Robert Vaughn, RIP

[GA Russell]

Napoleon Solo died today at 83.  RIP.

I have DVDs of him with UNCLE and also The Protectors.  I'll have to watch one tonight.  Anyone have The Magnificent Seven?

In recent years, he has been seen here on TV promoting "The Law Offices of James Scott Herron!"

http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/robert-vaughn-%E2%80%98the-man-from-uncle%E2%80%99-star-dies-at-83/ar-AAkbLyF?OCID=ansmsnnews11

[Teasing the Korean]

RIP Mr. Solo. 

 

Edited November 11, 2016 by Teasing the Korean

[rostasi]

Surprised to read earlier today that David McCallum is also 83.

About 1:40 to 5:00:

 

Edited November 11, 2016 by rostasi

[Teasing the Korean]

3 hours ago, rostasi said:

Surprised to read earlier today that David McCallum is also 83.

That is a shock.  I assumed that McCallum was like 10 years younger. 

[duaneiac]

Surprisingly, Agent 99 is also 83 years old.  Mrs. Emma Peel is now 78 and April Dancer is a mere 74.

 

[GA Russell]

TTK, the photo you chose was the photo chosen (by RCA?) to grace the music album cover.

Leo G. Carroll was eliminated from the photo, but his finger tips on Vaughn's shoulder were not!

[JSngry]

9 hours ago, rostasi said:

Surprised to read earlier today that David McCallum is also 83.

About 1:40 to 5:00:

 

Whoa....a Sam Peckinpah script.

Discovering Strother Martin appearances in older TV westerns is likely to be one of my biggest pleasures going forth. Hell, watching older TV westerns now that I can see all of the layers of what's going on in so many of them is going to be one of my biggest pleasures going forth.

[GA Russell]

Thanks Rod!

[A Lark Ascending]

I remember being much taken with The Man from Uncle when I was 9 or 10. I was too young to get into James Bond films (though I had the Jag toy car with the ejector seat) so Uncle on TV provided an alternative. I believe that politically he was with the good guys (as opposed to the bad dudes) too. Just when we need Napoleon Solo...

R.I.P. 

[Jim R]

3 hours ago, GA Russell said:

Thanks Rod!

+1

That was a nice way to spend a half hour (an hour would have been even better, unless it had been after they went to the color format).  Vaughn was good, and of course Strother Martin simply never ever disappoints.

Since it's still Veterans Day, props also to the late James Arness, who was badly injured at Anzio in 1944, and who earned several military decorations, including the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.

[Milestones]

A fine actor.  I liked him as Napoleon Solo (who wouldn't?), and he had some pretty memorable film roles (after Magnificent Seven I usually think of Bullitt).

It's too bad he did't get a late-career, long-running, high-profile gig like McCallum as Ducky.  

  

[rostasi]

Well, actually, he had this recent gig on Hustle for twice as long as "...U.N.C.L.E."
I remember catching a couple of episodes by accident and not being particularly
taken by it, but I may not have actually given it a fair shake.

... and thanks to whoever posted the Amazon deal-of-the-day
for the "...U.N.C.L.E." set. I bought myself this as a birthday present - 
41 discs/105 episodes for only $46. Still under $50 with US Amazon Prime now.

In the days when over 90% of my TV watching consisted of "Educational TV"
(that was Chicago's WTTW) and programs like Soul, The Jazz Set, and Black Journal,
the "standard" or popular show that always stood out for me as a child was
"...U.N.C.L.E." to the point where I would always play with a telescoping antenna
that I had somehow found or broke off an old radio and would whisper into it "open channel D"
while humming some of the great Goldsmith/Fried music. Somewhere around here are
cassettes of barely audible recordings directly off the TV from those days.
Thankfully, you can buy 6 or 7 discs of it now.

[Teasing the Korean]

13 hours ago, GA Russell said:

Thanks Rod!

The press thought you said "Thank God" but you actually said "Thanks Rod."  The whole thing was blown out of proportion, and Rod Stewart would not be big for another five years. 

15 hours ago, GA Russell said:

TTK, the photo you chose was the photo chosen (by RCA?) to grace the music album cover.

Leo G. Carroll was eliminated from the photo, but his finger tips on Vaughn's shoulder were not!

You may be thinking of another piece of UNCLE merchandise.  The photo was not used on either of the RCA LPs. 

 

Edited November 12, 2016 by Teasing the Korean

[soulpope]

R.I.P ....

[duaneiac]

3 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

 

You may be thinking of another piece of UNCLE merchandise.  The photo was not used on either of the RCA LPs. 

 

This photo used on the Razor & Tie CD compilation appears to have come from the same photo session as the pic posted by GA Russell.

[Teasing the Korean]

1 hour ago, duaneiac said:

This photo used on the Razor & Tie CD compilation appears to have come from the same photo session as the pic posted by GA Russell.

Oh, well there you have it!  Thanks!

[gmonahan]

Pretty sure he was the last cast member of "Magnificent Seven" still with us. RIP.

 

gregmo

[Jazzmoose]

On 11/11/2016 at 9:56 AM, GA Russell said:

.  Anyone have The Magnificent Seven?

Sure.  I thought everyone did.  I was told that if I didn't have that, The Great Escape, Kelly's Heroes and The Dirty Dozen, I'd be thrown out of the male baby boomer club.