Henry Gibson, RIP

September 17th, 2009 at 07:59am Will Pfeifer

Henry Gibson, who died earlier this week at the age of 73, had what can safely be called a wide-ranging career. He was a regular on the TV show LAUGH-IN, made memorable appearances in Robert Altman’s NASHVILLE and THE LONG GOODBYE, and played an ominous barfly in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1999 Altmanesque drama, MAGNOLIA. He guest-starred on dozens of TV shows, from THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW to QUINCY to BOSTON LEGAL, and even had a role in Jerry Lewis’ THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, where he played a student named “Gibson.”

But here in Illinois, he’ll always be best known for this scene from THE BLUES BROTHERS…

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