Army Archerd
Army Archerd | |
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Bronx, New York City, U.S. | |
Died | September 8, 2009 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 87)
Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
Spouses | Joan Paul
(m. 1944; div. 1969)Selma (Fenning) Archerd
(m. 1969) |
Children | 2 |
Armand Andre Archerd (January 13, 1922[1] – September 8, 2009)[2] was an American columnist for Variety for over fifty years before retiring his "Just for Variety" column in September 2005.[3] In November 2005, Archerd began blogging for Variety and was working on a memoir when he died.
Biography
Archerd was born in
One of his most significant scoops was in his July 23, 1985, column, when he printed that
Archerd was
Archerd made four appearances on the popular, long-running game show
He made several appearances in TV series, like Burke's Law (1964), Batman (episode 39), Mannix (1967), and Marcus Welby, M.D., and films such as The Young Runaways (1968), The Outfit (1973), Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976), Gable and Lombard (1976), California Suite (1978), The French Atlantic Affair (1979) and The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980).
Archerd died at
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1958 | Teacher's Pet | Himself | Uncredited |
1963 | A New Kind of Love | Onlooker | Uncredited |
1963 | Under the Yum Yum Tree | Writer | Uncredited |
1964 | What a Way to Go! | TV Announcer | Uncredited |
1964 | Kisses for My President | Reporter | Uncredited |
1966 | The Oscar | Press Conference Reporter | Uncredited |
1967 | Rough Night in Jericho | Waiter | Uncredited |
1968 | Planet of the Apes | Gorilla | UIncredited |
1968 | Wild in the Streets | Himself | Uncredited |
1968 | The Young Runaways | Himself | |
1970 | Beneath the Planet of the Apes | Gorilla | Uncredited |
1971 | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Referee | |
1973 | The Thief Who Came to Dinner | Newsman | Uncredited |
1973 | The Outfit | Butler | |
1976 | Gable and Lombard | Emcee | |
1976 | Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Premiere MC | |
1978 | California Suite | Himself | |
1980 | The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood | Himself | |
1981 | The Devil and Max Devlin | Himself | |
1986 | Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star | Television Host | |
1990 | Repossessed | Himself |
1975 La Femme oubliée Columbo Army Archerd (lui-même) (VF : Jacques Thébault)
References
- ^ Some sources, including Variety, cite 1919 as his year of birth; the Social Security Death Index cites 1922
- ^ a b c Abcarian, Robin (2009-09-08). "Army Archerd dies at 90; Variety columnist watched over Hollywood for half a century". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ "'Just for Variety' column to end after 52 years". August 3, 2005. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
External links
- Army Archerd's blog
- Excerpts of "Just for Variety" columns written for Variety
- Army Archerd Interview at Archive of American Television
- Army Archerd at IMDb