Thursday, February 27, 2014

Terry Rand obit

Terry Rand, Marquette All-American, dies

 He was not on the list.


Green Bay native Terry Rand, an All-American center for Marquette University in the mid-1950s, died Thursday in Naples, Fla. He was 79.

Rand's son, Kevin, said his father died of cardiac arrest at Naples Community Hospital as a result of complications from surgery he underwent last week.

Terry Rand was part of Rand Financial Advisors Inc. and resided in Naples.

Rand, who was listed in college at 6 feet 9 inches and 220 pounds, led Marquette in scoring and rebounding for three straight seasons starting in 1953-'54.

In his final season at Marquette in 1955-'56, he averaged 20.3 points and 13.1 rebounds and was selected for All-Catholic All-American honors. He was also a National Association of Basketball Coaches third-team All-American that season.

In 1955, in MU's first visit to the NCAA Tournament, Rand scored 37 points in a game against Miami (Ohio). That still stands as a school tournament record. The 1954-'55 team had a record of 24-3, which included a 22-game winning streak, and was ranked eighth in the country by The Associated Press.

In a 1956 game against Duquesne, he scored 43 points, which set a Chicago Stadium scoring record.

Rand scored 1,309 points and had 978 rebounds in his three MU seasons. He ranks second in school history behind Don Kojis in rebounds per game and is eighth in scoring average.

In 1956, he was named as an alternate to the 12-member U.S. Olympic basketball team.

In 1958, Rand was part of a U.S. team that played a six-game exhibition series in Russia as part of a cultural exchange. Rand played against 7-4, 370-pound Soviet center Janich Krumins. Rand told a reporter he was surprised by the Russian players' knowledge of American sports.

"They asked us about Bill Russell and K.C. Jones and why they hadn't come along," Rand said.

On Dec. 16, 1955, Marquette played Russell's powerful University of San Francisco team at the DePaul Invitational at Chicago Stadium. The Dons won, 65-58. Russell had high praise for Rand.

"Rand is far and away the best center I've faced in three years of college ball," Russell told The Associated Press in San Francisco. "He's the best jumper and the best all-round player, and that includes Tom Heinsohn of Holy Cross."

Rand played for Green Bay East High School and scored 570 points in his senior year. He was a two-time all-Fox River Valley selection.

His given name was Lynwood Terry Rand in honor of Lynwood "Schoolboy" Rowe, who was pitching for the Detroit Tigers in the 1934 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals when Rand was born.

Rand was drafted in the second round by the Minneapolis Lakers in 1956, but the franchise was broke and he decided instead to play for an amateur team, the Denver-Chicago Truckers of the National Industrial Basketball League, for $12,000 a year and a law school scholarship. Johnny Dee, who went on to coach Notre Dame, coached the Truckers at the time.

Rand, according to his company biography, had a bachelor of science degree in business finance from the University of Denver and completed three years of law school there.

Rand played basketball in Denver for six years and became a stock broker in 1958.

Rand was named Lynwood Terry Rand after Detroit Tigers pitcher Lynwood "Schoolboy" Rowe, who was pitching in the 1934 World Series when Rand was born

 He grew up as a swimmer in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and did not play basketball until his freshman year of high school, when he stood 6–2. He did not make Green Bay East's varsity squad until his junior season and played only 13 games due to an illness. Nonetheless, he averaged 28.7 points per game and was named to the all-Fox River Valley Conference team. He repeated as an all-Fox River Valley selection as a senior, where he scored a total of 570 points, which is the school's single-season scoring record. He scored in excess of 30 points on seven occasions, and twice scored 40 points.

In the 1956 NBA draft, the Minneapolis Lakers selected Rand in the second round with the 10th overall pick. The Lakers offered him a starting salary of $15,000, but Rand declined because the team's finances were a wreck. Instead, he signed with the Denver Truckers of the semi-professional National Industrial Basketball League. The Truckers paid him $12,000 a year in addition to tuition to attend the law school at the University of Denver. Despite not being an amateur, Rand was one of four alternates on the 1956 U.S. Olympic team. He was not considered fully professional because NIBL players were employees of the parent company.

He played six seasons in the NIBL for the Truckers, where he was coached by John Dee. Rand led the NIBL in scoring and rebounding as a rookie. He averaged 20.3 points per game that year en route to being named an All-Star, rookie of the year, and most valuable player. In 1958, he played on the U.S. All-Star team which toured Russia

He was inducted into Marquette's Athletics Hall of Fame in 1996. Rand is survived by his wife, Beth, and children Greg, Kevin and Jennifer.

Jim Lange obit

Jim Lange, 'The Dating Game' host, dies at 81


He was not on the list.

Jim Lange, the first host of the popular game show "The Dating Game," has died at his home in Mill Valley, Calif. He was 81.

He died Tuesday morning after suffering a heart attack, his wife Nancy told The Associated Press Wednesday.


Though Lange had a successful career in radio, he is best known for his television role on ABC's "The Dating Game," which debuted in 1965 and on which he appeared for more than a decade, charming audiences with his mellifluous voice and wide, easygoing grin.


He also played host to many celebrity guests. Michael Jackson, Steve Martin and Arnold Schwarzenegger, among others, appeared as contestants.


Even a pre-"Charlie's Angels" Farrah Fawcett appeared on the program, introduced as "an accomplished artist and sculptress" with a dream to open her own gallery.


The show's format: a young man or woman questions three members of the opposite sex, hidden from view, to determine which one would be the best date.


The questions were designed by the show's writers to elicit sexy answers.


"I've never been out on a date before. What do two kids like us do on a date?" a teenage Michael Jackson asked one of his potential dates on a 1972 episode of the show.


"Well, we'd have fun," the girl answered. "We'd go out to dinner, and then I'd go over to your house."


Lange was born on Aug. 15, 1932, in St. Paul, Minn., where at 15 he discovered a passion for local radio after winning an audition at a local station.


"They wanted a boy and a girl," he said in a 1992 interview with the Bay Area Radio Digest. "They wanted the boy to do sports and the girl to do the dances and stuff that was going on in the Twin Cities -- very sexist -- and play music once a week."


He hosted that show for two years before attending the University of Minnesota and doing a three-year stint in the Marines, according to the Bay Area Radio Museum.


His big break on network TV came in 1962 when he was made an announcer and sidekick on "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show."


Later, after "The Dating Game" brought him national recognition, he also hosted the game shows "Hollywood Connection," "$100,000 Name That Tune" and "The New Newlywed Game."


Lang also worked as a disc jockey for decades in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, and upon his retirement from broadcasting in 2005, he was the morning DJ for KABL-FM, which specializes in playing classics from the Big Band era to the 1970s.


"As much as he's known for his television work, his real love was radio," his wife said. "He loved doing local radio, especially before it was computerized."


Lange himself once told the Bay Area Radio Digest that his favorite aspect of the medium was that "you don't have to worry about lighting directors and cameramen or script writers and all that."


"Good radio is still the most fun," he said, "It always will be. Plus, you don't have to wear makeup and you don't have to shave."


Lange is survived by a sister, five children, two stepchildren and four grandchildren.

Roy Cooper obit

 Actor Roy Cooper Has Died

He was not on the list.


Roy Cooper was born on January 22, 1930 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Basketball Diaries (1995), Dolores Claiborne (1995) and HouseSitter (1992). He died on February 27, 2014.

Actor

Amistad (1997)

Amistad

Pickney

1997

 

Christian Slater and Robin Tunney in Julian Po (1997)

Julian Po

Tobias the Barber

1997

 

Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kathy Bates in Dolores Claiborne (1995)

Dolores Claiborne

Magistrate

1995

 

Leonardo DiCaprio in The Basketball Diaries (1995)

The Basketball Diaries

Father McNulty

1995

 

Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn in HouseSitter (1992)

HouseSitter

Moseby

1992

 

Sharon Gabet and Larkin Malloy in The Edge of Night (1956)

The Edge of Night

Roy Stanton

TV Series

1984

5 episodes

 

Flyers (1982)

Flyers

Kyle Murphy

Short

1982

 

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980)

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

William

TV Movie

1980

 

Simon (1980)

Simon

General's Aide

1980

 

Beacon Hill

Trevor Bullock

TV Series

1975

11 episodes

 

David O'Brien in The Doctors (1963)

The Doctors

Capt. Zebulon KirkDr. Gordon Mayther

TV Series

1972–1975

18 episodes

 

The Exorcist (1973)

The Exorcist

Jesuit Dean

1973

 

Duty Bound

Defense Attorney

TV Movie

1973

 

The 300 Year Weekend (1971)

The 300 Year Weekend

Hal

1971

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Roger Booth obit

Actor Roger Booth Has Died

 He was not on the list.


Roger Booth was born on November 12, 1933 in East Stonehouse, Devon, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Barry Lyndon (1975), Cutthroat Island (1995) and Daniel Deronda (1970). He died on February 26, 2014 in London, England, UK.

Booth as an English actor, often on television. He appeared in many British television series and films, which include Z-Cars, No Hiding Place, The Avengers, Robbery, The Tomorrow People, Law & Order, EastEnders, The Bill and others.

His theatre work includes Alan Bleasdale's "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" at the Liverpool Playhouse, and plays with the RSC and the Bristol Old Vic.

Acting credits

Title      Year            Role            Notes

Z-Cars 1964            Hobson            Episode: "Clues Are What You Think"

Compact            1964            Mr. Rawson            Episode: "Many Questions"

Paris 1900            1964            Gendarme            Episode: "Half a Husband"

Hereward the Wake   1965            Gilbert's Cook            Episode: "The War Arrow"

No Hiding Place    1965            Insp. Logan            Episode: "The Street"

The Avengers            1965-1967    'Porky' Purser / Tubby Vincent 2 episodes

Disneyland            1966            Lord Calmsden            2 episodes

ITV Play of the Week   1967            Trenchard            Episode: "The Voysey Inheritance"

The White Rabbit  1967            German orderly on train            Episode: "O Absalom"

Robbery            1967            Detective         Film, Uncredited

Orlando            1968            Sheik Abu Hassan            Episode: "Orlando and the Return of Moosh: Beau Geste and All That"

Work Is a Four-Letter Word   1968            Pincher            Film, Uncredited

ITV Playhouse            1968            Porky Leighton            Episode: "The Tigers of Subtopia"

The Tyrant King     1968            Tourist            2 episodes

Resurrection            1968            3rd Judge            Episode: "Dmitri"

Hadleigh            1969            Vic Bennett            Episode: "The Wrong Side of the Hill"

The First Churchills            1969            Bentinck / Portland            4 episodes

Mystery and Imagination            1970            Major O'Rooke            Episode: "The Suicide Club"

Daniel Deronda            1970            Mr. Lush     3 episodes

The Passenger            1971            Jack Steen    1 episode

The Trouble with 2B            1972            Mr. Grotti   Film

Adult Fun            1972            Mr. Charles Film

Play for Today            1972-1982    Father George / Holland / Tom Barton / Trade union official / Frank   5 episodes

Kidnapped            1973            Duke of Cumberland            Film

The Tomorrow People  1973            Rabowski        4 episodes

Harriet's Back in Town            1973            Harry Palmer  2 episodes

The Prince of Denmark            1974            Mr. Yates            Unknown episode

You're on Your Own     1975            Roger Whitby            Episode: "No One Wants Any Trouble"

The Main Chance 1975            Magnus Tait            Episode: "We're the Bosses Now"

Barry Lyndon            1975            King George III            Film

Yes, Honestly            1976            Tug Lavenham            Episode: "Black and White and Red All Over"

The Sweeney            1976            Ashcroft            Episode: "May"

Armchair Thriller  1978            C.I.D. Supt.            Episode: "Rachel in Danger: Part 4"

A Sharp Intake of Breath            1978            Mr. Mathews            Episode: "See You in Court"

Law & Order            1978            Chief Officer Carne            Episode: "A Prisoner's Tale"

The Life Story of Baal 1978            Mech            Film

Matilda's England            1979            Mr. Frye     3 episodes

Secret Army            1979            Reichskommissar Glaub   2 episodes

Suez 1956            1979            Peter Thorneycroft            TV movie

Escape 1980                Episode: "The Cartland Murder"

BBC2 Playhouse            1980            Major Deans            Episode: "Fatal Spring"

Rumpole of the Bailey   1980            Alderman Pertwee            Episode: "Rumpole's Return"

Remembrance            1982            Mark's father    Film

The Barchester Chronicles            1982            Plomacy          1 episode

The Last Song            1983            Bruce            2 episodes

The Nation's Health  1983            Staff – Mortuary Technician            Episode: "Chronic"

Diana   1984            Hawthorn            Episode: "Part Five – May 1937"

Kim      1984            Father Victor   TV movie

Dempsey and Makepeace            1985            Jack            Episode: "Blind Eye"

Lamb   1985            Farmer on Train            Film

All in Good Faith     1986            Poultney            Episode: "No Stone Unturned"

Big Deal            1986            Mr. Rye            Episode: "Playing the Ace"

The Fools on the Hill  1986            Commissionaire            TV movie

Miss Marple: Nemesis            1987            Mr. Pelham 2 episodes

Pulaski 1987            Buffy Saunders            Episode: "No Guns Please We're British"

Inspector Morse  1988            Bartender            Episode: "Last Seen Wearing"

Blind Justice            1988            Arnold Flowers            Episode: "Crime and Punishment"

Boon    1989            Mr. Hancock            Episode: "Arms and the Dog"

Capital City            1989            Jerome Heron            Episode: "Max in Space"

The Wars of the Roses            1990-1991    Earl of Northumberland / Williams / Saunder Simpco / Father / Lord Hastings            7 episodes

Strauss Dynasty            1991                2 episodes

Billy Webb's Amazing Stories  1991            Mayor            2 episodes

EastEnders            1993            Cab Passenger            1 episode

All or Nothing at All    1993            Parishioner            Unknown episodes

Cadfael            1994            Baldwin Peche            Episode: "The Sanctuary Sparrow"

A Pin for the Butterfly            1994            Party Guest   Film

The Bill 1994-2003    Tyrone / Fred McCormack            2 episodes

Cutthroat Island   1995            Auctioneer       Film

Spark   1997            Kimberley's Father            Episode: "Fourth Cousin Kimberley"

The Mill on the Floss    1997            Mr. Riley     TV movie

The Famous Five      1997            Farmer            Episode: "Five Have a Wonderful Time: Part 1"

Doc Martin            2001            Boy            TV movie

Crush   2001            Hearty Governor            Film

Surrealissimo: The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dali            2002            Cafe Owner  TV movie

My Uncle Silas            2003            Lord Chadwell            Episode: "A Funny Thing"

Ladies in Lavender            2004            Arthur            Film, (final film role)


Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Brian Corcoran obit

Actor Brian Corcoran Has Died 

He was not on the list.


Brian Corcoran was born on July 30, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Armored Fist (2004), Babes in Toyland (1961) and O.K. Crackerby! (1965). He was previously married to Yvonne Gerardo. He died on February 25, 2014 in Northridge, California, USA.

 

Spouse

Yvonne Gerardo(August 12, 1978 - February 25, 2014) (his death, 4 children)

Relatives

Kerry Corcoran(Sibling)

Kelly Corcoran(Sibling)

William Corcoran Jr.(Sibling)

Kevin Corcoran(Sibling)

Donna Corcoran(Sibling)

Noreen Corcoran(Sibling)

Hugh Corcoran(Sibling)

 

Actor

Armored Fist

Gordon A. Bomb

2004

 

Jill St. John, Robert Wagner, Susan Clark, and Anjanette Comer in Banning (1967)

Banning

5.7

Schoolboy (uncredited)

1967

 

Brooke Adams, Brian Corcoran, Joel Davison, and Burl Ives in O.K. Crackerby! (1965)

O.K. Crackerby!

7.1

TV Series

O.K. Crackerby Jr.

1965–1966

17 episodes

 

Yvonne De Carlo, Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, Butch Patrick, and Pat Priest in The Munsters (1964)

The Munsters

7.8

TV Series

Sandy Baylor

1965

1 episode

 

Tim Considine, William Frawley, Don Grady, Stanley Livingston, and Fred MacMurray in My Three Sons (1960)

My Three Sons

7.1

TV Series

Jerry

Andy

Roger

1964

3 episodes

 

Alfred Hitchcock in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

8.5

TV Series

Eric

1964

1 episode

 

The Caretakers (1963)

The Caretakers

5.6

Tony (uncredited)

1963

 

A Child Is Waiting (1963)

A Child Is Waiting

7.2

Lewis (uncredited)

1963

 

Bachelor Father (1957)

Bachelor Father

7.3

TV Series

Barry

Danny Harmon

1959–1962

2 episodes

 

Ray Bolger, Annette Funicello, Tommy Sands, and Ed Wynn in Babes in Toyland (1961)

Babes in Toyland

6.1

Willie Winkie

1961

 

The Magical World of Disney (1954)

The Magical World of Disney – Texas John Slaughter and Elfego Baca: Gus Tomlin Is Dead

8.4

TV Series

Willie Slaughter

Israel Boone

Ross Minters

1960–1961

13 episodes

 

Jeannie Carson in Hey, Jeannie! (1956)

Hey, Jeannie!

7.7

TV Series

Georgie

1958

1 episode

 

In Love and War (1958)

In Love and War

6.1

Bobby O'Neill (uncredited)

1958

 

Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

7.9

Boy (uncredited)

1958

 

José Ferrer and Gena Rowlands in The High Cost of Loving (1958)

The High Cost of Loving

6.4

Mason Child (uncredited)

1958

 

The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

The Long, Hot Summer

7.3

Harry Peabody (uncredited)

1958

 

Jim Backus, Claude Rains, Van Johnson, and Lori Nelson in The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

5.7

TV Movie

1957

Monday, February 24, 2014

Harold Ramis obit

He was not on the list.

Harold Ramis, 'Ghostbuster' Actor And 'Groundhog Day' Director, Dies


Harold Ramis, who was in the director's chair for the comedies Groundhog Dayand Caddyshack and was one of the stars of the Ghostbuster movies, has died. He was 69.

His wife, Erica Mann Ramis, tells the Chicago Tribune that her husband, who lived in Chicago, "was surrounded by family when he died at 12:53 a.m. [Monday] from complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a rare disease that involves swelling of the blood vessels."

The Associated Press also confirmed the news with Ramis' attorney, Fred Toczek.

As the Tribune says:

"Ramis leaves behind a formidable body of work, with writing credits on such enduring comedies as National Lampoon's Animal House (which upon its 1978 release catapulted the film career of John Belushi, with whom Ramis acted at Second City),Stripes (1981) and Ghostbusters (in which Ramis also co-starred) plus such directing efforts as Caddyshack (1980), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Groundhog Dayand Analyze This. ...

"Ramis' comedies were often wild, silly and tilting toward anarchy, but they also were cerebral and iconoclastic, with the filmmaker heeding the Second City edict to work at the top of one's intelligence."

He influenced many younger actors and directors, the Tribune adds, including Judd Apatow, Jay Roach and Adam Sandler.

In 2005, Ramis talked with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about his work. Of Caddyshack,he said, "I had this notion of [it] being like a Marx Brothers movie, and Rodney [Dangerfield] was the Groucho of the team."

"Ramis passed away peacefully this morning surrounded by family and friends in his Chicago area home, where he and wife, Erica Mann Ramis, have lived since 1996," according to a statement sent to reporters by United Talent Agency, which represented the actor/director. "In addition to his wife Erica, Ramis is survived by sons Julian and Daniel, daughter Violet and two grandchildren."



Filmography
Film
Year       Title                Director                Writer   Producer              Notes
1978      National Lampoon's Animal House            No          Yes         No         
1979      Meatballs            No          Yes         No         
1980      Caddyshack        Yes         Yes         No          Directorial Debut
1981      Stripes              No          Yes         No         
1983      National Lampoon's Vacation      Yes         No          No         
1984      Ghostbusters     No          Yes         No         
1986      Back to School   No          Yes         executive           
Club Paradise     Yes         Yes         No         
Armed and Dangerous   No          Yes         No         
1988      Caddyshack II     No          Yes         No         
1989      Ghostbusters II     No          Yes         No         
1991      Rover Dangerfield            No          Yes         No         
1993      Groundhog Day                 Yes         Yes         Yes         BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
1995      Stuart Saves His Family Yes         No          No         
1996      Multiplicity         Yes         No          Yes        
1997      As Good As It Gets           No          No          No         
1999      Analyze This       Yes         Yes         No         
2000      Bedazzled            Yes         Yes         Yes        
2002      Analyze That      Yes         Yes         No         
2005      The Ice Harvest Yes         No          No         
2009      Year One              Yes         Yes         Yes        

Executive Producer

    The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002)
    I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006)
    Archie's Final Project (2009)

Acting roles
Year       Title       Role       Notes
1981      Stripes Russell Ziskey    
Heavy Metal       Zeke      Voice, (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous")
1983      Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone                Intercom              Voice, Uncredited
National Lampoon's Vacation      Marty Moose     Voice, Uncredited
1984      Ghostbusters     Dr. Egon Spengler           
1987      Baby Boom         Steven Bochner               
1988      Stealing Home   Alan Appleby    
1989      Ghostbusters II Dr. Egon Spengler           
1993      Groundhog Day                 Neurologist        
1994      Airheads              Chris Moore      
Love Affair           Sheldon Blumenthal       
1997      As Good as It Gets            Dr. Martin Bettes            
2000      High Fidelity       Rob's Dad            (scenes deleted)
2002      Orange County Don Durkett      
I'm with Lucy      Jack       
2006      The Last Kiss       Professor Bowler             
2007      Knocked Up        Ben's Dad           
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story               L'Chai'm              
2009      Year One              Adam    Final Appearance
2019      Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters          Himself                 Documentary feature-film

Television

    Second City Television (1976–1978)
    Delta House (1979)
    The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1982)
    The Top (1984)
    The Office (2007–2010)

Video games
Year       Title       Role       Notes
2009      Ghostbusters: The Video Game Dr. Egon Spengler            Voice role;
Also writer
2015      Lego Dimensions              Voice role (Archive Audio)