# Poor Rachel, your Dad has passed away. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-rachel-your-dad-has-passed-away/844509 "2019-12-07T14:35:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-rachel-your-dad-has-passed-away/844509/1 "2019-12-07T14:35:33Z")
[Ron Leibman, 82](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/ron-leibman-who-played-rachels-dad-on-friends-dies-at-82/ar-BBXSEQ4?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=mailsignout) Always liked him; had his name taken off the credits of, “Up the Academy.” Wonder why? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-rachel-your-dad-has-passed-away/844509/2 "2019-12-07T14:59:03Z")
My favorite role of his was Esteban from _Zorro the Gay Blade_. I remember trying to watch _Kaz_ as a kid and simply not being able to make heads or tails of it. RIP, Ron. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-rachel-your-dad-has-passed-away/844509/3 "2019-12-07T14:59:43Z")
Obligatory IMDb [link](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500038/). Not very active since _Friends_ except for voice work on _Archer_ (Ron Cadillac). Too bad about the _Friends_ thing. He was in quite a few top notch films: _Phar Lap_, _Norma Rae_, etc. _The Hot Rock_ is an under-appreciated film. But for me he’ll always be the perfect ball of hate Paul Lazzaro from _Slaughterhouse-Five_. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-rachel-your-dad-has-passed-away/844509/4 "2019-12-07T18:28:36Z")
Always a favorite of mine. I particularly liked him in Kaz, Norma Rae, and an early episode of Law & Order in which he played a corrupt mob lawyer. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-rachel-your-dad-has-passed-away/844509/5 "2019-12-09T17:30:58Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > My favorite role of his was Esteban from _Zorro the Gay Blade_. So few people have seen that. Criminally underrated film. _Guards! Arrest EVERYBODY!!!_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HlpEKVKV_FU/hqdefault.jpg "Zorro, The Gay Blade: "Here I am"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlpEKVKV_FU) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-rachel-your-dad-has-passed-away/844509/6 "2019-12-09T21:09:22Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > So few people have seen that. Criminally underrated film. Concur. _This sword, with which to fight injustice; this mask, which which to deceive tyranny; and this hat, which needs reblocking._ ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-rachel-your-dad-has-passed-away/844509/7 "2019-12-10T04:17:51Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > This sword, with which to fight injustice; this mask, which which to deceive tyranny; and this hat, which needs reblocking. Zorro: You recognize that famous sign? Peasant: Oh yes senor, it is the number two. Zorro: _It is not the number two!_ It is a Z! A Z for Zorro!