In memory of Walk of Famer Robert Osborne, flowers were placed on his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today, Monday, March 6, 2017 at 1 p.m. PST. Osborne’s star is located at 1617 Vine Street. He was honored with a star in the category of Television on January 31, 2006.



“Hollywood is saddened by the loss of film historian, actor and Walk of Famer Robert Osborne. He was best known for his work as the host on The Movie Channel (TCM). Sadly, the movie world and his multitude of fans will miss his expertise on film history,” stated Ana Martinez, Producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

“Rest in peace, Robert!” Ana Martinez, producer of the Walk of Fame signed the card on behalf of the Hollywood Historic Trust and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

Robert Jolin Osborne is an American actor and film historian best known as the primary host of the Turner Classic Movies television network since its inception in 1994. He formerly hosted films on The Movie Channel.

Born in the small town of Colfax, Washington, Osborne graduated from the University of Washington's School of Journalism. He began his career working as a contract actor for Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball's Desilu Studios, becaming part of Lucille Ball's Desilu Workshop, in which Ball worked with and nurtured young performers such as Osborne and actress-singer Carole Cook. One of Osborne's early television appearances was in 1959 on an episode of 'Desilu Playhouse' called "Chain of Command," starring Hugh O'Brian. He was also featured on the special Christmas Day 'Desilu Playhouse' installment, "The Desilu Revue" in December of that year. He was also seen in small roles in such TV shows as The Californians and in the pilot episode of The Beverly Hillbillies.

Ball suggested that Osborne combine his love of film with his abilities as a journalist. Osborne took her advice, although he has continued to appear in a number of small parts in television and film, including an appearance parodying his TCM hosting job on Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law.

Osborne was a columnist for The Hollywood Reporter from 1982 to 2009. In 2008, Abbeville Press published his book 80 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards.

Robert Montgomery was an American actor and director.

Montgomery was born Henry Montgomery Jr. in Beacon, New York, then known as “Fishkill Landing”, the son of Mary Weed and Henry Montgomery, Sr. His early childhood was one of privilege, since his father was president of the New York Rubber Company. When his father committed suicide in 1922 by jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge, the family’s fortune was gone.

Montgomery went to New York City to try his hand at writing and acting. He established a stage career, and became popular enough to turn down an offer to appear opposite Vilma Bánky in the film This Is Heaven. Sharing a stage with George Cukor gave him an in to Hollywood, where, in 1929, he debuted in So This Is College. Montgomery entered the moving picture industry during the revolution of the talkies, which made it more difficult to impress the studio. One writer claimed that Montgomery was able to establish himself because he “proceeded with confidence, agreeable with everyone, eager and willing to take suggestions.” During the production of So This Is College, he learned from and questioned crew members from several departments, including sound men, electricians, set designers, cameramen an film editors. In a later interview, he confessed that “it showed that making a motion picture is a great co-operative project.”

So This Is College gained him several attention as Hollywood’s latest newcomer, and he was put in one production after another, with his popularity growing steadily. He initially played exclusively in comedy roles, but portrayed a character in his first drama film in The Big House. The studio was initially reluctant to assign him in such a role, until “his earnestness, and his convincing arguments, with demonstrations of how he would play the character” won him the assignment. From The Big House on, he was in constant demand. Appearing as Greta Garbo’s romantic interest in Inspiration started him toward stardom with a rush. Norma Shearer chose him to star opposite her in The Divorcee, Strangers May Kiss, and Private Lives, which led to stardom on a high rank. During this time, Montgomery appeared in the first filmed version of When Ladies Meet .

Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.

He began his career appearing in theatre during the late 1950s, moving into small to supporting television and film roles during the early 1960s in such works as To Kill a Mockingbird and Captain Newman, M.D.. He started to land much larger roles during the early 1970s with movies like MASH and THX 1138. This was followed by a series of critical successes: The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Network, The Great Santini, Apocalypse Now, and True Confessions. Since then Duvall has continued to act in both film and television with such productions as Tender Mercies, The Natural, ‘Colors‘, Lonesome Dove, Stalin, The Man Who Captured Eichmann, A Family Thing, The Apostle, A Civil Action, Gods and Generals and Broken Trail. Despite the identical surname, he is not related to actress Shelley Duvall.

Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings, known professionally as Bob Cummings, was an American motion picture and television actor.

Cummings performed mainly in comedies, but was effective in his few dramas, especially two Alfred Hitchcock films, Saboteur and Dial M for Murder. Bob Cummings was born in Joplin, Missouri, a son of Dr. Charles Clarence Cummings and his wife Ruth Annabelle Kraft. His father was a surgeon, who was part of the original medical staff of St. John’s Hospital in Joplin. He was the founder of the Jasper County Tuberculosis Hospital in Webb City, Missouri. Cummings’ mother was an ordained minister of the Science of Mind.

While attending Joplin High School, Cummings was taught to fly by his godfather, Orville Wright. During high school Cummings would give Joplin residents rides in his plane for $5 per person.

Robert Reiner is an American actor, director, producer, writer and political activist.

As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie and Edith Bunker’s son-in-law, Michael “Meathead” Stivic, on All in the Family. That role earned him two Emmy Awards during the 1970s. As a director, Reiner was recognized by the Directors Guild of America with nominations for Stand by Me, When Harry Met Sally., and A Few Good Men. He was trained at the UCLA Film School.

Reiner was born to a Jewish family in The Bronx, New York, and is the son of Estelle Reiner, an actress, and Carl Reiner, a comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. As a child, Reiner lived in New Rochelle, New York, where his family lived at 48 Bonnie Meadow Road. This is similar to 148 Bonnie Meadow Road, the fictional address of the Petries on The Dick Van Dyke Show, the 1960s CBS sitcom created by his father. Also, his latest film Flipped takes place at the corner of Bonnie Meadow Lane and Renfrew Street.

At the age of 13, Rob relocated with his family to the Los Angeles area, where he attended Beverly Hills High School with Richard Dreyfuss, Bonnie Franklin and Albert Brooks. He went on to enroll at the University of California, Los Angeles. He also has a sister, Sylvia Anne Reiner, who is a poet, playwright, and author; and a brother, Lucas Reiner, a painter, actor, and director.