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Post by crawdaddo on Jul 9, 2008 0:18:47 GMT -6
Well my claim to fame is the following ... one sunday morning in I think it was 1971, I saw Michael Pate taking his exercise walk on an almost deserted Carlton street here in Melbourne.He was walking toward me and as we passed each other he farted and for that reason I've never forgotten Michael Pate....apologies to anyone who is offended by the word fart......cheers craw......
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Post by El Crab on Sept 10, 2008 23:36:33 GMT -6
I don't know how easily had they can be in a brick-and-mortar electronics store, but Little Big Man, Fort Apache and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon can all be had on DVD. As can They Died With Their Boots On. I have them all.
I've yet to find Rio Grande, but I'm guessing its out there. They have been selling John Wayne-ified DVDs with a black border around the cover. That's how I got Fort Apache and Yellow Ribbon.
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Post by KarlKoz on Sept 11, 2008 8:06:57 GMT -6
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Post by "Hunk" Papa on Sept 16, 2008 7:56:34 GMT -6
Well my claim to fame is the following ... one sunday morning in I think it was 1971, I saw Michael Pate taking his exercise walk on an almost deserted Carlton street here in Melbourne.He was walking toward me and as we passed each other he farted and for that reason I've never forgotten Michael Pate....apologies to anyone who is offended by the word fart......cheers craw......
The Times today had Michael Pate's obituary, his death being on September 1. He certainly had an eventful career being a writer and producer as well as an actor. He was responsible for the launch of Mel Gibson's film career in 1979 when he picked him to star in Tim for which Pate had written the screenplay. In the Second Wold War Pate served in the Australian Army as a small arms instructor in the South West Pacific but later transferred to the 1st Australian Army Amenities Entertainment Unit a.k.a "The Islanders." An undoubtedly talented man who crammed a lot into his 88 year life and I am ashamed I did not remember him when posting earlier on this thread. Hunk
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Post by biggordie on Sept 16, 2008 9:01:36 GMT -6
Hunk:
Thanks for posting that news. I hadn't seen anything about Pate's death, probably because he was not a big star in NA. Most people would have said "Who?"
Thank God for the movies, so that these kinds of actors/writers never really disappear. Hondo was just on TV the other day and night on one of our movie channels. I wish I had known of Pate's passing, since I only watched the tail end of the film, and I would have liked to have seen him perform once more.
Loved him in Lawless Street, a Randolph Scott oater, wherein he played a hired gun whom one could easily like.
Gordie
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Post by BrokenSword on Sept 16, 2008 9:21:11 GMT -6
Hunk,
Mr. Pate's passing is a milestone of sorts for many of us. I was aware of who he was, that is his name, because I had a buddy in high school whose father was Pate's long lost and secret twin brother, or a dead ringer in appearance as well as voice. At first meeting, I was certain that it WAS him.
Michael Pate was a fixture in movies and TV shows of the fifties and sixties. Everyone knew his face, but few knew his name. Unappreciated for a talent used in a very wide range of characters which he portrayed during his career. All done well and rather believably. A solid professional in his craft.
M
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Post by biggordie on Sept 16, 2008 10:40:33 GMT -6
My "stable" of "unknowns" is rapidly shrinking. "Hey, Gordie, where you off to?" "Gotta go see a Strother Martin movie!!" I think LQ Jones is all that's left - and maybe Hank Worden.
Gordie
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Post by runaheap on Sept 17, 2008 9:44:11 GMT -6
Ah Yes! Strother Martin's greatest line in "Cool Hand Luke": "What we have here is a failure to communicate". Any western with Dub Taylor,even like his son Buck Taylor from "Gunsmoke" TV and "Tombstone" movie. Great Character's.
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Post by "Hunk" Papa on Sept 18, 2008 8:48:48 GMT -6
My "stable" of "unknowns" is rapidly shrinking. "Hey, Gordie, where you off to?" "Gotta go see a Strother Martin movie!!" I think LQ Jones is all that's left - and maybe Hank Worden. Gordie
I can remember a time when no Western movie was complete unless it had Chill Wills, Jay C. Flippen or 'Slim' Pickens as one of the characters. It got so that the three of them were almost interchangeable. Shades of conz's grizzled sergeants. Hunk (littleg)
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Post by runaheap on Sept 19, 2008 13:33:23 GMT -6
And yes, Duncan Renaldo was the Cisco Kid. We are placing a time frame on our memories. I know that? I must be getting old!
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Post by "Hunk" Papa on Sept 20, 2008 10:42:38 GMT -6
And yes, Duncan Renaldo was the Cisco Kid. We are placing a time frame on our memories. I know that? I must be getting old!
Never!! You must have been watching the re-runs! H
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Post by BrokenSword on Sept 20, 2008 12:05:14 GMT -6
Gee Hunk,
Who's the Cisco Kid? I don't know who Poncho was either.
B(abe) among the S(ear)
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Post by crzhrs on Sept 20, 2008 12:41:21 GMT -6
What WAS the Cisco Kid's side-kick (real name)?
PS: How did a Poncho end up being a serape?
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Post by BrokenSword on Sept 20, 2008 13:30:15 GMT -6
crzhrs. "...PS: How did a Poncho end up being a serape?..."
I have the suspision that 'poncho' may be the slightly more politically IN-correct word for 'serape.'
El B(ueno) S(erape)
P.S. Having now consulted with the large numbers of illegals working on the grounds of my vast estate - I am lead to believe that a 'poncho' offered protecion against rain, while a 'serape' was simply a blanket of sorts used against the cold desert nights.
El Jefe
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Post by BrokenSword on Sept 20, 2008 13:34:12 GMT -6
crzhrs "..What WAS the Cisco Kid's side-kick (real name)?..."
Actor? Leo Carrillo? Grandson of the last Spanish governor of California.... not that I know who Poncho was.
BS
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