RIP thread for people involved in film

MfMan

bnt wrote: »

Ben Cross has died - best known as the star of Chariots of Fire, he was also Sarek, Spock's father, in Star Trek (2009).

Had strong Irish ancestry I think. He portrayed very well in 'Chariots..' the subtle and not-so-subtle anti-Semitism of the time.

odyssey06

bnt wrote: »

Ben Cross has died - best known as the star of Chariots of Fire, he was also Sarek, Spock's father, in Star Trek (2009).

He made for a very good Vulcan in Star Trek.
He was also the lead in epic 80s miniseries The Far Pavilions set in the Indian Raj.

And as it is Chariots of Fire related, and boards.ie wasn't around back then, worth mentioning that the lead actor from Chariots, Ian Charleson, had passed away in 1990 at only 40 from AIDS.

MfMan

Trini Lopez; best known as a singer, he had a role in The Dirty Dozen and a couple of other things.

Skerries

Leslie H. Freas has died at 63 twin sister to Linda Hamilton and appeared in Terminator 2

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/burlingtoncountytimes/obituary.aspx?n=leslie-h-freas&pid=196704811&fhid=29465

Was shocked when I saw this... seemed to have a huge future ahead of him.

Kept his illness private.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0829/1161998-chadwick-boseman-black-panther-star-dies-aged-43/

Tony EH

Yeh, saw that this afternoon.

He kept that quiet all the way through. Must have been very difficult to keep doing all of those tiresome press junkets knowing that you had a ticking timebomb in your colon.

Far too young to go. Only 43.

dublinman1990

Jesus. That is dreadful news to hear about Chadwick Boseman's passing. 43 is no age to die from cancer. I only heard Ben Edwards mention this on Channel 4's F1 highlights a little while ago when Lewis Hamilton won his GP pole position at Spa. I did see Chadwick Boseman in Marvel Avengers: Civil War on RTÉ2 last year. I have never seen him in Black Panther yet though. I must watch that movie sometime if I get a chance to see it. May he Rest in Peace.

JP Liz V1

Jiri Menzel, Oscar-Winning Czech Director, Dies at 82
The Oscar-winning director of "Closely Watched Trains" died Saturday following a long illness. He was 82.

MfMan

Ronald Harwood, writer/screenwriter of such as The Pianist (Oscar win), The Diving Bell And The Butterfly, The Dresser.

Also, Philip Latham, (91 too!), died earlier in the summer. British actor, mainly TV. Very good as Christopher Lee's factotum Klove in Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966). (For various reasons Lee spoke no lines in that movie).

Skerries

odyssey06

Actor Michael Lonsdale has died aged 89.
He is probably best known for his role as Bond villain Hugo Drax in Moonraker.
https://www.thejournal.ie/michael-lonsdale-actor-rip-5211405-Sep2020/

Declan A Walsh

odyssey06 wrote: »

Actor Michael Lonsdale has died aged 89.
He is probably best known for his role as Bond villain Hugo Drax in Moonraker.
https://www.thejournal.ie/michael-lonsdale-actor-rip-5211405-Sep2020/

Michael Lonsdale put in a memorable performance in Moonraker alright. I have seen him in various films over the years. However, I liked him best as the French Deputy Commissioner and detective in The Day of The Jackal.

Zeek12

odyssey06 wrote: »

Actor Michael Lonsdale has died aged 89.
He is probably best known for his role as Bond villain Hugo Drax in Moonraker.
https://www.thejournal.ie/michael-lonsdale-actor-rip-5211405-Sep2020/

He gave a brief but memorable performance in Spielberg's Munich.
Excellent actor.

RIP.

MfMan

Zeek12 wrote: »

He gave a brief but memorable performance in Spielberg's Munich.
Excellent actor.

RIP.

Absolutely. Also, a distinguished cameo in Ronin. (Hope De Niro picked up a few tips from him)

p to the e

Cinematographer Michael Chapman had a long and distinguished career working with directors such as Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver, The Last Waltz, Raging Bull), Carl Reiner (Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, The Man With Two Brains), Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters 2, Kindergarten Cop) and many more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chapman_(cinematographer)

He was nominated for an Academy Award twice for Raging Bull and The Fugitive.

His final film was a personal favourite of mine in "Bridge to Terabithia".

JP Liz V1

Japanese actress Yuko Takeuchi has died aged 40

Eduard Khil

Very sad leaves behind two young children.

JP Liz V1

Kevin Burns, producer on Poseidon Adventure and Lost in Space reboots, dies at 65

p to the e

Jackie Stallone, mother of Sylvester and Frank, died 21 September at the ripe old age of 98. She led an interesting life

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Stallone

MfMan

Rhonda Fleming, even more veteran than Angela Lansbury, checks out at 97.

Tom Mann Centuria

James Randi has died at the age of 92. A great debunker of idiots like Uri Geller and TV evangelists. His film An Honest Liar was very good. RIP.

p to the e

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

James Randi has died at the age of 92. A great debunker of idiots like Uri Geller and TV evangelists. His film An Honest Liar was very good. RIP.

What an amazing human. Here's a fantastic TED talk he gave. And if you can track it down, him making Uri Geller look like a fool on "The Tonight Show with Jonny Carson" is nail biting stuff.

Wedwood

Marge Champion, who was the model for Snow White in the 1937 Disney Classic has died at the age of 101.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54644798

vriesmays

Bond girl who lived in Ireland as a child.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/movies/margaret-nolan-dead.html

sydthebeat

"less famous" ????????

Skyknight

Touché, Corrected

frash

Save the Clock Tower

Elsa Raven - Actress from Back to the Future 1 died
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54823471

flazio

Another Bond alumni, although better known for BBC dramas and sitcoms including As Time Goes By with M actress Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer passed away.
I think it was a nice in joke to have him playing the admiral arguing with Judi Dench's M.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/1106/1176440-actor-geoffrey-palmer-has-died-aged-93/

Tony EH

^
Wow. I thought he was dead a long time ago.

otnomart

flazio wrote: »

Another Bond alumni, although better known for BBC dramas and sitcoms including As Time Goes By with M actress Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer passed away.
I think it was a nice in joke to have him playing the admiral arguing with Judi Dench's M.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/1106/1176440-actor-geoffrey-palmer-has-died-aged-93/

I did watch re-runs of As Time Goes By and thought it must have been quite ahead of its time, showing people remarrying and blending families.
A kind of earlier Last Lango in Halifax.

RIP