This blog neglected to note earlier this week the passing of the American comedian Red Buttons. Alas, no word on whether or not he was subjected to Poseidon immediately prior. 
A FEW DAYS LATER: Why does it always seem that character actors are on an ever-thinning endangered species list? The latest passing is that of Jack Warden, who died at 85 earlier this week. For all of his fine films--- From Here to Eternity, Twelve Angry Men, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Brian's Song, Being There, All The President's Men, Heaven Can Wait, The Verdict, Bulworth-- he'll, sadly, probably only be familiar to younger viewers as the angry grandfather in the abominable Problem Child movies. (Oy vey.) But Harry Fox, from the TV series Crazy Like A Fox in the mid 80s, was a wonderful comic creation. Sad news, really.
A FEW DAYS LATER: Why does it always seem that character actors are on an ever-thinning endangered species list? The latest passing is that of Jack Warden, who died at 85 earlier this week. For all of his fine films--- From Here to Eternity, Twelve Angry Men, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Brian's Song, Being There, All The President's Men, Heaven Can Wait, The Verdict, Bulworth-- he'll, sadly, probably only be familiar to younger viewers as the angry grandfather in the abominable Problem Child movies. (Oy vey.) But Harry Fox, from the TV series Crazy Like A Fox in the mid 80s, was a wonderful comic creation. Sad news, really.
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