Where Are They Now - Friday, January 29, 2016
Hello fans,
This week's Where Are They Now features an actor who has been around since the 1970s, and has appeared in about 100 acting roles! His name is Josef Sommer, and you might remember him from Dirty Harry, or Close Encounters of the Third Kind, or X-Men: The Last Stand. Learn more about Sommer's extensive career and what he has been doing lately.
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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a
visit from the "Grim Reaper":
Joseph Bologna - Appeared in many movies, including "My Favorite Year", "Blame It on Rio", and "The Woman in Red", he co-wrote and starred in the Broadway play "Lovers and Other Strangers"
Ron Silver - He appeared in "Reversal of Fortune" and other movies and played Bruno Gianelli on the TV series "The West Wing", he was also known for his work on Broadway
Nancy Allen - She has starred or co-starred in the movies "Carrie", "Dressed to Kill", "Blowout", the "RoboCop" movies and other films
(Answer at the bottom)
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Josef Sommer
Learn More About Josef Sommer on Celebrity Nooz
BIRTH DATE: June 26, 1934, Greifswald, Germany
CLAIM TO FAME: He has appeared in close to 100 movies, including Dirty Harry and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
FAMILY LIFE: He has a daughter, Maria.
INFO: He made his debut at the age of nine in a production of "Watch on the Rhine" with the Carolina Playmakers in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He trained as an actor at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut.
In 1970, he made his first Broadway appearance. Sommer made his film debut in Don Siegel's classic Dirty Harry(1971).
Since then, he has appeared in such films as The Stepford Wives (1975), Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977), Still of the Night (1982), Silkwood (1983), Peter Weir's thriller Witness (1985) opposite Harrison Ford, Target (1985), Malice (1993), Patch Adams (1998), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
TRIVIA: Studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Appears with Michael Murphy in The Front (1976) and 30 years later in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
The hugely popular NHL team, Anaheim Ducks, got their name from his character, Mr. Gerald Ducksworth, in the movie the Mighty Ducks.
WHERE IS HE NOW: He appeared in the 2008 war drama Stop-Loss as Senator Orton Worrell. In 2010, he had an uncredited role in the comedy The Other Guys as D.A. Radford.
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CREDITS:
2010 The Other Guys...D.A. Radford (uncredited)
2008 Stop-Loss...Senator Orton Worrell
2007/I The Invasion...Dr. Henryk Belicec
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand...The President
2006 The Elephant King...Bill Hunt
2004 Without a Trace (TV Series)...Peter Ducek
- Trials (2004)
2004 The West Wing (TV Series)...Steve Gaines
- Slow News Day (2004)
2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series)...Spencer Durning
- Cold Comfort (2003)
2002 Benjamin Franklin (TV Mini-Series documentary)...Cotton Mather
2002 Searching for Paradise...Carl Greenslate
2002 The Sum of All Fears...Senator Jessup
2001 Providence (TV Series)...Thomas Wheelock
- Magician (2001)
2001 Ally McBeal (TV Series)...Henry Thompson
- The Pursuit of Unhappiness (2001)
2000 The Family Man...Peter Lassiter
2000 Shaft...Curt Fleming
2000 The Next Best Thing...Richard Whittaker
1996-2000 Law & Order (TV Series)...Patrick Rumsey / Judge Lawrence Hellman
- Entitled: Part 2 (2000)
- Corruption (1996)
2000 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)...Patrick Rumsey
- Entitled: Part 1 (2000)
1999 The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (TV Movie)...Corporate Man
1998 Patch Adams...Dr. Eaton
1998 Lulu on the Bridge...Peter Shine (DVD deleted scene) (uncredited)
1998 Bulworth...Doctor (uncredited)
1998 The Proposition...Father Dryer
1997 Early Edition (TV Series)...John Dobbs
- The Wall: Part 2 (1997)
- The Wall: Part 1 (1997)
1996 Hidden in America (TV Movie)...Edward Millerton
1996 Mistrial (TV Movie)...Nick Mirsky
1996 The Chamber...Phelps Bowen
1995 Moonlight and Valentino...Thomas Trager
1995 Strange Days...Palmer Strickland
1995 Letter to My Killer (TV Movie)...Martin Prescott
1995 Kansas (TV Movie)...Joseph 'Joe' Farley
1994 Cultivating Charlie...Prescott Putney
1994 Nobody's Fool...Clive Peoples, Jr.
1994 Don't Drink the Water (TV Movie)...Ambassador Magee
1994 The Enemy Within (TV Movie)...Defence Secretary Charles Potter
1994 Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (TV Movie)...Col. Morrow
1993 Malice...Lester Adams
1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series)...Woodrow Wilson
- Paris, May 1919 (1993)
1992 An American Story (TV Movie)...Henry Meade
1992 Hostages (TV Movie)...Tom Sutherland
1992 The Mighty Ducks...Gerald Ducksworth
1992 Citizen Cohn (TV Movie)...Albert Cohn
1991 Before the Storm (TV Movie)
1991 Under Cover (TV Movie)...Stewart Merriman
1991 Shadows and Fog...Priest
1991 Under Cover (TV Series)...Stewart Merriman
1991 A Woman Named Jackie (TV Mini-Series)...Joseph Kennedy Sr.
- The Bouvier Years (1991)
1990 When Will I Be Loved? (TV Movie)...Martin Ransil
1990 The Kennedys of Massachusetts (TV Mini-Series)...Franklin D. Roosevelt
1974-1990 Great Performances (TV Series)...Polonius / Nikolai
- Hamlet (1990)
- Enemies (1974)
1989 Money, Power, Murder. (TV Movie)...Jack Finley
1989 The Equalizer (TV Series)...Ernest Rasher
- Endgame (1989)
1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway...Waldo Winchester
1989 Forced March...Father
1989 Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (TV Movie)...Charles Estiman
1989 Bridge to Silence (TV Movie)...Al Duffield
1989 Chances Are...Judge Fenwick
1988 Hothouse (TV Series)...Dr. Sam Garrison
1988 Dracula's Widow...Lannon
1987 The Rosary Murders...Lieutenant Koznicki
1987 A Special Friendship (TV Movie)...General Winder
1987 The Betty Ford Story (TV Movie)...President Gerald Ford
1987 American Playhouse (TV Series)...Doc
- The Wide Net (1987)
1986 Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series)...Raoul Nesbitt
- Need to Know (1986)
1986 Yuri Nosenko, KGB (TV Movie)...James Angleton
1986 Screen Two (TV Series)...James Angelton
- Double Image (1986)
1985 The Execution of Raymond Graham (TV Movie)...Jim Neal
1985 Target...Taber
1985 I Had Three Wives (TV Series)...McWilliams
- Runaround Sue (1985)
1985 D.A.R.Y.L....Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
1985 Brotherly Love (TV Movie)...Mr. Rafferty
1985 Witness...Schaeffer
1984 Iceman...Whitman
1983 Silkwood...Max Richter
1983 Saigon: Year of the Cat (TV Movie)...Jack Ockham
1983 Sparkling Cyanide (TV Movie)...George Barton
1983 Independence Day...Sam Taylor
1982 Sophie's Choice...Narrator (voice)
1982 Still of the Night...George Bynum
1982 Hanky Panky...Adrian Pruitt
1981 Rollover...Roy Lefcourt
1981 Reds...State Department Official
1981 Absence of Malice...McAdam
1980 The Henderson Monster (TV Movie)...Dr. Martin Grossman
1980 Hide in Plain Sight...Jason R. Reid
1980 Doctor Franken (TV Movie)...Mr. Parker
1979 The Scarlet Letter (TV Mini-Series)...Nathaniel Hawthorne
1979 Too Far to Go (TV Movie)...Henry
1978 Oliver's Story...Dr. Dienhart
1978 Mourning Becomes Electra (TV Mini-Series)...Ezra Mannon
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind...Larry Butler
1977 The Best of Families (TV Mini-Series)...Jacob Riis
1977 The Andros Targets (TV Series)...Benson Fisher
- The Killing of a Porno Queen (1977)
1976 The Front...Committee Chairman (as M. Josef Sommer)
1976 The Adams Chronicles (TV Mini-Series)...Charles Lee
- Chapter VI: John Adams, President (1976)
1975 Valley Forge (TV Movie)...Brig. Gen. 'Dusty' Varnum
1975 The Stepford Wives...Ted Van Sant (as Josef Somer)
1974 Man on a Swing...Pete Russell
1972 The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope (Short)...Proctor
1971 Dirty Harry...Rothko
To see Then & Now pictures of Josef Sommer, visit:
Learn More About Josef Sommer on Celebrity Nooz
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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Joseph Bologna - ALIVE
Born: 12/30/1934
Ron Silver - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 07/02/1946 Died: 03/15/2009
Nancy Allen - ALIVE
Born: 06/24/1950
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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
1/27
Peter Baker, 84, English footballer (Tottenham).
Carlos Loyzaga, 85, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1952, 1956).
1/26
Sunday Adewusi, 80, Nigerian policeman, Inspector-general of police (1981-1983).
Black, 53, British singer-songwriter ("Wonderful Life"), head injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
Barney Hall, 83, American sports commentator (Motor Racing Network), complications from surgery.
Gil Kahele, 73, American politician, member of the Hawaii Senate (since 2011).
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, 95, Pakistani politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1982-1991, 1996-1997), Ambassador to the United States (1973-1979).
Ray Pointer, 79, English footballer (Burnley, Coventry, Portsmouth).
Abe Vigoda, 94, American actor (The Godfather, Barney Miller, Joe Versus the Volcano).
1/25
Jashubhai Dhanabhai Barad, 60, Indian politician, member of Parliament (2004-2009), brain tumor.
Monty Brinson, 58, American reality show personality (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills), cancer.
Claudio Clarindo (pt), 38, Brazilian ultra-distance cyclist, traffic collision.
Thornton Dial, 87, American artist.
Denise Duval, 94, French soprano.
Kalpana, 50, Indian actress (Thanichalla Njan), heart attack.
Concepcion Picciotto, 80, Spanish-born American peace activist.
Leif Solberg, 101, Norwegian composer and organist.
Ron Stillwell, 76, American baseball player (Washington Senators), cancer.
1/24
Gian Carlo Abelli, 74, Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies.
Jimmy Bain, 68, Scottish bassist (Rainbow, Dio).
Fredrik Barth, 87, Norwegian social anthropologist.
Neville Black, 90, New Zealand rugby union (Auckland, national side) and rugby league (Wigan) player.
Yvonne Chouteau, 86, American ballerina.
Forouzan, 78, Iranian actress.
John Jay Hooker, 85, American politician.
Constantijn Kortmann, 71, Dutch legal scholar.
Clyde Mashore, 70, American baseball player (Montreal Expos).
Donald Milne, 81, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1967), cancer.
Marvin Minsky, 88, American cognitive scientist and pioneer in artificial intelligence, cerebral hemorrhage.
Zarkus Poussa, 40, Finnish drummer (RinneRadio) and songwriter.
Lois Snowe-Mello, 67, American politician, member of Maine House of Representatives (1996-2004) and Senate (2004-2012).
Eric Webster, 84, English football player (Manchester City) and manager (Stockport County).
Nick Wiltgen, 39, American meteorologist (The Weather Channel), traffic collision.
Henry Worsley, 55, British adventurer, multiple organ failure.
1/23
Nikolay Abramov (ru), 54, Russian Vepsian writer and translator.
Barry Brickell, 80, New Zealand ceramic artist.
Cadalack Ron, 34, American rapper.
Espectrito, 49, Mexican professional wrestler.
Josip Friscic, 66, Croatian politician, Vice President of Parliament (2008-2011).
Sofia Gandarias, 58, Spanish painter.
Archie Gouldie, 79, Canadian professional wrestler, complications from hip surgery.
Jennifer Guinness, 78, Irish socialite and kidnapping victim, cancer.
Grahame Hodgson, 79, Welsh rugby union player (national team).
Zuzi Jelinek, 95, Croatian fashion stylist, designer and writer.
A. C. Jose, 78, Indian politician, Speaker of Kerala Legislature (1982), member of Parliament (1996-1997, 1998-2004).
Marie Mahoney, 91, American baseball player (AAGBPL).
Tiger Manalac, 45, Filipino politician, member of Malabon City Council (since 2013), shot.
R. Clayton McWhorter, 82, American businessman and philanthropist.
Elisabeta Polihroniade, 80, Romanian chess Woman Grandmaster (1982) and International Arbiter.
George Sefcik, 76, American football coach (Cincinnati Bengals, New York Giants, Atlanta Falcons).
Koichi Sekimoto, 37, Japanese footballer (Sagan Tosu).
Dmitry Shirkov, 88, Russian theoretical physicist.
Bobby Wanzer, 94, American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach (Rochester/Cincinnati Royals).
Walt Williams, 72, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees).
1/22
Guillermo Aguilar, 85, Mexican actor, pneumonia.
Jack Bannister, 85, English cricket player (Warwickshire) and commentator.
Homayoun Behzadi, 73, Iranian football player (Shahin, Paykan, national team) and coach (Persepolis).
Eugene Borowitz, 91, American rabbi and philosopher.
Tommy Bryceland, 76, Scottish footballer (St. Mirren, Norwich, Oldham).
Ryuichi Doi, 76, Japanese politician.
John Dowie, 60, Scottish footballer (Fulham, Celtic).
Kamer Genc, 75, Turkish politician, member of the Grand National Assembly (1987-2015) , cancer.
Shankar Ghosh, 80, Indian tabla player, pneumonia.
Juan Manuel Ley, 82, Mexican businessman (Casa Ley).
Constantin Mihail (ro), 70, Romanian athletics coach.
Ian Murray, 83, Scottish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles (1999-2008).
Abolhassan Najafi, 86, Iranian writer and translator.
Mikhail Odnoralov, 71, Russian-born American painter.
Cecil Parkinson, 84, British politician, cabinet minister, cancer.
Lois Ramsey, 93, Australian actress (The Box, Prisoner: Cell Block H).
Miloslav Ransdorf, 62, Czech politician, MEP (since 2004).
Storm Flag Flying, 16, American thoroughbred racehorse, foaling complications.
Alec Wishart, 76, British-born New Zealand musician (Hogsnort Rupert), lung cancer.
Rik Wilson, 53, American ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues).
Tahsin Yucel, 83, Turkish writer.
1/21
Bill Johnson, 55, American alpine skier, Olympic champion (1984).
Boguslaw Kaczynski, 73, Polish classical music journalist, stroke.
Richard Klinkhamer, 78, Dutch writer.
Mustafa Koc 55, Turkish businessman (Koc Holding), heart attack.
Derrick Todd Lee, 47, American convicted serial killer.
Cabot Lyford, 90, American sculptor, pulmonary distress.
Harrison McIntosh, 101, American ceramist.
Jerker Porath, 94, Swedish biochemist.
Stephanie Czech Rader, 100, American spy.
Garnet Richardson, 82, Canadian curler, four-time Scotch Cup champion (1959, 1960, 1962, 1963).
Mrinalini Sarabhai, 97, Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor.
Robert Sassone, 37, French road racing cyclist, suicide.
Val Sears, 88, Canadian journalist (Toronto Star).
Francis Seow, 87, Singapore-born American writer and political refugee, pneumonia.
Michael Sheringham, 67, English literary academic.
Ron Southern, 85, Canadian businessman (ATCO).
Gerald Williams, 86, Welsh tennis commentator.