• Welcome! The TrekBBS is the number one place to chat about Star Trek with like-minded fans.
    If you are not already a member then please register an account and join in the discussion!

Rene Auberjonois in his finest non-DS9 performance

N

Navaros

Commodore
Commodore
I saw this when it originally aired on TV several years ago. When I first saw it I thought it was hilarious, yet I never even realized the actor was RA (I'd never seen him out of his Odo makeup at that point in time).

Any RA fans who have never seen this clip will probably love it too, I highly recommend to give it a watch:

What a masteful actor that can go from Odo to this, and back again :techman::

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYgRr0jj1ws&feature=related
 
LoL that is hilarious :techman:

As for René, apparently he has a Tony award (and was nominated a few times, I think), but I confess I've never seen him in anything other than DS9 and probably a few episodes of Benson, though I didn't know it at the time. :)
 
flemm said:
LoL that is hilarious :techman:

As for René, apparently he has a Tony award (and was nominated a few times, I think), but I confess I've never seen him in anything other than DS9 and probably a few episodes of Benson, though I didn't know it at the time. :)
Click to expand...

You not seen Star Trek VI?

He was excellent in Boston Legal and the movie The Patriot.
 
ATW said:
You not seen Star Trek VI?

He was excellent in Boston Legal and the movie The Patriot.
Click to expand...

The Trek material, sure. I had forgotten about the Patriot, and it's been years, but I must have seen him. Boston Legal I confess I have never followed ;)
 
^

Wow, that's a great find too. He's frickin' amazing there, also. RA never ceases to amaze me.
 
Does nobody else remember him from the original M*A*S*H film, or his cameo in another Altman production, The Player? He's also had a guest appearance on Enterprise (in an episode that was surprisingly familiar premise to a DS9 episode) and appeared in one episode of Stargate SG-1.
 
Harvey said:
Does nobody else remember him from the original M*A*S*H film,
Click to expand...

As "Dago Red" Mulcahy, the role made more polite by William Christophers in the tv show. Never seen it - not even the sequence when Rene blesses a jeep

& PTracer: Rene essentially narrates Brewster McLoud, slowly turning into a bird as he does so. The sequence is a parody of a then-famous Disney animated short, It isn't easy being a bird. He also appears in the film's end credits parade. Not a bad film, actually; but gloriously eccentric
 
^i actually knew he was in the M*A*S*H film, but i've never seen it. i definitely want to see it... but it's hard to imagine him as father mulcahey!! : O
 
arasam22 said:
^i actually knew he was in the M*A*S*H film, but i've never seen it. i definitely want to see it... but it's hard to imagine him as father mulcahey!! : O
Click to expand...

He's brilliant in the role - almost hysterically earnest... his breach of confession is another classic routine - but as the nickname suggests, Rene's - & to fair, Altman' & Lardner's - take on Mulcahy is completely different to Christophers's. The film itself is much more uneven than its reputation suggests. After a stunning 45 minutes, it suddenly degenerates into John Goldfarb, please come home, complete with American football game (albeit sans the elephants). For those keeping score at home, the last great image of MASH the movie is Sally Kellerman (as Hotlips Hoolihan) repeating, utterly broken, My commission!

Which is odd that i know this, given - as i said - i haven't actually seen the film
 
Last edited:
Wow, I'd never seen DS9 before when I saw that episode. Seeing it again now that I've seen most of the series (getting to the end of season 7) makes it enjoyable in a whole new way. My favourite part is when the lawyer throws the judge's long-winded storytelling right back in his face with a Judge Judy story :) That show was weird with the way it could be so dead serious 90% of the time and then suddenly lapse into such wacky comedy.
 
^

His first Frasier episode reran on Lifetime just the other mornin'. Loved his tryin' to counsel Frasier with the caller therapy.

Is that on YouTube?
 
flemm said:
LoL that is hilarious :techman:

As for René, apparently he has a Tony award (and was nominated a few times, I think), but I confess I've never seen him in anything other than DS9 and probably a few episodes of Benson, though I didn't know it at the time. :)
Click to expand...

It was great and I enjoyed it very much as well......:techman:
 
kythe said:
He also did the voice for Louis, the fanatical chef in The Little Mermaid. It is one of the more bizarre performances he has done, even if we don't see his face. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcyhVHrmlMU
Click to expand...

Wow, I loved that guy as a kid, but once again, I had no idea it was RA!

I find this very pleasantly ironic how I've always appreciated some of RA's other work without even realizing he was the one who performed it. :rommie:
 
Personally I prefer Auberjois' portrayal of Fr. Mulchahy more than William Chrstopher's during the series. I think the movie version's "in over his head" take was a lot funnier.
 
od0_ital said:
^

His first Frasier episode reran on Lifetime just the other mornin'. Loved his tryin' to counsel Frasier with the caller therapy.

Is that on YouTube?
Click to expand...

The episode's called "Frasier's edge", I did a research on Youtube and yes the episode's there.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Oddish
Even the Finest Captains Make Mistakes - Nov/Dec Challenge Entry
Replies
0
Views
438
Oddish
Oddish
M
Fan Girl
Replies
2
Views
491
MikeJaffa
M
Tallguy
Star Trek: Generations at 30
8 9 10
Replies
187
Views
11K
Richard S. Ta
Richard S. Ta
CaptainCalvinCat
Japanese Wonder Women
Replies
0
Views
345
CaptainCalvinCat
CaptainCalvinCat
Lord Garth
Re-Watching VOY
3 4 5
Replies
81
Views
4K
Lord Garth
Lord Garth
If you are not already a member then please register an account and join in the discussion!

Sign up / Register


Back
Top