Yaphet Kotto

[Dr Jacoby]

Passed away aged 81.

RIP.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

He was in the excellent Midnight Run I think, with De Niro. Agent Alonso Moseley! RIP

 

[Dr Jacoby]

I remember him as Mr Big from Live and Let Die, Parker in Alien and as one of the main characters from The Running Man.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Yep - always Mr Big from Live and Let Die for me. Another part of childhood goes.

 

[Boo or Boo-urns]

Alonzo Mosely: Is this gonna upset me?

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Brilliant actor R.I.P Yaphet

 

[big phil]

My favourite Bond film, quite silly but had great villains (Julius W Harris as Tee-Hee), the alligator farm, the speedboat chase and of course Jane Seymour.
RIP Yaphet

 

[BLUEYESTU]

He was in the excellent Midnight Run I think, with De Niro. Agent Alonso Moseley! RIP

Very underrated film.

 

[mexico1970]

Fantastic actor made every part he played memorable.

 

[LongsightM13]

Brilliant in everything, especially Midnight Run and Homicide: Life on the Street

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Very underrated film.

I have made the case many times before that it's THE most underrated comedy ever made and/or THE most underrated buddy pic ever made.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

I have made the case many times before that it's THE most underrated comedy ever made and/or THE most underrated buddy pic ever made.

I loved the guy from Beethoven in that film.

Edit: Charles Grodin

 

[Double R]

One of his best films was Paul Schrader's Blue Collar alongside Harvey Keitel and Richard Pryor. RIP

 

[BLUEYESTU]

I have made the case many times before that it's THE most underrated comedy ever made and/or THE most underrated buddy pic ever made.

Definitely! I’ve got the dvd and must know all the lines off by heart now (same with Enter The Dragon where I even know when to the ‘heeyaah’s etc). It also has a fantastic soundtrack.
I’ve just finished reading a biography on Robin Williams and he nearly got the Charles Grodin role; as much as I love the role Grodin played I’d have liked to see that.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Definitely! I’ve got the dvd and must know all the lines off by heart now (same with Enter The Dragon where I even know when to the ‘heeyaah’s etc). It also has a fantastic soundtrack.
I’ve just finished reading a biography on Robin Williams and he nearly got the Charles Grodin role; as much as I love the role Grodin played I’d have liked to see that.

Grodin was absolutely perfect for that role. DeNiro was perfect. Farina was perfect. Pantoliono was perfect. Kotto was perfect. Foronjy was perfect. Ashton was almost perfect.

 

[City Hobgoblin]

Agent Foster Grant !

RIP

 

[bennyboy]

Brilliant in everything, especially Midnight Run and Homicide: Life on the Street

I had Homicide: Life on the Street number 4 on my favourite TV list.

 

[LongsightM13]

One of his best films was Paul Schrader's Blue Collar alongside Harvey Keitel and Richard Pryor. RIP

Great film

 

[LongsightM13]

I have made the case many times before that it's THE most underrated comedy ever made and/or THE most underrated buddy pic ever made.

Midnight Run and Planes Trains are the high water mark of the genre

 

[Kakhaber The Great]

RIP, Yaphet...