Bob Elkins, who had a small but crucial role as a radio disc jockey Daughter of a coal miner, died Wednesday at a nursing home in Cold Spring, Kentucky, a publicist said. He was 89 years old.
Nominated for Best Picture in director Michael Upetty’s 1980 drama, Elkins Bobby Day was finally persuaded by Loretta Lynn (Oscar winner Sisi Spacek) and her husband, Du (Tommy Lee Jones), to play his first record, Lo, which sends a sigh of relief. for the Canterbury traveller.
Originally from West Virginia and well known in the Cincinnati theater community, Elkins also appeared in Soupy Sales. this train (2001) with Linda Carter torn angel (2008) and in other films such as dream Catcher (1999), April nonsense (2001) and great kindness (2006).
He received the Best Actor award at the Dublin Music and Film Festival in Ireland for his role as a homeless man in an independent short film. Homeless (2002).
Also in 2002, he played the imprisoned father of a coal miner in the ABC television movie. The History of the Pennsylvania Miners and German Admiral James Cameron Dispatch: Bismarck For Discovery Channel. He later appeared in a 2011 episode of Showtime. Homeland.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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