Remembering Milos Forman, Verne Troyer, R. Lee Ermey and More Reel-Important People We Lost in April
Reel-Important People is a monthly column that highlights those individuals in or related to the movies that have left us in recent weeks. Below you'll find names big and small and from all areas of the industry, though each was significant to the movies in his or her own way. Harry Anderson (1952-2018) - Actor. Best known for his lead role on TV's Night Court, he also starred in the movies A Matter of Faith, The Escape Artist and Mother Goose Rock ' Rhyme and played the role of the adult Richie in the 1990 It miniseries. He died of a cardioembolic cerebrovascular accident complicated by influenza on April 16. (Wlos) Michael Anderson (1920-2018) - Director. He was nominated for an Oscar for helming the 1956 version of Around the World in 80 Days. His...
- 5/2/2018
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
Harry Anderson, who earned multiple Emmy nominations for playing Judge Harry T. Stone on the NBC comedy Night Court, was found dead today at a home in Asheville, Nc. He was 65. No cause of death was reported, but Asheville Police Pio Christina Hallingse confirmed his death to Deadline and said they do not suspect foul play.
Anderson appeared in three Season 1 episodes of NBC’s Cheers as local flim-flam man/magician Harry “The Hat” Gitties, including a memorable sting episode in which he starred. That role — which he would reprise a few times later on the then-rising sitcom — led to his landing the lead in Night Court. The sitcom also starring John Larroquette, Markie Post and Richard Moll followed the wacky goings-on in a Manhattan night court and its staffers led by Stone, a boyish, grinning, jeans-and-sneakers jurist who was unconventional to say the least.
It debuted in January 1984 as...
Anderson appeared in three Season 1 episodes of NBC’s Cheers as local flim-flam man/magician Harry “The Hat” Gitties, including a memorable sting episode in which he starred. That role — which he would reprise a few times later on the then-rising sitcom — led to his landing the lead in Night Court. The sitcom also starring John Larroquette, Markie Post and Richard Moll followed the wacky goings-on in a Manhattan night court and its staffers led by Stone, a boyish, grinning, jeans-and-sneakers jurist who was unconventional to say the least.
It debuted in January 1984 as...
- 4/16/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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