William Windom R.I.P....

[Warped9]

Farewell Commodore Decker.

Sadly, one by one, our TOS alumni are slipping away from us.
http://www.tvmediainsights.com/2012/08/remembering-william-windom/

 

[Winterwind]

"The Doomsday Machine" is one of my favourite TOS episodes because of his excellent portrayal of Commodore Decker. The "Don't you think I know that" scene gives me a chill no matter how many times I see it.

 

[BillJ]

Thanks for the great memories, Mr. Windom. RIP.

 

[Mysterion]

"The Doomsday Machine" is one of my favourite TOS episodes because of his excellent portrayal of Commodore Decker. The "Don't you think I know that" scene gives me a chill no matter how many times I see it.

Agreed completely. At first glance a lot of Windom's performance as Decker seems to be "over the top", but IMO when you really look at it in the context of the story, it is excellent and effective acting.

 

[Warped9]

"The Doomsday Machine" is one of my favourite TOS episodes because of his excellent portrayal of Commodore Decker. The "Don't you think I know that" scene gives me a chill no matter how many times I see it.

Agreed completely. At first glance a lot of Windom's performance as Decker seems to be "over the top", but IMO when you really look at it in the context of the story, it is excellent and effective acting.

Yep. Initially he is numb with shock then everything bottled up comes pouring out.

 

[1001001]

"The Doomsday Machine" is one of my favourite TOS episodes because of his excellent portrayal of Commodore Decker. The "Don't you think I know that" scene gives me a chill no matter how many times I see it.

Agreed completely. At first glance a lot of Windom's performance as Decker seems to be "over the top", but IMO when you really look at it in the context of the story, it is excellent and effective acting.

+1

That scene was so beautifully done. Shocking and disturbing. He played it perfectly.

RIP

 

[TOSalltheway]

A very sad day. William Windom's performance as Commodore Decker is hands down my favorite guest appearance in any series. He had a way of being over the top and yet making it work. I loved the little things, his nervous figeting with the computer discs, the way before he gave an order to change course he looked down at the navigation console as if studying the directions. All in all a brilliant performance.

By the way if anyone has not seen his second appearance as Decker in the sequel filmed for Star Trek New Voyages you must get it right now. When you learn how in another dimension Decker survived the doomsday device and spent the rest of his life in the late twentieth century it is amazing. I defy any true original series fan not to have tear in their eyes as they watch Matt Decker's final recording made (on a VHS playing VCR) just before he died in hopes that anyone from the future comes for him.

Farewell Mr. Windom. "there was, but not any more".

 

[ItsGreen]

 

[BoredShipCapt'n]

"Mr. Spock knows his duty under regulations, Doctor. Do you?"

 

[Mr Silver]

What a superb job he did as the unstable Commodore Decker in "The Doomsday Machine" - an episode that is still regarded as featuring one of the greatest space battles in Star Trek.

RIP William Windom.

 

[beamMe]

I always liked him on Murder, She Wrote.

 

[E-DUB]

Loved that little homage to Bogart that he did. Heard that was unscripted too.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Loved that little homage to Bogart that he did. Heard that was unscripted too.

You mean the Captain Queeg things with the tapes? Yeah, I heard that too.

Rest In Peace.

 

[drychlick]

Rip i love him in doomday!

 

[Wingsley]

Thanks, Warped 9 for posting. I just posted your link on Facebook and an image of Decker from "The Doomsday Machine" as well.

 

[Kirk1980]

Man, this has been such a bullshit year and a half for sci-fi fans.

Don't even get me started on all the Doctor WHO cast members/production crew members who have passed on since 2011.

 

[stj]

In addition to his guest starring role on Star Trek, Mr. Windom gave a charming performance in the funny and imaginative television series, My World and Welcome To It.
For those who don't know, he played a cartoonist/writer based on James Thurber, whose cartoons were played out as fantasy sequences in the series.

Perhaps his most notable dramatic role was in The Detective, a Frank Sinatra movie.

 

[Michael]

Oh man, what sad news.

Aside from his stint in Star Trek, I also loved him in Twilight Zone and Mission: Impossible. I guess he was great in about everything he appeared in.

 

[Ziz]

Not to sound insensitive, but is this really a surprise? TOS is 46 years old and most of the cast, both primary and guest, were in their 30's and 40's back then. Instead of crying that they're gone, be glad they lasted this long. Hell, the Bird himself has been gone for 20 years now.

 

[Michael]

Not to sound insensitive, but is this really a surprise?

I don't see anyone in this thread who is genuinely surprised. So what are you talking about?