Sir John Hurt, 1940-2017

That’s half the fun!

Also my own ‘go to’ source for fairly reliable info; has been for years now.

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And…like that 2017 begins the cycle…

Soon all we’ll have left is Keith Richards and Haley Joel Osment.

Bon voyage Sir John!

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Welllll… shit it.

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2017, this is NOT what I asked for :cry:

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Well, this sucks mightily. He was insanely good as Caligula in I, Claudius.

Also kind of prescient of modern day America…

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Moore… Hurt… more hurt.

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For everyone who thought 2017 would be better than 2016…

This pint’s for you, sir.

A minor role, but great in “The Field”, with Potter alum Richard Harris and Sean Bean.

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Cross-posting for tribute.

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I was thinking about posting that, and wondered if it was too soon.

It’s too bad this one was for real.

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Anyone who has Sean Bean beat deserves credit for it.

RIP, Sir John.

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The natural heir to Claude Rains, I always thought…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oo0Nj3fMf8

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I’m probably going to hell for saying this, but since he’s had so much experience brilliantly playing the part of someone who died, I really hope they double checked this wasn’t one of those times.

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The story of the BBS.

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And just when we needed a War Doctor. RIP, Sir John.

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I only know him from the “War Doctor” story, which I thought was pointless.

What else should I watch him in? (Er, pick two things.)

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A pendant walks into a bar. It says, “I swing both ways.”

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Being a Whovian I’ll always appreciate him grounding the otherwise silly (but fun) 50th anniversary episode.

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Well there have been a lot of good suggestions here. Alien I like a lot but he dies early in that.
1984 was good.

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The Elephant Man and The Naked Civil Servant.

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Oh ,. . . now . . that hurts. No better Caligula, Fool, or Raskolnikov.

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