Craig Crumpton
08-21-2001, 05:04 AM
DAVE BARRY, stand-up comedian, actor, impressionist and cartoon voice actor who filled in on some occasions for the late Arthur Q. Bryan (original voice of Elmer Fudd) and even Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety, Yosemite Sam and many more) died at the age of 82 last Thursday, August 16, 2001.
[Note: This Dave Barry should not be confused with the author/humorist of the same name.]
Following is the obituary from the Associated Press:
<i>Actor-Comedian Dave Barry Dead at 82
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Comedian Dave Barry, who opened for a number of top performers, including Wayne Newton, died Thursday. He was 82.
The comedian, who was not related to the Miami-based humorist of the same name, was born in New York City and started his career at age 16 on radio's "Major Bowes and the Original Amateur Hour.''
He moved to California in the early 1940s and served in the Army during World War II entertaining troops.
Toward the end of that decade, Barry began performing in Las Vegas at the El Rancho Hotel. He was featured at the Desert Inn in a revue called "Hello America.'' He opened for Newton for more than eight years.
Barry had television and film credits, most notably in Billy Wilder's "Some Like It Hot,'' in which he played the role of Beinstock, the band's manager.
In the latter part of his career, he entertained on cruise ships and appeared in the "Follies," a Palm Springs, California, variety show.</i>
"Barry began doing voices for Warner Bros. cartoons in the 1940s," reports animation historian <a href="http://www.cartoonresearch.com/news.html">Jerry Beck</a>. "His line, as Bogart in 8 BALL BUNNY (1950), 'Pardon me. Can you help a fellow American who's down in his luck?' has become a classic (Bogie said the identical line in 'Treasure of the Sierra Madre'). He also played Bogie in BECALL TO ARMS (1946), and SLICK HARE (1947).
For more details on Barry's life and career, please visit:
<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-000067562aug20.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dobituaries">The LA TIMES</a>
<a href="http://www.cartoonresearch.com/news.html">Cartoon Research</a>
<a href="http://www.evanier.com/News082001a.htm">P.O.V. Online</a> by Mark Evanier, which also includes a picture and detailed information about Barry's work.
[Note: This Dave Barry should not be confused with the author/humorist of the same name.]
Following is the obituary from the Associated Press:
<i>Actor-Comedian Dave Barry Dead at 82
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Comedian Dave Barry, who opened for a number of top performers, including Wayne Newton, died Thursday. He was 82.
The comedian, who was not related to the Miami-based humorist of the same name, was born in New York City and started his career at age 16 on radio's "Major Bowes and the Original Amateur Hour.''
He moved to California in the early 1940s and served in the Army during World War II entertaining troops.
Toward the end of that decade, Barry began performing in Las Vegas at the El Rancho Hotel. He was featured at the Desert Inn in a revue called "Hello America.'' He opened for Newton for more than eight years.
Barry had television and film credits, most notably in Billy Wilder's "Some Like It Hot,'' in which he played the role of Beinstock, the band's manager.
In the latter part of his career, he entertained on cruise ships and appeared in the "Follies," a Palm Springs, California, variety show.</i>
"Barry began doing voices for Warner Bros. cartoons in the 1940s," reports animation historian <a href="http://www.cartoonresearch.com/news.html">Jerry Beck</a>. "His line, as Bogart in 8 BALL BUNNY (1950), 'Pardon me. Can you help a fellow American who's down in his luck?' has become a classic (Bogie said the identical line in 'Treasure of the Sierra Madre'). He also played Bogie in BECALL TO ARMS (1946), and SLICK HARE (1947).
For more details on Barry's life and career, please visit:
<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-000067562aug20.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dobituaries">The LA TIMES</a>
<a href="http://www.cartoonresearch.com/news.html">Cartoon Research</a>
<a href="http://www.evanier.com/News082001a.htm">P.O.V. Online</a> by Mark Evanier, which also includes a picture and detailed information about Barry's work.