Johnny Kline obit

Johnny Kline, Globetrotter Turned Advocate, Is Dead at 86

 

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Dr. Johnny Kline, initially known for his athletic feats but throughout his later years much more for extolling the values of education and history, died July 26 in Lebanon at 86.

Kline had become well known in Nashville and throughout the Mid-South  for his lectures on basketball history, as well as the importance of athletes also getting their education.

Though a historic figure as a member of the Globetrotters in the ‘50s, he preferred to stress his later exploits as an educator and a curator of early Black basketball heroics.

The six-foot-three Kline earned the nickname “Jumpin’ Johnny” while at then Wayne University (now Wayne State) in the early ‘50s. A world class high jumper as well as an outstanding basketball player, Kline dropped out of Wayne State to join the Globetrotters in 1953.

He eventually had two stints with them, a tryout with the Pistons sandwiched around them in 1957. He left the Globetrotters in 1959, frustrated over what he saw as unending racism and mistreatment.

But Kline’s latter life became even more noteworthy. He overcame drug addiction and returned to Wayne State, eventually earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and finally a Ph.D in education.

He worked extensively in the field of drug rehabilitation, while also forming the Black Legends of Professional Basketball Foundation. This organization was and remains dedicated to getting recognition and fiscal support for the pioneers of pro basketball, many of whom are not recognized by the NBA because they didn’t play in the league.

During his lectures, Kline would spend minimal time talking about himself and the Globetrotter days, and maximum time about the importance of education, and the lack of recognition and respect given the Black pioneers of basketball.

In his eyes those two causes were far more important than his playing exploits, but those who saw him remember a gifted athlete, as well as someone whose determination to help others resulted in major accomplishments and notable exploits decades after he put away his basketball shoes.

Kline is survived by five daughters; Sharon Hill, Britt Thomas, Cheryl Thomas, Terry Dennis and Kelly Mack; four sons; Benjamin Daniels, John Kline III, Michael Kline and Alan Daniels; his brother, Ronald Colvard; 22 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren.

Kline was a high-leaping 6-foot-3 star nicknamed Jumpin’ Johnny at Wayne University (now Wayne State University) in Detroit, because of his poor grades he dropped out of Wayne State to join the Globetrotters in 1953. During the six years with the Globetrotters, he had helped the team to win the "World Series of Basketball" against the College All-Americans, and in 1959 achieved their first undefeated season with 441 wins.

In 1959 he left the Globetrotters and for the season 1960–61 he played in Pennsylvania for the Sunbury Mercuries of the Eastern Professional Basketball League, a rung below the N.B.A. The 60's was a lost decade for Kline as he struggled with a drug addiction for almost eight years.

He resumed his education at the Wayne State, where he received bachelor's and master's degrees before earning a Ph.D. in education. In the early 1970s, he began a new career as director of a methadone program. In 1986 he was named the director of education and substance abuse for the City of Detroit's health department, the Times reports and soon after was appointed to Michigan's nursing board.

Kline founded the Black Legends of Professional Basketball Foundation with the aim to bring recognize and establish retirement plans for the game's early players, many of whom are not recognized by the NBA because they didn't play in the league. Kline was inducted into the African-American Hall of Fame, Wayne State's sports hall of fame and the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.

Kline died on July 26, 2018, at his home in Lebanon, Tennessee, at the age of 86. He is survived by five daughters; Sharon Hill, Britt Thomas, Cheryl Thomas, Terry Dennis and Kelly Mack; four sons; Benjamin Daniels, John Kline III, Michael Kline and Alan Daniels; his brother, Ronald Colvard; 22 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren.

Robert Martin obit

Robert Martin, Tuskegee Airman who flew ‘63 and a half’ combat missions, dies at 99

His decorations included the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart and seven awards of the Air Medal. He was among the recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal at a 2007 ceremony honouring the Tuskegee Airmen.

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Robert L. Martin, a combat pilot who said he flew “63 and a half” missions during Second World War as part of the barrier-breaking Tuskegee Airmen, was shot down over German-occupied territory on the 64th and spent five weeks trying to return to Allied lines with the help of Josip Broz Tito’s anti-fascist Yugoslav partisans, died July 26 at a senior living centre in Olympia Fields, Illinois. He was 99.

The cause was pneumonia, said his daughter, Gabrielle Martin.

Martin, known as “Fox,” grew up in Iowa and became entranced by airplanes when he attended an air show as a 13-year-old Boy Scout. He persuaded his father to let him take a ride on a Ford Trimotor.

“And the pilot, after starting the engine, buckled me in, he touched me with a wire and shocked me, and he said, ‘You’re going to be a pilot,’” he remembered in a video interview for the Experimental Aircraft Association, a Wisconsin-based international association promoting recreational flying. During college, Martin completed a civilian pilot-training program, joking that for a small fee “you could get silver wings and get all the girls.”

War was raging when he graduated from Iowa State University. He joined the Army Air Forces and trained at the segregated military complex in Tuskegee, Alabama, in January 1944. With the rank of lieutenant, he immediately set sail for Italy and was attached to the 100th Fighter Squadron, which helped provide cover for Allied bombers on missions over targets in Europe.

On March 3, 1945, he was one of 24 Tuskegee Airmen who climbed into their single-seat P-51 Mustang fighters from their base in Ramitelli, Italy, to conduct a rail-strafing mission in parts of Slovenia and Austria. Two pilots did not return — Martin and Alphonso Simmons.

“We flew over this airfield where there was no opposition,” Martin said in 2008 at Chicago’s Pritzker Military Museum & Library, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “We saw two airplanes parked a little bit off the field, and we said, ‘We’ll get more credit for destroying two airplanes than shooting up a railroad train.’ We went in to shoot up these planes.”

Martin and Simmons were hit by anti-aircraft fire. Simmons was killed.

“I said, ‘I’m not going to fry, I’m going to get out of here,’” he recalled in the Pritzker talk. “I got up high enough to bail out and my beautiful parachute opened and knocked me out — cut my chin open and floated me down to earth.”

He was spotted by members of Tito’s partisan forces, which controlled swaths of Yugoslav territory; Tito became Yugoslavia’s postwar Communist strongman. Taken to a farmhouse, Mr. Martin was greeted by one of Tito’s men as a “warrior on the side of the Allies,” he told the Experimental Aircraft Association. “The guy fried me an egg and gave me a glass of grappa when he found I was hungry, and just told me to sit and wait.”

On March 10, he was taken to Topusko, Croatia, where he met with an Allied mission manned by British soldiers that helped downed Allied airmen. Because Topusko had natural hot springs, Mr. Martin said, it was the ideal place for recovery.

“They could take a bath in the natural hot spring bath house, get rid of all the lice and dirt and whatever, and they had clean uniforms, shoes, food to feed them, whiskey, candy, books, a safe house, there was meat and flour and all types of foodstuffs dropped in by parachute to help these downed Allied airmen,” he said to the Experimental Aircraft Association.

After a month, he was airlifted to Bari, Italy, and weeks later he celebrated V-E Day in Naples. He soon embarked on a ship for home.

Robert Leander Martin was born in Dubuque, Iowa, on Feb. 9, 1919. His mother, a homemaker, died shortly after he was born. His father was a foot doctor.

He graduated from Iowa State University in 1942 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. After his military discharge in September 1945 at the rank of captain, he became an electrical engineer with the city of Chicago. He retired in 1988.

His decorations included the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart and seven awards of the Air Medal. He was among the recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal at a 2007 ceremony honouring the Tuskegee Airmen.

Survivors include his wife of 68 years, the former Odette Ewell, of Chicago; four children, Gabrielle Martin of Denver, Noelle Martin of Chicago, Dominique Martin of Olympia Fields and Robert Martin Jr. of Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania; a sister; and two grandchildren.

Bob Petrino Sr obit

Bob Petrino Sr. dies at 81 in Montana

 

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HELENA, Mont. -- Longtime Carroll College football coach Bob Petrino Sr., the father of Louisville football coach Bobby Petrino and Idaho coach Paul Petrino, has died at his home in Montana. He was 81.

The Carroll athletic department said Petrino died Thursday in Helena. A cause of death was not immediately released.

Petrino was the head coach at Carroll from 1971 until 1998, a 28-year run that saw the Saints post a 163-90-2 record. Carroll had 20 winning seasons, won 15 Frontier Conference championships and qualified for the NAIA playoffs six times. Bobby and Paul both played quarterback at Carroll, running their father's option offense.

Petrino is a member of the NAIA and Carroll College halls of fame.

He is also survived by his wife Patsy and daughters Jolene Dow, Kellie Samson and Rosie Ellendsen.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

He served as the head football coach at Carroll College in Helena, Montana from 1971 to 1998, compiling record of 163–90–2.

A native of Butte, Montana, Petrino graduated from Butte Central Catholic High School in 1955. He then attended Western Montana College—now known as University of Montana Western—in Dillon, Montana, where played college football as a halfback, before graduating with bachelor's degree in physical education in 1959. Petrino began his coaching career at Grass Range High School in Grass Range, Montana, where as head football coach he led his team to two district championships in three years.

Petrino's sons, Bobby and Paul Petrino, each played college football as a quarterback for their father at Carroll and went on to coaching careers. Petrino died on July 26, 2018, at his home in Helena.

Head coaching record

College football

Year     Team   Overall            Conference      Standing          Bowl/playoffs

Carroll Fighting Saints (Frontier Conference) (1971–1998)

1971    Carroll 2–5–1  2–2–1  4th      

1972    Carroll 4–3      3–1      T–1st  

1973    Carroll 7–0      4–0      1st       

1974    Carroll 6–2      4–0      1st       

1975    Carroll 3–5      2–2      T–2nd 

1976    Carroll 7–1      4–0      1st       

1977    Carroll 4–4      3–1      2nd     

1978    Carroll 9–1      4–0      1st        L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal

1979    Carroll 6–2      4–1      2nd     

1980    Carroll 6–4      4–2      T–1st  

1981    Carroll 6–3      5–1      1st       

1982    Carroll 5–5      4–2      T–1st  

1983    Carroll 2–7      2–4      3rd      

1984    Carroll 3–5–1  2–3–1  3rd      

1985    Carroll 8–2      5–1      T–1st   L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal

1986    Carroll 9–1      6–0      1st        L NAIA Division II Semifinal

1987    Carroll 8–2      5–0      1st        L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal

1988    Carroll 10–1    6–0      1st        L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal

1989    Carroll 9–2      6–0      1st        L NAIA Division II First Round

1990    Carroll 6–3      5–1      1st       

1991    Carroll 5–4      3–3      T–2nd 

1992    Carroll 4–5      2–4      T–3rd 

1993    Carroll 8–2      5–1      T–1st   L NAIA Division I Quarterfinal

1994    Carroll 4–5      2–4      3rd      

1995    Carroll 5–4      4–2      2nd     

1996    Carroll 6–4      3–3      T–2nd  L NAIA Division I Semifinal

1997    Carroll 4–5      2–4      3rd      

1998    Carroll 1–8      1–5      4th      

Carroll:            163–90–2        102–47–2       

Total:   163–90–2       

Alastair Yates obit

Former BBC, Sky News presenter Alastair Yates dies at the age of 66

 

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Former BBC and Sky News presenter Alastair Yates has died at the age of 66.

“Terribly sad news. Former colleague Alastair Yates has passed away at 66 years old,” said Peter Dobbie.

He was a gentle gentleman of the highest order. Our industry is the poorer without him.”

Yates had been a broadcaster since 1973. He was apart of the BBC News Channel schedule since the channel’s launch in 1997 and had presented on its sister channel BBC World since 1992.

In 2011, he retired from news broadcasting and volunteered his services to the ADHD Foundation in Richmond.

“Our condolences to family, friends and all at ADHD Richmond on the sad news about Alistair Yates – Chair of ADHD Richmond & former news broadcaster,” said the ADHA Foundation.

“Thank you for your support for ADHD. You were a true gentleman; a kind man, a good friend. We will all miss you so much”

Alastair, alongside Penny Smith, was one of the first presenters on Sky News when it launched in February 1989. His career also included presenting stints at Anglia and Grampian Television.

BBC News presenter Simon McCoy said: “Alastair Yates was a great friend and a great colleague – at sky news and the BBC. A real loss to broadcasting. And a real loss for those of us who loved him.”

Glen Roven obit

Composer, Conductor and Producer Glen Roven Passes Away at Age 60

 

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Two-time Emmy Award winning composer, lyricist, conductor, pianist, and producer Glen Roven, has passed away at the age of 60.

A funeral will be held for Roven this week in New York City, with a memorial tribute is being planned for this fall.

Roven was a veteran of the music and entertainment industry. He wrote songs for, conducted and produced for Julie Andrews, Melissa Etheridge, Aretha Franklin, Leon Fleisher, Kenny G., Whitney Houston, Dick Hyman, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Kermit the Frog, Patti LaBelle, Liza Minnelli, Diana Ross, Paul Shaffer, Martin Short, TRAIN among others.

He conducted Frank Sinatra's last concert on television and Sammy Davis's final television appearance, as well as four presidential inaugurations.

Roven began his Broadway career as a rehearsal pianist for Pippin while still in high school, and at nineteen was the musical director of Sugar Babies on Broadway.

He also wrote the scores for John Guare's, Lydie Breeze and Gardenia, Christopher Isherwood's A Meeting By the River and Larry Gelbart's Mastergate, plus was a contributing composer to A...My Name is Alice. He wrote the score for the musical adaptation of The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, which was aimed for Broadway in the early 2000s.

His musical Norman's Ark, played the Ford Theater in LA, directed by Peter Schneider with a cast of 200. His first musical, Heart's Desire, written with Armistead Maupin, played the Cleveland Playhouse and a one night gala at the Shaftesbury Theater in London.

According to his bio, he was at work on a new movie-musical for Dolly Parton on Netflix and had just completed, a new symphony "Symphony of Songs", a new opera, Addressee Unknown, a new Broadway Musical, World War Me, producing an all-Verdi aria CD for Hui He and SONY, recorded live in Verona.

He was the creator and Artistic Director of RovenRecords. He produced "Hopes and Dreams" a CD with Universal and Carnegie Hall based on their Lullaby Project with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Natalie Merchant, Diane Reeves, Patti LuPone, Joyce DiDonato, Fiona Apple, Rosanne Cash, Natalie Merchant, Dianne Reeves, and more: the CD hit Number 1 on both the Amazon Classical Chart and Pop Chart.

Roven composed "The Hillary Speeches," a setting of Mrs. Clinton's speeches performed by opera stars Lawrence Brownlee, Isabel Leonard, Nathan Gunn, Matthew Polenzani and 26 others which aired around the world on January 20, 2017.

Roven made his Carnegie Hall debut conducting his Violin Concerto based on The Runaway Bunny, with Glenn Close and the American Symphony Orchestra; Catherine Zeta-Jones recorded the Piano Trio Version. He also recorded the piece with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Brooke Shields for Sony/BMG.

His 36 Song Cycles and Art Songs are routinely performed all around in the world. He has conducted the National Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, The Munich Philharmonic, The Radio Luxembourg Orchestra, as well as many others, and made his Israeli conducting debut in 2001 conducting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in two sold-out concerts honoring Leonard Bernstein.

He co-produced An AIDS Quilt Songbook: Sing for Hope, an all-star CD benefiting amfAR featuring Joyce DiDonato, Jamie Barton, Isabel Leonard, Matthew Polenzani, Susanne Phillips Yo-Yo Ma, Ansel Elgort, Sharon Stone and more.

As a CD producer, Roven produced (for GPRrecords) : Jason Alexander, Christine Baranski, Thomas Bagwell, Jamie Barton, Charles Busch, Ann Hampton Callaway, Charles Castronovo, Tom Cipullo, Alan Cumming, Tyne Daly, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Douglas, Nathan Gunn, Lauren Flanigan, Leon Fleisher, Andrew Garland, David Garrison, Joanna Gleason, Ricky Ian Gordon, Joel Grey, Daron Hagen, Dick Hyman, Jake Heggie, Florence Henderson, Rob Kapilow, Barry Humphries, Isabel Leonard, Lowell Liebermann, Wynton Marsalis, Jorge Martín, Susanne Mentzer, Patti LuPone, Gilda Lyons, Kate Mulgrew, Cynthia Nixon, Daniel Okulitch, Chris Parker, Patricia Racette, Chris Sarandon, Paul Shaffer, William Schimmel, Noah Stewart, Paulo Szot, Talise Trevigne, Kathleen Turner, Catherine Zeta-Jones and many others.

As a translator, Roven has translated all three DaPonte/Mozart Operas: Figaro, Cosi and Don Giovanni. He translated Mahler's Ruckert Lieder, Songs of a Wayfarer, Kindertotenlieder and Des Knaben Wunderhorn. He has also translated Schubert's Wintereisse and all of Hugo Wolf's Italian Songbook.

For children, Roven produced the Sharon, Lois & Bram album, Candles, Snow and Mistletoe (1993), which was also at the Palace Theatre, New York City. He also wrote the theme the 1990 television series The Baby-Sitters Club.

Roven served as a contributing author to the books Games We Play, published by Simon & Schuster, and City Secrets. He has written articles for The New York Times, The LA Review of Books, Broadwayworld.com and many more.

Roven and Marc Shaiman appeared together as the two News Theme Writers in James L. Brooks's Broadcast News.

Patrick Williams obit

Patrick Williams, Emmy-Winning TV Composer, Dies at 79

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Patrick Williams, who was best-known for his Emmy-winning television music but who was also a renowned and Grammy-winning big-band jazz leader and arranger, died Wednesday morning of complications from cancer at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 79.

 Williams was among the most versatile composers of his generation, earning an Oscar nomination (for adapting opera in “Breaking Away,” 1979), four Emmys (for dramatic music including “Lou Grant,” 1980) and two Grammys (for arrangements including his classic jazz album “Threshold,” 1974) during more than 50 years of music-making in New York and Los Angeles.

In the middle of his most prolific period, scoring music for TV including “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “The Bob Newhart Show” and “The Streets of San Francisco,” he was also nominated for the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in music for his groundbreaking “An American Concerto” (1976) for jazz quartet and symphony orchestra.

He scored nearly 50 films, often memorable scores for movies that were not big hits, including “Casey’s Shadow,” “The Cheap Detective” and “Cuba” in the 1970s; “Used Cars,” “Swing Shift” and “All of Me” in the 1980s; “Cry-Baby,” “The Grass Harp” and “That Old Feeling” in the 1990s.

But his primary occupation was music for television, which ultimately earned him 22 Emmy nominations for such memorable 1970s and ’80s series as “The Streets of San Francisco,” “Columbo,” “Lou Grant,” and “The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd,” and such notable 1990s telefilms as “Decoration Day,” “Geronimo” and “Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long.” His miniseries, all in the ’90s and early ’00s, included “Jewels,” “Jesus,” “Blonde” and “Hercules.”

Williams had the most fun in the recording studio, working with top jazz musicians on both coasts to record contemporary big-band albums. His 19 Grammy nominations were mostly for his jazz compositions and arrangements, starting with the landmark “Threshold” LP and later including albums from his own 1980s Soundwings label featuring saxophonist Tom Scott, trombonist Bill Watrous, and his own big band.

“Pat’s charts have a lyrical quality that makes them fun to play, and they swing like hell,” Scott said in 2010. “Whenever I get a call, ‘Pat Williams needs you,’ I would do anything to be there, whether it was a record or a movie or a TV show.” Added flutist Hubert Laws: “I’ve always had the greatest respect for Pat and his writing ability, with the melody and harmony and rhythm. The spontaneity of it all really intrigues me.” Respected jazz writer Gene Lees once said: “Pat’s writing is breathtaking. He’s just one of the finest arrangers and composers who ever put pen to paper.”

Williams arranged and conducted Frank Sinatra’s final studio recordings, “Duets” I and II in the early 1990s, and later paid tribute to the singer and his favorite tunes in his own 1998 album “Sinatraland.” Williams arranged for a wide variety of other singers including Barbra Streisand, Jack Jones, Natalie Cole, Neil Diamond, Gloria Estefan, Michael Feinstein, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Patti Austin, Barry Manilow, Monica Mancini and Bette Midler.

He was also highly active in music education, lecturing around the country and serving for five years (2001 to 2006) as artistic director of the Henry Mancini Institute, which trains young musicians for careers in music. Several of Williams’ later orchestral works (including “Adagio for Orchestra,” “Memento Mei” and “August”) debuted during the institute’s annual summer sessions in Los Angeles.

Williams was born April 23, 1939 in Bonne Terre, Mo., graduated from Duke University in 1961 and did post-graduate work at Columbia University. He worked as a composer, arranger and producer in New York before moving to Los Angeles in 1968 to seek work in the film and TV arena.

During the 1970s and ’80s, Williams scored hundreds of episodes of network TV series, variously lending a warm, comic, jazzy or dramatic sound as needed. In his own music for records and the concert hall, he strove to combine jazz and classical elements in a smoother, more organic way than had been previously achieved by most composers.

Williams wrote an estimated 30 concert works including “Gulliver” with narration written by Larry Gelbart, and a ballet, “Ziji”; and jazz concertos for trombonist Bill Watrous, clarinetist Eddie Daniels, saxophonist Tom Scott; and pianist Dave Grusin and saxophonist Gerry Mulligan.

He received an honorary doctorate in fine arts from his alma mater, Duke University, in 2001. His last big-band album, 2015’s “Home Suite Home,” featured long pieces dedicated to his wife Catherine and his three children, Elizabeth, Greer and Patrick, all of whom survive him.

Survivors also include five grandchildren, a brother and a sister. A memorial celebration will be scheduled for later in the year.

Film credits

Passion's Way (1999): Sela Ward, Timothy Dalton, Alicia Witt; Robert Allan Ackerman, Dir.

Kiss the Sky (1998), MGM: William Petersen, Gary Cole, Sheryl Lee; Roger Young, Dir.

Julian Po (1997), New Line Cinema: Christian Slater, Robin Tunney; Alan Wade, Dir.

That Old Feeling (1997), Universal: Bette Midler, Dennis Farina; Carl Reiner, Dir.

Stormchasers (1995): Greg MacGillivray, Dir.

The Grass Harp (1995), New Line Cinema: Walter Matthau, Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek; Charles Matthau, Dir.

Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1992), New Line Cinema: Hillary Wolf, Ben Savage; Joan Micklin Silver, Dir.

The Cutting Edge (1992), MGM: D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly; Paul Glaser, Dir.

Cry-Baby (1990), Universal: Johnny Depp, Ricki Lake, Polly Bergen; John Waters, Dir.

In the Spirit (1990), Marlo Thomas, Elaine May; Sandra Seacat, Dir.

Worth Winning (1989), 20th Century Fox: Mark Harmon, Madeleine Stowe, Lesley Ann Warren; Will Mackenzie, Dir.

Fresh Horses (1988), Columbia: Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy; David Anspaugh, Dir.

Just Between Friends (1986), Orion: Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Danson, Christine Lahti; Allan Burns, Dir.

Violets Are Blue (1986), Columbia: Kevin Kline, Sissy Spacek; Jack Fisk, Dir.

The Slugger's Wife (1985), Columbia: Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay; Hal Ashby, Dir.

All of Me (1984), Universal: Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin; Carl Reiner, Dir.

Best Defense (1984), Paramount: Dudley Moore, Kate Capshaw, Eddie Murphy; Willard Huyck, Dir.

The Buddy System (1984), 20th Century Fox: Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Wil Wheaton; Glenn Jordon, Dir.

Swing Shift (1984), Warner Bros.: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Ed Harris; Jonathon Demme, Dir.

Marvin and Tige (1983), 20th Century Fox Classics: John Cassavetes, Billy Dee Williams; Eric Weston, Dir.

The Toy (1982), Columbia: Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason; Richard Donner, Dir.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), Universal: Dolly Parton, Burt Reynolds; Colin Higgins, Dir.

Some Kind of Hero (1982), Paramount: Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder; Michael Pressman, Dir.

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981), Peter Ustinov, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson; Clive Donner, Dir.

How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980), Jessica Lange, Susan Saint James, Jane Curtin; Robert Scheer, Dir.

It's My Turn (1980), Columbia: Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas; Claudia Weill, Dir.

Used Cars (1980), Columbia: Kurt Russell, Jack Warden; Robert Zemeckis, Dir.

Wholly Moses (1980), Columbia: Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, John Ritter; Gary Weis, Dir.

Hero at Large (1980), MGM: John Ritter, Anne Archer; Martin Davidson, Dir.

Breaking Away (music adaptor, 1979), 20th Century Fox: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern; Peter Yates, Dir.

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979), 20th Century Fox: Tom Berenger, William Katt; Richard Lester, Dir.

Cuba (1979), United Artists: Sean Connery, Brooke Adams; Richard Lester, Dir.

Hot Stuff (1979), Columbia: Dom DeLuise, Jerry Reed, Suzanne Pleshette; Dom DeLuise, Dir.

The Seniors (1978): Gary Imhoff, Jeffrey Byron, Dennis Quaid; Rodney Amateau, Dir.

Casey's Shadow (1978), Columbia: Walter Matthau; Martin Ritt, Dir.

The One and Only (1978), Paramount: Henry Winkler, Kim Darby; Carl Reiner, Dir.

The Cheap Detective (1978), Columbia: Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Madeline Kahn; Robert Moore, Dir.

The Lives of Jenny Dolan, TV movie: Shirley Jones, Stephen Boyd; Jerry Jameson, Dir.

I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975): Bob Dishy, Joanna Barnes; Steven Hillard Stern, Dir.

Framed (1975), Paramount: Joe Don Baker, Conny Van Dyke; Phil Karlson, Dir.

Moonchild (1974): John Carradine, Victor Buono, Pat Renella ; Alan Gadney, Dir.

Hex (1973), 20th Century Fox: Keith Carradine, Tina Herazo, Hillarie Thompson; Leo Garen, Dir.

Sssssss (1973), Universal: Dirk Benedict, Strother Martin; Bernard L. Kowalski, Dir.

Hardcase (1972), Hanna-Barbera Productions, TV Movie: Clint Walker, Dir John Llewellyn Moxey

Terror in the Sky (1971), TV movie: Doug McClure, Roddy McDowall; Bernard L. Kowalski, Dir.

The Failing of Raymond (1971), TV movie: Jane Wyman, Dean Stockwell; Boris Sagal, Dir.

Evel Knievel (1971), Paramount: George Hamilton; Marvin J. Chomsky, Dir.

Macho Callahan (1970), Avco Embassy: David Janssen, Jean Seberg, Lee J. Cobb; Bernard L. Kowalski, Dir.

Don't Drink the Water (1969), Avco Embassy: Jackie Gleason, Estelle Parsons; Howard Morris, Dir.

A Nice Girl Like Me (1969), Avco Embassy: Barbara Ferris, Harry Andrews; Desmond Davis, Dir.

How Sweet It Is! (1968), National General Pictures: James Garner, Debbie Reynolds; Jerry Paris, Dir.

Television film credits

Decoration Day, James Garner, Judith Ivey, Laurence Fishburne

The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story, USA

When Angels Come To Town, CBS: Peter Falk

John Christmas, CBS: Peter Falk

Inside the Osmonds, ABC

James Patterson's 1st to Die, NBC

We Were the Mulvaneys, Lifetime: Blythe Danner, Beau Bridges

Power & Beauty, Showtime: Natasha Henstridge

Just Ask My Children, Lifetime: Virginia Madsen, Jeffrey Nordling

Blonde, CBS: Poppy Montgomery, Kirstie Alley, Ann-Margret

Yesterday's Children, CBS: Jane Seymour, Hume Cronyn

The Thin Blue Lie, Showtime: Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid, Paul Sorvino

The Three Stooges, ABC: Michael Chiklis, Paul Ben-Victor

Jesus, CBS: Jeremy Sisto, Jacqueline Bisset, Gary Oldman

Miracle on the 17th Green, CBS: Robert Urich, Meredith Baxter

Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story, CBS: Dana Delany, James Coburn, Kathy Baker

A Song From the Heart, CBS: Amy Grant, D.W. Moffatt, Keith Carradine

A Cooler Climate, Paramount: Sally Field, Judy Davis

Take My Advice: The Ann and Abby Story, Lifetime: Wendi Malick

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke, CBS: Lauren Bacall, Richard Chamberlain

A Knight in Camelot, Disney: Whoopi Goldberg, Michael York

Passion's Way, CBS: Sela Ward, Timothy Dalton

Soloman, CBS: Ben Cross, Max von Sydow

Heart Full of Rain, CBS: Richard Crenna, Rick Schroder

After Jimmy, CBS: Meredith Baxter, Bruce Davison

Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story, CBS: Anthony LaPaglia, Ronny Cox

Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy, CBS: Laura Dern, Randy Quaid

A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story, Matt Keeslar, Jayne Brooke

Journey, Hallmark Hall of Fame – CBS: Jason Robards, Meg Tilly, Brenda Fricker

Tom Clancy's OP Center, CBS: Harry Hamlin

Saved by the Light, Showtime: Eric Roberts

The West Side Waltz, CBS: Liza Minnelli, Shirley MacLaine

Deadline For Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan, Meredith Baxter

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long, TNT: John Goodman, Anne Heche

Take Me Home Again, Kirk Douglas, Craig T. Nelson

Because Mommy Works, CBS: Anne Archer, John Heard

The Gift of Love, CBS: Andy Griffith, Blair Brown

Getting Gotti, CBS: Lorraine Bracco, Anthony John Denison

The Corpse Had A Familiar Face, Elizabeth Montgomery, Dennis Farina

Accidental Meeting, Paramount: Linda Gray, Linda Purl

French Silk, Susan Lucci, Lee Horsley

Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771, CBS: Robert Loggia, Scott Bakula

Geronimo, TNT: Joseph Runningfox

Zelda, TNT: Natasha Richardson, Timothy Hutton

Murder in the Heartland, Tim Roth, Fairuza Balk

Blind Spot, Hallmark Hall of Fame – CBS: Joanne Woodward, Laura Linney

Jewels, CBS: Annette O'Toole, Anthony Andrews

In Broad Daylight, NBC: Brian Dennehy, Marcia Gay Harden

Her Hidden Truth', NBC: Kellie Martin, Antonio Sabato Jr.

 

Television series credits

This is a partial list.

 

Monk

Extreme

Black Tie Affair

Baltimore

Cutters

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (theme and episode scores)

The Simpsons: "Simpson and Delilah"

The Slap Maxwell Story

FM

AfterMASH

Columbo

Lou Grant

The Streets of San Francisco (theme and 11 scores)

The Bob Newhart Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Tony Randall Show

The Magician

Hercules

The Music Scene

Helen Burns obit

HELEN BURNS LANGHAM OBIT

She was not on the list.

HELEN BURNS LANGHAM Helen died peacefully on 23rd July 2018, aged 101. Actor, director, great-grandmother and friend, widow of Michael Langham.

She was a British actress mostly known for playing comedic roles. Burns is known for her performance in the 1993 production of The Last Yankee at the Duke of York's Theatre, for which she won a Laurence Olivier Award, and for her role in the British television series And That's the News, Goodnight.

Burns was born in December 1916 in London. She appeared in several films including: The Changeling (1980), Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981), If You Could See What I Hear (1982), and Utilities (1983). She also appeared in the television movies Scarlett and Life After Life and made guest appearances on several television series including Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Pulaski, The Big One, and Mr. Bean.

Burns' Broadway stage credits include The Inspector General, There's One in Every Marriage (1957), The First Gentleman, at the Belasco Theatre in New York City, and Catsplay, for the latter of which, she received a Drama Desk Award nomination.

Actress (18 credits)

 1994 Scarlett (TV Mini Series)

Aunt Pittypat Hamilton

- Episode #1.1 (1994) ... Aunt Pittypat Hamilton

 1994 Mr. Bean (TV Series)

- Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean (1994)

 1992 The Big One (TV Series)

- Foul Play (1992)

 1990 Life After Life (TV Movie)

Alice Crum

 1989 The Jim Henson Hour (TV Series)

Clara Buford

- Oceans (1989) ... Clara Buford

 1987 Pulaski: The TV Detective (TV Series)

Millie

- No Guns Please We're British (1987) ... Millie

- And the Killer of Rose Amelia Bonner (1987) ... Millie

- The Fictional Detective (1987) ... Millie

 1983 Utilities

Ruby Blue

 1982 Off Your Rocker (TV Movie)

Mrs. Blume

 1982 If You Could See What I Hear

Mrs. Ruxton

 1981 Zorro: The Gay Blade

Consuelo

 1980 The Changeling

Leah Harmon

 1978 Today I am a Fountain Pen (TV Movie)

Esther Yanover

 1975 The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (TV Movie)

 1975 Performance (TV Series)

Mrs. One

- Lulu Street (1975) ... Mrs. One

 1974 And That's the News, Goodnight (TV Series)

 1970 Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV Series)

Alice Perrins

- A Late Spring (1970) ... Alice Perrins

 1963-1964 Festival (TV Series)

Esther / Middie (segment 'A Resounding Tinkle')

- The Magician of Lublin (1964) ... Esther

- I Spy/A Resounding Tinkle (1963) ... Middie (segment 'A Resounding Tinkle')

 1958 Folio (TV Series)

Doto

- A Phoenix Too Frequent (1958) ... Doto