Author Topic: The Dead Actors Tribute Thread (Read 29426 times)

Buck Pete · « **on:** January 8, 2021, 11:51:43 am »

Been meaning to do this for a while. Similar to the Dead musicians thread I thought I'd start one for the actors who don't quite qualify as screen royalty and wouldn't really warrant a new thread.

Always find these type of threads good for kicking off discussions about the actor or the movies they appeared in.

Anyhow, I'll start with Marion Ramsey who died yesterday aged 73

Most of us will remember Marion as softly spoken Officer Laverne Hooks in the Police Academy movies. A great character amongst many (in the original especially).

RIP

Sheer Magnetism · « **Reply #1 on:** January 8, 2021, 11:59:58 am »

Aww shit, Hooks is dead? That sucks.

The Bournemouth Red · « **Reply #2 on:** January 9, 2021, 02:10:56 pm »

Can't believe she was 73, always think of her as Police Academy age.

Red Beret · « **Reply #3 on:** January 9, 2021, 08:18:00 pm »

Damned, that's a shame. RIP.

Not the first to be lost. The actor who played Tackleberry died in 2001. He was only 50 something.

Buck Pete · « **Reply #4 on:** February 1, 2021, 02:37:42 pm »

Academy award winner Cloris Leachman has died aged 94.

Her credits list is huge including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid. She won her Oscar for her role in The Last Picture Show.

Inducted into the Television Hall of fame.

Above all else, I will remember her for her work with Mel Brooks and as Nurse Diesel in one of my all time fav Brooks movies High Anxiety.

A funny lady - RIP

On Axis · « **Reply #5 on:** February 2, 2021, 01:13:46 am »

Not a recent death but I've watched a few Phillip Seymour Hoffman movies this year. He was incredible in The Master.

Ray K · « **Reply #6 on:** February 2, 2021, 09:12:45 am »

The great Hal Holbrooke has died aged 95.

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Also great in Wall Street, Magnum Force, brilliant in The Firm and even had a memorable guest starring role in the West Wing. One of the most distinctive, gravelly voices of our time.

rafathegaffa83 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 2, 2021, 10:01:48 am »

RIP. All The President's Men is an all-timer and he delivers the best line in the entire film

Ziltoid · « **Reply #8 on:** February 3, 2021, 03:30:40 pm »

Hal Holbrook will always be The Fog

Red Beret · « **Reply #9 on:** February 3, 2021, 07:43:38 pm »

I did make a separate post but I forgot about this thread so I'll put it in here too. Mira Furlan passed away, aged 66, due to West Nile Virus. She was also in lost.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55763658

jackh · « **Reply #10 on:** February 4, 2021, 11:26:11 am »

Quote from: Red Berry on February 3, 2021, 07:43:38 pm

Danielle Rousseau in LOST, of course - takes me back. Wasn't familiar with any of other other work - it looks as though her drive to succeed in her passions & interests saw her get on the wrong side of Croatian nationalists in the early 90's; hopefully she did indeed manage to dedicate a good & happy portion of her life to what she loved.

Stubbins · « **Reply #11 on:** February 4, 2021, 12:23:53 pm »

Quote from: Buck Pete on February 1, 2021, 02:37:42 pm

Academy award winner Cloris Leachman has died aged 94.

Her credits list is huge including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid. She won her Oscar for her role in The Last Picture Show.

Inducted into the Television Hall of fame.

Above all else, I will remember her for her work with Mel Brooks and as Nurse Diesel in one of my all time fav Brooks movies High Anxiety.

A funny lady - RIP

Frau Blucher if you don't mind ! Scaring the horses everywhere.

A wonderful actress with a long and varied career.

I read in the Times obit that she 'auditioned' for the role of Frau Blucher again when Mel Brooks reprised Young Frankenstein as a Broadway show. Mel didn't give her the role saying that 'he didn't want her to die on stage'. Mightily pissed off by that and in her early 80s, she joined the American equivalent of Strictly Come Dancing. She got to the latter stages, knocking out a certain Kim Kardashian along the way.

Very funny lady indeed. RIP

Red Beret · « **Reply #12 on:** February 4, 2021, 08:01:24 pm »

Quote from: jackh on February 4, 2021, 11:26:11 am

Danielle Rousseau in LOST, of course - takes me back. Wasn't familiar with any of other other work - it looks as though her drive to succeed in her passions & interests saw her get on the wrong side of Croatian nationalists in the early 90's; hopefully she did indeed manage to dedicate a good & happy portion of her life to what she loved.

Aye. I've been following her since her Babylon 5 days. After Marie Fredriksson of Roxette she was probably my next best crush lol

Her husband is Serb and she is Croat; and when she refused to quit the Serbian Belgrade theatre (because she wanted to work in both "countries"), the Croatians turned on her like a pack of wolves.

rafathegaffa83 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 5, 2021, 06:13:42 pm »

RIP Christopher Plummer

John C · « **Reply #14 on:** February 5, 2021, 06:35:45 pm »

Quote from: rafathegaffa83 on February 5, 2021, 06:13:42 pm

RIP Christopher Plummer

Yeah sad news.
I loved him in The Silent Partner with Elliot Gould. Great film.

RIP

Ray K · « **Reply #15 on:** February 5, 2021, 07:15:03 pm »

Ah shit, Christopher Plummer has died? I think my mum has had a crush on him since the Sound of Music. My dad has a Julie Andrews thing too, so I think they were well suited (the first film they watched at the pictures together).

I mentioned The Insider in the Decent Films thread this week. He's so good as Mike Wallace. The little gesture he makes with his glasses as he's lashing Gina Gershon is so good.

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Red Beret · « **Reply #16 on:** February 5, 2021, 07:45:20 pm »

Just heard about Chris Plummer. Such a versatile actor, whether it's a WW2 fighter pilot or Chang from Star Trek. I watched the Honest Trailer to Knives Out just last night, and he has the kind of presence that convinced you he was going to be around forever. Sad loss.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #17 on:** February 5, 2021, 08:34:48 pm »

Always assumed he was British.

On Axis · « **Reply #18 on:** February 5, 2021, 10:59:58 pm »

Quote from: Ray K on February 5, 2021, 07:15:03 pm

Ah shit, Christopher Plummer has died? I think my mum has had a crush on him since the Sound of Music. My dad has a Julie Andrews thing too, so I think they were well suited (the first film they watched at the pictures together).

I mentioned The Insider in the Decent Films thread this week. He's so good as Mike Wallace. The little gesture he makes with his glasses as he's lashing Gina Gershon is so good.

I watched The Insider last weekend and really enjoyed his performance. RIP

Nogg3000 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 5, 2021, 11:12:34 pm »

RIP great Actor. Wonder who they’ll use for FIFA 22?

rafathegaffa83 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 16, 2021, 09:06:13 am »

RIP Yaphet Kotto

disgraced cake · « **Reply #21 on:** March 16, 2021, 12:10:53 pm »

Quote from: rafathegaffa83 on March 16, 2021, 09:06:13 am

RIP Yaphet Kotto

Some great performances from him. Really nailed that role in Midnight Run.

Ray K · « **Reply #22 on:** March 16, 2021, 12:11:23 pm »

Quote from: rafathegaffa83 on March 16, 2021, 09:06:13 am

RIP Yaphet Kotto

Best known for Live and Let Die, but one of those 'oh yeah, that guy' actors.
Oh yeah, he was one of Ripley's crewmates in Alien.
Oh yeah, he was the police chief who was chasing Charles Grodin & De Niro in Midnight Run.
Etc.

RedSince86 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 16, 2021, 01:05:04 pm »

He was fantastic in Homicide: Life On The Street.

Did an excellent Idi Amin as well.

RIP.

[new username under construction] · « **Reply #24 on:** March 16, 2021, 01:07:42 pm »

Yeah legend, RIP

rafathegaffa83 · « **Reply #25 on:** March 16, 2021, 05:17:31 pm »

Loved Midnight Run and he's also in Across 110th Street, one of the best blaxploitation films, which is an absolute belter

Red Beret · « **Reply #26 on:** March 16, 2021, 05:48:41 pm »

Quote from: Ray K on March 16, 2021, 12:11:23 pm

Best known for Live and Let Die, but one of those 'oh yeah, that guy' actors.
Oh yeah, he was one of Ripley's crewmates in Alien.
Oh yeah, he was the police chief who was chasing Charles Grodin & De Niro in Midnight Run.
Etc.

Was in The Running Man too.

rafathegaffa83 · « **Reply #27 on:** March 24, 2021, 01:29:07 am »

RIP George Segal

He was great in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and California Split

Buck Pete · « **Reply #28 on:** March 24, 2021, 04:21:19 pm »

Yeah noticed George Segal had passed away

RIP

Ray K · « **Reply #29 on:** May 18, 2021, 06:47:41 pm »

Charles Grodin star of Midnight Run, has died aged 86

rafathegaffa83 · « **Reply #30 on:** May 18, 2021, 07:48:50 pm »

RIP. Midnight Run and The Heartbreak Kid are both classics

disgraced cake · « **Reply #31 on:** May 18, 2021, 11:09:51 pm »

Charles Grodin passing away very close to Yaphet Kotto, both in the exceptional Midnight Run. RIP both.

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Wild Romany Boy · « **Reply #32 on:** May 20, 2021, 09:32:19 pm »

Grodin's deadpan delivery was a sight to behold. Segal too was a brilliant actor.

RIP

rafathegaffa83 · « **Reply #33 on:** September 6, 2021, 06:09:20 pm »

RIP Jean-Paul Belmondo

Ray K · « **Reply #34 on:** September 6, 2021, 09:14:23 pm »

Fuck folks, awful news

The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams found dead in NYC apartment - New York Post

“The Wire’’ actor Michael K. Williams was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment Monday afternoon, law-enforcement sources told The Post.

Drug paraphernalia was found in the apartment, suggesting a possible overdose, sources said.

Williams, 54, was found dead in the living room of his Kent Avenue penthouse by his nephew, sources said.

The Flatbush native was famous for his role as Omar Little in the gritty TV series “The Wire’’ and as Chalky White in “Boardwalk Empire.’’

DangerScouse · « **Reply #35 on:** September 6, 2021, 09:23:17 pm »

Ah christ. Very sad. RIP Omar.

Ziltoid · « **Reply #36 on:** September 6, 2021, 09:33:35 pm »

Just read this. Brilliant actor. Played 2 of the most iconic TV characters

rafathegaffa83 · « **Reply #37 on:** September 6, 2021, 10:06:05 pm »

Ray K · « **Reply #38 on:** November 9, 2021, 09:58:47 am »

Dean Stockwell, of Quantum Leap and Battlestar Galactica fame, has died aged 85.

There isn't many actors who could be legitimately cast as someone who intimidated Dennis Hopper's Frank Booth, like he did in Blue Velvet.

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[new username under construction] · « **Reply #39 on:** November 9, 2021, 10:10:02 am »

Grew up with Quantum Leap, fantastic series and he was great in it. RIP