Judi Meredith obit

Judi Meredith Nelson (1936 - 2014)

Obituary

 

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Nelson, Judi Meredith 77 Oct. 13, 1936 April 30, 2014 Judi Meredith Nelson, 77, of Las Vegas, passed away April 30, 2014. She was born Judith Claire Boutin Oct. 13, 1936, to Herbert Boutin and Janice M. Starr, in Portland. Judi graduated from St. Mary's Academy in Portland. She was happily married for 51 years to Gary Nelson. They lived together in Encino, Calif., until 1998 then resided in both Chicago and Palm Beach, Fla., until finally settling in Las Vegas in 2002.

 At 15, Judi was a professional ice skater in the Ice Follies until 1951 when she suffered a serious skiing accident which ended her skating career. Soon after, George Burns "discovered" her at the Pasadena Play House and asked her to join the cast of the Burns and Allen Show. Judi went on to co-star and star in numerous television shows and films, many of which were memorable such as: Summer Love, Jack the Giant Killer, Night Walker, Queen of Blood, Gunsmoke, Have Gun will Travel, Wagon Train, Bonanza and Hawaii Five-O to name a few. 

Through mid-1957, she appeared in small roles on a number of TV shows (including Burns and Allen) billed under her real name of Judi Boutin. Eventually, she assumed the name Judi Meredith, and was cast by Burns in the supporting role of Bonnie Sue McAfee on the Burns and Allen show, becoming a recurring performer on the show in 1957-58. In 1958-59, she appeared in a recurring role as herself (in the role of the girlfriend of Ronnie Burns) on the follow-up series The George Burns Show. 1958 also saw Meredith's film debut, Wild Heritage.

It was on Hotel de Paree where she met a then young assistant director named Gary Nelson. Not long after, Judi agreed to star on the TV show "Have Gun Will Travel" for free if Gary would be allowed to direct. Once married, her new husband proclaimed that "there would be only one professional in the house" thus slowly supplanting Judi's acting career with his directing career. Judi was an avid photographer and enjoyed yearly trips to a ranch in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming with Gary and their two sons, Garrett and Blue. She also enjoyed a lifelong passion for her rose garden and always supported her husband on film and television locations around the world. When not filming, they spent their time cruising on their yacht throughout the Caribbean. Judi is survived by her husband, Gary; sons, Garrett Nelson of Las Vegas and Blue Nelson of Los Angeles; and sister, Randa DeLorge of La Pine. Donations may be made in Judi's name to St. Joseph Husband of Mary Roman Catholic Church in Las Vegas.

Selected filmography

 

    Wild Heritage (1958)

    Money, Women and Guns (1958)

    Have Gun, Will Travel (1959)

    Summer Love (1958)

    Jack the Giant Killer (1962)

    The Raiders (1963)

    The Night Walker (1964)

    Dark Intruder (1965)

    Queen of Blood (1966)

    Something Big (1971)

Larry Ramos obit

 Larry Ramos of the Association Dies at Age 72

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Larry Ramos, guitarist and vocalist with the Association, has died at age 72. His daughter, broke the news on the Association's Facebook page.

“It is with immense sadness I write this. My Dad, Larry Ramos passed away this evening (April 30). As you all know he had been ill for the past three years following his heart attack in 2011. What you don't know is he was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma last year (he wanted that diagnosis to be kept private while he was alive.) While his illnesses were trying at times, his passing was peaceful and he was surrounded by family."

Ramos was born and raised in Kauai, Hawaii, with music always at the center of this life. He learned to play the ukelele before eventually tackling the guitar. He joined the New Christy Minstrels in the early '60s, even winning a Grammy Award with them in 1963.

In 1967, founding Association member Gary Jules Alexander left the band, and Ramos was asked to join. He was with the band through their most successful period, including a spot on the bill at the famous Monterey Pop Festival in June of '67 that proved they were no mere studio creation. He recorded five studio albums and several glorious singles with the band before leaving in 1975 to concentrate on raising his family. He would rejoin the group in 1980 and remain part of their story, off and on, for the next three decades. Ramos gave his final performance with the Association on Feb. 24, 2014.

When it comes to the great harmony groups of the '60s, the Association rank among the finest. Their lush harmonies, rich production style, and almost fragile song arrangements were not only at home on pop radio, but were influential to the likes of Steely Dan to Fleetwood Mac over the years. Between 1966 and 1968, they had seven Top 40 hits, including 'Along Comes Mary,' 'Everything That Touches You,' and two chart toppers, 'Cherish' and 'Windy.' It was, however, their No. 2 single from the summer of 1967 that has been the Association's signature song. That song, of course, was 'Never My Love' -- which just missed the top spot on the chart, but over the years has become a beloved rock and roll standard.

Ramos was of Filipino descent with a blend of Chinese and Spanish. He was born to father Larry Ramos Sr., who operated pool halls in Honolulu, Kakaako and Kalaheo, and mother Pat Ramos. He was raised in Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii.

Ramos' father taught him how to play the ukulele, beginning with "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean" at the age of four.

Bob Hoskins obit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit' actor Hoskins dies at 71

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 Bob Hoskins never lost his Cockney accent, even as he became a global star who charmed and alarmed audiences in a vast range of roles.

Short and bald, with a face he once compared to "a squashed cabbage," Hoskins was a remarkably versatile performer. As a London gangster in "The Long Good Friday," he moved from bravura bluster to tragic understatement. In "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," he cavorted with a cast of animated characters, making technological trickery seem seamless and natural.

A family statement released Wednesday said Hoskins had died in a hospital the night before after a bout of pneumonia. He was 71 and had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2012. Helen Mirren, who starred alongside Hoskins in "The Long Good Friday," called him "a great actor and an even greater man. Funny, loyal, instinctive, hard-working, with that inimitable energy that seemed like a spectacular firework rocket just as it takes off."

"I personally will miss him very much, London will miss one of her best and most loving sons, and Britain will miss a man to be proud of," Mirren said. The 5'6" (1.68 meters tall) Hoskins, who was built like a bullet, specialized in tough guys with a soft center, including the ex-con who chaperones Cathy Tyson's escort in Neil Jordan's 1986 film "Mona Lisa." Hoskins was nominated for a best-actor Academy Award for the role.

"Neil Jordan's 'Mona Lisa' and Bob Zemeckis' 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' were just two of the films that showed Bob Hoskins' tremendous range," said Steven Spielberg, who produced "Roger Rabbit" and later directed Hoskins in his Peter Pan tale "Hook." "He was an actor who loved to work and the work loved him. And so did every audience," Spielberg said.

Hoskins' breakout Hollywood role was as a detective investigating cartoon crime in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," a tribute to hard-boiled 1940s entertainment that was one of the first major movies to meld animation and live action. The 1988 Robert Zemeckis film was a huge global success that won three Oscars and helped revive animated filmmaking. "For all the special effects and technical wizardry, it was Bob's honesty and the truth of his performance that made the animated characters believable — and that was a testament to his real talent," said Zemeckis.

Born in 1942 in eastern England, where his mother had moved to escape wartime bombing, Hoskins was raised in a working-class part of north London. He left school at 15, worked at odd jobs including circus fire-eater and claimed he got his break as an actor by accident — while watching a friend audition, he was handed a script and asked to read.

"I got the lead in the play," Hoskins told the BBC in 1988. "I've never been out of work since." Hoskins initially worked in theater, but began getting television and film roles in the 1970s. He came to attention in Britain as star of "Pennies from Heaven," Dennis Potter's 1978 TV miniseries about a Depression-era salesman whose imagination sprouts elaborate musical numbers. It was later turned into a movie starring Steve Martin.

His movie breakthrough came in 1980 thriller "The Long Good Friday," playing an East End gangster hoping to profit from redevelopment of London's docks. It contained one of Hoskins' most memorable speeches, a Cockney-accented dismissal of American culture: "What I'm looking for is someone who can contribute to what England has given to the world: culture, sophistication, genius. A little bit more than an 'ot dog, know what I mean?" The film, which also featured a young Pierce Brosnan, is ranked 21 in the British Film Institute's list of the top 100 British films of the 20th century.

Hoskins worked in films big and small, mainstream and independent. Some were acclaimed, including factory worker story "Made in Dagenham" or "Last Orders," a bittersweet portrait of aging that reunited him with Mirren. Others were panned, such as limp Spice Girls vehicle "Spice World" and video game-based dud "Super Mario Bros," which Hoskins described as his worst film experience.

He appeared in Francis Ford Coppola's musical "The Cotton Club," starred alongside Cher in "Mermaids," played pirate Smee in Spielberg's "Hook" and was FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover in "Nixon." In the World War II thriller "Enemy at the Gates," starring Jude Law, he played Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union. Law, whose friendship with Hoskins predated the film, recalled him as "a brilliant actor and a very sweet man. Great spirit. And he will be much missed." Hoskins never lost his down-to-earth quality, once saying that he would never accept a knighthood.

He told The Guardian in 2010 that acting allowed him "to act out all the feelings and emotions that you shouldn't have. If I didn't get rid of it all, I'd be in a terrible state." Yet he was famously funny and self-deprecating. Hoskins once recalled how he was put on standby to play Al Capone in Brian De Palma's "The Untouchables," until Robert De Niro agreed to take the role. The director sent Hoskins a check for 20,000 pounds to thank him for his time.

"I phoned him up and I said 'Brian, if you've ever got any other films you don't want me in, son, you just give me a call,'" Hoskins said. In 2012 Hoskins announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and was retiring from acting. His last role was as one of the seven dwarves in "Snow White & The Huntsman," starring Kristen Stewart. He is survived by his wife Linda and children Alex, Sarah, Rosa and Jack. They said in a statement: "We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Bob."

Filmography 

Film 

Year , Title , Role , Notes  

1972, Up the Front, Recruiting sergeant,  

1973, The National Health, Foster,  

1975, Royal Flash, Police Constable,  

Inserts, Big Mac,  

1979, Zulu Dawn, CSM Williams,  

1980, The Long Good Friday, Harold Shand, Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role  

1982, Pink Floyd The Wall, Band manager,  

1983, The Honorary Consul, Colonel Perez, Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role  

1984, Lassiter, Inspector John Becker,  

The Cotton Club, Owney Madden,  

1985, The Woman Who Married Clark Gable, George,  

The Dunera Boys, Morrie Mendellsohn,  

Brazil, Spoor,  

1986, Sweet Liberty, Stanley Gould,  

Mona Lisa, George, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Cannes Film Festival: Best Actor (tied with Michel Blanc in Ménage) Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year (tied with William Hurt in Kiss of the Spider Woman) Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Valladolid International Film Festival: Best Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor  

1987, A Prayer for the Dying, Father Michael Da Costa,  

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, James Madden, Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor  

1988, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Eddie Valiant, Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor  

The Raggedy Rawney, Darky, Also director  

1990, Heart Condition, Jack Moony,  

Mermaids, Lou Landsky,  

1991, The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish, Louis Aubinard,  

Shattered, Gus Klein,  

Hook, Smee,  

The Inner Circle, Lavrentiy Beria,  

1992, Passed Away, Johnny Scanlan,  

Blue Ice, Sam Garcia,  

1993, Super Mario Bros., Mario Mario,  

The Big Freeze, Sidney,  

1995, Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover, Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture  

Balto, Boris Goosinoff, Voice  

1996, Rainbow, Frank Bailey, Also director  

The Secret Agent, Verloc,  

Michael, Vartan Malt,  

1997, Twenty Four Seven, Alan Darcy, European Film Award for Best Actor  

Spice World, Ginger Spice's disguise, Cameo  

1998, Cousin Bette, Cesar Crevel,  

1999, Parting Shots, Gerd Layton,  

Captain Jack, Jack Armistead,  

Felicia's Journey, Hilditch, Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role  

A Room for Romeo Brass, Steven Laws,  

The White River Kid, Brother Edgar,  

2000, American Virgin, Joey,  

2001, Enemy at the Gates, Nikita Khrushchev,  

Last Orders, Ray "Raysie" Johnson, National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble Nominated – European Film Award for Best Actor (shared with ensemble cast)  

2002, Where Eskimos Live, Sharkey,  

Maid in Manhattan, Lionel Bloch,  

2003, The Sleeping Dictionary, Henry, DVD Exclusive Award for Best Supporting Actor in a DVD Premiere Movie  

Den of Lions, Darius Paskevic,  

2004, Vanity Fair, Sir Pitt Crawley,  

Beyond the Sea, Charlie Maffia,  

2005, Unleashed, Bart,  

Son of the Mask, Odin, Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor[42]  

Mrs Henderson Presents, Vivian Van Damm, National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated – St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor  

Stay, Dr. Leon Patterson,  

2006, Paris, je t'aime, Bob Leander, Segment: "Pigalle"  

The Wind in the Willows, Badger,  

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, Winston, Voice  

Hollywoodland, Eddie Mannix,  

2007, Sparkle, Vince,  

Outlaw, Walter Lewis,  

Ruby Blue, Jack, Oxford International Film Festival - Best Actor  

Go Go Tales, The Baron,  

2008, Doomsday, Bill Nelson,  

2009, A Christmas Carol, Mr. Fezziwig / Old Joe, Motion capture; voice  

2010, Made in Dagenham, Albert, Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor  

2011, Will, Davey,  

2012, Outside Bet, Percy "Smudge" Smith,  

2012, Snow White and the Huntsman, Muir,  

Television 

Year , Title , Role , Notes  

1972, Villains, Charles Grindley, 3 episode  

Play for Today, Taxi driver, Episode: "The Bankrupt"  

1973, Crown Court, Freddie Dean, 3 episodes  

New Scotland Yard, Eddie Wharton, Episode: "Weight of Evidence"  

Softly, Softly: Taskforce, Parker, Episode: "Outrage"  

Play for Today, Woodbine, Episode: "Her Majesty's Pleasure"  

1974, Shoulder to Shoulder, Jack Dunn, Episode: "Outrage"  

Thick as Thieves, Dobbs, 8 episodes  

Play for Today, Blake, Episode: "Schmoedipus"  

1975, On the Move, Alf, 2 years, 100 episodes  

1976, Thriller, Sammy Draper, Episode: "Cry Terror"  

The Crezz, Detective Sergeant Marble, Episode: "A Flash of Inspiration"  

1977, Van der Valk, Johnny Palmer, Episode: "Dead on Arrival"  

Rock Follies of '77, Johnny Britten, Episode: "The Real Life"  

1978, Pennies from Heaven, Arthur Parker, 6 episodes Nominated – BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor  

1979, Of Mycenae and Men, Mr. Taramasalatopoulos, Television short  

1980, Flickers, Arnie Cole, 6 episodes  

1981, Othello, Iago, Television film - BBC  

1983, The Beggar's Opera, Beggar, Television film - BBC  

1985, Mussolini and I, Benito Mussolini, 4 episodes  

1985, The Dunera Boys, Morrie Mendellsohn, 2 episodes  

1994, The Changeling, De Flores, Television film  

World War II: When Lions Roared, Winston Churchill, Television film - NBC  

1995–1999, The Forgotten Toys, Teddy, Voice 26 episodes  

1996, Tales from the Crypt, Redmond, Episode: "Fatal Caper"  

1999, David Copperfield, Wilkins Micawber, 2 episodes  

2000, Noriega: God's Favorite, Manuel Noriega, Television film Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film  

Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, Television film - Hallmark  

2001, The Lost World, Professor George Challenger, Television film - BBC  

2003, Frasier, Coach Fuller, Episode: "Trophy Girlfriend"  

The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII, Angelo Roncalli/Pope John XXIII, Television film  

2008, The Englishman's Boy, Damon Ira Chance, 2 episodes  

Pinocchio, Geppetto, Television film  

The Last Word Monologues, unnamed hitman, Episode: "A Bit of Private Business"  

2009, The Street, Paddy Gargan, 2 episodes International Emmy Award for Best Actor  

2011, Neverland, Smee, 2 episodes