# Actor Dennis Weaver has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-dennis-weaver-has-died/346337 "2006-02-27T17:51:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-dennis-weaver-has-died/346337/21 "2006-02-28T00:14:59Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I understand to honor his witnesses he will be buried in a coffin made from a giant milk jug (or maybe I made the last part up). And mourners will say, “I didn’t know he was missing.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-dennis-weaver-has-died/346337/22 "2006-02-28T00:25:48Z")
Did he take Col. Kurtz’s photo? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-dennis-weaver-has-died/346337/23 "2006-02-28T00:30:58Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Did he take Col. Kurtz’s photo? I think you’re confusing him with the old guy on _Hollywood Squares_. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-dennis-weaver-has-died/346337/24 "2006-02-28T02:27:10Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Guess he’s up in the McClouds now. GRRRROOOAAANNNN! \>\>Drills **BobLibDem** in the ear with a peanut\<\< ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-dennis-weaver-has-died/346337/25 "2006-02-28T02:29:56Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Hugh Hefner was boffing Dennis Weaver in the backside, when Mick Jagger walked in on them. Jagger shouted, ‘Hey! Hugh! Get off of McCloud!’ GRRROOOAANNN!!! That was even worse than **Bob** ’s! \>\>Drills **Johnny L.A.** in _both_ ears with a peanut\<\< ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-dennis-weaver-has-died/346337/26 "2006-02-28T04:40:10Z")
I wondered who #3 would be. Interesting that all their first names start with D. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-dennis-weaver-has-died/346337/27 "2006-02-28T05:43:43Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Hugh Hefner was boffing Dennis Weaver in the backside, when Mick Jagger walked in on them. Jagger shouted, ‘Hey! Hugh! Get off of McCloud!’ Weird coincidences: I was teling that joke to some young people last Friday night, but I had to explain to them who Dennis Weaver was. And Last Wednesday, I watched parts of \*Duel \* in a film class. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-dennis-weaver-has-died/346337/28 "2006-02-28T08:00:13Z")
Oh, great. My wife, who cries at insurance commercials, will wake up tomorrow and find out her childhood crush is dead. And March held such promise for happiness at our house. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-dennis-weaver-has-died/346337/29 "2006-02-28T13:46:13Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > He had one of the longest lasting marriages in show business (61 years). And for that, I think he should receive the most praise. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-dennis-weaver-has-died/346337/30 "2006-02-28T13:52:19Z")
> [@Reepicheep](#): > > Breaking news on CNN Dennis Weaver has died from cancer. Please tell me I’m not the only person who at first was confusing him with Dennis Hopper. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-dennis-weaver-has-died/346337/31 "2006-03-01T05:36:50Z")
Pics and info on Weaver’s [Earthship House](http://www.dennisweaver.com/habitat.html). ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-dennis-weaver-has-died/346337/32 "2006-03-01T07:20:48Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > Please tell me I’m not the only person who at first was confusing him with Dennis Hopper. :smack: You weren’t. I scrolled through this thread _wondering._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-dennis-weaver-has-died/346337.md?page=1)