In the 80s we were fortunate to see his Iago with James Earl Jones as Othello.

...that The Sound of Music is the first thing mentioned in these obituaries, because he despised that movie.

Pass gently good sir, and peace be to his family and loved ones

Thanks for sharing this. It was a treat from start to finish.

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Plummer's part wasn't big but he made the most of it.

We had something similar happen around 40 years ago to a rich great-uncle - except the maid was no sweetheart, and she got away with it.

A common tale, I imagine.

Plummer's part was very big, because he played the part of the nationalistic, jingoistic, patriotic person who was working for the Nazis for a very long time, until he realized what the Nazis stood for, were up to, and what they did. His falling in love with Maria, the new governess helped change him, as well.

I remember Christopher Plummer in The Sound of Music. He did an excellent job of playing the role of the patriotic, jingoistic, nationalist Captain Von Trapp who worked for the Nazis, realized what the Nazis were up to and what they stood for, and became a changed and decent person. He really was quite believable in that role.

My own favorites have always been his darker roles, I must admit.

One of his least remembered - but no less memorable - roles was as the fictional CIA director Bob Blair in Dreamscape (1983) - a character probably based at least in part on George H.W. Bush.

Plummer was at his sinister best; worth the watch if you haven't already.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4536&v=t9HTFe4_OYk&feature=emb_title