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Thread ID: 103304	2009-09-18 02:18:00	Henry Gibson RIP	Cato (6936)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
811478	2009-09-18 02:18:00	Just seen him on Boston Legal last night. Now he is no more. Too many people are going these days. RIP.	Cato (6936)
811479	2009-09-18 02:57:00	He always made me laugh as the judge in Boston Legal. Pity some of the real judges aren't more like the actor. RIP.	wainuitech (129)
811480	2009-09-18 05:39:00	RIP, had to google to find out who he was but he was a great asset to boston legal	hueybot3000 (3646)
811481	2009-09-18 06:07:00	I liked him a lot on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In in the early 70s I think . On September 14, 2009, Gibson died of cancer at his home in Malibu, California, a week before his 74th birthday . WIKI: Gibson's performing career began at the age of seven . He appeared in many stage and theater productions . His career took off when he performed in the Jerry Lewis film The Nutty Professor[2] (1963) . Gibson also appeared on The Dick Van Dyke Show, reading the poem "Keep A Goin'", which he turned into a song in the Robert Altman movie Nashville (1975), starring Ned Beatty and Keith Carradine . Gibson appeared in three other films directed by Altman: The Long Goodbye (starring Elliott Gould), A Perfect Couple and Health . He also appeared in The Incredible Shrinking Woman (starring Lily Tomlin) . He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Nashville and won the National Society of Film Critics award for his role of country music singer Haven Hamilton . Gibson spent three years as part of the Laugh-In television show's cast . He often played "The Poet," reciting poems with "sharp satirical or political themes" . [4] Gibson would emerge from behind a stage flat, wearing a Nehru jacket and "hippie" beads and holding an outlandishly large artificial flower . He would state the "[Title of poem] — by Henry Gibson", bow stiffly from the waist, recite his poem, and return behind the flat . Gibson's routine was so memorable that John Wayne actually performed it once in his own inimitable style: "The Sky — by John Wayne . The Sky is blue/The Grass is green/Get off your butt/And join the Marines!", whereupon Wayne left the scene by smashing through the flat . Gibson also regularly appeared in the "Cocktail Party" segments as a Catholic priest, sipping tea . He would put the cup on the saucer, recite his one-liner in a grave and somber tone, then go back to sipping tea . He also made recurring appearances in the 1969-1974 anthology Love, American Style . In the 1989 Joe Dante comedy The 'Burbs, starring Tom Hanks, Gibson played the villain . In 1980 he played the leader of the 'Illinois Nazis' in the John Landis film The Blues Brothers . Most younger audiences associate him with this film in particular due to its popularity . He made a brief appearance in Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia as an eccentric barfly . He also worked frequently as a voice actor in animation, most notably portraying Wilbur the pig in the popular children's movie Charlotte's Web (1973) . He also worked on the cartoon The Grim Adventures Of Billy & Mandy as Lord Pain . Gibson reunited with director Dante a few years later when Gremlins 2 was released in 1990 . He performed a cameo as the office worker who is caught taking a smoking break on camera and fired by the sadistic boss . He had a leading role in a Season 5 episode of Stargate SG-1 entitled "The Sentinel", as the character Marul . Gibson's last roles were alongside Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in the 2005 comedy hit Wedding Crashers, and as supporting character Judge Clark Brown on the TV show Boston Legal .	SurferJoe46 (51)
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