William Edward Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer, director, and television host. He gained prominence in the 1970s and '80s for television roles as Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom "Soap" and as a cast member and frequent host of "Saturday Night Live". He then became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes "Rabbit Test" (1978), "The Princess Bride" (1987), "Throw Momma from the Train" (1987), "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989), "City Slickers" (1991), "Mr. Saturday Night" (1992), "Analyze This" (1999), and "Parental Guidance" (2012).
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Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal | Introduction
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what year did harry met sally come out
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1989
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who directed this film?
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Rob Reiner
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who are the lead actors in the film?
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Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan
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who composed the music for it?
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Harry Connick Jr. and Marc Shaiman
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He  is an American actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer, director, and television host.
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what are some of the awards conferred to him?
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Six Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Mark Twain Prize
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For his work performing stand-up, writing, acting, directing, and producing, Crystal has received several awards and nominations. Among them are 21 Emmy Award nominations, with six wins. He won a Tony Award, and Drama Desk Award for his one man performance play, "700 Sundays" in 2005. In 1991, Crystal was honored by being given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2007, Crystal received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor where he was honored by his friends Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Rob Reiner, Robert DeNiro, Danny DeVito, John Goodman, Jon Lovitz, Jimmy Fallon, Martin Short, Bob Costas and Barbara Walters at the Kennedy Center.
List of awards and nominations received by Billy Crystal | Introduction
Crystal is known for his is numerous roles in film and television. Crystal's first film appearances include Joan Rivers' "Rabbit Test" (1978), and Rob Reiner's "This is Spinal Tap" (1984). In 1987, he starred in Reiner's fantasy romance "The Princess Bride" as Miracle Max alongside Carol Kane and the dark comedy "Throw Momma from the Train" with Danny DeVito. He then starred in Reiner's classic romantic comedy film "When Harry Met Sally..." alongside Meg Ryan in 1989. He then executive produced and starred in the western comedy film, "City Slickers" (1991). He then wrote, directed and starred in the show business drama, "Mr.
Billy Crystal | Filmography
Saturday Night" in (1992). He continued to act in films such as Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet", Woody Allen's "Deconstructing Harry" and the gangster comedy "Analyze This" with Robert De Niro. In 2001 Crystal voiced Mike Wazowski in the Pixar animated film "Monsters, Inc." and reprised his role in "Monsters University" (2013). He also voiced Calcifer the Fire-Demon in Hayao Miyazaki in "Howl's Moving Castle" (2004).
Billy Crystal | Filmography
After he went to Hollywood, he made over three hundred appearances on television and in movies. He appeared in a number of television series and also opened for such stars as Bob Hope. One role was Walter Wilder in the 1995 film "Lord of Illusions", directed by Clive Barker. He also appeared in the 1987 TV film "Young Harry Houdini". He became a prominent figure at The Magic Castle and was affectionately billed as "The Worlds Largest Leprechaun." In 1964 he was invited to join the Entertainment charitable fraternity, the Grand Order of Water Rats. In his 80s he continued to perform regularly in Las Vegas and as an opening act for The Amazing Johnathan.
Billy McComb | Entertainer
Billy Crystal is an American actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer, director and television host. The filmography of his work as follows. Crystal started his career in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom "Soap" and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989), "City Slickers" (1991), and "Analyze This" (1999) and providing the voice of Mike in the "Monsters, Inc." franchise. He has hosted the Academy Awards nine times from 1990 through the 84th Academy Awards in 2012.
Billy Crystal filmography | Introduction
Reiner directed Crystal for a third time in the romantic comedy "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989), in which Crystal starred alongside Meg Ryan and for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe. The film has since become an iconic classic for the genre and is Crystal's most celebrated film. Crystal then starred in the award-winning buddy comedy "City Slickers" (1991), which proved very successful both commercially and critically and for which Crystal was nominated for his second Golden Globe. The film was followed by a sequel, which was less successful. In 1992, he narrated "Dr. Seuss Video Classics: Horton Hatches the Egg".
Billy Crystal | Film career
American standup up comedian, actor, writer, and director Billy Crystal has received numerous awards for his work including five Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Drama Desk Award. He has also received multiple Golden Globe Award and Grammy Award nominations. Crystal won his first Primetime Emmy Award in 1989 for his hosting abilities of the 31st Grammy Awards. He won his second Emmy in 1991 for hosting, and writing the material at the 63rd Academy Awards. He received two Grammy Award nominations for his comedy album, "You Look Marvelous" in 1987, and his Spoken Word Album, "Still Foolin' Em" in 2013.
List of awards and nominations received by Billy Crystal | Introduction
Billy Crystal – "City Slickers"
1992 MTV Movie Awards | Best Comedic Performance
The show received a mixed reception from media publications. Some media outlets were more critical of the show. Television critic Joanne Ostrow of "The Denver Post" commented "Billy Crystal had a smashing first 10 minutes at the Oscars last night," but she later went on to say that inevitable sweep by "The English Patient" created a dull atmosphere that even sucked the energy out of Crystal's performance. Columnist Brian Lowry wrote in "Los Angeles Times", "This year the mystery far outweighed the magic, in a telecast that proved less compelling--indeed, during stretches more downright dull--than recent predecessors." He also quipped that even though Crystal was mildly entertaining, some of his jokes "felt a bit forced and stale." "The Star-Ledger"'s Alan Sepinwall noted, "Crystal was a bundle of energy, but his jokes had less zing than in the past." He also observed that the Film Editing dance number and "That Thing You Do" musical performance were hideously bloated.
69th Academy Awards | Critical response
He is in control of himself, except for deciding the moment of his own death. Besides all that, I got paid pretty good money to make it. Four decades after his film debut, Palance won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on March 30, 1992 for his performance as Curly. Stepping onstage to accept the award, the 6' 4" (1.93 m) actor looked down at 5' 7" (1.70 m) Oscar host Billy Crystal (who was also his co-star in the movie), and joked, mimicking one of his lines from the film, "Billy Crystal... I crap bigger than him." He then dropped to the floor and demonstrated his ability, at age 73, to perform one-armed push-ups.
Jack Palance | "City Slickers"
Billy Bob Thornton – "The Man Who Wasn't There"
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2001 | Best Actor
Film critic Roger Ebert said when Crystal came onstage about two hours into the show, he got the first laughs of the broadcast. Crystal's hosting gigs have regularly included an introductory video segment in which he comedically inserts himself into scenes of that year's nominees in addition to a song following his opening monologue.
Billy Crystal | Academy Awards host
In 2014, Crystal paid tribute to his close friend Robin Williams at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards. In his tribute he talked about their friendship, saying, "As genius as he was on stage, he was the greatest friend you could ever imagine. Supportive. Protective. Loving. It’s very hard to talk about him in the past because he was so present in all of our lives. For almost 40 years, he was the brightest star in the comedy galaxy…[His] beautiful light will continue to shine on us forever. And the glow will be so bright, it’ll warm your heart. It’ll make your eyes glisten.
Billy Crystal | Other Appearances
In 2001, he directed "Daddy and Them" while securing starring roles in three Hollywood films: "Monster's Ball", "Bandits", and "The Man Who Wasn't There", for which he received many awards.
Billy Bob Thornton | Acting and filmmaking
and providing the voice of Mike Wazowski in the "Monsters, Inc." films, starting in 2001. He will reprise his role in the upcoming Disney+ series "Monsters at Work" (2021). For his work, he received numerous accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Awards (out of twenty-one nominations), a Tony Award, a Mark Twain Prize and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991. He has hosted the Academy Awards nine times, beginning in 1990 and most recently in 2012.
Billy Crystal | Introduction
William Edward Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer, director, and television host. He gained prominence in the 1970s and '80s for television roles as Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom "Soap" and as a cast member and frequent host of "Saturday Night Live". He then became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes "Rabbit Test" (1978), "The Princess Bride" (1987), "Throw Momma from the Train" (1987), "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989), "City Slickers" (1991), "Mr. Saturday Night" (1992), "Analyze This" (1999), and "Parental Guidance" (2012).
Billy Crystal | Introduction
Jack Palance, for his role as Curly, won the 1992 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which was the only Oscar nomination the film received. His acceptance speech for the award is best remembered for his demonstration of one-armed push-ups, which he claimed convinced studio insurance agents that he was healthy enough to work on it. Billy Crystal was hosting the Academy Awards that night, and used the humorous incident for several jokes afterward that evening. Later that night, Palance placed the Oscar on Crystal's shoulder and said, "Billy Crystal ... who thought it would be you?" Crystal added in his book, "We had a glass of champagne together, and I could only imagine what Charles Bronson was thinking as he went to sleep that night." The next year's Oscars opened with Palance appearing to drag in a giant Academy Award, with Crystal (again the host) riding on the opposite end.
City Slickers | Awards and honors
Paymer was nominated in 1992 for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance. At the Golden Globe Awards, Paymer was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture and Crystal was nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. During the Academy Awards the next year, Crystal hosted. When doing his traditional Best Picture medley, Crystal added his movie to the list, immediately afterwards adding the line, "I just wanted to see how it feels."
Mr. Saturday Night | Awards
He was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the independent drama "L.I.E." (2001). Kay's other acting credits include films "" (2002), "The Battle of Shaker Heights" (2003), "Debating Robert Lee" (2004), and television series such as "Touched by an Angel", "", and "Charmed".
Billy Kay (actor) | Introduction
Crystal's first film role was in Joan Rivers' 1978 film "Rabbit Test", the story of the "world's first pregnant man." Crystal appeared briefly in the Rob Reiner "rockumentary" "This Is Spinal Tap" (1984) as Morty The Mime, a waiter dressed as a mime at one of Spinal Tap's parties. He shared the scene with a then-unknown, non-speaking Dana Carvey, stating famously that "Mime is money." He later starred in the action comedy "Running Scared" (1986) and was directed by Reiner again in "The Princess Bride" (1987), in a comedic supporting role as "Miracle Max". Reiner got Crystal to accept the part by saying, "How would you like to play Mel Brooks?" Reiner also allowed Crystal to ad-lib, and his parting shot, "Have fun storming the castle!" is a frequently-quoted line.
Billy Crystal | Film career
He garnered lifetime achievement awards including the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the BAFTA Fellowship, the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, and the Honorary Golden Bear from the Berlin International Film Festival.
Billy Wilder | Awards
Howard Rosenberg of the "Los Angeles Times" quipped that the broadcast was "a conventional telecast that was arguably an extension of an industry calcified by convention." He gave positive remarks toward Crystal but felt that "The Oscarcast was an old kid on the block." Other media outlets received the broadcast more positively. "USA Today" television critic Matt Roush lauded "To the glib and savvy Billy Crystal, who kept things as lively and funny as he could all night long. What a chore, too." He concluded that, "Hollywood no doubt went to bed happy (maybe early), because for a change Oscar didn't embarrass himself." Mike Drew of the "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" remarked, "While too "inside" and not as funny as Hollywood thinks he is, Crystal was an efficient host." Film critic Carrie Rickey of "The Philadelphia Inquirer" wrote, "It was encouraging that director Gilbert Cates took the opportunity to emphasize films instead of chorus girls." She also extolled Crystal's performance acknowledging that his "nimble opening number set a Johnny Carson comic tone."
62nd Academy Awards | Critical reviews
His most famous recurring sketch was his parody of Fernando Lamas, a smarmy talk-show host whose catchphrase, "You look... mahvelous!", became a media sensation. Also in the 1980s, Crystal starred in an episode of Shelley Duvall's "Faerie Tale Theatre" as the smartest of the three little pigs. In 1996, Crystal was the guest star of the third episode of "Muppets Tonight" and hosted three Grammy Awards Telecasts: the 29th Grammys; the 30th Grammys; and the 31st Grammys.
Billy Crystal | Television
Bush's film work includes appearances in "The Savage Seven" (1968), "Five Easy Pieces" (1970), "Monte Walsh" (1970), "The Jesus Trip" (1971), "The Organization" (1971), "Welcome Home, Soldier Boys" (1972), "The Culpepper Cattle Co." (1972), "40 Carats" (1973), "Electra Glide in Blue" (1973) where his performance caused some critics to characterize his screen persona as "irrepressibly unique"; "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1974), "Mackintosh and T.J." (1975), "The Call of the Wild" (1976), "The Beasts Are on the Streets" (1978), "The Jericho Mile" (1979), "Tom Horn" (1980), "The River" (1984), "The Hitcher" (1986), "Critters" (1986), "Rampage" (1987) and "" (1993).
Billy &quot;Green&quot; Bush | Film
At the Epiphany Awards, Hammer's performance received a Grace Award nomination for most inspiring performance in movies & TV.
Billy: The Early Years | Award nominations
After the success of the previous year's ceremony which won several Emmys and critical acclaim, the Academy rehired producer Gil Cates for the fourth consecutive year. In February 1993, actor and comedian Billy Crystal was chosen by Cates as host also for the fourth straight time. Cates justified the decision to hire him saying, "He is a major movie star with a talent for moving the evening's entertainment along." According to an article by Army Archerd published in "Variety", Crystal initially declined to host again citing his busy film schedule that included "Mr. Saturday Night" and "". However, after Cates sent him a funeral wreath with a poem declaring "The show and I are dead without you" followed by a head of a fake dead horse similar to one featured in the film "The Godfather", Crystal accepted the role as emcee.
65th Academy Awards | Ceremony information
Kitsch and nostalgia have given way to efficiency and upward mobility. Everyone is tiresomely well-behaved and, worse, well-dressed." He also commented that host Crystal's insider showbiz jokes fell flat and were confusing to television audiences. Other media outlets received the broadcast more positively. Columnist Harold Schindler of "The Salt Lake Tribune" wrote, "Billy Crystal kept things moving Monday night in such a manner that the extra quarter-hour was scarcely noticeable." He also said of the telecast's theme of film history, "The Academy used its film library to excellent advantage." Film critic Leonard Maltin remarked, "Emotions ran high and they gave us all a chance to feel vicariously what it might be like to win this kind of award...good guys finishing first and the part of Hollywood we like best, a happy ending." "Orlando Sentinel" film critic Jay Boyar complimented Crystal for invigorating the gala noting that his "clever remarks at the academy's 63rd annual awards presentation struck an entertaining balance between inside-Hollywood quips and general-audience jests."
63rd Academy Awards | Critical reviews
1. Nicolas Cage – "Leaving Las Vegas" 2. Sean Penn – "Dead Man Walking" 3. Jeff Bridges – "Wild Bill" 3. Morgan Freeman – "Seven"
1995 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actor
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Billy Boyd (actor) | Awards and nominations
He graduated from NYU in 1970 with a BFA from its School of Fine Arts, not yet named for the Tisch family. One of his instructors was Martin Scorsese, while Oliver Stone and Christopher Guest were among his classmates.
Billy Crystal | Early life
The film received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (Nicole Kidman).
Billy Bathgate (film) | Awards and nominations
Other films Young was cast in are: "Reefer Madness" (1936), "Navy Blues" (1937), "Dick Tracy" (1937), "Valley of the Sun" (1942), "Flying Leathernecks" (1951), "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951), "From Here to Eternity" (1953), Walt Disney's adaptation of Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1954) as John Howard, and "The Horse Soldiers" (1959). He also played Billy the Kid's sidekick Jeff Travis in the first five entries in the B-movie "Billy the Kid" film series from 1940 to 1941. Portraying a newspaper editor in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962), his memorable line was: "No Sir, this is the West: When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." The same year, Young appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" (1959).
Carleton Young | Film
1. Harvey Keitel – "Thelma & Louise", "Bugsy" and "Mortal Thoughts" 2. Steven Hill – "Billy Bathgate" 3. Elliott Gould – "Bugsy"
1991 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actor
Not surprisingly, a room-wrecking brawl ensues. Tobey's work over the next several decades was increasingly involved in television productions. He did, though, continue to perform in a range of feature films, such as "Stark Fear", "Marlowe", "Billy Jack", "Walking Tall", "The Howling", the war movie "MacArthur" (in which he portrays Admiral "Bill" Halsey), "Airplane!", "Gremlins", "Big Top Pee-wee", and "".
Kenneth Tobey | Other films
However, the act was scrapped due to high insurance costs for the Academy and Crystal coming down with the flu. Instead, Crystal, who was wearing Hannibal Lecter's mask from "The Silence of the Lambs", was hauled onto the stage by two men. Several other people were involved in the production of the ceremony. Choreographer Debbie Allen supervised the Best Song nominee performances and the Best Original Score dance number. Film composer and musician Bill Conti served as musical director of the ceremony. In tandem with the theme of the ceremony, Chuck Workman produced a montage highlighting famous movie scenes from past and present.
64th Academy Awards | Ceremony information
He also shared stories of their unlikely friendship after Crystal did a series of impersonations of him. Crystal stated of Ali's legacy, "Only once in a thousand years or so, do we get to hear a Mozart, or see a Picasso, or read a Shakespeare. Ali was one of them. And yet, at his heart, he was still a kid from Louisville who ran with the gods and walked with the crippled and smiled at the foolishness of it all."
Billy Crystal | Other Appearances
During the time he stayed in California, little Billy often wrote letters home requesting news about his pet. Some of the boy's first acting roles were in rare or hard-to-find films, such as "The Phantom President" (1932) and "As The Devil Commands" (1933). He sang Christmas carols in "As The Devil Commands". Some press reports list the latter film's name as "Acquitted", the name of a previous Columbia film from 1929.
Bill Shirley | Early years
He has also had roles in several movies, which include "Tomcats", "Zero Tolerance", "Crazy Girls Undercover", "Cold Nights into Dawn", "Round Trip to Heaven", "Off the Wall", and "Graduation Day". In 1985, Billy was featured nude, covered only by a towel, on a popular poster, which is still for sale today. The poster was also used in a scene in the British film "The Fruit Machine".
Billy Hufsey | Career
In the 2000s, Thornton achieved further success in starring dramas "Monster's Ball" (2001), "The Man Who Wasn't There" (2001), and "Friday Night Lights" (2004); comedies "Bandits" (2001), "Intolerable Cruelty" (2003), and "Bad Santa" (2003); and action films "Eagle Eye" (2008) and "Faster" (2010). In 2014, Thornton starred as Lorne Malvo in the first season of the anthology series "Fargo", earning a nomination for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie at the Emmy Awards and won Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards. In 2016, he starred in an Amazon original series, "Goliath," which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama.
Billy Bob Thornton | Introduction
His higher performing films were "Bye Bye Birdie", "The Eddy Duchin Story", "Show Boat", "Pepe", "Pal Joey", "Viva Las Vegas", "Annie Get Your Gun", "Anchors Aweigh", "The Harvey Girls", "The Three Musketeers", "Cass Timberlane", and "Holiday in Mexico". He was ranked second 11 years later.
George Sidney | Awards
William H. Macy and Martin Sheen were honored at the 2012 BIFF where both actors appeared to speak on stage as well as host a Q&A session. Anthony Bregman, producer of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and famed and Raiders of the Lost Ark screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan were honorary guests as well.
Boulder International Film Festival | 2012
In the fall of 2013, he brought the show back to Broadway for a two-month run at the Imperial Theatre. HBO filmed the January 3–4, 2014 performances for a special, which debuted on their network on April 19, 2014.
Billy Crystal | Broadway
His film work includes "Cisco Pike" (1972), "The Towering Inferno" (1974), "Smile" (1975), "S*H*E" (1980), "The Long Riders" (1980), "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1981), "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" (1984), "Fletch" (1985), and others.
William Traylor | Films
2. Peter O'Toole – "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (14 points) 3. Michel Bouquet – "The Unfaithful Wife" (9 points) 3. Robert Redford – "Downhill Racer" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (9 points)
1969 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actor
Valk never received top-billing in films, but was happy to accept supporting roles in good screen productions. High-profile films in which he featured include "The Young Mr. Pitt" and "Thunder Rock" (both 1942), "A Matter of Life and Death" (1946), "Mrs. Fitzherbert" (1947), "The Magic Box" (1951), and "The Colditz Story" (1955).
Frederick Valk | Film career
Crystal won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event for "700 Sundays", a two-act, one-man play, which he conceived and wrote about his parents and his childhood growing up on Long Island. He toured throughout the US with the show in 2006 and then Australia in 2007. Following the initial success of the play, Crystal wrote the book "700 Sundays" for Warner Books, which was published on October 31, 2005. In conjunction with the book and the play that also paid tribute to his uncle, Milt Gabler, Crystal produced two CD compilations: "Billy Crystal Presents: The Milt Gabler Story", which featured his uncle's most influential recordings from Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" to "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets; and "Billy Remembers Billie" featuring Crystal's favorite Holiday recordings.
Billy Crystal | Broadway
Patrick Stewart presented a clip tribute to the TV actors who had died: Red Skelton, Shari Lewis, Lloyd Bridges, Roy Rogers, singer John Denver, Robert Young, dancer Jerome Robbins, sports narrator Harry Caray, Frank Sinatra, singer Buffalo Bob, E. G. Marshall, J. T. Walsh, Sonny Bono, Phil Hartman, and Chris Farley. As an interesting note, Gary Sinise won the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his portrayal of George Wallace on the day that the latter died.
50th Primetime Emmy Awards | In Memoriam
Crystal hosted the Academy Awards broadcast a total of 9 times, from 1990 to 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004 and 2012. His hosting was critically praised, resulting in two Primetime Emmy Award wins for hosting and writing the 63rd Academy Awards and an Emmy win for writing the 64th Academy Awards. He returned as the host for the 2012 Oscar ceremony, after Eddie Murphy resigned from hosting. His nine times is second only to Bob Hope's 19 in most ceremonies hosted. At the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony in 2011, he appeared as a presenter for a digitally inserted Bob Hope and before doing so was given a standing ovation.
Billy Crystal | Academy Awards host
The name of his company is Face Productions.
Billy Crystal | Film career
Mr. Saturday Night is a 1992 American comedy-drama film that marks the directorial debut of its star, Billy Crystal. It focuses on the rise and fall of Buddy Young Jr., a stand-up comedian. Crystal produced and co-wrote the screenplay with the writing duo Babaloo Mandel and Lowell Ganz. It was filmed from November 1991 to March 1992 and released on September 23, 1992, by Columbia Pictures. Co-star David Paymer received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Mr. Saturday Night | Introduction
Other Dinehart appearances were on "Sky King" as Jimmy Ness in "Frogmen" and as Tex Fallon in "The Unwanted" on "26 Men". He played the character Greg in "Half a Loaf" on the syndicated western anthology series "Death Valley Days", hosted in 1959 by Stanley Andrews. This role united Dinehart with western actor Bob Steele in the role of Dawson; Steele had appeared as Deputy Sam in four episodes of "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp". Richard Crane was cast as Monte.
Mason Alan Dinehart | Other acting roles
1. Beau Bridges – "The Fabulous Baker Boys" 2. Denzel Washington – "Glory"
1989 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actor
Among the classics Wilder created in this period are the Marilyn Monroe vehicles "The Seven Year Itch" (1955) and "Some Like It Hot" (1959), and satires such as "The Apartment" (1960). He directed fourteen different actors in Oscar-nominated performances. Wilder was recognized with the American Film Institute (AFI) Life Achievement Award in 1986. In 1988, Wilder was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. In 1993, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
Billy Wilder | Introduction
George C. Scott – "Patton" (18 points) 2. George Segal – "Loving", "The Owl and the Pussycat", and "Where's Poppa?" (14 points) 3. Jean-Louis Trintignant – "My Night at Maud's" (12 points) 4. Jack Nicholson – "Five Easy Pieces" (11 points) 5. Alan Arkin – "Catch-22" (9 points)
1970 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actor
Dennehy also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film at the 58th Golden Globe Awards in 2001 and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie at the 7th Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2001 and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie at the 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards in 2000.
Willy Loman | Awards
Other media outlets received the broadcast more positively. Film critic Carrie Rickey of "The Philadelphia Inquirer" wrote, "Crystal sparkled as the host of the annual awards at the Shrine Auditorium." She also noted, "The mood of the evening was elegant and gracious." "Chicago Tribune" columnist Steve Johnson commented, "Billy Crystal returned as host of the Academy Awards on Monday night and proved that even if mainline Hollywood is nearly shut out in the trophy dispensing, one of its representatives can at least make a television broadcast entertaining." Television critic Kinney Littlefield of the "Orange County Register" quipped, "In his fifth stint as host, Crystal served up the sense of inclusive, insider movie community that had been missing during his three-year absence." In addition, she observed, "For most of the evening, Oscar seemed newly energized, upbeat and full of splashy fun."
69th Academy Awards | Critical response
William Thomas Gray (born January 13, 1938) is an American actor, who is best known for playing James "Bud" Anderson, Jr. in "Father Knows Best" from 1954-1960. Gray was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1959 (the award went to Tom Poston). Billy Gray started his film career in the late 1940s. He portrayed a young Jim Thorpe in "Jim Thorpe – All-American" and starred in the science fiction movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still". He portrayed "Bullseye Tag," younger brother of Annie Oakley in the pilot episode of the TV series "Annie Oakley".
Billy Gray (actor) | Introduction
His other multiple appearances, mainly in westerns, included "Annie Oakley" (13 times), "The Gene Autry Show" (ten), "The Texan" and "Have Gun, Will Travel" (eight each), "The Adventures of Jim Bowie" (six), "The Range Rider" (five), "Death Valley Days", "The Rifleman", and "Outlaws" (four each), "Buffalo Bill, Jr." and "The Big Valley" (three each), and "Tales of Wells Fargo", "Rawhide", "Johnny Ringo", and "" (twice each). Among the many parts Noel played were hotel clerk, rancher, cowhand, courtroom spectator, henchman, prisoner, bartender, gambler, dinner and party guest, circus worker, church member, guard, bank clerk, miner, vigilante, and numerous others. He also had bit parts, most uncredited, in such films as "The Younger Brothers" (1949, his first part), "Ride the Man Down" (1952), "Pack Train" and "Jack McCall Desperado" (both 1953), "Masterson of Kansas" and "Battle of Rogue River" (both 1954), and "Quantrill's Raiders" (1958)
Jimmy Noel | Other roles
His most successful film role was as the main character Billy Hayes in "Midnight Express" (1978), for which he won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Acting Debut – Actor. He was nominated for a similar award at that year's BAFTA Awards, in addition to receiving Best Actor nominations at both ceremonies (Richard Dreyfuss won for "The Goodbye Girl").
Brad Davis (actor) | Career
Riding on the success of 63rd Academy Awards which won several Emmys, AMPAS rehired Gil Cates for the third consecutive year. He christened the 1992 ceremony with the theme "Pure Joy of the Movies" explaining that "Motion pictures provide us with laughter, romance, adventure and a deeper understanding of ourselves. With all the extraordinary events that are taking place today, it's wonderful that we can still get away to see a film." A month before the festivities, Cates recruited actor and comedian Billy Crystal to host the ceremony for the third straight year. According to "Variety" columnist Army Archerd, Crystal planned to perform a bungee jump stunt as part of his entrance at the beginning of the ceremony.
64th Academy Awards | Ceremony information
He retired from the screen in 1962, following his appearance in the feature "Five Weeks in a Balloon".
Billy Gilbert | Later years
1. Michael Keaton – "Beetlejuice" and "Clean and Sober" 2. Gene Hackman – "Mississippi Burning" 3. Dustin Hoffman – "Rain Man" 3. Max von Sydow – "Pelle the Conqueror" ("Pelle erobreren")
1988 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actor
Razor Blade Smile won awards for Best B-Movie, Best Actress (Eileen Daly), Best Cinematography (Jim Solan), Best Director (Jake West), and Best Special Effects. Other awards were Best Actor to Scott McCord (Motel), Best Supporting Actress to Verda Bridges (Color-Blinded), and Best Supporting Actor to Robert Margolis (Criminals).
B-Movie Film Festival | 1999
He won the Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay, in 1980, for the film "Meatballs".
Len Blum | Accolades
He achieved great success in the comedy film, "The Fortune Cookie" (1966), as a shyster lawyer, William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich, starring opposite Lemmon; the first of many collaborations with Billy Wilder, and a role that would earn him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Filming had to be placed on a five-month hiatus after Matthau had a serious heart attack. He gave up his three pack a day smoking habit as a result. Matthau appeared during the Oscar telecast shortly after having been injured in a bicycle accident; nonetheless, he scolded actors who had not attended the ceremony, especially the other major award winners that night: Paul Scofield, Elizabeth Taylor and Sandy Dennis.
Walter Matthau | Acting career
The following is a list of accolades Crudup has received or been nominated for throughout his film, television and theatre career:
Billy Crudup | Accolades
Chapin's final big screen appearance came just a year after "The Night of the Hunter", as young Jody Burrows in the 1956 B-Western "Tension at Table Rock", starring Richard Egan. From then on his film career declined until he was acting solely on television, where his career eventually ended late in 1959 in an episode of the long-running family series "Fury" (1955–60).
Billy Chapin | "Tension at Table Rock" and a fading career on TV
He appeared in more than 200 films, including "The Big Trail" (1930), with John Wayne; "The Scarlet Letter" (1934), with Colleen Moore; "Sitting Bull" (1954), as Crazy Horse; "The Light in the Forest" (1958) as Cuyloga; "The Great Sioux Massacre" (1965), with Joseph Cotten; "Nevada Smith" (1966), with Steve McQueen; "A Man Called Horse" (1970), with Richard Harris; and "Ernest Goes to Camp" (1987) as Chief St. Cloud, with Jim Varney. He also appeared in over a hundred television programs. For example, in 1953, he appeared twice in Duncan Renaldo's syndicated television series, "The Cisco Kid" as Chief Sky Eagle.
Iron Eyes Cody | Career
1. Bill Murray – "Rushmore" 2. Donald Sutherland – "Without Limits" 3. Billy Bob Thornton – "A Simple Plan"
1998 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actor
Mathews began his film career with the role of Cinch Clemons in the low-budget western, "Rough Riding Ranger". During his career he had roles in over 60 feature films, and appeared in over 150 others in either very small roles, as a stuntman or as a body double. Most of his roles were in the part of one of the underlings of the antagonist in the film. In addition to his acting, many of his film appearances were as a stuntman or body double. Some of the films he performed stunt work in include: "Heroes of the Alamo" (1937), "Billy the Kid's Gun Justice" (1940), "Billy the Kid Trapped" (1942), and "Buffalo Bill Rides Again" (1947); as well as movie serials such as "The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok".
Carl Mathews | Film career
He continued to appear in smaller roles in a number of features, including: the 1951 Humphrey Bogart film noir, "Sirocco"; 1953's "The Juggler", starring Kirk Douglas and directed by Edward Dmytryk; the 1955 musical "Kismet", starring Howard Keel and Ann Blyth; the 1955 Bowery Boys comedy, "Spy Chasers"; the 1957 musical "Silk Stockings", starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse; and Edward Dmytryk's 1959 remake of "The Blue Angel". In the 1950s Bleifer appeared in numerous television shows, such as "Dangerous Assignment" (1952), "Navy Log" (1956), "I Love Lucy" (1956), "The Count of Monte Cristo" (1956), "The Adventures of Jim Bowie" (1956), "Shirley Temple's Storybook" (1958), "Perry Mason" (1958), "Peter Gunn" (1959), and "Rawhide" (1959).
John Bleifer | Life and career
Winner of the Academy Award in 1960 for Billy Wilder's "The Apartment", Boyle was nominated six other times: for "The Son of Monte Cristo" in 1940, "Some Like It Hot" in 1959, "The Children's Hour" in 1961, "Seven Days in May" in 1964, "The Fortune Cookie" in 1966 and "Gaily Gaily" in 1969.
Edward G. Boyle | Introduction
Unicorn Film Service (1916) King-Bee Film Corporation (1917-1918) Higrade Film Enterprises (1918)
Billy West (silent film actor) | Actor
He was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture four times, as part of the ensembles of the films "Boogie Nights" (1997), "Magnolia" (1999), "Seabiscuit" (2003) and "Bobby" (2006). Macy wrote and starred in the television films "Door to Door" (2002) and "The Wool Cap" (2004). For the former, he won two Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie, a Satellite Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie, and he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for both.
List of awards and nominations received by William H. Macy | Introduction
William H. Macy – "A Slight Case of Murder"
4th Golden Satellite Awards | Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
1. Peter Sarsgaard – "Shattered Glass" 2. Tim Robbins – "Mystic River" 3. Alec Baldwin – "The Cooler"
2003 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actor
At Republic Pictures, his cowboy skills gained him stunt work and a small acting part at the age of 18 in a 1935 Gene Autry film, "The Singing Vagabond". He followed this with bit parts and additional stunt work as "George Letz" in mostly low-budget films. These included "Springtime in the Rockies" (1937) with Autry; "The Purple Vigilantes" (1938) with Robert Livingston; the serial "The Lone Ranger" (1938); "Outlaws of Sonora" (1938) with Livingston; "The Old Barn Dance" (1938) and "Gold Mine in the Sky" (1938) with Autry; "Under Western Stars" (1938), with Roy Rogers; "Pals of the Saddle" (1938) with John Wayne; "Billy the Kid Returns" (1938), "Come On, Rangers" (1938) and "Shine On, Harvest Moon" (1938) with Rogers.
George Montgomery (actor) | Republic Pictures
Cannes Film Festival Nominated, Golden Camera Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey
Sally Sussman Morina | Awards and nominations
This continued a trend of critics groups across the United States giving their top prizes to the film about a family dealing with betrayal, loss, and change. No other film earned multiple 2011 honors from the critics association. "Beginners" earned Christopher Plummer the Best Supporting Actor honor for his performance as Hal. The other acting award went to Michelle Williams as Best Actress for her leading role as Marilyn Monroe in "My Week with Marilyn". His work on "The Tree of Life" earned Emmanuel Lubezki the honor for Best Cinematography. The remaining film honors went to "Rango" as Best Animated Film, "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" as Best Documentary, and Iran's "A Separation" as Best Foreign Language Film.
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2011 | Introduction
1. Frederic Forrest – "Apocalypse Now" and "The Rose" 2. Melvyn Douglas – "Being There" and "The Seduction of Joe Tynan" 3. Paul Dooley – "Breaking Away" 4. James Mason – "Murder by Decree" 4. James Woods – "The Onion Field"
1979 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actor
Other television work included "Flickers", portraying Wilkins Micawber in "David Copperfield" (1999), and "The Wind in the Willows" (2006). British films such as "The Long Good Friday" (1980) and "Mona Lisa" (1986) won him the wider approval of critics, the latter film winning him a Cannes Award, Best Actor Golden Globe, BAFTA Awards, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
Bob Hoskins | Career
In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. As an actor, he is known for his roles in "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid" (1973), "Blume in Love" (1973), "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1974), "A Star Is Born" (1976) (which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor), "Convoy" (1978), "Heaven's Gate" (1980) Stagecoach(1986) and "Blade" (1998).
Kris Kristofferson | Introduction
1. Dustin Hoffman – "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "Agatha" 2. Peter Sellers – "Being There" 3. Nick Nolte – "North Dallas Forty" 4. Jack Lemmon – "The China Syndrome" 5. Klaus Kinski – "Nosferatu the Vampyre" ("Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht") and "Woyzeck" 5. Richard Pryor – "" 5. Roy Scheider – "All That Jazz"
1979 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actor
In addition to winning the Oscar, the film also was awarded the FOCUS Student Film Award, in 1980; the AMPAS Student Film Award, in 1980, the CINE Golden Eagle, in 1981, along with 18 additional international festivals, including the American Film Institute's AFI Award, in 1981. "Karl Hess: Toward Liberty" was screened at the White House and the New York Museum of Modern Art, as a result of the FOCUS Award and toured the world, as part of the CINE program.
Peter Ladue | Additional awards
Ken Tucker of "Entertainment Weekly" commented that despite the ceremony running over three hours and honoring films that had earned modest box office numbers, "it was a jolly good show." He also praised the cast and several sketches and segments from the show. Film critic Roger Ebert lauded Crystal's performance saying "As probably the most popular Oscar emcee, he astonished the audience by topping himself." Of the show itself, Ebert added that it was "an unqualified improvement" over the previous year's ceremony. Associated Press critic Frazier Moore pointed out that Crystal's performance "was nothing new or unexpected in his act", but he extolled him for stewarding "a sleek and entertaining Oscarcast."
84th Academy Awards | Critical reviews
His films included "Joanna" (1968), "Hostile Witness" (1968), "Some Girls Do" (1969), "Zeppelin" (1971), "I, Monster" (1971), "Lady Caroline Lamb" (1972), "Royal Flash" (1975), and "Crossed Swords" (1977).
Richard Hurndall | Films
Crudup began acting in films such as 1996's "Sleepers", 1997's "Inventing the Abbotts", and 1998's "Without Limits", where he played the role of running legend and Olympian Steve Prefontaine. His first role in an animated feature was in 1999's English release of "Princess Mononoke", in which he starred as Ashitaka. He then played Russell Hammond, the lead guitar player of the fictional band Stillwater in Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous" (2000). In 2006's "The Good Shepherd," he played British spy Arch Cummings, a stand-in for Kim Philby. The same year, he played a supporting role in "". In 2007, he played the leading role of Henry Roth in the film "Dedication".
Billy Crudup | Film acting
In 1991, Gabler received the Grammy Trustees Award from The Recording Academy, for his significant contributions to the field of recording. In 1993, Gabler was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by his nephew, the comedian and actor Billy Crystal. In 2005, Crystal produced a documentary and CD release, both entitled "The Milt Gabler Story", in tribute.
Milt Gabler | Accolades
1. Ralph Fiennes – "Schindler's List" 2. Leonardo DiCaprio – "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and "This Boy's Life" 2. Tommy Lee Jones – "The Fugitive"
1993 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actor
Other films include Cinderella; The Invisible Woman; The Duchess; "Vanity Fair", "Nightwatching" and "Notting Hill".
Richard McCabe | Other
1. Daniel Day-Lewis – "My Left Foot" 2. Morgan Freeman – "Driving Miss Daisy" 3. Tom Cruise – "Born on the Fourth of July"
1989 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actor
"Reefer Madness" (1936); "Fantasia" (1940); "Hi De Ho" (1947); "High School Confidential" (1958); "A Hard Day's Night" (1964); "Help!" (1965); "Blowup" (1966); "The Trip" (1967); "I Love You, Alice B. Toklas, Yellow Submarine" (1968); "Easy Rider" (1969); "The Harder They Come" (1972); "Serpico" (1973); "Shampoo" (1975); "Annie Hall" (1977); "Up In Smoke, Rockers" (1978); "Apocalypse Now" (1979); "Where the Buffalo Roam" (1980); "Nice Dreams" (1981); "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982); "Still Smokin'" (1983); "Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers" (1984); "That Was Then... This Is Now" (1985); "Platoon" (1986); "Born in East L.A." (1987); "1969" (1988); "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989); "Far Out Man" (1990); "The Doors" (1991); "Wayne's World" (1992); "Dazed and Confused" (1993); "Clerks, The Stoned Age" (1994); "Friday, Mallrats" (1995); "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America" (1996); "Bongwater" (1997); "The Big Lebowski, Half Baked" (1998); "Detroit Rock City, Idle Hands, American Beauty" (1999); "Dude, Where's My Car?; Next Friday, Scary Movie" (2000); "Super Troopers, How High, Scary Movie 2" (2001); "Laurel Canyon" (2002); "Rolling Kansas" (2003); "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" (2004); "Lords of Dogtown" (2005); "Grandma's Boy; Puff, Puff, Pass" (2006); "Knocked Up, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny" (2007); "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Pineapple Express" (2008)
Stony Awards | High Times Guide to Stoner Film History
1. Holly Hunter – "The Piano" 2. Ashley Judd – "Ruby in Paradise" 3. Stockard Channing – "Six Degrees of Separation"
1993 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actress
A full third of his artistic output was in the Western genre. These films included "Code of the Silver Sage", "Gene Autry and the Mounties", "Little Big Horn", "Hellgate" and "Perils of the Wilderness."On television, a third of his output was westerns, including roles in "The Cisco Kid", "The Roy Rogers Show", "The Gene Autry Show" and "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin". He ended his acting career at the age of 44 with a role as an intern in the television series "Perry Mason". The episode aired on May 9, 1963.
Richard Emory | Career
McCaughey won an Academy Award and was nominated for four more:
William McCaughey | Selected filmography
Crystal returned to New York City. For four years he was part of a comedy trio with two friends. They played colleges and coffee houses and Crystal worked as a substitute teacher on Long Island. He later became a solo act and performed regularly at "The Improv" and "Catch a Rising Star". In 1976, Crystal appeared on an episode of "All in the Family". He was on the dais for The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast of Muhammad Ali on February 19, 1976, where he did impressions of both Ali and sportscaster Howard Cosell. He was scheduled to appear on the first episode of "NBC Saturday Night" on October 11, 1975 (The show was later renamed "Saturday Night Live" on March 26, 1977), but his sketch was cut.
Billy Crystal | Television
That same month, the film garnered eight Academy Awards nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor; its closest rival was "Driving Miss Daisy", which received nine nominations. At the 62nd Oscars, Stone won a second Academy Award for Best Director; he had previously won the award for "Platoon". The film also won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing; "Driving Miss Daisy", "The Bear", "Glory" and "The Fabulous Baker Boys" had also been nominated in that category. At the 44th British Academy Film Awards in 1991, the film received two nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Adapted Screenplay, but did not win in either category.
Born on the Fourth of July (film) | Accolades
3. Verna Bloom – "Medium Cool" (12 points) 3. Dyan Cannon – "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (12 points) 3. Celia Johnson – "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"
1969 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actress (tie)
The only other nomination he received in his career was Best Actor for his performance in "The Grapes of Wrath" 41 years earlier – a record gap between acting nominations. His co-star, Katharine Hepburn, won her fourth Best Actress award, extending her own record for the most Best Actress wins by any actress.
54th Academy Awards | Introduction
Bill Nighy – "The Lost Prince"
9th Golden Satellite Awards | Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film