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The acting world is in mourning with news of the passing of beloved stage and screen actor Andrew Prine.
The actor – best known for Western films like Chisum, Wide Country and The Town That Dreaded Sundown – passed away on Monday of natural causes while on vacation in Paris with his wife, actress Heather Lowe, via THR.
‘He was the sweetest prince,’ said Lowe, who Prine married in 1986, in a brief statement about her husband’s passing.
R.I.P.: The acting world is in mourning with news of the passing of beloved stage and screen actor Andrew Prine
Best known: The actor – best known for Western films like Chisum, Wide Country and The Town That Dreaded Sundown – passed away on Monday of natural causes while on vacation in Paris with his wife, actress Heather Lowe, via THR
Prine was born February 14, 1936 in Jennings, Florida, attending high school in Miami before attending the University of Miami.
While he attended the U of Miami on an acting scholarship, he ultimately dropped out and moved to New York City to pursue acting.
He made his professional acting debut in a 1957 episode of The United States Steel Hour and his feature film debut in 1959’s Kiss Her Goodbye.
Early: Prine was born February 14, 1936 in Jennings, Florida, attending high school in Miami before attending the University of Miami
He also made his Broadway debut in 1958 in Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward, Angel, taking over the role from Anthony Perkins.
He revealed in a Backstage interview that he really, ‘learned how to act’ during his two-year stint on Look Homeward, Angel.
‘Fortunately, I did Look Homeward for two years, and what I did while playing the lead and being paid was learn how to act,’ he said.
Broadway: He also made his Broadway debut in 1958 in Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward, Angel, taking over the role from Anthony Perkins
‘The stage manager came backstage every night with copious notes, and his job was to keep me on target. I learned how to act, really, on Broadway,’ he added.
The role lead scouts from Universal to recruit him to star in a Western series, which he originally thought would be a temporary gig.
‘So I said I’m just going to go out [to California] and do [that] and I’m coming right back to Broadway,’ Prine said in a 2013 episode of A Word on Westerns.
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Western: ‘So I said I’m just going to go out [to California] and do [that] and I’m coming right back to Broadway,’ Prine said in a 2013 episode of A Word on Westerns
Scouts: The role lead scouts from Universal to recruit him to star in a Western series, which he originally thought would be a temporary gig
‘Then I found out how much money they would give me just to sit on a horse, and I said, “So long, Broadway,”‘ he added.
He appeared in a number of Western shows in the 1960s including Tombstone Territory, Playhouse 90, Have Gun Will Travel, The Defenders and Gunsmoke.
He played Andy Guthrie in 28 episodes of Wide Country and played Richard Kimble’s (David Jansen) brother Ray in an episode of The Fugitive along with a recurring role in the final season of Dr. Kildare.
His other notable roles were as Deputy Sheriff Roscoe Bookbinder in Bandolero, Alex McSween in Chisum and Deputy Norman Ramsey in The Town That Dreaded Sundown.
He continued working regularly into the 1980s (V), 1990s (Weird Science) and the early 2000s, though the latter in largely uncredited roles in God & General, Dukes of Hazzard and Sweet Home Alabama.
V: He continued working regularly into the 1980s (V), 1990s (Weird Science) and the early 2000s, though the latter in largely uncredited roles in God & General, Dukes of Hazzard and Sweet Home Alabama
