John Forsythe lends Edmund Gwenn a hand in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Trouble With Harry” (1955) an underrated flop that sent Forsythe and co-star Jerry Mathers on to TV stardom in “Bachelor Father” and “Leave It To Beaver,” respectively. Shirley MacLaine didn’t do too badly either, and Forsythe, whose credits stretch back to playing a radio operator inevitably named Sparks in “Destination Tokyo” (1944) returned to films in the ’60s in such as the immortal “Kitten With a Whip,” “Madame X,” “In Cold Blood” and Hitchcock’s not-great “Topaze.” Post-“Dynasty,” Forsythe’s final big-screen appearance was in the Bill Murray comedy “Scrooged” (1988) and he reprised his most famous voice role in the two “Charlie’s Angels” features. This consummate actor, who also appeared on Broadway, was particularly good in Robert Wise’s noir “The Captive City” (1952) and, as the editor of weekly newspaper in a forgotten programmer called “It Happens Every Tuesday” (1953). Rest in peace.

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