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ExWhoDoesntCare

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13. Terrific actor RIP
Thu Sep 28, 2023, 12:02 PM
Sep 2023

I mostly remember him from some of the BBC costume dramas--Cranford, Wives and Daughters, Emma, Oscar (Wilde), The Heat of the Day and Restless. IIRC, he was one of the original members of the Royal National Theatre with Laurence Olivier. I have a hazy memory of him being in The Cook, the Thief, the Wife and Her Lover with the magnificent Helen Mirren. But maybe I have that wrong. It's been a looooooong time since I saw that, way back during its original cinema run in...early 90s?

Anyway, Sir Michael excelled at every role I saw thrown at him.

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Great actor - loved him in Churchill's Secret - RIP walkingman Sep 2023 #1
He was also great as LBJ - Southern accent and all! peppertree Sep 2023 #12
I'm sorry to hear it. Glorfindel Sep 2023 #2
Yes! I forgot he was in Gosford Park SouthernDem4ever Sep 2023 #3
One of my favorites and he did a great job. N/t SomewhereInTheMiddle Sep 2023 #10
Yes i loved Gosford Park. I loved Gambon more as Hagrid onetexan Sep 2023 #17
That's exactly what I remember him in. soldierant Sep 2023 #16
R.I.P. sinkingfeeling Sep 2023 #4
RIP ancianita Sep 2023 #5
Sorry to lose him. He was a fabulous Maigret, too! n/t TygrBright Sep 2023 #6
Great as Maigret bmichaelh Sep 2023 #7
I always confused him with Albert Finney Layzeebeaver Sep 2023 #8
Richard Harris, and now Michael Gambon. 4lbs Sep 2023 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author SomewhereInTheMiddle Sep 2023 #11
Terrific actor RIP ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #13
RIP. beaglelover Sep 2023 #14
After Hagrid... Evolve Dammit Sep 2023 #15
Alan Rickman too. Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #19
indeed Evolve Dammit Sep 2023 #20
Wonderful actor canetoad Sep 2023 #18
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