Harve Presnell has died
Harve Presnell has died
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 4:42pm
75 years old, cause was Pancreatic cancer according to the AP.
RIP.
#2re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 4:48pm
Sad to hear it. I briefly dated his niece in college.
Dang, they are really dropping off...
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WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#2re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 4:49pmMay he rest in peace.
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#3re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 5:07pm"They" aren't dropping off quickly. Tens of thousands of people die each and every day. Some of them happen to be famous.
#4re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 5:10pmAnd...that's not what I meant, but ok. Thanks for clarifying?
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FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#5re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 5:22pmI carried his bags when the Annie tour came through when I was a teenage bellboy. Man was Annie's mom pissed he got the bigger suite.
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#6re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 5:27pmOooooo...Six Degrees of Finding Namo! It's only four degrees, but it's a unique bond we share. I wonder how many other Harve Presnell stories we can find around here. Maybe we can create something akin to Alice Pieszecki's "Chart".
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#7re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 5:28pmMister Matt, I knew what you meant. Just wanted to add my 2 cents.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#8re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 5:44pm
The last time I saw him was in Annie Warbucks & he was right on in playing him. He also was famous (or infamous) for play Rhett Butler in the London musical "Gone With The Wind" . He was the only good thing in the movie Paint Your Wagon with his voice booming "They Call The Wind Maria"
RIP
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#9re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 5:48pmWas it not that bad? Did the critics have it in for it?
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#12re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 7:01pm
My sister had the biggest crush on him when she saw the film version of "Molly Brown". I couldn't figure out what the big attraction was. I mean the voice was beautiful but other than that I just didn't see anything special. Then I saw him with the black wig and goatee in "Paint Your Wagon" and WOWOWOWOWEEEE!!! I know it makes me extremely shallow and embarrasingly normal - but who cares? I kept waiting for him to appear in more musicals but sadly, Molly Brown pretty much marked the end of the big Hollywood musicals. Imagine what a career he would have had in films if he'd just come along 10 or 20 years earlier!
RIP Harve. Blond, brunette, or Warbucks bald, you were still a mighty fine looking gentleman!
Meow!
#13re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 7:04pm
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Updated On: 7/1/09 at 07:04 PM
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#14re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 7:42pm
"He's goin' to MAC-Donald's instead of finishin' here!"
I shall miss this man, if only for being involved with one of the greatest movies I've ever seen.
fgreene1938
Leading Actor Joined: 10/25/06
#15re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 9:21pmA fine performer. Musical and jubilant in "Molly Brown" and with a deadly focus in "Fargo"...a great performance. Rest his soul.
#16re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 9:40pmI used to watch Lois & Clark when I was in high school back before the days of imdb. Back then I had no idea that Lois Lane's dad was the same guy from Molly Brown
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#17re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 9:49pmHe was brilliat in ANNIE 2: MISS HANNIGAN'S REVENGE. Rest in peace.
#18re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 9:59pmSad news. I actually saw GONE WITH THE WIND .... he was a bright spot in a jaw-dropping experience.
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#19re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 10:03pmWow. You are so lucky to have seen GONE WITH THE WIND, TimesSquareRegular. I'm sure it was an experience to remember.
#20re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 10:26pmYes, GWTW was really something special .... not necessarily in the nicest sense. Unfortunately I was not there any of the performances when the horse displayed his lack of toilet training.
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#21re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/1/09 at 11:22pmI never saw Mr Presnell on stage in MOLLY BROWN, but I did see him in ANNIE WARBUCKS and in a 1970's production of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN with Debbie Reynolds, which re-christened the long-dormant Orpheum in San Francisco. Loved his voice.
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CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#22re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:35am
Get out the DVD's and CDs and enjoy a wonderful
Voice and presence.
Him and Tammy
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WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#23re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/2/09 at 9:31am
To lower the discourse just a tad, in the film Molly Brown, Harve Presnell is packing something very serious in the front of his well-fitted trousers. That's an overlooked Oscar for Costumes AND Set Decoration.
Back to the high road--pity Presnell didn't stay in NY. Think of the leading man roles he would have been up for: La Mancha (or any Kiley role), Clear Day, Follies, Night Music, any Preston role, and perhaps even Company.
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#24re: Harve Presnell has died
Posted: 7/2/09 at 10:25am
I was fortunate enough to see him live on two different occasions:
1) in early 1974 at the cavernous Arie Crown Theatre in Chicago in SHOW BOAT; co-starring with Mickey Rooney (whom Harv - as he was then spelling his name - TOWERED OVER) and an actress named Linda Michele (whatever happened to her I wonder? - she did A LOT of summer stock and tours in the '70s). She replaced Kathryn Grayson who called in sick; which was often her habit.
2) in one of the several subsequent re-writes of Annie 2 a/k/a Annie Warbucks at the Marriott Lincolnshire outside of Chicago in 1992.
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