Originally posted by Ed@Bama: Guess we can have his guns now...
What, too soon?
Nope, not for me.
I admired SOME of his acting work, he was sort of stiff at times - definitely overrated. I think he got further with his looks than he did with his acting abilities.
Too bad he took up with the NRA in later years; in my humble opinion, that colored everything he did, before or after. Not a nice person.
It is funny that no one has mentioned the fantastic Bible readings he has done -- making the Bible available, in his fantastic voice, for those who want to hear the Bible or those who cannot, for whatever reason, read the Bible.
Just as his acting skills made the Ten Commandments come to life on the screen; his reading of the Bible makes it come to life for listeners.
That is his legacy.
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill
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Originally posted by budsfarm: And a good spokesman for the NRA and great defender of the 2nd Amendment.
Amen to that. I think he was a good actor, a gentleman who wasn't afraid to stand up for what he thought was right. Very classy, too bad more of the hollyweird actors today aren't more like him.
If this means that I am a bad American I am
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I s'pose I should have included this disclaimer originally, but I guess I'll go ahead now. Lest anyone think I'm one of the anti-2nd amendment bleeding hearts, I am a gun owner and good luck trying to take it from me. I was simply making a joke (admittedly in poor taste) based on one of his more famous lines.
And Bill, I have a semi-serious question: Why is it "funny" that in a 2 hour span between midnight and 2AM on a Sunday morning, when most churchgoers would be in bed, that no one mentioned Charlie's Bible readings? To be honest, I didn't know that such recordings existed until you just mentioned it.
You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.
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. . About 12 years ago, he visited a radio station where I was working and I had the opportunity to meet and speak with him. He was a very soft spoken man in person...very gracious to fans, and polite. He told a funny story about how his wife was the only person he ever allowed to call him "Chuckie". . .
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