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'Twilight Zone' actor Earl Holliman dies aged 96

Earl Holliman, known for his roles in The Twilight Zone and Forbidden Planet, has died at the age of 96.

The American actor and animal rights activist passed away in hospice care at his home in Studio City, Los Angeles on Monday (November 25), his husband Craig Curtis told The Hollywood Reporter. Holliman won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1956 western-romance film The Rainmaker, which starred Burt Lancaster as Bill Starbuck, and Katharine Hepburn as Lizzie Curry. Holliman would go on to study acting at the Pasadena Playhouse in California before making his professional debut with a one-line part in Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis’ comedy horror Scared Stiff(1953).

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