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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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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".

The only male cast member of Nashville (1975) to receive a Golden Globe nomination for acting.

Attended the Catholic University of America with actor Jon Voight during the 1950s. Along with Voight, he developed a comedy routine and came up with the stage name Henry Gibson. Voight used the name Harold Gibson and together they played two southern hillbillies. After this, Voight took up more serious acting whilst Henry Gibson carried on with his comedy routine, eventually landing his famous role on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1967), playing a southern poet.

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