Laugh-In’s Henry Gibson dead at 73
Henry Gibson, 73, the puckish comic who tickled America as the hippie poet on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In and as a cranky judge on Boston Legal, died of cancer Monday at his Malibu, Calif., home.
Born James Bateman in Germantown in 1935, the future stand-up comedian, author, and character actor was a graduate of St. Joseph’s Prep and of Catholic University of America.
He began acting professionally at 8. Before formally studying theater at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, he served as an intelligence officer in the Air Force, stationed in France. Read full story here
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MORE ABOUT HENRY GIBSON
Henry Gibson (born September 21, 1935) is an American actor. He was famous as a cast member of Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In.
Gibson was born Henry Gibson Bateman[1] in Germantown, Pennsylvania to Dorothy and Edmund A. Bateman. A graduate of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., Gibson served in the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence officer during the 1950s.Gibson’s acting career began when he was cast in the 1963 Jerry Lewis film The Nutty Professor. Gibson appeared in two films by Robert Altman: The Long Goodbye (starring Elliott Gould) and Nashville (starring Ned Beatty and Keith Carradine). He also appeared in The Incredible Shrinking Woman (starring Lily Tomlin). From Nashville, Gibson was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won the National Society of Film Critics award for his role of “smarmy” country music singer named Haven Hamilton. Read more here
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