Andy Bathgate obit

Andy Bathgate, Hall of Famer and ex-Rangers star, dies at 83

He was no on the list.

Bernie Geoffrion and Bobby Hull became known for their powerful slap shots and nicknames of "Boom Boom" and "The Golden Jet."

Andy Bathgate settled for just plain Andy.

Bathgate's death was confirmed by the Hockey Hall of Fame and by the New York Rangers on Friday.

"Andy Bathgate was a strong leader, a consistently prolific scorer and a fierce competitor," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in a prepared statement Friday. "Andy was an All-Star, a Hart Trophy winner, a Stanley Cup champion and a Hall of Famer who earned the respect of the entire hockey world. The NHL family sends heartfelt condolences to his family and his many friends."

Andy Bathgate played 12 seasons with the New York Rangers and scored 349 goals in his NHL career. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1978. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

A dynamic shooter and playmaker, Bathgate was the NHL's MVP for the 1958-59 season when he scored 40 goals and had 88 points. He was the first member of the Rangers to score 40 times in a season.

A two-time, first-team All-Star in an era when Gordie Howe was the dominant right wing, Bathgate played in eight All-Star games. He spent just under 12 seasons with the Rangers before being traded to Toronto in 1964, when he won his only Stanley Cup.

One of Bathgate's most famous shots was on a backhander that crashed into the face of Montreal goaltender Jacques Plante in 1959. Plante then became the first NHL goalie to wear a mask in a game.

Bathgate also played for Detroit and Pittsburgh in the NHL and Vancouver in the WHA during his 18 pro seasons. He scored 349 goals and 973 points in 1,069 NHL games and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1978.

Considered one of the Rangers' all-time greats, Bathgate's No. 9 jersey was retired by the team -- along with that of Adam Graves, who also wore the number -- in 2009.

When he was dealt to Toronto in one of the biggest trades in NHL history, Bathgate held every major Rangers scoring record. That included scoring a goal in 10 straight games, a mark that still stands for the Rangers.

His trademark was a blistering slap shot at a time when "the slapper" was a far less popular weapon than it is today. But Bathgate also was a creative passer and a dependable performer who played in every regular-season game from 1958-64.

He joined the Rangers in 1952, playing in 18 games, then skated in 20 for them the next season. By 1954-55, he was a regular on Broadway and a star in a sporting region dominated by baseball players.

In 1961, he became captain of the Rangers, a perennial also-ran. When he was dealt to Toronto, Bathgate had skated in only 22 postseason games. He got into 14 that spring, scoring five goals to help the Maple Leafs win the championship.

No cause of death was released.

Antony Gibbs obit

Antony Gibbs, Editor of ‘Dune,’ ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ Dies at 90

 

He was not on the list.

Antony Gibbs, a British-born film editor who cut dozens of pictures, including such ’60s classics as “Tom Jones” as well as “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Rollerball,” “Dune” and “Ronin,” died February 26. He was 90.

The Guild of British Film and Television Editors reported his death on Facebook.

Gibbs was nominated for four of the American Cinema Editors’ Eddie Awards, including for “Tom Jones” in 1964 and “Fiddler on the Roof” in 1972. He won Eddies in 1998 for his work on John Frankenheimer‘s TNT miniseries “George Wallace,” starring Gary Sinise, and in 2002 for his editing of Mark Rydell’s TNT TV movie “James Dean,” starring James Franco (a film for which he also picked up an Emmy nomination). Also in 2002, he received an ACE career achievement award.

The ACE said of Gibbs in 2002: “With ‘Reindeer Games’  he continued his successful collaboration with John Frankenheimer, but his friend director Mark Rydell allowed Tony to accomplish something nobody has ever done in the A.C.E. annals; with his edit of ‘James Dean,’ a MOW for TNT, he is the only editor ever to be nominated for an A.C.E. Eddie Award and chosen to be an A.C.E. Career Achievement Award recipient in the same year. Absolutely deserving for an editor whose career startled us with his editorial innovations in the British New Wave and still amazes us with his ability to stay ahead of the crowd by infusing editing with new ideas.”     

Gibbs received the first of his two Emmy nominations for Rydell’s 1996 HBO TV movie “Crime of the Century,” about the Lindbergh kidnapping case.

Gibbs began his editing career in the mid-1950s, working at first as an assistant to Ralph Kemplen and to Alan Osbiston; through these editors, Gibbs became involved from the beginning in the “New Wave” of British filmmaking of the early 1960s. Osbiston (with Gibbs’ assistance) edited “The Entertainer” (1960), starring Laurence Olivier and directed by Tony Richardson, one of the key British New Wave directors.

Gibbs was principal editor for “A Taste of Honey” (1961), “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner” (1962) and “Tom Jones” (1963), all directed by Richardson, as well as Richard Lester’s “The Knack …and How to Get It” (1965) and “Petulia” — all classics of 1960s filmmaking. On Richardson’s 1965 cult classic “The Loved One,” which was produced in Hollywood, Gibbs served as supervising editor.

Gibbs edited 1970’s “Performance,” starring James Fox and Mick Jagger and directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, and Roeg’s Australia-shot “Walkabout,” and around this time relocated to Hollywood, where he began with a very high-profile assignment, editing Jewison’s “Fiddler on the Roof.”

In addition to “George Wallace,” Gibbs worked with director Frankenheimer on 1998 action film “Ronin” and 2000’s “Reindeer Games.”

Gibbs also had a long association with director Norman Jewison beginning with “Fiddler on the Roof” and continuing with musical adaptation “Jesus Christ Superstar” (1973); futuristic sports actioner “Rollerball” (1975); union story “F.I.S.T.” (1978), starring Sylvester Stallone; mercenaries-in-Africa story “The Dogs of War” (1980), starring Christopher Walken; “Agnes of God” (1985), starring Jane Fonda and Meg Tilly; and “In Country” (1989), starring Bruce Willis as a troubled Vietnam veteran.

During the 1970s Gibbs edited films including “The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea” (1976) and Richard Attenborough’s World War II epic “A Bridge Too Far” (1977). In the 1980s his credits included Sean Penn prison drama “Bad Boys” (1983), David Lynch’s controversial adaptation of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” and the more intimate films “Stealing Home,” starring Jodie Foster and Mark Harmon, and the Kentucky-set “In Country.”

In the 1990s Gibbs edited films including the Mel Gibson-directed “The Man Without a Face” (1993), also starring Gibson; “Don Juan DeMarco” (1994) with Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando and Faye Dunaway; and Frankenheimer’s “Ronin.”

Gibbs retired after working on “James Dean” in 2001.

“The generation of American editors of which Dede Allen is a part has given considerable credit for the inspiration of their work to Antony Gibbs, the English editor of films directed by, amongst others, Tony Richardson, Nicholas Roeg, and Richard Lester,” writes Roger Crittenden in his 1995 book “Film and Video Editing.” “There is a daring and energetic quality to Tony Gibbs’ work, especially in some sequences of ‘The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner,’ ‘Tom Jones,’ ‘The Knack,’ and ‘Performance,’ which must have given a shot of adrenaline to aspiring editors on both sides of the Atlantic at the time. Dede ascribes her work on ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ directly to the influence of Tony Gibbs.”

Gibbs is survived by his wife, Sherrye; six children; 14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Editor

James Dean (2001)

James Dean

7.1

TV Movie

Editor (as Tony Gibbs)

2001

 

Charlize Theron and Ben Affleck in Reindeer Games (2000)

Reindeer Games

5.8

Editor

2000

 

Robert De Niro in Ronin (1998)

Ronin

7.2

Editor (as Tony Gibbs)

1998

 

Gary Sinise in George Wallace (1997)

George Wallace

7.1

TV Mini Series

Editor

1997

 

Crime of the Century (1996)

Crime of the Century

7.1

TV Movie

Editor

1996

 

A Case for Life (1996)

A Case for Life

6.1

TV Movie

Editor

1996

 

Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, and Faye Dunaway in Don Juan DeMarco (1994)

Don Juan DeMarco

6.7

Editor (as Tony Gibbs)

1994

 

Mel Gibson and Nick Stahl in The Man Without a Face (1993)

The Man Without a Face

6.7

Editor (as Tony Gibbs)

1993

 

Devlin (1992)

Devlin

5.6

TV Movie

Editor

1992

 

Ken Wahl in The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)

The Taking of Beverly Hills

5.1

Editor

1991

 

Bruce Willis and Emily Lloyd in In Country (1989)

In Country

5.9

Editor

1989

 

Jodie Foster and Mark Harmon in Stealing Home (1988)

Stealing Home

6.6

Editor

1988

 

Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Billingsley, Stefan DeSalle, and Whip Hubley in Russkies (1987)

Russkies

5.5

Editor

1987

 

Tai-Pan (1986)

Tai-Pan

5.6

Editor

1986

 

Agnes of God (1985)

Agnes of God

6.6

Editor

1985

 

Sean Young and Kyle MacLachlan in Dune (1984)

Dune

6.3

Editor

1984

 

Bad Boys (1983)

Bad Boys

7.2

film editor

1983

 

From a Far Country (1981)

From a Far Country

5.3

Editor

1981

 

Christopher Walken in The Dogs of War (1980)

The Dogs of War

6.3

Editor

1980

 

Lisa Vanderpump in The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980)

The Wildcats of St. Trinian's

3.7

film editor

1980

 

Suzanne Somers and Ian McShane in Yesterday's Hero (1979)

Yesterday's Hero

5.0

Editor

1979

 

A Bridge Too Far (1977)

A Bridge Too Far

7.4

Editor

1977

 

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

6.2

Editor

1976

 

Rollerball (1975)

Rollerball

6.5

Editor

1975

 

Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, Shirley Knight, David Hemmings, Clifton James, and Roy Kinnear in Juggernaut (1974)

Juggernaut

6.6

Editor

1974

 

The Black Windmill (1974)

The Black Windmill

6.3

Editor

1974

 

Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

Jesus Christ Superstar

7.4

Editor

1973

 

The Ragman's Daughter (1972)

The Ragman's Daughter

6.4

Editor

1972

 

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Fiddler on the Roof

8.0

film editor

1971

 

Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, and Luc Roeg in Walkabout (1971)

Walkabout

7.6

Editor

1971

 

All the Right Noises (1970)

All the Right Noises

6.1

Editor

1970

 

Mick Jagger and James Fox in Performance (1970)

Performance

6.7

Editor

1970

 

Robert Shaw, Helen Fraser, and Patrick Magee in The Birthday Party (1968)

The Birthday Party

6.4

Editor

1968

 

Petulia (1968)

Petulia

6.8

Editor

1968

 

The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)

The Sailor from Gibraltar

6.1

Editor (as Anthony Gibbs)

1967

 

Jeanne Moreau in Mademoiselle (1966)

Mademoiselle

7.1

Editor

1966

 

Rita Tushingham in The Knack... and How to Get It (1965)

The Knack... and How to Get It

6.3

Editor

1965

 

Robert Shaw and Mary Ure in The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)

The Luck of Ginger Coffey

6.8

Editor

1964

 

Girl with Green Eyes (1964)

Girl with Green Eyes

6.9

Editor (uncredited)

1964

 

Tom Jones (1963)

Tom Jones

6.4

Editor

1963

 

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

7.5

Editor

1962

 

Tiara Tahiti (1962)

Tiara Tahiti

5.8

Editor

1962

 

A Taste of Honey (1961)

A Taste of Honey

7.4

Editor

1961

 

The Devil Inside (1961)

The Devil Inside

6.6

Editor

1961

 

The Unstoppable Man (1961)

The Unstoppable Man

6.5

Editor (as Anthony Gibbs)

1961

 

The Snake Woman (1961)

The Snake Woman

4.9

Editor

1961

 

Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961)

Doctor Blood's Coffin

4.9

Editor

1961

 

Don Borisenko and Susan Hampshire in Night of Passion (1960)

Night of Passion

6.2

Editor

1960

 

Phyllis Calvert and Robert Morley in Oscar Wilde (1960)

Oscar Wilde

6.8

Editor

1960

 

Michael Rennie in The Third Man (1959)

The Third Man

7.8

TV Series

film editor (as Tony Gibbs)

1959

3 episodes

 

Editorial Department

Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, and Penélope Cruz in Sahara (2005)

Sahara

6.1

additional editor (as Tony Gibbs)

2005

 

John Cleese, Alicia Silverstone, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Woody Harrelson in Scorched (2003)

Scorched

5.9

additional editing (as Tony Gibbs)

2003

 

Ragtime (1981)

Ragtime

7.3

film editor: UK

1981

 

Tom Berenger, William Katt, and Jill Eikenberry in Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

5.7

supervising editor

1979

 

Sylvester Stallone and David Huffman in F.I.S.T. (1978)

F.I.S.T.

6.4

supervising editor

1978

 

The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)

The Sailor from Gibraltar

6.1

editorial adviser

1967

 

Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer, and Robert Morse in The Loved One (1965)

The Loved One

6.9

supervising editor

1965

 

A Touch of Larceny (1960)

A Touch of Larceny

6.6

first assistant editor (uncredited)

1960

 

Sound Department

A Touch of Larceny (1960)

A Touch of Larceny

6.6

sound editor

1960

Tony Burton obit

'Rocky' Actor, Former Boxer Tony Burton Dies at 78: Report

He was not on the list.

Tony Burton, who played Apollo Creed's inspirational boxing trainer in the "Rocky" franchise after his own

glory days as a young prizefighter, died Thursday, his family said. He was 78.

Burton, a native of Flint, Michigan, died of pneumonia at a Southern California hospital, his wife, Aurelian, told The Associated Press.

His younger sister, Loretta "Peaches" Kelley, told MLive.com that his declining health kept him from seeing last year's "Rocky" spinoff, "Creed," in which he did not appear — although his character, Duke, is mentioned.

"There's a scene in the restaurant of that movie where his picture is on the wall," Kelley said. "We didn't talk about ('Rocky') a lot. I mean we were excited, but other people were more excited. Whenever he would come home (to Flint) other people would just come over."

Burton was only one of four actors, including "Rocky" star Sylvester Stallone, to appear in all six movies in the franchise.

Tweets from Carl Weathers, who played Apollo Creed, and from MGM Studios, which distributed "Creed," confirmed Burton's death.

"Sad news. RIP Tony Burton. His intensity and talent helped make the Rocky movies successful," Weathers wrote.

Burton, a graduate of Flint Northern High School in 1955, played football and baseball before turning his attention to the ring. Six feet tall and strapping, he won two Flint Golden Gloves light heavyweight titles in 1955 and 1957, then fought professionally for two more years before turning his attention to a new career: acting.

His experience came in handy. In "Rocky IV," uttering perhaps his most famous line, Burton's character is pained when he sees Apollo Creed getting outmatched on the canvas by a Russian opponent: "Throw the damn towel!" he screams, stopping the fight.

Besides "Rocky," Burton also had roles in 1980's "The Shining," in which he played a garage owner, and in the 1986 comedy "Armed and Dangerous."

Jim Clark obit

Jim Clark, Oscar-Winning Editor of ‘The Killing Fields,’ Dies at 84

 

He was not on the list.

Jim Clark, who won an Oscar for editing Roland Joffé’s “The Killing Fields” and was also nominated for his work on the director’s film “The Mission,” died in the U.K. on Feb. 25. He was 84 and had been ill for some time.

News of his death was announced by the Guild of British Film and TV Editors on Feb. 26.

His credits also include Stanley Donen’s “Charade” (1963); John Schlesinger’s “Darling” (1965), “The Day of the Locust” (1975) and “Marathon Man” (1976); Michael Apted’s “Agatha” (1979), “Nell” (1994) and Bond film “The World Is Not Enough”; Michael Caton-Jones’ “Memphis Belle” (1990) and “City by the Sea” (2002); and Mike Leigh’s “Vera Drake” (2004) and “Happy-Go-Lucky” (2008).

In addition to the Schlesinger films listed above, he did uncredited work on the director’s “Far From the Madding Crowd” and served as a creative consultant on the helmer’s 1969 classic “Midnight Cowboy.”

Clark received the American Cinema Editors’ career achievement award in 2005.

Born James Clark in Boston, Lincolnshire, he eventually moved to London and began to work at Ealing Studios in 1951 as an assistant editor. He later served as freelance assistant editor, under editor Jack Harris, on two films directed by Donen. When Harris chose not to work on Donen’s next project, the director gave Clark the job on 1960’s “Surprise Package.”

In an interview on the Avid.com website, Clark said: “It was a fairly bad movie and probably would have finished my career before it had started, but luckily Stanley got another film, ‘The Grass Is Greener’ (1960), which he also asked me to edit. The cutting of the two films overlapped, which was great training for me. Soon after, I was asked to cut ‘The Innocents’ (1961), starring Deborah Kerr, which has since become a classic story-driven, supernatural horror film. It was very hard to cut, but that film really put me on the map.”

He was a founding member of the Guild of British Film Editors in 1966.

Clark directed a number of films, mostly documentary shorts. He made his feature directorial debut on “Rentadick” (1972), whose writers included Graham Chapman and John Cleese, and also helmed the horror film “Madhouse” (1974), which starred Vincent Price and Peter Cushing.

Clark’s memoir “Dream Repairman: Adventures in Film Editing” was published in 2011.

He is survived by his wife, fellow editor Laurence Méry-Clark, and three children.

Editor

Alfred Enoch, Tom Felton, Rupert Grint, Matthew Lewis, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Bonnie Wright, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, and Evanna Lynch in Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022)

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

8.0

TV Special

Editor

2022

 

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

Happy-Go-Lucky

7.0

Editor

2008

 

Mischa Barton, Hayden Christensen, and Kate Groombridge in Virgin Territory (2007)

Virgin Territory

4.7

Editor

2007

 

Opal Dream (2006)

Opal Dream

6.5

Editor

2006

 

Vera Drake (2004)

Vera Drake

7.6

Editor

2004

 

Robert De Niro and Frances McDormand in City by the Sea (2002)

City by the Sea

6.1

Editor

2002

 

The Gathering Storm (2002)

The Gathering Storm

7.4

TV Movie

Editor

2002

 

Chris Penn, Stellan Skarsgård, Paul Bettany, and Sienna Guillory in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2001)

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

6.2

Editor

2001

 

Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Denise Richards, and Robert Carlyle in The World Is Not Enough (1999)

The World Is Not Enough

6.4

Editor

1999

 

Ralph Fiennes and Liv Tyler in Onegin (1999)

Onegin

6.8

Editor

1999

 

The Trench (1999)

The Trench

5.9

Editor

1999

 

The Jackal (1997)

The Jackal

6.4

Editor

1997

 

Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, and Meryl Streep in Marvin's Room (1996)

Marvin's Room

6.7

Editor

1996

 

Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, and Harry Connick Jr. in Copycat (1995)

Copycat

6.6

Editor

1995

 

Jodie Foster and Liam Neeson in Nell (1994)

Nell

6.5

Editor

1994

 

Elisabeth Shue, William McNamara, and Dylan Walsh in Radio Inside (1994)

Radio Inside

6.3

Editor

1994

 

Sean Connery, Joanne Whalley, Louis Gossett Jr., John Lithgow, Diana Rigg, and Colin Friels in A Good Man in Africa (1994)

A Good Man in Africa

5.0

Editor

1994

 

Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Ellen Barkin in This Boy's Life (1993)

This Boy's Life

7.3

film editor

1993

 

Meeting Venus (1991)

Meeting Venus

6.6

Editor

1991

 

Sean Astin, Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, D.B. Sweeney, Billy Zane, Harry Connick Jr., Tate Donovan, Reed Diamond, Courtney Gains, and Neil Giuntoli in Memphis Belle (1990)

Memphis Belle

6.9

Editor

1990

 

Spies Inc. (1992)

Spies Inc.

4.0

Editor

1992

 

Young Toscanini (1988)

Young Toscanini

6.1

Editor

1988

 

Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons in The Mission (1986)

The Mission

7.4

Editor

1986

 

The Frog Prince (1986)

The Frog Prince

5.8

Editor

1986

 

Sam Waterston in The Killing Fields (1984)

The Killing Fields

7.8

Editor

1984

 

John Cleese and Denis Quilley in Privates on Parade (1983)

Privates on Parade

4.8

Editor

1983

 

Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)

Honky Tonk Freeway

5.2

Editor

1981

 

Yanks (1979)

Yanks

6.4

Editor

1979

 

Dustin Hoffman and Vanessa Redgrave in Agatha (1979)

Agatha

6.2

Editor

1979

 

Ann-Margret, Marty Feldman, and Michael York in The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

6.0

Editor

1977

 

Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man (1976)

Marathon Man

7.4

Editor (edited by)

1976

 

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

6.0

Editor

1975

 

Karen Black in The Day of the Locust (1975)

The Day of the Locust

6.9

film editor

1975

 

Visions of Eight (1973)

Visions of Eight

6.8

Editor

1973

 

Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, and Susannah York in X, Y & Zee (1972)

X, Y & Zee

5.8

Editor

1972

 

Faces of Architecture (1967)

Faces of Architecture

Editor

1967

 

Terence Stamp, Julie Christie, and Peter Finch in Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)

Far from the Madding Crowd

7.2

Editor (uncredited)

1967

 

Julie Christie in Darling (1965)

Darling

7.0

Editor (as James Clark)

1965

 

The Pumpkin Eater (1964)

The Pumpkin Eater

7.2

Editor (as James Clark)

1964

 

Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in Charade (1963)

Charade

7.8

Editor (as James Clark)

1963

 

An Evening with the Royal Ballet (1963)

An Evening with the Royal Ballet

7.9

Editor (as James Clark)

1963

 

Laurence Olivier, Sarah Miles, and Simone Signoret in Term of Trial (1962)

Term of Trial

7.1

Editor (as James Clark)

1962

 

The Innocents (1961)

The Innocents

7.8

Editor (as James Clark)

1961

 

The Grass Is Greener (1960)

The Grass Is Greener

6.5

Editor (as James Clark)

1960

 

Surprise Package (1960)

Surprise Package

5.6

Editor (as James Clark)

1960

 

John Pike in One Wish Too Many (1956)

One Wish Too Many

7.0

Editor

1956

 

Director

Gosling's Travels

TV Series

Director

1975

1 episode

 

Madhouse (1974)

Madhouse

6.2

Director

1974

 

Rentadick (1972)

Rentadick

3.9

Director

1972

 

Day of Rest

Short

Director

1970

 

Every Home Should Have One (1970)

Every Home Should Have One

5.0

Director

1970

 

Speaking of Britain (1967)

Speaking of Britain

Short

Director (as James Clark)

1967

 

Soldier '67

Short

Director

1966

 

Senghenydd: Portrait of a Mining Town

Short

Director

1966

 

The Christmas Tree (1966)

The Christmas Tree

6.4

Director (as James Clark)

1966

 

Actor

The Haunted Hathaways (2013)

The Haunted Hathaways

5.2

TV Series

Moppy (voice, as James Clark)

2014

1 episode

 

The Jackal (1997)

The Jackal

6.4

Narrator on TV (voice, uncredited)

1997

 

Pierce Brosnan in Robinson Crusoe (1997)

Robinson Crusoe

6.0

Slave Ship Captain (voice, uncredited)

1997

 

You're Under Arrest! (1996)

You're Under Arrest!

7.2

TV Series

Additional Voices (English version, voice)

1996–2008

 

You're Under Arrest! (1994)

You're Under Arrest!

7.7

TV Mini Series

(English version, voice)

1994

1 episode

 

Michael Brady in Crusher Joe The OVAs (1989)

Crusher Joe The OVAs

6.7

TV Mini Series

Gabbuuru (English version, voice)

1989

 

Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy (1987)

Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy

7.0

Squad Leader (English version, voice)

1987

Lennie Baker obit

Lennie Baker, voice of Sha Na Na's 'Blue Moon,' dies at 69

 
He was not on the list.

A longtime member of Sha Na Na who sang lead on the rock and doo-wop group's hit, "Blue Moon," has died. Lennie Baker was 69.

Baker's nephew, David Baker, confirmed the musician's death Wednesday at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Massachusetts, where he had been briefly hospitalized after developing an infection.

Lennie Baker spent 30 years touring with Sha Na Na as a vocalist and saxophone player. He sang lead on "Blue Moon," which he performed at Carnegie Hall and around the world, and often said it was his favourite tune.

Baker left the group in 2000 and was living on Martha's Vineyard at the time of his death.

Funeral arrangements were incomplete Friday.

Another former Sha Na Na member, Dennis Greene, died in September.


Movie appearances
1972 - Dynamite Chicken - as himself with Sha Na Na
1978 - Grease - with Sha Na Na as Johnny Casino and the Gamblers
1994 - Woodstock Diary - as himself with Sha Na Na
2003 - Festival Express - as himself with Sha Na Na

Phil Smith obit

Disney World's first employee dies
He was not on the list.

Phil Smith was just a few years out of law school when he started working for a mysterious entity acquiring land for what would become the world's most popular theme-park resort.

As Walt Disney World's first permanent employee, Smith helped pave the legal path for much of the attraction's development.

Smith, of Minneola, died Tuesday of complications from kidney disease and COPD. He was 83.

"He really built a very fine legal organization that really, frankly, kept us out of trouble," said Dick Nunis, retired chairman of Walt Disney Attractions. "Under Phil Smith I never had to worry about any legal problems. I knew we had a very competent guy that would take care of it.

"… His standard quote — this should be on his gravestone — was, 'Let me see if I can find a way.'"

Smith was originally lured to the job by Paul Helliwell, of Disney's Miami law firm, in 1965. Disney was quietly buying more than 40 square miles of Orlando land, and Smith's wife Gwen said her husband didn't even know at first what company he would represent.

"He really didn't know that it was Disney yet," Gwen Smith said.

The secret was unveiled soon after.

One of Smith's biggest accomplishments was helping create the Reedy Creek Improvement District, an unusual government entity through which Disney controls its own planning, building codes and emergency services.

By the end of 1966, a 5-inch-thick pile of documents related to Reedy Creek was ready for the Florida Legislature.

"At first, they were amazed at just the size of it," Smith told the Orlando Sentinel in 1988. "I right away fielded a whole bunch of early questions that started out, 'What are you guys doing down there anyway?' … It took about six weeks to get it safely through the Legislature, and frankly, we considered that success something of a coup. I think there was only one 'nay' vote in the Senate and probably not more than five in the House."

Smith had another role: He watched over Disney's land during early construction. He, his wife and two toddlers lived on an isolated piece of property. Smith picnicked with his family on what became Discovery Island.

Syd Jackowitz, a former Disney attorney who worked for Smith, remembered his former boss having a good sense of humor.

The company had "a fairly harsh form letter" it would send to people who sought permission to use Disney characters. But when one man sent a huge Donald Duck figure carved from a carrot, asking if he could sell similar creations at the Magic Kingdom, Smith didn't have the heart to send him the standard response, Jackowitz said. He decided to have Disney send a letter that "recognized how beautiful his work was and that people should see it, but unfortunately, not in the Magic Kingdom," Jackowitz said.

Former Disney executive Duncan Dickson described Smith as a "humble man." Smith's wife used the same description.

"He didn't rub it into people he was the Disney attorney or anything like that," said Gwen Smith, who met her husband on a blind date. The couple would have celebrated their 50th anniversary in June.

Smith retired in the early 1990s as Disney World's senior vice president of administration and support.

"Phil played a significant role in the development of Walt Disney World and his contributions will long be remembered," Disney World president George Kalogridis said in an emailed statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends."

Along with his wife, Smith's survivors include sister Jane of Chicago; three daughters, Jean Daly of Minneola, Kathryn Hughes of Tallahassee, Elizabeth Smith of Washington state; son Christopher Smith of China; and 13 grandchildren.

Eddie Einhorn obit

White Sox vice chairman Eddie Einhorn dies at 80

 

He was not on the list.

White Sox vice chairman Eddie Einhorn died Tuesday night in Alpine, New Jersey, following complications from a stroke. He was 80. He was born in Paterson.

Einhorn and White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf met while attending Northwestern's law school and, in 1981, purchased a controlling interest in the franchise. Einhorn served as the White Sox team president and chief operating officer from 1981-1990 and was the franchise's vice chairman from 1990-2015. He also was a member of the Chicago Bulls' board of directors.

"Eddie was a creative whirlwind whose ideas -- many of them far ahead of their time -- changed the landscape of sports, and sports on television, forever," Reinsdorf said. "He was a man of many interests, projects, ideas and opinions, and we all will miss him dearly. It is exceedingly rare in this day and age to have enjoyed a friendship and a working partnership that lasted our lifetimes.  We celebrated many great moments together."

White Sox head trainer Herm Schneider, who joined the organization in 1979, remembered Einhorn fondly.

"He was an interesting man and a great man," Schneider said. "I’ve known him probably since Day 1 since Jerry and Eddie took over, the Sunshine Boys. He was an incredibly brilliant guy.

"A lot of people didn’t know how brilliant he was. He did a lot with wrestling. He did a lot with the NCAA Tournament, (which) is basically his brain child. He and I had a very special relationship with his family and my family and everything else. Very close with him. I just found out about it this morning myself from Scottie, but it really is a very sad day about that happening."

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement on Einhorn's passing.

All of us at Major League Baseball are deeply saddened by the loss of White Sox Vice Chairman Eddie Einhorn, a leader in the world of sports and broadcasting," Manfred said. "He was a sports television pioneer and a huge champion of youth baseball. In recent years he bridged those twin passions through the National Youth Baseball Championships, which appeared on MLB Network and MLB.com.

"A proud and loyal leader of the White Sox owned by his longtime friend Jerry Reinsdorf, Eddie took delight in the franchise's momentous 2005 World Championship. Most of all, for decades Eddie was a friend to seemingly all in the baseball and broader sports communities. On behalf of Major League Baseball, I extend my deepest condolences to Eddie's wife Ann, their daughter -- and our former colleague -- Jenny, their son Jeff, and their entire family, as well as his countless friends throughout the White Sox organization and our game as a whole."

Einhorn, while a law student at Northwestern, worked as a vendor at Comiskey Park from 1959-1960. He founded TVS Television Network, which in the 1960s and 1970s pioneered nationwide TV and radio coverage of college basketball. In 2011, Einhorn was inducted in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame for his role in growing the popularity of the sport.

During his nearly three-and-a-half decade time in baseball, Einhorn was recognized as the architect of Major League Baseball's first billion-dollar TV deal and also served the Major League Baseball Schedule Format Committee, the Professional Baseball Association Committee, Player Development Committee and Television Committee.

Einhorn is credited with helping create MLB's wild card playoff format; the Chicago Tribune's Jerome Holtzmann wrote in 1998 that "If it weren't for the acumen and foresight of White Sox Vice Chairman Eddie Einhorn, there wouldn't be a wild card."

Einhorn is survived by his wife of 53 years, Ann, daughter Jennifer (and her husband, Darryl), grandson Meyer, and son Jeff.

Einhorn produced the nationally syndicated radio broadcast of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1958. In 1960, he founded the TVS Television Network to telecast college basketball games to regional networks at a time when the sport was of no interest to the national networks. The first broadcast was a semi-final game between Bradley University vs. St. Bonaventure University in the 1960 National Invitation Tournament from Madison Square Garden. Einhorn helped put together the first national broadcast of college basketball for the Game of the Century between the Houston Cougars and UCLA Bruins in 1968. He later sold his interest in the network and became the head of CBS Sports. Later, he would co-found subscription TV channel Sportsvision, which, after a number of sales and restructurings, eventually became cable network Sportschannel. For his role in propelling NCAA basketball into a more public light, he was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

Einhorn's TVS network carried the World Football League in its inaugural 1974 season. He would later emerge in the United States Football League; as the proposed owner of the league's dormant Chicago Blitz franchise, Einhorn was one of the most outspoken supporters of the proposed, but ultimately failed, attempt to move to fall in 1986.

He was an owner of the IWA wrestling promotion in United States in 1975. The promotion was originally intended to be the first one to run cards nationally and promoted mainly in the Midwest and even ran cards in the Carolinas.

Peter Kenilorea obit

Solomons first PM Sir Peter Kenilorea dies

 

He was not on the list.

Sir Peter Kenilorea, a Malaitan school teacher who led the Solomon Islands and its people to nationhood, died on Thursday after a long illness.

The former Prime Minister was 72 and had governed the country for five years, before becoming foreign minister and a key figure in the peace process of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Sir Peter was born in Takataka village on Malaita in 1943, at the height of the Second World War when his country was the scene of some of the war's most intense and bloody battles.

He went to school in Malaita and Honiara, the capital, before being awarded a New Zealand government scholarship to study in New Zealand, where he spent four years at Wesley College and Wanganui College before studying to become a teacher at Ardmore College.

He returned to Malaita to teach, but kept a keen interest in Solomon Islands politics, becoming one of the founding members of the Solomon Islands United Party.

In 1976, he said he was asked to run for office to represent southern Malaita, at a time when the country's quest for independence had gained true momentum.

"I came into Honiara and asked if anyone else was interested in standing for my constituency," Sir Peter said in a 1995 interview for RNZ International's "New Flags Flying" series.

"A friend of mine said: 'There were six interested, but they heard you were also interested, they've all declined, all pulled out.' So I took that as a definite lead and that's how I entered politics."

Sir Peter entered the public service and became the chief minister for the British colonial administration shortly after, as the country's amble towards independence developed into a breakneck gallop.

For years there had been tension with the British rulers, particularly over a lack of opportunities for Solomon Islanders.

Since the 1930s village headmen had asked government missions to build schools and dispensaries, increase wages and copra payments and move towards a more native, representative parliament.

The requests were often dismissed, and the post-war return of plantation owners and officials led to the emergence of the 'Maasina Rule' - a brotherhood movement that sought local control.

"With due respect in hindsight, it's obvious the British hadn't done very much for Solomon Islands," said Sir Peter.

"Their main emphasis was on law and order, no emphasis on economic development - that was almost nil - they only had one school, most education was in the hands of all the churches. The colonial administration had only one school, the King George VI school."

In 1978, the Solomon Islands followed many of its Pacific neighbours and became an independent state and Peter Kenilorea became the country's first prime minister.

Sir Peter said the country barely had to fight for independence, and he had a sense that Britain was ready to wipe its hands of its Melanesian colony.

"They had had enough of the Solomon Islands and just wanted to go away," he said.

"I told them so during the independence constitutional negotiations in London. I said: 'We want this extra money, above what you've already agreed for, because you haven't done anything and we'd like to do something ourselves after you've gone."

Sir Peter was 35 when he became prime minister, charged with the daunting task of forming some kind of national unity in a country divided by culture, tradition, and geography.

"I was pretty young for purposes of leadership, you know, in our society, leadership belongs to the chiefs and to the older people," he said.

"But when you talk in terms of the context of the nation, quite honestly, that is beyond the bounds of traditional leadership. They should continue to know that they can be well and truly respected in their traditional situation. But at the national level, I think it must be given way to people with some education who can think widely."

However, despite a decades-long push for independence, and widespread jubilation at the lowering of one flag and the raising of another on 7 July 1978, many Solomon Islanders remained apprehensive about what their new-found independence would bring.

"It was a very joyous moment, but also a very challenging one. We had never been alone before, ever. There's always a fear of the unknown, the uncertainties of the unknown," Sir Peter said in the 1995 interview.

"The mass of people were saying 'Are we doing the right thing?' There were comments and songs about 'We're not ready' and 'We don't have enough money.' But I felt then that independence is not about money, but deciding about being yourself - which is your right. Every human being is born free and to be shackled by a system which is outside of yourself is not human in my view."

Sir Peter served as Prime Minister until Solomon Mamaloni was elected in 1981, and again from 1984 to 1986.

During that time, Sir Peter set about establishing a constitution to bind the country as one, created laws to cement tribal land rights and ownership, which the British were against, and creating the system of provincial government that still exists today.

He then served as foreign minister from 1988 to 1989 and from 1990 to 1993, when he became the director of the Forum Fisheries Agency.

But when ethnic tensions in the Solomon Islands boiled over into violent conflict between the Malaita Eagle Force and the Guadalcanal-based Isatabu Freedom Movement in the late 1990s, Sir Peter returned to spearhead the process of restoring peace to the country.

Dr Tarcisius Kabutalaka, a Solomon Islands academic based in Hawaii, who was involved in negotiations for the Townsville Peace Agreement, a key attempt to resolve the unrest in 2000, said Sir Peter was crucial to the process as he managed to command a level of respect across all sides that others could not.

"He was one of those individuals who was respected by both sides and by people from all walks of life in Solomon Islands," Dr Kabutalaka said in a phone interview.

"From the government, or in the church, or in civil society organisations, and even among the so-called militants during the conflict. They all saw him as somebody they could trust."

The Townsville Agreement ultimately failed and the conflict continued for another three years until an Australian-led multinational force arrived in 2003, but Sir Peter remained at the helm as co-chair of the Peace Monitoring Council for years after the conflict ended.

He also served as the Speaker of Parliament from 2001 to 2005, when he unsuccessfully sought the position of Governor General, and returned to the speaker's chair until 2010.

Sir Peter then retired from public life as he began a long battle with illness, and public appearances became rare in recent months apart from the occasional public ceremony.

He died on Thursday night at his family home in Honiara and a state funeral is likely to be held next week.

"He was a very thoughtful, very honourable person who carried himself very well," said Dr Kabutalaka, who said Sir Peter Kenilorea would be remembered as a revered and noble statesman, and a great founding father.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret, and his eight children.

Burt Nodella obit

Burt Nodella, Emmy-Winning Producer on 'Get Smart,' Dies at 91

He was not on the list.

He was in a relationship for more than a decade with Barbara Feldon, who played Agent 99 on the classic 1960s comedy.

Burt Nodella, who won back-to-back Emmy Awards for outstanding comedy series for producing the classic spy spoof Get Smart, died Feb. 23, his family announced. He was 91.

Nodella also produced several telefilms, including CBS’ The Phantom of Hollywood (1974), which starred Jack Cassidy as an enigmatic killer who stalks a dilapidated studio backlot about to be sold to developers.

Nodella produced 47 episodes of Get Smart (in seasons three and four), wrote a couple of installments and appeared as a KAOS doctor in another. The series took the top comedy series Emmy in 1968 and 1969.

Nodella lived with Barbara Feldon — who played Agent 99 opposite Don Adams on the show — from 1968 through 1979.

He spent his last years on his boat in Marina del Rey.

The Brooklyn native served under Gen. George S. Patton, survived conflicts at Omaha Beach and the Battle of the Bulge and helped liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, his family noted. He later attended UCLA.

Survivors include children Matthew and Carrie and grandchildren Oliver, Spencer and Lucas.

Producer

Get Smart, Again! (1989)

Get Smart, Again!

6.1

TV Movie

producer

1989

 

CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)

CBS Summer Playhouse

6.4

TV Series

line producer

1987

1 episode

 

Pope John Paul II (1984)

Pope John Paul II

6.8

TV Movie

producer

1984

 

Maud Adams, Keir Dullea, Britt Ekland, Peter Fonda, and Billy Dee Williams in The Hostage Tower (1980)

The Hostage Tower

5.1

TV Movie

producer

1980

 

Willa (1979)

Willa

6.0

TV Movie

co-executive paroducer

1979

 

And I Alone Survived (1978)

And I Alone Survived

5.9

TV Movie

producer

1978

 

Nick Nolte and Andy Griffith in Adams of Eagle Lake (1975)

Adams of Eagle Lake

7.4

TV Series

producer

1975

 

Andy Griffith in Winter Kill (1974)

Winter Kill

7.0

TV Movie

producer

1974

 

The Phantom of Hollywood (1974)

The Phantom of Hollywood

5.6

TV Movie

executive producer

1974

 

Shirts/Skins (1973)

Shirts/Skins

7.1

TV Movie

executive producer

1973

 

The Tim Conway Show

7.1

TV Series

producer

1970

4 episodes

 

Don Adams in Get Smart (1965)

Get Smart

8.2

TV Series

producer

1967–1969

47 episodes

 

Dragnet 1966 (1969)

Dragnet 1966

7.7

TV Movie

associate producer

1969

 

Two's Company

TV Movie

producer

1965

 

Production Management

The Jazz Singer (1980)

The Jazz Singer

6.0

production executive

1980

 

Don Adams in Get Smart (1965)

Get Smart

8.2

TV Series

executive in charge of production

1966–1967

35 episodes

 

Happy (1960)

Happy

6.8

TV Series

production executive

1961

1 episode

 

Tate (1960)

Tate

7.4

TV Series

production executive

1960

5 episodes

 

Now Is Tomorrow (1958)

Now Is Tomorrow

6.2

TV Movie

production executive

1958

 

Writer

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969)

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

7.0

TV Series

character creator: Dr. Amanda Fallon

1972–1973

2 episodes

 

Don Adams in Get Smart (1965)

Get Smart

8.2

TV Series

written by

1968–1969

2 episodes

 

Happy (1960)

Happy

6.8

TV Series

teleplay

1961

1 episode

 

Actor

Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible (1966)

Mission: Impossible

7.9

TV Series

Gen. Bloch

1971

1 episode

 

Don Adams in Get Smart (1965)

Get Smart

8.2

TV Series

PhotographerKAOS Doctor

1967–1968

2 episodes

 

Self

Get Smart Reunion Seminar (2006)

Get Smart Reunion Seminar

Video

Self

2006

 

Inside TV Land (2000)

Inside TV Land

4.8

TV Series

Self

2001

1 episode