RIP thread for people involved in film

Tipsy McSwagger

Been meaning to start this thread for a while. It's for people not famous enough to get their own RIP thread.



Richard Griffiths, one of Britain’s most celebrated character actors, has died from complications following heart surgery.

The stage and screen star, who played Uncle Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films, was 65.



Fay Kanin, an Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning screenwriter, died Wednesday of natural causes. She was 95.

delbertgrady

Richard Griffiths is in two of the best British films of the 1980s, namely A Private Function and Withnail & I, both Handmade Films, as it happens. RIP, Uncle Monty.

Mickeroo

RIP you terrible......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgjK2s1Cplg

notnumber

Ahh Rip Uncle Monty..did he ever get to play the Dane?

D-FENS

The older order changeth, yielding place to new. God fulfills himself in many ways. And soon, I suppose, I shall be swept away by some vulgar little tumour...

Zeek12

RIP Milo O'Shea. Died earlier today aged 86.

Best known for his movie roles in Ulysses, Romeo and Juliet and The Verdict amongst others.

And in more recent years, he appeared in prominent Television series such as Cheers, Frasier and The West Wing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toelOtVOyXY

mike65

Jess Franco died 2nd April at the age of 82. The director of 199 films of which 35% were lesbian vampire flicks, well maybe it was only a bout 10% in reality! was still working until last year.

derm0j073

mike65 wrote: »

Jess Franco died 2nd April at the age of 82. The director of 199 films of which 35% were lesbian vampire flicks, well maybe it was only a bout 10% in reality! was still working until last year.

Uncle Jess was a genre all on his own . I'm a big fan of his despite the fact he made more than his fair share of bad flicks . The man loved making movies , kept working up until his death( I think he was shooting a new film when he passed away).

Zeek12

May have been posted elsewhere already, but renowned film critic Roger Ebert passed away today aged 70.
RIP. He shall be missed.

Jijsaw

delbertgrady wrote: »

Richard Griffiths is in two of the best British films of the 1980s, namely A Private Function and Withnail & I, both Handmade Films, as it happens. RIP, Uncle Monty.

Regarding Handmade Films- George Harrison always knew when to finance a good movie Life of Brian, Time Bandits, Mona Lisa etc we'll just ignore Shanghai Surprise Even George knew that was going to be a failure half way-through production

mike65

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, the house script writer for the Merchant/Ivory team died on the 3rd.

She was a short story writer and novelist including Heat and Dust which became one of the most successful Merchant/Ivory films.

Selected screenwriting credits - Shakespeare Wallah, Bombay Talkie, The Europeans, Quartet, A Room with a View, Howards End, The Remains of the Day.

Tipsy McSwagger

Bigas Luna, the controversial Spanish director has died in Northern Spain on Friday at the age of 67.

The director was well known for his famous 'Trilogía Ibérica' (Iberian Trilogy) which consisted of 'Jamón Jamón' (1992), 'Huevos de Oro' ('Golden Balls') (1993) and 'La teta y la luna' ('The Tit and the Moon') (1994).

Andre80Johnson

Les Blank passed away today at the age of 77. He died from bladder cancer. He was a documentary filmmaker with 40 years of experience, responsible for one of my favorite documentaries, Burden of Dreams.

Rest In Peace Les. 1935 - 2013

duckworth

Uncle Monty, Ebert, now the great Les Blank - What a bad week for the movies!!

Les Blank was a great filmmaker and made some weird and wonderful stuff aside from the famous Burden of Dreams.

If you like blues music, and food, he made a load of great docs about these two subjects.

Tipsy McSwagger

Richard LeParmentier



American-born film and TV actor who spent most of his career working in England, has died at the age of 66. LeParmentier was best remembered for playing Admiral Motti, the Imperial head of Naval operations in Star Wars (1977) who has the arrogance to insult Darth Vader’s “sorcerer’s ways,” thus becoming the first character to give Vader reason to demonstrate his party trick of strangling someone from the other side of the room.

LeParmentier made his movie debut in the 1974 rock picture Stardust, going on to other small roles in Rollerball (1975), Ken Russell’s Valentino (1977), Warren Beatty’s Reds (1981), the James Bond film Octopussy (1983), the TV miniseries Reilly: Ace Of Spies (1983), and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988). He appeared in The People That Time Forgot (1977) and Superman II (1981), both of which co-starred Sarah Douglas, to whom he was married from 1981 to 1984. LeParmentier also doubled as a writer for such TV series as The Bill and Boon. He retired from the screen after 1992, but lent his voice to the Soldiers: Heroes Of World War II video game in 2004.  

delbertgrady

Re: Richard LeParmentier:
Imagine being married to Ursa...

[jealous]

RIP.

mike65

Bryan Forbes (1926–2013)

I must be getting old, this seems to be happening too often for comfort.

Probably a somewhat underrated director as his more high profile latter films were the likes of International Velvet and The Slipper and the Rose. But King Rat, Whistle Down the Wind, The Wrong Box and Seance on a Wet Afternoon plus his work as a writer and producer means he is significant in post war British cinema.

mike65

One of the greats of Science Fiction and fantasy writing - Richard Matheson has died aged 87. His best known for I am Legend which was filmed under three different titles to variable effect - The Last Man on Earth (1964), The Omega Man (1971) and Will Smiths "eponymous" film. His best work though for my money was the peerless Incredible Shrinking Man when the whole notion of existence comes under scrutiny. Other titles included The Legend of Hell House, Stir of Echoes and work for TV including the legendary "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" for the Twilight Zone in which passenger William Shatner is convinced he has spotted something alien on the wing of a plane. Duel, (Kolcheck) The Night Stalker/the Night Strangler, Night gallery and so on. We won't mention Jaws 3-D

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558577/

delbertgrady

Slim Whitman died a few days ago.
Now the Martians can attack safely.

Tipsy McSwagger

'Enter the Dragon' Star Jim Kelly Dead at 67





Jim Kelly, who made his name alongside martial arts legend Bruce Lee in the classic 1973 action film "Enter the Dragon," has died according to Film.com. He was 67.

A football star at the University of Kentucky, Kelly dropped out to pursue martial arts. After winning a championship in 1971 and opening his own dojo, he came to the attention of Hollywood filmmakers and made his debut in "Enter the Dragon," becoming an instant superstar.

Kelly parlayed that success into a decade of blaxploitation hits, including the seminal 1974 hit "Three the Hard Way" alongside Fred Williamson and Jim Brown. He retired from movies in 1982, though he still appeared occasionally in cameo roles and at conventions.

Just after reading that the brilliant Dennis Farina has passed away. Real shame as he was one of the most distinctive faces on TV and a damn fine actor.

Really think that his best performance was in last years The Last Rites of Joe May. Really felt that if it had gotten the distribution i deserved he would have been assured an Oscar nomination.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0azk5t-BU4

BailMeOut

from Snatch

krudler

Solid character actor, he was good in Snatch and Out of Sight of roles off the top of my head I remember him in

Dermighty

I don't think any actor could give "fúck" the meaning that Farina could. Why can't the ****e actors die instead of the good ones

rednik

Crime story was brilliant and probably the first time I saw him and then Manhunter where he played Jack Crawford. He had some great roles over the years and more recently he was excellent alongside Dustin Hoffman in Luck. RIP Dennis.

Supposedly he was quite the gent who had no ego or sense of self importance and would regularly have a few drinks with and chat to anyone who approached him.

delbertgrady

The curse of Get Shorty.
James Gandolfini and now Dennis Farina.
"The f***in' airport".

bnt

I remember DF from films long before his recent face e.g. in the 80s he was in Miami Vice, Manhunter and Midnight Run. He was a police officer before taking up acting, so it's not all that surprising that he played a lot of cops ..!

JP Liz V1

rednik wrote: »

Crime story was brilliant and probably the first time I saw him and then Manhunter where he played Jack Crawford. He had some great roles over the years and more recently he was excellent alongside Dustin Hoffman in Luck. RIP Dennis.

Loved him as Nick's dad in New Girl the latest season - RIP

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Loved him as Nick's dad in New Girl the latest season - RIP

Great actor, one of those that put a smile on your face when her came on screen. Laugh out loud funny in Snatch he shall be missed!

Cale

delbertgrady wrote: »

The curse of Get Shorty.
James Gandolfini and now Dennis Farina.
"The f***in' airport".

Surprised nobody else mentioned Get Shorty. He was fantastic in that. The best thing about the film.

I don't usually like to comment in these types of threads, but was a big fan of Dennis Farina. RIP.

JP Liz V1

Eileen Brennan (The Last Picture Show and Private Benjamin) has died - RIP

delbertgrady

Karen Black has died, aged 74. In a chequered career, her seventies output is exemplary: Five Easy Pieces, The Outfit, The Day of the Locust, Nashville, Family Plot, Capricorn One. She was also the mother of Hunter Carson, who played Harry Dean Stanton's son (also called Hunter) in Paris, Texas.

rednik

delbertgrady wrote: »

Karen Black has died, aged 74. In a chequered career, her seventies output is exemplary: Five Easy Pieces, The Outfit, The Day of the Locust, Nashville, Family Plot, Capricorn One. She was also the mother of Hunter Carson, who played Harry Dean Stanton's son (also called Hunter) in Paris, Texas.

Many great roles, RIP Karen.

JP Liz V1

delbertgrady wrote: »

Karen Black has died, aged 74. In a chequered career, her seventies output is exemplary: Five Easy Pieces, The Outfit, The Day of the Locust, Nashville, Family Plot, Capricorn One. She was also the mother of Hunter Carson, who played Harry Dean Stanton's son (also called Hunter) in Paris, Texas.

I was mixing her up with Karen Allen from the Indiana Jones films

RIP Karen Black

Thrill

Michael Ansara, who appeared in loads of films and tv shows, died a few days back, aged 91.

As Klang from star trek.....



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Tipsy McSwagger

Lisa Robin Kelly: That '70s Show Actress Dies



Actress Lisa Robin Kelly, best known for her role in That '70s Show, has died after years of battling drug addiction.
Her manager said the 43-year-old had died in a rehab facility on Wednesday night.
"Unfortunately Lisa Robin Kelly passed away last evening," Craig Wycoff told US media on Thursday.
"Lisa had voluntarily checked herself into a treatment facility early this week where she was battling the addiction problems that have plagued her these past few years.
"I spoke to her on Monday and she was hopeful and confident, looking forward to putting this part of her life behind her.
"Last night she lost the battle."
Kelly rose to fame as Laurie Forman on That '70s Show, the hit sitcom that helped launch the careers of Ashton Kutcher, Topher Grace and Mila Kunis.
Kelly's character was the older sister of Eric Forman, played by Grace.
The show ran from 1998 to 2006 but Kelly left in 2003.
Since then she was often in the news for her drug addiction and other problems. She was recently arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.

Thrill

Lee Thompson Young Ex-Disney Superstar dead, Possible Suicide. Currently appears in "Rizzoli & Isles"

http://www.tmz.com/2013/08/19/lee-thompson-young-dead-disney-dies-friday-night-lights-the-famous-jett-jackson-rizzoli-and-isles/



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humanji

Elmore Leonard has passed away according to his website. He'd a hell of a back catalog to his name: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001465/

JP Liz V1

humanji wrote: »

Elmore Leonard has passed away according to his website. He'd a hell of a back catalog to his name: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001465/

RIP

delbertgrady

Legendary cinematographer Gilbert Taylor has died, aged 99.
His filmography is as exemplary as it is diverse.
Ice Cold in Alex, Dr. Strangelove, A Hard Day's Night, Repulsion, Cul-De-Sac, Macbeth, Frenzy, The Omen, Star Wars, Flash Gordon...

RIP

mike65

Another of that remarkable generation of British cinematographers who were born prior to or during WW1 who lived to a see the 21st century

Freddie Young, Freddie Francis, Jack Cardiff, Ronald Neame, Christopher Challis, Oswald Morris (still alive) Douglas Slocombe (still alive) Oswald Morris (still alive)

JP Liz V1

Julie Harris dies at 87 (East of Eden and Knot's Landing) RIP

GTR63

http://www.mmamania.com/2013/9/2/4686406/former-heavyweight-boxing-champion-and-rocky-v-star-tommy-morrison
Tommy Morrison who played Tommy Gunn in Rocky V has passed away.

Tommy was an incredible boxer, fastest left hand I ever saw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0bdBId_J7M

bnt

Ray Dolby died yesterday at the age of 80 (LA Times story). He was awarded two Oscars for his company's work on noise reduction and surround sound, among other technical advances that made films sound so much better.

johnny_ultimate

Oh man, this one is surprisingly upsetting. Kumar Pallana, the man who was always a delightfully reassuring presence in Wes Anderson films, has passed away. His strange, wordless and touch bemused appearances gelled perfectly with Anderson's quirky delivery. He will be missed.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/rip-kumar-pallana-star-of-several-wes-anderson-mov,104109/

JP Liz V1

Ed Lauter has died RIP

bnt

Time to bring this thread back up, sadly. Antonia Bird died a couple of days ago: British director with a lot of TV work on her plate, as well as feature films with Robert Carlyle such as Priest and Ravenous.

Today it was announced that Hal Needham has died: veteran stuntman whose directorial debut was Smokey & The Bandit. He and Burt Reynolds worked together several more times, including Hooper and The Cannonball Run.

I should also mention Lou Reed, who died today: not much of an actor, directed one short, but according to IMDB his songs have featured in 151 films. Renton's idea of a Perfect Day wasn't all that far from Reed's ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6uBkJSbQO0

8mv

bnt wrote: »

I should also mention Lou Reed, who died today: not much of an actor, directed one short, but according to IMDB his songs have featured in 151 films.

Lou was ok acting in Paul Simons' Film "One Trick Pony" playing against type as a music mogul. He and Paul Simon were very close friends apparently.