Sam the butcher for the Brady Bunch dies
Sam the butcher for the Brady Bunch dies
#1Sam the butcher for the Brady Bunch dies
Posted: 1/19/08 at 6:03pm
FYI- the actor that played Alice's main squeeze on the Brady Bunch passed away.
http://www6.comcast.net/entertainment/articles/2008/01/19/ENTERTAINMENT-MELVIN-DEATH-DC/
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2re: Sam the butcher for the Brady Bunch dies
Posted: 1/19/08 at 9:36pmHe was a great character actor and played on a lot of sitcoms. Recently, TVLand showed the episode where he played a gangster on Andy Griffith.
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nmartin
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#2re: Sam the butcher for the Brady Bunch dies
Posted: 1/19/08 at 9:41pmI read about this earlier today. He was one of those wonderful character actors whose name you probably didn't know but as soon as you saw him, "Oh, that guy. I've seen him in a lot."
wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#3re: Sam the butcher for the Brady Bunch dies
Posted: 1/20/08 at 2:15amHe was also on "All In The Family."
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#4re: Sam the butcher for the Brady Bunch dies
Posted: 1/20/08 at 10:07am
I remember him from a lot of commercials too.
A great face and voice. Such a part of my childhood! Back when we had character actors on TV.
He will be missed.
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Jon
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#5re: Sam the butcher for the Brady Bunch dies
Posted: 1/20/08 at 1:37pmHe was also the voice of Magilla Gorilla!
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#6re: Sam the butcher for the Brady Bunch dies
Posted: 1/20/08 at 1:44pm
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#7re: Sam the butcher for the Brady Bunch dies
Posted: 1/20/08 at 5:19pm
He was also on The Old Sgt Bilko series in addition to the original Honeymooners
He will be missed
Poster Emeritus
#8re: Sam the butcher for the Brady Bunch dies
Posted: 1/20/08 at 6:06pmHe will be missed. He added to so many TV shows - the worst one being the 70's drek show The Brady Bunch. How sad that the headline to such an amazing character actor labels him in his most thankless role.
AudreyTwoTwo
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#9re: Sam the butcher for the Brady Bunch dies
Posted: 1/20/08 at 9:20pmAww man. My condolences. I used to watch the Bradys all of the time.
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RetroBoy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/1/07
#10re: Sam the butcher from the Brady Bunch dies
Posted: 1/20/08 at 9:43pmOh...how did I miss this? Great character/voice actor and I don't think his role in THE BRADY BUNCH was thankless at all. It brought him a generation of new fans.
#11re: Sam the butcher from the Brady Bunch dies
Posted: 1/21/08 at 2:41amI agree. I know that he has many credits, but if my brother and I didn't watch "The Brady Bunch" we would have never known who he was. We were both born in the seventies- it was a new generation of fans for him....
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#12re: Sam the butcher from the Brady Bunch dies
Posted: 1/21/08 at 9:11am
The Brady Bunch has made everyone associated with it TV legends.
How on earth is that thankless?
Without his ongoing appearances as Sam the Butcher, nobody today would know who he is.
More like thankFUL.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#13re: Sam the butcher from the Brady Bunch dies
Posted: 1/21/08 at 9:20amI always thought he would make a great Herbie in Gypsy.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Gothampc
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#14re: Sam the butcher from the Brady Bunch dies
Posted: 1/21/08 at 9:31am
"A great face and voice. Such a part of my childhood! Back when we had character actors on TV."
Sigh! Back when we had character actors in anything. Unfortunately Hollywood, tv and Broadway no longer employ the likes of Marjorie Main, Margaret Hamilton, Thelma Ritter, Don Knotts, Charles Lane, Frank Nelson and the list goes on and on.
ETA: A shout out for "Everybody Loves Raymond" that kept Doris Roberts and Peter Boyle working.
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Updated On: 1/21/08 at 09:31 AM
#15re: Sam the butcher from the Brady Bunch dies
Posted: 1/21/08 at 9:31amHe would have! I wonder if he ever played it.
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