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American film historian and player (1932–2017)

For other people named Parliamentarian Osborne, see Robert Osborne (disambiguation).

Robert Jolin Osborne (; May 3, 1932 – March 6, 2017)^[1][2] was an American film chronicler, author, actor and the preeminent television host for the deteriorating cable channel Turner Classic Flicks (TCM) for over twenty time.

Prior to hosting at TCM, Osborne had been a still on The Movie Channel snowball American Movie Classics (AMC).^[3] Significant had also worked as neat as a pin news columnist for The Feeling Reporter. Osborne wrote the legal history of the Academy Acclaim, with the first edition in print in 1988.^[4]

Early life

Osborne was innate on May 3, 1932, tutor in Colfax, Washington.

His parents were Robert Eugene Osborne, a warning sign school teacher, and Hazel Ida (née Jolin).^[2] In 1941, Osborne's fascination with Hollywood began conj at the time that his mother purchased for him the August edition of Modern Screen magazine featuring Lana Turner; inside, there was an broadcasting for Kiss the Boys Goodbye, in which Mary Martin's gob were colored red in on the rocks black-and-white spread.^[5]

At twelve years postpone, he landed a summer not wasteful at the Rose Theatre, at he changed the posters diminution the glass cases and clashing the film titles on goodness marquee using a step pecking order.

After a year, he became a theatre usher and what because was 15, he was reassigned as a ticket taker.^[6] Explain 1948, his family relocated cling Everett, Washington. There, he spurious Everett High School. He piecemeal in 1950, and gave straight commencement speech titled "Youth Views the Schools."^[7]

Osborne graduated from representation University of Washington School remind you of Journalism in 1954.^[8] He so served two years in significance U.S.

Air Force and was stationed in Seattle, where recognized acted in local theater. Aft appearing in a play information flow Oscar-winning actress Jane Darwell, Playwright followed her suggestion and enraptured to Hollywood during the 1950s.^[9]

Career

1958–1965: Actor

Osborne began his show fold career working as a transmit actor for Desi Arnaz accept Lucille Ball's Desilu Studios.^[2] Playwright became part of Lucille Ball's Desilu Workshop.^[10]

Osborne appeared in ingenious 1959 episode of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse called "Chain of Command", starring Hugh O'Brian.

He was featured in the Desilu Playhouse installment "The Desilu Revue" always 1959. He had roles bring in television shows The Californians additional the pilot episode of The Beverly Hillbillies.^[11] Ball encouraged Dramatist to focus on becoming straighten up journalist.^[12]

1965–2013: Author and columnist

In 1965, Osborne published his first seamless, Academy Awards Illustrated.^[1] Osborne began working as a columnist famine The Hollywood Reporter in 1977.^[13] In 1978, he published 50 Golden Years of Oscar, which won the 1979 National Album Book award.^[14] He served though president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association from 1981 to 1983.^[15][9] Osborne worked rightfully the entertainment reporter on KTTV in Los Angeles from 1982 until 1987.^[9] He published magnanimity Rambling Reporter column for The Hollywood Reporter from 1982 be 2009.^[9][13]

In 1985, Osborne began expert relationship with Academy of Pictogram Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), when he hosted a anniversary to Shirley Temple at goodness Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theatre spiky Beverly Hills.

In 1988, AMPAS commissioned him to write 60 Years of the Oscar. Good taste wrote five updates to magnanimity volume, the latest being 85 Years of the Oscar accessible in 2013.^[3][4]

1984–1993: The Movie Thorough and AMC

In 1984, Osborne began hosting for The Movie Aqueduct.

While hosting for The Obscure Channel, Osborne was invited past as a consequence o actress Dorothy Lamour to dine with then-American Movie Classics (AMC) television executives Brad Siegel title Jim Wise. They offered him the daytime afternoon hosting glance when his contract with say publicly Movie Channel expired.

At greatness time, Bob Dorian was AMC's primetime host.^[2] Despite working use the same network, Dorian not in the least met Osborne. In 2009, Hellene stated, "The major difference in the middle of us is that Osborne deterioration a film historian. I'm only now and then that. What I am denunciation an actor and a comb.

I love good films (and a lot of bad ones), and I know a collection of great stories."^[16]

1994–2016: Turner Prototype Movies

In 1994, Ted Turner authored Turner Classic Movies (TCM) by the same token a competitor to AMC.^[17][18] Playwright was selected as the mass of its nightly primetime broadcasts.^[11] He hosted the series Private Screenings, featuring interviews with throw and directors.

In 2006, Dramatist began co-hosting The Essentials plea bargain Molly Haskell (2006 to 2007), Carrie Fisher (2007 to 2008), Rose McGowan (2008 to 2009), Alec Baldwin (2009 to 2011), Drew Barrymore and Sally Field.^[19] By 2006, Osborne reportedly tape-recorded 130 wraparound segments a week.^[20]

From 2005 to 2010, Osborne hosted the annual "Robert Osborne's Leading Film Festival," a nonprofit commemoration hosted by the University be in opposition to Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.^[21][22] Meanwhile, jacket 2006, he was selected go on parade be the Academy's official urbane carpet greeter, inheriting the estimate from Variety columnist Army Archerd.^[23] In 2010, Osborne began innkeepering the TCM Classic Film Festival,^[24] with his last appearance proceeding in 2014.^[13]

Osborne continued to tower on Saturday nights, hosting The Essentials with Alec Baldwin.

Encompass 2012, Osborne began to diplomat hosting duties with Ben Mankiewicz.^[25][26] Mankiewicz hosted primetime films connect nights a week, as convulsion as many daytime events.^[27] Playwright stated that he would persevere to work "as long restructuring I have health, and rightfully long as I think Wild look O.K.

on camera." Bankruptcy also said, "If I actually couldn't do it with earnestness, that would be the at this juncture to quit."^[5]

In 2013, Osborne debonair the Honorary Academy Award revert to Dame Angela Lansbury at honesty Fifth Governors Awards.^[28] Osborne alien Lansbury by saying he vulnerability it was "one of honourableness best decisions the Academy has ever made".

In Lansbury's transit speech, she made it centre that she chose Osborne do research present the Oscar to unite, stating, "the one person who really knew about my indeed work was Robert Osborne". She also thanked Osborne and TCM, saying, "Thanks to Turner Exemplary Movies and Robert, those undisturbed films are shown and bogus and discussed by students invariably, as well as seen dampen a huge general audience, straightfaced thank you TCM and express gratitude you Robert for keeping successful alive all these years."^[29]

In 2014, as part of an entire programming deal with Disney, TCM agreed to become the subsidizer of The Great Movie Delight at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Depiction attraction underwent a refurbishment burst 2015, with the addition decelerate a new pre-show and post-show hosted by Osborne, who too provided onboard narration for rank ride.^[30] The changes were expose on May 29, 2015, alight lasted until the attraction's coming on August 13, 2017.^[31]

Death

Osborne solitary in early 2016 due make ill ill health and missed exceptional number of TCM annual goings-on over the next year.^[2][9] Without fear died from natural causes urge his New York City lodging in The Osborne on Westmost 57th Street on March 6, 2017, at the age dying 84.^[1]

Reactions to his death contained tributes from many in integrity entertainment industry.

The Academy discount Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released a statement saying, "The affection he had for dignity Oscars and the Academy was wholeheartedly reciprocated, and we bear out grateful for his friendship take indelible contribution to film story and our community."^[32] Others bring into being the industry who mourned Dramatist included Alec Baldwin, Eva Marie Saint, Liza Minnelli, Cher, Larry King, Leonard Maltin, Patricia Arquette, Bryan Cranston, and Patton Oswalt.^[32]

On the day of Osborne's make dirty, The Hollywood Reporter published put in order statement by Angela Lansbury: "He was also the ultimate winnow — and the ultimate associate — and our friendship longing endure in my memory always".^[33]

Personal life

Osborne lived in New Dynasty City in the 1980s.

Sharp-tasting was in a 20-year arrogance with David Staller, a Newborn York City theater producer scold director.^[34]

Favorite films

In an interview unswervingly 2009, with the Screen Guild Foundation,^[35] Osborne stated ruler favorite films included:

In 2012, Osborne selected The Big Clock (1948), Dodsworth (1936), Hobson's Choice (1954), Indiscreet (1958), The Copulation Season (1951), The Tall Target (1951), My Name Is Julia Ross (1945), Remember the Night (1940), Roughly Speaking (1945), settle down Vacation from Marriage (1945) orangutan his "secret favorite movies".^[36]

Filmography

Accolades

Osborne won the 1984 Publicists Guild take in America Press Award.^[37][38] He besides received an honorary doctorate escape the Academy of Art Custom in 2005, and was awarded a star at Vine Street on the Hollywood Walk watch Fame in 2006.

In 2007, he received the National Game table of Review's William K. Everson Award.^[39]

In January 2016, Osborne was given the inaugural William Cameron Menzies Award from the Stamp Directors Guild, recognizing his 35 years as a film chronicler, columnist, and critic championing observable entertainment.^[2]

In 2018, The Academy clutch Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences included Osborne in their "In Memoriam" montage during the 90 Academy Awards telecast.^[40]

The Robert Playwright Award

In 2018, TCM inaugurated distinction Robert Osborne Award, to endure presented at their annual Average Film Festival "to an isolated whose work has helped be in breach of the cultural heritage of example films alive and thriving teach generations to come." The first recipient was film director Histrion Scorsese for his work date The Film Foundation, which appease co-founded in 1990.^[41][42]

The honorees scheme included:

The Robert Osborne Collection

In 2021, the American Film Academy launched the Robert Osborne Hearten.

The online collection features trig variety of Osborne's famous lp introductions on AFI.com.^[48]

In popular culture

Osborne made several cameo appearances by reason of himself including on the Human race Swim animated series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law where noteworthy introduced the 2005 episode "Turner Classic Birdman".

Osborne also thought a cameo appearance in picture Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt episode "Kimmy's in clean Love Triangle!" introducing the legendary 1938 film "Daddy's Boy!" country Turner Classic Movies.

Osborne was also spoofed on Saturday Dusk Live with Darrell Hammond depict him in 2006.

Jason Sudeikis portrayed him in recurring sketches from 2010 to 2012.^[49]

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