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BiographyEarly lifeGibson was born James Bateman[1] in Germantown, Pennsylvania to Dorothy and Edmund A. Bateman. A graduate of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., Gibson served in the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence officer during the 1950s. During the 1950s he developed an act in which he portrayed a southern accented poet. During this period he adopted the stage name Henry Gibson influenced by the name of Norwegian poet Henrik Ibsen Career
Gibson's 'break-out' performance came with the three years he spent as part of the Laugh-In cast. A key character he played was "The Poet," often reciting poems with "sharp satirical or political themes" 1. He would emerge from behind a stage flat, wearing a then-trendy Nehru jacket and a string of 'hippie' beads and holding an outlandishly large artificial flower, and say, "[Title of poem] -- by Henry Gibson." He would bow stiffly from the waist, recite his poem, and return behind the flat. Gibson's simple-looking poem routine was a memorable enough part of Laugh-In that John Wayne actually performed it on the show once, flower in hand--although in his own inimitable style: "The Sky -- by John Wayne. The Sky is blue/The Grass is green/Get off your butt/And join the Marines!" At which point, Wayne left the scene by smashing through the flat. On Laugh-In, Gibson also regularly appeared in the "Cocktail Party" segments as a Catholic priest, sipping tea. He would put the cup down on the saucer, recite his one-liner in a grave and somber tone, then go back to sipping the tea. He made recurring appearances in the 1969-1974 anthology sitcom Love, American Style.
Gibson re-teamed with director Dante a few years later when Gremlins 2 was released in 1991. He performed a cameo as the office worker who is caught taking a smoking break on camera and fired by the sadistic boss. Gibson can most recently be seen alongside Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in the 2005 comedy hit Wedding Crashers, and as supporting character Judge Clark Brown on the TV show Boston Legal. Filmography
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