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Iconic movie star who worked with Barbra Streisand and Joe Pesci seen on rare outing as he turns 85

He was in the screwball comedy What's Up, Doc? in 1972 with Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal. In 1979 he was featured in the classic kids' feature The Muppet Movie.

His six-decade career has also included roles in films such as Catch-22 (1970); The Front Page (1974); Short Circuit (1986); Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990); Mr. Nanny (1993); Guarding Tess (1994); and Amistad (1997). The actor also appeared in Fiddler on the Roof, The Last Sweet Days of Isaac, The Diary of Anne Frank, Goodtime Charley, and Up from Paradise. Austin directed Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes garnered him a Tony Award nomination in 1981.

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