Irony (?)
Two of my favorite villains of 60s campy shows are King Tut of Batman (Victor Buono) and Doctor Loveless of Wild Wild West show (Michael Dunn). I recently discovered that the local library has several seasons of the Wild Wild West show and I checked out the first two. Victor Buono was the guest villain in the pilot, which led me to look up his biography (it claims that he felt compelled to hide his homosexuality, then provides this quote I've heard or read about actors being asked the immortal question 'Why have you never married?' They answer with the immortal excuse 'I just haven't found the right girl.' Because I'm on the hefty side, no one's asked me yet. If they do, that's the answer I'll give. After all, if it was good enough for Monty Clift or Sal Mineo...
.... hmmmm, not so much with the concealment, wot?)
Victor Buono died in 1982 at the age of 43 due to heart problems complicated by his life-long obesity.
Since I was checking IMDB, I decided to read about Michael Dunn (whom I also loved as Alexander in the Star Trek episode "Plato's Step-children"). He died in 1973 at the age of 38 due to complications brought on by his dwarfism (chondrodystrophy).
It struck me that one of them died because he was too big, the other because he was too small. And I enjoyed both of them for their roles as campy villains.
curious
Michael Dunn has a movie role from 2008 credited to him - Apple Joe in the movie "the Man in the Mirror". I strongly suspect that they've credited the wrong Michael Dunn.
.... hmmmm, not so much with the concealment, wot?)
Victor Buono died in 1982 at the age of 43 due to heart problems complicated by his life-long obesity.
Since I was checking IMDB, I decided to read about Michael Dunn (whom I also loved as Alexander in the Star Trek episode "Plato's Step-children"). He died in 1973 at the age of 38 due to complications brought on by his dwarfism (chondrodystrophy).
It struck me that one of them died because he was too big, the other because he was too small. And I enjoyed both of them for their roles as campy villains.
curious
Michael Dunn has a movie role from 2008 credited to him - Apple Joe in the movie "the Man in the Mirror". I strongly suspect that they've credited the wrong Michael Dunn.