R.I.P.

R.I.P.

HIS PART OF THE "FX" FILMS AND TOMMY BOY ARE HUGE IN MY CHILDHOOD.

For some reason I thought he died years ago. I really don’t know where did I get that notion.

R.I.P.

I was thinking of the movie After Hours earlier today, and I think BD could have done the John Heard role as bartender just as well, if not better. He had great screen presence, could dominate a scene just by standing there.
He played a baddy in the under appreciated film Never Cry Wolf. In it he seemed like a nice guy until he revealed he wasn't. Not exactly evil, just venal and self serving - like so many of us.

That is so sad. I held my breath when I clicked on this, and then I sighed deeply.

Hardcastle and mcCormick (Judge “Hardcase” Hardcastle, who always insisted that cops READ the Miranda Rights OFF PRINTED PAPER and not try to recite them from memory, which could result in the case being thrown out of court). A Stephen Bochco TV series with the Judge partnered with a racing driver and a sports prototype race car that was shoe-horned into every episode. It doesn’t get any better than this, folks.

Sharkey’s Machine (Poppa) He was fond of barbecued meat, hookers and common sense, ‘way back when sense was common. It doesn’t get any better than this, folks.

First Blood. His gravitas as the well-meaning, good, but RIGID sheriff pushed this classic to a level it could not have achieved with a lesser talent. He played second rhythm guitar to Stallone’s lead and Crenna’s first rhythm. That’s a whole lotta fuckin’ testosterone up on the screen that COULD have resulted in a cock-measuring competitive mess, but all 3 actors worked as a TEAM in the service of the narrative, and the result was amazing. EVERYBODY wanted to see Rambo win, but NOBODY wanted to see the sheriff die.

That’s extemporaneous, from my heart. I know his c.v. is more extrnsive. He was the kind of guy you hoped would always be there. RIP, indeed, and Godspeed.

I just learned about this. What a wonderful journeyman character actor he was. I loved him in First Blood, where you could see there was a man who was trying to be a good man inside his Tough Cop
persona, and in Sharkey’s machine, where he was a lovable good cop, Poppa, who loved BBQ, and in the TV show, Hardcastle and McCormack, where he played a hard-ass judge improbably partnered with a sports car racing driver who always INSISTED that law officers READ the Miranda Rights off a project printed piece of paper to a prisoner and not recite them from memory, which can result in the attest being thrown out of court: a Stephen H. Bochco Productuon. The world is a little poorer.