Yep, Matt Robinson was my Gordon!
Rest in Peace Mr. Jeter. I adored you as Delacroix in “The Green Mile”. You brought that character to the screen exactly as I imagined him from the book.
Funny – I was just watching the end of Taken the other week (in which he appeared) and thinking we don’t see enough of Michael Jeter. I had no idea he was on Sesame Street, nor that he had died.
And Matt Robinson was the Gordon I remember from my youth too.
This is very strange, I was just thinking of Michael Jeter last night, and for some reason was under the impression that he had already died earlier this year.
I never saw him on stage, but he was wonderful on TV and film. His scene near the end of The Fisher King, where Jeff Bridges ignores him as security is dragging him away was one of the most heartbreaking scenes I can think of. This is truly sad news.
Well, actually, he wasn’t Mr. Noodle. If I recall correctly, he was Mr. Noodle’s brother, Mr. Noodle.
Sad news.
Michael Jeter was in TAKEN? I obviously was not watching that closely.
Liked him in EVENING SHADE, LOVED HIM IN FISHER KING!!!
“I’ll just lie here in a pile of horse sh*t…How Gandhiesque of you.”
Bumping this back up to the front in honor of him!
I didn’t see this until just now.
Great, great talent. He will be missed.
Loved him as Delacroix. Heck, I even enjoyed his work in Tango & Cash
He played the talk radio show host; he only appeared on screen towards the end of the last episode, although we heard his voice before that.
The man had a serious talent for taking the absurd and making it believable. Now that’s hard to do. Yet, he did it over and over, taking us just beyond the edge.
His (probably cultivated for effect) looks always made me happy. I don’t know why.
Though I know there are many killers out there (cancer, drunk driving, etc…), it makes me sad when AIDS takes someone who should’ve been in the prime of their life. The other killers make me sad, too. (BTW, I still miss Freddy Mercury.)
Take it easy, Mr. Noodle. I’m rerenting Fisher King tonight, gonna watch it with my friends…
I was sad to learn of his passing. I have enjoyed his work and was happy when he started playing “Mr. Noodle’s Brother, Mr. Noodle” (which is how they handled the actor switch for the tykes. Mr. Noodle had previously been played by Bill Irwin)
Fisher King came to mind first, then Green Mile, and even Evening Shade. I’ve seen Hair but not recently enough to remember much about it. I’ll have to watch it again.