Dialect coach Robert Easton dies

Character actor and Hollywood dialect coach Robert Easton, whose accomplishments include teaching Forest Whitaker to speak like Idi Amin inside the 2006 movie "The Ultimate King of Scotland," died of natural causes on Monday, 12 ,. 16, at his home inside the San Fernando Valley. He was 81. Whitaker won the Oscar for top actor for his performance inside the film. Easton was produced in Milwaukee but were living in Texas for a while and attended the U. of Texas at Austin. Just like a youthful actor, Easton frequently carried out country bumpkins on tv because of his drawl. Fearing he or she is typecast, he done different accents and learned he could mimic regional speech designs. He acquired a lot of credits on films and tv shows just like a dialect or dialogue coach, becoming known to as Henry Higgins of Hollywood and coping with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Liam Neeson, Dennis Hopper, Hathaway As Catwoman, Ben Kingsley and Robert Duvall, among others. Easton first began in showbiz inside the 19 forties round the radio show "Quiz Kids" since the one of the youthful, high-IQ rivals. More youthful crowd came out on other radio programs including "Fibber McGee and Molly" and "The Fred Allen Show." He gained his first film appearance, uncredited, in 1949's "Undertow" by 1951 he acquired his first credit just like a dialect coach, round the film "Havana Rose." Easton also acquired dialect-coach credits on "The Molly Maguires," "Scarface," miniseries "South and northInch and "Good Will Hunting." His movie credits just like a thesp include "Fresh fresh paint Your Wagon," "Pete's Dragon," "Working Girl," "Pet Sematary II" and "Primary Colors." On television, he came out on cases of "Gunsmoke," "Father Knows Best," "The Munsters," "The Beverly Hillbillies" (he later came out inside the bigscreen adaptation), "Petticoat Junction," "Lost in Space," "Perry Mason," "Get Smart," "Mod Squad" and "The Bionic Lady," among many other programs. He'd an ordinary stint just like a voice-over actor round the animated series "Stingray" in 1964-65. Easton's wife June died in 2005. He's managed to get having a daughter and daughter. (Connected Press brought with this report.) Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com