# Powers Boothe RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2017, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635 "2017-05-15T05:54:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635/21 "2017-05-15T16:56:17Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Sadly apt, I’ve finally just watched “Deadwood”. The man played a slimy cocksucker psychopath effortlessly and I’d just got to the point where I’m thinking “is he never going to die from that gut-stabbing?” Sadly…now he has, but a fine character actor. His daughter was also great in Deadwood. Loved Frailty as well. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635/22 "2017-05-15T20:49:51Z")
Along with his work, I’ll never forget back when there was a strike in Hollywood in 1980 and for the Emmy Awards that year none of the Actors nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series crossed the picket lines, except one. Boothe beat Jason Robards, Henry Fonda & Tony Curtis for his portrayal of Jim Jones. When he accepted his award he said: “I might be committing professional suicide by showing up,” in his acceptance speech. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635/23 "2017-05-15T21:13:44Z")
> [@oft\_wears\_hats](#): > > He was the Vice President in one of the seasons of 24 (Season 4?), where he played an ostensible antagonist (because Powers Boothe). But it turned out that his shadiness was due to having a mistress or something, and he was actually a good guy. It was season six. I only made it halfway through that season, because the show got so goddamn stupid, so I’m not aware of any redeeming qualities that might have happened to Boothe’s character later in the show; however, considering he was directly involved in a plot to assassinate the President that seems like a very high bar to cross. Indeed, when the [above spoiler] took place, I actually shouted at the screen: **“That’s what you get for appointing POWERS FUCKING BOOTHE as your Vice President!!!”** ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635/24 "2017-05-15T21:20:39Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > Along with his work, I’ll never forget back when there was a strike in Hollywood in 1980 and for the Emmy Awards that year none of the Actors nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series crossed the picket lines, except one. > > Boothe beat Jason Robards, Henry Fonda & Tony Curtis for his portrayal of Jim Jones. When he accepted his award he said: “I might be committing professional suicide by showing up,” in his acceptance speech. I wondered how many folks remembered his showing up like that. Guess his career didn’t suffer after all!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635/25 "2017-05-15T23:49:17Z")
Nobody has mentioned his work in the _Sin City_ movies yet? Amazing stuff. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635/26 "2017-05-16T00:49:45Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > It was season six. I only made it halfway through that season, because the show got so goddamn stupid, so I’m not aware of any redeeming qualities that might have happened to Boothe’s character later in the show; however, considering he was directly involved in a plot to assassinate the President that seems like a very high bar to cross. Indeed, when the [above spoiler] took place, I actually shouted at the screen: **“That’s what you get for appointing POWERS FUCKING BOOTHE as your Vice President!!!”** It’s been a while since I watched that season (and yeah, it was pretty stupid). I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635/27 "2017-05-16T01:29:22Z")
RIP Powers. You will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635/28 "2017-05-16T13:17:40Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > In _Red Dawn_ he was a US pilot shot down by the Russians who acted as a mentor to the adolescents fighting the occupation. It was five to one. He got _four_. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635/29 "2017-05-16T17:14:20Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Not me. I want to see it coming. > > I wonder what “natural causes” means. A heart attack? Organic, locally-sourced, free-trade bullet. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635/30 "2017-05-16T21:53:23Z")
Hell, being eaten by a bear is natural cause. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635/31 "2017-05-17T01:22:34Z")
Loved him since Southern Comfort. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635/32 "2017-05-19T03:01:51Z")
I remember him from ‘Extreme Prejudice’, among many other roles. He was great as the crazy, over-the-top villain facing off against Nick Nolte as a Texas Ranger. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635/33 "2017-05-20T03:36:13Z")
I find it a little disturbing that I woke up from a dream that somehow included him two days before he died. I have no idea what the dream was about, I just remember waking up and thinking “Powers Boothe, that’s a real actor’s name, right?” in connection to whatever I’d just been dreaming. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635/34 "2017-07-20T17:39:17Z")
Hard time for the Boothe family. Two months later, his brother, [Tommy Boothe](https://www.afterlife.co/us/obituary-carthage-tommy-boothe-4588140), has died. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635/35 "2017-07-20T17:52:17Z")
A talented character actor; just the guy the studios would go to when they needed a tall, rangy guy with a serious expression and a deep voice. Rest in peace, Mr. Boothe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powers-boothe-rip/786635.md?page=1)