Dick Cusack
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| Dick Cusack | |
|---|---|
| Born | Richard John Cusack August 29, 1925 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Died | June 2, 2003 (aged 77) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Cusack |
Dick Cusack (August 29, 1925 – June 2, 2003) was an American award-winning film actor and filmmaker.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Cusack was born Richard John Cusack in New York City. Cusack has Irish ancestry. He was an only child, and went to a local college, and then to a university. He then began an acting career and appeared in movies and films, in which he had minor roles.
Cusack attended College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, after the war and played on the school's 1947 championship basketball team. Also, he served with the US Army in the Philippines in World War II.
[edit] Career
Most of his acting roles were playing authority figures, such as a United States Senate Chairman, minister/chaplain, and U.S. Secretary of State; he played a judge in the TV movie Overexposed, and in theatrical releases Things Change and Eight Men Out. His 1971 abortion documentary, The Committee, won an Emmy award. Until 1970, Cusack worked as a Clio award-winning advertising executive. He was also the father of actors Ann, Joan, Bill, John and Susie.
He was honored with an award from the Evanston Arts Council for preserving a school and converting it into the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, which houses the Piven Theater Workshop where his famous acting children trained. Two weeks prior to his passing, he completed the final draft of a play to memorialize his former college roommate entitled, Backoff Barkman, which was produced posthumously in the Midwest.
[edit] Death
Cusack died on June 2, 2003, in Evanston, Illinois from pancreatic cancer at the age of 77.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Return to Me | Mr. Bennington | |
| High Fidelity | Minister | ||
| 1999 | The Jack Bull | Jury Foreman | Television |
| 1996 | Chain Reaction | Senate Chairman | |
| Evil Has a Face | Lester | Television | |
| 1995 | While You Were Sleeping | Doctor Rubin | |
| 1993 | The Fugitive | Attorney Walter Gutherie | |
| 1992 | Overexposed | Judge | Television |
| 1990 | Crazy People | Mort | |
| 1989 | The Package | Secretary of State | |
| 1988 | Things Change | Judge | |
| Eight Men Out | Judge Friend | ||
| 1984 | The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck | Unknown | Television |
| 1983 | Class | Chaplain Baker | |
| 1980 | My Bodyguard | Principal Roth |
[edit] Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Early Edition | Elderly Man | "The Wall: Part 2" (1 episode) |
| 1994 | Missing Persons | Champion | "If You Could Pick Your Own Parents..." (1 episode) |
| 1987 | Sable | Mahoney | "Watchdogs" (1 episode) |
[edit] Awards
| Year | Award | Result | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Commitment to Chicago Award | Won | Shared with: Nancy Cusack Ann Cusack Bill Cusack Joan Cusack John Cusack Susie Cusack |
