Members John Posted July 1, 2014 Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 Bob Hastings (Burt Ramsey) has died at age 89. His grand daughter Confirmed his passing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted July 1, 2014 Author Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 So sad. I wished he would have come back to GH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted July 1, 2014 Author Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 Finola Hughes @finolahughes 11h @allison_knowles @whitewatercrew @KilttripUSA I have very fond memories of your Grandpa. My sympathies to your family. Finola Ian Buchanan @KilttripUSA 11h @allison_knowles @finolahughes @whitewatercrew A wonderful man. In my thoughts. xox. Ron Carlivati @carlivatiron 2h .@allison_knowles Loved him as Burt Ramsey & Mr. B! #GH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted July 1, 2014 Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 He had a long career and worked up until a few years ago as Commissioner Gordon in 20 years worth of Batman cartoons. His brother Don seems to have retired. I liked him on GH and All In The Family, and he was a good, dependable character actor. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted July 1, 2014 Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 Who? Never heard of him. When was he on and who exactly was his character? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted July 1, 2014 Author Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 Burt Ramsey 1979-86. Cop turned mob Boss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members applcin Posted July 1, 2014 Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 Burt Ramsey had always been a good guy until that last story when they made him "Mr. Big", because he had supposedly been jealous of being passed over for Police Commissioner for Scorpio and then later had to share the Police Chief job with Anna, "a woman." Bob Hastings was also was Kelsey the bartender on All In The Family and Carpenter on McHale's Navy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted July 1, 2014 Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 Thanks. That honestly sounds like a RC style plotline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members applcin Posted July 1, 2014 Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 I still have some of the end of his storyline on tape, where half the town, it seemed, was helping Duke fake his death to fool Burt (who wanted Duke dead). Tony Jones put makeup on him to make him look dead, they did something with his pulse so that when Burt checked Duke's pulse in the hospital he seemed to not have one. Ultimately, Duke found out that Robert was walking into an ambush with Burt walking next to him and Duke saved Robert's life by taking a bullet and becoming paralyzed. Burt was carted off to prison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted July 1, 2014 Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 Hastings apparently hated the storyline and thought it sent a bad message to the public. He and Don Hastings (Bob Hughes, ATWT) were brothers. Sorry to hear of his passing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGHFan Posted July 1, 2014 Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 Sad to hear about Bob Hastings passing on. I loved Burt Ramsey. I personally hated the Mr. B story. I liked Burt when he was Robert Scorpio's right hand man drinking his milk. Here's a typical scene with Robert and Burt in the early 80s. I also liked this scene because Tristan and Tony are great in it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO6IZP-HGgc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick jones Posted July 1, 2014 Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 Burt Ramsey was a great supporting character. I remember his always drinking milk. Luke Spencer was the bane of his existence in his early years. It was a shame that the powers that be destroyed his character. Actor Bob Hastings was a great character actor. Love him on All in the Family, as well as Burt Ramsey. My condolences to his fmily and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members applcin Posted July 2, 2014 Members Share Posted July 2, 2014 I didn't like Burt being Mr. Big either. I mean, in one way, it made logical sense...the idea that Burt, who was there before the Scorpios and should have been next in line for the PC job, was upstaged by the more dynamic, worldly, WSB agent Robert. Then he lost out a second time when the PC job went to someone else and he was made co-Police Chief with Anna. In the real world, Burt probably would have gotten that promotion. But in the soap world, it's the exciting, adventurous characters that get those jobs. So, even though it was plausible that Burt could have developed this resentment that made him go bad, I agree that it was a kick in the teeth to the character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dale Posted July 2, 2014 Members Share Posted July 2, 2014 Just to give the man his due - he actually started in 1978 and first appeared during the David Hamilton murder investigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted July 2, 2014 Members Share Posted July 2, 2014 Antenna TV will be having a tribute to the late Bob Hastings this Saturday at 1p ET. 1:00P McHale's Navy "Carpenter in Command" 1:30P McHale's Navy "Uncle Admiral" 2:00P McHale's Navy "Balloon Goes Up" 2:30P Dennis the Menace "Big Basketball Game"3:00P McHale's Navy "The Truth Hurts" 3:30P I Dream of Jeannie "The Used Car Salesman" 4:00P McHale's Navy "All Ahead Empty" 4:30P The Flying Nun "The Boyfriend" 5:00P McHale's Navy "Secret Chimp 007" 5:30P Green Acres "Not Guilty" 6:00P McHale's Navy "The Bathtub Thief" 6:30P All in the Family "Archie, the Gambler" 7:00P McHale's Navy "The Good Fountain" 7:30P McHale's Navy "Missing Link" https://www.facebook.com/AntennaTV/photos/a.177009655652742.36261.161315780555463/780807265272975/?type=1&theater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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