I still remember the theater: the Green Acres Triplex in Valley Stream. I remember it was a matinee and I did have to look that up — 4:35, because I’d have been in school for the 2 o’clock showing.

The multi-talented actor starred in one of the most famous scenes to depict a baseball player on film before going on to direct the golf-themed 'Legend of Bagger Vance' Movie actor Robert Redford ...