RE: Bye, bye Roy.

RE: Bye, bye Roy.

Posted by afilado (A) on February 10, 2008 at 21:03:08

In Reply to: Bye, bye Roy. posted by jusbe on February 10, 2008 at 19:46:28:

I just finished watching "The French Connection" again. Repeats of "The Seven-Ups" and "Marathon Man" just previously. He was a real pro.

With not the greatest range as a character actor, he had, as you say, a real magnetism. Even in the ordinary "...Seven-Ups" he alone made it watchable and enjoyable.

I especially remember "All That Jazz". There he really transcended his noble everyman assignment.

He's not all that dead if we can still watch him onscreen.

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Topic - Bye, bye Roy. - jusbe 19:46:28 02/10/08 (13)

A quite versatile guy and he projected a quiet masculinity - tinear 06:27:30 02/11/08 (4)

Masculinity shmasculinity... - EBerlin 10:26:34 02/12/08 (3)

He was a fairy in Marathon Man and I didn't get it until the fourth time I saw it. * - mr grits 12:32:38 02/12/08 (2)

No, he stood up to Szell; it was his own people who sold him out - Jazz Inmate 13:20:56 02/14/08 (0)

You mean like the tooth fairy? nt - geoffkait 03:13:10 02/13/08 (0)

What happened to his looks during the 80's...... - mr grits 05:58:44 02/11/08 (1)

RE: What happened to his looks during the 80's...... - John Chleapas 20:19:03 02/11/08 (0)

RE: Bye, bye Roy. - afilado 21:03:08 02/10/08 (4)

Or "Klute" ~t - mpathus 22:24:29 02/12/08 (0)

"52 Pick-Up" with Ann Margret * - mr grits 06:01:33 02/11/08 (0)

Let's not forget "Blue Thunder" - dwill123 05:10:10 02/11/08 (0)

Not to mention 2010 The Year We Make Contact (1984) nt - geoffkait 03:16:33 02/11/08 (0)

Damn good actor - Road Warrior 20:20:01 02/10/08 (0)

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RE: Bye, bye Roy. - afilado 21:03:08 02/10/08 (4)

Or "Klute" ~t - mpathus 22:24:29 02/12/08 (0)

"52 Pick-Up" with Ann Margret * - mr grits 06:01:33 02/11/08 (0)

Let's not forget "Blue Thunder" - dwill123 05:10:10 02/11/08 (0)

Not to mention 2010 The Year We Make Contact (1984) nt - geoffkait 03:16:33 02/11/08 (0)

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