Originally Posted By wahooskipper Not trying to be funny but I honetly thought he died a few years ago. We are losing Old Hollywood.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan A really good actor, and wow, looking at the list of movies he was in is amazing. On the Waterfront, Patton, Streetcar Named Desire plus Streets of San Francisco and the commercials for American Express .
Originally Posted By DAR Just watched Patton the other day. He more than held his own with George C Scott.
Originally Posted By DAR Wahoo don't worry I thought the same thing. It begs the question who is left. The only names I can think of are Kirk Douglas and Mickey Rooney.
Originally Posted By Faline Gale Storm and Fred Travalena recently died, too. (Not exactly in the Kirk and Mickey league, however.)
Originally Posted By Faline Gale Storm was an actress in the movies and on tv way back when, and Fred was a comedian (impersonator).
Originally Posted By ecdc >>It begs the question who is left. The only names I can think of are Kirk Douglas and Mickey Rooney.<< The biggest one I can think of is Olivia de Havilland - she turns 93 today. She starred in The Adventures of Robin Hood, Gone with the Wind, and They Died with Their Boots On. Now that's old Hollywood - one of the best.
Originally Posted By ecdc ^^^ And I should mention de Havilland's sister, Joan Fontaine. Rebecca, Suspicion, and Jane Eyre.
Originally Posted By DAR Another actor who just died today was Harve Presnell. You might not recognize the name but if you saw him you'd go "oh that guy." He played William H Macy's father in law in Fargo.
Originally Posted By beamerdog >>Ernest Borgnine is going strong at 92...<< That's because Tova has him pickled in her perfume.
Originally Posted By Faline Not celebrities in the Hollywood sense, but 4 Navajo codetalkers have died in the last 5 weeks. Seems awfully busy lately in the obit side of the house.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <but 4 Navajo codetalkers have died in the last 5 weeks.> With all due respect, who?
Originally Posted By ecdc >>With all due respect, who?<< Navajo was such an obscure language, and such a difficult one to learn, that the government employed them as code men during WWII. They could transmit messages and the Germans could never decipher it. There was a movie made about it, but I never saw it.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin ^^^That, and there is no corresponding written language. So not only could they not understand it, they couldn't learn it.
