Pneumonia. No more blowing up the auto pilot.
RIP indeed, and don't call me shirley. -- | |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack| | |in the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you| | |can't move, with no hope of rescue. | | Andrew Halliwell BSc |Consider how lucky you are that life has been | | in |good to you so far... | | Computer Science | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy.|
While Airplane was painfully funny at the time I don't like slapsticky humour so didn't rate him from there on in. Let's not forget Forbidden Planet however, so he gets a seat in the Hall of Fame.
I've watched that a couple of times, too. Oddly, I had the impression he didn't start acting until he was in his fifties - probably a load of bollocks from some article that stuck in my head.
IMDB says he started in 1950 and was in 239 productions. It also says he was an avid motorcyclist. (On topic after all.)