# John Hurt RIP

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-hurt-rip/778357>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 28, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-hurt-rip/778357 "2017-01-28T01:26:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-hurt-rip/778357/41 "2017-01-29T01:38:13Z")

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Loved hi in _A Man for All Seasons_, the earliest work of his I’ve seen.

In _1984_ he contrived to look eerily like George Orwell (Eric Blair).

He was also Aragorn, long before Viggo Mortensen, in Ralph Bakshi’s animated _Lord of the Rings_.

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-hurt-rip/778357/42 "2017-01-29T03:39:30Z")

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I’m probably the only person who appreciated his work in the Harry Potter movies but I thought he really put a lot of effort into what was a small part.

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**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-hurt-rip/778357/43 "2017-01-29T08:09:55Z")

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Well, I’ll be the one to mention his turn as Christopher Marlow in Only Lovers Left Alive.

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**Author:** ![bbonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@bbonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbonden)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-hurt-rip/778357/44 "2017-01-30T20:06:25Z")

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No love for _Rob Roy_?

Love the scenes with Argyll and Montrose.

“Great men, such as yourself, draw rumors as shite draws flies.”

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