# Patrick Stewart dead at 86 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [October 29, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245 "2026-10-29T19:49:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [October 30, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/81 "2026-10-30T01:52:14Z")
His funniest Family Guy line, imho: “Sorry about the mess in the upstairs bathroom, but my post sex pee stream forked in half and got all over.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/82 "2026-10-30T03:27:43Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > As I was watching the speeches I wondered aloud whether his character was better written than the others or just that Stewart’s acting was so good it only seemed that way. My husband’s take was that the writers understood Picard better than any other character, so it was probably better writing substantially elevated by Stewart’s acting I recall Stewart himself referring to (at least some of) the writing as “elevated,” at least for a TV show. But all you have to do is imagine some of the other actors we know making some of those same speeches, to see how much he brought to the role. His years of acting Shakespeare and other brilliant works on the stage certainly stood him in good stead in those speeches. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/83 "2026-10-30T04:00:34Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > As I was watching the speeches I wondered aloud whether his character was better written than the others or just that Stewart’s acting was so good it only seemed that way. My husband’s take was that the writers understood Picard better than any other character, so it was probably better writing substantially elevated by Stewart’s acting. He also discussed how he approached the series as he did Shakespeare, which is why he gave his now infamous talk to the cast telling them that they shouldn’t have too much fun. I am sure a lot of it was written, but as it often is the case, even with music, it is the performance that sells it. I really liked how he could be so relaxed and self-deprecating like he is here on the Graham Norton Show: [https://youtu.be/iWM8ErZsfiE?si=e8eQm6TGRhoGJ4e0](https://youtu.be/iWM8ErZsfiE?si=e8eQm6TGRhoGJ4e0) `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/84 "2026-10-30T04:04:19Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > We drive Hondas too. A man of good taste. but what would you drive in the Holodeck? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/85 "2026-10-30T05:04:16Z")
[There have been a lot of Shorts today on YouTube in memory of Patrick Stewart, but I think this is the best one.](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BU2J4DKrGCQ?feature=share) ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/86 "2026-10-30T05:57:12Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > he was also magnificent as Sejanus in _I, Claudius_ That is one of my favorite mini-series and where I first noticed Stewart. What a wonderful career and life he had. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/87 "2026-10-30T10:10:55Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Maybe I’m the only one, but I knew him best as the voice in Civilization IV, and what a voice it was. If I had that voice, I’d never shut up. That was Leonard Nimoy. Except for the new techs added in Beyond the Sword. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/88 "2026-10-30T10:33:28Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > Aside from his incredible body of work, I will always remember [this video of him](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BV1Ba1zuhc) (supposedly high) demonstrating the rare “quadruple take.” That’s great. The “quadruple take” is a very “Reeves and Mortimer” move. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/89 "2026-10-30T11:34:36Z")
He was the leader of a white power group in Green Room, and he was scary as hell. Not only was he smart, he was pretty violent as well. Good movie with a great performance by Stewart. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/90 "2026-10-30T12:30:41Z")
Well shit, you’re right. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/91 "2026-10-30T14:31:42Z")
I first saw him playing Claudius to Derek Jacobi’s Hamlet. When _Robot Chicken_ parodied Picard, he did the voice. > **[Robot Chicken - Star Trek: The Next Generation's Night Crew](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4ApQrbhQp8%2F)** > > In this clip from the June 29th episode of Robot Chicken, we find out who runs the bridge of the Enterprise after Picard (guest star Patrick Stewart) goes to... ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/92 "2026-10-30T14:36:50Z")
Trying again ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/93 "2026-10-30T14:38:09Z")
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck, You’ve fallen cold and dead. (Walt Whitman) ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/94 "2026-10-30T14:47:36Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Don’t forget his guest-star turn as the leader of the Stonecutters on _The Simpsons_. “Now let’s all get drunk and play ping-pong!” There’s something so inherently funny when a serious person, with a serious voice says ridiculous things. Stewart’s built-in gravitas made him devastating when he did comedy. I saw him on Broadway doing A Christmas Carol, which was wonderful. I ran into him on the street a few hours before the show too. He was wearing a very snappy Fedora. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/95 "2026-10-30T14:59:30Z")
Screen grab from [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/s/tLMtPcdVm1): [![](https://i.imgur.com/lWgORpV.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/lWgORpV.jpeg) Oh baby. 😍 ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/96 "2026-10-30T16:51:42Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > I first saw him playing Claudius to Derek Jacobi’s Hamlet. It’s fascinating to watch him play Claudius completely differently 28 years later when he played opposite David Tennant. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/97 "2026-10-30T16:56:48Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > **TROI:** Captain, I sense…hostility. > > **PICARD:** You cow! A _chair_ could sense hostility! TBF, we all thought exactly that at some point especially in the early part of the run. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/98 "2026-10-30T17:25:28Z")
She worked better as a therapist than an empath. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/99 "2026-10-30T17:45:36Z")
> And he never got to play Spider Jerusalem ☹ ☹ ☹ 😢 He’s too old and while Sir Stewart could play my grandmother to perfection, I’d pick a more naturally erratic obnoxious personality. We’re talking about a bald and tatted up Hunter S. Thompson, here. We still have Nicolas Cage. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245/100 "2026-10-30T17:55:56Z")
I remember the day they announced he was cast as Professor X. “Of course!” said everyone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-dead-at-86/1034245.md?page=6)