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Veteran actor George Maharis, known for roles in “Route 66” and “Fantasy Island”, has died at 94 years old.

Martin Scorsese has revealed the 30 best New York movies for a season of films he is curating for the city’s Roxy Cinema.Titled Living, Breathing New York, the season is in celebration of the release of thriller Pet Shop Days, which Scorsese executive produced and which is set in New York. The director is uniquely associated with the city, which provided the setting for many of his most celebrated works.“There are so many ‘New York filmmakers’ – everyone has his or her own individual vision,” Scorsese said in a press release. “I collaborated with the city when I made (my own films like) Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, GoodFellas, Bringing Out the Dead, and The Wolf of Wall Street”.As part of the list, first reported by IndieWire, Scorsese added notes about certain films, saying John Cassavettes’ Shadows was “The picture that inspired a generation of aspiring filmmakers, including me”; and saying of Marlon Brando drama On The Waterfront “Yes, I know it’s Hoboken but to me it’s a New York picture”.As well as classics from the past, he also includes modern hits like Good Time and Uncut Gems, both made by The Safdie Brothers.His top 30 can be read below:1. Daybreak Express (D.A. Pennebaker)2. The Naked City (Jules Dassin)3. Kiss of Death (Henry Hathaway)4. Fourteen Hours (Henry Hathaway)5. Cry of the City (Robert Siodmak)6. A Double Life (George Cukor)7. The Marrying Kind (George Cukor)8. It Should Happen to You (George Cukor)9. Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger)10. The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock)11. Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick)12. Shadows (John Cassavetes) 13. Marathon Man (John Schlesinger)14. The French Connection (William Friedkin)15. Bye Bye Braverman (Sidney Lumet)16. Prin

City View.“She had a wonderful life,” said her nephew Jim MacRae. “She was bright and articulate. She was still getting fan mail at Highland House.”Mayon Weeks, who inducted MacRae into the Fayetteville Performing Arts Hall of Fame, gushed over the late star’s talent.

Elliot Silverstein, who directed Jane Fonda and, in an Oscar-winning performance, Lee Marvin in the 1965 comedy-Western Cat Ballou, died Nov. 24 in Los Angeles. He was 96.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor George Maharis, the star of “Route 66” who went on to appear on “Fantasy Island” and other shows, died Wednesday in Beverly Hills. His friend and caretaker Marc Bahan announced his death on Facebook, writing that he was “above all a great guy who would do anything for anyone. My dear friend, you will be terribly missed.” Maharis co-starred with Martin Milner in the early 1960s series “Route 66,” and received an Emmy nomination for his role as Buz, a handsome beatnik-adjacent working class man. Shot on location across the U.S., the crime drama portrayed two young men who travel around in a Corvette, looking for work and adventure as they struggle to find themselves. Part way through the third season, Maharis left the show after being hospitalized for hepatitis. He asserted later in an interview that his departure wasn’t because he wanted a higher salary or wanted to get into movies, but strictly for his health.

Facebook, close friend Marc Bahan wrote: 'George is well known for his stardom in Route 66, stage productions, singing, artist, and above all a great guy would do anything for anyone. My dear friend, you’ll be terribly missed. 'George's biggest success came in 1960 when he landed the role of Buz Murdock on Route 66, a spinoff of the hit police procedural Naked City.

George Maharis, the Route 66 actor that left the series during the height of its popularity, died on Wednesday, May 24. He was 94.

epitomized late 1970s hedonism in NYC — and even made partner-swapping mainstream.It was an unlikely path for the Bronx-born Levenson, an absentee father of three who had previously worked as the general manager at a Brooklyn McDonald’s.“Larry was just a dumb guy who lucked into becoming the self-proclaimed king of swing,” Josh Alan Friedman, the former senior editor of sex tabloid Screw magazine, told The Post. For his column, “The Naked City,” Friedman regularly reported on the wild hanky panky at Plato’s, which Levenson, then 41, had opened in 1977. A year earlier, Levenson had been introduced to the lifestyle after meeting a housewife at a cocktail lounge — and then, later at her place, her consenting husband.

The Godfather,Misery, Brian’s Song, Eraser, Elfand more, has died. He was 82.The actor's verified Twitter account released a statement on Thursday, which reads, «It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on the evening of July 6.

passing in a statement to Deadline.Persoff had passed away at a rehabilitation facility in San Luis Obispo, California, several years after he retired from acting due to a stroke and other health issues. Born in Jerusalem, Israel, the thespian and his family moved to the US in 1929, eventually ending up in New York City.

Nehemiah Persoff, an actor who went from the uncredited role of a cab driver in On The Waterfront‘s iconic “coulda been a contender” scene to become one of the busiest character actors in television and film for five decades, died Tuesday at a rehabilitation facility in San Luis Obispo, California. He was 102.

doomed Santino “Sonny” Corleone, the eldest son of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) and brother to Fredo (John Cazale), Connie (Talia Shire) and Michael (Al Pacino).Prior to his breakout, Oscar-nominated role in “The Godfather,” The Bronx-born Caan was best-known for roles on a slew of ’60s-era television series — including “The Untouchables,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Get Smart,” “Wagon Train,” “Naked City” and “Route 66” — and for playing cancer-stricken Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo opposite Billy Dee Williams (as Gale Sayers) in “Brian’s Song,” ABC’s tearjerking Movie of the Week which aired in November 1971.(He also appeared in several movies, including “The Rain People” in 1969, directed by Coppola — Caan’s classmate at Hofstra — and co-starring Robert Duvall, aka Corleone Family consigliere Tom Hagen.)Caan, who turns 82 on Saturday (March 26), spoke to The Post in a wide-ranging interview about his memories of filming “The Godfather,” which airs somewhere on television virtually every day — in all of its iterations — and will be re-released Tuesday (March 22) in a comprehensive 4K ultra-high-definition Blu-ray package.“One of the things that made ‘The Godfather’ successful, besides brilliant directing and writing and wonderful actors … was that everyone really enjoyed making it, and that comes off on the screen,” Caan said. “And I think the audience can tell that we were having a good time doing what we were doing up there.“Marlon was great,” Caan said of Brando.

Peter Ustinov’s play Photo Finish, and in the mid-1960s she did a three-year stint on the daytime soap Love of Life, while also appearing in shows such as Naked City, The Fugitive and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Her big-screen career began with Lilith in 1964, and several more decent parts followed that decade, including The Group, in which she played an aspiring writer, and Grand Prix (both 1966), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as the wife of a Formula One driver recovering from a crash.