Henry Gibson attended Saint Joseph's Preparatory School, where he was president of the drama club.
20 Facts About Henry Gibson
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Henry Gibson adopted the stage name Henry Gibson, which is a same-sounding phrase for the name of famed Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen.
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Henry Gibson is known to have used the name Olsen Gibson.
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Henry Gibson began his acting career at the age of eight years old as a touring performer for the Mae Desmond Theatre for nine years.
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Henry Gibson made many appearances on Tonight Starring Jack Paar between 1957 and 1962, often reciting his poetry.
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Around this time, Henry Gibson appeared in an episode of My Favorite Martian.
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Henry Gibson spent three years as part of the Laugh-In television show's cast, where he was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1971.
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Henry Gibson often played "The Poet", reciting poems with "sharp satirical or political themes".
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Henry Gibson would emerge from behind a stage flat, wearing a Nehru jacket and "hippie" beads and holding an outlandishly large artificial flower.
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Henry Gibson regularly appeared in the "Cocktail Party" segments as a Catholic priest, sipping tea.
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Henry Gibson would put the cup on the saucer, recite his one-liner in a grave and somber tone, then go back to sipping tea.
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In 1962, Henry Gibson had issued a comedy album on Liberty records, titled Alligator.
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In 1968, Henry Gibson appeared on the television show Bewitched as Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Henry Gibson appeared on Bewitched in 1970 as Tim O'Shanter, a leprechaun.
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Henry Gibson reunited with director Dante a year later when Gremlins 2: The New Batch was released in 1990, performing a cameo as the office worker who is caught taking a smoking break on camera and fired by the sadistic boss.
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Henry Gibson worked frequently as a voice actor in animation, most notably portraying Wilbur the pig in the popular Hanna-Barbera children's movie Charlotte's Web.
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Henry Gibson later worked for the company again on the cartoon The Biskitts.
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Henry Gibson had a leading role in a season 5 episode of Stargate SG-1 entitled "The Sentinel" as the character Marul.
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Henry Gibson died of cancer on September 14,2009, at his home in Malibu, California, a week before his 74th birthday.
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Henry Gibson was cremated at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, and his ashes were given to his family.