INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA–Austrian actor Maximilian Schell, whose portrayal of a defense attorney in the 1961 drama “Judgment at Nuremberg” earned him an Academy Award, died at a hospital here Jan. 31. Schell had been having lung problems, and died from a “sudden and serious illness,” according to his agent. He was 83. MSTies […]
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Actor Russell Johnson, best remembered as the Professor from TV’s “Gilligan’s Island,” died Jan. 16, of kidney failure at his Washington State home with his wife Constance and daughter Kim by his side. He was 89. MSTies will remember him as doomed, headstrong Dr. Steve Carlson in the movie “This Island Earth,” […]
01/02 Ned Wertimer (age 89), who played Andy Henderson in the movie in episode 321- SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS. 01/22 Lucyna Winnicka (age 84), who played Joan Moran in the movie in episode 211- FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS. 02/14 Kojiro Hongo (age 75), who played Keisuke Hirata in the movie in […]
CLAY COUNTY, Ind. — Lee Strosnider, who did sound for movies and TV for 30 years, died here Nov. 29. He was 82. MSTies will remember some of his early jobs: he did sound and was the camera operator for the movie in episode 621- THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS, he did […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–Syd Field, described by many in the film community as the “guru of all screenwriters,” died Nov. 17 at his home here of hemolytic anemia. He was 77. MSTies will recall that Joel and the Bots used his bestselling book “Screenplay” to try to make sense of the movie in […]
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