Watching the free channels that Directtv is giving for now and I'm watching a movie and Bill Graham enters a scene and say's a few lines. Movie from 1987. Nothing to do with music.
He did the ones mentioned here but his best part, IMHO-was in Gardens of Stone,--in 1987--a good Francis Ford Coppola flick where he played Don Brubaker and James Caan stared
Years ago, I saw an interview with Ford, Coppola and Peter Coyote where Francis said Bill once told him of his dream to be a movie star or something to that and that is when he thought of Bill for the part. I remember seeing the movie when it came out (pre Netfix days) and going wholly shit, isn't that Uncle Bobo up there? I visit Bill's grave in Colma once or twice a year--I drive past it for work. Stop in, say hi to him, his sister Easter adn her husband. I did not know him but had the pleasure of chatting him up a few times. He, and his 2 sons sat right in front of us at one of the Garcia on Broadway shows and we chatted with him and his boys and another time, just before an 1988 Shoreline show--it was Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur--can't remember. He was outside checkout the crowd as we were filing in and I said Bill, why aren't you at temple--busting his chops a bit and he said "this is my temple". We talked about the Bronx for 10 minutes as that is where my people grew up the same time and area he grew up there after coming to the states as a refugee. People I know who were fiends with him or BGP staff have a million stories--he was a true original--a real mensch as they say.
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on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – 12:03 pm
Bugsy?
Bugsy?
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on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – 12:04 pm
or some gangster flick
or some gangster flick
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on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – 12:12 pm
Apocalypse Now for the win!
Apocalypse Now for the win!
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on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – 12:24 pm
Bugsy and Apocalypse
Bugsy and Apocalypse
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on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – 12:27 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Decko2h-S20
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on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – 12:32 pm
1987!
1987!
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on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – 01:26 pm
He did the ones mentioned
He did the ones mentioned here but his best part, IMHO-was in Gardens of Stone,--in 1987--a good Francis Ford Coppola flick where he played Don Brubaker and James Caan stared
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on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – 02:08 pm
Without my Encyclopedia
Without my Encyclopedia Britannica and my Worldbooks (WITH the annual update editions), I know nothing....
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on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – 02:10 pm
I would have guessed "Carny'.
I would have guessed "Carny'.
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on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – 02:12 pm
Greasy for the win!
Greasy for the win!
Free backstage pass to ths closing of Winterland!
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on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – 02:28 pm
Years ago, I saw an interview
Years ago, I saw an interview with Ford, Coppola and Peter Coyote where Francis said Bill once told him of his dream to be a movie star or something to that and that is when he thought of Bill for the part. I remember seeing the movie when it came out (pre Netfix days) and going wholly shit, isn't that Uncle Bobo up there? I visit Bill's grave in Colma once or twice a year--I drive past it for work. Stop in, say hi to him, his sister Easter adn her husband. I did not know him but had the pleasure of chatting him up a few times. He, and his 2 sons sat right in front of us at one of the Garcia on Broadway shows and we chatted with him and his boys and another time, just before an 1988 Shoreline show--it was Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur--can't remember. He was outside checkout the crowd as we were filing in and I said Bill, why aren't you at temple--busting his chops a bit and he said "this is my temple". We talked about the Bronx for 10 minutes as that is where my people grew up the same time and area he grew up there after coming to the states as a refugee. People I know who were fiends with him or BGP staff have a million stories--he was a true original--a real mensch as they say.
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on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – 03:59 pm
>>>Gardens of Stone<<<
>>>Gardens of Stone<<<
His best role. As I remember he's in one scene, as a smartass anti-war liberal, James Caan beats the shit out of him.
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on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – 04:16 pm
he was in the doors.
he was in the doors.
i was an extra in a crowd scene with him.
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on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – 04:26 pm
Cool story Greasy. I remember
Cool story Greasy. I remember him giving me a weird look on Garcia on Broadway.lol
Or maybe I was paranoid and tripping!
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on Wednesday, May 6, 2020 – 09:41 am
Bill Graham filmography as an
Bill Graham filmography as an actor per IMDB:
The American Way (Short Film, 1962)-Man
Muscle Beach Party (1964)-Surfer Boy
A Star Is Born (1976)-Bill Graham
Apocalypse Now (1979)-Agent
The Cotton Club (1984)-J.W.
Gardens Of Stone (1987)-Don Brubaker
The Doors (1991)-New Haven Promoter
Bugsy (1991)-Charlie Luciano