Bowen, Dennis September 9, 1950 - March 9, 2012 Dennis Keith Bowen, Toluca Lake
resident, passed away on March 9. Dennis was born in Gainesville, Florida on
September 9, 1950. A very successful character actor, Dennis was featured in
over 100 television shows. He appeared in many films and Movies of the Week,
daytime dramas, Industrial films and infomercials. He acted in nearly 1000
national commercials. Dennis gave much of his time to fundraising for many
causes. He is the recipient of the California State Fireman's Association "Medal
of Valor" and was a proud veteran of the United States Navy. Dennis was an avid
golfer, fisherman, surfer, sailor, and traveler. He is survived by his longtime
partner, Judy Holliday, daughter, Bethany Victoria (Tory) Flynn, (mother:
Laurel), son-in-law, Kyle, granddaughter, Sophia, mother, Alma Sidorowicz
(Henry), brothers, Ernest(Sharon), and Michael (Susan) Bowen, Monica Garfield
whom he treated as a daughter, nieces, nephews, and dear
friends.

Published in the Los Angeles Times on March 14, 2012


Leonardo Cimino Dies at 94; Distinctive Actor

By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
Published: March 10, 2012

Leonardo Cimino, who once thought
his singular appearance would make an
acting career improbable but who ended
up spending more than 60 years as
an in-demand character actor whose roles
included gangsters,
grandfathers, the pope, Vincent van Gogh and “Scary
German Guy,” died on
March 3 at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. He was 94.

The cause was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, his wife,
Sharon
Powers, said.

Mr. Cimino studied acting, directing and
modern dance at the
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. But he
thought that his
looks — he was slight of build and had a distinctively thin
face — might
make it hard to win steady roles when he was trying to choose a
profession in the 1940s. Those looks, however, turned out to be his
greatest asset.

“He doesn’t look like anybody else,” Ms. Powers
said. “If you want a Leo
Cimino, you want a Leo Cimino.”

He was
taking dance classes with Martha Graham when José Ferrer, who was
directing
and starring in a 1946 revival of “Cyrano de Bergerac,” asked
if he would
play a part. Mr. Cimino became a regular under Ferrer, which
eventually led
to more roles.

On Broadway Mr. Cimino was in the 1962 adaptation of
E. M. Forster’s
“Passage to India” and a 1985 revival of “The Iceman
Cometh,” among
other parts. Off Broadway he performed Shakespeare with the
Public
Theater, notably a 1975 performance as Egeon in “The Comedy of
Errors”
alongside Ted Danson and Danny DeVito. He also starred as Vincent
van
Gogh in “Vincent” at the Cricket Theater in 1959.

“Leonardo
Cimino’s van Gogh is a small, lively, appealing figure —
appealing because
he does not ask for pity,” Brooks Atkinson wrote in
The New York Times.

He won an Obie Award for his performance as the disturbed and morose
Smerdyakov in a 1958 production of “The Brothers Karamazov.”

On
television, he appeared in the original version of the
science-fiction
mini-series “V” and in shows like “Naked City,” “Kojak”
and “Law &
Order.” His many movies included “Dune,” “The Freshman” and
“Moonstruck.” He
played the pope in the 1982 film “Monsignor” and the
aforementioned “Scary
German Guy” in “The Monster Squad.”

Leonardo Anthony Cimino was born
in Manhattan on Nov. 4, 1917, to Andrea
Cimino, a tailor, and his wife,
Leonilda. He began playing the violin as
a child, and studied at Juilliard
as a teenager.


He landed with the second wave at Normandy during
World War II.


Other than his wife, Mr. Cimino has no immediate
survivors.


When Mr. Cimino was dabbling in dance, he spent a few
months as a
substitute teacher, filling in for Sidney Lumet at the High
School for
the Performing Arts.


His final role was in 2007
alongside Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman
and Albert Finney in the film
“Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead,” Mr.
Lumet’s last film.

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