2019 RIP – Part 3 – Actors

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Character actors say there’s a way you
Leave the audience wanting more
No one better than Peter Mayhew
Among the Stars he went to War

Tim Conway went to Chagrin Falls High (for real)
With Carol Burnett he hit his stride
So many scenes he broke or would steal
But everyone just went along for the ride

Peter Fonda’s first movie was breezy with sweet Sandra Dee
Then for a ride to Big Easy you can’t beat LSD
He finally stepped from the shadows of that family tree
And said “We can only learn when we are free.”

Stanley Donen directed Astaire
Doris Day sang and danced with Gene Kelly
I see them on a stage somewhere
With a set designed by Franco Zeffirelli

With Mifune and Brando she held her own  
Machiko Kyo’s brilliance was undeniable  
In Rashomon the killer’s unknown
But her story may not be reliable

She wasn’t a Jew but she played one on TV
And shiksa Mary would sometimes confuse her
Valerie Harper said, “Like you and me
“Rhoda was a victorious loser”

John Singleton inspired by Spike Lee
At 24 made Boyz N the Hood
Without film I knew what my life would be
Recreated a world that he understood

Robert Forster revived by Tarentino
His career had gone pretty far down
The most wonderful scene I’ve seen oh
When he kisses Jackie Brown

“Like tears in rain” lives are lost
Replicant Rutger won’t kill for thrills
And Bibi Anderson now has crossed
To where “Wild Strawberries” cover the hills

Michael J. Pollard of Bonnie and Clyde
Max Right, will Alf visit his grave?
Diahann Carroll took on the racial divide
Seymour Cassel, Cassavettes fav

Rip Torn won’t steal every scene
D.A. Pennebaker won’t ever look back
Sylvia Miles at last is serene
Albert Finney – fade to black