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RIP JOHN HURT
fantastic actor ...one of our best
fantastic actor ...one of our best
Couldn't sleep last night and when I read this, and you were HOURS ahead of this breaking in BBC and other media, I really couldn't sleep! My favourite actor, perhaps of all time. He will be really missed, his voice as much as anything was the soundtrack to so many of my childhood favourites eg Watership down, Lord of the Rings etc. A great loss, fantastic personality too. The very epitome of a 1-off! Rest in Peace Sir John. X
I couldn't believe it, didn't want to believe, but knew it was pancreatic cancer and surprised he lived as long after as he actually did. Yes, deeply sad. Lovely sunny day today but got a tear in my eye and somehow it feels strangely gloomy.Not that it's of any significance, I'd been out for a meal and was just going to read the Derby V Leicester report in the Mirror, but just saw the report on JH.
Quite sad really
He did some great tv work too. I still vividly remember when he played Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant. And he was great as Caligula in I Claudius.
Totally agree with both of these calls. I thought his performance in The Naked Civil Servant was one of the best acting performances I've ever seen on TV. Top, top actor.