The soap world lost a number of greats both in front of and behind the camera this year. Here is the annual We Love Soaps TV tribute to those who passed away in 2010 including Michael Gene Adams, Danny Aiello III, Himan Brown, Dixie Carter, Christopher Cazenove, Jill Clayburgh, Gary Coleman, Jacqueline Courtney, John Forsythe, David Froman, James Gammon, Harold Gould, Carl Gordon, Suzanne Grossman, Park Yong Ha, Peter Haskell, June Havoc, Carol Pfander Henderson, Bernard Kates, Larry Keith, Antonie Kamerling, Mick Lally, Simon MacCorkindale, Nan Martin, Kevin McCarthy, Rue McClanahan, Caroline McWilliams, Werner Michel, James Mitchell, Gordon Mulholland, Roger Newman, Michelle Nicastro, Leslie Nielsen, Vince O'Brien, Niek Pancras, Nancy Pinkerton, Addison Powell, Carla Princi, Bob Rappaport, Frances Reid, Lynn Redgrave, Rosa Rio, Zelda Rubinstein, Paul Ryan Rudd, Jean Simmons and Helen Wagner.
- 1/2/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
Beloved American character actor Vince O'Brien has died from heart failure at the age of 91.
O'Brien passed away last Saturday, his son Liam has confirmed.
His decades-long career included memorable roles as a hotel doctor in Woody Allen's movie classic Annie Hall and as a debauched businessman in the Broadway musical comedy Promises, Promises.
He also had recurring television roles as judges on dramas including Law and Order, Ryan's Hope, The Edge of Night and Dark Shadows.
However, O'Brien is perhaps most recognisable as the Shell Answer Man, in television and print ads for the petroleum company.
He last appeared on the big screen in the early 1990s, in Six Degrees of Separation and Quiz Show.
O'Brien was survived by his wife Kate, a daughter, three sons, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
O'Brien passed away last Saturday, his son Liam has confirmed.
His decades-long career included memorable roles as a hotel doctor in Woody Allen's movie classic Annie Hall and as a debauched businessman in the Broadway musical comedy Promises, Promises.
He also had recurring television roles as judges on dramas including Law and Order, Ryan's Hope, The Edge of Night and Dark Shadows.
However, O'Brien is perhaps most recognisable as the Shell Answer Man, in television and print ads for the petroleum company.
He last appeared on the big screen in the early 1990s, in Six Degrees of Separation and Quiz Show.
O'Brien was survived by his wife Kate, a daughter, three sons, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
- 7/2/2010
- WENN
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