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Handy appeared in multiple episodes of Alias, Melrose Place and NYPD Blue and in 60 movies and TV movies including Jumanji, Taps, Logan, Deterrence, Arachnaphobia, Guarding Tess, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Point Of No Return, False Arrest, The Trip, The Rocketeer and The Room Upstairs.

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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Actor James Handy Killed by Girlfriend’s Son

James Handy, a longtime actor who appeared as the bartender in "Top Gun: Maverick" and had guest roles on dozen of TV shows, was killed Wednesday.
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Head played Rupert Giles in 121 episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997-2002) and Rupert Mannion in 20 episodes of Ted Lasso (2020-23) and appeared in 40 movies and TV movies including Scoop, Sparkle, Upgraded, Racing Hearts, Convenience, Death Of A Farmer, The Iron Lady and The Inbetweeners.

Anthony Head, Buffy and Ted Lasso star, dies at 72

 
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Godfrey appeared in 47 movies and TV movies including Noah, Maurice, Dimensions, Oliver Twist, A Room With A View, Black & White, Clockwise, Foreign Body, The Great Escape, The Count Of Monte Cristo, The Remains Of The Day and The Importance Of Being Earnest.

Patrick Godfrey, actor known for Ever After: A Cinderella Story and Les Misérables, dies at 93

 
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Cody began in radio in 1971 at age 12, assisting his father, a minister whose sermons aired on WLBN in Lebanon, Kentucky. He later worked at stations in Lexington, Louisville, Orlando and San Antonio and since 1994 had hosted mornings at WSM in Nashville. The first song he played on WSM was If The Good Die Young by Tracy Lawrence – and today Cody died. Cody was inducted into the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame in 2008.

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Bill Cody, Voice of the Grand Ole Opry, Dead at 67

Bill Cody, the voice of the Grand Ole Opry as an announcer and radio DJ, has died at 67.
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Kerry appeared in two Our Gang shorts (1935, 1938), played Margaret Ruggles in 137 episodes of the ABC-TV sitcom The Ruggles (1949-52) and voiced characters in Clutch Cargo, Space Angel and The New 3 Stooges cartoons.

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Margaret Kerry, the Model for Tinker Bell in ‘Peter Pan,’ Dies at 97

She also starred opposite Eddie Cantor in ‘If You Knew Susie’ and on the early ABC sitcom ‘The Ruggles’ and did lots of voice work on cartoons.
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Schell played disc jockey Larry Clarke on Good Morning World (1967-68), Marine private Duke Slater on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964-69) and Lester Luster on Down To Earth (1994-95) and appeared in 21 movies and TV movies including Gus, Fatal Instinct, The Shaggy D.A. The Devil & Max Devlin and The Strongest Man In The World.

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Ronnie Schell, ‘Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.’ and ‘That Girl’ Actor, Dies at 94

Ronnie Schell, the versatile comedic performer known for 'Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.' and 'That Girl,' died Friday. He was 94.
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Schell played disc jockey Larry Clarke on Good Morning World (1967-68), Marine private Duke Slater on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964-69) and Lester Luster on Down To Earth (1994-95) and appeared in 21 movies and TV movies including Gus, Fatal Instinct, The Shaggy D.A. The Devil & Max Devlin and The Strongest Man In The World.

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Ronnie Schell, ‘Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.’ and ‘That Girl’ Actor, Dies at 94

Ronnie Schell, the versatile comedic performer known for 'Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.' and 'That Girl,' died Friday. He was 94.
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I will second. Fan of "That Girl" and the Opening TV Theme of "Gomer Pyle" has the same ending "Da Da Da Dum" as "Star Trek The Next Generation"
 
Channel98

Channel98

Don't yell or hit.
Feb 2, 2019
14,508
8,976
168
Glendale CA
Channel98

Channel98

Don't yell or hit.
Feb 2, 2019
14,508
8,976
168
Glendale CA
Jazz-rock sextet Colosseum formed in 1968 in London. They've released nine studio albums and 12 live albums. Among their best-known songs are Time Lament, Valentyne Suite, The Kettle, The Daughter Of Time, Walking In The Park, Beware The Ides Of March and Take Me Back To Doomsday.

Dave Greenslade, Colosseum keyboard player, dies at 83

 
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