RIP Allan Arbus

The actor who played the visiting shrink on TV's "M*A*S*H,"' Allan Arbus, has passed away. RIP

I did not see a posting. http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=804007

I was surprised that he was in his 90's. That put him in his 50s when he first appeared on the show, but he looked younger. Saw an interview with him where he talked about being with a doctor when his daughter was ill. During the conversation, he said, the doctor kept addressing him and using technical terms only an MD might understand. Arbus said he did not understand why the doctor was doing it at first, until it occured to him, the MD must of thought of him as a real doctor and not an actor who was playing a doctor. I thought that was pretty funny, especially the way Arbus explained it.

 

Fascinating life. Photographer for decades with wife Diane Arbus, then reinvents himself as an actor. His first role was in a trippy (to say the least) Western/Christ take-off called "Greaser's Palace," directed by Robert Downey Sr. The whole movie is here (probably NSFW, or logical thought):

A clip here:

http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/275871/Greaser-s-Palace-Movie-Clip-If-You-Feel-You-Heal.html

 

RIP Dr. Freeman. I remember when I started a thread here on favorite "fringe" characters on TV shows, and that was inspired by Arbus' "M*A*S*H" role. Solid actor and, yes, pretty full and interesting life.

Oh, and Abe outlives another, although I believe Mr. Vigoda is actually younger.

 

A word of advice.

Take off your pants and slide on the ice.

RIP Sidney.

 

RIP Dr. Freedman (with two e's):

 

RIP. And, yeah Freedman was a great character.

 

Times obit: nyti.ms/10y7TjS

 

As in Freedom.. that's probably why you got confused... [Pierce to Col. Flagg.]

 

Sidney Freedman, as in Sigmund Freud.