# Dead actors you still miss. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852 "2003-09-16T00:39:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/21 "2003-09-16T12:55:47Z")
Carey Grant, Jimmy Stewart, and of course, Marilyn Monroe. ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/22 "2003-09-16T13:50:23Z")
Phil Hartman is my number one missed celebrity. But if I catch an A&E Biography on John Belushi, Gilda Radner, or River Phoenix I get sad all over again. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/23 "2003-09-16T13:59:13Z")
While I was watching _High Anxiety_ the other day, it struck me just how much I miss Madeline Kahn. What a subtly funny gal. ---
**Author:** ![corndog\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@corndog\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corndog_man)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/24 "2003-09-16T14:31:44Z")
Chris Farley ---
**Author:** ![Sad\_Waters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Sad\_Waters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sad_Waters)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/25 "2003-09-16T14:33:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by corndog man \* > \*\*Chris Farley \*\* I second that. ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/26 "2003-09-16T15:34:37Z")
I third **Chris Farley**. He died on my birthday too. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/27 "2003-09-16T15:49:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dijon Warlock \* > \*\*Jeremy Brett. He WAS Sherlock Holmes. \*\* Right on Dijon! For me there will never be another Holmes. If he’d only have lived long enough to complete the canon… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/28 "2003-09-16T15:53:07Z")
Richard Farnsworth Grace Kelly River Phoenix ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/29 "2003-09-16T15:54:38Z")
Oh yeah… Steve McQueen as well. The guy was cool. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/30 "2003-09-16T16:06:03Z")
I’ll fourth Chris Farley. Also add me to the list of people who miss John Candy and Phil Hartman. Some of comedy’s funniest men left this earth too soon. Mr. Rogers will also be missed for a long time to come. He helped to shape my young mind and the minds of many other people and contributed much to their growing up. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/31 "2003-09-16T16:47:18Z")
Jim Henson. ---
**Author:** ![musicguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@musicguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicguy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/32 "2003-09-16T17:08:33Z")
Marty Feldman Peter Sellers River Phoenix John Belushi John Candy And more than I realized, John Ritter ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/33 "2003-09-16T17:22:56Z")
Warren Oates, who died way too young at the age of 54. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/34 "2003-09-17T05:37:31Z")
**John Lennon** **Chris Farley** is just such a shame to have a guy so brilliant waste his life like that. **Yul Brenner** Handsome man, talented actor. **Steve McQueen** the epitome of a cool man’s, cool man. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/35 "2003-09-17T09:49:02Z")
You could nominate scores of actors who died young, or died a little older but were not employed in the industry because there attributes were no longer required. John Gilbert and Greta Garbo spring to mind- and of course Jean Harlow. But a lot of their styles were outdated anyway- who would really want to see a Three Stooges movie today? For me- Peter Lorre- when he was at his best. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/36 "2003-09-17T10:27:55Z")
Hardly original but:- Cary Grant Jimmy Stewart Katherine Hepburn - an absolute legend, much missed. Clarke Gable (sigh!) And a British actor who’ll mean nothing to most of you, but holds a special place in the hearts of most Brits - John Thaw. ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/37 "2003-09-17T11:57:55Z")
Phil Hartman, undoubtedly. River Phoenix Charlotte Coleman ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/38 "2003-09-17T13:24:12Z")
Strangely, I miss Lorne Greene. He is why I became so interested in animals when he had Lorne Greene’s New Wilderness. I miss John Ritter VERY much. He was my favoite actor and Three’s Company my all-time favorite show. I’m not afraid to say I cried when I found out and BAWLED while watching the Tribute Show last night. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/39 "2003-09-17T13:38:08Z")
Gilda Radner was hysterical. I loved Rosanna Rosanna Dana. I also really enjoyed when she played “Lisa” She and Gene Wilder made a great couple. Madeline Kahn. Whatever movie she played in, she lit up the screen. I especially enjoyed her bits with Harvey Korman. They would make eachother laugh when they wern’t supposed to. Trying to contain their laughter was hysterical. John Candy wasn’t a great actor but was fun to watch. John Belushi was a great physical comedy actor. I don’t think he was destined to go on to higher fame though. I think he reached his pinnacle. I think he would have just phased out. His brother Jim is working hard at being an actor. I’m not sure I find his characters believable. He is certainly no John. ---
**Author:** ![Deuteros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@Deuteros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deuteros)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852/40 "2003-09-17T14:27:22Z")
JT Walsh was just a brilliant brilliant actor. Instantly bringing credibility to a filmdue to his stature. Just look at some of the films he’s been in. Breakdown Sling Blade Nixon The Last Seduction The Client Red Rock West A Few Good Men The Grifters Tequila Sunrise Good Morning Vietnam Plus loads more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-actors-you-still-miss/201852.md?page=3)