Archive for December 13th, 2022

POPULAR CHARACTER ACTOR HAS DIED

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Stuart Margolin (January 31, 1940 – December 12, 2022)

Stuart Margolin, the character actor and James Garner buddy
best known for portraying the smarmy yet sweet con man
Evelyn “Angel” Martin on The Rockford Files, has died. He
was 82.

Margolin died Monday, his stepson, actor Max Martini
(The Unit), reported on Instagram. Another stepson,
director Christopher Martini, told The Hollywood Reporter
that Margolin died of natural causes in Staunton, Virginia.

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Stuart Margolin and James Garner.

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‘’NICE GUY’’ ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1925

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Richard Wayne “Dick” Van Dyke is 97 years old today.

On December 13, 1925, Dick Van Dyke, the actor who would
become known for his performances in such movie classics
as Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as well as the
popular 1960s TV sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, was born
in West Plains,
Missouri.

Van Dyke, who was raised in Danville, Illinois, served in the 
Army Air Force during
World War II and in the 1950s took
various acting jobs and hosted a series of TV game shows.

In 1960, he starred on Broadway in Bye Bye Birdie, a role
which earned him a Tony Award. The following year, he
signed on to play comedy writer Rob Petrie on The Dick
Van Dyke
Show.

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1964

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Initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 to June 1, 1966.

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