TV, film and theater actor William Bogert, who appeared in a recurring role on 1980s sitcom “Small Wonder” and in films such as “War Games,” died Jan. 12 in New York. He was 83.
On “Small Wonder,” which ran from 1985 to 1989, Bogert played Brandon Brindle, the Lawsons’ neighbor and Harriet’s father who became Ted Lawson’s boss after stealing his ideas.
On Dave Chappelle’s “Chapelle’s Show,” Bogert was Kent Wallace, the host of “Frontline” spoofs.
Bogert also appeared in the well-known political ad “Confessions of a Republican” in 1964, stumping for Lyndon B. Johnson. He returned to the character in a 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign video, explaining that although he actually had been a Republican when he made the 1964 commercial and all his life, he felt now that Donald Trump was not the kind of Republication he could endorse. “He scares me,” Bogert says about Trump, repeating his assessment of Barry Goldwater from decades before.
On “Small Wonder,” which ran from 1985 to 1989, Bogert played Brandon Brindle, the Lawsons’ neighbor and Harriet’s father who became Ted Lawson’s boss after stealing his ideas.
On Dave Chappelle’s “Chapelle’s Show,” Bogert was Kent Wallace, the host of “Frontline” spoofs.
Bogert also appeared in the well-known political ad “Confessions of a Republican” in 1964, stumping for Lyndon B. Johnson. He returned to the character in a 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign video, explaining that although he actually had been a Republican when he made the 1964 commercial and all his life, he felt now that Donald Trump was not the kind of Republication he could endorse. “He scares me,” Bogert says about Trump, repeating his assessment of Barry Goldwater from decades before.
- 1/20/2020
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
The owner of the Nevada strip club being sued by Catherine Zeta-Jones has fired back at the actress, telling her to "pick on someone her own size". Spice House boss Kent Wallace is shocked by the Oscar-winner's lawsuit, which was filed at a Los Angeles court last week after the club used images of the actress on their website. The Chicago beauty is seeking unspecified damages from the Reno nightclub and an order barring further use of her likeness. Wallace fumes to American website Pagesix.Com, "It's absurd. If I wanted, I could get pictures of Catherine Zeta-Jones butt-naked. Catherine, pick on someone your own size - no pun intended. This is a frivolous lawsuit. Let's be honest, the most famous cleavage in Catherine Zeta-Jones' family is on the chin of her father-in-law (Kirk Douglas). The photo was only up for a few weeks and as much as we would love to think that we get tons of traffic, we are the Spice House in Reno. We were not getting any hits (with or without Zeta-Jones' photo). It is what it is. It's a website that belongs to a small topless cabaret in Reno. We're just sort of in shock."...
- 10/27/2004
- WENN
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