Dig a hole: Cliff Osmond
"Purkey" character actor appeared in several Billy Wilder films
Cliff Osmond, television screenwriter, acting teacher, and productive character actor, died on Saturday at his home in Pacific Palisades. He was 75. Osmond's TV credits read like a checklist of virtually every major (and some minor) series throughout the '60's …
Dig a hole: Charles Durning
Would characters actors please refrain from dying long enough for me to unwrap my Christmas presents? First Jack Klugman and now Charles Durning. Charles Durning, the man who played Santa Claus five times (It Nearly Wasn't Christmas, Mrs. Santa Claus, …
Dig a hole: Jack Klugman
Jack Klugman played the slob long before his role as TV's Oscar Madison made it fashionable. An image of cardinal significance from the Jewish guilty pleasure, Goodbye, Columbus (1969), instantly made me a Klugman convert. Ben Patimkin (Klugman) is seated …
Everybody loves somebody sometime, except when your cat and Dean Martin die on Christmas Day
She was a full-grown Calico who couldn't have weighed more that 4 or 5 lbs. Aria was adorable, shy, but not so timid that she'd hide the second company came over. She became mine when her owners realized they could …