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Radio allowed people to act with their hearts and minds.

~Dick York

Topics: Act Allowed Hearts Minds People Radio

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I've been blessed. I have no complaints. I've been surrounded by people in radio, on stage and in motion pictures and television who love me. The things that have gone wrong have been simply physical things.

~Dick York

Topics: Been Blessed Complaints Gone Love Love Me Me Motion Motion Pictures People Physical Pictures Radio Simply Stage Surrounded Television Things Who Wrong

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You'd go in, read the script once for timing and then you would sit around and play games. The sound effects people would come in and we would do a dress rehearsal so they could get the effects and the music cues in place. Then you would wait until you went on the air.

~Dick York

Topics: Air Around Come Could Dress Effects Games Get Go Music Once People Place Play Read Rehearsal Script Sit Sound Then Timing Until Wait Would You

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There was a three hour differential in performances because the sponsor insisted it be done live for California. You would go on at 8 pm in New York but you would also have to go on at 8 p.m. in California. That meant coming back in to do the show at 11 p.m.

~Dick York

Topics: Also Back Because California Coming Differential Done Go Hour Insisted Live Meant New New York Performance Show Sponsor Three Would York You

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Every time I listened to Lux Radio Theatre, I wanted to vomit.

~Dick York

Topics: Every Every Time Listened Radio Theatre Time Vomit Wanted

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I had done my first picture and I didn't have anything to do for awhile. I was asked to come back to New York and do Bus Stop in the role of the cowboy opposite Kim Stanley.

~Dick York

Topics: Anything Asked Awhile Back Bus Come Cowboy Done First Had Kim New New York Opposite Picture Role Stanley Stop York

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I never danced a step in my life so naturally. My first motion picture was a musical, and Bob Fosse was the choreographer. I didn't exactly dance for Fosse, I just did the best that I could to do what he taught us to do.

~Dick York

Topics: Best Bob Choreographer Could Dance Danced Did Exactly First He Just Life Motion Motion Picture Musical My Life Naturally Never Picture Step Taught Us

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Piper insisted she had to be out of breath when we played this one scene, so she ran around the block. Thank God she wasn't doing a crucifixtion scene; we would have had to nail her to the wall.

~Dick York

Topics: Around Block Breath Doing God Had Her Insisted Nail Out Played Ran Scene She Thank Thank God Wall Would

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Anyone who would let Gary Cooper and the entire cast go charging on horseback without first finding out what kind of footing the horses had is nuts and cannot possibly direct a motion picture.

~Dick York

Topics: Anyone Cannot Cast Charging Cooper Direct Entire Finding First Footing Gary Go Had Horseback Horses Kind Motion Motion Picture Nuts Out Picture Possibly Who Without Would

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My spine healed incorrectly. There were long periods when I'd be perfectly all right, and then there were many other times when I wasn't, when my back would give out and throw me down to the floor amid waves of nauseating pain.

~Dick York

Topics: Back Down Floor Give Healed Incorrectly Long Long Periods Many Me Other Out Pain Perfectly Periods Right Spine Then Throw Times Waves Were Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: September 4th, 1928

Died: February 20th, 1992

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