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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He was outstanding as a mute in “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.”
From the Russians are Coming to The Sons of Anarchy, what an amazing career. I never knew or heard a thing about his politics which regardless of what they may have been, makes him one of my favorites.
So very creepy in Wait Until Dark.
I was thinking the same thing.
One of the funniest films. “Serpentine Sheldon, Serpentine!”
Great in Slums of Beverly Hills
The films I remember him best for
1. Wait Until Dark
2. Escape From Sobibor
3. Catch 22
4. Slums of Beverly Hills
5. The Russians are Coming
Great character actor. Enjoyed his work. RIP.
But he could’ve, and done a good job.
Heartbreaking film.
Ahhhhhhhh, you’re right.
My error.
Thanks for the correction.
Similar sounding names and “type.” I wonder if the two ever worked together ? They could’ve played brothers.
Great idea... too late now.
A life well lived, Alan! RIP.
- the FR Yossarian
Escape from Sobibor:
https://youtu.be/rQLQ1DrnvO0
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