Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
If we do not hit our goal we will be forced to close the site.

Current status: https://keepboardsalive.com/

Annual subs are best for most impact. If you are still undecided on going Ad Free - you can also donate using the Paypal Donate option. All contribution helps. Thank you.

RIP thread for people involved in TV - Mod warning, see OP (21/08/25)

1…4243454748…154

Comments

  • #1322
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,738 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    arcticmonkeys wrote: »
    Blue collar is another underrated classic which he starred in for anyone who hasn't seen it, probably Richard Pryors best dramatic performance.

    This is entirely OT, so feel free to skip this post. Just mentioning Pryor brought back this memory. And any chance to discuss Richard Pryor is always a good one.

    Lily Tomlin and Richard Pryor did a sketch called 'Juke and Opal' as part of Lily Tomlin's special, in 1973.

    Tomlin played a 'racially ambiguous' woman named Opal who runs a small restaurant, and Richard played a recovering addict named Juke. The entire sketch was a very 'humanist' piece.
    Pryor plays Juke brilliantly, Tomlin is sympathetic to Pryor's plight.

    The final scene was an improv, the network execs wouldn't allow it. (This was the 70s, after all, and Tomlin's character's racial ambiguity possibly helped avoid a major outburst).
    But the sketch was aired live. They couldn't censor it. And the audience and critical response was overwhelmingly positive.



  • #1323
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,272 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    G was such a powerful character in a series full of powerful characters.






  • #1324
    dinorebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭dinorebel


    bnt wrote: »
    Henry Darrow has died at 87: he had an extensive career in movies and TV, but he's probably best known as Manolito in The High Chapparal:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLTqNlNiG1Y
    This one really hit home for me grew up watching this and the Virginian Manolito and Buck Cannon from High Chaparral along with Trampus from The Virginian were my childhood heroes.


  • #1325
    flazio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,761 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    Sabine Schmitz occasional star of Top Gear has died of cancer aged just 51.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KiC03_wVjc

    This too shall pass.



  • #1326
    Azatadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,622 ✭✭✭Azatadine


    flazio wrote: »
    Sabine Schmitz occasional star of Top Gear has died of cancer aged just 51.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KiC03_wVjc

    Oh no. Oh dear. That is a shock.


  • Advertisement
  • #1327
    The Inbetween is mine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭The Inbetween is mine


    Azatadine wrote: »
    Oh no. Oh dear. That is a shock.

    She had been battling cancer on and off for years unfortunately....she was always a great laugh on that show...a cracking driver and more than able for the lads,... such a shame


  • #1328
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,756 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Ah christ. That's no age at all


  • #1329
    harr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,524 ✭✭✭harr


    flazio wrote: »
    Sabine Schmitz occasional star of Top Gear has died of cancer aged just 51.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KiC03_wVjc
    Sad to hear about this , she was so full of energy and so passionate about cars . I used to love to see how pissed and frustrated she got with the top gear presenters when showing them how to drive certain tracks.
    You could feel her passion for speed.


  • #1330
    Cody montana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,634 ✭✭✭Cody montana


    George Segal Dies: Oscar-Nominated Actor & ‘The Goldbergs’ Star Was 87


  • #1331
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 92,224 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Cody montana wrote: »
    George Segal Dies: Oscar-Nominated Actor & ‘The Goldbergs’ Star Was 87

    Are you sure confirmed, some saying it a hoax

    No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



  • Advertisement
  • #1332
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,738 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    Cody montana wrote: »
    George Segal Dies: Oscar-Nominated Actor & ‘The Goldbergs’ Star Was 87

    Awww.... I loved him in Just Shoot Me. He was such a fun comedy protagonist.

    And his role in Fun with Dick and Jane was genuinely a fun movie. (The remake was a trainwreck).

    Sincerest condolences to his friends and family.


  • #1333
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,738 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Are you sure confirmed, some saying it a hoax

    It's been confirmed.

    https://www.thewrap.com/george-segal-venerated-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-and-the-goldbergs-actor-dies-at-87/


  • #1334
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 92,224 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Cody montana wrote: »
    George Segal Dies: Oscar-Nominated Actor & ‘The Goldbergs’ Star Was 87
    RabbleRouser2k wrote: »
    It's been confirmed.

    https://www.thewrap.com/george-segal-venerated-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-and-the-goldbergs-actor-dies-at-87/

    RIP

    I loved Just Shoot Me, very underrated, there was talks of a reboot

    No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



  • #1335
    Suckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Are you sure confirmed, some saying it a hoax
    I looked around and only mention I found is here (I haven't checked comments yet.

    https://twitter.com/RobertNBCLA/status/1374522239224143874

    RIP

    EDIT - Have just seen updated posts that weren't appearing a minute ago... :confused:


  • #1336
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,952 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    A great actor, RIP. Always thought he was excellent in the film ‘King Rat’.

    “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be” - A. Dumbledore

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



  • #1337
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,738 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    Houston-Tumlin-1.jpg

    Houston Tumlin, who starred in Talladega Nights as Walker Bobby, the son of Ricky Bobby, has died.

    He was aged 28. Sadly, he took his own life.

    https://variety.com/2021/film/news/houston-tumlin-dead-dies-talladega-nights-1234937366/


  • #1338
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,272 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Craig “muMs” Grant has died aged 53 RIP.

    Probably best known for playing Poet in HBO's Oz he also guest starred in numerous US TV shows.


    NSFW.


  • #1339
    Cody montana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,634 ✭✭✭Cody montana


    Jessica Walter Dies: Emmy-Winning ‘Arrested Development,’ ‘Archer’ Actress Was 80

    She was great.


  • #1340
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,733 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    Jessica Walter was absolutely fantastic as Lucille


  • #1341
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 92,224 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Cody montana wrote: »
    Jessica Walter Dies: Emmy-Winning ‘Arrested Development,’ ‘Archer’ Actress Was 80

    She was great.

    RIP and so soon after George Segal, class them same generation of great tv supporting characters :(

    No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



  • Advertisement
  • #1342
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,048 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Jessica Walters was absolutely fantastic in 'Arrested Development'.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_Qyk9DSUw


    A huge talent - RIP! :(


  • #1343
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 92,224 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Richard Gilliland dies aged 71, he is very recognisable

    RIP

    No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



  • #1344
    dubstarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Richard Gilliland dies aged 71, he is very recognisable

    RIP

    Didnt know the namw but knew the face.

    Rip


  • #1345
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,738 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    Cody montana wrote: »
    Jessica Walter Dies: Emmy-Winning ‘Arrested Development,’ ‘Archer’ Actress Was 80

    She was great.

    She could do it all, with great versatility. She's absolutely chilling in Play Misty for Me.

    An amazing movie from a first time director, Clint Eastwood.


  • #1346
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 92,224 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    dubstarr wrote: »
    Didnt know the namw but knew the face.

    Rip

    He was married to actress Jean Smart

    No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



  • #1347
    el Fenomeno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,755 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno


    Lucille Bluth is the greatest "mother" character in television history.

    RIP Jessica Walters.


  • #1348
    Eduard Khil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Eduard Khil


    Awww **** Malory Archer was the greatest evil bitch mother character ever. RIP Jessica Walters


  • #1349
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,272 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    G. Gordon Liddy died aged 90.

    He is known for going to prison for his involvement in being the main man the Watergate scandal behind Nixon and after he came out he became a celebrity.

    He starred in numerous TV series in the 80's from Miami Vice to MacGyver.

    There have also been lots of characters based on him in TV and Film throughout the last 50 years.


  • #1350
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 92,224 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Big Ang and Mob Wives star Linda Torres dead at 67, breast cancer and coronavirus

    No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



  • Advertisement
  • #1351
    Penn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 36,207 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    The father from Friday Night Dinner, Paul Ritter, has died of a brain tumour.

    https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1379370798037798915?s=20

    Just discovered he was Dyatlov in Chernobyl too. Man, that was an incredible performance.


Advertisement