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Henry Gibson passed away on September 14, 2009, only one week from what would have been his 74th birthday on September 21.

He also provided voice-overs for many children's animated series like The Smurfs (1981), The Wuzzles (1985) and Galaxy High School (1986).

Gibson's career carried on through the 1980s and 1990s when he appeared in many films, such as The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) and The 'Burbs (1989).

His best known film role was probably his performance in Nashville (1975). He played Haven Hamilton, a smarmy Country and Western singer. For this role he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and was awarded the National Film Critics Award for best supporting actor.

He stayed with the show until 1971, when he left and continued his career as a character actor.

His breakthrough came in 1968 when he was cast as a member of the regular cast of Laugh-In (1967).

Before appearing on Laugh-In (1967), he developed a nightclub act to perform his poems. It was during this time that he developed the character of a southern poet.

Had appeared in episodes of four different series which featured witches: Bewitched (1964), Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996), Charmed (1998) and Boston Legal (2004).

His screen debut came in 1963 when he was cast in the Jerry Lewis film The Nutty Professor (1963).

He made two other small film appearances in the early 1960s in Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) and The Outlaws Is Coming (1965), in which he played a rather hip Indian named Charlie Horse.

Attended the Catholic University of America with actor Jon Voight during the 1950s. Along with Voight, he developed a comedy routine and came up with the stage name Henry Gibson. Voight used the name Harold Gibson and together they played two southern hillbillies. After this, Voight took up more serious acting whilst Henry Gibson carried on with his comedy routine, eventually landing his famous role on Laugh-In (1967), playing a southern poet.

Before appearing in films and television series, he was a child star on the stage during the 1940s and during the late 1950s he was an intelligence officer in the U. S. Air Force.

Henry Gibson was born on 21 September 1935 in Germantown, Pennsylvnia.

He was a first cousin of metal sculptor and powerlifter Hugh Cassidy, and a first cousin, once removed, of vocalist Eva Cassidy, who was Hugh's daughter. Henry's great-grandfather, Lewis C. Cassidy, was a lawyer and politician who was Attorney General of Pennsylvania, from 1883 to 1887.