RIP
Very Old School
I saw him many times when I was a kid. Sorry he’s gone, but he had a long and apparently full like.
He was crushed to death in the movie Alligator.
Everybody knew his name because he co-starred in so many films and tv shows, but he just never got to that top echelon.
Last thing I saw him in was the TV show “Shameless”
He played “Stan”, a crusty old bar owner.
http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0382912/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2
He appeared in this Season 6 episode of Sanford and Son:
Fred Meets Redd:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUNM5unuqrM
Series was coming to an end at that point and not nearly as good as earlier on.
Wow. I remenber him from the 70s. Glad he was still around this long, even if I haven’t heard from him in a long time.
My uncle was a professional harmonica player in the early-mid 1940s (he died in WW II). I always remember my grandmother had a picture in her collection of a theatre marquee with my uncle’s name on it (among several others). One of the other names on the marquee was Jack Carter. They both had to be in their early 20s at the time. He was performing stand-up comedy (or perhaps he was the Emcee) while my uncle performed music. Every time I saw Jack Carter on TV I thought about how my uncle and he crossed paths once so many years ago. Seeing his obit here made me think of it just one more time.
I remember him very well and recently wondered whether he was with us.
RIP.
I was so proud when I instantly recognized him by his voice in Shameless. Thought he had died years ago. RIP
-PJ
Wow here we have had in the space of a week three actors die in their 90’s, Jack Carter, Patrick Macnee and Christopher Lee. Pretty amazing and I always liked Jack Carter.
What is it with 93? Christopher Lee, 93...Patrick Macnee, 93...now Jack Carter, 93...
File under, “I didn’t even know he was still alive.”
RIP