Members Cat Posted March 16, 2021 Members Share Posted March 16, 2021 I love Upstairs Downstairs too -- Downton Abbey would likely not exist without this show! The cool thing about Upstairs Downstairs was how feeling it was about human beings, as life whirled around them in a tumult. You never got the impression that the writers did not care for every character. Also, the show operated with basically two sets -- the 'front entrance' and reception room of the wealthy family, and the kitchen operations where the staff congregated. And yet, I never felt hemmed in by those boundaries. The capabilities of the actors and storytellers to express life in multi-dimensional ways within those sets was A+. Yaphet Kotto! I remember him from Homicide: Life on the Streets and obviously the wannabe-blaxpolitation Bond film. Always felt like he and Laurence Fishburne should have played father and son in a movie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted March 16, 2021 Members Share Posted March 16, 2021 Literally thought Yaphet Kotto was too cool to die. Damn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted March 16, 2021 Members Share Posted March 16, 2021 I loved Yaphet on Homicide. So much warmth, humor, and yet so many layers too. Really sorry to hear that he has passed away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted March 16, 2021 Members Share Posted March 16, 2021 Yaphet Lotto is one of those figures that I would wonder about, from time to time, especially as it receded from the public eye in recent years. Saddened to hear of his passing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted March 16, 2021 Members Share Posted March 16, 2021 What a wonderfully gifted man! He was in one of my all time fave eppies of Hawaii Five O and The Big Valley. What a giant!!!!! RIP Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted March 16, 2021 Members Share Posted March 16, 2021 My favorite Yaphet Kotto story is about how he showed up to the set on the day they were filming his death in Alien convinced he could talk his way out of it. "I'm gonna beat this guy!" Patrick Stewart was brilliant as Captain Picard, but I've never gotten over the fact that Kotto was seriously considered for the role on Star Trek. That would've been amazing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphanguy74 Posted March 16, 2021 Members Share Posted March 16, 2021 She did get some good material that was right for her, it just wasn't released as singles, because Motown was so fixated on following the disco trend. I've always said the latter day Supremes should have had Mary mostly on lead, and went into panty droppin music, and stay out of disco. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted March 17, 2021 Author Members Share Posted March 17, 2021 Great interview. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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victoria foxton Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) Poor baby #RIP Edited March 23, 2021 by victoria foxton 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members DRW50 Posted March 24, 2021 Members Share Posted March 24, 2021 I thought George was so handsome and was so underrated in both comedy and drama. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted March 24, 2021 Members Share Posted March 24, 2021 For the longest time I only knew him as the boss in Just Shoot Me!, and then I finally saw Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (happily purchased the DVD for a bargain), and was able to see the full gamut of his talents. Great actor, R.I.P! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Faulkner Posted March 24, 2021 Author Members Share Posted March 24, 2021 Some George Segal tributes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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