Years active 1967–2014 Children Hunter Carson Role Actor | Name L. Kit Relatives Hunter Carson (son) Books David Holzman's diary | |
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Full Name Lewis Minor Carson Born August 12, 1941 ( 1941-08-12 ) Irving, Texas, U.S. Occupation Actor, screenwriter, film producer Died October 20, 2014, Dallas, Texas, United States Spouse Karen Black (m. 1975–1983) Movies Paris - Texas, David Holzman's Diary, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Breathless, Perfume Similar People Hunter Carson, Jim McBride, Karen Black, Sam Shepard, Wim Wenders | ||
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Lewis Minor "Kit" Carson (August 12, 1941 – October 20, 2014) was an American actor, screenwriter and film producer.
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- Career
- Personal life and death
- Films
- Television
- References
Career
Carson first gained the notice of the film world when he starred in Jim McBride's mockumentary David Holzman's Diary in 1967 as the title character, a man so obsessed with filmmaking that he allows his obsession to take over his life and ruin his relationships. The two would team up again in 1983, sharing screenplay credits for the remake of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, which starred Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky and, in a bit part, brother David Lee Carson as Mister Maurice. His break-out accomplishment was co-writing, with Sam Shepard, the 1984 screenplay for Paris, Texas, which featured his son Hunter Carson in his film debut. Carson penned the screenplay for the 1986 horror film satire The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.
Personal life and death
L.M. Kit Carson had a son, actor Hunter Carson, with his former wife, Karen Black whom he was married to from 1975 until 1983. L. M. Kit Carson died in his sleep of pneumonia on October 20, 2014 in his native Dallas, Texas, aged 73.
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