Posted on 02/25/2006 2:50:35 PM PST by lunarbicep
Nice picture
I Loved him in the RIVERBOAT TV Series
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The Crimean War, I believe. It's a variation of "three on a match," which was supposedly unlucky because it gave snipers time to focus on and shoot English soldiers.
Amen to that. The people who call themselves actors today can't hold a candle to the likes of these guys.
It is a sad day; not only the loss of these two gentlemen but my youth is slipping away much too fast.
LOL...Ive caught myself doing that....
At least you don't sing "Jingle Berrs, jingle berrs, jingle all the way, oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open SRAY."
As everyone else here, I am sad to hear of the death of this wonderful actor...'A Christmas Story', is my favorite Christmas movie...we always have it on one of our TVs for the whole 24 hrs run from Christmas Eve, through Christmas Day...that way anyone, can, at anytime, stroll to the TV, and watch this magical movie...
The Night Stalker was great..I always watch it in reruns on the Sci-Fi Channel...now with him gone, I suppose they will run all the episodes again, kind of like an 'In Memorium'...
There was also a TV series that was on Tv when I was a kid...involved a riverboat...Maybe it was called Riverboat...McGavin, played the captain, I believe, and he was always hollering at people...my dad always laughed about that, that McGavin, in that series could not deliver his lines in a normal speaking voice...he had to yell at everyone...
And then there were the two episodes where Mcgavin played an old, retired FBI agent....he helped Mulder settle a few mysteries...
RIP...Ralphies Dad....
And just this week I had to sell my Kolchak DVDs for quick cash. :( (Good thing I copied them.)
We just read about Don Knotts and felt really bad. Now Darren McGavin. Two favorites who will really be missed. As for a third, maybe it will be Jimmah. Then we'll feel just a bit better.
May he rest in peace.
Wow. 2 of my favorites passing in one day. Sad. Hollywood doesn't make actors of this caliber anymore. Darren McGavin, one of the great character actors, understated, but funny as all get-out.
"bad day in TV Land.'
Amen my brother.
RIP Darren McGavin.
The Night Stalker was a great and unusual show, don't think there'd ever have been an Equalizer or a Buffy without it. Hard to believe he was older than Don Knotts.
I wonder if that is what happened with Arthur Hill as the doctor in A Bridge Too Far who refuses to look at James Caan's wounded Captain (one of the best sequences in the movie, but Hill was not credited)?
That one hurts. Rest in peace. You were one of my favorite TV guys...
And could still scare the jeepers out of you.
That is a classic for us every Christmas. We dust it of and play it 5-10 times. It has so many great scenes..and of course there's the ultimate line which I sometimes use on FR, "YOU"LL shoot yer eye out kid" :_)
Darren McGavin, RIP
Richard Feynman, RIP
No cheers, unfortunately.
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