Robert Vaughn, Man from UNCLE Actor, Dies Aged 83

BBC ^ | 11 November 2016

[nickcarraway]

Actor Robert Vaughn, best known as the secret agent Napoleon Solo in The Man from UNCLE, has died aged 83.

Vaughn was also famous for his role as Lee in the Magnificent Seven, and television roles in Hustle and Coronation Street.

The iconic actor died after a battle with acute leukaemia, his manager, Matthew Sullivan, told the BBC.

Vaughn died in New York on Friday morning surrounded by his family, he said.

David McCallum, from the hit TV show NCIS, who as Illya Kuryakin starred alongside Vaughn in The Man From UNCLE, told TVLine.com he was "utterly devastated" by the news.

"Robert and I worked together for many years and losing him is like losing a part of me. My deepest sympathies go out to Linda and the Vaughn family," he said.

Vaughn, who was "a few months shy of 84" had been seeking treatment for his leukaemia, Mr Sullivan said.

[Doogle]

RIP

[angcat]

Did he play Richard Gear’s father in An Officer and a Gentleman.

[cloudmountain]

Vaughn was good.
He was in the Magnificent Seven too. He played a gun fighter who had lost his nerve. I saw it the other day....STILL a GREAT movie.

[Anti-Bubba182]

RIP! I enjoyed The Man From UNCLE and his character in The Magnificent Seven.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Always suave.

[DIRTYSECRET]

I remember The Man From Auntie spoof in Mad Magazine. The Ilya Kuriyakin character turned on him in the end “So I Can be The Man From Auntie.

[longfellow]

One of the last of the Magnificent 7.

[longfellow]

The original. The new one can’t have a mexican bandit. Not pc.

[Vaquero]

He played a crooked politician in ‘Bullitt’

I loved the Man From Uncle.

[cloudmountain]

Always suave.

Yes.

[cloudmountain]

The original. The new one can’t have a mexican bandit. Not pc.

That is SO stupid. The bandidos are always the most interesting.

Do you remember The Good, the Bad and the Ugly??
Eli Wallace, the Bad, STOLE THE SHOW.
"Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez," more commonly known as The Rat.

:o)

[Doogle]

Dunno

[longfellow]

He stole it in M7 too! He was great! When he is telling the villagers how they robbed a church!

[jalisco555]

Did he play Richard Gear’s father in An Officer and a Gentleman.

That was Robert Loggia.

[D_Idaho]

Big Lib, ham actor but I loved that guy. RIP

[cloudmountain]

Yep!

[Rummyfan]

I believe this completes the cast of The Magnificent Seven cast. RIP Robert Vaughn.

[Rummyfan]

No, that was Robert Loggia.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Man From UNCLE was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid.