# Bill Paxton died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828 "2017-02-26T15:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/41 "2017-02-26T20:50:44Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Even more technically, he isn’t killed by the Titanic at all, his character being in the modern day segments of the film. Yeah I was scratching my head trying to remember which character he played on the Titanic and a quick Google image search revealed it was the treasure hunter. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/42 "2017-02-26T20:53:41Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > Point taken! > It has been a long time since I saw that, when it originally hit the theater, I confused him with Billy Zane You’re supposed to confuse him with Bill Pullman. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/43 "2017-02-26T21:09:06Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Solid, dependable, fairly versatile, relatively cheap to hire, people liked him and liked working with him. That stuff can take you a long way, really. Wow, not being a jerk works in Hollywood? Who knew? And don’t forget _Near Dark…_ “I hate it when they ain’t shaved…” ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/44 "2017-02-26T21:33:56Z")
Richard John Marcej: > [@](#): > > It has been a long time since I saw that, when it originally hit the theater, I confused him with Billy Zane Billy Zane’s character didn’t die on the Titanic, either. He got on a lifeboat by pretending a random child was his, and was later said to have killed himself after losing his fortune in the crash of 1929. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/45 "2017-02-26T21:39:44Z")
The good news: he was a radio operator in Pat Benatar’s \*Shadows of the Night \*video. The bad news: that video sucked. From _Twister_: “Cow. … Another cow.” “Actually I think that was the same one.” If you can deliver that last line without breaking up, you are An Actor. “Do you think they’re having a good time being catatonic in a closet?” Goodbye, Chet. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/46 "2017-02-26T22:16:54Z")
I just have a sense that a lot of people are reading Bill Pullman’s IMDB profile today… RIP. Twister is hands down one of my favorite movies. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/47 "2017-02-26T22:40:25Z")
My favourite role of his is in _True Lies_, as the car salesman who claims he’s a spy so he can seduce Jamie Lee Curtis. I do not like this “complications from surgery” cause, that’s too scarily non-specific that could happen to anyone. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/48 "2017-02-26T22:56:15Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Maybe we can build a fire, sing a couple of songs, huh? Why don’t we try that? > > Rest in peace, Mr Paxton. You’re thinking of Tom Paxton. Who is still with us. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/49 "2017-02-26T23:06:48Z")
This sucks, I’m a big fan of his work. Don’t forget about Fish Heads: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cn73Wtem0No/hqdefault.jpg "Barnes & Barnes - Fish Heads") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn73Wtem0No) ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/50 "2017-02-26T23:22:50Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Yeah, okay. But how great was he in **True Lies** , as the enthusiastic guy you totally believe is ten seconds away from getting his neck snapped by Schwarzenegger? > > _“And she’s got the most incredible body, too! Pair o’titties make you stand up and beg for buttermilk! Ass like a ten-year-old boy! aHaHaHaHaHaHaHa!”_ Well, **True Lies** is on my list of worst movies I’ve ever seen, so I tend not to remember his performance in it. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/51 "2017-02-26T23:24:52Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Richard John Marcej: > > Billy Zane’s character didn’t die on the Titanic, either. He got on a lifeboat by pretending a random child was his, and was later said to have killed himself after losing his fortune in the crash of 1929. I stand corrected. That’s what I get for seeing the film when it opened, never having seen it again, and it not having left much of an impression on me. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/52 "2017-02-26T23:31:17Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > Well, **True Lies** is on my list of worst movies I’ve ever seen, so I tend not to remember his performance in it. You do realize that _True Lies_ is a spoof, right? ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/53 "2017-02-26T23:32:34Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > You’re thinking of Tom Paxton. Who is still with us. While I hate to jump on the nitpick bandwagon in a thread that is memorializing an actor we all respect and appreciate, I feel I must. The “build a fire and sing a few songs” quote was in _Aliens_ with Bill paxton, but it was Paul Reiser’s character Burke who says it after their rescue ship crashes before pickup. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/54 "2017-02-26T23:37:38Z")
Ah, Bill. We hardly knew ye. ☹ RIP. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/55 "2017-02-26T23:50:15Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > Well, **True Lies** is on my list of worst movies I’ve ever seen, so I tend not to remember his performance in it. While it might not be The Best Movie Ever, it is certainly a good movie. I’d love to hear your commentary on why you feel it is the one of the worst ever. Start a new thread if you have to. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/56 "2017-02-26T23:59:51Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You do realize that _True Lies_ is a spoof, right? Yes. I still think it stinks. Spoofs can be bad you know (see any of the Scary Movie films) ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/57 "2017-02-27T00:03:13Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > While it might not be The Best Movie Ever, it is certainly a good movie. I’d love to hear your commentary on why you feel it is the one of the worst ever. Start a new thread if you have to. I’m sorry I hijacked this thread, especially one remembering a late actor. I’d rather not start a thread, BTW. As much as I like these boards I realize that there are a handful of movies or TV shows that if you dare say anything negative about, you get trashed non ending. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/58 "2017-02-27T00:11:35Z")
Glad Gary S Paxton is still with us. He’s had several monster hits. 😃 I’m surprised that Bill’s heart surgery went bad. It’s a grim reminder that heart surgery is still a risky procedure. Bill had some great roles. He’ll be missed. RIP ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/59 "2017-02-27T00:33:36Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > Well, **True Lies** is on my list of worst movies I’ve ever seen, so I tend not to remember his performance in it. **FUN FACT:** It was a remake of _ **Who Was That Lady?** _ (1960), which starred Jamie Lee Curtis’s parents Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828/60 "2017-02-27T00:40:01Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > You’re supposed to confuse him with Bill Pullman. I chuckled. Sorry Bill - both of you! I know they were together in in a Roger Corman film long, long ago (_[Brain Dead](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099173/)_). Does anyone know if they shared screen time elsewhere? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-paxton-died/780828.md?page=4)