Michael J. Pollard, a beloved actor of the silver screen since the late 1950s, has passed away. His death was announced via Facebook today by filmmaker Rob Zombie, who directed Pollard in the 2003 ultra-violent horror film House Of 1000 Corpses. According to an obituary posted by The New York Times, a friend of Pollard's by the name of Dawn Walker stated that the actor died on…...
- 11/22/2019
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Michael J. Pollard, whose long list of acting credits stretches back to the late 1950s but likely will is best remembered for his Oscar-nominated, star-making turn as the dimwitted but lovable sidekick C.W. Moss in 1967’s Bonnie and Clyde, has died. He was 80.
His death was announced on Facebook today by filmmaker Rob Zombie, who directed Pollard in 2003’s House of 1000 Corpses. A New York Times obituary cites Pollard’s friend Dawn Walker, who says the actor died Thursday of cardiac arrest at a Los Angeles hospital.
“Another member of our House of 1000 Corpses family has left us,” Zombie wrote. “The great Michael J Pollard has died. I have been a huge fan of Michael since I first saw him on the Star Trek “Miri”. He was amazing in everything from Bonnie and Clyde to Little Fauss and Big Halsy from Dirty Little Billy to The Four of the Apocalypse.
His death was announced on Facebook today by filmmaker Rob Zombie, who directed Pollard in 2003’s House of 1000 Corpses. A New York Times obituary cites Pollard’s friend Dawn Walker, who says the actor died Thursday of cardiac arrest at a Los Angeles hospital.
“Another member of our House of 1000 Corpses family has left us,” Zombie wrote. “The great Michael J Pollard has died. I have been a huge fan of Michael since I first saw him on the Star Trek “Miri”. He was amazing in everything from Bonnie and Clyde to Little Fauss and Big Halsy from Dirty Little Billy to The Four of the Apocalypse.
- 11/22/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael J. Pollard, an Oscar-nominated actor who starred in “Bonnie and Clyde” and in Rob Zombie’s horror film “House of 1000 Corpses,” has died. He was 80.
Zombie broke the news on his Facebook page Friday morning. A representative for Pollard did not immediately respond to TheWrap for comment. Dawn Walker, a longtime friend of Pollard, told The New York Times that he died of cardiac arrest on Thursday at a hospital in Los Angeles.
“We have lost another member of our ‘House of 1000 Corpses’ family. I woke up to the news that Michael J. Pollard had died. I have always loved his work and his truly unique on screen presence,” Zombie said. “He was one of the first actors I knew I had to work with as soon as I got my first film off the ground. He will be missed.”
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Zombie broke the news on his Facebook page Friday morning. A representative for Pollard did not immediately respond to TheWrap for comment. Dawn Walker, a longtime friend of Pollard, told The New York Times that he died of cardiac arrest on Thursday at a hospital in Los Angeles.
“We have lost another member of our ‘House of 1000 Corpses’ family. I woke up to the news that Michael J. Pollard had died. I have always loved his work and his truly unique on screen presence,” Zombie said. “He was one of the first actors I knew I had to work with as soon as I got my first film off the ground. He will be missed.”
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- 11/22/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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