# Another one: Charles Napier dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740 "2011-10-06T00:27:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/1 "2011-10-06T00:27:21Z")
Right after reading about Steve Jobs’ untimely passing, I found out veteran character actor Charles Napier [died](http://www.turnto23.com/news/29398707/detail.html). I always enjoyed him. At least 75 is a pretty good run. R.I.P. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/2 "2011-10-06T00:44:40Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Right after reading about Steve Jobs’ untimely passing, I found out veteran character actor Charles Napier [died](http://www.turnto23.com/news/29398707/detail.html). I always enjoyed him. At least 75 is a pretty good run. R.I.P. Did you know he was one of the Space Hippies in “The Way to Eden” - he’s the one sitting behind the bald guy [The Way to Eden - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_to_Eden) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/3 "2011-10-06T00:55:48Z")
I loved him as the various prison wardens on the Simpsons. (hands Homer a nightstick) “This end’s for beatin’, this end’s for pointin’.” “When does training start?” “It just finished.” ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/4 "2011-10-06T00:56:37Z")
Don’t you say a fucking word. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/5 "2011-10-06T01:02:50Z")
Ahh I remember fondly his face being eaten off by Anthony Hopkins. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/6 "2011-10-06T01:25:28Z")
Damn. That’s a shame. I hope the Duke Phillips statue will be shouting extra loud - and perhaps have its pants at half-mast - in his memory. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/7 "2011-10-06T01:29:22Z")
He was a Good Ole Boy. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/8 "2011-10-06T02:53:42Z")
He was right – I did look funny eating corn on the cob with no teeth. P.S. Anyone else see “Harry, Cherry and Raquel”? ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/9 "2011-10-06T03:17:22Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > He was right – I did look funny eating corn on the cob with no teeth. > > P.S. Anyone else see “Harry, Cherry and Raquel”? [Raises hand] … and also Beneath The Valley of the Ultravixens. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/10 "2011-10-06T03:22:47Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Damn. That’s a shame. I hope the Duke Phillips statue will be shouting extra loud - and perhaps have its pants at half-mast - in his memory. The voice of Duke Philips is dead?! What a duke-tastrophe! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/11 "2011-10-06T03:46:49Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > He was a Good Ole Boy. ☹ Tucker McElroy, the driver of the Winnebago. I never could figure out why he got so pissed at the Blues Brothers, though. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/12 "2011-10-06T12:49:35Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > [Raises hand] … and also Beneath The Valley of the Ultravixens. One of the very few people who did Russ Meyer movies and then had a long and notable career after that. (And two _Blues Brothers_ quotes already. Nice.) ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/13 "2011-10-06T14:20:42Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Tucker McElroy, the driver of the Winnebago. I never could figure out why he got so pissed at the Blues Brothers, though. Presumably because they stole his gig at Bob’s Country Bunker and then left him on the hook for the $300 beer tab. ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/14 "2011-10-06T14:40:50Z")
The quotes I wanted to use have been posted already, so I’ll just say, damn, I’m sorry to hear he’s dead. He’s one of the all-time great character actors. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/15 "2011-10-06T14:51:26Z")
Bakersfield! Dude was hardcore. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/16 "2011-10-06T14:54:48Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Presumably because they stole his gig at Bob’s Country Bunker and then left him on the hook for the $300 beer tab. They were like _five hours late_ and Bob had already turned out the lights. Did they really expect to play? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/17 "2011-10-06T14:55:09Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > The voice of Duke Philips is dead?! What a duke-tastrophe! Seen on Twitter: “It stinks!” _@JaySherman_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/18 "2011-10-06T15:07:28Z")
He was still around? Man, I liked him on _Batman_. Wait… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/19 "2011-10-06T15:08:16Z")
I didn’t really even know who he was until a couple of weeks ago, when I saw his name on _Silence of the Lambs_. We reach. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740/20 "2011-10-06T15:13:20Z")
Oh man! I didn’t realise he did the voice of Sterling Archer’s incompetent cancer doctor and I watched that episode just last week. How could I miss that distinctive voice?? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-charles-napier-dies/598740.md?page=2)