Robert Forster Dies: Academy Award Nominee Who Appeared In More Than 100 Films Was 78

Deadline.Com ^ | 10/11/2019 | Bruce Haring

[LeonardFMason]

Breaking Bad - Hoover vacuum Repair

[gundog]

Fonda was one of three or more women he had set up in the film.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Brando was a major in “Reflections...” I think it was closer to his personal reality as a bisexual. The role was already cast with Montgomery Clift before he died of a heart attack. It would’ve been curious to see how he’d have done, but I think being a very close friend of Clift’s (and she saved his life while they filmed “Raintree County”), Liz Taylor might not have acted as nearly as grotesque and humiliating of her husband’s character. It was better for her to have played opposite Brando.

I’ve never seen Rod Steiger’s “The Sergeant”, so I can’t offer an informed opinion on that.

[Dave W]

Were famous? Last I checked, they are still household names.

[ifinnegan]

“I was going to say “100 films and I never heard of him?”

Then I spotted this: “Forster also recently played Tim Allen’s father in Last Man Standing” and said “Aha! So THAT’S who he is.””

Me too.

I thought the photos looked like him.

[cabbieguy]

I would like to make a suggestion, if you can find it, “Pieces of Dreams” came out in 1970 or 1971 I believe. He played the role of a Catholic priest who had lost his faith. I believe Lauren Hutton plays the love interest in the movie. His performance was very good, but the film never did reach acclaim.

[Nateman]

He is one of these guys who plays all kinds of little roles but does it so well he almost becomes invisible to us because we don't think of him as an actor while we watch. Torintino noticed that and gave him an important role in Jackie Brown. He was also in Breaking Bad as the guy who helped Walter White vanish .

[DrPretorius]

Robert Forster was a member of the Triple Nine Society. The Triple Nine Society (TNS) is an international high IQ society for adults whose score on a standardised test demonstrates an IQ at or above the 99.9th percentile of the human population. The Society recognizes scores from over 20 different tests of adult intelligence. The Triple Nine Society is a non-profit, 501(c)(7) organization incorporated in Virginia, USA. The organization was founded in 1978. As of October 2018, TNS reports a member base of over 1,900 adults residing in 50 countries. The Society’s constitution encourages friendship, communication, and intellectual exploration. TNS members communicate online, at gatherings, and through Vidya, the Society’s bimonthly journal.

He was a very intelligent man.

[jmacusa]

In the late 60s he was in a tv series called “Banachek’’ were he played a 1930’s era private eye. Joan Blondell also stared in it. I think it was on ABC.

[MayflowerMadam]

He was very good in “Last Man Standing”, owning “Bud’s Buds” marijuana shop.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Wow, that is amazing. It’s rather surprising he decided to be an actor. An intellect like that could have gone into lots of fields. It’s rare to see an intellect like that in an extrovert. Normally the smartest people become nerdy engineers and scientists.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I had not heard of “El Camino,” so I just looked it up. “Given that El Camino has been shrouded in secrecy up until the moment of its Netflix premiere (this morning, Oct. 11), it goes without saying that everything that follows is a spoiler.“

I stopped reading right there. I didn’t know it was released yesterday.

[usconservative]

I really enjoyed him in Jackie Brown.

Ditto. I loved that movie too. He was one of those actors who I'd seen and liked in so many movies and TV shows and never knew his name. God bless his soul, RIP.

[HoneysuckleTN]

In the late 60s he was in a tv series called “Banachek’’ were he played a 1930’s era private eye. Joan Blondell also stared in it. I think it was on ABC.

Robert Forster was in Banyon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banyon I loved the show, and his car, a Bugatti, was awesome. A couple years later he played Nakia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakia_(TV_series). Both only lasted one season.

George Peppard was in Banacek. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banacek

[jmacusa]

Yeah. I got it mixed up.

[DFG]

The Delta Force

[EvilCapitalist]

I always love to watch Chuck Norris beat the crap out of that muslim.

[vespa300]

thanks, i’ll check it out.

[circlecity]

"I really enjoyed him in Jackie Brown. When I hear the Delfonics, I think of that film. Probably my favorite Tarantino flick."

Agreed. Same with me when I hear the Delfonics. Although I haven't seen the latest Tarantino movie, I've always considered Jackie Brown to be the last good Tarantino flick and Forster was a large part of that. RIP Robert.

[Stosh]

Ditto’s to that - I’ve always thought of “Jackie Brown” as peak Tarantino, and Forster as (or at least close to) the best part of JB. Can’t believe they didn’t mention JB in the obituary posted.

Seems like Tarantino went totally downhill into non-animated cartoons since “Jackie Brown”. I can listen to that flic in the background while I’m working on other stuff, the dialogue is so good; if I try that with “Kill Bill” or anything post-”Bill”, it just sounds silly.