Actors you wish weren't dead

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Jack Lemon & and Walter Mathow (SP)
River Phoenix
Chris Farely
James Coburn
James Dean
Kathryn Hepbrun (Already) sniff
Steve McQueen
Lilly Tomlin
Lucille Ball

[TSIAS]

1. I'd add John Candy

[HEyHEY]

3. excellent addition

How could I forget that guy?

[LSdemocrat]

2. John Belushi

[LincolnMcGrath]

4. Dennis Miller

His clone is really a right wing nut job.

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6. HAHAHA that's actors you wish WEREN"T dead n/t

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[Jeff in Cincinnati]

27. Dennis is still alive

It's his career that died...

[LSdemocrat]

5. British Actor John Thaw

[Rowdyboy]

7. Gilda Radner...

enough said...

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Ruth Gordon and

Jessica Tandy
Hume Cronyn
Mae West
W.C. Fields
Will Geer
Howard da Silva
Zero Mostel
Cary Grant
Gilda Radner
Irene Dunn
Henry Fonda
James Stewart

inter alia

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

9. Damn add Sal Mineo to your list and that's my list!

and Kathryn Hepburn..oh and Lucille Ball...I could use a good laugh!

[Rowdyboy]

10. Why do you say Lily Tomlin is dead?...

If this is true, I didn't know what to say. She is an artist and I adore her. Hope this is your idea of humor because I can't imagine a world without her.

If this is your idea of humor, you need to get a life.

[HEyHEY]

33. whoaa

Calm down rowdy boy. I am pretty sure she died of cancer not too far back, But I could be mistaken.

[Rowdyboy]

40. I really, really , really, hope you have her...

confused with Gilda Radner (who was a TRAGIC loss). It would make me physically ill to discover Lily was dead! Sorry for the overreaction, but she's one of my personal favorites.

[Spirochete]

46. I'm pretty sure

Lily Tomlin is still alive. Maybe thinking of someone else?

[ronnykmarshall]

Lilly is alive and well.

Infact she is currently playing here in Los Angeles.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Robert Stack!

He was my favorite. He's probably the only actor I ever had a crush on and he's almost old enough to be my grandfather.

I also liked Robert Preston (``The Music Man''), Dana Andrews (``Laura'') and my two all-time favorite leading men, Sir Laurence Olivier and Cary Grant!

[nuxvomica]

28. "Rico! Youngblood! Rhiannon12866!"

Just thought you might want to hear that. So what do you think of my Robert Stack impression? :-)

[Rhiannon12866]

12. Lily Tomlin isn't dead,

Unless I missed something.:shrug:

It's Matthau.:-)

[celestia671]

14. She's not dead.

<eom>

[MoonGod]

20. That was my first thought, too.

She's here in L.A. doing a "revival" so to speak of Search for Signs and it's hyped fucking everywhere. If she's dead, I'm sure I would have heard about it by now.

[Rhiannon12866]

21. I knew that, so didn't understand why she was on the list

I'm trying to figure out who she might have been mixed up with.:crazy:

[jobycom]

23. Funny, it's usually Abe Vigoda that everyone thinks is dead. Poor Lily.

.

[TheZoo]

13. I'll go with a few classics

Groucho, Harpo, Chico & Zeppo

Laurel & Hardy

Abbott & Costello

M. Howard, L. Fine, S. Howard, & C. Howard

And just to go on a stretch...

Harrison & Lennon

I could really use some laughs now ;(

[Khephra]

15. Vincent!

[leftist_rebel1569]

16. Chris Farley

Now there was a great...Tommy Boy and Black Sheep were awesome. He was my fave actor before I saw some of Robert De Niro's films (like Casino...GREAT movie). I really wish he was back...

[Superfly]

17. Elvis...in his "Thin" years

that boy can dance!

[otohara]

18. Peter Sellers

Kathryn & Audrey Hepburn - River Phoenix, James Dean, John Candy, john belushi

[Obsolete]

19. Humphrey Bogart...

Humphrey Bogart
Peter Lorre
Lon Chaney Sr.
Charles Chaplin
Louise Brooks
Myrna Loy
Anna May Wong
Orson Welles
Robert Mitchum

It should be obvious that I love silent films too! :+

Boy, I would sure love to swap some of today's stars for these!

[CBHagman]

43. I see your Peter Lorre and raise you John Garfield.

I truly wish Lorre and Bogart were still around, but it's Garfield who was cut down the earliest and most tragically. He would have had a hell of a career if he hadn't faced the blacklist and died so young.

I'll also add Marilyn Monroe, who, although I don't admire here, died much too young. Read Gloria Steinem's essay on her in "Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions" and you'll be moved.

[Phatfish]

22. I think the thread should be ammended

to actors who died before their time... A lot of these people died when they were good and ready J/K. But certain actors left this world far too early and in the professional prime.


John Candy... I miss him

[ClintonTyree]

24. Peter Sellers...........

one of my all time faves. Died too damn soon, I often wonder what he could have accomplished given more time on the planet.

[jobycom]

25. Brandon Lee, Tupac Shakur, Deforrest Kelley, John Belushi, Robert

Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Jack Lemmon, and, no matter how old he was when he died it was still tragic, Jimmy Stewart. I hate old movies, but I love Jimmy Stewart.

Oh yeah, and Rivers Phoenix. He and Tupac belong in the "You brought it on yourself, idiot" category, but still sad.

Katherine Hepburn was in a league of her own. Four lead Oscars, no telling how many nominations. No equal.

[Mixxster]

44. Four lead Oscars, no telling how many nominations.

Actually, it was 12 nominations.

[AlienGirl]

26. Peter Lorre

I wish he were still alive, and in his prime. And single!! ;-)

Tucker

[KG]

29. Raul Julia - gone too soon.

:(

[Terran]

39. Julia would be my pick too.

He was an incredibly talented man, a real loss for the world.

[GabysPoppy]

30. John Wilkes Booth

As long as he is still a White House groupie

[NYYFan]

31. John Candy, Yul Brynner, John Belushi, Danny Kaye

to name a few

[primavera]

32. Katharine Hepburn, Gregory Peck, and Peter Sellers

They are missed.

[Jokerman]

34. Phil Hartman

And all the rest of the SNL alum that are no longer with us.

[CatWoman]

41. ditto for Phil Hartman

my all-time favorite

[LiberalLibra]

35. I am going to add a new name to the list......

...."Dean Martin". He had the sexiest voice I've ever heard from a man, he could be hilariously funny when he acted with Jerry Lewis, and he could act too.

edited for clarification: When I mentioned he "could act too" I meant in very serious roles. Dean Martin was just good.

[Skittles]

36. Bette Davis and Gregory Peck

oh they were good.

[Tikki]

37. Gone way too soon....

..Steve Inhat........many may remember this very talented actor from his role as Captain Garth of Izar in the Star Trek TOS episode ..."Whom Gods Destroy".

..Michael Dunn......Miguelito Loveless from The Wild Wild West series in the late 1960's. What a smile he had.

..Sharon Tate...simply beautiful and working her way to becoming an accomplished actress.

All these fine actors died way too young....and I miss them.

[catpower2000]

38. Phil Hartman...

Incredibly talented, hilarious man who died way too soon.

Cat

[jayfish]

42. Beat Me To It.

Phil was a gem.

Jay

[StaggerLee]

49. I saw his death claim at the insurance company I used to work for

I was always on the lookout for homicides and other tragedies. (broke up the monotony)
I also read Timothy Leary's death claim.

[StaggerLee]

45. Montgomery Clift

n/t

[Kamika]

47. DeForrest Kelly

topic

[mitchum]

48. Robert Mitchum, of course

Klaus Kinski
Ray Sharkey
Madeline Kahn
Godfrey Cambridge

[5thGenDemocrat]

53. Lee Remick

Beautiful, smart, liberal, talented, kind. Boy, what a crush I had on her.
John
Oh, I miss William Holden, too (though I didn't have a crush on him).

[geniph]

50. Rod Steiger

the others I really miss have already been mentioned, but the great Rod Steiger was one of a kind, and sorely missed.

[ronnykmarshall]

51. Lilly ??

Lilly Tomlin isn't dead.

[RetroLounge]

52. Abe Vigoda

hee hee...

[Norbert]

54. Graham Chapman

Can't forget about my Monty Python group.

Also:

Peter Sellers
Laurel & Hardy
Burgess Meridith
Marilyn Monroe
Gilda Radner
George Harrison (he was in a few movies)
Jack Lemmon
Walter Matthau

This list could go on and on.

[Norbert]

55. Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn

Natalie was one of the most beautiful people ever to appear on the silver screen.


Audrey was gorgeous too, and one of the biggest class acts ever to come along. I bet Africa wishes they had her there today instead of what they have now.

[Southsideirish]

56. Bogie - the coolest of them all.

Oh, to have this great actor back again - "Big Sleep" - one of my 5 favorite movies. I can watch this over and over. I love the scenes when he first meets Lauren Bacall and her weird sister - also, in the bookstore when he shares a half pint with the clerk. What they didn't show in those days - now that was something.