RIP thread for people involved in TV

Mr E

The Film forum has a similar thread to this and I thought it would be a good idea to do it for the Television forum.

Mr E

Martin Landau, probably best known on TV for Mission Impossible and Space:1999 passed away on Saturday.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/martin-landau-dead-ed-wood-811318

Agent Coulson

He was great in small recurring role in Without A Trace as Anthony LaPaglia father.



Also his daughter was Drusilla on Buffy and Angel.

Harry Palmr

Good idea for a thread, always wondered why there wasn't one. Well not always obviously.

Agent Coulson

John Heard has died aged 72.

Probably best known for being the Dad in Home Alone.

But he was in The Sopranos which he was nominated for an Emmy for his role as a dirty cop.

Also starred in Prison Break as Sara's Dad.

ixoy

Deborah Watling, who played Victoria on 'Doctor Who' in the '60s, died aged 69 URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40684318"]source[/URL. Unfortunately, due to BBC idiocy, much of her adventures have been lost but she got to star in the classic 'Tomb of the Cybermen', which featured the Telosian cybermen for the first time I believe.

JP Liz V1

Agent Coulson wrote: »

John Heard has died aged 72.

Probably best known for being the Dad in Home Alone.

But he was in The Sopranos which he was nominated for an Emmy for his role as a dirty cop.

Also starred in Prison Break as Sara's Dad.

I liked him as Roy in The Client tv series

coylemj

It's less than a year since he passed away so I'm going to remember Robert Vaughn aka Napoleon Solo in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.....

coylemj

Adam West, the original (1960s TV) and best Batman ever, passed away in June.........

Agent Coulson

Sam Shepard has died aged 73 RIP.

He had moved from Cinema into TV in the last few years starting in Klondike & Bloodline.

Poochie05

Ah no, loved him in Baby Boom!

Harry Palmr

Robert Hardy has died at the grand old age of 91 - best known for playing Siegfried Farmham in All Creatures Great and Small he also played the proprietor Terence "Twiggy" Rathbone in the Fleet Street satire Hot Metal on ITV in the mid 80s.

Harry Palmr

Hywel Bennet has also died at 73 - star of ITVs Shelley/Return of Shelley plus the Bill, Eastenders and also a fair few film roles.

bobbyss

Harry Palmr wrote:

Robert Hardy has died at the grand old age of 91 - best known for playing Siegfried Farmham in All Creatures Great and Small he also played the proprietor Terence "Twiggy" Rathbone in the Fleet Street satire Hot Metal on ITV in the mid 80s.

He was fantastic. Also something of an historian. He scripted and presented a documentary on Gordon of Khartoum. I was only watching it last week. But I loved him in All CGAS. A little bit eccentric in the role of Siegfried but just great. RIP

coylemj

Robert Hardy was one of a long line of actors who played Winston Churchill in TV dramas over the years. Newer members of the club include our own Brendan Gleeson and most recently John Lithgow in 'The Crown'.

Outside of acting, I believe Hardy was a bit of a world expert in the field of archery - the history of bows and arrows.

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jesus never heard he died..

JP Liz V1

Joseph Bologna had died

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004767/

I loved Rags to Riches

Mr E

Bruce Forsyth RIP.

I always liked him as a presenter.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40978576

Go Harvey Go

I think Brucie deserves his own RIP thread...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057776845

Agent Coulson

Jerry Lewis has died aged 91. RIP.

corks finest

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Robert Hardy has died at the grand old age of 91 - best known for playing Siegfried Farmham in All Creatures Great and Small he also played the proprietor Terence "Twiggy" Rathbone in the Fleet Street satire Hot Metal on ITV in the mid 80s.

Didn't know,still watching/recording all creatures great and small,superb,hreat acting/characters

JP Liz V1

http://tvline.com/2017/08/24/jay-thomas-dead-69-dies-cheers-murphy-brown-actor/

Jay Thomas has died

JP Liz V1

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JP Liz V1

Shelley Berman (Curb Your Enthusiasm) has died, aged 92

Taltos

RIP Richard Anderson (Oscar Goldman)

Mr.Nice Guy

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Shelley Berman (Curb Your Enthusiasm) has died, aged 92

He was involved in one of my favourite scenes of the show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqGN6aWKYUI

Go Harvey Go

Former BBC Look North and Tyne Tees presenter Mike Neville has died aged 80.

While he was barely known outside of North East England (aside from a few appearances on the BBC's Nationwide), he was to that region what Richard Whiteley was to Yorkshire and Fred Dinenage is to the South.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JvQLagHDwo

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-41011268

Agent Coulson

Frank Vincent has died aged 78.

Probably best known as Phil Leotardo in The Sopranos.

Agent Coulson

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Frank Vincent has died aged 78.

Probably best known as Phil Leotardo in The Sopranos.

I think he was in adverts here for Perm TSB!

Go Harvey Go

RIP Frank.

It's gonna be strange watching this classic Sopranos scene now...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr4M-w5LmOM

Jim Bob Scratcher

That's really weird, I was just looking at a few clips from Sopranos last night on youtube, something I haven't done in years, and just before I went off to bed I watched an interview with Frank Vincent talking about his time on the Sopranos.

RIP Frank

Mr E

Harry Dean Stanton died yesterday, aged 91. He had a great TV and movie career, most recently seen in Twin Peaks.

dasdog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcJXT5lc1Bg

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

The Memory Man, Jimmy Magee, RIP

Mr E

RIP. Legend.

Go Harvey Go

Let's not forget that Jimmy was, for a time, a Channel 4 personality too - thanks to that channel's GAA highlights show on Saturday mornings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24q4PVhtXV4

Mr E

From RTE Sport

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijY9Y-SmXAM

Mr E

William G. Stewart, host of quiz show Fifteen to One on Channel 4, has passed away. He was 84.

http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/news/a838715/william-g-stewart-fifteen-to-one-dies/

Harry Palmr

Presenting a game show was probably the least of William G Stewart's achievements in the tv industry. As a producer he was behind Father, Dear Father, Love Thy Neighbour (cough!), Bless This House, My Good Woman, Spooner's Patch, The Rag Trade, Family Fortunes, Don't Forget Your Toothbrush and The Price is Right and had his own company.

Go Harvey Go

Gutted to hear of William G Stewart's passing. And so soon after Brucie's, too.

I was, and still am, a huge fan of the original Fifteen-to-One. Among its many great moments was Bill McKaig's maximum 433 score in 1999:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9vIGc9uPIQ

There was also this out-take where William dropped his question cards. Incidentally, the contestant at number 7 is future Millionaire winner Ingram Wilcox.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p02zKfDsM-Y

And, of course, he mentioned the Elgin Marbles whenever he could - being a fervent supporter of the campaign to return them to Greece.

In its early years, Fifteen-to-One alternated with Countdown every three months, before Channel 4 quite rightly decided to commission them concurrently from autumn 1996. Not surprisingly, Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman were among the contestants on a celebrity edition of FTO in 1990, while William chaired a game of Countdown between Richard and Carol at Christmas 1997...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7El5LFb2_mo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSrJ20IE2Zc

Susie hasn't changed a bit, has she?

Turning to the shows William produced, he'd always get the Price is Right studio audience excited by playing "Land of Hope and Glory" at full volume while wearing a pink tracksuit. No, seriously.

And on Family Fortunes, he actually had a role in the Turkey Incident. After the recording finished, the understandably embarrassed Johnson family asked Max Bygraves how much money would be taken not to broadcast the show. Max consulted William, who then had to explain to the family that each episode cost £38,000 to make. They wisely chose not to pursue the matter further...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHiGT_odU2Y

The word "legend" is overused these days - but I don't think it can be denied that William was one.

He will be greatly missed.

Harry Palmr

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Presenting a game show was probably the least of William G Stewart's achievements in the tv industry. As a producer he was behind Father, Dear Father, Love Thy Neighbour (cough!), Bless This House, My Good Woman, Spooner's Patch, The Rag Trade, Family Fortunes, Don't Forget Your Toothbrush and The Price is Right and had his own company.

Never realised just exactly what he did other than 15-1- such a huge backlog of TV memories there.

JP Liz V1

Coronation Street actress Liz Dawn (Vera) dies

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/muchloved-coronation-street-actress-liz-dawn-dies-aged-78-36169623.html

RIP

Harry Palmr

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Presenting a game show was probably the least of William G Stewart's achievements in the tv industry. As a producer he was behind Father, Dear Father, Love Thy Neighbour (cough!), Bless This House, My Good Woman, Spooner's Patch, The Rag Trade, Family Fortunes, Don't Forget Your Toothbrush and The Price is Right and had his own company.

He was married to Sally Geeson as well,who played the daughter in Bless This House!

Beasty

Tony Booth has also passed away today ('Til Death Us Do Part)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41400441

Not only the father of Cherie Blair, but also was in the early days of Coronation Street and married to Pat Phoenix (Elsie Tanner) for a short while before her death in 1986

RIP

Harry Palmr

Liz Dawn AKA Vera Duckworth also dead at 77. She was on the Street for 34 years I think.

ohnonotgmail

Bobby Knutt, who appeared in Emmerdale and more recently in Benidorm passed away yesterday. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-41387455

Go Harvey Go

Monty Hall passed away last Saturday aged 96.

He co-created and hosted Let's Make a Deal - while also lending his name to the famous probability brain teaser, loosely based on this show, that involves three doors, a car and two goats.



https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/30/obituaries/monty-hall-dead-lets-make-a-deal.html

Harry Palmr

Roy Dotrice the veteran stage actor who did a fair bit of screen work most recently as Pyromancer Hallyne in GoT has died at 94.

JP Liz V1

Comedian and Actor Sean Hughes has died at the age of 51 - RIP

boardsuser1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Comedian and Actor Sean Hughes has died at the age of 51 - RIP

I remember him filling in for Damon Hill as a stunt double at the 1999 Japanese Grand Prix.