# Michael O'Hare (Cmdr Jeffrey Sinclair from B5) has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199 "2012-09-29T01:37:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/1 "2012-09-29T01:37:55Z")
[Link](http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=477779002256968&id=139652459402959). So far I havent’ seen any of the news services pick this up, though, but I don’t think JMS would post this without good corroboration. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/2 "2012-09-29T01:40:41Z")
He posted on Twitter, too. The timing is weird. B5 has been on my mind lately as I’ve been steadily re-watching it the last month of so and am in the middle of season three. O’Hare got a lot of criticism for playing Sinclair woodenly, but this time through I saw strong, understated leadership. I’m glad I have a much better appreciation for him now. > **[Michael O'Hare | Actor](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641365/)** > > Known for: Babylon 5, The Ambulance, C.H.U.D. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/3 "2012-09-29T01:48:19Z")
Wow. That’s really sad. So many B5 actors are gone now. (Jeff Conaway, Andreas Katsulas, Richard Biggs, Tim Choate, and now O’Hare.) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/4 "2012-09-29T02:14:24Z")
The One Who Was. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![KP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@KP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KP)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/5 "2012-09-29T02:27:49Z")
Forgive me for asking, but is JMS truly the source? The Facebook source linked is “_ **Fans of** _ J. Michael Straczynski”. I presume those who follow this page know if JMS controls it (and I’d accept their word), but it’s definitely not clear from the limited info available to me that he does. I’d investigate, but I don’t do Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/6 "2012-09-29T02:28:30Z")
> [@KP](#): > > Forgive me for asking, but is JMS truly the source? > > The Facebook source linked is “_ **Fans of** _ J. Michael Straczynski”. > > I presume those who follow this page know if JMS controls it (and I’d accept their word), but it’s definitely not clear from the limited info available to me that he does. > > I’d investigate, but I don’t do Facebook. Yes, it’s maintained by JMS and the posts come from him. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/7 "2012-09-29T02:33:07Z")
I had no idea he was in C.H.U.D. which is one of my favorite movies. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/8 "2012-09-29T02:38:51Z")
Oh, no. That makes me very sad. He struck me as a nice person. While I never spoke to him, I was sitting within touching distance of him at a con panel, many years ago. He came across as being very affable, and very patient with questions. Time to break out the B5 DVDs again, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![DeafAngelboy23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@DeafAngelboy23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeafAngelboy23)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/9 "2012-09-29T04:16:43Z")
Sheridan: “From the stars we came. To the stars we return, from now until the end of time. We therefore commit these bodies to the deep.” ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/10 "2012-09-29T16:30:26Z")
I like Boxleitner, but I always preferred O’Hare on B5. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/11 "2012-09-29T16:43:37Z")
I saw him at a Lunacon back around '95; we were on a panel together. I do recall most his presentation where he talked about (and showed) the difference between acting on stage\* and acting on TV/Movies and how you did entirely different things to achieve the same result. I also recall him seeing a toddler running around the hall and being amused by it all. Sad to hear he’s gone. \*He played the Jack Nicholson part in the original Broadway production of **A Few Good Men.** ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/12 "2012-09-29T16:59:46Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > \*He played the Jack Nicholson part in the original Broadway production of **A Few Good Men.** He was the second actor to play the role, actually. The first was Stephen Lang (the bad guy from _Avatar_). ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/13 "2012-09-29T17:08:25Z")
B5 is what brought me here, actually. As I said, I’ve been re-watching my DVD’s and went Googling to find out if anyone was still talking about it and what the actors were doing. One of the first results was a thread here from a few years ago. Liked the rest of the board and decided to stay. I love this scene, _I_ practically fall asleep: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_GOHqe0vokU/hqdefault.jpg "Babylon 5: Breakfast Prank") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GOHqe0vokU) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/14 "2012-09-29T22:09:26Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I saw him at a Lunacon back around '95; we were on a panel together. I do recall most his presentation where he talked about (and showed) the difference between acting on stage\* and acting on TV/Movies and how you did entirely different things to achieve the same result.\*\* Holy carp. That was the con I saw him at (though I didn’t attend that panel). ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/15 "2012-10-01T03:17:54Z")
☹ [http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2012/09/babylon-5-actor-michael-ohare-dead-60](http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2012/09/babylon-5-actor-michael-ohare-dead-60) > [@](#): > > Actor Michael O’Hare suffered a heart attack on September 23, and died on Friday, September 28. > > O’Hare was known for his portrayal of Commander Jeffrey Sinclair during season 1 of Babylon 5 according to Crave Online. He officially left the program after the first season. He returned to the show for three episodes after season 1 to conclude his character’s story. RIP, Commander Sinclair. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/16 "2012-10-01T03:23:46Z")
[Previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=667093) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/17 "2012-10-01T03:47:15Z")
Damn. I searched for “Babylon” and didn’t even see that. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/18 "2012-10-01T03:50:19Z")
Awww I loved him in B5. I met him at a convention in Dublin once and he was really nice and considerate. Sorry to hear of his passing. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/19 "2012-10-01T04:01:50Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Damn. I searched for “Babylon” and didn’t even see that. You missed it by O’Hare … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-ohare-cmdr-jeffrey-sinclair-from-b5-has-died/636199/20 "2012-10-01T08:02:00Z")
Sad to hear of his passing - he was my age, just a few months older than I. I loved him as Commander Sinclair on Babylon 5. A number of the cast seem to have passed away at early ages. ☹ RIP Michael O’Hare, you will be missed.