'Laugh-In' original Henry Gibson dies

The Hollywood Reporter ^ | September 16, 2009 | Mike Barnes

[EveningStar]

Henry Gibson, a wry comic character actor whose career included "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," "Nashville" and "Boston Legal," died Monday at his home in Malibu after a brief battle with cancer. He was 73.

[MCH]

Strange and initially confusing title. The "original" Henry Gibson died, as if the subsequent cloned copies of him are still running around alive?

Took a while to associate "original" with the show rather than the person :)

Anyway - RIP. Seems like I remember him playing a leprechaun on some show or other.

[lonster]

veddy interestink. but sad.

[paulycy]

[bigbob]

and a damn good Illinois Nazi, at that. Jake Blues sends his condolences.

[Recovering_Democrat]

“I hate Illinois Nazis.”

[wally_bert]

Love that scene!

[Ingtar]

Drive safely, prevent fires.

[silverleaf]

Marshall McLuhan- what are you doin’?

RIP Henry- thanks for all the chuckles as a great comic!

[Lancey Howard]

“Very eeenteresting - - but Arte Johnson.”

[MtnMan101]

[Bullish]

Ahhh, that’s right. My bad.

[silverleaf]

http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/2125/byhgibson.htm

The Thumbnail
Did you ever stop to figure
Why the thumbnail is so hard?
Well it hasn’t any choice
With all that skin to guard.
It may look fat and pudgy
But it’s heart is good and true.
It’s prettier than a toenail
And easier to chew.

[babyfreep]

He kind of looks like Joe Lieberman there.

[CurlyQ]

It’s was 41 years ago today the Richard Nixon made a apperance on Laugh-In. And that was a Million dollar question on Who Want’s to be a Millionare.

[Kimmers]

Thank you for making us laugh Henry !!!!!

[andy58-in-nh]

I hate Illinois Nazis.
But I loved Henry Gibson
RIP>

[Oztrich Boy]

He also wrote Peer Gynt

[EveningStar]

I was waiting for something like that. :)

[big'ol_freeper]

Swayze, Gibson and Travers...all three gone within a day.

[MCH]

I knew he'd played a leprechaun - twice actually. First in an old episode of Bewitched, and second in a 2000 TV Movie on the Disney Channel called "Luck of the Irish."

He had parts in a HUGE number of TV shows and movies since the 60's.