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RIP Eli Wallach, possibly the finest supporting/character actor ever. Prolific, versatile, and with great longevity, and never tried to scene-steal, yet was always memorable.

In reply to Blue Straggler:

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

.....now was he the brutto (bad) or the cattivo (ugly)?

He was undoubtedly Mr Freeze in the original Batman.
A sad passing.

In reply to Blue Straggler:

Hey Blondie! You know what you are...
youtube.com/watch?v=tNYgipxm26s&

In reply to sbc_10:
He was the Brutto. Sad to hear he's gone. A good excuse to dust off some of his films, was long overdue anyway...

In reply to sbc_10:
Brutto is ugly, cattivo is bad. It gets confusing in the translation especially given that the characters are introduced according to the Italian words. And also because you can argue that they are all "bad" in some way, and that Lee van Cleef is ugly

In other words the direct translation is "The GOod, The Ugly and THe Bad"

But Wallach's autobiography leaves no doubt - it was called "The Good, The Bad, And Me"

In reply to chalky.hands:

He was still appearing in films until at least 2010!

In reply to Blue Straggler:

Here he is in Lord Jim, enjoying this photoshoot no doubt. I didn't recognise him in the film, and had to wait until the credits to see who played the fanatic General.

http://content6.flixster.com/photo/11/92/67/11926796_ori.jpg

In reply to Blue Straggler:

Sorry, I meant re-watching his films was long overdue, not his death.

In reply to chalky.hands:

Yeah I got that, don't worry!
My reply was meant to indicate that he worked to such a great age, that not all his films are "dusty"

(sorry, I had not spotted Trevers' thread in The Pub, when I started this one)