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George Kennedy RIP

  • 01-03-2016 7:58pm
    #1
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,310 ✭✭✭✭


    And so 2016 keeps delivering up.

    The great George Kennedy has bit the dust. A very versatile actor. From disaster movies to comedy to drama and downright crap. He loved to work. He even did Dallas!

    He will always be Petroni from the Airport movies for me.


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  • #2
    stefan.kuntz
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 91 ✭✭stefan.kuntz


    The Eiger Sanction.


  • #3
    bpmurray
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,275 ✭✭✭bpmurray


    He was extraordinary as the psycho in Thunderbolt & Lightfoot - completely convincing.


  • #4
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw7fbLQeG5k


    Without fail, this scene always makes me laugh.

    RIP George.


  • #5
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    Dragline in one of my favourite films, Cool Hand Luke.


  • #6
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,310 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    bpmurray wrote: »
    He was extraordinary as the psycho in Thunderbolt & Lightfoot - completely convincing.

    A great movie.


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  • #7
    kneemos
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    There was nothing George couldn't do.


  • #8
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,310 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    I demand that dirtydingusmagee comments here.


  • #9
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,383 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    kneemos wrote: »
    There was nothing George couldn't do.

    Apart from living longer.


  • #10
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Apparently the police chief from Beverly Hills Cop died today too.

    Can't think of his name...

    RIP person who got infuriated by Axel Foley's madcap antics.


  • #11
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,310 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    Apparently the police chief from Beverly Hills Cop died today too.

    Can't think of his name...

    RIP person who got infuriated by Axel Foley's madcap antics.

    Ronny Cox???


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  • #12
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,310 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    Wrong city.

    It was Gilbert Hill. Inspector Todd in Detroit.


  • #13
    Rothko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,940 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    Didn't recognise the name at first but I do recognise him after googling him. He was great in the Naked Gun series. Lived to a good old age too. R.I.P.


  • #14
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    Apparently the police chief from Beverly Hills Cop died today too.

    Can't think of his name...

    RIP person who got infuriated by Axel Foley's madcap antics.

    Commandant Lassard from the Police Academy movies died a couple of weeks ago as well.


  • #15
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    Loved him in the Naked Gun Films.

    My name has nothing to do with the dirty Dingus McGee film it's from a Simpsons episode.I'm glad to have some vague link with George Kennedy he was a great actor.


  • #16
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Grandeeod wrote: »
    Wrong city.

    It was Gilbert Hill. Inspector Todd in Detroit.

    He was a real police inspector too!


  • #17
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    He was a real police inspector too!

    And only 2 days from retirement.


  • #18
    nacho libre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,380 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    There is a nice shot of him on the set of The Eiger Sanction in the Guardian obituary.

    http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/01/george-kennedy-obituary

    RIP


  • #19
    AllGunsBlazing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,676 ✭✭✭AllGunsBlazing


    bpmurray wrote: »
    He was extraordinary as the psycho in Thunderbolt & Lightfoot - completely convincing.

    Great movie with a great ensemble cast.


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