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Terry Pace	Ian Abercrombie	Lead	[-]
Jan 27 12 11:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I don't have outside confirmation of this, but Peggy Webber McClory has posted on the California Artists Radio Theatre page that British character actor Ian Abercrombie (Young Frankenstein, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Seinfeld, Star Trek: Voyager, Twin Peaks, Army of Darkness and many more) has passed away. Here's what Peggy has to say: "Our most beloved and valuable character actor, dance hall song and dance man, classic and comic, true artist, Ian Abercrombie, from England and Scotland has left us. Word just reached me. God Bless his soul forever." Anita and I met Mr. Abercrombie at the Hollywood Collectors Show a few years ago and frequently saw him at CART performances in Los Angeles. He was a true charmer, and Anita fell head over heels in love with him. We last talked with him at the Norman Corwin centennial in May 2010. He was a warm, sweet, very funny man and always livened up any film or televisions show, no matter how small the role. Rest in peace ... Terry Pace pillaroffire@bellsouth.net "They're going to have to think up a lot of new adjectives when I come back!" -- Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) in King Kong (1933)
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Rick		#1	[-]
Jan 28 12 12:27 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	He was wonderful as Mr. Pitt on SEINFELD. My favorite memory, which instantly popped into my head when I saw his name here, was the episode in which he's not happy with any of the socks Elaine bought for him. Thanks for the laughs, sir. R.I.P.
Shadow Chaser		#2	[-]
Jan 28 12 12:30 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Mr. Pitts and he was wonderful in Puppet Master III which was the best one in the series as far as I'm concerned.
lynaron		#3	[-]
Jan 29 12 8:39 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My favorite was the episode where he slowly turned into Hitler The old clock on the wall says it's time to start jumping to conclusions again.
Mora		#4	[-]
Jan 29 12 12:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Damn: Just in the past days: Juan Epstein. Mr. Pitt. Great characters on TV shows that still bring loads of enjoyment. I'm a "Seinfeld" junkie and as lynaron says, the episode where Ian is inadvertently transformed into Hitler is a classic! RIP Mr. Abercrombie. My "Seinfeld" DVD goes into the player this evening to remember some of those memorable moments you gave us.
Thanagarian		#5	[-]
Jan 29 12 2:26 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Oh no. Sad news. I was only just watching him as Alfred in Bird Of Prey. R.I.P
Kosmo13		#6	[-]
Jan 29 12 3:45 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My favorite was the episode where he slowly turned into Hitler I was thinking the same thing. I can't see or think of Poland Spring Water without picturing the "We will annex Poland" gag.
Maximillian		#7	[-]
Feb 2 12 10:32 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I first saw him as Mr. Pitt on Seinfeld and thought he was brillant. I loved all his little quriks: his preoccupation with socks, having Elaine scape off all the salt off his pretzel rods, his love of Woody Woodpecker and his 'intoxicating' laughter, and of course that incident with the broken pen and the Poland Springs (Moland?) merger (aka 'the one where he turns into Hitler'). Supporting players could really shine in that show. I also liked him as Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious in the Clone Wars cartoon series. With him gone, who'll do the voice I wonder? RIP, Ian.
capmonte		#8	[-]
May 6 12 8:53 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I didn't realize he had passed until just now...he had been doing the voice of one of the Guardians on the animated Green Lantern series and they just flashed a R.I.P. I wonder if that was the final episode he had recorded. He was a terrific character actor. As someone else said, loved him in Puppet Master 3. "The important question is not, are there aliens on other worlds? No. The important question is, do they have ray guns?"
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madeleymade		#9	[-]
May 7 12 10:57 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes, he was one of those great British actors in the US, the last of 'em.
Rick		#10	[-]
May 7 12 1:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"The last of 'em"?? I beg your pardon??
madeleymade		#11	[-]
May 9 12 11:54 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, you know the type from the 70s, I know Hopkins did QBVII but you know John Williams, Wilfrid Hyde White, Hedley Mattingly, John Alderson, John Orchard, Reginald Owen, Ronald Long, is aRTHUR Malet still alive'? I think Bernard Fox is.
will		#12	[-]
May 9 12 2:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Bernard Fox is. Loved him on Hogan's heroes. Not so much as Dr. Bombay.
madeleymade		#13	[-]
May 12 12 4:00 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes, he's retired, though. I'd love to put him in a film, but he doesn't seem long for this world, Bernard, as he is quite old.
Wich2		#14	[-]
May 12 12 9:27 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	If we're talking talented British Empire folk who do work seen in The States: Hugh Laurie, Russell Crowe, Alan Cumming, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Stephen Fry, Gary Oldman... The good ship "Anglophile" is still afloat in New World waters!
madeleymade		#15	[-]
May 12 12 9:40 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes, I know, but I mean the old guard, the ones who would appear in an ep of UNClE ONe day, a big film the next, then a Time Tunnel, A night Gallery, a CoLUMBO, perhaps a Murder SHe Wrote eventually.
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