New York Dolls frontman David Johansen portrayed the Ghost of Christmas Past in the 1988 Bill Murray Christmas classic 'Scrooged.' ...

Analysis The ghost is surreal and strange. It flickers like a candle and seems to reflect the fact that Scrooge's past behaviour can be redeemed. Gentle How is the Ghost like this? The ghost is ...

Christmas characters like Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and Frosty the Snowman have helped to spread Christmas ...

Indeed, "Scrooged" very much looks like a movie that wants to scare you. In Donner's version, the Ghost of Christmas Past (David Johanson) is a fast-talking New Jersey cab driver who drives Frank ...

He also appeared in such movies as “Candy Mountain,” “Let It Ride,” “Married to the Mob” and had a memorable turn as the Ghost of Christmas Past in Bill Murray-led hit “Scrooged.” Johansen was in 2023 ...

David Johansen, the lead singer of iconic band the New York Dolls, has passed away at the age of 75 - days after he revealed he was battling serious illness including cancer ...

Songwriter and New York Dolls lead singer David Johansen died at 75 on February 28, 2025, due to natural causes. Leah Hennessey, his stepdaughter, confirmed the news of his demise.

Yet he's the person assigned that year for 'scrooging' to a trio of Ghosts of Christmas: Past (Arlene), Future ... They soon find Peter is no scrooge, rather his stingy father Robert, who hardly ...

“I’m doing a film now at Paramount with Bill Murray called Scrooged,” he told Carson. “It’s going to be a great movie. We’re having a lot of fun doing it. [Bill Murray] is my guru in t ...