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RIP: Actor Robert Vaughn dies at 83

posted 8 years ago by Shadow2700
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Actor Robert Vaughn, best known for playing Napoleon Solo on the NBC spy drama "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," died surrounded by his family after battling acute leukemia.

He was 83.

"Mr. Vaughn passed away at 7:30 this morning," Sullivan said, calling Vaughn "a great human being and a great actor."

"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." aired from 1964-68 and made Vaughn one of TV's biggest stars.

Before moving to the small screen, Vaughn got his start in the movies as an extra on "The Ten Commandments" in 1956. Three years later he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "The Young Philadelphians," and played a gunman in the classic 1960 film "The Magnificent Seven."

But it was "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." that made Vaugh a household name. The show was an immediate hit when it debuted it 1964. It ran until 1968, part of an avalanche of secret-agent movies and TV shows touched off by the James Bond craze.

Vaughn's character teamed with a soft-spoken, Russian-born agent played by Scottish actor David McCallum. U.N.C.L.E. stood for United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.

The actor is survived by wife Linda, son Cassidy and daughter Caitlin.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/11/11/report-robert-vaughn-man-from-uncle-fame-dies-at-83.html

[–] Movie_Riggs 8 years ago

The last of the original Magnificent Seven has left us. Rest in peace, Mr. Vaughn.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

That's unfortunate.

[–] [email protected] (690) 6 years ago

I always feel bad for Actors who are Asked to play unsympathetic characters.
They do a great job, but since everyone dislikes the character, they don't get the Oscar.
Like Joe Pesce in Goodfellas, Liotta and DeNiro had to act like somewhat normal guys.
While JP in GF could just emote, be a bad ass punk, and we're marveling at the performance.

[–] TaRaNRoD (1579) 6 years ago

"Like Joe Pesce in Goodfellas, Liotta and DeNiro had to act like somewhat normal guys."

I... I really have a hard time to understand where you are getting at here?

Plus, many unsympathetic characters are highly loved by people because they were played by effective actors: Heath Ledger's The Joker, Hans Lanza from Inglorious Basterds, Snape from Harry Potter's franchise (even though I am aware that, in his case, we could argue that he wasn't all that bad afterall), the Butcher in Gangs of New York, Hannibal Lecter (especially Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs), Max Cady from Cape Fear, Tony Montana from Scarface (even though, once again, we can argue that he wasn't necessarily "unsympathetic"), Tyler Durden from Fight Club, Alex from A Clockwork Orange, Darth Vader, etc.

Actually, we can almost say that villains tend to get more praise than heroes. Everything depends on the execution. Of course, to like a character you need to see some depth in him. But, this rules applies to nice characters as well.