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Carleton Carpenter Dies: Broadway, Film Actor & Debbie Reynolds’ “Abba Dabba” Song Partner Was 95
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deadline.comCarleton Carpenter, an actor whose lanky, aw-shucks cornpone good looks made him a familiar supporting presence opposite such leading ladies as Debbie Reynolds, Judy Garland and Elizabeth Taylor throughout the 1950s, died today in Warwick, New York, following years of declining health.
He was 95.His death was announced by spokesperson Kevin McAnarney.Born Carleton Upham Carpenter in Bennington, Vermont, Carpenter served as a Seabee in the U.S.
Navy during World War II, helping to build the airstrip from which the Enola Gay would later take off for its flight to Hiroshima.
By the time of the 1945 atomic bombing, Carpenter had started his Broadway career with a role in David Merrick’s 1944 production Bright Boy.
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