Randal Malone, 1958 - 2024

Actor Randal Malone—billed as “Film Star Randal Malone”—died of kidney disease on July 29. He was 66. Born in Kentucky (and retaining the charming accent), he was as camp as a row of tents. He cohosted the MTV dating show Singled Out, and appeared in more than 50 films (most of them straight-to-video comedy/horror): Sunset After Dark, Hollywood Mortuary, Slaughterhouse Phi: Death Sisters, Axegrinder, Dahmer vs. Gacy (playing John Wayne Gacy). Randal was also one of Hollywood’s most popular “Maxes” (as in Sunset Boulevard), a loving caretaker and “walker” to such ailing stars as Anita Page (who, unfortunately, he dolled up like Baby Jane Hudson), Ginger Rogers, Ann Miller, and Mae Clarke. A friend of your faithful correspondent, Randal was boisterous and over the top; he was chatty and funny and told hilarious stories about his “Kentucky to Hollywood” life.