HUMBERT ASTREDO Obituary
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ASTREDO--Humbert Allen Jr
"Bud", passed into the universe on February 19,
2016. A consummate actor, story teller and entertainer, he honed his skills
during the Korean War doing stand- up and entertaining the troops. He carried a
weapon but always preferred bullets of laughter. Born in Pasadena, California
on April 4, 1929, Bud grew up in San Francisco and Pasadena. His mother Bessie
taught young Humbert to play the piano and this accomplishment made him the
life of every party. As a teenager he loved souping up hot rods and burning
rubber on the streets. His father Humbert Sr. infused his son with a passion
for all the arts. Bud learned to sail a boat and to hunt and fish with his
father on the Russian River and in the Sierra Nevadas. After the military,
Humbert studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse, worked in local theaters in
Los Angeles and established a classical theater company, The Hollywood Center
Theatre. In 1965 he loaded his possessions into his truck and drove to New York
City, where he was immediately recognized as a very special talent and cast by
Joe Papp for Shakespeare in the Park, which led to his big break playing
Sergius in "Arms and the Man". Humbert was an early client and
lifelong friend of agent Don Buchwald. He performed with James Earl Jones in "Othello",
and became a fixture in off- broadway and regional theaters. He became wildly
popular as a star of "Dark Shadows", the innovative gothic TV soap
opera of the late 60's. Humbert toured nationally with both Frank Langella and
Martin Landau in "Dracula". On Broadway he performed in Gore Vidal's
"An Evening with Richard Nixon", Lorraine Hansberry's "Les
Blancs" and the world tour of "Little Foxes" with Elizabeth
Taylor. For 10 years he made his sailboat the "Whimsey" his home and
later retired to a historical farm house in Guilford, Connecticut, where he
continued to receive fan mail from followers of his career. Humbert is
predeceased by his daughter Jennifer "Jenny" and survived by the
Hanson Family and the Small Family.
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