Author Topic: The Dead Actors Tribute Thread (Read 29615 times)

naYoRHa2b · « **Reply #161 on:** October 14, 2022, 06:23:46 pm »

Fucking hell..rip Robbie Coltrane.

Ray K · « **Reply #162 on:** October 14, 2022, 06:28:00 pm »

Ah shit. He was immense as Fitz in Cracker. RIP.

Kenny's Jacket · « **Reply #163 on:** October 14, 2022, 06:34:51 pm »

Quote from: Crosby Nick on October 14, 2022, 05:58:06 pm

Gutted at that. Absolutely loved Cracker back in the day. RIP

What a great show, copied by many shows later on

He was marvellous as Samuel Johnson in Blackadder. One of my favourite episodes

Really sad news

liverbloke · « **Reply #164 on:** October 14, 2022, 06:36:45 pm »

wha? man that's sad rip

i don't know why he did fraiser but i'll forgive him for that as he was a top actor

FlashingBlade · « **Reply #165 on:** October 14, 2022, 06:40:34 pm »

Boss fella...very sad news.

Ray K · « **Reply #166 on:** October 14, 2022, 06:41:35 pm »

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/yezUD8FU8qE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/yezUD8FU8qE</a>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/Hq8BPGn7Wk8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/Hq8BPGn7Wk8</a>

Get yourself an actor who can do both comedy and drama to the highest level.

Nobby Reserve · « **Reply #167 on:** October 14, 2022, 07:03:49 pm »

Quote from: Kenny's Jacket on October 14, 2022, 06:34:51 pm

What a great show, copied by many shows later on

He was marvellous as Samuel Johnson in Blackadder. One of my favourite episodes

Really sad news

Played the spirit of Xmas in the brilliant Blackadder Christmas Carol, too

Really sad news. Seemed a great bloke, and his Hagrid was perfect.

So… Howard Philips · « **Reply #168 on:** October 14, 2022, 07:05:56 pm »

Quote from: Nobby Reserve on October 14, 2022, 07:03:49 pm

Played the spirit of Xmas in the brilliant Blackadder Christmas Carol, too

Also worked with Ade Edmonton and Rick Mayall on ‘Kevin Turkey investigates’.

Red Beret · « **Reply #169 on:** October 14, 2022, 07:15:11 pm »

I remember his walk along the sea wall in "The Supergrass" from The Comic Strip. Fucking epic. No safety backup at all.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/FX51mwWyVFY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/FX51mwWyVFY</a>

Red Ol · « **Reply #170 on:** October 14, 2022, 07:42:47 pm »

R I P big man. He was fantastic in many things but, as mentioned above, a highlight for me was his Samuel Johnson in Blackadder

Red Ol · « **Reply #171 on:** October 14, 2022, 07:51:53 pm »

Quote from: Red Berry on October 14, 2022, 07:15:11 pm

I remember his walk along the sea wall in "The Supergrass" from The Comic Strip. Fucking epic. No safety backup at all.

Fucking hell! I’d forgotten about that. Epic!

Musketeer Gripweed · « **Reply #172 on:** October 14, 2022, 09:32:16 pm »

He was on the same flight as me from Newark back to Glasgow about 4 years ago. He looked in a bad way back then, got brought on to the plane in a wheelchair. It comes as no great surprise to me. Still a horrible thing to hear though.

Thought he was great even back in his Mason Boyne days. If you are not familiar with that character, look it up on Youtube.

Tutti Frutti was an amazing show as well come to think of it.

thejbs · « **Reply #173 on:** October 14, 2022, 10:59:33 pm »

Watching him on the Harry Potter reunion was painful - he looked awfully unwell.

RIP a great talent.

Nitramdorf · « **Reply #174 on:** October 15, 2022, 09:13:34 am »

What a shame RIP.

Think I first remember him as the bouncer outside Riks bedroom/roller disco on The Young Ones.

liverbloke · « **Reply #175 on:** October 15, 2022, 10:23:49 am »

Quote from: Red Berry on October 14, 2022, 07:15:11 pm

I remember his walk along the sea wall in "The Supergrass" from The Comic Strip. Fucking epic. No safety backup at all.

awesome

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #176 on:** October 15, 2022, 01:05:52 pm »

RIP. Cracker was UK TV at its finest.

Stubbins · « **Reply #177 on:** October 15, 2022, 02:40:27 pm »

Quote from: Musketeer Gripweed on October 14, 2022, 09:32:16 pm

Tutti Frutti was an amazing show as well come to think of it.

Tutti Frutti was a wonderful show and Robbie Coltrane was right at the fore of it. A wealth of UK talent mind and some familiar faces who were just starting out in their careers. Maybe now's the time to show it again.

oojason · « **Reply #178 on:** October 16, 2022, 03:44:39 am »

Was quality as Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky too...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/325v9XcsDg4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/325v9XcsDg4</a>

oojason · « **Reply #179 on:** November 8, 2022, 12:55:27 pm »

'Leslie Phillips: Carry On and Harry Potter star dies aged 98':-

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63557414 & www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/08/carry-on-star-leslie-phillips-dies-at-98

So… Howard Philips · « **Reply #180 on:** November 8, 2022, 01:51:01 pm »

Quote from: oojason on November 8, 2022, 12:55:27 pm

'Leslie Phillips: Carry On and Harry Potter star dies aged 98':-

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63557414 & www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/08/carry-on-star-leslie-phillips-dies-at-98

Ding dong.

Ziltoid · « **Reply #181 on:** November 8, 2022, 03:16:52 pm »

Cheers

Boston always unofficial · « **Reply #182 on:** November 8, 2022, 03:36:24 pm »

I thought he was already long gone,always liked the early Carry on movies.RIP.

John C · « **Reply #183 on:** November 8, 2022, 04:40:43 pm »

Quote from: oojason on November 8, 2022, 12:55:27 pm

Leslie Phillips: Carry On and Harry Potter star dies aged 98

RIP, he was a really great character.

So… Howard Philips · « **Reply #184 on:** November 8, 2022, 04:42:53 pm »

Quote from: John C on November 8, 2022, 04:40:43 pm

RIP, he was a really great character.

He and Terry Thomas were the upper class Romeos of my youth.

And now we have the likes of Johnson.

oojason · « **Reply #185 on:** November 8, 2022, 10:23:58 pm »

'Bill Treacher: EastEnders star dies aged 92':-

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63558420 & www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/nov/08/bill-treacher-original-cast-member-of-eastenders-dies-at-92

Black Bull Nova · « **Reply #186 on:** November 8, 2022, 11:34:56 pm »

because it often comes in 3's, Tom Owen, son of Bill (Compo) who also acted in Last of the Summer wine, also died today. I have to say I'd never heard of him and I only bring it up because it's the third I've noticed today. I had not realised that Bill Owen was London born but was buried in Yorkshire, presumably his adopted county.

bradders1011 · « **Reply #187 on:** November 10, 2022, 12:11:48 am »

Quote from: So... Howard Phillips on November 8, 2022, 04:42:53 pm

And now we have the likes of Johnson.

Red Beret · « **Reply #188 on:** November 21, 2022, 09:49:06 am »

Jason Frank, who starred in Power Rangers, has died by apparent suicide. Only 49.

BarryCrocker · « **Reply #189 on:** December 6, 2022, 01:51:45 am »

One of my early crushes.

Quote

Kirstie Alley, star of Cheers, dies aged 71

Kirstie Alley, the American comedic actress who became one of the world’s biggest television stars in the early 1990s with the sitcom Cheers, has died from cancer. She was 71.

The actress’s death was announced by her children True and Lillie on social media on Tuesday morning, Australian time.

“We are sad to inform you that our incredible, fierce and loving mother has passed away after a battle with cancer, only recently discovered,” they said in a post shared on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

“She was surrounded by her closest family and fought with great strength, leaving us with a certainty of her never-ending joy of living and whatever adventures lie ahead. As iconic as she was on screen, she was an even more amazing mother and grandmother.“

Alley had been receiving treatment at the Moffitt Cancer Centre in Florida. She had been a resident of the state since buying waterfront mansion from Lisa-Marie Presley in 2000.

Her children paid tribute to their mother’s “zest and passion for life, her children, grandchildren and her many animals, not to mention her eternal joy of creating, were unparalleled and leave us inspired to live life to the fullest just as she did”.

They asked “that you respect our privacy at this difficult time”.

More to come

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/kirstie-alley-star-of-cheers-dead-at-71-20221206-p5c42u.html

Chakan · « **Reply #190 on:** December 6, 2022, 02:55:43 am »

Wasn’t she bat shit crazy for trump? Or am I thinking of someone else?

BarryCrocker · « **Reply #191 on:** December 6, 2022, 07:00:35 am »

Quote from: Chaka-chaka-chakanotherchipmunk on the yule fyre on December 6, 2022, 02:55:43 am

Wasn’t she bat shit crazy for trump? Or am I thinking of someone else?

Sure was and was a devout Scientologist.

KillieRed · « **Reply #192 on:** December 6, 2022, 09:15:51 am »

She had terrible views on most things, but she was also one of the first public people I can recall the tabloids going for over her appearance. It really downgraded her career because as an older woman she put on weight & defined the rest of it, even to the point she made a comedy show about it.

disgraced cake · « **Reply #193 on:** December 6, 2022, 05:33:19 pm »

Had no idea Kirstie Alley was 71. Would have guessed 60 odd

Wabaloolah · « **Reply #194 on:** December 8, 2022, 02:35:50 pm »

RIP Ron Pember, a British character actor, played Alain in Secret Army, was in one episode of OFAH where he was Chair of the Residents Association. Was in loads of shows in the 70s and 80s

KillieRed · « **Reply #195 on:** December 8, 2022, 02:52:02 pm »

He died in March?

He certainly was a well known face. Stopped acting 30 years ago (!) after having a stroke.

Wabaloolah · « **Reply #196 on:** December 8, 2022, 03:42:00 pm »

Quote from: KillieRed on December 8, 2022, 02:52:02 pm

He died in March?

He certainly was a well known face. Stopped acting 30 years ago (!) after having a stroke.

so he did, it came up earlier when I was reading something about OFAH, must have thought it had just happened! 🤦‍♂️

KillieRed · « **Reply #197 on:** December 9, 2022, 09:32:45 am »

It’s nice to be remembered by someone somewhere though, isn’t it?

Wabaloolah · « **Reply #198 on:** December 10, 2022, 01:12:16 pm »

Quote from: KillieRed on December 9, 2022, 09:32:45 am

It’s nice to be remembered by someone somewhere though, isn’t it?

that's true

Another one gone today, Ruth Madoc

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63927507

Hi-de-hi

Sheer Magnetism · « **Reply #199 on:** December 13, 2022, 12:26:32 am »

Not really an actor but I was sorry Victor Lewis-Smith died. The Gay Daleks hasn't aged at all well but a lot of the other stuff on TV Offal is still hilarious or jaw dropping. I always liked his Private Eye column too.