Celebrity Death: Yaphet Kotto, 81

[NewtJorden]

Yaphet Kotto, James Bond villain and star of 'Alien,' dies

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[DoyleG]

RIP, G.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

RIP, G.

That's who he is for me.



this is brilliant.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Live and Let Die is a good Bond movie that he elevated. Made for a great villian. RIP.

 

[Jumptheshark]

He could have been great but he got into fights with people that he shouldn't have.

He admitted a few years ago he was built different but that is what made him who he was.

He was asked to audition for Lando in empire but he didn't want to get type cast as a space guy after Alien

 

[spintheblackcircle]

....this show is a top 5 all-time show. If you haven't, you must

 

[Guardian17]

Liked him in Running Man.

"Here is Sub-Zero...now...Plain Zero!"

 

[Jumptheshark]

....this show is a top 5 all-time show. If you haven't, you must

Loved the show---but it went down when they brought in too many people who were just learning to act--most are better actors now but not when NBC forced them on Levinson and the show

 

[Jumptheshark]

....this show is a top 5 all-time show. If you haven't, you must

Problem is finding a place streaming it

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

RIP

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Problem is finding a place streaming it

True, and the last year wasn't very good, that is true.



But stuff like this made it what it is. The line at the end where Frank put the pieces together and tells Bayless that his abuse as a child wasn't his fault.......and the realization in Bayless's eyes.....

There was no other show like it back then. This ended in 99, the same year The Soprano's started which really brought in the era of dramas like this.

 

[Jumptheshark]

True, and the last year wasn't very good, that is true.



But stuff like this made it what it is. The line at the end where Frank put the pieces together and tells Bayless that his abuse as a child wasn't his fault.......and the realization in Bayless's eyes.....

There was no other show like it back then. This ended in 99, the same year The Soprano's started which really brought in the era of dramas like this.

And people forget. Many of the people behind Homicide went onto OZ and then The Wire.

I loved the show and is one of my all time favourites

 

[Jumptheshark]

I found that there was a cool links to brooklyn nine nine. In both pilots there were things about Ties being part of the team uniform

 

[Make]

I remember him from Live and Let Die and somehow assumed he had died long ago. He was only 34 years old at the time but the Mr. Big/Kananga character seemed older to me.

 

[MoreOrr]

I remember him from Live and Let Die and somehow assumed he had died long ago. He was only 34 years old at the time but the Mr. Big/Kananga character seemed older to me.

Same here. Remembering him from Live and Let Die, I'd have imagined him to be much older than 81 now. Excellent character actor.