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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

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To: PallMal

Condolences to family and friends of Yaphet Kotto. R.I.P., sir.


41 posted on 03/16/2021 7:34:49 AM PDT by PGalt (past peak civilization?)
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To: Tuxedo
It's my opinion that Dr. Kananga had the funniest death of a Bond villain. After Bond shoved the super gas-cartridge into Kananga's mouth and he swallowed it, he basically blew up like a big balloon, launching out of the water with the sound of a giant fart (listen to it, I'm right) and exploding.

Kananga's Death Scene

42 posted on 03/16/2021 7:38:25 AM PDT by hoagy62 (DTCM&OTTH)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Great deadpan face!


43 posted on 03/16/2021 8:01:30 AM PDT by JewishRighter
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To: Red Badger

He was terrific playing Idi Amin in Raid on Entebbe


44 posted on 03/16/2021 8:13:34 AM PDT by MarvinStinson (N,L/ )
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To: MarvinStinson

Yes, he had Amin down pat!.......................


45 posted on 03/16/2021 8:18:15 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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To: PallMal

I just realized that I am indeed an old guy, because I thought “Rest in peace Big Guy, only 81?”


46 posted on 03/16/2021 8:21:56 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment
Mostly familiar with his work on Homicide:Life on the Streets.

Which led to Law & Order: SVU, via crossover episodes.

47 posted on 03/16/2021 8:25:07 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: PallMal

Again. Everyone in the movie, “Alien,” is dying in the same order as they did in the movie.
Kane January 25, 2017
Brett September 15, 2017
Ash June 19, 2020
Parker March 14, 2021

Next would be Lambert, then Dallas (If the deleted scene is added).


48 posted on 03/16/2021 8:49:14 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Only a moronic, suicidal group would try a Great Purge 2021 on an armed American. We're ready!)
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To: Red Badger
Yes, he had Amin down pat!.......................

Better than Forest Whitaker's?

My personal favorite Idi Amin was Richard Pryor. "My name is Idi Amin Dada, That's two D's, two A's and One Gun!"

49 posted on 03/16/2021 8:51:58 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Never seen Forest Whitaker’s Idi...................


50 posted on 03/16/2021 8:54:43 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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To: PallMal; Impy; BillyBoy; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; LS; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; Clemenza; ...

Enjoyed his work. He did a great turn as Idi Amin in “Raid on Entebbe.” RIP.


51 posted on 03/16/2021 9:14:16 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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To: PallMal

Julius Harris played Tee-Hee, the henchman with the steel-clawed hand. Curiously, like Kotto, Harris played Idi Amin in the tv film “Victory at Entebbe”, which was shot virtually the same time as Kotto’s “Raid on Entebbe.”


52 posted on 03/16/2021 9:17:06 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

One of the best TV shows ever. David Simon produced,I think.

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53 posted on 03/16/2021 9:19:12 AM PDT by Mears (.)
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To: RandallFlagg

Parker starin' down the Alien, sayin, "What'cha gonna do?"
54 posted on 03/16/2021 9:22:36 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Only a moronic, suicidal group would try a Great Purge 2021 on an armed American. We're ready!)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Can only add dittoes ... rest in Peace, Mister Kotto.


55 posted on 03/16/2021 9:32:08 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: PallMal

From his FB account..

Yaphet Kotto
Nov 23, 2020

https://www.facebook.com/ykottoaliendiary/posts/4173637739326542

“”This is my site, don’t come on it and tell me what to say or how to think.. I AM A REPUBLICAN,,,..always have been..if that bothers you...walk on by””

Good advice. I guess Zuck’s ‘cleanup’ crew missed this one..


56 posted on 03/16/2021 9:32:44 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!! In CONgre$$ WE're Disgusted!! NMP!)
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To: PallMal

One of his better efforts, imo, was a NYPD Detective Lieutenant in Across 110th Street.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Across_110th_Street


57 posted on 03/16/2021 9:36:03 AM PDT by abb
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To: Diogenesis

I so wanted her.....


58 posted on 03/16/2021 9:39:25 AM PDT by wardaddy (P IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG )
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To: Tuxedo

“Joffrey” Holder was quite a character

Pretty much closeted his whole life

what they call today a recreational homosexual


59 posted on 03/16/2021 9:47:39 AM PDT by wardaddy (P IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG )
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To: Red Badger

The Last King of Scotland


60 posted on 03/16/2021 9:54:32 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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