My awareness of Bill also began with Great Performances showing of ' In regard of flight ' on HBO in the early 80s. Already a fan of Vaudeville history , humor, music, and stage effects...... I fell in love with the man's talent and values immediately. I recognized him in Popeye, and as Mr Noodle, but was otherwise unaware of his amazing range of celebrated performances. My sincere thanks to you for enlightening me. I must see ' Interstellar' at the earliest opportunity.
Brendan Fraser (who loves "clowning," physical performance, and silent acting) did an interview with Bill Irwin in a theater magazine, and he said Bill was a huge inspiration to him.
He came to my school in the 80s and performed for us at an assembly. 3 years later I recognized him in Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin... I was shocked! He's also in Popeye.
I actually have his email address. I met him 7 years ago or so while he was doing Old Hats at A.C.T. in SF and wrote him a letter to which I left my email address at the bottom and he responded to me! I email him once every six months or so. He's very kind.
Ah, I forgot he was in that. He played Ham Gravy, who was the original main character of Thimble Theatre, before he needed to hire a boat that one time. And guess whose boat Ham Gravy hired....
I saw 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 on PBS in 1983 or '84, and it's still the most wonderfully hilarious thing I've ever seen. I never watched CSI, but from the brief clip here, I think Bill's character is scarier than Anthony Hopkin's Lector; not as over-the-top cartoonish, movie-monster a performance. Might be worth looking into.
My awareness of Bill also began with Great Performances showing of ' In regard of flight ' on HBO in the early 80s. Already a fan of Vaudeville history , humor, music, and stage effects...... I fell in love with the man's talent and values immediately. I recognized him in Popeye, and as Mr Noodle, but was otherwise unaware of his amazing range of celebrated performances. My sincere thanks to you for enlightening me. I must see ' Interstellar' at the earliest opportunity.
Been a fan of Bill's since Pickle Family Circus days
He's a one-of-a-kind performer, a Renaissance man.
He really is an immense talent and I understand why you're a fan. Someone talked about him under a TARS video, that's how I found him.
He was also in Elmo's World as "Mister Noodle."
I LOVE Bill so much! He’s WAY underrated. And he’s such a cute, ol’, sweetie!
I got to meet him and I got his email address. We stay in touch every once in a while! He's really sweet. I love him so much.
He's such a fun guy, and the face of evil too.
Wonderful.
Interstellar is one of my favorite movies just because of him. Who couldn’t love this as Cooper said, “giant sarcastic robot”?
ME TOO!
I greatly admire Mr Irwin's talent.
ME TOO! OBVIOUSLY!
I saw him this afternoon as Clov in "Endgame" at Irish Repertory Theater. He was amazing.
LUCKY!
Brendan Fraser (who loves "clowning," physical performance, and silent acting) did an interview with Bill Irwin in a theater magazine, and he said Bill was a huge inspiration to him.
You mean Brendan Fraiser, who was in The Mummy? That's freaking awesome!
He came to my school in the 80s and performed for us at an assembly. 3 years later I recognized him in Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin... I was shocked! He's also in Popeye.
My god. You're so lucky!!!!!!!!! I wish he'd perform at MY SCHOOL!
@@Junius This was almost 40 years ago. Try contacting him, he seems approachable.
I actually have his email address. I met him 7 years ago or so while he was doing Old Hats at A.C.T. in SF and wrote him a letter to which I left my email address at the bottom and he responded to me! I email him once every six months or so. He's very kind.
Ah, I forgot he was in that. He played Ham Gravy, who was the original main character of Thimble Theatre, before he needed to hire a boat that one time. And guess whose boat Ham Gravy hired....
@@Junius It's people like you that warm the heart of a guy like him.
I don't know why but in a weird way he reminds me of Christopher Reeve.
Similar nose, cheekbones - classic WASP lol
www.reddit.com/r/BillIrwin/
I saw 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 on PBS in 1983 or '84, and it's still the most wonderfully hilarious thing I've ever seen. I never watched CSI, but from the brief clip here, I think Bill's character is scarier than Anthony Hopkin's Lector; not as over-the-top cartoonish, movie-monster a performance. Might be worth looking into.
IT IS! HE'S SO GOOD AS NATE HASKELL!