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Yaphet Kotto, Bond Villain and ‘Alien’ Star, Dies at 81
Variety ^ | March 15, 2021 | Ellise Shafer

Posted on 03/16/2021 5:41:24 AM PDT by PallMal

Yaphet Kotto, an actor known for his performances in “Alien,” the James Bond film “Live and Let Die” and the television series “Homicide: Life on the Street,” has died, his agent Ryan Goldhar confirmed to Variety. He was 81.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: alien; cameroon; israel; jamesbond; liveandletdie; midnightrun; movies; television; therunningman; yaphetkotto
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The only main black villain in the James Bond movie series.

Too bad you can't have that anymore, with all of the woke stuff going on now.

RIP.

1 posted on 03/16/2021 5:41:24 AM PDT by PallMal
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2 posted on 03/16/2021 5:43:19 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
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RIP, I liked you in "Alien"


3 posted on 03/16/2021 5:43:39 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Trump took down ISIS, Biden took down Dr. Seuss)
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Right, I forgot about Mr. Holder. Thanks.

But do you think they really would have a movie of black villains against James Bond these days?

4 posted on 03/16/2021 5:46:37 AM PDT by PallMal
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Wasn’t he the 7-Up guy in the commercials? The un-cola.


5 posted on 03/16/2021 5:46:50 AM PDT by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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Yup, that’s him.


6 posted on 03/16/2021 5:47:48 AM PDT by PallMal
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He also played Idi Amin in a movie about the Israeli Uganda rescue......................


7 posted on 03/16/2021 5:47:52 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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He looks like the “uncola” guy for sure.


8 posted on 03/16/2021 5:48:23 AM PDT by albie
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No, that was Geoffrey Holder. Yaphet Kotto played Mr. Big /Dr. Kananga. He also was in The Running Man.


9 posted on 03/16/2021 5:49:00 AM PDT by Tuxedo (My Social Credit Score is Zero Point Zero)
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Was also one of the “runners” in “The Running Man” with Schwarzenegger.


10 posted on 03/16/2021 5:49:43 AM PDT by PallMal
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As Special Agent Alonzo Mosley in Midnight Run

11 posted on 03/16/2021 5:49:57 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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Mostly familiar with his work on Homicide:Life on the Streets. It was one of the best written shows for it's time.
12 posted on 03/16/2021 5:50:10 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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Geoffrey Holder and Yaphet Kotto played bad guys in "Live and Let Die".

I only remembered Kotto, but forgot about Holder in that movie also.

Looking back, there were other black henchmen in the movie, like the guy with the steel-clawed hand.

13 posted on 03/16/2021 5:55:46 AM PDT by PallMal
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I really enjoyed that movie. It’s so 80s though, smoking on planes, a black guy not always the smartest one in the scene.


14 posted on 03/16/2021 5:55:59 AM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: BubbaBasher

No.


15 posted on 03/16/2021 5:58:10 AM PDT by JoeRender
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To: PallMal

He was a big dude. I enjoyed his work. RIP.


16 posted on 03/16/2021 5:58:21 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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Idi Amin in ‘Raid On Entebbe’


17 posted on 03/16/2021 5:58:53 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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Never saw that movie......................


18 posted on 03/16/2021 6:00:40 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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He was great on homicide life on the streets but to me he will
Always be the guy from Alien asking about the Bonus situation. I could really relate to that character


19 posted on 03/16/2021 6:02:30 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Assange )
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Heck of a good actor. He never phoned it in.


20 posted on 03/16/2021 6:06:03 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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