Posted on 04/01/2025 9:41:56 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor who tasted leading-man stardom as Jim Morrison and Batman, but whose protean gifts and elusive personality also made him a high-profile supporting player, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 65.
The cause was pneumonia, said his daughter, Mercedes Kilmer. Mr. Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 and later recovered, she said.
Tall and handsome in a rock-star sort of way, Mr. Kilmer was in fact cast as a rocker a handful of times early in his career, when he seemed destined for blockbuster success. He made his feature debut in a slapstick Cold War spy-movie spoof, “Top Secret!” (1984), in which he starred as a crowd-pleasing, hip-shaking American singer in Berlin unwittingly involved in an East German plot to reunify the country.
He gave a vividly stylized performance as Morrison, the emblem of psychedelic sensuality, in Oliver Stone’s “The Doors” (1991)
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RIP!
Ice
RIP
PTTT
The DEFENITIVE Doc Halliday.
Damn...
So many great lines from Toomstone. One of my top 5 favorite movies.
We must have been posting at the same time. I’ll take my thread down.
Should have gotten the Oscar for Tombstone. Wasn’t even nominated.
(We must have been posting at the same time.)
I just noticed that. Leave it up and let the mods decide. The more exposure the better.
Yep. Top 5 Westen Movie.
Wow.
Rest in peace, Mr. Kilmer.
He was good as Simon Templar in the remake of “The Saint” that starred Roger Moore in the 60’s.
Too darned young.
RIP, Mr. Kilmer, I really enjoyed the characters you played.
Nick Rivers shall be missed.
Damn
Such a great actor, RIP Huckleberry
Doc Holiday, Jim Morrison, IceMan etc..amazing roles
I once read that he really was sick during Tombstone filming, had flu or pneumonia but wanted to proceed because would give his role a true rendition of Doc having tuberculosis. I believe it, he had that gray pallor that looked like he was really sick. Sad that he ended up dying of pneumonia.
Recognition of theatrical excellence is no longer the purpose of the Academy Awards.
Val Kilmer did a great job in ‘Heat’.
The Saint was one of my favorites and he was so great as Doc Holliday. He’s my Huckleberry.
The Saint is a great movie.
Elizabeth Shue was a minx.
RIP Val
(Elizabeth Shue was a minx.)
Indeed 👍
Damn
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