Pat McCormick (mai wasan kwaikwayo)

Pat McCormick (30 ga Yuni, 1927 – 29 ga Yuli, 2005) ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne kuma marubucin barkwanci ɗan Amurka wanda aka sani da rawar Big Enos Burdette a cikin Smokey and the Bandit da kuma jerin fina-finansa guda biyu. Ya yi wa wasu masu wasan kwaikwayo kamar Red Skelton, Phyllis Diller da Johnny Carson rubut da kuma wasannin kwaikwayo kamar Get Smart . McCormick ya yi kama da wani abu na musamman, tsawonsa ya kai inci 6 da inci 7, yana da nauyin kilo 250 kuma yana da gashin baki mai launin walrus .

Rayuwar farko

An haifi McCormick a Lakewood, Ohio, a ranar 30 ga Yuni, 1927. Ya kammala karatunsa a makarantar sakandare ta Rocky River a shekarar 1945.

Sana'a

Cormick ɗan wasa ne na makarantar sakandare kuma ya yi aiki a rundunar sojojin Amurka a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu . Daga nan ya yi rajista a Jami'ar Harvard a matsayin ɗalibi na farko a kaka ta 1947 inda ya buga ƙwallon kwando a wannan shekarar. Daga baya ya daina ƙwallon kwando don mai da hankali kan ƙalubalen hanya. Ya daina daga Makarantar Shari'a ta Harvard don yin aikin talla, amma ya yi watsi da wannan aikin lokacin da ya fara rubuta barkwanci ga masu barkwanci a talabijin da kuma 'yan barkwanci, ciki har da Jonathan Winters . Daga ƙarshe, ya zama marubuci ga The Jack Paar Show. . Ya yi rubutu don Get Smart, The Danny Kaye Show kuma ya rubuta kuma ya bayyana a Candid Camera . Shi ma memba ne na ma'aikatan shirye-shiryen I've Got a Secret a farkon shekarun 1960.

McCormick shi ne mai sanarwa kuma mutum na kai tsaye ga Don Rickles a shirin The Don Rickles Show a shekarar 1968. Ya kasance mai yawan shiga shirin The New Bill Cosby Show a shekarar 1972. A bayan fage, yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan marubutan shirin The Tonight Show wanda ke rubuta labaran da suka fi shahara. Ya rubuta layin "Saboda girgizar kasa ta yau, an soke taron God is Dead." A matsayin wani ɓangare na wani wasan kwaikwayo na musamman na Jonathan Winters McCormick, a matsayin mai barkwanci a kotu, ya yi wa Winters mai sanye da kayan sarauta "Shin wannan sandar hannu ce a aljihunka, ko kuma kawai kana farin cikin ganina?" wani layi mai haɗari ga talabijin na farkon shekarun 1970.

Fim ɗinsa na farko a fim shine The Shaggy DA a shekarar 1976. Ya taka rawar Shugaba Grover Cleveland a cikin fim ɗin Robert Altman mai suna Buffalo Bill da Indians, ko kuma Sitting Bull's History Lesson a wannan shekarar. A shekarar 1977, ya fito a cikin fim ɗin Smokey da Bandit kuma ya fito a cikin jerin fina-finai a shekarar 1980 da 1983, tare da Paul Williams a matsayin manyan mayaƙan Big da Little Enos Burdette bi da bi. Pat ya fito a cikin fim ɗin TV na 1982 mai suna Rooster, wanda shi ma Williams ya fito a cikinsa. A shekarar 1984, ya fito tare a cikin shirin TV na George Carlin HBO mai suna Apt. 2C wanda shirin gwaji ne kawai aka taɓa yi. Ya fito a matsayin Ghost of Christmas Present a cikin wani shiri na TV a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na Bill Murray mai suna Scrooged a shekarar 1988, inda fitowarsa ta ƙarshe ta kasance a cikin Ted & Venus .

A ranar 26 ga Maris, 1974, an katse tattaunawar Johnny Carson ta shirin Tonight Show saboda McCormick yana ta yawo a kan dandamali, yana yin fare tare da sauran ma'aikatan rubutu.

Ritaya da mutuwa

A shekarar 1996, McCormick ya yi ritaya a shekarar 1998 bayan ya shanye wani ɓangare na jikinsa sakamakon bugun jini . A cewar abokin aikinsa Mark Evanier, McCormick yana tuki zuwa Otal ɗin Beverly Hilton lokacin da ya shanye wani abu mai kama da bugun jini kuma ya jefa motarsa a bango na siminti. Motar ta kama da wuta, amma wata mata mai suna Danielle Villegas ta ja shi ta ja shi zuwa aminci kafin motar ta fashe. An kwantar da McCormick a Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital da ke Woodland Hills, California, inda ya shafe sauran rayuwarsa. Ya mutu a can shekaru bakwai bayan haka, yana da shekaru 78.

An binne shi a Forest Lawn Memorial Park da ke Hollywood Hills. Ya bar ɗa ɗaya, Ben, da jikoki biyu.