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Richard Widmark, Actor, Dies at 93
nytimes.com ^
| March 26, 2008
| ALJEAN HARMETZ
Posted on 03/26/2008 9:37:09 AM PDT by lunarbicep
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To: krb
I worked with a guy who was a dead ringer for how he looked in this picture. It was an incredible resemblance.
RIP
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posted on
03/26/2008 10:01:24 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(Been here before)
To: FReepaholic
Maybe I’m getting my movies confused, but was the guy who played Dano on “Hawaii Five-O” one of the fire control technicians in “Bedford Incident”?
}:-)4
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posted on
03/26/2008 10:03:33 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(Hey GOP...don't move toward the middle. Move the middle toward us.)
To: F15Eagle
The Bedford Incident - good movie, of many good Richard Widmark movies
... if he fires one we'll fire one. Fire one, Aye ...
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posted on
03/26/2008 10:03:49 AM PDT
by
relee
(I just got back from the border, and what I saw made me know for sure we're out of order - LRB)
To: lunarbicep
Another one of the All-time Greats gone.
To: laconic
It’s hard to compare the great ones. There was a small group of them 5 or 6 in the 50’s and early 60’s that I’m growing to appreciate more and more.
I still watch them whenever I get a chance.
RIP Richard Whidmark
To: laconic
The Third Man with Cotton is a masterpiece.
Simply loved the setting in post-war Europe. Film Nuar style. The pall over everything. The zither music in the background.
Like a Bergman Film.
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posted on
03/26/2008 10:06:40 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(Been here before)
To: FReepaholic
Book’em Danno shouldn’t have pushed the button.
To: laconic
He was like Joseph Cotten, who also died last year.Oh yes! Another of my all time favorites - Could play good buy/bad guy equally well.
Loved him in "Portrait of Jenny" with Jennifer Jones and "Love Letters" - also with Jennifer Jones (script adapted by Ayn RAnd) -
However, I believe he died in 1994 - at 88
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posted on
03/26/2008 10:09:23 AM PDT
by
maine-iac7
(",,,but you can't fool all of the people all the time" LINCOLN)
To: lunarbicep
Mr. Widmark was perhaps my Mother’s favorite actor when I was growing up. I’ll always have a place for Mr. Widmark in my heart.
To: lunarbicep
RIP Mr. Widmark.
What a fine actor he was.
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posted on
03/26/2008 10:10:11 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
To: F15Eagle
I enjoyed many of his roles, but the Bedford Incident was a great cold war cat and mouse game take to the extreme. Good call. I first saw it as an early teen. I liked it immediately.
I’ve had more time in recent years to develop a video library, and this is one of the movies I felt compelled to have a copy of.
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posted on
03/26/2008 10:11:20 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Some think McCain should pick his No 2 now. I thought the nominee was No 2. And that No 1s me off!)
To: PurpleMan
Widmark was married for 55 years to playwright Jean Hazlewood, from 1942 until her death in 1997 (they had one child, Anne, who was born in 1945). He lived quietly and avoided the press, saying in 1971, "I think a performer should do his work and then shut up.". Not bad considering he was politically a liberal. But that was Hollywood of yesteryear.
To: zip.com
Same here Zip. Rest in peace Richard.
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posted on
03/26/2008 10:12:14 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Some think McCain should pick his No 2 now. I thought the nominee was No 2. And that No 1s me off!)
To: zip.com
"He was brilliant in Judgment at Nuremberg, in a room FULL of brilliance. That movie was brilliant! I loved Spencer Tracey AND Mr. Richard Widmark, of course." Dont forget WIlliam Shatner
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posted on
03/26/2008 10:12:41 AM PDT
by
DM1
To: Nightshift
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posted on
03/26/2008 10:14:05 AM PDT
by
tutstar
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To: lunarbicep
One of the few actors I really
liked. He always reminded me of my father.
A long life, well lived...we dare not ask for more than that.
RIP, Mr. Widmark, and thanks for the great performances.
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posted on
03/26/2008 10:16:55 AM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(An Obamanation would be an abomination...."A typical white person.")
To: Petronski
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posted on
03/26/2008 10:17:46 AM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(An Obamanation would be an abomination...."A typical white person.")
To: fantom
Night And The City. Pick Up On South Street. Oh yeah! I love "film noir" and Widmark was one of the best in that genre! Others include Kiss of Death, Panic in the Streets (Widmark as a nice guy!), and The Street with No Name. That last one is the film where Widmark hires Mark Stevens to be part of his criminal gang and tells him to buy some nice clothes because he likes his boys to look sharp! LOL! He's a perfect villain there with a blonde bimbo for a moll!
RIP Mr. Widmark. I'm glad you got to live a good, long life!
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posted on
03/26/2008 10:20:22 AM PDT
by
puroresu
(Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
To: lunarbicep
RIP, Mr. Widmark. And thank you.
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posted on
03/26/2008 10:21:26 AM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
To: Paddyboy
I just bought and watched "Murder on the Orient Express."
Widmark is great as the villain and the others in the cast are a who's who of Hollywood at that time (1974).
Albert Finney, John Gielgud, Sean Connery, Lauren Bacall, Jacqueline Bisset, Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York, Wendy Hiller, Martin Balsam and MORE!
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