Murray Gershenz, whose credits as a character actor ranged from Todd Phillips’ The Hangover to The Sarah Silverman Program, died after a heart attack on August 28. He was 91. Gershenz passed away in Los Angeles, where he’d also owned and operated music store “Music Man Murray” for over 50 years. The late bloomer began his acting career at age 80 with a role on Will & Grace as Uncle Funny; his film highlights include I Love You, Man, Smashed, and The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. His resume also included episodes of Parks and Recreation, Mad Men, House M.D., Modern Family, Raising Hope, NCIS, Kickin’ It, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Tonight Show. He recently completed work on Sullivan & Son. Gershenz is survived by his children Irving, Norman and Nada, his grandchildren Sarah and Carmela, his great grandchildren Vincent and Mila. He was repped by close friend and manager Corey Allen Kotler and agent Theo Caesar.
- 9/8/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
When movie lovers think of a lone hero trapped in a high-rise controlled by bad guys, the classic Bruce Willis actioner Die Hard comes to mind. Released in 1988, the film made Willis more than just that guy from Moonlighting and started a new genre, the contained space action movie. Soon other films were copying Die Hard's spatial premise with thrillers of their own that became “Die Hard on a _____”. Die Hard wasn't the first film to have this premise – The Big Clock (1948) later remade as No Way Out (1987) comes to mind – just the first to do it really well. About a year prior, Charlie Band, who would strike gold with the Dtv Puppet Master horror films, produced a small action movie set in New York about an insurance salesman who finds himself in a Die Hard situation with a local gang. Garry Frank plays Barry, an insurance salesman who's...
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