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1 posted on 03/26/2008 9:37:09 AM PDT by lunarbicep
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4 posted on 03/26/2008 9:40:05 AM PDT by krb (If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
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No pun intended.

Rest in Peace.

5 posted on 03/26/2008 9:40:12 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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6 posted on 03/26/2008 9:41:04 AM PDT by krb (If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
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Wow. Was unaware that he was still alive.

Quite a body of work

Remember him from: The Bedford Incident, How the West Was Won and Judgment at Nuremberg

Everything here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001847/


7 posted on 03/26/2008 9:41:29 AM PDT by PurpleMan
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RIP... A most excellent actor.


8 posted on 03/26/2008 9:41:50 AM PDT by Poser (Willing to fight for oil)
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Sorry to hear this. He was one of the last of the all time great actors.
RIP Mr. Widmark.
11 posted on 03/26/2008 9:42:03 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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12 posted on 03/26/2008 9:42:38 AM PDT by Borges
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My goodness. I remember him from my childhood. He had a long and successful career. RIP.


16 posted on 03/26/2008 9:44:41 AM PDT by RichardW
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He was so evil in “Murder On The Orient Express” that you actually rooted for killers..RIP to a Hollywood giant


17 posted on 03/26/2008 9:44:41 AM PDT by Paddyboy
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He added: “The businessmen who run Hollywood today have no self-respect. What interests them is not movies but the bottom line. Look at ‘Dumb and Dumber,’ which turns idiocy into something positive, or ‘Forrest Gump,’ a hymn to stupidity. ‘Intellectual’ has become a dirty word.”

He also vowed he would never appear on a talk show on television, saying, “When I see people destroying their privacy — what they think, what they feel — by beaming it out to millions of viewers, I think it cheapens them as individuals"


18 posted on 03/26/2008 9:46:03 AM PDT by Revolting cat! ("I am like...Dude......do you really....like want the Sex?")
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A brilliant actor, and one who didn’t let his politics (liberal Democrat, per the NYT story) get in the way of simply entertaining the public. One of the last of the greats, especially in The Bedford Incident, which is an incredibly gripping movie.

}:-)4


19 posted on 03/26/2008 9:47:12 AM PDT by Moose4 (Hey GOP...don't move toward the middle. Move the middle toward us.)
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One of the best tough guys EVER.
A great movie heavy and a really capable bad guy.

I particularly like “Broken Lance” and “Hell and High Water”.

He will be missed.


22 posted on 03/26/2008 9:49:06 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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maybe the last of the great contract actors(?)


23 posted on 03/26/2008 9:49:22 AM PDT by wardaddy (Obama: The candidate for those who think Deliverance was a documentary.)
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I didn’t even know he was still alive. He was a great actor. May God be with his loved ones during this difficult time.


26 posted on 03/26/2008 9:50:05 AM PDT by NRA2BFree ("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
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Sympathies to his family......


29 posted on 03/26/2008 9:52:45 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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“Down to the sea in ships” his best.


31 posted on 03/26/2008 9:55:12 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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RIP. They make few, if any, like that anymore.


32 posted on 03/26/2008 9:56:37 AM PDT by visualops (artlife.us nature wallpapers)
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From the IMDB:

Richard Widmark [speaking in 1976]: The heavies in my day were kid's stuff compared to today. Our villains had no redeeming qualities. But there's a new morality today. A villain is a guy with a frailty. Heroes are villains.

33 posted on 03/26/2008 9:56:55 AM PDT by my_pointy_head_is_sharp (Obama wanted Terri to die. His "I am my sister's keeper" speech unfortunately didn't pertain to her.)
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"Now don't worry, Commodore. The Bedford'll never fire first. But if he fires one, I'll fire one." "FIRE ONE..."

Great movie.

34 posted on 03/26/2008 9:58:26 AM PDT by FReepaholic (Me no bottom man. Me top man.)
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I had always been a fan of his acting, but he didn't have many kind words about John Wayne behind the scenes of "The Alamo".

You don't knock The Duke and stay one of my favorites for long.

RIP Tough Guy, you where a great one.

35 posted on 03/26/2008 9:59:40 AM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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