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[114] When Joss Ackland played Falstaff on the stage in 1982, he said he was more inspired by Welles than by Welles's performance as Falstaff: "like Falstaff, I believe he could have achieved so much, but it was frittered away." [88] Kenneth S. Rothwell has called Hal's rejection of Falstaff allegorical to Hollywood's rejection of Welles. [115]
Joseph Patrick Cranshaw (June 17, 1919 – December 28, 2005) was an American character actor known for his distinctive look and deadpan humor. He is best known for one of his last roles, that of Joseph "Blue" Pulaski, a fraternity brother, in the 2003 hit comedy Old School.
Harold "Jack" Albertson (June 16, 1907 – November 25, 1981) was an American actor, dancer and singer who also performed in vaudeville. [1] Albertson was a Tony, Oscar, and Emmy winning actor, which ranks him among a rare stature of 24 actors who have been awarded the "Triple Crown of Acting".
On film, Falstaff appeared in Laurence Olivier's acclaimed 1944 version of Henry V. Although Falstaff does not appear in the play, Olivier inserted an original scene depicting the fat knight – played by George Robey, who first previously performed the role in a stage production of Henry IV, Part 1 in 1935 – as a dying, heartbroken old man ...
Harold John Smith [3] (August 24, 1916 – January 28, 1994) was an American actor. He is credited in over 300 film and television productions, and was best known for his role as Otis Campbell, the town drunk on CBS's The Andy Griffith Show and for voicing Owl and Winnie the Pooh (replacing Sterling Holloway) in the first four original Winnie the Pooh shorts (the first three of which were ...
Hyman was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, as George Earle Plummer according to the North Carolina Birth Index. He claimed Native American ancestry. [1] His parents, Zachariah Hyman and Maria Lilly Plummer seeking better educational opportunities, moved their family from the south [2] to Brooklyn, New York in the late 1920s, where Hyman primarily grew up. [1]
Mike Frye and Deborah Patterson, co-owners of an advertising firm, have a big hit when they recycle some old Western films starring "Smoky" Callaway (played by Keel) for a new television audience. Tom Lorrison, the show's sponsor, is eager to make more films, but nobody has seen Smoky in ten years.
Someone like You, a 2001 American romantic comedy; Someone like You or Unnaipol Oruvan, an Indian Tamil-language film directed by Chakri Toleti; Someone Like You, a 2024 American romance film