YESTERYEARS FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 Sep 23, 2009
CHICAGO Walter Brennan, 80, veteran character actor and three-time Academy Award winner, died Saturday of emphysema in California. Officers of the Pine Bluff High School Choir Parents have been named. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Doc Holliday: Not a surgeon Aug 28, 2009
It also starred Walter Brennan as the patriarch of the Clanton family, Earp's enemies. I am a bit reluctant to take up this question because it indirectly involves the famous gunfight at Tombstone's O.K. Corral. (AZCentral -- Travel)
One Of A Kind Jul 5, 2009
" Less than two years later Gehrig died at age 37. Ever since, ALS has been known as Lou Gehrig's Disease; there is still no cure. In 1999, another Yankees Hall of Famer, right-hander Catfish Hunter, died of the ALS at age 53. On Saturday, Major League Baseball will call attention to the illness in hopes of raising funds for ALS research. (You can check out MLB's for more information.) All players will wear a patch reading 4 ALS, and there will be ceremonies at each of the 15 ballparks where... (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
FRIEDMAN: Why there will simply never be another Lou Gehrig Jul 4, 2009
In Pride of the Yankees, the role of Lieb was played by Walter Brennan. The New York baseball writer and historian, who died in 1980, was Gehrig's closest confidant outside of his family. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
Sergeant York Movie (1941) May 25, 2009
Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan Star in World War I Hero Film ... Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Margaret Wycherly appear in support ... Gary Cooper plays the fabled World War I hero, with Walter Brennan and Joan Leslie also in the cast. (Suite101.com)
VH1 Presents a Slate of All-New Series, Documentaries and Specials for Summer 2009 May 22, 2009
Also in the hour, guitarist Billy Gibbons talks about the band's travails as opening act for Janis Joplin and bassist Dusty Hill shows off his Walter Brennan imitation. Returning Series. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Encore Westerns Pays a Memorial Day Tribute to John Wayne's Life and Legacy With 28-Hour Marathon May 13, 2009
Dakota at 12:40 p.m. - (John Wayne, Vera Hruba Ralston, Walter Brennan). Angel and the Badman at 2:10 p.m. - (John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey). (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
When parents have to suspend disbelief Apr 18, 2009
I was willing to forgive Robin Williams for "Patch Adams" because I cherished the memory of his brilliant riffs in "Aladdin," as the voice of the Genie, including a rapid-fire sequence where he channels William F. Buckley, Walter Brennan, and John Wayne, among others. Of course, it is possible to overdo these knowing nods to the grown-ups (yes, "Shrek," I'm talking to you). (Boston Globe)
Support Your Local Sheriff Movie (1... Mar 11, 2009
Support Your Local Sheriff Movie (1969): James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan Star in Comedy Western ... James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan Star in Comedy Western ... Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, Harry Morgan also appear. (Suite101.com)
VIDEO: Camarra named 2009 Citizen of the Year Feb 20, 2009
Always looking on the bright side, Camarra says had he graduated a year earlier, he might never have sung for Walter Brennan during his senior year. A graduate of Rindge Tech, the Swampscott native is the first actor to accumulate three Academy Awards and to date still the only actor to win three Oscars as Best Supporting Actor. (Medford Transcript, MA)
