Paul Mazursky (Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker) dead at 84.

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I mostly remember him as Teddy Peppers from 2 Days in the Valley.
Which, if you haven't seen yet, please do.
He contributed to so many different areas of filmmaking and he's definitely been a part of some of the more memorable, if not legendary films and t.v. shows spanning nearly six decades. Very respectable career.
R.I.P.

Paul Mazursky, a five-time Oscar-nominee who wrote and directed admired movies from Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice to Down and Out in Beverly Hills, died Monday of pulmonary cardiac arrest, according to a family spokesperson. He was 84.

Mazursky was a successful actor in the 1950s, starring in many television series, as well as Blackboard Jungle and Stanley Kubrick’s first film, Fear and Desire. He segued into writing, scripting episodes of The Danny Kaye Show and The Monkees. He also wrote the 1968 Peter Sellers film, I Love You, Alice B. Toklas, and then made his directorial debut on Bob & Carol...[MORE]