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 Kuco
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RIP

First saw him in To Sir With Love but always remember him for Little Nikita and Sneakers


 
Posted : 07/01/2022 4:58 pm
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In the heat of the night for me. To sir with love a close second. Those 2 roles were so inspiring to me as young man.

RIP Sir, take a bow..


 
Posted : 07/01/2022 5:15 pm
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In The Heat Of The Night was a career peak. Still an uncomfortable watch today, released in the same year as To Sir With Love.


 
Posted : 07/01/2022 5:15 pm
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They call me Mr Tibbs


 
Posted : 07/01/2022 5:24 pm
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How come he is a Sir? I thought only British citizens could use the title but others could be honorary but not use the nominative?

Not that I really care, it's a daft system for the most part so as far as I'm concerned he can call himself what he wants.


 
Posted : 07/01/2022 5:38 pm
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Presence


 
Posted : 07/01/2022 6:48 pm
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How come he is a Sir? I thought only British citizens could use the title but others could be honorary but not use the nominative?

Not that I really care, it’s a daft system for the most part so as far as I’m concerned he can call himself what he wants.

It seems that in every RIP thread there's one tosser trying to derail it.


 
Posted : 07/01/2022 6:53 pm
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Guess who’s coming to dinner - as prescient today as it was when it came out!


 
Posted : 07/01/2022 6:57 pm
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Sad to hear this. I had a lot of respect for him.


 
Posted : 07/01/2022 7:13 pm
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The Defiant Ones

A very good film, with Tony Curtis.


 
Posted : 07/01/2022 7:43 pm
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A truly great actor. I remember watching In the Heat of the Night as a kid, and thinking it’s a good job things have got better ☹️. An astonishing film for it’s time though, and Steiger was also great in it. Funnily enough I seem to remember it was shown on telly a lot more back then, hopefully it’ll be on again soon…


 
Posted : 07/01/2022 8:21 pm
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Great actor. And his impact beyond his industry has been massive.


 
Posted : 07/01/2022 10:57 pm
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I thought only British citizens could use the title but others could be honorary but not use the nominative?

Bahamian (before independence) as well as American. He was British before you were born.


 
Posted : 07/01/2022 10:59 pm
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In the heat of the night for me. To sir with love a close second. Those 2 roles were so inspiring to me as young man.

Totally agree. For me he was one of the agents of real change though his acting.


 
Posted : 07/01/2022 11:00 pm
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Sneakers and Deadly Pursuit for me. I’ve heard other actors who he gave advice to early in their careers speak highly of him many times.

How come he is a Sir? I thought only British citizens could use the title but others could be honorary but not use the nominative?

KBE apparently so strictly speaking not a Sir.


 
Posted : 07/01/2022 11:06 pm
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A truly great actor. I remember watching In the Heat of the Night as a kid, and thinking it’s a good job things have got better ☹️. An astonishing film for it’s time though, and Steiger was also great in it.

This.


 
Posted : 08/01/2022 1:25 am
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Bahamian (before independence) as well as American. He was British before you were born.

Cheers Kelvin.

It seems that in every RIP thread there’s one tosser trying to derail it.

And that seems like a harsh response to a simple question, I wasn't slagging him off. There was some genuine, heartfelt tributes to him on the telly news, I didn't know anything about him, but he was clearly a loved and respected bloke.


 
Posted : 08/01/2022 12:26 pm
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It seems that in every RIP thread there’s one tosser trying to derail it.

It is more than a bit harsh….


 
Posted : 08/01/2022 2:31 pm
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We watched In The Heat Of The Night recently with some friends with it projected onto a reasonably big screen in their back garden. It's still amongst my favourite films.


 
Posted : 08/01/2022 2:37 pm
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It seems that in every RIP thread there’s one tosser trying to derail it.

Kind of sounds like you in this case.


 
Posted : 08/01/2022 4:18 pm