Hollywood icon Tony Curtis, RIP

[Neroon]

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Quite the versatile actor, I remember him from "Some Like It Hot", "The Count of Monte Cristo", "Captain Newman MD", and "Operation Petticoat" so well.

 

[Deckerd]

Wasn't he who said that kissing Marylin Monroe was like kissing Hitler?

 

[Starkers]

RIP Mr Curtis.

 

[Australis]

I was only watching a couple of episodes of The Persuaders last month.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Straight to actor heaven for Some Like It Hot alone. Also a great chatshow guest, a witty and entertaining raconteur.

 

[Neroon]

I wonder how many people would have looked into this thread, had I entitled it "RIP Bernie Schwartz".......

 

[Greg Cox]

Anyone else remember "Taras Bulba" with Yul Brynner? I caught that on TCM recently.

 

[Mysterion]

Entertaining actor and, if nothing else, helped give the world Jamie Lee Curtis.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Anyone else remember "Taras Bulba" with Yul Brynner? I caught that on TCM recently.

Is that the one where he utters the immortal line 'Yondah lies da castle of my foddah, da sultan.'?

 

[iguana_tonante]

Aw shit. I'll watch Operation Petticoat again this night.

 

[Greg Cox]

Anyone else remember "Taras Bulba" with Yul Brynner? I caught that on TCM recently.

Is that the one where he utters the immortal line 'Yondah lies da castle of my foddah, da sultan.'?

Nope!

 

[Too Much Fun]

Anyone else remember "Taras Bulba" with Yul Brynner? I caught that on TCM recently.

That's the name of a "Darkwing Duck" character!
I wonder if that's where they got the name. On screen and by reputation, this man was an odd fellow. I believe the only films I've seen him in were "Spartacus", where he memorably had a (deleted?) homoerotic scene with Lawrence Olivier, and "Some Like It Hot", where the only thing I didn't like about an otherwise perfect movie was his character, because it was such a lying, phony jerk to Marilyn Monroe's (as usual) delightful character. It was quite an irritating performance too, surrounded by wonderful ones.

The funniest bit of trivia I've read about him was that when he played that annoying, obnoxious character, he thought he was doing a Cary Grant impression, and in response, Cary said, "I do NOT sound like that" . This, along with his quote about Marilyn Monroe made him fascinating to me. So yeah, Tony Curtis, not a favourite actor of mine by a long shot, but definitely an original. Gotta respect him for being a little more quirky than your average leading man.

 

[JiNX-01]

Rest in Peace, Tony. I always enjoyed seeing you in anything you were in.

 

[auntiehill]

He loved life and lived it well. We should all be so lucky.


RIP.

 

[ManOnTheWave]

Miss you already, Tony.

 

[AJBryant]

I loved him in everything I saw him in -- particularly "The Persuaders."

RIP, Tony. You were cool as hell.

 

[Davros]

Another iconic actor has left us. RIP Mr Curtis.

 

[Holdfast]

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Quite the versatile actor, I remember him from "Some Like It Hot", "The Count of Monte Cristo", "Captain Newman MD", and "Operation Petticoat" so well.

I always liked him in almost everything he did. Good actor, who lived to a pretty decent age and made a lot of worthwhile entertainment. Not a bad epitaph, that.

 

[Neroon]

I gave thought to a thread title like "A different kind of Weekend At Bernie's" or "The Schwartz Is No Longer With Us". But you can never quite tell how something like that will go down.

 

[ancientone51]

RIP dear sir. A talent to be remembered for his range and joy in his work.