Donald Clarke

• Deaths
• July 16, 2012, 12:45

Yes, until yesterday, she was still with us. Holm, who was 95, is memorable for a relatively small number of roles from Hollywood’s golden era.  Always dryly witty and slightly hoarse in her delivery, she enlivened the indestructible musical High …

• Deaths
• July 9, 2012, 16:22

Obviously, nobody was better at being Ernest Borgnine than Ernest Borgnine. But that great actor, who has died at the age of 95, did have the honour of defining a cinematic type. No doubt, when burrowing through photographs, casting agents …

• Deaths
• March 27, 2012, 22:01

Ulu Grosbard, who has died at the age of 83, is one of those directors who fell through the cracks. He had an awesome reputation as a theatre director — directing Dustin Hoffman, Robert Duvall and Jon Voight in a production of …

• Deaths Uncategorized
• February 4, 2012, 21:28

Just look at this now-poignant Life cover from 1969. Three of the finest actors of their generations — all good pals — have got themselves dolled up for the photographer. It’s Peter Falk, John Cassavetes and Ben Gazzara. Don’t they …

• Deaths
• January 4, 2012, 22:20

I return to the sad news that the great Ronald Searle has passed away at the age of 91. The artist had an eventful life. A working-class boy from Cambridge, he was captured by the Japanese during the second World …

• Deaths
• December 18, 2011, 19:57

By now, you have probably had enough of Mr Hitchens. The great polemicist had barely been transported to the mortuary before lesser writers — a category that includes almost all of the tribe — began questioning his worth and wondering …

• Deaths
• June 26, 2011, 12:46

“Just one more thing, ma’am.” That was your catchphrase. Though the great man had a distinguished career — particularly in the films of John Cassavetes — Peter Falk would, almost certainly, not object to the phrase “best known for playing …

• Deaths
• April 21, 2011, 14:44

As you may be aware, Tim Hetherington, the talented photojournalist, has been killed while working in Libya. Hetherington emerged above ground last year when he co-directed a stunning documentary about the war in Afghanistan called Restrepo. The film has already …