Cliff Osmond, a prolific character actor on film and television and an instructor who estimated that he had taught more than 10,000 actors, died on Saturday at his home in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. He was 75.
The cause was pancreatic cancer, his daughter, Margaret Ebrahim, said.
Mr. Osmond appeared in many films, most notably four Billy Wilder comedies. Mr. Osmond played the private investigator Purkey in "The Fortune Cookie," the first film starring both Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau; the amateur songwriter Barney in "Kiss Me, Stupid," alongside Dean Martin, Kim Novak and Ray Walston; a police officer in Mr. Wilder's version of "The Front Page," which also starred Mr. Lemmon and Mr. Matthau; and another police officer in "Irma La Douce." ...
He appeared on television more than 100 times over four decades on shows including "Gunsmoke," "All in the Family" and a 1962 episode of "The Twilight Zone" titled "The Gift."
Mr. Osmond drew on his wealth of experience to become a well-regarded acting teacher to entertainers like Armand Assante and Carlos Alazraqui.
Clifford Osman Ebrahim was born on Feb. 26, 1937, in Jersey City. ...
More (w/photo):
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/arts/television/cliff-osmond-prolific-character-actor-dies-at-75.html
| Reply via web post | Reply to sender | Reply to group | Start a New Topic | Messages in this topic (1) |
Blog, a searchable database of obituaries
back to 2001:
http://DeadCelebrityAlert.com
- - -
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section
107, any copyrighted work in this message is
distributed under fair use without profit or
payment to those who have expressed a prior
interest in receiving the included
information for non-profit research and
educational purposes only.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
