"Please...I know everybody on this island is complete and total crazy. But you, Whitaker Walt? You are crazy too?!?"
Age 89, yesterday, at his home in Carlsbad CA, presumably of natural causes. Eight decades in show business, nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his first feature film role (above) as Lt. Rozanov, with only a Tony, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, and 40 years after he started in films, an Oscar, to show for it. He sparkled in every role he had, and his final work was a role as a voice in Minions: The Rise Of Gru only last year.
"Serpentine!"
So good, it was worth an homage thirty years later in HBO's Generation Kill:
And a couple of last looks, from 1991's The Rocketeer:
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He was a perfect fit for the role in Wait Until Dark" scaring the pants off everyone in the theater. I think that was in the late 60s.
Catch 22?
The Rocketeer was my fave of his.
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You forgot "Catch-22"
Arkin did a great job in Catch 22.
https://youtu.be/nLMDIlxUa58
Truth be told the film "The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!" triggered my long journey into realizing that both super powers are two petulant kids who long ago forgot why they are even fighting.
"When seeking vengeance, first dig two graves." -- Chinese proverb.
@Kurt,
I didn't forget Catch-22. But if I rattled off all his good movies, we'd be here all day.
He was in 83 films, per Wikipedia, and that's besides stage roles and TV.
Serpentine Shelly, serpentine!
Yup, my first thought - Serpentine, Shel! Serpentine!
I liked him in going in style a lot. and he got to bang A M too !
I will bet he wished he got to do it 40 years ago though.
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