According to NPR, Richard Widmark passed away. He was 93 years old. I'm sure there will be more obits posted on here.
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Richard Widmark Dies
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Widmark was a great actor - primarily in movies where he first became famous playing film-noir villains.
He had been retired and out of the spotlight so long, I think I had assumed he had already passed on. I hope his last years in retirement were good ones.
He had been retired and out of the spotlight so long, I think I had assumed he had already passed on. I hope his last years in retirement were good ones.
...my favourite Widmark line ever is in PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET: "Are you waving the flag at *me*?!!?" Sam Fuller sure knew how to make 'em...
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My father claims (and I have never been able to verify this) that back in the
1950's there was a record that was briefly on the charts, and got a lot of
radio airplay where he was living. It was called The Richard Widmark Tango.
He claims it was nothing more than your typical Argentine tango with the
words "Richard Widmark" being repeated by a male singer over and over again.
"Richard Widmark......dah dum dah dum dum dum dum
Richard Widmark......dah dah dah dah dum dum dum dum...."
Anybody out there ever heard this? I'd like to believe my dad
but am having a very hard time.
1950's there was a record that was briefly on the charts, and got a lot of
radio airplay where he was living. It was called The Richard Widmark Tango.
He claims it was nothing more than your typical Argentine tango with the
words "Richard Widmark" being repeated by a male singer over and over again.
"Richard Widmark......dah dum dah dum dum dum dum
Richard Widmark......dah dah dah dah dum dum dum dum...."
Anybody out there ever heard this? I'd like to believe my dad
but am having a very hard time.
Several years ago, Richard Widmark was on a short list of nominees to receive an honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. He unfortunately wasn't chosen. Who was? Sidney Poitier, who had already gotten an Oscar for "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?"
Just this past ceremony, the man who received an honorary statuette was a technical guy who was 97 years old.
Hey Academy, come on. You can do better than that. Richard Widmark deserved the honor. Why give one to someone who's already gotten one?
And why make people wait so freakin' long to get one? 97? Didn't he deserve one earlier for all his contributions?
I hope Richard Widmark is now seeing what Lucy did with that grapefruit.
Just this past ceremony, the man who received an honorary statuette was a technical guy who was 97 years old.
Hey Academy, come on. You can do better than that. Richard Widmark deserved the honor. Why give one to someone who's already gotten one?
And why make people wait so freakin' long to get one? 97? Didn't he deserve one earlier for all his contributions?
I hope Richard Widmark is now seeing what Lucy did with that grapefruit.
Hardly anyone remembers that Widmark had one
series: "Madigan," part of the NBC Wednesday
Mystery Movie rotation in 1972. When it comes
to television, most people associate him completely
with that grapefruit episode of "I Love Lucy." It's
probably just as well that his true calling was the
movies. (BTW, he got his start back around 1942
as the title character on an NBC radio soap, "Front
Page Farrell.")
series: "Madigan," part of the NBC Wednesday
Mystery Movie rotation in 1972. When it comes
to television, most people associate him completely
with that grapefruit episode of "I Love Lucy." It's
probably just as well that his true calling was the
movies. (BTW, he got his start back around 1942
as the title character on an NBC radio soap, "Front
Page Farrell.")
I loved the old "Burns and Allen," where George tried to get Richard to scare Gracie. Of course Gracie wasn't scared and almost got him fired. He called Gracie a "skirt" and she took this to mean he was a dress maker and well by the time it was over, Widmark was on the verge of being let go from his studio because he no longer was "tough."
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