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RIP to Best of the Bad Guys

posted 3 years ago by PaladinNJ (21510)
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In real life, he was actually a really nice guy. He will be missed:
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[–] DoctorThirteen (13936) 3 years ago

RIP. THE bad guy of 70s TV.

[–] Gary O. (1009) 3 years ago

Damn!! I liked Smith.

RIP

[–] DoctorThirteen (13936) 3 years ago

I've caught him a couple of times over the last few weeks, once in The Rockford Files, and once in Columbo.

[–] millsey72 (10244) 3 years ago

But will he still be able to vote in 2024?

[–] PaladinNJ (21510) 3 years ago

Show some respect and keep your politics out of this.

The man just passed away and we fans would like to pay tribute to him.

[–] millsey72 (10244) 3 years ago

You're right. My apologies

[–] Owlwise (1535) 3 years ago

Another one of those indispensable actors who always made anything he was in a little better whenever he appeared onscreen.

[–] TylerAArse (2871) 3 years ago

He was pimp-daddy cool. I like him a lot on the screen.

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[–] r5d4d2 (694) 3 years ago

Loved him as Conan's father, and as the Russian hunting the Wolverines in Red Dawn.

[–] duckofprey (1557) 3 years ago

I always liked him in whatever I watched him in. Always a solid performance.

[–] Jeepster (1145) 3 years ago

The thing is he didn’t always play a bad guy. “Grave of the Vampire” he was “good” until the end & even then you just didn’t know. “Every Which Way You Can” it’s debatable to say he was a “bad guy” in that. Otherwise he was a pretty decent dude in that movie”. “Conan” he was Conan’s dad so no he wasn’t the heavy in that either. See? Easy.

[–] PaladinNJ (21510) 3 years ago

He was also the good guy in his appearance on Kolchak the Night Stalker.

[–] mikethemartian (6710) 3 years ago

That’s the one time I remember him not playing the heavy.

[–] mikethemartian (6710) 3 years ago

I just heard about his passing. He was one of the solid character actors of TV for several decades. I enjoyed watching his work. RIP