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Character actor, Henry Gibson, was born James Bateman on Sep 21, 1935 in Germantown, PA. Gibson died at the age of 74 on Sep 14, 2009 in Malibu, CA .

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Henry Gibson is actually a stage name - he was born James Bateman. He named himself after Norwegian poet Henrik Ibsen because "...if you say his name with a Southern accent it sounds like Henry Gibson"

Before appearing on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1967), he developed a nightclub act to perform his poems. It was during this time that he developed the character of a southern poet.

So convincing was his southern poet character that Gibson once received a letter from the Governor of Alabama claiming he was "...one of the most exciting talents to come out of Alabama since Tallulah Bankhead".

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