Longtime character actor M. Emmet Walsh has died at the age of 88. The actor, known for his roles in films like Knives Out, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Blade Runner, The Jerk, Romeo + Juliet, Ordinary People, and more, died of cardiac arrest on Tuesday, March 19. Walsh’s longtime manager, Sandy Joseph, said the actor died at Kerbs Memorial Hospital in St. Albans, Vermont, per Entertainment Tonight. Walsh had been a working actor in Hollywood since his first role in 1969’s Alice’s Restaurant. He racked up over 200 onscreen credits throughout his long career. He acted with some of the biggest names in the business, like Harrison Ford in Blade Runner (Walsh played Ford’s boss at the LAPD), Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in Romeo + Juliet (as the Apothecary who sold Romeo the poison), Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal (who died in December 2023) in What’s Up Doc?, Julia Roberts and...
- 3/20/2024
- TV Insider
“Love Story” actor Ryan O’Neal died of “congestive heart failure,” according to his death certificate. The underlying cause was cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle. No other cause was listed.
The Blast reported the news Friday after obtaining the certificate issued by Los Angeles County.
O’Neal had been in ill health for some time. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012 and chronic leukemia in 2001. He died Dec. 8 at age 82.
His credits included an Oscar-nominated role in the 1970 film Love Story” and starred in two movies with Barbra Streisand (What’s Up Doc? and The Main Event).
He also starred in the comedy Paper Moon (1973) with his daughter Tatum O’Neal.
He also had a long run as a recurring character in the Fox crime drama Bones.
O’Neal is buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park near UCLA.
The Blast reported the news Friday after obtaining the certificate issued by Los Angeles County.
O’Neal had been in ill health for some time. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012 and chronic leukemia in 2001. He died Dec. 8 at age 82.
His credits included an Oscar-nominated role in the 1970 film Love Story” and starred in two movies with Barbra Streisand (What’s Up Doc? and The Main Event).
He also starred in the comedy Paper Moon (1973) with his daughter Tatum O’Neal.
He also had a long run as a recurring character in the Fox crime drama Bones.
O’Neal is buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park near UCLA.
- 12/23/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Hayley Atwell predicted that she’d be on strike now.
Late Wednesday night, we chatted about her captivating performance opposite Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, and of the globe-trotting promotional tour to tubthump the movie — is there a soul on this planet that isn’t aware of this film?! — that kicked off on the Spanish Steps in Rome four weeks ago, followed by a Cook’s tour of London, Abu Dhabi, Seoul, Sydney and New York.
Tokyo had been scheduled as the final stop, but the mission to Japan was junked once the actors strike was ratified Thursday.
“I’m in full support of it,’ Atwell declared of the SAG-AFTRA dispute.
”Making sure that people are properly compensated for their time and their talent and their skill; that’s really important.”
One major concern of the striking thespians is the emergence of AI,...
Late Wednesday night, we chatted about her captivating performance opposite Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, and of the globe-trotting promotional tour to tubthump the movie — is there a soul on this planet that isn’t aware of this film?! — that kicked off on the Spanish Steps in Rome four weeks ago, followed by a Cook’s tour of London, Abu Dhabi, Seoul, Sydney and New York.
Tokyo had been scheduled as the final stop, but the mission to Japan was junked once the actors strike was ratified Thursday.
“I’m in full support of it,’ Atwell declared of the SAG-AFTRA dispute.
”Making sure that people are properly compensated for their time and their talent and their skill; that’s really important.”
One major concern of the striking thespians is the emergence of AI,...
- 7/14/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
The Romanian film festival runs June 9-18.
Transilvania International Film Festival has announced the line-up for its 22nd edition which takes place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
The official competition is made up of 12 features while the documentary strand, entitled What’s Up Doc?, will screen 10 titles. All of the films are from first and second-time directors.
Among the competition selection is Ion Bors’ Carbon which premiered in San Sebastian’s New Directors strand last year, having won the festival’s Wip Europa Industry and Wip Europa awards the previous year. The dark comedy, surrounding the Transnistrian conflict of the 1990s, is...
Transilvania International Film Festival has announced the line-up for its 22nd edition which takes place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
The official competition is made up of 12 features while the documentary strand, entitled What’s Up Doc?, will screen 10 titles. All of the films are from first and second-time directors.
Among the competition selection is Ion Bors’ Carbon which premiered in San Sebastian’s New Directors strand last year, having won the festival’s Wip Europa Industry and Wip Europa awards the previous year. The dark comedy, surrounding the Transnistrian conflict of the 1990s, is...
- 5/9/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
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