Actor John Wood (Wargames) Passes...

[Illiterati]

From what I read this morning, he apparently passed away in his sleep, at the age of 81.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939795/

He was indeed one of my favorite character actors.

Rest in peace, Mr Wood.

 

[Rac80]

What a talent...from john Dudley in Lady to Jane to thurlow in The Madness of King George to edward IV in Richard III....he was notable in so many ways. RIP.

 

[Illiterati]

Indeed he was. Remember him as the Bishop of Aquila in Ladyhawke?

 

[Rac80]

yes he was in ladyhawke as well. Speaking of Ladyhawke, I recently watched that for the first time on my on demand...that movie was better than I expected.

 

[Illiterati]

I was smitten with that movie when it came out, and was all hot and bothered about Rutger Hauer -- and then he didn't age well at all. On a side note, the pics sent out by his then-management all had him smoking. Euw! You're not going to see something like that these days.

 

[Rac80]

I was smitten with that movie when it came out, and was all hot and bothered about Rutger Hauer -- and then he didn't age well at all. On a side note, the pics sent out by his then-management all had him smoking. Euw! You're not going to see something like that these days.

i don't know how we missed it...must have been between the morning sickness the breastfeeding and the potty-training....the early 80's are a bit of a blur! It is interesting...yes hauer hasn't aged well but Michelle Pfieffer is still lovely. Matthew Broderick as mouse/phillipe was funny and good...he was born the same year as my hubby- but still looked 13, while hubby looked older than his 23 years (at the time). funny about genetics isn't it?