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6 unusual facts about James Lipton


Bernard Pivot

James Lipton was inspired to create Inside the Actors Studio by a chance viewing of a Pivot program on cable TV.

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Among the guests invited for the series finale, Bernard Pivot invited James Lipton, the host of the U.S. TV program Inside the Actors Studio, to participate with him in answering the Proust Questionnaire that Pivot had made famous.

Fran Striker

In Detroit, James Lipton portrayed the Lone Ranger's nephew, Dan Reid, during the early 1940s.

Gaby Rodgers

Her only other theatrical film role was in a gritty 1953 New York indie, The Big Break, starring James Lipton.

Kevin Moyers

Moyers released his first book Brain Farts or Why You Should Never Punch a Mime in the Face When He's Trying to Tell You That James Lipton is a Mad Space Alien Hell Bent on Taking Over the World's Supply of Corndogs in 2009.

Shotgunning

Film critic James Lipton once appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and shotgunned a beer to celebrate spring-break week.


Lawrence Lipton

He next married Betty Weinberg, a teacher; their son is Inside the Actors Studio host James Lipton.


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