Alas! One of Hollywood's class acts.
Posted by Ron Lambert (Member # 2872) on :
Thanks, Lisa, for bringing this to my attention. I remember the old Mission Impossible shows with Peter Graves. And those other roles he played, as well. I don't know much about him as a person, but as noted in the article, he was "iconic." He was one of the actors I for one recognized instantly. It is amazing how aged he looked in the photo used in the article, compared to the way I remember him from his TV and movie roles. Time is not our friend. Unless you are an investor--in something like gold.
Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :
quote: Time is not our friend.
I don't know. Living a long time and getting old and ugly sounds better than the alternative.
Yes, he was very recognizable - for me one of those 'Hey, it's that guy!' actors.
Posted by Sean Monahan (Member # 9334) on :
They say time is the fire in which we burn.
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
quote:Originally posted by Bella Bee:
quote: Time is not our friend.
I don't know. Living a long time and getting old and ugly sounds better than the alternative.
Yes, he was very recognizable - for me one of those 'Hey, it's that guy!' actors.
I like this one better, but he isn't on there, either.
I actually remember him best from a movie called Where Have All the People Gone?. A group of kids are hiking, and they go into a cave (except for two who stay outside -- bad idea). When they come out again, there are two little piles of sand where their friends were. Turns out there was a solar flare that disintegrated most of the people in the world (because that's what solar flares do, natch), and these kids and Peter Graves (who wasn't a kid, so maybe he was a counselor or something?) are among the last living people on earth. I vaguely recall that dogs and other animals were apparently immune to the solar flare (and why not?).
Now I have to track the flick down.
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
They say that solar flares are the fires that burn us.
Posted by Ron Lambert (Member # 2872) on :
Eternal youth is preferable to eternal aging. At some point, if you are not rejuvenated, you become dust.
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
I'll never be able to watch movies about gladiators the same way again.