Posted on 07/27/2010 3:34:59 PM PDT by EveningStar
Maury Chaykin, a prolific and award-winning actor ... has died.
The veteran actor died in Toronto early Tuesday, his 61st birthday...
Other prominent appearances include ... Dances with Wolves ... He played the titular detective in a Nero Wolfe series...
(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...
He pissed his pants and there is not a damn thing anyone can do about it.
I knew I recognized him!
Maury Chaykin (July 27, 1949 - July 27, 2010)
Caught my attention because we share the same birth date.
I remember seeing Maury very early on in ‘War Games’ playing one of a pair of nerds (”Mr. Potato Head! Mr. Potato Head!”). Though he had minimum film time then, he did have presence that prepared me for his future roles in ‘Dances With Wolves’ and ‘The Nero Wolf Mysteries’.
Maury owned that role opposite Tim Hutton and it saddens me to learn of his passing.
Jack.
Happy birthday!
He was great as Nero. Every now and then I pull one of the DVDs.
"Yes"
"I see you wear glasses. Would you please show the ju..ju....ju....ju..ry?"
"Can you tell the jury what color eyes the defendants have?"
"Brown,...and hazel green."
"They readin' glasses."
No more questions for you."
"My Cousin Vinny"
Nero in his cape and three cornered hat. LOL
“Forgive me Your Honor- I’m fat.” -Baily Pruitt; Mystery, Alaska
Good character actor. RIP.
“he wanted to play him.”
Hmmmmm, I gotta think about that one.
I don’t know how good an actor Rush might be, if he’s an acting genius of course he could pull it off.
Otherwise I have to say I think Rush is just too mid-western to really play Mr. Wolfe.
To me the great tragedy is that Victor Buono never played him. When I first read the Nero Wolfe books I thought of him immediately, sadly he was already long gone.
Thanks for posting this thread, may this fine man rest in peace. I think I remember him best from that short-lived lawyer show, which was good, but the name eludes me. It had that bald guy in it too.
too lazy to imdb, maybe later!
Thank you EveningStar!
He was a scary ex-Israeli commando in Entourage. Now what will become of Medellin?
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