Clifford Gibson

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Biography

Though not really a especially great singer, Clifford “Grandpappy” Gibson was a fantastic guitarist, among the best possible pure players in country blues. Gibson transferred from Kentucky to St. Lous within the ’20s, where he resided the rest of his lifestyle. He frequently performed St. Louis night clubs through the ’20s and ’30s, and started documenting for QRS and Victor in 1929. Significantly inspired by Lonnie Johnson, Gibson also followed Jimmie Rodgers on the Victor one in 1931, after that spent elements of another three years playing within the roads around St. Louis. Gibson resurfaced on recordings in 1960 using a Bobbin time, and proved helpful another 3 years in St. Louis’ Gaslight Square before his loss of life in ’63.

Quick Facts

Full Name Clifford Gibson

Died December 21, 1963, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Profession Singer

Nationality American

IMDB http://imdb.com/name/nm0002099

Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000128705

Music Songs Bad Luck Dice, Tired of Being Mistreated, Part 1, Hard Headed Blues, Beat You Doing It, Blues Without A Dime, Don't Put That Thing On Me, Jive Me Blues, Keep Your Windows Pinned, Drayman Blues, Sunshine Moan, Stop Your Rambling, She Rolls It Slow, Ice And Snow Blues, Brooklyn Blues, Whiskey Moan Blues, Old Time Rider, Happy Days Blues, Society Blues, Levee Camp Moan, Let Me Be Your Sidetrack, She's Got Jordan River In Her Hips, Tired of Being Mistreated, Part 2, Railroad Man Blues, Sneaky Groundhog, Let Me Be Your Handy Man, It's Best to Know Who You're Talking To, No Success Blues, The Monkey Likes to Boogie, Jive for Me Blues, I Don't Want No Woman, Tired Of Being Mistreated _Clifford Gibson, Whiskey Moan Blues_Clifford Gibson

Albums Clifford Gibson (1929-1931), Grandpappy Blues, Beat You Doing It

#	Fact
1	His father was of Irish descent. His mother had Irish, German, English, and distant Dutch, ancestry.
2	He had three sons: Jon Gibson, a business affairs executive at Universal Pictures; Charles Gibson, a director and two-time Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor; and James Gibson, a screenwriter.
3	He has appeared in episodes of four different series which featured witches: Bewitched (1964), Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996), Charmed (1998), and Boston Legal (2004).
4	The only male cast member of Nashville (1975) to receive a Golden Globe nomination for acting.
5	Henry Gibson is actually a stage name - he was born James Bateman. He named himself after Norwegian poet Henrik Ibsen because "...if you say his name with a Southern accent it sounds like Henry Gibson"
6	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.
7	So convincing was his southern poet character that Gibson once received a letter from the Governor of Alabama claiming he was "...one of the most exciting talents to come out of Alabama since Tallulah Bankhead".
8	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.
9	On the Wonder Woman (1975) season one commentary, executive producer Douglas S. Cramer called him a 1960s and '70s comic genius.
10	Attended Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, DC.

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Beverly Hillbillies	1964	TV Series	Mr. Quirt Manly / Henry
77 Sunset Strip	1963	TV Series	Eddie
The Nutty Professor	1963		Gibson, College Student
Boston Legal	2004-2008	TV Series	Judge Clark Brown
King of the Hill	2005-2008	TV Series	Bob Jenkins Travis Jenkins
Big Stan	2007		Shorts
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	2004-2007	TV Series	Lord Pain
Me, Eloise	2006	TV Series
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	2006	Video Game	Lord Pain (voice)
Trapped Ashes	2006		Tour Guide (story segments "Wraparound")
Wedding Crashers	2005		Father O'Neil
The Batman	2005	TV Series	Bagley
Malcolm in the Middle	2004	TV Series	Frank Ralston
Rocket Power	1999-2004	TV Series	Merv Stimpleton / Townsperson #3 / Reporter #1 / ...
Cracking Up	2004	TV Series	Dr. Bollas
Stripperella	2004	TV Series
Never Die Alone	2004		Funeral Home Director (uncredited)
Becker	2003	TV Series	Deputy Secretary
The Commission	2003		Police Chief Jesse Curry
The Guardian	2003	TV Series	Phil Hostetler
The Goldfish	2003	Short	Martin Glaser
Charmed	2003	TV Series	Sandman
No Prom for Cindy	2002	Short	Minister
She Spies	2002	TV Series	Dr. Meelbow
Teddy Bears' Picnic	2002		Clifford Sloane
The Year That Trembled	2002		Ralph Tyler
Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand	2002	TV Movie	Merv Stimpleton (voice)
Stargate SG-1	2002	TV Series	Marul
The Luck of the Irish	2001	TV Movie	Reilly O'Reilly
Early Edition	2000	TV Series	Mr. Quigley
Mullitt	2000	Short
Magnolia	1999		Thurston Howell
A Stranger in the Kingdom	1999		Zack Burrows
Aimee Mann: Save Me	1999	Video short	Thurston Howell
The Amanda Show	1999	TV Series	Helicopter Pilot
The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space	1999	Video short	Blue Planet (voice)
Hey Arnold!	1999	TV Series	Patty's Father
Sunset Beach	1999	TV Series	Wayne Landry
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	1997-1999	TV Series	Witch Judge / Judge Samuels
Total Recall 2070	1999	TV Series	Belasarius
The Wild Thornberrys	1999	TV Series	Rhino
Providence	1999	TV Series	Mr. Berry
Maggie Winters	1998	TV Series	Hotel Clerk
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	1998	TV Series	Nilva
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	1995-1997	TV Series	Mayor Husband Maurice
Asylum	1997/I		Dr. Edward Bellichek
Adventures from the Book of Virtues	1997	TV Series	Dick's Please
Mother Night	1996		Adolf Eichmann (voice)
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man	1996	TV Series
Bio-Dome	1996		William Leaky
Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day	1996		Robinson
Cyber Bandits	1995		Dr. Knutsen
Coach	1995	TV Series	Ted Tilly
The John Larroquette Show	1995	TV Series	Priest
Escape to Witch Mountain	1995	TV Movie	Ravetch
Daisy-Head Mayzie	1995	TV Short	Cat in the Hat (voice)
Santo Bugito	1995	TV Series	Mothmeyer
Vault of Horror I	1994	TV Movie
The Bears Who Saved Christmas	1994	TV Short	Flashy (voice)
Rugrats	1993	TV Series	Hairdresser / Counselor
Sisters	1993	TV Series	Cyrus Calhoun
Tom and Jerry: The Movie	1992		Doctor Applecheek (voice)
Tales from the Crypt	1992	TV Series	Stanhope
Murder, She Wrote	1988-1992	TV Series	Oliver Thissle / Harold Banner
Fish Police	1992	TV Series
MacGyver	1990-1991	TV Series	Pinky Burnette Drive Thru Customer
Eerie, Indiana	1991	TV Series	Mr. Lodgepoole
What a Dummy	1991	TV Series
Evening Shade	1991	TV Series	Bud
The Magic Balloon	1990	Short
The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda	1990	TV Series	Additional Voices
Tune in Tomorrow...	1990		Big John Coot
Gremlins 2: The New Batch	1990		Employee fired for Smoking
Return to Green Acres	1990	TV Movie	E. Mitchell Armstrong
Newhart	1990	TV Series	Tad Burrows / Giddy Goose
Timeless Tales from Hallmark	1990	TV Series	Sir Buffoon
Night Visitor	1989		Jake
Brenda Starr	1989		Professor Gerhardt Von Kreutzer
Around the World in 80 Days	1989	TV Mini-Series	Train Conductor
The 'Burbs	1989		Dr. Werner Klopek
Switching Channels	1988		Ike Roscoe
Foofur	1987	TV Series
Innerspace	1987		Mr. Wormwood
Long Gone	1987	TV Movie	Hale Buchman
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard	1986	TV Movie	Announcer (voice)
Slow Burn	1986	TV Movie	Robert
Monster in the Closet	1986		Dr. Pennyworth
Knight Rider	1986	TV Series	Donald Crane
The Twilight Zone	1986	TV Series	Mayor (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
Wuzzles	1985	TV Series	Eleroo
The Pound Puppies	1985	TV Movie	Nabbit (voice)
CBS Storybreak	1985	TV Series
The New Mike Hammer	1984	TV Series	Simon Rondale
The Fall Guy	1981-1984	TV Series	Merriwell Cooper / Milton Bach
Cover Up	1984	TV Series	Milton
The Smurfs	1984	TV Series	Additional Voices
High School U.S.A.	1984	TV Movie	Vice Principal Roman Ing
The Biskitts	1983	TV Series	Downer
National Lampoon's Vacation	1983		Hotel clerk (uncredited)
Small & Frye	1983	TV Series	Dr. Calder
Quincy M.E.	1983	TV Series	Max - The Caretaker
The Love Boat	1982	TV Series	Henry Beemus
Simon & Simon	1982	TV Series	Herbert T. Dowd
Magnum, P.I.	1982	TV Series	Ronald Mills
Trapper John, M.D.	1982	TV Series	Dr. Brownell
The Nashville Grab	1981	TV Movie	Art Schmeckle
Tulips	1981		Maurice Avocado
The Incredible Shrinking Woman	1981		Dr. Eugene Nortz
The Littlest Hobo	1980	TV Series	Jeffrey Farley
For the Love of It	1980	TV Movie	George
HealtH	1980		Bobby Hammer
The Blues Brothers	1980		Head Nazi
The Dukes of Hazzard	1980	TV Series	Squirt
The Halloween That Almost Wasn't	1979	TV Short	Igor
A Perfect Couple	1979		Fred Bott
$weepstake$	1979	TV Series	Sometimes
Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill	1979	TV Movie	Milt Cavanaugh
Fantasy Island	1978	TV Series	Fred Wade
Wonder Woman	1975-1978	TV Series	Mariposa / Nikolas
Halloween Is Grinch Night	1977	TV Short	Max (singing voice)
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful	1977	TV Movie	Rolly Royce
Escape from Bogen County	1977	TV Movie	Abe Rand
The Last Remake of Beau Geste	1977		General Pecheur
The Bureau	1976	TV Movie	Chief Peter Davlin
Police Woman	1975	TV Series	Otto Otterman
Barbary Coast	1975	TV Series	Dasher
McCloud	1975	TV Series	Cookie Watkins
Nashville	1975		Haven Hamilton
Get Christie Love!	1975	TV Series	Garber
Love, American Style	1969-1973	TV Series	Arnold Arnold (segment "Love and the Spendthrift") / George (segment "Love and the Christmas Punch") / (segment "Love and the Sweet Sixteen") / ...
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie	1973	TV Series	Mr. Grundy
The Karen Valentine Show	1973	TV Movie	Chic
The Long Goodbye	1973		Dr. Verringer
Charlotte's Web	1973		Wilbur (voice)
Every Man Needs One	1972	TV Movie	Walt
Evil Roy Slade	1972	TV Movie	Clifford Stool
Laugh-In	1968-1971	TV Series	Regular Performer
Bewitched	1968-1970	TV Series	Tim O'Shanter / Napoleon
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	1968		Dancer (uncredited)
Hey, Landlord	1967	TV Series	Leroy
F Troop	1966	TV Series	Pvt. Wrongo Starr Wrongo Starr
The Dick Van Dyke Show	1966	TV Series	Doug Bedlork
Mister Roberts	1965	TV Series	Insignia
Laredo	1965	TV Series	Ranger Freddy Gruber
The Outlaws Is Coming	1965		Charlie Horse
Kiss Me, Stupid	1964		Smith
My Favorite Martian	1964	TV Series	Homer P. Gibson (in credits Olsen Gibson)
The Joey Bishop Show	1963-1964	TV Series	Henry Schultz / Delivery Boy
Grindl	1964	TV Series	Private Stoner
The Littlest Hobo	1964	TV Series	Ansel

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
Altman	2014	Documentary performer: "Keep a Goin'" / writer: "Keep a Goin'"
Tom and Jerry: The Movie	1992	performer: "God's Little Creatures"
Halloween Is Grinch Night	1977	TV Short performer: "What am I Doing Here Max's Song"
Nashville	1975	performer: "Keep A-Goin'", "200 Years", "For the Sake of the Children", "One, I Love You" / writer: "Keep A-Goin'", "200 Years"
Charlotte's Web	1973	performer: "I Can Talk", "We've Got Lots In Common"

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Flying High	1979	TV Series many thanks - 1 episode
The Kentucky Fried Movie	1977	special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards	2008	TV Special	Himself
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore	2007	Documentary	Himself
Hollywood's Master Storytellers: The Blues Brothers	2005	TV Movie	Himself
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'	1998	Video documentary	Himself
Sin City Spectacular	1998	TV Series	Himself
Mad About You	1996	TV Series	Himself
Laugh-In Past Christmas Present	1993	TV Special	Himself
Opryland Celebrates 200 Years of American Music	1988	TV Movie	Himself
Disco Beaver from Outer Space	1978	TV Movie	Himself
The Kentucky Fried Movie	1977		Himself (segment "United Appeal for the Dead")
The Mike Douglas Show	1964-1976	TV Series	Himself - Co-Host / Himself - Comedian / Himself
The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards	1976	TV Special	Himself - Presenter: Introducing Bea Arthur to Stage
Dinah!	1975	TV Series	Himself
The Dick Cavett Show	1975	TV Series	Himself
The Mouse Factory	1972	TV Series	Himself
The David Frost Show	1970	TV Series	Himself
The Art Linkletter Show	1970	TV Series	Himself
The Hollywood Squares	1968-1970	TV Series	Himself
The 27th Annual Golden Globes Awards	1970	TV Special	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a TV-Series- Comedy / Musical
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour	1970	TV Series	Himself
The Joey Bishop Show	1967-1969	TV Series	Himself
This Is Tom Jones	1969	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Storybook Squares	1969	TV Series
The Donald O'Connor Show	1968	TV Series	Himself
Laugh-In	1967	TV Series	Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1962-1966	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Merv Griffin Show	1962	TV Series	Himself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show	1961-1962	TV Series	Himself
The Tonight Show	1962	TV Series	Himself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Sixties	2014	TV Mini-Series documentary	Various characters
You Can't Kill Tom Hanks! Interview mit Regisseur Joe Dante	2014	Video documentary short	Dr. Werner Klopek (uncredited)
Troma Is Spanish for Troma	2010	Documentary	Dr. Pennyworth (in 'Monster in the Closet')
16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2010	TV Special	Himself - Memorial Tribute
The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards	2009	TV Special	Himself - In Memoriam
Stargate SG-1	2003	TV Series	Marul
A Conversation with Robert Altman	2000	Video documentary short	Haven Hamilton (uncredited)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: 25th Anniversary Reunion	1993	TV Movie	Himself
Hollywood Mavericks	1990	Documentary	Haven Hamilton (uncredited)

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
1975	NSFC Award	National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA	Best Supporting Actor	Nashville (1975)

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
1976	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture	Nashville (1975)
1976	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special	Nashville (1975)	· Keith Carradine · Ronee Blakley · Richard Baskin · Ben Raleigh · Richard Reicheg · Karen Black
1971	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Supporting Actor - Television	Laugh-In (1967)

2nd place awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
1975	NYFCC Award	New York Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Nashville (1975)

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#	Trademark
1	He often played, for lack of a kinder description, diminutive weirdos
2	Writing and reciting short poems, often with sharp satirical or political themes.