“Forgotten Hollywood”- Character Actor Deluxe…
Manny P. here… 
“`Earl Holliman was a busy actor in many of Hollywood’s top movie productions for over six decades. He won a Golden Globe Award for the film The Rainmaker, co-starring with Katharine Hepburn and Burt Lancaster. Holliman was also an activist and was an honorary chairman for Toys for Tots and president of Actors and Others for Animals for twenty-five years.
“`Wanting to become an actor, he traveled to Hollywood on money he earned as an usher and as a news boy. He joined the military despite his being too young to enlist. Holliman spent most of his free time at the Hollywood Canteen.
“`While performing at the Pasadena Playhouse, he sneaked to the Paramount Pictures lot by claiming to have an appointment with the studio barber. Holliman eventually became friends with studio executives. He receuved a small bit part opposite Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in Scared Stiff. Other movie roles include Broken Lance, The Bridges at Toko-Ri, The Big Combo, I Died a Thousand Times, Forbidden Planet, Giant, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and The Sons of Katie Elder.
“`On television, Holliman had the distinction of appearing on the pilot episode of The Twilight Zone. He landed a starring part on Police Woman, and a recurring role on The Thorn Birds and Caroline in the City.
“`Columnist Louella Parsons once referred to the soft-spoken actor as dedicated as though he were Marlon Brando and Anthony Perkins combined, high praise considering his unassuming presence on screen.
“`Earl Holliman was ninety-six.
Until next time> “never forget”
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