I haven't subscribed to HBO in years, so I usually catch up on the network's great series ("Sopranos," "The Wire," etc.) on DVD. It just happens that my fiancee and I had been revisiting "Deadwood" when I happened upon this interview on A.V. Club with William Sanderson, the veteran character actor who plays the cowardly, conniving hotelier E.B. Farnum on the Western masterpiece. In fact, Sanderson -- a native Memphian who got his bachelor's and law degrees from
then-Memphis State University -- is also the subject of a John Beifuss
article coming in Sunday's editions of The Commercial Appeal. It turns out that Sanderson is making the media rounds to promote this Sunday's start of the second season of the HBO vampire series "True Blood." (Season 1 just hit DVD, so that might be our next viewing project.)
The A.V. Club piece gets Sanderson talking about his many roles over the years, from the eccentric Larry on "Newhart" to J.F. Sebastian in "Blade Runner" to Farnum and the sheriff on "True Blood." Also, Sanderson, who comes off as nothing but genuine and humble, recounts some Memphis memories:
One night I saw Jerry Lee, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Elvis for a dollar, if you believe that, in an open-air concert. Presley, I got to meet and go into his house and so forth. My wife says I should quit tellin' that story, 'cause they'll know how old I am.I'll link to Beifuss' piece once it is posted, which should be later this afternoon.
UPDATE: Read John Beifuss' story here at gomemphis.com.
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