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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYaphet Kotto has died, star in "Live And Let Die," and "Alien."
He was 81.
NewHendoLib
(60,027 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)And his deep voice. RIP.
Aristus
(66,481 posts)I'm almost sorry to say it was a better performance than that of Forest Whittaker, whom I adore.
Kotto looked a lot more like Amin than Whittaker did, too.
Nevilledog
(51,237 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)His expressive face made me think that though he might be present here, Kotto was also in on a really interesting conversation that the rest of us couldn't hear. Chadwick Boseman had that kind of face, too.
I loved Homicide Life on the Street.
RIP
whathehell
(29,100 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)It's a robot. Ash is a god damn robot!
RIP
Towlie
(5,328 posts)
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Parker (Yaphet Kotto) and Brett (Harry Dean Stanton) were union types, whose main concern was that they weren't getting paid enough. You'd never see anything like that in an old classic like Forbidden Planet.
Parker: "We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space."
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)wryter2000
(46,110 posts)He was great.
Towlie
(5,328 posts)
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Died:
Yaphet Kotto (Parker)
John Hurt (Kane)
Harry Dean Stanton (Brett)
Ian Holm (Ash).
Still alive:
Veronica Cartwright (Lambert)
Tom Skerritt (Dallas)
Sigourney Weaver (Ripley)
Whiskeytide
(4,463 posts)themaguffin
(3,828 posts)maveric
(16,446 posts)Lt. G.
eppur_se_muova
(36,307 posts)Unsung comedy genius Rusty Cundieff (Chappelle's Show) explores the racial dynamics involved in getting a cab in Manhattan in this social experiment from TV Nation, Michael Moore's short-lived comedy newsmagazine (1994-1995).
Some social consciousness to go with that acting talent ...
wryter2000
(46,110 posts)Brilliant.
ZonkerHarris
(24,273 posts)RIP sir, you will be missed.
bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)thank you for all of your amazing work throughout your career.
oasis
(49,433 posts)R.I.P. Yaphet
yaesu
(8,020 posts)Yeehah
(4,597 posts)Warning Signs
He made the movies better!
watrwefitinfor
(1,400 posts)Most intense, unforgetable scene I ever saw in a movie was Kotto getting locked in the paint room at the auto factory with the paint turned on and the ventilation turned off. I will never forget it.
Blue, the paint was. Took him maybe three to five minutes that seemed like an eternity to die a horrible death, suffocated by the paint. And every minute the camera spent on his face - well, you just held your breath too, and died with him he was that good. The movie was okay, but definitely worth seeing just for that one scene.
Great as G, the droll, unlikely black Italian "boss" in Homicide and in any number of roles in a few classic tv westerns like The Big Valley where he and Stanwyck had some nice scenes together. And Bonanza comes to mind, playing a shanghied prisoner held in a mine - memorable roles he always played to perfection.
No other like him. I'm enjoying reading here about some of his roles I never even knew about.
Wat