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Often playing fringe New Yorkers, Edson's likable, homely mug befits characters that range from a nervous military sycophant to an amiable pizzaman to a fast-talking talent agent. He appeared in another hip NYC feature, Susan Seidelman's "Desperately Seeking Susan" (1985), before enjoying a memorable small part in John Hughes's "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986) as a joy-riding parking lot ...
Jul 21, 1989 · Do the Right Thing: Directed by Spike Lee. With Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson. On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
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Sep 25, 2023 · Richard Edson, 89 of Gothenburg, surrounded by family, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Sept. 21, 2023, in Gothenburg. He was born on the family farm north of Gothenburg on April 8, 1934, son of Chris and Esther Edson. He was a member over the years of both the Evangelical Free Church and United Methodist Church.
Richard Edson. Real Name: Richard Edson. Profile: American drummer, trumpeter, and actor from New York (NY, USA), born in 1954 in New Rochelle (NY, USA). He was the earliest drummer of Sonic Youth, from 1981 till 1982, also playing in Konk around this time. Now he's mostly busy as an actor.
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Richard Edson's Projects on LensCulture. Richard Edson had his first book, MOVIE LIFE, published in 2019 by Bywater Editions. As an actor, he has been in more than 80 movies and TV shows including Do The Right Thing, Stranger Than Paradise, Platoon and Good Morning Vietnam. Also a musician, he was a founding member of Sonic Youth and KONK.
Movie Life is an inside photographic portrait of the film industry by the veteran character actor Richard Edson. Although primarily known for his acting accomplishments, Edson stared his career working as a musician, first as a the original drummer for Sonic Youth, and later in the seminal NYC funk collective Konk, for whom he preformed with throughout the early 1980s.
