Posted on 10/06/2011 5:22:37 AM PDT by YourAdHere
LOL That’s the episode the Occupy Wall street protestors get their inspiration.
A role that was written and played to T, accurately, a type we meet in society many times. Not so much the “hippy”, but the smiling charming con man inviting us to join HIS house of delights.
It probably won’t get a lot of ‘play’ while fans mourn his passing but ...
Napier was infamously connected to the classic soft-porn entrepreneur Russ Meyers with starring / featured roles in “Harry, Cherry and Raquel”, “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” and “Supervixens”. For a time, THAT was what he was most noted for. He seemed to spend a long time recovering his ‘credibility’ as a ‘legitimate actor’ after that.
His acting ‘style’ could most charitably be described as unselfconsciously wooden to limply slapstick with very little gradation in between. Sometimes you wondered if he was overindulging in self-parody.
I recall him as some kind of air-head ‘hippy’ in a Star Trek TOS episode with Skip Homeier as a Svengali professor leading his merry band ‘Back to Eden’. ( BTW: That episode was actually most notorious for the remarkable ‘new-age’ jam session featuring Spock and the hippies. Incredible stuff ... )
21stCenturion
“Hey, out there....hey out there. I see you - I see you!”
BAH HA HA HA>.....just made this photo of the space hippee my Facebook profile!
Rambo: Murdock... I'm coming to get you!
Oh, the look on his face after Stallone said that was just pure fear.
EXCELLENT actor. He will be missed.
He looked damn good in 2005. RIP Charles!
Yup-—he sure did look good.
Those brilliant teeth of his gave him so much character.
*Sigh* These things always happen in 3’s don’t they. First Don Lapre. And if that wasn’t bad enough, now Steve Jobs and Charles Napier.
ha thats awesome good choice
We reach, brother. You are not Herbert.
LOL!!!
I forgot that line....
Yeah, that out-thrust jaw always made him a standout character. He will always live in my mind in that part because of that bit he did after Bones had examined him.
Every time I hit the VA for my semi-annual exam, the wife stays in the reception area. After the exam, she'll ask how I did. I take an Al Jolsom "Mammy!" stance and repeat
"Gonna crack my knuckles and jump for joy
Got a clean bill 'o health from Doc McCoy!"
Those who look up try not to make eye contact but once, in all these years, one younger guy said "You reach, brother".
RIP, Brother.
Do you think he’s found Eden?
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“We’re the Good Ole Blues Brothers Boys.”
THAT’S where I know him from. Damn, that’s sad. Good actor.
Someone had better contact Russ.
¨Hell, you´ve got all the police you´ll ever need.¨
RIP
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