Gerrit Graham
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Oct 16, 2026
Drew McWeenyHOST
I, I love every character in the film.
Drew McWeenyHOST
I think, uh, Garrett Graham in this movie is on f- And I love Garrett Graham in Phantom of Paradise.
Drew McWeenyHOST
I think he's a very talented comic actor.
Drew McWeenyHOST
I think in this movie as Jeff, he's on fire.
Jamie EvansHOST
On Rotten Tomatoes it has a 64% positive, and Roger Ebert gave it three out of four stars, calling it cheerful, energetic horror.
Jamie EvansHOST
It has a sequel, Child's Play 2, which we are also covering, and that film stars Alex Vincent and Brad Dourif, along with Christine Elise, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, and Grace Zabriskie.
Jamie EvansHOST
And it was made for a budget of $13 million and grossed $35.8 million at the box office.
Jamie EvansHOST
That one opened at number one in cinemas, and on Rotten Tomatoes has 53% positive reviews.
Dan JohnsonHOST
Was horror your thing? Because I think your first job after that's Chud 2, which, by the way, I also watched.
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Chud 2, starring Brian Robbins from Head of the Class, Garrett Graham of Police Academy 6, Robert Vaughn, Bianca Jagger, Larry Linville of Match, and many other popular stars.
Dan JohnsonHOST
God bless Chud 2.
Dan JohnsonHOST
You got Garrett Graham, Robert Vaughn in a fantastic performance.
Mike MaloneGUEST
Here's the thing.
Mike MaloneGUEST
Jeff and his brother and Darren Scott, who was also one of our producers, was one of the smartest guys in the business, They were all horror guys.
Mike MaloneGUEST
Chud 2 was actually more of a comedy.
Mike MaloneGUEST
So I was into it.
MichaelHOST
That seems to be the theme of the year.
MichaelHOST
But Mr. Garrett Graham has sadly left us.
MichaelHOST
And I believe we've only covered one of the movies, correct? Chopping Mall?
GregHOST
No.
GregHOST
And then he's a character I forgot about completely until I rewatched it in the past like year or so.
GregHOST
And I'm like, Oh yeah, he's amazing in that.
GregHOST
And still, even when I rediscovered how great the father is, I didn't piece it together that it was Garrett Graham.
GregHOST
But yeah, absolutely.
Cody JosephHOST
Check out The Phantom of the Paradise.
Cody JosephHOST
That's a, it has recently departed Garret Graham as the singer Beef.
Cody JosephHOST
Okay.
Cody JosephHOST
I was gonna say, I know I've heard you talk about this recently.
Cody JosephHOST
That's, that's why, 'cause Garret Graham passed.
Cody JosephHOST
All right.
Cody JosephHOST
I got some days here to share with you as well.
Henry GilbertHOST
She's just so funny.
Henry GilbertHOST
She also, I checked, I also asked Drew Mackey, who is the creator of the Every LGBTQ Moment in Simpsons Ever video, and he and I both think that Patti Harrison is the first openly trans actor to appear on the show as a voice.
Henry GilbertHOST
So that's kind of a big moment, too, I think.
Bob MackeyHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Bob MackeyHOST
I mean, they, I feel like she's breaking new ground.
Henry GilbertHOST
Yeah, I think now in the past Elliot Page did appear on The Simpsons, but it was pre-transition and all of that.
Henry GilbertHOST
So that's why I make the first openly trans actor, you know, asterisk there.
Henry GilbertHOST
Like, not to erase Elliot Page from Simpsons history there, but I believe Patti Harrison is a first there, so congrats to her.
Nyah NightmareHOST
Yes.
Nyah NightmareHOST
So unfortunately, Garrett Graham, who played Beef in Phantom of the Paradise, has passed away.
Ren's DadHOST
Oh, man.
Ren's DadHOST
Which we just were raving about his performance not too long ago.
Chris LockhartHOST
Like if you ever Google them and you see a picture of them, you'll be like, yeah, I've, I recognize that guy from something.
Chris LockhartHOST
And another one of those actors that has been in kind of everything, who also recently passed away and has ties to Star Trek, is Garrett Graham.
Chris LockhartHOST
He passed away September 15th, 2026 at the age of 76 after a battle with Lund disease.
Chris LockhartHOST
Garrett Graham, actor in Phantom of...
Chris LockhartHOST
Phantom of the Paradise, Pretty Baby, and Used Cars Dies at 77.
Chris LockhartHOST
And this is from The Hollywood Reporter.
Chris LockhartHOST
Patience runs out on the junkie.
Chris LockhartHOST
The first line of the Bob Weir slash Grateful Dead song, Victim of the Crime.
Gareth MylesHOST
No, sorry.
Gareth MylesHOST
Um, The last one, it's one of these ones that hits hard with me because I was such a huge fan of Garrett Graham.
Gareth MylesHOST
I don't expect too many people to know who he is, but they probably recognize a number of his films and go, oh, yeah, yeah, he was pretty good in that.
Gareth MylesHOST
I don't know where to begin.
Gareth MylesHOST
You know, Sam Raimi has Bruce Campbell, he goes to him.
Gareth MylesHOST
John Carpenter has Kurt Russell, he goes to him.
Gareth MylesHOST
And Brian De Palma had Garrett Graham.
Gareth MylesHOST
They knew each other when they were younger, and Brian De Palma put him in a number of films and gave him some really, really plum roles to showcase just how damn good of an actor he actually was.
Adam GrossworthHOST
While I don't, I don't love the portrayal of Beef as a, you know, a sort of, uh, mincing gay man, this actor is 100% committed to this performance, and I appreciate the work that he's doing.
David LevyHOST
Uh, the actor is Gerrit Graham, who also went to Columbia, and presumably that's where he met Brian De Palma, 'cause he was also in a whole bunch of early De Palma movies, but had a, a pretty long career, uh, on, on screen, uh, on TV and on stage.
David LevyHOST
Uh, he was a member of Second City.
David LevyHOST
He was also a member of the Paul Sills Story Theatre ensemble, which is a not comedy improv troupe that s- came from Chicago that, uh, also went on to come to Broadway and do other things, uh, and also produced a number of other famous people, including, uh, I believe Momma Show guest star Linda Lavin came through Story Theatre.
David LevyHOST
He wrote three episodes of the Twilight Zone revival in the '80s, and he wrote songs with Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, including the lyrics to the Grateful Dead song Victim or the Crime? And he also wrote some additional dialogue for Disney's The Little Mermaid and, uh, provided voices for it.
David LevyHOST
And he co-wrote the Disney version of The Prince and the Pauper.
David LevyHOST
So, uh, that's Gerrit Graham.
Michal RichardsonHOST
I think Chris and I both need to know immediately [laughs] what voices he did in The Little Mermaid.
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