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Billy Drago, star of The Untouchables and Charmed, dies at age 73
Entertainment Weekly ^
| 6/26/19
| Clark Collis
Posted on 06/27/2019 4:29:17 PM PDT by Drew68
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A character actor's character actor. Never an A-lister or a household name, Kansas native Drago nonetheless possessed an unforgettable mug that helped him establish a long and successful career as one of Hollywood's most loathed bad guys.
Drago as Al Capone's scumbag henchman Frank Nitti in Brian DePalma's 1987 masterpiece Untouchables.
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posted on
06/27/2019 4:29:17 PM PDT
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Drew68
To: Drew68
Sorry to hear it...
Life is too short. RIP.
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posted on
06/27/2019 4:31:34 PM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: Drew68
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posted on
06/27/2019 4:31:46 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
To: Drew68
I would never have guessed he was that old.
To: Terry Mross
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posted on
06/27/2019 4:48:51 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Disc jockeys are as intwerchangeable as spark plugs.)
To: Drew68
Thought he was in his 40’s....
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06/27/2019 4:49:06 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
To: Drew68
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posted on
06/27/2019 4:49:26 PM PDT
by
morphing libertarian
( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
To: Drew68
Good movie but took liberties with history. Most do.
I remember him best as John Bly from The Adventures Of Brisco County Jr.
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posted on
06/27/2019 4:50:17 PM PDT
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wally_bert
(Disc jockeys are as intwerchangeable as spark plugs.)
To: Vendome
Thought he was in his 40s.... He was - in 1987.
To: Drew68
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posted on
06/27/2019 4:53:46 PM PDT
by
NRx
(A man of honor passes his father's civilization to his son without surrendering it to strangers.)
To: Drew68
He was the bad guy in a lot of Chuck Norris movies.
He was also in an episode of the X-Files. All I remember about the episode is that his character was amazed by microwave popcorn. "Poppin' corn!"
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posted on
06/27/2019 4:56:36 PM PDT
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silent_jonny
("forward to what lies ahead" -- Phil. 3:13)
To: Vendome
Thought he was in his 40s....Untouchables was 32 years ago! I know, I know... Feels just like yesterday.
We're getting old.
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posted on
06/27/2019 4:57:24 PM PDT
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Drew68
To: Drew68
Billy Drago as one of Stockburn's deputies in "Pale Rider" (second from right)
He was the deputy Eastwood shot at the horse trough.
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posted on
06/27/2019 5:03:25 PM PDT
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silent_jonny
("forward to what lies ahead" -- Phil. 3:13)
To: Drew68
I remember him from Brisco County Jr.
To: Drew68
He was a super-creepy villain in some episodes of Don Johnson’s cop series “Nash Bridges,” and his son, Darren Burrows, played Ed Chigliak in “Northern Exposure.”
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posted on
06/27/2019 5:13:16 PM PDT
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Tax-chick
(It's the guitar solo! Everybody polka!!!)
To: Tax-chick
his son, Darren Burrows, played Ed Chigliak in Northern Exposure.No way! I had no idea! I watched that show in college and remember the character exactly!
Makes perfect sense. Looks just like him.
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posted on
06/27/2019 5:18:43 PM PDT
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Drew68
To: NFHale
To: Drew68
Darren’s cheekbones and forehead aren’t as villainous.
Billy Drago’s IMDB listing is a testimony to a heck of a career. He was literally working all the time.
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posted on
06/27/2019 5:21:52 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(It's the guitar solo! Everybody polka!!!)
To: Drew68
The sign of a good villain is if you walk out of the theater hating his guts...
He was pretty bad ass in the untouchables.
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posted on
06/27/2019 5:25:50 PM PDT
by
crazydad
To: Tax-chick
There are always good roles for villains in the movies and television.
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posted on
06/27/2019 5:29:18 PM PDT
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reg45
(Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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