Daily Mail: Herbert Coward dead at 85: Deliverance actor - who played Toothless Man - killed in car crash.
Herbert Coward, best known for playing Toothless Man in the 1972 classic Deliverance, has died in a car crash aged 85.
Coward died alongside his partner Bertha Brooks, 78, his beloved pet chihuahua named Little Man and his squirrel named Cowgirl after his silver Nissan was hit by a truck driven by a 16-year-old on Wednesday afternoon.
Neither Coward nor Brooks was wearing a seatbelt and the teen driver was not speeding, ABC news reported.
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Coward shot to fame following the release of Deliverance, in which he delivered some of the most iconic lines including 'He got a real pretty mouth, ain't he?'
Most of his lines were improvised, Coward later told News 13.
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He gained his toothless smile after being hit in the face with a pistol during a staged gunfight at the park. He earned his 'Cowboy' nickname for operating bulldozers that built Ghost Town, which opened in June 1961.
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He remained friend [sic] with [Burt] Reynolds throughout their lives, and saw the star just weeks before his death in 2018.
'Burt said he didn't have but three friends — real friends — and I was one of them because I never asked him for nothing,' he said.
If you can get your hands on the Deliverance Anniversary or Deluxe Edition DVD, (check with a library), watch the special feature interviews with the cast and director John Boorman.
Reynolds: "I asked John (Boorman) why he's shooting this film in sequence since most movies never are. He said, because if one of you dies I can write it into the script." 🤣 That is wicked and dark. 🤣
It's a great movie.
RIP.
4 comments:
Great movie. My wife gets pissed when I quote lines from it.
It is an iconic movie! I have the deluxe version and when friends ask to watch a movie, I always recommend that one and to a T they all demure... I don't why. I guess living in the swamp portion of Southern Alabama, close to the Georgia line I have a more enlightened sense of that culture and mores of the area.
Sambo , Much could depend on what line(s) one says to their wife, LOL. I'm trying that!
Cederq , As a film, it has every life element in it. Man against; himself, against man, nature, the unknown, the law. It's a classic. The special features on the DVD on the making of the film is so interesting.
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