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Actor Maury Chaykin dies at 61
CBC News ^ | July 27, 2010

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 ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: chaykin; danceswithwolves; maurychaykin; mycousinvinny; nerowolfe; obituary
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To: EveningStar

He pissed his pants and there is not a damn thing anyone can do about it.


21 posted on 07/27/2010 4:16:56 PM PDT by fish hawk
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To: fish hawk
He pissed his pants and there is not a damn thing anyone can do about it.

I knew I recognized him!

22 posted on 07/27/2010 4:19:03 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: EveningStar

Maury Chaykin (July 27, 1949 - July 27, 2010)

Caught my attention because we share the same birth date.


23 posted on 07/27/2010 4:19:44 PM PDT by loboinok (Gun control is hitting what you aim at!)
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To: EveningStar

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.


24 posted on 07/27/2010 4:33:44 PM PDT by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Resident FReeper Kitty Poem /Haiku Guy)
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To: loboinok

Happy birthday!


25 posted on 07/27/2010 4:43:17 PM PDT by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

He was great as Nero. Every now and then I pull one of the DVDs.


26 posted on 07/27/2010 4:47:40 PM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: KeyLargo
He was great in My Cousin Vinnie as the guy whose grits defied the laws of physics
27 posted on 07/27/2010 4:58:40 PM PDT by Krankor (Boy, giraffes are selfish, just run around looking out for number one, getting hit by lightning.)
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To: theDentist
"O come now....do you think you can make a positive identification at that distance?"

"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"

28 posted on 07/27/2010 4:58:45 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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To: CIB-173RDABN
I was just watching a DVD Nero Wolfe...I really enjoyed that series. RIP Prayers for his family.

Nero in his cape and three cornered hat. LOL

29 posted on 07/27/2010 5:16:51 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Socialism is the philosophy of failure, - W Churchill)
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To: Texas Songwriter

“Forgive me Your Honor- I’m fat.” -Baily Pruitt; Mystery, Alaska


30 posted on 07/27/2010 5:31:20 PM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: Krankor
Yeah,he was cooking magic grits!
31 posted on 07/27/2010 6:18:01 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (Gus the Scotty dog likes cheese!)
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To: EveningStar

Good character actor. RIP.


32 posted on 07/27/2010 7:06:36 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: EveningStar

“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!


33 posted on 07/27/2010 9:47:47 PM PDT by jocon307 (Not the white man's b*tch)
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To: EveningStar

Thank you EveningStar!


34 posted on 07/27/2010 10:10:12 PM PDT by loboinok (Gun control is hitting what you aim at!)
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To: Jack Deth

He was a scary ex-Israeli commando in Entourage. Now what will become of Medellin?


35 posted on 07/27/2010 11:21:11 PM PDT by Defiant (2010 is pretty much it, folks. Send them packing, or start packing.)
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