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Article: Death in Venice: on the boardwalk with Deadwood's dastardly Ian McShane.(BUZZ: THE CITY OBSERVED)(Biography)
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- Los Angeles Magazine
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- May 1, 2005
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"THE BOARDWALK SQUEAKS, and out come the freaks," declares Ian McShane, plainly including himself in the assortment of street preachers, panhandlers, and bodybuilders gathered at Venice Beach on this foggy spring morning. Black hair greased back from a craggy brow, unshaven face framed by long sideburns, the actor--who's decked out in a blue Hugo Boss car coat. blue T-shirt, and blue nylon track pants--could be a color-coordinated flasher. Yet as McShane makes his way north along the promenade, nearly everyone recognizes him. Exclaims a skateboarder, "It's the guy from Deadwood!"
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