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The list of movie stars, musicians, and celebrities under the Walt Disney Studios umbrella is deep and wide. Earlier today, one of those actors – one who won an Academy Award passed away.
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Alan Arkin
Alan Arkin died at home at age 89 on Friday, June 30.
His career in acting spanned decades, including multiple Disney films such as the live action Dumbo (2019), The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006), The Muppets (2011), and The Rocketeer (1991). He also starred in numerous non-Disney produced movies, including Edward Scissorhands (1990), Wait Until Dark (1967), Argo (2012), and Little Miss Sunshine (2006) – the film for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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His sons Adam, Mathew, and Anthony offered a joint statement from the family:
“Our father was a uniquely talented force of nature, both as an artist and a man. A loving husband, father, grand and great grandfather, he was adored and will be deeply missed.”
100 Film Career
Alan Arkin was born in New York in 1934, and his family moved to Los Angeles when he was a child. But in 1960, he traveled to Chicago and became an early Second City improvisational comedy troupe member. From there, he went on to star on Broadway. Over the next 50 years, he became a recognizable star both in movies and TV. His career spanned over 100 films – including classics The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1967), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Catch-22 (1970), and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).
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Most recently, he has been nominated for Emmy Awards over his work in The Kominsky Method (2019) on Netflix opposite Michael Douglas.
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But despite his many awards and appearances through the decades, Disney fans may know him best as Bud Newman from The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006), “Uncca” Lou Handler in Touchstone Pictures Indian Summer (1993), Ernie Lazzaro in Touchstone Pictures film The Jerky Boys (1995), and J. Griffin Remington in the live action remake of Dumbo (2019).
He is survived by his three sons and his wife, Suzanne Newlander Arkin.
