Kirk Douglas him to only say "Thank you", and leave the stage. Douglas agreed. But when standing in front of the audience, he had second thoughts: "I intended to just say 'thank you,' but I saw 1,000 people, and felt I had to say something more, and I did." Valenti remembers that after Douglas held up the Oscar, addressed his sons, and told his wife how much he loved her, everyone was astonished at his voice's improvement: Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch Demsky, December 9, 1916) is an American actor, filmmaker, author and centenarian. He is one of the last
Timothy Scott (actor, born 1955) "Captain EO", the 1980 Academy Awards and commercials. Scott lived with his partner, film editor Norman Buckley. Timothy Scott (actor, born 1955) Timothy Scott Schnell (1955/56–February 24, 1988), often credited as Timothy Scott, was an American Broadway actor and dancer. He was born in Morton Grove, Illinois to parents, Richard and Rosemary. He died of AIDS-related complications in Los Angeles at age 32. He portrayed Mr. Mistoffelees in the original 1982 production of a Broadway musical, "Cats". He appeared in both the Broadway stage and the film versions of another musical, "A Chorus Line". He appeared in other theatre works,