A shocking scene in a movie full of shocking scenes.
I always remember Ron Glass (from Barney Miller) with the Bloop gun (M79 Grenande Launcher) at the bridge...
Sheen: “Hey soldier... do you know who’s in charge here?”
Glass, reloading the M79: “Yeah”...
I remember that scene well. What a movie.
That wasn’t Ron Glass. He wasn’t in the film as he would’ve been filming “Barney Miller” at the time.
The character in the scene, “Roach”, was played by Herb Rice, who had only 3 credited roles. A shame, since he did such an excellent job in this scene with that “1000-yard stare” after eliminating the shouting VC guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f96p-IhcZhQ
His son noted in the comments that he passed away back in 2013/2014.