Stand-up comedian and flamboyant star of film and TV Rip Taylor died Sunday in Beverly Hills, Deadline has learned. He was 84.
Known for his confetti-clad campy comedy, Taylor was born Charles Elmer Taylor in Washington D.C. on January 13, 1935. His comedy career started when he joined the U.S. Army and started to perform stand-up in clubs around the world where he developed a signature bit where he would cry and beg for the audience to laugh.
Taylor would go on to become known as “The Prince or Pandemonium”, “”The Master of Mayhem”, “The Crying Comedian” and “The King of Camp and Confetti”. He appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show nearly 20 times as well as The Jackie Gleason Show. On TV, he appeared on The Monkees and lent his voice to animated series including The Addams Family as Uncle Fester and Here Comes the Grump in the ’70s. He continued to...
Known for his confetti-clad campy comedy, Taylor was born Charles Elmer Taylor in Washington D.C. on January 13, 1935. His comedy career started when he joined the U.S. Army and started to perform stand-up in clubs around the world where he developed a signature bit where he would cry and beg for the audience to laugh.
Taylor would go on to become known as “The Prince or Pandemonium”, “”The Master of Mayhem”, “The Crying Comedian” and “The King of Camp and Confetti”. He appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show nearly 20 times as well as The Jackie Gleason Show. On TV, he appeared on The Monkees and lent his voice to animated series including The Addams Family as Uncle Fester and Here Comes the Grump in the ’70s. He continued to...
- 10/6/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Tony Hale is one of eight men to have won the Best Comedy Supporting Actor Emmy twice and he’ll have his final shot — for “Veep” at least — to upgrade to an even more exclusive club next month of three-time champs. If Hale does pull through with the win, he will stand alone in one way in the group: He’d be the only three-time champ who never had consecutive victories of any kind.
Just five men have scored a trio of statuettes in this category, all of whom won at least two Emmys back to back: Art Carney, Ed Asner (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” 1971-72, ’75), Michael Richards (“Seinfeld,” 1993-94, ’97), Brad Garrett (“Everybody Loves Raymond,” 2002-03, ’05) and Jeremy Piven (“Entourage,” 2006-08).
Hale’s previous triumphs came in 2013 and 2015, and he is one of three men, the others being “Modern Family’s” Eric Stonestreet and Ty Burrell, to have won this category twice this decade.
Just five men have scored a trio of statuettes in this category, all of whom won at least two Emmys back to back: Art Carney, Ed Asner (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” 1971-72, ’75), Michael Richards (“Seinfeld,” 1993-94, ’97), Brad Garrett (“Everybody Loves Raymond,” 2002-03, ’05) and Jeremy Piven (“Entourage,” 2006-08).
Hale’s previous triumphs came in 2013 and 2015, and he is one of three men, the others being “Modern Family’s” Eric Stonestreet and Ty Burrell, to have won this category twice this decade.
- 9/4/2019
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Tony Hale is one of three people to have won two Best Comedy Supporting Actor Emmy Awards this decade, the others being “Modern Family” stars Eric Stonestreet and Ty Burrell. If he wins again for the seventh and final season of “Veep,” he’d join an elite group of three-time champs in the category.
Only five people have won exactly three comedy supporting actor Emmys: Art Carney, Ed Asner, Michael Richards, Brad Garrett and Jeremy Piven.
Three is not the record number of wins in the category though. Don Knotts triumphed five times for “The Andy Griffith Show,” while David Hyde Pierce (“Frasier”) and John Larroquette (“Night Court”) have four victories each.
See Emmys exclusive: HBO categories for ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Veep,’ ‘Sharp Objects’ and more
Currently seeking his sixth bid as Selina’s bag man Gary, Hale converted his first nomination into a win in 2013; he scored his second statuette in 2015. He,...
Only five people have won exactly three comedy supporting actor Emmys: Art Carney, Ed Asner, Michael Richards, Brad Garrett and Jeremy Piven.
Three is not the record number of wins in the category though. Don Knotts triumphed five times for “The Andy Griffith Show,” while David Hyde Pierce (“Frasier”) and John Larroquette (“Night Court”) have four victories each.
See Emmys exclusive: HBO categories for ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Veep,’ ‘Sharp Objects’ and more
Currently seeking his sixth bid as Selina’s bag man Gary, Hale converted his first nomination into a win in 2013; he scored his second statuette in 2015. He,...
- 4/30/2019
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Hollywood's oldest working actress, Connie Sawyer, died at home after an incredibly long and prolific career. Connie reportedly passed away at her Woodland Hills home. Unclear exactly how, but she was 105 ... so presumably it's related to her age. The longtime actress got her start in Tinseltown at the age of 18, and has over 140 acting credits to her name -- most of which were TV roles. Sawyer's been on a number of hit shows over her six-decade career,...
- 1/22/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
On Sunday, April 15, 1990, television viewers were introduced to a new half-hour comedy from Fox: In Living Color. The Hollywood Reporter's original review is below.
It's hip. It's cool. It's fabulous. It's Fox Broadcasting Co.'s In Living Color, the new half-hour ensemble comedy from comedian writer-producer Keenen Ivory Wayans (I'm Gonna Git You Sucka).
Drawing its inspiration from the streets, In Living Color represents comedy-variety in the '90s, much like The Jackie Gleason Show did for comedy in the '50s and the '60s.
Where Gleason had his June Taylor Dancers,...
It's hip. It's cool. It's fabulous. It's Fox Broadcasting Co.'s In Living Color, the new half-hour ensemble comedy from comedian writer-producer Keenen Ivory Wayans (I'm Gonna Git You Sucka).
Drawing its inspiration from the streets, In Living Color represents comedy-variety in the '90s, much like The Jackie Gleason Show did for comedy in the '50s and the '60s.
Where Gleason had his June Taylor Dancers,...
- 4/15/2015
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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