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Sebastian Cabot: Son
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Sebastian Cabot made a career out of playing the terribly proper British gentleman. With a well-groomed beard, a distinct upper crust accent, and a weight of more than 250 pounds, he projected an image of kindness and refinement and managed to appear both cuddly and stuffy at the same time. In fact, those qualities came through loud and clear in his memorable television role as a butler turned nanny named Mr. French on the late-'60s program Family Affair. What is probably least remembered about the actor is that he once made an album in which he recited poetry authored by Bob Dylan, including the song "It Ain't Me Babe."
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There are nonetheless several compelling reasons for believing Cabot landed considerably to the south of this territory. The first of these is a comment by Soncino that has been ignored almost uniformly by historians. He wrote that "After having wandered for some time he at length arrived at the mainland, where he hoisted the royal standard."19 Samuel Eliot Morison is the sole author who seemed to notice this reference to wandering about, and he dismissed it as "a typical landlubbers interpretation of beating to windward."20 This ... is unlikely. Soncinos knowledge of the voyage probably came from his friend Cabot in a report which would not have included a description of such routine activities as beating to windward. More likely, Cabot related various turnings and driftings which occurred as a result of an unhappy crew, bad weather, and so forth. Soncino shortened all of this to Cabot "wandering about considerably," but one should not doubt that wander he did.
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Audiences almost three decades after his death remain familiar with Cabot, through periodic replays of his Twilight Zone appearance and, once in a while, a syndicated revival of Family Affair reruns. A memorable career high point was his two-year stint as one of the three leads on Eric Ambler's superb 1960 detective show Checkmate (TV series). A more dubious legacy exists in his spoken recitations of songs by Bob Dylan on the album "Sebastian Cabot, actor/Bob Dylan, poet." Two tracks from this album appear on the Rhino Records compilation "Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing Off."
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