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114-519: The name "Rat Pack" was first used to call a group of friends in New York City, and several explanations have been offered for the name. According to one version, Lauren Bacall saw her husband Humphrey Bogart and his friends returning from a night in Las Vegas and said, "You look like a goddamn rat pack." "Rat Pack" may also be a shortened version of " Holmby Hills Rat Pack", a reference to

228-551: A CBS sitcom identically titled The Don Rickles Show (1972). A veteran headline performer at Las Vegas hotel-casinos and peripheral member of the Rat Pack via friendship with Frank Sinatra , Rickles received widespread exposure as a frequent guest on talk and variety shows, including The Dean Martin Show , The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson , and The Late Show with David Letterman , and voiced Mr. Potato Head in

342-462: A Snickers advertisement highlighting actors known for their "short fuses". Rickles also portrayed the late husband of Elka ( Betty White ) on Hot in Cleveland — a "surprise" because his character was believed dead. On May 28, 2014, Rickles was honored by Spike TV 's "One Night Only: An All-Star Comedy Tribute to Don Rickles". Recorded live at New York City's Apollo Theater , Jerry Seinfeld

456-648: A White House dinner, Barbara Bush teased him about his decision to appear in those films. Rickles's agent Jack Gilardi was married to Annette Funicello when Rickles was cast in the Beach Party films. He subsequently began to appear more frequently on television talk shows, first appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1965. Rickles became a frequent guest and guest host, appearing more than 100 times on The Tonight Show during Carson's era. An early Carson–Rickles Tonight highlight occurred in 1968 when, while two Japanese women treated Carson to

570-625: A Musical for her performances in Applause (1970) and Woman of the Year (1981). She also acted in the play Goodbye Charlie (1959), the farce Cactus Flower (1965), and Wonderful Town (1977). She made her West End debut in The Applause (1970) followed by Sweet Bird of Youth (1985). Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in the Bronx , New York City,

684-536: A New Yorker? The world doesn't owe you a damn thing. Bacall was a staunch liberal Democrat , and proclaimed her political views on numerous occasions. Bacall and Bogart were among about 80 Hollywood personalities to send a telegram protesting the House Un-American Activities Committee 's investigations of Americans suspected of adhering to communism . The telegram said that investigating individuals' political beliefs violated

798-621: A Walk Through a Cemetery" with husband Jason Robards , Jr., and later as Barbara Lake in the episode "Something to Sing About" with Balsam. In 1976, Bacall costarred in The Shootist with John Wayne , with whom she had worked in Blood Alley (1955). Bacall was featured in Robert Altman 's comedy Health (1980), which underwent a troubled process of release after the change of the top management at 20th Century-Fox and saw

912-581: A bath and foot massage, Rickles walked onto the set. Rickles also made frequent appearances on The Dean Martin Show and became a fixture on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast specials. In 1968, Rickles released a live comedy album titled Hello, Dummy! , which reached number 54 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The same year, he starred in his own variety show on ABC , The Don Rickles Show , with comedy writer Pat McCormick as his sidekick;

1026-627: A bout with necrotizing fasciitis in 2013, he continued touring across the United States. He was reportedly slated to reprise his role as Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story 4 (2019), but he died without recording any of his lines of dialogue. With permission from his wife Barbara Rickles, Josh Cooley used unused archival audio from the previous three Toy Story films to honor him and dedicate to his memory. On March 14, 1965, Rickles married Barbara Sklar of Philadelphia. He admitted to having

1140-531: A difficult time romantically in his 20s and 30s, meeting Sklar through his agent when he was 38 years old and falling for her when she failed to get his sense of humor. They had two children: Mindy, an actress, and Larry , a producer who died of pneumonia at the age of 41. According to Rickles's memoir, his grandchildren Ethan and Harrison Mann were much more impressed by his role as Mr. Potato Head than by any of his other achievements. Barbara died from non-Hodgkin lymphoma on March 14, 2021, exactly 56 years after

1254-533: A distressed comedian whose act culminates in him strangling a patron while imploring the patron to "Laugh!" Rickles took a dramatic turn in the low-budget Roger Corman science-fiction/horror film X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes as a carnival barker out to exploit the title character (portrayed by Ray Milland ). Rickles appeared in the Beach Party film series. He recalled in his 2007 memoir that at

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1368-505: A documentary about Rickles directed by John Landis, made its debut on HBO on December 2, 2007. Rickles won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program , besting a number of notable comics, including David Letterman , Jon Stewart , and Stephen Colbert . Rickles remarked, "Stephen Colbert's a funny man, but he's too young. He has got plenty of time to win awards, but this may be my last year and I think that I made it count. On second thought, it

1482-631: A landmark melodrama. Appearing with Rock Hudson , Dorothy Malone and Robert Stack , Bacall plays a career woman whose life is unexpectedly turned around by a family of oil magnates. Bacall wrote in her autobiography that she did not think much of her role, but reviews were favorable. Variety wrote: "Bacall registers strongly as a sensible girl swept into the madness of the oil family." While supporting Bogart as he suffered from terminal esophageal cancer , Bacall starred with Gregory Peck in Designing Woman (1957) to solid reviews. The comedy

1596-692: A liberal is the best thing on Earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind." On August 12, 2014, Bacall died after suffering a stroke at her apartment in The Dakota , the Upper West Side building near Central Park in Manhattan . She was confirmed dead at New York–Presbyterian Hospital , at the age of 89. Bacall was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California . At

1710-530: A lot of pressure as a sharp-eyed, knows-what-she-wants girl." Bacall appeared in John Huston 's melodramatic suspense film Key Largo (1948) with Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Lionel Barrymore . In the film, according to film critic Jessica Kiang, "Bacall brings an edge of ambivalence and independence to the role that makes her character much more interesting than was written." Bacall rejected scripts that she did not find interesting, and thereby earned

1824-504: A lower and deeper voice instead of her normally high-pitched, nasal voice. As part of her training, Bacall was required to shout verses of Shakespeare for hours every day. Her voice was characterized as a "smoky, sexual growl" by most critics and a "throaty purr". Bacall stood 5 feet 8 + 1 ⁄ 2  inches (1.74 meters), unusually tall for actresses of the era, and a half inch taller than Humphrey Bogart . During her screen tests for To Have and Have Not (1944), Bacall

1938-498: A marriage in Las Vegas , Nevada , due to similar documentation issues. On July 4, 1961, the couple drove to Ensenada , Mexico , where they wed. The couple divorced in 1969. According to Bacall's autobiography, she divorced Robards mainly because of his alcoholism. Bacall had a romantic relationship with her Woman of the Year costar Harry Guardino in the early 1980s. Bacall had two children with Bogart and one with Robards. Son Stephen Humphrey Bogart (born January 6, 1949)

2052-466: A mental institution where Bacall's character works as a therapist. It was her second collaboration with Charles Boyer , and the film also stars Richard Widmark and Lillian Gish . A New York Times critic wrote: "In the only two really sympathetic roles, Mr. Widmark is excellent and Miss Bacall shrewdly underplays." Many film scholars consider Written on the Wind (1956), directed by Douglas Sirk ,

2166-477: A non-speaking, non-singing role as a piano player in a saloon, whose identity is concealed from the viewer until he turns his face toward the camera during a scene featuring Marlene Dietrich and George Raft . MacLaine appeared alongside Sinatra in Can-Can . She also had an appearance in the 1960 film Ocean's 11 as a drunken woman. The 1984 film Cannonball Run II , with MacLaine, marked the final time members of

2280-661: A notable role as Crapgame in Kelly's Heroes , sharing the marquee poster with co-stars Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas , Donald Sutherland , and Carroll O'Connor . In 1972, he starred in The Don Rickles Show (his second series with that title) , which lasted for 13 episodes. He also starred in a series of television specials. In his memoirs, Rickles acknowledged a scripted sitcom was not well-suited to his ad lib style of performing, as he had earlier said that he never writes down his jokes. Starting in 1973, he became

2394-801: A novel by Frederick Forsyth . The following year, Bacall played the lead in the independent film A Star for Two (1991) with Anthony Quinn , Lila Kedrova and Jean-Pierre Aumont , and played a supporting role in All I Want for Christmas (1991). In 1993, Bacall was very active in television, pairing again with her lifelong friend Gregory Peck and his daughter Cecilia Peck in Arthur Penn 's television movie The Portrait , and costarring with an all-star European cast in A Foreign Field . She appeared in Robert Altman 's Prêt-à-Porter (1994), an ensemble film set in Paris during fashion week. In 1995, she

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2508-470: A part of the "Mount Rushmore of Stand-up Comedy" with George Carlin, Richard Pryor , and Cosby. In an interview in 2014, he dismissed thoughts of retiring, stating: "I'm in good health. I'm working better than I ever have. The audiences are great. Why should I retire? I'm like a fighter. The bell rings and you come out and fight. My energy comes alive. And I still enjoy it." Up until his death in 2017, despite being impeded by multiple surgeries following

2622-618: A photograph printed at the end of an article he wrote, titled "I'm No Communist", in the May 1948 edition of Photoplay magazine, written to counteract negative publicity resulting from his appearance before the House Committee. Bogart and Bacall distanced themselves from the Hollywood Ten , and said: "We're about as much in favor of Communism as J. Edgar Hoover ." Bacall campaigned for Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson in

2736-447: A popular dais comedian appearing on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast specials. In 1976–1978, he starred in C.P.O. Sharkey , which lasted two seasons. The series is remembered for the cigarette box incident when Johnny Carson made an impromptu visit during a Tonight Show taping to the adjacent TV studio during an episode's taping, feigning "incensed" ire that Rickles, an ex-smoker, broke Johnny Carson's wooden box, from 1967, on

2850-552: A reputation of being difficult. However, she further solidified her star status in the 1950s by appearing as the leading lady in a string of films that won favorable reviews. Bacall was cast with Gary Cooper in Bright Leaf (1950) and as a two-faced femme fatale in Young Man with a Horn (1950), a jazz musical co-starring Kirk Douglas , Doris Day and Hoagy Carmichael . From 1951 to 1952, Bacall costarred with Bogart in

2964-778: A role in campaigning for Kennedy and the Democrats , appearing at the July 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. Lawford asked Sinatra if he would have Kennedy as a guest at his Palm Springs house in March 1962 and Sinatra went to great lengths to accommodate the President, including the construction of a helipad. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy advised his brother to sever ties to Sinatra because of his association with Mafia figures such as Sam Giancana and he canceled

3078-419: A seven-year contract with a weekly salary of $ 100 and personally began to manage her career. He changed her first name to Lauren, and she chose Bacall, a variant of her mother's maiden name, as her screen surname . Slim Hawks also took Bacall under her wing, dressing Bacall stylishly and guiding her in matters of elegance, manners and taste. At Hawks's suggestion, Bacall was trained by a voice coach to speak with

3192-583: A seven-year hiatus from films to perform on stage in Woman of the Year (1981) with costar Harry Guardino , for which she won her second Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical , and other shows such as a 1985 adaptation of Tennessee Williams 's Sweet Bird of Youth under the direction of Harold Pinter . She returned to film in 1988 with supporting roles in Danny Huston 's Mr. North and Michael Winner 's Appointment with Death . She also starred in

3306-535: A statement: "He was called 'The Merchant of Venom', but in truth, he was one of the kindest, caring, and most sensitive human beings we have ever known. We are devastated, and our world will never be the same. We were totally unprepared for this." Martin Scorsese, who directed him in Casino in 1995, stated: "Don Rickles was a giant, a legend ... and I can hear his voice now, skewering me for being so lofty. I had

3420-525: A traditional roast and a dignified lifetime achievement award, spanning emotions ranging from admiration and gratitude to, well, degradation. And as the evening reached its climax, when Rickles got his say after all that had said about him and his nearly 60-year-long career, fittingly, he had the last laugh." – TV Week He was still a frequent guest on late night talk shows , including Jimmy Kimmel Live! , The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson among others, during

3534-439: A very limited release in theaters. The following year, she appeared in the thriller The Fan (1981). The film received mixed reviews, especially following the recent murder of John Lennon and the similarities of the plot to the real event, but Bacall's performance gained a favorable reception. Variety magazine wrote that Bacall and director Edward Bianchi "make the audience care what happens" to her character. Bacall took

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3648-730: A wealthy family allowed Bacall to attend school at the Highland Manor Boarding School for Girls in Tarrytown, New York , a private boarding school founded by philanthropist Eugene Heitler Lehman, and Julia Richman High School in Manhattan. In 1941, Bacall took lessons at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, where she dated classmate Kirk Douglas . She worked as a theatre usher at

3762-687: Is a news producer, documentary film maker, and author who is named after Bogart's character in To Have and Have Not . Their daughter Leslie Howard Bogart (born August 23, 1952) is named after the actor Leslie Howard . A nurse and yoga instructor, she is married to Erich Schiffmann . In his 1995 memoir, Stephen Bogart wrote, "My mother was a lapsed Jew, and my father was a lapsed Episcopalian", and that he and his sister were raised Episcopalian "because my mother felt that would make life easier for Leslie and me during those post-World War II years". Sam Robards (born December 16, 1961), Bacall's son with Robards,

3876-643: Is an actor. Bacall wrote two autobiographies, Lauren Bacall by Myself (1978) and Now (1994). In 2006, the first volume of Lauren Bacall by Myself was reprinted as By Myself and Then Some with an extra chapter. In a 1996 interview, Bacall, reflecting on her life, told the interviewer Jeremy Isaacs that she had been lucky: I had one great marriage, I have three great children and four grandchildren. I am still alive. I still can function. I still can work ... You just learn to cope with whatever you have to cope with. I spent my childhood in New York, riding on subways and buses. And you know what you learn if you're

3990-511: Is often credited with discovering Bacall for Harper's Bazaar , it was in fact Nicolas de Gunzburg who introduced Bacall to Vreeland. He had first met Bacall at a New York club called Tony's, where de Gunzburg suggested that Bacall visit his Harper's Bazaar office the next day. He then turned her over to Vreeland, who arranged for Louise Dahl-Wolfe to shoot Bacall in Kodachrome for the March 1943 cover. The Harper's Bazaar cover caught

4104-436: Is really about. Miss Bacall is on hand virtually the whole time, and she's vibrant whether no-nonsense or tipsy, domineering or moony, dry or wet. If Woman of the Year is tired around the edges, it is always smart enough to keep its live wire center stage." She went on to win her second Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical . The few films in which Bacall appeared during this period were all-star vehicles such as Sex and

4218-519: The Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen series (part of Jack Kirby's Fourth World ). In the early 1980s, Rickles began to perform with Steve Lawrence in concerts in Las Vegas. In 1983, the duo co-hosted Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders , an imitation of TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes . In 1982, he was in "Death of a Lodger", an episode of Archie Bunker's Place . In 1985, when Frank Sinatra

4332-468: The 1952 presidential election , accompanying him on motorcades along with Bogart, and flying east to help in the final laps of Stevenson's campaign in New York and Chicago. She campaigned for Robert F. Kennedy in his 1964 run for the U.S. Senate and was part of a Hollywood committee that endorsed his presidential campaign . In a 2005 interview with Larry King , Bacall described herself as "anti-Republican... A liberal. The L-word". She added that "being

4446-740: The Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. During the final stage of her career, she gained newfound success with a younger audience for major supporting roles in the films Misery (1990), Dogville (2003), Birth (2004), and the English dubs of the animated films Howl's Moving Castle (2004) and Ernest & Celestine (2012). For her work in theatre, Bacall made her Broadway debut in Johnny 2x4 (1942). She went on to win two Tony Awards for Best Actress in

4560-660: The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role , and a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role . Bacall received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1997, and she was voted one of the 25 most significant female movie stars in history in 1999 by the American Film Institute . In 1999, Bacall starred on Broadway in a revival of Noël Coward 's Waiting in

4674-620: The St. James Theatre and as a fashion model in department stores. She made her acting debut on Broadway in 1942 at age 17 as a walk-on in Johnny 2 X 4 . By then, she lived with her mother at 75 Bank Street , and in 1942, she was crowned Miss Greenwich Village. As a teenage fashion model, Bacall appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar and in magazines such as Vogue . A 1948 article in Life magazine referred to her "cat-like grace, tawny blonde hair, and blue-green eyes." Though Diana Vreeland

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4788-489: The "Rat Pack Mascots". Comedian Don Rickles wrote that "I never received an official membership card but Frank made me feel part of the fun." Peter Lawford was a brother-in-law of President John F. Kennedy (dubbed "Brother-in-Lawford" by Sinatra), and Kennedy spent time with Sinatra and the others when he visited Las Vegas, during which members sometimes referred to the group as "the Jack Pack". Rat Pack members played

4902-678: The 1960s. She starred on Broadway in Goodbye, Charlie in 1959, and went on to a successful stage career. She played Stephanie in the farce Cactus Flower (1965). She won her first Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Margo Channing in Applause (1970). The musical was written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green . She performed the role both on Broadway and the West End . Walter Kerr of The New York Times praised her performance declaring, "Take your breath away? Indeed. What's more, she never gives it back." Applause

5016-529: The British thriller Tree of Hands (1989), based on a novel by Ruth Rendell , and in a television adaptation of the 1933 classic Dinner at Eight for Turner Television . In 1990, Bacall took a small but central role as James Caan 's agent in Rob Reiner 's Misery , based on the novel by Stephen King , and an important role in the British television movie A Little Piece of Sunshine , based on

5130-752: The Disney and Pixar film Toy Story . He reprised his role as Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story 2 (1999). Rickles starred as George Wilson in 1998's Dennis the Menace Strikes Again ; that same year, he portrayed a film theater manager in Dirty Work and voiced Cornwall, one of the heads of a two-headed dragon, in Quest for Camelot . In 1999, he briefly appeared in a fictionalized form in The Simpsons episode " Viva Ned Flanders ", where he

5244-484: The Passion and I want to tell you, the cannon's acting was great." He added, "Make yourself at home, Frank. Hit somebody!" Sinatra, whose pet name for Rickles was "bullet-head", enjoyed him so much that he encouraged other celebrities to see Rickles's act and be insulted by him. Sinatra's support helped Rickles become a popular headline performer in Las Vegas . During a Dean Martin Celebrity Roast special, Rickles

5358-653: The Rat Pack group as they were in the late 1950s and early 1960s. This was the second incarnation of the Rat Pack under the leadership of Frank Sinatra. The early 1960s version of the group included Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin , Sammy Davis Jr. , Peter Lawford , and Joey Bishop . This group was originally known as the "Clan", but that name fell out of favor because it was reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan . Marilyn Monroe , Angie Dickinson , Juliet Prowse , Buddy Greco , and Shirley MacLaine were often referred to as

5472-418: The Rat Pack shared theatrical screen-time together. A biopic titled The Rat Pack , made by HBO in 1998, starred Ray Liotta as Sinatra, Joe Mantegna as Martin, and Don Cheadle as Davis, dramatizing their private lives and, in particular, their roles in the 1960 presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy . Christmas with the Rat Pack , a collection of holiday tunes sung by Sinatra, Martin and Davis,

5586-600: The Single Girl (1964) with Henry Fonda , Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood ; Harper (1966) with Paul Newman , Shelley Winters , Julie Harris , Robert Wagner and Janet Leigh ; and Murder on the Orient Express (1974), with Ingrid Bergman , Albert Finney , Vanessa Redgrave , Martin Balsam and Sean Connery . In 1964, Bacall appeared in two episodes of Craig Stevens 's Mr. Broadway : first in "Take

5700-835: The Waste in Hayao Miyazaki 's acclaimed animated film Howl's Moving Castle (2004). She was a leading actress in Paul Schrader 's The Walker (2007). In March 2006, she introduced a film montage dedicated to film noir at the 78th Academy Awards . She made a cameo appearance as herself on The Sopranos in the April 2006 episode " Luxury Lounge ", during which her character was mugged by Christopher Moltisanti ( Michael Imperioli ). In September 2006, Bryn Mawr College awarded Bacall its Katharine Hepburn Medal, which recognizes "women whose lives, work, and contributions embody

5814-787: The Wings . She portrayed American billionaire heiress Doris Duke in the four part CBS miniseries Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999). In the 2000s, she acted as a spokesman for the Tuesday Morning discount chain and produced a jewelry line. She was also a celebrity spokesman for High Point coffee and Fancy Feast cat food. Her film career saw something of a renaissance taking dramatic roles in independent films. She attracted positive notices for her performances in high-profile psychological dramas such as Lars von Trier 's Dogville (2003) and Jonathan Glazer 's Birth (2004), both with Nicole Kidman . She voiced Witch of

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5928-517: The age of twenty in To Have and Have Not (1944) as the leading lady opposite Humphrey Bogart , whom she later married. She continued in the film noir genre with appearances alongside Bogart in The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948), and she starred in the romantic comedies How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and Designing Woman (1957). She portrayed

6042-499: The attention of "Slim" Keith , the wife of Hollywood producer and director Howard Hawks . Keith urged her husband to invite Bacall to take a screen test for his forthcoming film To Have and Have Not . Hawks asked his secretary to find more information about Bacall, but the secretary misunderstood and sent Bacall a ticket to travel to Hollywood for the audition. After meeting Bacall in Hollywood, Hawks immediately signed her to

6156-558: The audiences. In 1958, three Rat Pack members, Sinatra, Martin, and Shirley MacLaine starred in Some Came Running that was popular with the public. At the same time in 1958, a story about a series of Las Vegas casino robberies circulated among entertainers, so Peter Lawford bought the rights and Frank Sinatra became interested in the idea. Several members of the Rat Pack who were regulars in Vegas, were naturally fit to lead

6270-550: The basic principles of American democracy. In October 1947, Bacall and Bogart traveled to Washington, D.C., along with a number of other Hollywood stars in a group that called itself the Committee for the First Amendment (CFA), which also included Danny Kaye , John Garfield , Gene Kelly , John Huston , Groucho Marx , Olivia de Havilland , Ira Gershwin , and Jane Wyatt . She appeared alongside Humphrey Bogart in

6384-482: The cast of characters in the upcoming production, including Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin , Sammy Davis Jr. , Peter Lawford , and Joey Bishop , and also Angie Dickinson , Cesar Romero , and Shirley MacLaine . A variety of writers worked on the project, titled Ocean's 11 , and the production was set to begin in January 1960. The film Ocean's 11 , made between January and March of 1960, shows several members of

6498-594: The country home of Pulitzer Prize –winning author Louis Bromfield , a close friend of Bogart. At the time of the 1950 United States census , the couple was living at 2707 Benedict Canyon Drive in Beverly Hills with their son and their nursemaid. Bacall is listed as Betty Bogart. She was married to Bogart until he died in 1957. During the filming of The African Queen (1951), Bacall and Bogart became friends with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy . She began to mix in non-acting circles, becoming friends with

6612-516: The couple married. Rickles was an only child. Rickles befriended mobster "Crazy" Joe Gallo following a performance at the Copacabana in 1972. Gallo, whom Rickles had ribbed mercilessly during his set, despite being warned not to do so, accepted Rickles's ribbings in good humor and invited him to Umberto's Clam House after the show. Rickles declined the offer. That night, a gunfight erupted at Umberto's, killing Gallo. Rickles performed at

6726-608: The early 1950s, he started to call ill-mannered members of the audience " hockey pucks ". His style was similar to that of an older insult comic Jack E. Leonard , though Rickles denied Leonard influenced his style. During an interview on Larry King Live , Rickles credited Milton Berle 's comedy style for inspiring him to enter show business. While working in the "Murray Franklin's" nightclub in Miami Beach, Florida , early during his career, Rickles spotted Frank Sinatra and remarked to him, "I just saw your movie The Pride and

6840-557: The evolution of his comedy. It was like listening to a great jazz musician wail. Nobody else did what he did. He made comedy into an art form. And like all geniuses, comic or otherwise, he's irreplaceable. He was much loved. I'm really missing this man." At the 90th Academy Awards , The Academy honored Rickles in its annual in Memoriam segment. The film Toy Story 4 was dedicated to his memory, as well as that of animator Adam Burke; while he would die before recording any dialogue, with

6954-611: The female lead in Written on the Wind (1956), which is considered one of Douglas Sirk 's seminal films. She later acted in Harper (1966), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), and The Shootist (1976). Bacall found a career resurgence for her role in the romantic comedy The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), for which she earned the Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award , in addition to nominations for

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7068-449: The fictional trophy in All About Eve . She returned to Broadway in the musical Woman of the Year (1981) with book by Peter Stone and music and lyrics by Kander and Ebb . The musical is based on the 1944 film of the same name starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy . Frank Rich of The New York Times gave the production a mixed review but praised Bacall writing, "The people who concocted this musical know what their show

7182-423: The film Trouble Is My Business . In November, she joined the English-dubbed voice cast for StudioCanal's animated film Ernest & Celestine . Her final role was in 2014 as a guest voice appearance in the Family Guy episode " Mom's the Word ". On May 21, 1945, Bacall married Humphrey Bogart . She was 20 and Bogart was 25 years older. Their wedding and honeymoon took place at Malabar Farm, Lucas, Ohio ,

7296-402: The film could have caused considerable damage to her career, but her next performance as the mysterious, acid-tongued Vivian Rutledge in Hawks's film noir The Big Sleep (1946), co-starring Bogart, provided a quick career resurgence. The Big Sleep laid the foundation for Bacall's status as an icon of film noir , with which she would be strongly associated for the rest of her career. She

7410-400: The first four films of the Toy Story franchise (1995–2019). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for the 2006 documentary Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project . In 2014, he was honored by fellow comedians at the Apollo Theater , which was taped and released on Spike TV , entitled Don Rickles: One Night Only . Rickles was born in Queens , New York City, United States, on May 8, 1926. He

7524-520: The following year as a tribute to the recently deceased Davis. A review in The New York Times praised Davis's performance, describing it as "pure, ebullient, unapologetic show business." Concerning the group's reputation for womanizing and heavy drinking, Joey Bishop stated in a 1998 interview: "I never saw Frank, Dean Martin, Sammy or Peter drunk during performances. That was only a gag! And do you believe these guys had to chase broads? They had to chase 'em away!" Archival footage of Lawford and Sinatra

7638-428: The historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and the journalist Alistair Cooke . In 1952, she gave campaign speeches for Democratic presidential contender Adlai Stevenson . Along with other Hollywood figures, Bacall was a strong opponent of McCarthyism . Bacall had a relationship with Frank Sinatra after Bogart's death. During an interview with Turner Classic Movies 's Robert Osborne , Bacall stated that she had ended

7752-881: The home of Bogart and Bacall which served as a regular hangout of the same group of friends during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Visiting members included Errol Flynn , Ava Gardner , Nat King Cole , Robert Mitchum , Elizabeth Taylor , Janet Leigh , Tony Curtis , Mickey Rooney , Lena Horne , Jerry Lewis , and Cesar Romero . According to Stephen Bogart , the original members of the Holmby Hills Rat Pack were Frank Sinatra (pack master), Judy Garland (first vice-president), Sid Luft (cage master), Bogart (rat in charge of public relations), Swifty Lazar (recording secretary and treasurer), Nathaniel Benchley (historian), David Niven , Katharine Hepburn , Spencer Tracy , George Cukor , Cary Grant , Rex Harrison , and Jimmy Van Heusen . The Rat Pack group underwent several transformations. The publicly best-known transformation happened under

7866-405: The honor of working with him on my picture Casino . He was a professional. He kept me doubled over with laughter every day on the set – yet he was a complete pro. We became friends over the years, and I had the honor of being roasted by him more than once – sometimes when I didn't expect it. He just started showing up at places and insulting me. Experiencing Don, and tuning into his mind, I witnessed

7980-516: The inaugurations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush with his friend Frank Sinatra, although Rickles himself was a lifelong Democrat . He considered Bob Newhart his best friend, and the two often vacationed together along with their wives, who were also close. Rickles and Newhart appeared together on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on January 24, 2005, the Monday following Johnny Carson 's death, reminiscing about their many guest appearances on Carson's show. The two also appeared together on

8094-430: The intelligence, drive, and independence" of Hepburn. She delivered an address at the memorial service of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. at the Reform Club in London in June 2007. She finished her role in The Forger in 2009. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences bestowed an honorary Academy Award upon Bacall at the inaugural Governors Awards on November 14, 2009. In July 2013, Bacall expressed interest in

8208-792: The later months of his life. On May 11, 2015, Rickles appeared as a guest on one of the final episodes of The Late Show with David Letterman . He also made a cameo appearance in Grandfathered . In 2014, a number of stars helped celebrate Rickles's 88th birthday with a televised special titled One Night Only: An All Star Tribute to Don Rickles . Those giving tributes following his death included David Letterman, Kathy Griffin, Jon Stewart, Jerry Seinfeld, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Nathan Lane, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Tracy Morgan, Johnny Depp, Brian Williams, and Regis Philbin. Also participating in taped appearances were Bob Newhart, Eddie Murphy, Jimmy Kimmel, and Bill Cosby. Seinfeld described him as

8322-601: The leadership of Frank Sinatra. After Bogart's death in 1957, Frank Sinatra and Lauren Bacall became engaged and planned a marriage while living together in Sinatra's homes. Frank Sinatra became the Rat Pack leader from 1957 on. By the end of the 1950s, the Rat Pack evolved into an informal production group whose members united their star power to support each other's careers. At that time, the Rat Pack activities expanded to Las Vegas where members performed regular gigs and helped each other by making unannounced appearances to impress

8436-438: The mother who was drop-dead gorgeous and who never told her kind of funny-looking daughter she was pretty." She received widespread critical acclaim, and at age 72, she earned her first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , which she was widely expected to win, but lost to Juliette Binoche for The English Patient . She also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and

8550-598: The motor torpedo boat tender USS  Cyrene as a seaman first class. He was honorably discharged in 1946. Two years later, intending to be a dramatic actor, he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts , and then played bit parts on television. Frustrated by a lack of acting work, Rickles began performing comedy in clubs in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. He became known as an insult comedian when he responded to his hecklers. The audience enjoyed these insults more than his prepared material, so he incorporated them into his act. When Rickles started his career in

8664-645: The news. Bacall wrote in By Myself that Sinatra only found out the truth years later. Bacall then met and began a relationship with Jason Robards . Their wedding was originally scheduled to take place in Vienna , Austria , on June 16, 1961. The wedding plans were shelved after Austrian authorities refused to grant the couple a marriage license, due to Robards being unable to produce divorce documents from his previous marriage, and Bacall being unable to produce Humphrey Bogart's death certificate. They were also refused

8778-577: The only child of Natalie ( née Weinstein-Bacal; 1901–1969), a secretary who later legally changed her surname to Bacal, and William Perske (1889–1982), who worked in sales. Both of her parents were Jewish . Her mother emigrated from Iași , Romania , through Ellis Island . Her father was born in New Jersey to parents who were born in Valozhyn , at that time a predominantly Jewish community in present-day Belarus . Bacall's parents divorced when she

8892-636: The picture and to establish Bacall as a movie star. As part of the public-relations push, Bacall visited the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on February 10, 1945, and sat on a piano as Vice President Harry S. Truman played it. After To Have and Have Not , Bacall appeared with Charles Boyer in Confidential Agent (1945), which was poorly received by critics. By her own estimation, she had been terribly miscast and

9006-662: The press conference to announce the tour, Martin joked about calling it off, and Sinatra rebuked a reporter for using the term "Rat Pack", referring to it as "that stupid phrase". Dean Martin's son Dean Paul Martin died in a plane crash in March 1987 on the San Gorgonio Mountain in California, the same mountain where Sinatra's mother was killed in a plane crash ten years earlier. Martin had since become increasingly dependent on alcohol and prescription drugs. Davis had hip replacement surgery two years previously, and

9120-520: The previous night, while a guest on The Tonight Show , on which Bob Newhart was the guest host. The incident was often replayed in Tonight Show retrospectives and was considered a highlight of the 1970s era of the series. Rickles retorted that he would replace the box with an X-ray of Johnny Carson's lungs. Rickles occasionally appeared as a panelist on Hollywood Squares and was depicted in comic-book form by Jack Kirby during his work on

9234-491: The romance, but, in her autobiography Lauren Bacall by Myself , she wrote that Sinatra ended the relationship abruptly after becoming upset that his marriage proposal had been leaked to the press, believing Bacall to be responsible. However, Bacall states in Lauren Bacall by Myself that when she was out with her friend Irving "Swifty" Lazar , they encountered the gossip columnist Louella Parsons , to whom Lazar revealed

9348-509: The show lasted only 17 episodes and was replaced by a prime time version of the game Let's Make a Deal . During the 1960s, Rickles made guest appearances on The Dick Van Dyke Show , The Munsters , The Addams Family , The Mothers-in-Law , Gilligan's Island , Get Smart , The Twilight Zone episode " Mr. Dingle, the Strong ", The Andy Griffith Show , Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. , and I Dream of Jeannie . In 1970, Rickles had

9462-463: The show, followed by Martin and then Sinatra; after an interval, the three performed a medley of songs. During the show, Martin threw a lit cigarette at the audience. He withdrew from the tour after just five shows, citing a flare-up of a kidney problem. Sinatra and Davis continued the tour under the title "The Ultimate Event" with Liza Minnelli replacing Martin as the third member of the trio. Davis's associate stated that Sinatra's people were skimming

9576-477: The status of a major star, and was thereby unworthy of the honor: "I want to feel I've earned my place with the best my business has produced." Bacall was under contract to 20th Century-Fox. Following How to Marry a Millionaire , she appeared in yet another CinemaScope comedy directed by Negulesco, Woman's World (1954), which failed to match its predecessor's success at the box office. A television version of Bogart's early film success The Petrified Forest

9690-552: The syndicated action-adventure radio series Bold Venture . Bacall starred in the first CinemaScope comedy, How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), a runaway hit among critics and at the box office that was directed by Jean Negulesco . She received positive notices for her turn as witty gold-digger Schatze Page. "First honors in spreading mirth go to Miss Bacall," wrote Alton Cook in the New York World-Telegram & Sun , "The most intelligent and predatory of

9804-525: The television sitcom Newhart and for previous episodes of The Tonight Show , where Newhart or Rickles were guest hosts. The friendship was memorialized in Bob & Don: A Love Story , a 2023 short documentary film by Judd Apatow featuring interviews with and home movies of both families. On April 6, 2017, Rickles died of kidney failure at his home in Century City, Los Angeles , at the age of 90. He

9918-419: The time of her death, Bacall had an estimated $ 26.6 million estate. The bulk of her estate was divided among her three children: Leslie Bogart, Stephen Humphrey Bogart, and Sam Robards. Additionally, Bacall left $ 250,000 each to her youngest grandsons, the sons of Sam Robards, for college. Film Television Theatre Animation Don Rickles Donald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017)

10032-469: The top of the revenues from the concerts, as well as stuffing envelopes full of cash into suitcases after the performances. In August 1989, Davis was diagnosed with throat cancer which caused his death in May 1990. He was buried with a gold watch that Sinatra had given him at the conclusion of The Ultimate Event Tour . A 1988 performance of The Ultimate Event in Detroit was recorded and shown on Showtime

10146-526: The trio's first feature film appearance since 1964's Robin and the 7 Hoods . Martin expressed reservations about the tour, wondering whether they could draw as many people as they had in the past. Sinatra and Davis complained during private rehearsals about the lack of black musicians in the orchestra. The tour began at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena on March 13, 1988, to a sold-out crowd of 14,500. Davis opened

10260-486: The trio, she takes complete control of every scene with her acid delivery of viciously witty lines." After the success of How to Marry a Millionaire , Bacall declined the opportunity to press her handprints and footprints in the Grauman's Chinese Theatre 's famed cement forecourt. She felt that "anyone with a picture opening could be represented there, standards had been so lowered" and did not feel that she had yet achieved

10374-510: The visit. Kennedy instead stayed at Bing Crosby 's estate, which further infuriated Sinatra. Lawford was blamed for this and Sinatra "never again had a good word" for him. Lawford's role was written out of the upcoming 4 for Texas , and his part in Robin and the 7 Hoods was given to Bing Crosby. Sinatra, Davis, and Martin announced a 29-date tour called Together Again in December 1987. At

10488-533: Was Jewish. His father, Max Rickles (1896–1952), emigrated in 1903 with his Lithuanian parents from Kaunas . His mother, Etta Rickles ( née Feldman; 1898–1984), was born in New York City to Austrian immigrant parents. Rickles grew up in Jackson Heights . After graduating from Newtown High School in 1944, Rickles enlisted in the United States Navy and served during World War II on

10602-529: Was a "production assistant" to Brian G. Hutton during the filming of Kelly's Heroes . During the filming of Innocent Blood , Rickles would kid Landis by ordering him to get coffee or to run other errands befitting his one-time " gofer " status. In 1993, Rickles starred in another short-lived sitcom titled Daddy Dearest , with Richard Lewis . In 1995, he played Billy Sherbert in the Universal Pictures film Casino and voiced Mr. Potato Head in

10716-471: Was a musical version of the film All About Eve (1950), starring Bette Davis , Bacall's idol as a child. A young and unknown Bacall had met Davis years earlier in New York. After a performance of Applause , Davis visited Bacall backstage and told her, "You're the only one who could have played the part." Bacall would later win the Sarah Siddons Award in 1972 and 1984, an award inspired by

10830-414: Was a pivotal year for Bacall's career. She was chosen by Barbra Streisand to play her mother in the romantic comedy The Mirror Has Two Faces , also starring Jeff Bridges , George Segal and Brenda Vaccaro . Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote of her performance "Bacall, posing, rolling her eyes and snapping out the one-liners with consummate skill, is in to play the source of all of Rose’s insecurities,

10944-607: Was about to be metaphorically gored. As Rickles observed, "I always pictured myself facing the audience as the matador." In 1958, Rickles made his film debut in a serious part in Run Silent, Run Deep with Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster . Throughout the 1960s, he often appeared on television in sitcoms and dramatic series. Rickles guest-starred in Get Smart as Sid, an old war buddy of Max's, who comes to stay with him. In an episode of Run for Your Life , Rickles portrayed

11058-446: Was among those who took part in roasting Sinatra, and Rickles himself was also roasted during another show in the series. Rickles earned the nicknames "The Merchant of Venom" and "Mr. Warmth" for his poking fun at people of all ethnicities and all walks of life. When he was introduced to an audience or on a television talk show, Spanish matador music, "La Virgen de la Macarena", would usually be played, subtly foreshadowing someone

11172-653: Was an American actress. She was named the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute . She received an Academy Honorary Award in 2009 in recognition of her contribution to the Golden Age of motion pictures. Bacall was one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Bacall began a career as a model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency before making her film debut at

11286-513: Was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He became known primarily for his insult comedy . His film roles include Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), Enter Laughing (1967), Kelly's Heroes (1970), and Casino (1995). From 1976 to 1978, Rickles had a two-season starring role in the NBC television sitcom C.P.O. Sharkey , having previously starred in two eponymous half-hour programs, an ABC variety series titled The Don Rickles Show (1968) and

11400-584: Was asked to organize and perform at Ronald Reagan 's second presidential inaugural celebration, he insisted Rickles be allowed to perform and do it unrehearsed. Rickles considered this performance the highpoint of his career. In 1990, he appeared in the second-season episode of Tales from the Crypt titled "The Ventriloquist's Dummy". In 1992, he was cast in Innocent Blood , directed by John Landis . In his memoir, Rickles wrote that he recalled Landis

11514-699: Was buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery . Many television hosts paid tribute to his comedic talents, with Conan O'Brien , Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers , and David Letterman among them. Barbra Streisand , Billy Crystal , Mel Brooks , Toy Story (1995) filmmaker John Lasseter , Ron Howard , Chris Rock , Patton Oswalt , Jim Carrey , Ricky Gervais and even his Toy Story (1995) co-stars Tom Hanks (the voice of Woody ), Tim Allen (the voice of Buzz Lightyear ) and Whoopi Goldberg (the voice of Stretch in Toy Story 3 ) paid their respects on Twitter. Bob Newhart said in

11628-672: Was cast in her friend Ingrid Bergman 's role in From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler , a television remake of the 1973 movie by the same title . Years earlier, Bergman had played the role in the film version of Cactus Flower (1969) that Bacall had played on Broadway in 1965. In 1995 portrayed Claire Zachanassian in the Terrence McNally play The Visit at the Chichester Festival . 1996

11742-666: Was caught in a poorly-planned demolition of the Monty Burns Casino and flung into the air, as he was still inside the building as it was demolished, and while he was hit by Homer's car when he fell back down, he ultimately survived. Rickles made a cameo appearance as himself in a recurring dream sequence in " Sub Conscious ", an episode of The Unit , which aired in February 2007. On May 8, 2006, on his 80th birthday, Simon & Schuster released his memoir entitled Rickles' Book . Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project ,

11856-673: Was estranged from Sinatra because of Davis's use of cocaine. Davis was also experiencing severe financial difficulties, and was promised by Sinatra's people that he could earn between six and eight million dollars from the tour. Martin had not made a film or recorded since 1984 and Sinatra felt that the tour would be good for Martin, telling Davis, "I think it would be great for Dean. Get him out. For that alone it would be worth doing". Sinatra and Davis still performed regularly, yet they had not recorded for several years. Both Sinatra and Martin had made their last film appearances together in 1984's Cannonball Run II , which also starred Davis. This marked

11970-585: Was five, after which she no longer saw her father. She later took the Romanian form of her mother's last name, Bacall. She was close to her mother, who remarried Lee Goldberg and moved to California after Bacall became a star. Through her father, Bacall was related to Shimon Peres (born Szymon Perski), the eighth prime minister and ninth president of Israel . Peres did not know about the relationship until Bacall told him. Bacall's family moved soon after her birth to Brooklyn 's Ocean Parkway . Money from

12084-476: Was her second feature directed by Minnelli and was released in New York on May 16, 1957, four months after Bogart's death on January 14. Bacall appeared in two more films in the 1950s: the Negulesco-directed melodrama The Gift of Love (1958) with Robert Stack and the British adventure film North West Frontier (1959), which was a box-office hit. Bacall was seen in only a handful of films in

12198-610: Was immediate, according to Bacall. She and Bogart, who was unhappily married to Mayo Methot , began a romantic relationship several weeks into shooting. Bacall's role in the script was originally much smaller, but during production, the part was revised and extended several times. After its release, To Have and Have Not catapulted Bacall into instant stardom, and her performance became the cornerstone of her star image that extended into popular culture at large, even influencing fashion as well as filmmakers and other actors. Warner Bros. launched an extensive marketing campaign to promote

12312-470: Was often cast in roles that were variations of the independent and sultry femme fatale character of Vivian. As described by film scholar Joe McElhaney, "Vivian displays an almost total command of movement and gesture. She never crawls." Bacall was cast with Bogart in two more films. In the film noir Dark Passage (1947), she played an enigmatic San Francisco artist. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote: "Miss Bacall   ... generates quite

12426-689: Was performed as a 1955 live installment of the weekly dramatic anthology Producers' Showcase , featuring Bogart in his original role of Duke Mantee and starring Bacall and Henry Fonda . In the late 1990s, Bacall donated the only known kinescope of the performance to the Museum of Television & Radio (now the Paley Center for Media ), where it remains archived for viewing in New York City and Los Angeles. Bacall starred in two feature films, The Cobweb and Blood Alley , both released in 1955. Directed by Vincente Minnelli , The Cobweb takes place at

12540-557: Was probably just a mercy award for an old man." In 2009, Rickles appeared on Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List and met Griffin's mother Maggie to fulfill one item on Maggie's "bucket list". In 2010, he appeared in a commercial during Super Bowl XLIV as a talking rose, and appeared on the 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on CBS TV on June 27, 2010. He reprised his role as Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story 3 (2010). In 2011, Rickles reunited with his Casino (1995) co-star Joe Pesci in

12654-657: Was released in 2001. The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection: Live & Swingin' went on sale in 2003. A concert featuring the three men, Live from the Sands in Las Vegas , is also available on CD. The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas tribute show originated on stage in London in 2000 and has been running continuously since then throughout Europe and North America. Lauren Bacall Betty Joan Perske (September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014), professionally known as Lauren Bacall ( / b ə ˈ k ɔː l / bə- KAWL ),

12768-400: Was so nervous that, to minimize her quivering, she pressed her chin against her chest, faced the camera and tilted her eyes upward. This effect, which came to be known as "The Look", became another Bacall trademark, along with her sultry voice. Bacall's character in the film used Slim Hawks's nickname, "Slim", and Bogart used Howard Hawks's nickname "Steve". The on-set chemistry between the two

12882-405: Was the master of ceremonies for the two-hour special, with live monologs by Johnny Depp , Martin Scorsese , Robert De Niro, Jon Stewart, David Letterman, Tracy Morgan , Brian Williams , Regis Philbin , Amy Poehler , and Tina Fey . Recorded segments included bits from Bob Newhart , Bill Cosby , Jimmy Kimmel , and Eddie Murphy . "The camaraderie and the comedy made the show a cross between

12996-459: Was used in the 1974 compilation film That's Entertainment! . Shirley MacLaine appeared in the 1958 film Some Came Running , along with Sinatra and Martin. She had a major role (and Sinatra a cameo) in the 1956 Oscar -winning film Around the World in 80 Days . MacLaine played a Hindu princess who is rescued by, and falls in love with, original Rat Pack associate David Niven , and Sinatra had

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