RIP Robert Wall

 Robert Wall, 9th Deg Black Belt 'Enter The Dragon' Actor Dead At 82 ... Worked w/ Bruce Lee & Chuck Norris

 

TMZ Sports

1/31/2022

 

Tang Soo Do master Robert Wall, who trained with and acted alongside Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee in some of the greatest martial arts films of all time has died at the age of 82 ... TMZ Sports has learned.

Wall was a 9th degree Tang Soo Do black belt under Norris ... who is credited with bringing the discipline to the West. The men trained together for many years ... and were business partners.

In addition to being a martial arts master, Wall also played important roles on the silver screen.

Robert appeared in 1972s "Way of the Dragon" and 1973s "Enter the Dragon" -- both starring Lee, the most well-renowned martial artist to ever live.

Wall and Lee had a memorable and very real (albeit one-sided) fight in "Enter the Dragon."

In fact, years after they filmed the fight scene, Bob revealed Lee actually broke his ribs.

"Bob, I wanna hit you, and I wanna hit you hard," Wall revealed Lee told him prior to filming.

The reason ... Bruce -- who'd known Wall for 8 years before filming the movie -- wanted the fight to look as authentic as possible, so the two masters went full-speed.

Wall's family sent us the following statement on Robert's passing.

"Bob was the greatest husband and father. Family was Everything to him. He lived a remarkable life & There is a hole in our hearts that will never be filled. His spirit & legacy will live on forever within us. He was our rock."

Rest in peace.

WALL, Robert

Born: 8/22/1939, San Jose, California, U.S.A.

Died: 1/31/2022, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

 

Robert Wall’s westerns – stuntman, actor:

Walker, Texas Ranger (TV) – 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 (Fish, Perkin’s

     man, referee, Billy, security guard, Carlos, hood, Chico, Gorch man, customs official,

     battalion chief, announcer, Sheriff Rivers

Cowboys from Hell – 2022 (Bastard Bob O’Hara)

RIP Carleton Carpenter

 Carleton Carpenter, MGM and Broadway Actor Who Starred Alongside Debbie Reynolds, Dies at 95

 

Variety

By Sasha Urban

January 31, 2022

 

Carleton Carpenter, who performed on stage and screen alongside stars such as Debbie Reynolds in “Two Weeks With Love” and Judy Garland in “Summer Stock,” died Monday in Warwick, N.Y., according to his reps. He was 95.

Carpenter was a multi-hyphenate artist whose career spanned eight decades. His 1950 duet with Debbie Reynolds covering the song “Aba Daba Honeymoon” sold more than a million copies. He performed in countless radio, television and film productions and on stages on- and off-Broadway. He even went on to write a number of books, including his 2017 memoir, “The Absolute Joy of Work.”

Born Carleton Upham Carpenter Jr. on July 10, 1926 in Bennington, Vt., Carpenter attended Bennington High School and served as a Seabee in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He attended the National High School Institute for Theatre Arts at Northwestern University and began his performance career as a clown and magician at carnivals.

In 1944, Carpenter moved to New York City and was quickly cast in David Merrick’s short-lived Broadway play “Bright Boy.” His biography in the show’s program said he “got this part twenty-four hours after his arrival in New York.”

That show was followed by “Three to Make Ready” with Ray Bolger, “John Murray Anderson’s Almanac” with Hermione Gingold and the 1957 premiere of “Hotel Paradiso” with Bert Lahr and Angela Lansbury, which marked Lansbury’s Broadway debut.

Carleton performed on numerous radio and TV shows beginning as early as 1946, when he was a regular on the early NBC show “Campus Hoopla.” He made his film debut in Louis de Rochemont’s controversial 1949 picture “Lost Boundaries” about a Black family that passes as white.

In 1950, he was signed to a contract with MGM, starting with the film “Summer Stock” alongside Gene Kelly and Judy Garland. He also appeared in “Father of the Bride” with Elizabeth Taylor and “Three Little Worlds,” his first collaboration with Debbie Reynolds.

In “Two Weeks With Love,” Reynolds and Carpenter made history when they covered an old vaudeville song, “Aba Daba Honeymoon.” The song was released as a single, the first time that had ever been done, and it shot to the top of the charts. The two organized a vaudeville act and toured the Loew’s theater circuit around the country.

Carpenter also toured as Cornelius with the Mary Martin company of “Hello Dolly,” including a stint entertaining troops in Vietnam at the height of the war. His final Broadway credit was the 1992 production of “Crazy For You,” which he also toured across the country. His last New York performance was in the 2006 City Center Encores revival of “70 Girls 70.”

Carpenter was also a songwriter, with credits including “Christmas Eve,” recorded by Billy Eckstine, and “Cabin in the Woods” and “Ev’ry Other Day,” which he recorded for MGM Records. He also wrote the musical “Northern Boulevard,” which was staged in New York and Vermont. Carpenter was also the author of mystery novels, including “Games Murderers Play” and “Deadhead,” and had his writing published in Alfred Hitchcock Magazine.

He is survived by his nieces Lesley Phelps and Mrs. Michael Hall Axt, a close cousin Barbara Gallett, several other cousins and his longtime friend Alan Eichler. Services are pending and a memorial will be held at a later date.

 

CARPENTER, Carleton (Carleton Upham Carpenter Jr.)

Born: 7/10/1926, Bennington, Vermont, U.S.A.

Died: 1/31/2022, Warwick, New York, U.S.A.

 

Carleton Carpenter’s westerns – actor:

Vengeance Valley – 1951 (Hewie)

Sky Full of Moon 1952 (Harley ‘Tumbleweeds’ Williams)

Luke and the Tenderfoot (TV) – 1955 (Pete Quinn)

The Alaskans (TV) – 1959 (Cliff Cartright)

Cimarron City (TV) – 1959 (Ossie Harper)

The Rifleman (TV) – 1959 (George Collins)

Trackdown (TV) – 1959 (Jerry Kelso)

Outlaws (TV) – 1960 (Rafe Cutter)

 

RIP John William Galt

 Lo Wang’s Voice Actor John William Galt Passed Away Unfortunately

 

US day news

January 31, 2022

We just received heartbreaking news, announcing that American actor and voice actor John William Galt passed away on Sunday (January 30, 2022) at the age of 81. May the legend rest in power.

The tragic passing news was first confirmed by E1M1 Magazine, the world’s 1st old-school shooter publication, in a statement shared on Twitter, writing, “BREAKING NEWS: We’ve learned via reliable sources that the voice actor for Lo Wang, John William Galt, has sadly passed away last night.”

The statement then came to add, “We would like to wish his friends and family our condolences and support; John was an immensely talented, humble, and kind person. R.I.P.”

John William Galt was an actor who voices Joseph Manderley, Jock, Tracer Tong, and Lucius DeBeers in Deus Ex. He additionally had starred in movies such as Forrest Gump and JFK and in other videogames like Daikatana, Nocturne, and Shadow Warrior.

Good to know, the beloved star, born on April 4, 1940, held black belts in Taekwondo and Kung Fu.

In an interview John William Galt had with YouTuber Jake The Voice in January 2019, he opened up, “I’ve always wanted to be an actor all my life. it’s one of the reasons I grew into a young man without a tattoo. I always wanted to play Tarzan or maybe boy, and then I was too tall to playboy and never was tall enough to play Tarzan; so, I wound up without a tattoo, but other than that, when I was about 20, I had won the air force worldwide talent contest in 1958 and was doing entertainment for the air force and everything and wound up in the armed forces radio and television network and assigned to the American forces Korea Network for the rest of my time in the Air Force and that’s how I got started in it.”

He continued that because I toured with different people I toured with Johnny Grant’s operation star lift with Angie Dickinson and June Blair and rasca weights and all kinds of actors that I had heard about as a youth and was delighted to meet and work with and that’s how it started.”

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Although there is no detailed report about john William Galt’s cause of death at this time, official sources mentioned that he lost his life due to natural causes.

Nevertheless, our team does not confirm any rumors; we are trying our best to find related information about the tragedy and provide the latest updates as soon as possible; family privacy should be respected at this difficult time.

Our thoughts and prayers are with John William Galt’s family, friends, fans, and all of his loved ones on these challenging days. You can also leave a condolence message below the comment box to honor him; Fans widely ask, “what happened to him?” So if you have any related information about his passing, please share it with us.

John William Galt also appeared in other games like Deus Ex as the memorable Joseph Manderly, head of UNATCO. As we grow older, voices we love in gaming grow older too and one day they’ll sadly pass as all of us will. RIP Mr. Galt,and thank you for the memories.

Celebrities’ death news always break many hearts; however, fans remember memories, and their idols are alive in their mind even after death.

Here we collected some of his friends, fans, and loved ones’ reactions to the news, including the heart-touching tributes they posted on social media.

Someone said, “John William Galt also appeared in other games such as Deus Ex as the memorable Joseph Manderly, head of UNATCO. As we grow older, voices we love in gaming grow older too and one day they’ll sadly pass as all of us will. RIP Mr. Galt, and thank you for the memories.”

Another added, “I will truly miss John William Galt. He had the voice of a lion, but he couldn’t sing his way out of a wet paper bag. Fortunately, I did that for him in Lo Wang’s Rap.”

A fan wrote, “We just got word that John Galt has died. John was the voice of Lo Wang in the original @ShadowWarrior and Grandfather Enisi in Prey (2006). His career was more than just video games, make sure and check out his IMDB page.”

Another penned, “This is so sad. John’s voice helped bring life to so many classic games, movies, and shows. Deus Ex wouldn’t have been quite as good without him.”

Also a fan tweeted, “The original SW is also one of the best shooters ever made, with great level design and a fantastic weapon roster, as for the racism, it was fair for its day and would not have been included if made today, RIP a true warrior.”

 

GALT, John William

Born: 4/4/1940, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A.

Died: 1/29/2022, U.S.A.

 

John William Galt’s westerns – actor:

The Return of Josey Wales – 1980 (Kelly)

Walker, Texas Ranger (TV) – 1996 (Vern)

Sundown – 2008 (Maynard ‘Dub’ Keller) [writer]