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Very sad news - 65 is no age. A great talent and personality, RIP.
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You have selected the quote that first sprang to mind when I heard the news.Originally posted by Thropplenoggin View Post
Very sad. Not the most versatile acting talent in the world, but in the right role - sublime.... e.g. Uncle Monty. I must have seen that film 20 times.
R.I.P
"I'm preparing myself to forgive you. I think you've been punished enough.
I think we'd better release you from the légumes... and transfer your talents...
to the meat."
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I'll see your 20 and raise it 30: mostly watched whilst 'under the influence', as it should be.Originally posted by Caliban View PostYou have selected the quote that first sprang to mind when I heard the news.
Very sad. Not the most versatile acting talent in the world, but in the right role - sublime.... e.g. Uncle Monty. I must have seen that film 20 times.
R.I.P
"I'm preparing myself to forgive you. I think you've been punished enough.
I think we'd better release you from the légumes... and transfer your talents...
to the meat."
I think the carrot infinitely more fascinating than the geranium. The carrot has mystery. Flowers are essentially tarts. Prostitutes for the bees.It loved to happen. -- Marcus AureliusComment
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I haven't seen his latest work but very much enjoyed 'Pie inthe Sky', where he played a rather disillusioned
Policeman who turned to cooking and rather improbably conbined the two jobs.
He seemed to go in for unusual* parts like that. No age, RIP RG [perhaps off-beat* for the above series]Comment
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I saw him doing the clown who delivers the asp to Cleopatra (at Stratford)
it's the only time I've ever seen that scene get entirely justified laughter,
a great talent indeed.Comment
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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain.Comment
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I remember him vividly in a production of Kauffman and Hart's very funny play The Twentieth Century Limited. This ended in a very spirited production number in which he showed surprisingly nimble dancing skill. Very sad.Comment
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We could enjoy every nuance of his Hector from the front row at the National in History Boys and last saw him on good form playing WH Auden (and the actor who was playing Auden), opposite Alex Jennings as Britten, in Bennett's The Habit of Art, also National. A one-off who really will be missed.Comment
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Whenever I saw him I thought he was wonderful (and I remember Pie in the Sky as well) but always, I looked at the girth and the man-mountain that he was and worried ........ he could not survive carrying all that weight. Hopefully BBC will schedule (for my Nth viewing, Withnail plus loads of other stuff)Comment
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Yes, a great loss. I intend to watch "Withnail" later this evening. I have a DVD recorded from a previous TV showing.
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Lovely quote from Richard G:
"We're all in this boat heading over to the lighthouse, and there's none of us coming back for tea. Trick is to enjoy the trip while you can."
And a good idea for an Easter weekend memorial few moments: his appearance on Desert Island Discs... http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features...taway/66e976d6
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Never saw him on stage but I was very impressed by his performance on the Radio and on Film in The History Boys. I bought " The Habit of Art" recently - and would have loved to have seen him in it too.
A great spirit gone...
Ave atque Vale
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Lovely tribute from James Corden in today's Guardian:
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