Mudcat Café message #2666541

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Thread #3795 Message #2666541
Posted By: Jim Dixon
28-Jun-09 - 01:01 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Busy Doing Nothing (Burke, Van Heusen)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Busy Doing Nothing (Burke, Van Heusen)

Gerard Depardieu? No, that film was "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" from 1949. Depardieu was born in 1948.

The singers were Bing Crosby, William Bendix, and Cedric Hardwicke. Bendix is the one who resembles Depardieu.

Bendix (1906-64) is known primarily for supporting roles in movies (notably Hitchcock's "Lifeboat", 1944) and in the starring role in an early TV sitcom "The Life of Riley" 1953-58.