Stars Who Were Snubbed From The Oscars 'In Memoriam' Segment

Wow, Oscar… you sure have a selective memory. Per tradition, Sunday night's Academy Awards telecast featured an "In Memoriam" segment that honored notable personalities we've lost over the last year and, also per tradition, a number of beloved entertainment giants were inexplicably omitted. The Oscars 2019 in memoriam missed a ton of stars.

The Twitterverse quickly took notice, and, as you might imagine, folks had some pretty harsh words for the Academy.

Among this year's many snubs, veteran character actor Dick Miller is one of the most notable celebrities who didn't make the cut.

He's perhaps best known for his role in the 1984 Joe Dante classic Gremlins. Miller's prolific career spanned six decades, with his filmography stretching from the '50s until just last year.

The pop culture website A.V. Club also pointed out the snub, noting that Miller's

"... ubiquity as a character actor sadly didn't translate to the Oscars."

The name Gary Kurtz probably rings a bell. Although his body of work wasn't exactly a mile long, his legacy lies in a little film he took a chance on back in the 1970s.

In case you somehow haven't guessed, that film is Star Wars, which Kurtz co-produced along with The Empire Strikes Back — not to mention Jim Henson's 1982 fantasy classic The Dark Crystal.
If that's not an impressive resume, we really don't know what is.

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Dick Miller | 0:22
Gary Kurtz | 0:50
Carol Channing | 1:26
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