Victor Buono

Victor Buono died of a heart attack at his ranch in Apple Valley, California. Jeff Chandler is honored with a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "The more you study him," he said, "the greater he grows.". He was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. Buono liked to read and write, and one of his main hobbies was Shakespeare. Shortly after completing his role in Merrill's Marauders (1962), Chandler died in Los Angeles, California at age of 42, from blood poisoning following disc herniation surgery. Taft. His leading ladies would include June Allyson, Joan Crawford, Rhonda Fleming, Susan Hayward, Maureen O'Hara, Jane Russell and Esther Williams.

In the TV miniseries Backstairs at the White House (1979) he portrayed President Taft and delivered a poignant tribute to the late Mrs. Some of his pictures in this period include Away All Boats, Toy Tiger, Drango, The Tattered Dress, Man in the Shadow, Foxfire, A Stranger in My Arms, and Thunder in the Sun. He could also play straight roles. His sex appeal, curiously heightened by his prematurely gray hair and tanned features, would put him into drama and costume movies. His later roles were more of pompous intellectuals and shady con men. The rest of the decade, Chandler turned in a top leading man. He was in demand to play villains of various nationalities and ethnic origins on many programs between 1964 and 1970. He would be nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), the first of three screen appearances as the legendary Apache chief, followed by The Battle of Apache Pass (1952) and Taza, Son of Cochise (1954).

Buono had a vast body of work in movies, and among his extensive TV appearances were the recurring roles of the demented Count Manzeppi on the popular (CBS) series The Wild Wild West starring Robert Conrad and Ross Martin, which ran from 1965 to 1969, and King Tut on the (ABC) series Batman with Adam West and Burt Ward, which ran from 1966 to 1968. His first important role was in Sword in the Desert (1948), as an Israeli freedom fighter. He also appeared in such movies as 4 for Texas (1963), Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964), The Silencers (1966), Who's Minding the Mint? (1967), Target: Harry (1969) and Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970). In the 1950s, Chandler became a star in western and action movies. Buono played the role of the High Priest Sorak in this story about Jesus. His first film appearance was in Johnny O'Clock (1947). And he appeared in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) starring Max von Sydow, Michael Anderson, Jr. and Carroll Baker, which was produced and directed by George Stevens. After discharged, he was a busy radio actor both in drama and comedy.

He appeared in Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) playing Big Sam Hollis, the father of Bette Davis, who had the title role, which was also directed by Aldrich. Later, he took a drama course and spent two years in stock companies before serving in World War II. Victor Buono was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. Born Ira Grossel in Brooklyn, New York Chandler attended Erasmus Hall High School, the nucleus of many stage and film personalities. He played the part of the ne'er-do-well musical accompanist, Edwin Flagg. Jeff Chandler (December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was a popular American film actor in the 1950s. After appearing in a few motion pictures uncredited, he was cast by director Robert Aldrich in the psychological horror movie What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) with screen luminaries Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.

Because of his overweight stature, Buono usually played older characters. He also appeared on The Untouchables. Over the next few years he appeared on numerous shows playing menacing heavies in just about every Grade "A" private eye series. He made his first network TV appearance playing the bearded poet Bongo Benny in an episode of 77 Sunset Strip.

saw the heavyset Buono play Falstaff at the Globe and took him up to Hollywood for a screen test. In the summer of 1959, a talent scout from Warner Bros. He received good notices for his various Shakespearean roles and in modern plays such as The Man Who Came To Dinner and Witness For The Prosecution. The director had confidence in Buono and cast him in Volpone, Midsummer Night's Dream and other Globe presentations.

He started appearing on local radio and television stations, and at the age of eighteen he joined the Globe Theater Players in San Diego. He soon forgot about having a medical career. He even played the title role of Hamlet. Buono appeared in three plays a year while attending high school, which included Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp and Shakespearean dramas.

Augustine High School in San Diego cast him as Papa Barrett in the play The Barretts of Wimpole Street. When he was sixteen, Father John Aherne of the St. Even though the young Buono enjoyed the polite applause of those captive audiences, he thought he wanted to be a doctor. When he was a little boy, she taught him songs and recitations and encouraged him to perform for visitors.

His maternal grandmother, Myrtle Glied (April 18, 1886-December 9, 1969), had been a Vaudeville performer on the Orpheum Circuit. He was born Victor Charles Buono in San Diego, California, a son of Victor Francis Buono (May 28, 1907-May 17, 1981) and Myrtle Belle Keller (October 19, 1909 -August 27, 1979). Victor Buono (February 3, 1938 - January 1, 1982) was an American actor. The 1966 Batman TV Villains - Victor Buono (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/7537/tut.htm).