Though best known for comedy, he also played serious roles, including a sinister sheriff in “Mississippi Burning.” The director Alan Rudolph cast him in nine films.
Category: Actors and Actresses
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Bobby Sherman, Easygoing Teen Idol of the 1960s and ’70s, Dies at 81
First on TV and then on the pop charts, he became so popular so young, he once said, that he “didn’t really have time to have an ego.”
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‘Jaws’ Is a Masterpiece, but ‘Jaws 2’ Deserves a Legacy, Too
The sequel had a tough act to follow, but it still delivered a terrifying monster movie with grand sequences, a sweeping score and an indelible tagline.
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Jay Ellis Considers Colson Whitehead His Literary GOAT
“‘Harlem Shuffle,’ ‘Crook Manifesto,’ ‘Underground Railroad,’ ‘Nickel Boys’: I feel like I did not understand or see myself in fiction until I read him.”
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Marlee Matlin on Hollywood, Healing and Stories Still Untold
In a new documentary, “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore,” the star reflects on the joy, and pain, of being Hollywood’s first Oscar-winning Deaf actress.
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‘SVU’ Star Mariska Hargitay on Her Mother Jayne Mansfield
In a new documentary made by the “Law & Order: SVU” star, she examines her own clouded origins and the mother she barely knew: Jayne Mansfield.
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‘Small Achievable Goals’ Asks: Can Menopause Be Funny?
These “Baroness von Sketch” alums think so, making it the main character in their new comedy.
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Where to Go in Philadelphia, According to Brian Tyree Henry
The star of the AppleTV+ series “Dope Thief” immersed himself in the city while filming was stalled during the 2023 actors’ and writers’ strikes. Here are his tips.
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David Hekili Kenui Bell, an Actor in ‘Lilo & Stitch,’ Dies at 46
Mr. Bell’s first role in a feature film was providing comic relief in the Disney hit.
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Javier Bardem on His Career and New Role in “F1 The Movie”
The Oscar-winning actor may be starring alongside Brad Pitt in the summer blockbuster “F1: The Movie,” but his career has been harder to categorize.
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Harris Yulin, Actor Who Perpetually Played the Bad Guy, Dies at 87
As an award-winning actor and director, he appeared in scores of stage plays, movies and TV shows over six decades, most often as unsavory characters.