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Posted on 06/30/2023 8:42:03 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alan Arkin, the wry character actor who demonstrated his versatility in everything from farcical comedy to chilling drama as he received four Academy Award nominations and won an Oscar in 2007 for “Little Miss Sunshine,” has died. He was 89.
His sons Adam, Matthew and Anthony confirmed their father’s death through the actor’s publicist on Friday. “Our father was a uniquely talented force of nature, both as an artist and a man,” they said in a statement.
A member of Chicago’s famed Second City comedy troupe, Arkin was an immediate success in movies with the Cold War spoof “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming” and peaked late in life with his win as best supporting actor for the surprise 2006 hit “Little Miss Sunshine.” More than 40 years separated his first Oscar nomination, for “The Russians are Coming,” from his nomination for playing a conniving Hollywood producer in the Oscar-winning “Argo.”
In recent years he starred opposite Michael Douglas in the Netflix comedy series “The Kominsky Method,” a role that earned him two Emmy nominations.
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Rest in piece, Alan.
He didn’t serpentine.
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming. Great movie with him.
serpentine Shel serpentine
One of my favorite actors. Loved him as the psychiatrist in Grosse Pointe Blank.
Saw that film as a 10 year old and loved it - saw it again 25 years later and loved it more.
I know little to nothing about his personal life or politics, but like all of us, he will be judged perfectly.
May he RIP.
He had an underrated part in Glengarry Glen Ross. Rest in peace.
Yes, he was very good in that movie. Come to think of it, I don’t remember him being bad in any movie.
I highly recommend his autobiography -
RIP.
I highly recommend his autobiography -
RIP.
ROP Captain Yossarian.
One of my all-time favorite comedies.
Whoever wrote this article didn’t know Arkin’s career. Remembered for Little Miss Sunshine and not Catch 22? Crazy.
I remember him in Deadhead Miles (1971), a great old classic that A&E would often show back in the early ‘90s, lol.
Great in Glengarry, Glen Ross.
Emergency! Everybody to Get From Street!
Also in Escape From Sobibor.
Almost must viewing these days...
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