William Bogert

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William "Bill" Bogert (born January 24, 1936 in New York City ; died January 12, 2020 there ) was an American actor .

Life

Bill Bogert has appeared in many different American TV series as a guest actor. In the 1980s he was best known for his role as Brandon Brindle in the television series Small Wonder .

In 1964, Bill Bogert - himself a long-time Republican supporter - shot an election commercial on behalf of the Democrats during the American presidential campaign with the title "Confessions of a Republican". In this campaign he played a renegade who campaigned for the Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson for reasons of conscience because he was scared of the candidate of his own party (then Barry Goldwater ).

After 52 years, Bogert, who is now over 80, was suddenly in the media's interest again in 2016 after the online portal Quartz had shown this election advertisement again and it was quickly spread through the media. Bogert was then interviewed on television shows such as the Rachel Maddow show about the relevance of this commercial for the 2016 presidential campaign .

As part of the election campaign of the Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton , a new version of the old commercial was created in July 2016 with a similar design and with similar basic statements, at the end of which Bill Bogert - this time referring to the Republican candidate Donald Trump - says again: “This man scares me. (English: This man scares me.) "

family

Bogert had met the actress and puppeteer Eren Ozker while working in a theater in Stamford (Connecticut) in 1975 , who was among other things in the Muppet Show . The two married on April 25, 1977; their marriage lasted until Ozker's death on February 26, 1993.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present , Ballantine Books, 2003, ISBN 0-345-45542-8 , p. 1088
  2. ^ Adam Freelander: A “Republican Confession” 52 years ago has a lot to say about this year's election . In: Quartz . Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ Heather Hendershot (2011): What's Fair on the Air? , Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 176.
  4. ↑ Ben Geier: Here's Why a 1964 Political Ad is Going Viral - Fortune . In: Fortune . March 9, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  5. ^ Clinton Coffee: Clinton Campaign Recreates 1964 'Confessions of a Republican' Ad for the Trump Era - Adweek (with the two commercials as videos). In: adweek.com. July 18, 2016, accessed February 19, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b Eren Ozker, Actress And Puppeteer, 44; A Voice of Muppets . In: The New York Times , February 27, 1993. Retrieved March 11, 2016. 
  7. ^ William Bogert: Remembering Eren . Retrieved March 11, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Bogert, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bogert, Bill (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 2020
Place of death New York City