He's been married to wife Laure Mattos since 1980 and they have three children together, including California State Senator Henry Stern. It was there that he met and fell in love with a dancer named Janice Goldfinger. Palance won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the role and famously hopped on the stage to perform one-armed push-ups during his acceptance speech. However, his real dream was to be a professional baseball player. Rentals are not eligible. The story that Billy Crystal tells about his "best day" of going to a Yankee game with his father is a true story from his childhood. He is the brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, who played his sister in Donnie Darko (2001). Read More: 'Pure Country' Cast and Crew: Where Are They Now? Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. In the 2010s, Gyllenhaal starred in several major films for which he received significant critical acclaim: science fiction thriller Source Code (2011), police drama End of Watch (2012), mystery Prisoners (2013), dark media satire Nightcrawler (2014), the boxing drama Southpaw (2015), and the dramedy Demolition (2015). That's the question (and the fun) in City Slickers, the biggest box office comedy of 1991. Wettig not only returned for the sequel film, but has appeared in numerous projects, including the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, Prison Break and an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning role in Thirtysomething. As Scott grapples with the realities of his situation, he befriends a dermatologist (Crystal) who needs to straighten out his own messy life. Mitch's son Danny Robbins was Gyllenhaal's very first film role. Palance passed away in 2006 of natural causes. Despite this tragedy, Billy was very upbeat and likable as a kid. He continued acting, appearing in The Basketball Diaries, Spy Games, Stuart Little and Helter Skelter. Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal was born in Los Angeles, California, to producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner (née Achs) and director Stephen Gyllenhaal. Alternate Versions (Original Title - Greedy). At age 15, Billy faced a personal tragedy when his father died of a heart attack at the relatively young age of 54. When we first meet Mitch Robbins, he is in Spain with his friends on another reckless trip trying to find himself. Sharp-eyed viewers will also spot 10-year-old Jake Gyllenhaal, in his big screen debut, as Crystal's son. | About a year and a half later, Schwartz says, he was able to support himself, in part by doing commercials. “But I will say, man,” he tells The Post, “if Billy Crystal wanted to do a cereal commercial with me that was poorly written, I’d probably still do it.”. He followed this with roles encompassing many different genres, including the comedy film, the Disney romantic comedy Bubble Boy (2001); opposite Jennifer Aniston in another Sundance favorite, The Good Girl (2002), as a young man grieving the death of his fiancée in Moonlight Mile (2002), and in the science fiction blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow (2004), portraying a student caught in a cataclysmic climate event, opposite Dennis Quaid. Three pregnant cows were on hand in case retakes were needed. City Slickers is honestly one of the greatest gifts of the early '90s. Luckily, her adventure ended with a new love interest (Phil). This gave Billy a real appreciation of what his dad was able to accomplish while alive and what his mother did to keep the family together. With television becoming a new medium, Billy got his influence from shows like The Honeymooners (1955), and "The Ed Sullivan Show" and performers like Alan King, Ernie Kovacs and Jonathan Winters. Mitch works for a radio station with the call letters WBLM. So how does it make Schwartz feel to know that Streep … It's the insightful, delightful film about cowboys, careers and midlife crises starring comic genius Billy Crystal and Jack Palance, who won a supporting actor Oscar® for his unforgettable performance. Privacy Notice | Billy Crystal and Jack Palance reprise their roles as two of the most mismatched cowpokes ever to ride the Wild West when they search for a hidden fortune in City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold.After the adventure of a lifetime, suburbanite Mitch Robbins (Crystal) has settled back into his ever-so-average job in radio airtime sales.