RIP Dave Madden (aka Reuben Kincaid)

http://www.tmz.com/2014/01/16/dave-madden-dead-partridge-family-reuben-kincaid/

A lot of my childhood is passing away.

 

RIP to Reuben aka Flo's beau Earl on Alice.

 

Abe Vigoda, etc., etc.

 

Also was quite good on Laugh-In. RIP.

 

He was pretty good in The Client, too.

 

I'd forgotten he was also on "Alice." Good memory.

He'll be missed. RIP.

 

For some reason I always confused Mr. Madden with the two fellows that played Darren on "Bewitched." RIP.

 

No, he was a Dave, but those other two guys were Dicks.

 

I'm a bit intrigued as to why The Partridge Family had a deceased father and a Reuben Kincaid, considering that Bud Cowsill was alive and kicking.

I have to wonder if this was the producers' way of sending a "fuck-you" to Bud Cowsill for being such a difficult bastard to deal with.

 

Interesting possibility. I read that, in the pilot episode, Shirley Partridge was still widowed but had a boyfriend, who was played by Shirley Jones' real-life husband at the time, Jack Cassidy.

 

That would have been interesting considering how much David Cassidy looked like his dad.

 

He's almost a dead ringer now for his father. Next thing you know, he'll be the regular guest murderer on a remake of "Columbo."