Henry Fonda, actor (1905-82) Grammy: Best Spoken Word Album, “Great Documents” (1977) Oscar: Best Actor, “On Golden Pond” (1981) Tony: Best Actor, “Mister Roberts” (1948); Best Actor, “Clarence Darrow” (1975) Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist and producer (1895-1960) Grammy: Best Original Cast Album, “The Sound of Music” (1960) Oscar: Best Original Song, “The Last Time I Saw Paris” from “Lady Be Good” (1941); “It Might As Well Be Spring” from “State Fair” (1945) Tony: Three awards for “South Pacific” (1950); Best Musical, “The King and I” (1952); Best Musical, “The Sound of Music” (1960) Elton John Grammy: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group, “That’s What Friends...
- 7/13/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Kevin Spacey was onstage for the opening night of Clarence Darrow at the Old Vic Theater in London when a ringing phone interrupted the play – much to his displeasure.
Kevin Spacey Calls-Out Theatergoer
Oscar-winning actor Spacey put the play on hold to address the member of the audience who failed to put his or her phone on silent before the show. “If you don't answer that I will,” Spacey shouted down to the individual, reported the Daily Mail.
When the cell phone went off, Spacey was in the middle of a monologue in which he was directly addressing the audience. In the scene, his character – a legal pioneer in 19th century America – was on trial defending himself. As Darrow, Spacey was making an impassioned plea directly towards the audience when the ringtone melody began. Spacey continued to perform, but the noise wouldn’t let up, which led him to address the offending theatergoer.
Kevin Spacey Calls-Out Theatergoer
Oscar-winning actor Spacey put the play on hold to address the member of the audience who failed to put his or her phone on silent before the show. “If you don't answer that I will,” Spacey shouted down to the individual, reported the Daily Mail.
When the cell phone went off, Spacey was in the middle of a monologue in which he was directly addressing the audience. In the scene, his character – a legal pioneer in 19th century America – was on trial defending himself. As Darrow, Spacey was making an impassioned plea directly towards the audience when the ringtone melody began. Spacey continued to perform, but the noise wouldn’t let up, which led him to address the offending theatergoer.
- 6/5/2014
- Uinterview
Los Angeles — Harry Morgan wasn't a star and didn't need to be. In "M-a-s-h," "Dragnet" and so many other TV shows and movies, the veteran character actor proved as indispensable as any marquee name.
Imagine "M-a-s-h" without the no-nonsense but fair Army Col. Sherman Potter, who knew how to traverse the line between military discipline and wartime humanity.
Here's Potter, on his first day as commander of a Korean War hospital camp, discovering the moonshine-making operation run by his brilliant but wayward surgeons and holding his fire: "Had a still in Guam in World War II. One night it blew up. That's how I got my Purple Heart."
Or go back to the 1960s version of "Dragnet" and Morgan's tour of duty as police Officer Bill Gannon, playing droll foil to laconic Jack Webb's Sgt. Joe Friday. Or consider Morgan's stalwart judge at the center of an intellectual clash in "Inherit the Wind,...
Imagine "M-a-s-h" without the no-nonsense but fair Army Col. Sherman Potter, who knew how to traverse the line between military discipline and wartime humanity.
Here's Potter, on his first day as commander of a Korean War hospital camp, discovering the moonshine-making operation run by his brilliant but wayward surgeons and holding his fire: "Had a still in Guam in World War II. One night it blew up. That's how I got my Purple Heart."
Or go back to the 1960s version of "Dragnet" and Morgan's tour of duty as police Officer Bill Gannon, playing droll foil to laconic Jack Webb's Sgt. Joe Friday. Or consider Morgan's stalwart judge at the center of an intellectual clash in "Inherit the Wind,...
- 12/8/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
No 82 Henry Fonda 1905-92
The Fondas left Italy for Holland around 1400 and moved to America in the early 17th century, eventually fetching up in Nebraska where Henry was born, his father a jobbing printer and a Christian Scientist. Henry was a keen Boy Scout, a gifted athlete and became a lifelong liberal and fighter for social justice after witnessing at the age of 14 the lynching of a black man accused of rape. After dropping out of journalism school, he developed a passion for the stage at Omaha's community theatre. At 21, this slim, handsome, blue-eyed 6ft 1in westerner went east to become a professional actor.
In a New England rep company, he met his first wife, the actress Margaret Sullavan, and James Stewart, his lifelong friend and political opposite. In 1935, after appearing in various undistinguished plays, he made his first screen appearance as a likable farmer in The Farmer Takes a Wife,...
The Fondas left Italy for Holland around 1400 and moved to America in the early 17th century, eventually fetching up in Nebraska where Henry was born, his father a jobbing printer and a Christian Scientist. Henry was a keen Boy Scout, a gifted athlete and became a lifelong liberal and fighter for social justice after witnessing at the age of 14 the lynching of a black man accused of rape. After dropping out of journalism school, he developed a passion for the stage at Omaha's community theatre. At 21, this slim, handsome, blue-eyed 6ft 1in westerner went east to become a professional actor.
In a New England rep company, he met his first wife, the actress Margaret Sullavan, and James Stewart, his lifelong friend and political opposite. In 1935, after appearing in various undistinguished plays, he made his first screen appearance as a likable farmer in The Farmer Takes a Wife,...
- 2/7/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
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