Jerry Ludwig obit

Jerry Ludwig Has Died

 

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Jerrold Lawrence "Jerry" Ludwig

1941 – 2021

Jerry passed away on Saturday, June 5, 2021, at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, California.

Jerry was born on June 18, 1941, to the late Benjamin and Jeanne Ludwig. He married

Lois Joan Brouillette (from Fowler, IN) on August 21, 1971, and she survives.

Jerry's career was in the film industry in Hollywood, CA, as a film editor. As quoted by an award given to him by the American Cinema Editors, "If the hallmark of every successful editor is to have elevated all the material they touch, few can have done so as consistently and with as much humility as Jerry. He scaled the Hollywood ladder from messenger boy to go-to-editor for some of the most acclaimed TV specials of the 1980s and 1990s." He was proud of his service in the Air Force Reserves and was honorably discharged.

Jerry enjoyed so much in life and always brought joy to everyone he met with his kindness and his sense of humor.

Surviving along with his wife are two brothers. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, August 14, 2021, 2:00 p.m., at the home of Lois & Jerry, in Pasadena, CA, and on September 25, 2021, 2:00 p.m., in Lafayette, Indiana (details re: location to follow). Memorial contributions may be made to Boys & Girls Town of Missouri or the Los Angeles Mission (for the homeless).

 

Editor

Looking for an Echo (2000)

Looking for an Echo

6.5

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

2000

 

Love-Struck (1997)

Love-Struck

5.0

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1997

 

Echo (1997)

Echo

5.3

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1997

 

Bess Armstrong, Robert Hays, Robert Curtis Brown, Robin Riker, Erik von Detten, Julia Whelan, and Yvonne Zima in Christmas Every Day (1996)

Christmas Every Day

6.2

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1996

 

Dalva (1996)

Dalva

4.9

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1996

 

Peggy Lipton, Josie Bissett, and Gerald McRaney in Deadly Vows (1994)

Deadly Vows

5.9

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1994

 

North & South: Book 3, Heaven & Hell (1994)

North & South: Book 3, Heaven & Hell

6.1

TV Mini Series

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1994

2 episodes

 

Overexposed (1992)

Overexposed

5.0

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1992

 

Afterburn (1992)

Afterburn

6.1

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1992

 

In My Daughter's Name (1992)

In My Daughter's Name

6.3

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1992

 

Face of a Stranger (1991)

Face of a Stranger

6.4

TV Movie

Editor

1991

 

Love, Lies and Murder (1991)

Love, Lies and Murder

7.0

TV Mini Series

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1991

2 episodes

 

The Dreamer of Oz (1990)

The Dreamer of Oz

7.2

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1990

 

Bette Midler and Trini Alvarado in Stella (1990)

Stella

6.1

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1990

 

Oprah Winfrey, Robin Givens, Lynn Whitfield, Jackée Harry, Paula Kelly, Lonette McKee, and Phyllis Yvonne Stickney in The Women of Brewster Place (1989)

The Women of Brewster Place

7.7

TV Mini Series

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1989

2 episodes

 

Original Sin (1989)

Original Sin

4.9

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1989

 

Mary Steenburgen and Lisa Jacobs in The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

6.8

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1988

 

Bluffing It (1987)

Bluffing It

7.5

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1987

 

Bonnie Bedelia in When the Time Comes (1987)

When the Time Comes

6.6

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1987

 

Ann-Margret and Claudette Colbert in The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987)

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

7.5

TV Mini Series

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1987

2 episodes

 

American Playhouse (1980)

American Playhouse

7.4

TV Series

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1986

1 episode

 

Ben Gazzara, Aidan Quinn, Gena Rowlands, and Sylvia Sidney in An Early Frost (1985)

An Early Frost

8.0

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1985

 

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984)

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

7.5

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1984

 

Ann-Margret and Treat Williams in A Streetcar Named Desire (1984)

A Streetcar Named Desire

6.8

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1984

 

Rosanna Arquette, Maxwell Caulfield, and Frederic Forrest in The Parade (1984)

The Parade

5.9

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1984

 

Who Will Love My Children? (1983)

Who Will Love My Children?

7.3

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1983

 

Tracey Gold and Tony Lo Bianco in Another Woman's Child (1983)

Another Woman's Child

6.0

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1983

 

The Other Victim (1981)

The Other Victim

6.6

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1981

 

Sally Struthers in A Gun in the House (1981)

A Gun in the House

5.5

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1981

 

Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980)

Revenge of the Stepford Wives

4.9

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1980

 

Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger (1980)

Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger

5.8

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1980

 

Kenny Rogers in The Gambler (1980)

The Gambler

6.3

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1980

 

Bess Armstrong and Richard Masur in Walking Through the Fire (1979)

Walking Through the Fire

6.0

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1979

 

The Chinese Typewriter (1979)

The Chinese Typewriter

5.9

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1979

 

Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story (1979)

Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story

7.2

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1979

 

Lloyd Bridges and Robert Wagner in The Critical List (1978)

The Critical List

6.0

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1978

 

Persis Khambatta and Bob Neill in The Man with the Power (1977)

The Man with the Power

6.3

TV Movie

Editor (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1977

 

Nick Nolte and Peter Strauss in Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976)

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

7.6

TV Series

film editor (as Jerrold Ludwig)

1976–1977

7 episodes

 

Kojak (1973)

Kojak

7.1

TV Series

Editor (as Jerrold Ludwig)

1975–1976

4 episodes

 

Producer

Judy Davis and Sam Shepard in Dash and Lilly (1999)

Dash and Lilly

6.5

TV Movie

producer (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1999

 

Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Murder, She Wrote

7.2

TV Series

co-producer

1995–1996

23 episodes

 

Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)

MacGyver

7.6

TV Series

executive producer

1985–1986

12 episodes

 

Rosanna Arquette, Maxwell Caulfield, and Frederic Forrest in The Parade (1984)

The Parade

5.9

TV Movie

associate producer (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1984

 

Helen Shaver and David Spielberg in Jessica Novak (1981)

Jessica Novak

5.2

TV Series

co-executive producer

1981

4 episodes

 

In the Glitter Palace (1977)

In the Glitter Palace

6.1

TV Movie

producer (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1977

 

Bunco (1977)

Bunco

6.2

TV Movie

producer (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1977

 

Strange Homecoming (1974)

Strange Homecoming

6.9

TV Movie

producer (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1974

 

Assignment: Vienna (1972)

Assignment: Vienna

6.9

TV Series

executive producer (as Jerrold L. Ludwig)

1972

1 episode

 

Assignment: Munich (1972)

Assignment: Munich

5.9

TV Movie

producer

1972

 

Christopher Stone and Jack Warden in Wheeler and Murdoch (1972)

Wheeler and Murdoch

5.8

TV Movie

executive producer

1972

John Patterson obit

 

Former Alabama Gov. John Patterson dies at age 99

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Former Alabama Gov. John Patterson, a staunch segregationist who later expressed remorse for his efforts to oppose civil rights, has died at age 99.

Patterson died on Friday night at home, surrounded by family and friends, his daughter, Barbara Patterson Scholl, told the Associated Press. Funeral arrangements are pending, she said.

“I am sending my prayers to the family and loved ones of former Governor John Patterson as they mourn his passing,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Saturday in a statement.

Patterson served one term as governor, 1959-1963, and also served as Alabama’s attorney general, 1955-1959. As attorney general, he led a cleanup of vice-ridden Phenix City, where his father, Albert Patterson, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, was murdered in 1954.

In both offices, John Patterson was the state’s leading defender of segregation, particularly in the public schools. In that way, he is widely regarded as the politician who paved the way for the segregation policies of George Wallace, who followed Patterson as governor.

In later years, Patterson would say that political expediency was behind his anti-integration stance, especially when running for governor in 1958 against a field of opponents that included Wallace. (He was the only gubernatorial candidate to ever defeat Wallace in Alabama.)

’'When I became governor, there were 14 of us running for governor that time and all 14 of us were outspoken for segregation in the public schools,’' Patterson told AL.com in 2009. ’'And if you had been perceived not to have been strong for that, you would not have won. I regret that, but there was not anything I could do about it but to live with it.’'

Patterson, at age 37, was one of the youngest elected governors in Alabama history. He campaigned with support from the Ku Klux Klan, combining segregationist rhetoric with a stance that advocated for states rights and a strong pushback to federal interference.

Patterson’s campaign slogan in 1958, ’'Nobody But the People,’' reflected his populist outlook and later became the title of a 2008 book about his life and political career, written by Warren Trest.

When the biography was published, Trest told AL.com he regarded Patterson as the head of a ’'a very strong, honest, progressive government’' that included improvements in education, old-age benefits, law enforcement and large-scale road construction. For those achievements, Trest said, he thought history would judge Patterson kindly.

Patterson was born on Sept. 27, 1921, in Goldville, a small town in Tallapoosa County. His parents, Albert and Agnes Patterson, were schoolteachers. His father later earned a law degree, set up an office in Phenix City and became involved in local and state politics. Albert Patterson would be a highly influential figure in his son’s life, prompting his decision to practice law and enter public service.

John Patterson served in the U.S. Army in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He attended the University of Alabama and earned a law degree there in 1949, returning to military service during the Korean War. Patterson joined his father’s law practice in the early 1950s.

 

Albert Patterson became the Democratic nominee for attorney general in 1954, vowing to clean up the gambling, corruption and mob control in Phenix City. When Patterson’s father was shot to death outside his Phenix City office in June 1954, his son replaced him as candidate for attorney general and won the general election.

A 1955 movie, “The Phenix City Story,” was based on these events, starring Richard Kiley as John Patterson and John McIntire as his father.

During his stint as attorney general, Patterson adopted his father’s quest to combat organized crime, but also became known for his opposition to civil rights. He opposed the NAACP’s efforts in Alabama, for example, and tried to prevent desegregation in the state after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

As governor, Patterson succeeded Jim Folsom, who served two terms in that role, 1947-1951 and 1955-1959. In his later years, Patterson said he was cut from the same political cloth as Folsom, believing government should directly benefit the people. Although Patterson was considered progressive in some ways as governor, he continued to be an outspoken opponent of integration.

Patterson left office in 1963. At the time, per the Constitution of Alabama, he was barred from seeking a second consecutive term as governor. Patterson was succeeded by Wallace, who doubled down on segregationist rhetoric and tactics in the state.

After his tenure as governor, Patterson practiced law in Montgomery. He ran a second time for governor in 1966, but was defeated by Lurleen Wallace, George Wallace’s wife. Patterson also ran unsuccessfully for chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in the 1970s. In 1984, Wallace appointed Patterson to the state Court of Criminal Appeals, a position he retained until retiring in 1997.

During his retirement, Patterson was a cattle farmer in Tallapoosa County. In January 2009, at age 87, Patterson told AL.com that he fully supported Barack Obama’s bid for the U.S. presidency and was happy to have a Black man in the White House.

’'I’m delighted that he got elected, and I want him to do what he said he was going to do,’' Patterson said. ’'I want to clean that White House out.’'

Clarence Williams obit

Clarence Williams III Dies: ‘Linc’ On ‘The Mod Squad’ Star Was 81

 

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Clarence Williams III, who was a Black power icon in the 1960s and 1970s as the cool detective “Linc Hayes” on television’s The Mod Squad, has died. Williams died in Los Angeles on Friday June 4 of colon cancer, according to his management

Beyond The Mod Squad role, which lasted from 1968 to 1973, he also appeared in such films as Purple Rain, 52 Pick-Up, Reindeer Games and Tales from the Hood.

Williams began his career on the stage, earning a Tony nomination in 1965 for best featured actor in a play for his work in the three-person drama Slow Dance on the Killing Ground.

His other notable roles came as Prince’s father in 1984’s Purple Rain, and appeared as Wesley Snipes and Michael Wright’s druggie dad in Sugar Hill (1993). He also became Jelly Roll Morton In Giuseppe Tornatore’s The Legend of 1900 (1998).

The versatile Williams also had his comedy side. He played a former leader of the People’s Revolutionary Army in Keenen Ivory Wayans’ blaxploitation parody I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) and worked with Dave Chappelle in 1998’s Half-Baked.

Williams was hired by producer Aaron Spelling for The Mod Squad, which brought together a hippie undercover detective squad filled out by Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes and Michael Cole as Pete Cochran. They were young adults from wayward backgrounds who became cops under the command of Capt. Adam Greer (Tige Andrews).

The show tapped into the zeitgeist of the late ’60s, portraying a positive image for the counterculture of the moment by tackling such issues as the Vietnam war and racism. Linc, Julie and Pete blended into the scene, using stealth to track and capture their targets.

He played opposite Kellie Martin in the Hallmark Channel series Mystery Woman as the mysterios Philby.

Williams was born in Harlem on Aug. 21, 1939, the son of professional musician Clay Williams. He grew up in music, raised by his grandparents, which included composer-pianist Clarence Williams, a frequent collaborator of blues legend Bessie Smith.

Acting became the path for Williams when he saw a rehearsal for Dark of the Moon at the Harlem YMCA.  Cicely Tyson was starring, and the director gave Williams a couple of lines in the play.

Williams later enlisted in the US Army and served as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division. He returned to civilian life and acting with the Broadway play The Great Indoors, and served as an artist-in-residence at Brandeis University before scoring his role in The Mod Squad.

Williams is survived by his sister Sondra Pugh, daughter Jamey Phillips, niece Suyin Shaw, grandnephews Elliot Shaw and Ese Shaw, and grandniece Azaria Verdin. He was married to actress Gloria Foster (Oracle in the first two Matrix movies) from 1967-84.

Film

Year       Film       Role       Director                Notes

1984      Purple Rain         Father   Albert Magnoli

1986      52 Pick-Up           Bobby Shy           John Frankenheimer      

1988      I'm Gonna Git You Sucka               Kalinga Keenen Ivory Wayans    

1992      Deep Cover         Detective Taft    Bill Duke             

1993      Sugar Hill             Arthur Romello "A.R." Skuggs      Leon Ichaso       

1995      Tales from the Hood       Mr. Simms           Rusty Cundieff  

1997      Hoodlum             "Bub" Hewlett   Bill Duke             

1998      The Legend of 1900         "Jelly Roll" Morton           Giuseppe Tornatore       

Half Baked           Samson Simpson              Tamra Davis       

1999      Life         Winston Hancock             Ted Demme      

The General’s Daughter                Colonel George Fowler Simon West       

2000      Reindeer Games               "Merlin"               John Frankenheimer      

2003      The Extreme Team          Zachary                Leslie Libman    

2005      Constellation      Forest Boxer       Jordan Walker-Pearlman              

Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend       Philby    Mark Griffiths    Hallmark movie

Mystery Woman: Snapshot          George Standford Brown

Mystery Woman: Sing Me A Murder        Stephen Bridgewater

Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder       Kellie Martin

Mystery Woman: Game Time      David S. Cass Sr.

2006      Mystery Woman: At First Sight   Kellie Martin

Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery      David S. Cass Sr.

Mystery Woman: Oh Baby

Mystery Woman: Redemption

2007      Mystery Woman: In the Shadows

The Blue Hour    Ridley    Eric Nazarian     

American Gangster          Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson         Ridley Scott       

2009      The Way of War                Mac       John Carter        

A Day in the Life                Sam       Sticky Fingaz      

2013      The Butler           Maynard              Lee Daniels        

2016      Snowbird             Bob        Sean Baker         

Television

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1968–1973          The Mod Squad                 Lincoln "Linc" Hayes        123 episodes

1979      The Littlest Hobo                             

1983      Hill Street Blues                Lester Minley     Episode: "Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow" (S4, E16)

1985      Miami Vice          Maximilian "Legba" Ildefonse     Episode: "Tale of the Goat" (S2, E7)

1985      The Cosby Show               Mr. Thornhill      Episode: "Cliff's Birthday" (S1, E24)

1990      Twin Peaks          FBI Agent Roger Hardy  

1996      Star Trek DS9     Omet'iklan          Episode: "To the Death" (S4, E23)

2000      Law & Order       Latiff Miller         Episode: "Burn, Baby, Burn" (S11, E6)

2003      Fastlane               Mr. Hayes            2 Episodes

2005-2007          American Dragon Jake Long         Councilor Andam              Voice 5 episodes

2005-2007          Mystery Woman               Philby    10 episodes

2005      Everybody Hates Chris   Tate       Episode: "Everybody Hates Basketball" (S1, E3)

 

Karla Burns obit

Karla Burns Dies: Tony-Nominated ‘Showboat’ Actress Who Broke Olivier Award Color Barrier Was 66

 She was not on the list.

Karla Burns, an actress and singer whose acclaimed performance as Queenie in the musical Show Boat earned an Olivier Award and a Tony Award nomination, died June 4 in Wichita, Kansas, following a series of strokes. She was 66.

Her death was confirmed by her sister, Donna Burns-Revels, in a New York Times obituary.

In winning London’s Olivier Award in 1991, Burns became the first Black performer to do so.

Born, raised and educated in Wichita, Burns sang in church choirs growing up, later studying music and theater at Wichita State University. She soon won the role that would become her signature – Show Boat‘s Queenie – in regional productions, and in 1982 joined the Houston Grand Opera’s national tour of the Kern-Hammerstein classic.

She played the role on Broadway in 1983, scoring the Best Featured Actress Tony nomination. She reprised the role in London’s West End for a 1991 Royal Shakespeare Company production, winning the Olivier for Supporting Actress in a Musical.

Burns also appeared on Broadway in 1987’s The Comedy of Errors, then performed in another production of the play in 1992 for New York’s Shakespeare in the Park opposite Marisa Tomei. In 1993, she was cast in another Park production, Measure for Measure, this time starring Kevin Kline.

Also in the 1990s Burns toured the country in the one-woman musical Hi-Hat Hattie, based on the life of Gone With The Wind actress Hattie McDaniel.

In 2007, Burns underwent an emergency thyroidectomy, and came out of the surgery unable to speak or sing. After years of intense vocal rehab, Burns returned to the stage in 2011 in a Wichita production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.