. Quinn was born Antonio Rodolfo Quinn"
"to the motion picture and television industry, Romero has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Cesar Romero Cesar Julio Romero Jr. (February 15, 1907 – January 1, 1994) was an American actor, singer, dancer and vocal artist. He was active in film, radio, and television for almost 60 years. His wide range of screen roles included Latin lovers, historical figures in costume dramas, characters in light domestic comedies, and the Joker on the ""Batman"" television series, who was included in ""TV Guide's ""2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time. Cesar Julio Romero Jr. was born"
"of 74. He was interred at Ocean View Cemetery in Staten Island. His wife, Joan Calistri Robinson (1928–2001), had died five years earlier. Charles Knox Robinson Charles Knox Robinson III (April 13, 1932 — July 22, 2006) was an American actor who appeared in over 80 films and television series over his career. From 1958 through 1971 he was credited as Charles Robinson and, from 1972 onward, his full birth name, Charles Knox Robinson, also became his stage name. His credits have been occasionally commingled with those of younger actor Charlie Robinson who, during an eight-year (1984–92) stint as court"
"Cesar Romero Cesar Julio Romero Jr. (February 15, 1907 – January 1, 1994) was an American actor, singer, dancer and vocal artist. He was active in film, radio, and television for almost 60 years. His wide range of screen roles included Latin lovers, historical figures in costume dramas, characters in light domestic comedies, and the Joker on the ""Batman"" television series, who was included in ""TV Guide's ""2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time. Cesar Julio Romero Jr. was born in New York City on February 15, 1907, the son of Cesar Julio Romero Sr. and Maria"
"had suffered pneumonia, which apparently weakened his heart. He was also a heavy smoker and drinker. After suffering several heart attacks, he was hospitalized for his last month and died on December 21, 1974, at Tarzana Medical Center in Los Angeles, four days after his 47th birthday. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea. Richard Long (actor) Richard Long (December 17, 1927 – December 21, 1974) was an American actor best known for his leading roles in three ABC television series, including ""The Big Valley,"" ""Nanny and the Professor,"" and ""Bourbon Street Beat"". He was also a"
"of an oxygen tank. He died four years later at the age of sixty. He is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Scott Brady Scott Brady (born Gerard Kenneth Tierney; September 13, 1924 – April 16, 1985) was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in western films and as a ubiquitous television presence. Gerard Kenneth Tierney was born in Brooklyn, New York to Lawrence and Maria Tierney; his father was an Irish American policeman who was chief of the New York aqueduct police force. His older and younger brothers were fellow actors"
"1992 and aired days before Muller died. In 2002 the book ""Jill Chill & the Baron of Glacier Mountain"" by Ed McCray featured a character named Romeo after Muller. The book is written in the style of the old Christmas specials that Muller had written. Muller died of a heart attack in his sleep shortly after receiving a diagnosis of cancer. Films <link rel=""mw:PageProp/Category"" href=""./Category:1928_births"" /> <link rel=""mw:PageProp/Category"" href=""./Category:American_male_dramatists_and_playwrights"" /> Romeo Muller Romeo Earl Muller, Jr. (August 7, 1928 – December 30, 1992) was an American screenwriter and actor most remembered for his screenplays such as for the 1964 TV"
"Richard Karlan Richard Karlan (April 24, 1919 – September 10, 2004) was an American actor. He appeared in the films ""Snow Dog"", ""Union Station"", ""Between Midnight and Dawn"", ""The Lemon Drop Kid"", ""Love Is Better Than Ever"", ""The Racket"", ""Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie"", ""Tangier Incident"", ""Blowing Wild"", ""All the Brothers Were Valiant"", ""Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl"", ""Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy"", ""The Steel Jungle"", ""Accused of Murder"", ""Hollywood or Bust"", ""Rock All Night"", ""The Crooked Circle"", ""The Man Who Died Twice"", ""Inside the Mafia"" and ""Star!"", among others. He died of pneumonia on September 10,"
"Michael Parks Michael Parks (born Harry Samuel Parks; April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017) was an American singer and actor. He appeared in many films and made frequent television appearances but was probably best known for his work in his later years with filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, and Kevin Smith. Kevin Smith is producing a documentary on Michael's life titled ""Long Lonesome Highway, The Story of Michael Parks"". It stars James Parks, Kurt Russell, Haley Joel Osment, Robert Rodriguez, Leonard Maltin, Mickey Rourke, Justin Long, Wyatt Russell, Mark Frost, and more. Parks was born in Corona,"
"productions over the course of his career, playing a variety of leading and supporting parts. As his film career began to flourish, he found less time to perform in the theatre in both England and America. Claude Rains William Claude Rains (10 November 188930 May 1967) was an English–American film and stage actor whose career spanned several decades. After his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in ""The Invisible Man"" (1933) he appeared in classic films such as ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"" (1938), ""Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"" (1939), ""The Wolf Man"" (1941), ""Casablanca"" and ""Kings Row"" (both"
"on Superman in 1958 playing role of Atlas the strongman. He was duped by other circus performers to steal for them. He was told Superman was a crook. Buddy Baer Jacob Henry ""Buddy"" Baer (June 11, 1915 – July 18, 1986) was an American boxer and later an actor in films and on television. In 2003, Baer was chosen for the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. He was the younger brother of boxing heavyweight champion Max Baer, and the uncle of actor Max Baer, Jr. Buddy Baer, like his brother and nephew, also pursued acting."
"Richard Linklater Richard Stuart Linklater (; born July 30, 1960) is an American filmmaker and actor. Linklater is mostly known for his realistic and natural humanist films which revolve mainly around suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. Some notable films of his include the observational comedy film ""Slacker"" (1990); the coming-of-age comedy ""Dazed and Confused"" (1993); the romantic drama film trilogy ""Before Sunrise"" (1995), ""Before Sunset"" (2004), and ""Before Midnight"" (2013); the music-themed comedy ""School of Rock"" (2003); and the rotoscope animated films ""Waking Life"" (2001) and ""A Scanner Darkly"" (2006). In 2002, he began filming"