RIP Louis Gossett Jr

[mdleast 8388]

https://apnews.com/article/louis-gossett-jr-dies-1e86e1441ec8b614a282f3de22490a07

 

Playing you some Queen from my leg strap tape player in your honor, Chappy

 

[mdmost 43295]

Well where is Mayo going to go now? 

RIP

[tx 3 putt 77921]

His performance in this movie could be a masters class in the art of acting 

 

also …

 

 

[tx 3 putt 77921]

Very under rated movie ….

 

[Neonmoon 38130]

Chappy!!!!!!!!

[mdmost 43295]

He was also great as George in A Raisin in the Sun, one of the most depressing plays you can watch. He was in the original Broadway production with Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee that was then adapted into a movie.  

[tx 3 putt 77921]

17 yo, landed a Broadway roll. A generational talent for sure

 

 

In 1953, Gossett acted in the Broadway play Take a Giant Step.^[2] He replaced Bill Gunn as Spencer Scott.^[3] The play was selected by The New York Timesdrama critics as one of the 10 best shows of the year. He was 17, and still a student at Abraham Lincoln High School, with no formal drama training.

[IDIOTsavant 8522]

RIP Honey Roy Palmer

[dcbc 14568]

Edited March 29 by dcbc
neonmoon beat me to it

[NorthLoop 14302]

Don't forget the masterpiece that was Jaws 3-D

[DixonHur 11596]

Great call outs so far...I also liked this one.  Like Taps and Red Dawn had a baby.

RIP

[Underdog 28868]

5 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Very under rated movie ….

 

Underrated movie. 

[Underdog 28868]

Always remember him getting his skull crushed by the eel in The Deep. 

[Captain Ron 12956]

You know what I think about this?

 

SHIT!

 

RIP to a great actor.

[GhostOfTomJoad 9435]

RIP Gunny Sgt Foley. There's a pretty cool YouTube video out there from the 25th anniversary of O&G where he's walking around Fort Worden in Port Townsend where they shot the film. He's very chill & tells good stories of the making of the movie. As people do doubletakes when they recognize him he's just super polite, says hi & acknowledges them. Seemed like a great guy to hear stories over beers.

[RomaVicta 30072]

Solid solid actor. Wish there'd been more roles for black actors. RIP

[Biff Tannen 45763]

6 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Very under rated movie ….

 

This movie was responsible for the worst nightmare I ever had in my life.  I was 4 years old.  Still bothers me.

[tx 3 putt 77921]

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Also in 1961, Gossett appeared in the original cast of Jean Genet's The Blacks, the longest running off-Broadway play of the decade, running for 1,408 performances. The original cast also featured James Earl Jones, Roscoe Lee Browne, Cicely Tyson, Godfrey Cambridge, Maya Angelou and Charles Gordone.

that’s a hell of a run and cast !

[tx 3 putt 77921]

https://youtu.be/htxojPMZr8g?si=uh_HifiXnzwFo-yc

1 hour ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

RIP Gunny Sgt Foley. There's a pretty cool YouTube video out there from the 25th anniversary of O&G where he's walking around Fort Worden in Port Townsend where they shot the film. He's very chill & tells good stories of the making of the movie. As people do doubletakes when they recognize him he's just super polite, says hi & acknowledges them. Seemed like a great guy to hear stories over beers.

 

 

[Not a cat 5736]

Friend of mine waited on him at County Line back in late 80s.  He tipped $100.  Yeah, I know, csb, but he always seemed like a good dude.

[mr. sunshine 2836]

9 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

His performance in this movie could be a masters class in the art of acting 

 

also …

 

 

 

[Longhornstampede 3192]

MAYO-naise! 

[billfromlaketravis 11601]

11 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

His performance in this movie could be a masters class in the art of acting 

 

also …

 

 

The kickboxing scene in an Officer and a Gentleman is just so fucking bizarre. It’s steaming along as a traditional romantic drama and… needle drop. Richard Gere is fighting his drill sergeant to the death. 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9435]

13 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

The kickboxing scene in an Officer and a Gentleman is just so fucking bizarre. It’s steaming along as a traditional romantic drama and… needle drop. Richard Gere is fighting his drill sergeant to the death. 

Per IMDB and other 'making of' videos, Gere accidentally kicked Gossett during the filming and he walked off the set and refused to come back. Somehow the producers found another 6'2 black martial arts guy & got him on set the next day to finish shooting the scenes.

[Ignatius 4080]

Fittingly, a dude from South Dakota State named Zeke Mayo entered the transfer portal today.

MY GRANDMOTHER WANTS TO FLY JETS!!!!

[Rimbo 26421]

On 3/29/2024 at 7:16 AM, Neonmoon said:

Chappy!!!!!!!!

 

On 3/29/2024 at 9:34 AM, dcbc said:

was about to be very disappointed in Surly if this didn't make the first page

[Augustus 3061]

Last thing I saw him in was Boardwalk Empire.

When he finds out Chalky's companion is named "Daughter"....

I had an old bluetick once.  I didn't call her "Hound."