theGinsue
07-01-2023, 00:40
Alan Arkin passed away on June 29, 2023 of heart failure at the age of 89.
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Mr. Arkin's career in acting spanned over 7 decades where he acted in 111, directer in 9 and wrote 6 productions.
While he eventually (2007) won an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for the movie Little Miss Sunshine, in my opinion, Alan Arkin's acting was always under-rated. He truly was an exceptional actor.
Most folks today will best remember him as Tim Allen's Scott Calvin/Santa Claus father-in-law in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. I'll always remember him in his role as Simas Kudirka in the made for TV movie The Defection of Simas Kudirka (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN-RPMaNX8k) (1974). In either the 5th or 6th grade, my teacher had us watch this show in school. Not knowing anything about world politics up until that point, I had a quick lesson in the harsh realities of the Soviet Union and how they treated their people when I watched this movie.
Farewell Mr. Arkin, you entertained and educated us well.
94151
Mr. Arkin's career in acting spanned over 7 decades where he acted in 111, directer in 9 and wrote 6 productions.
While he eventually (2007) won an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for the movie Little Miss Sunshine, in my opinion, Alan Arkin's acting was always under-rated. He truly was an exceptional actor.
Most folks today will best remember him as Tim Allen's Scott Calvin/Santa Claus father-in-law in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. I'll always remember him in his role as Simas Kudirka in the made for TV movie The Defection of Simas Kudirka (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN-RPMaNX8k) (1974). In either the 5th or 6th grade, my teacher had us watch this show in school. Not knowing anything about world politics up until that point, I had a quick lesson in the harsh realities of the Soviet Union and how they treated their people when I watched this movie.
Farewell Mr. Arkin, you entertained and educated us well.