# Rest in Peace, Gunny Foley. Louis Gossett jr has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [March 29, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563 "2024-03-29T14:15:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/1 "2024-03-29T14:15:52Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/tYMr4F5.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/tYMr4F5.jpg) . Yahoo! ➜ [Louis Gossett Jr., ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ star who broke barriers in Hollywood, dies](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/louis-gossett-jr-officer-gentleman-130839726.html) ---
**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:** [March 29, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/2 "2024-03-29T14:36:17Z")
Damn! Fine actor! Improved even sub-par films (The Deep) with just his presence. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/3 "2024-03-29T14:41:42Z")
Or those terrible Iron Eagle movies. [He was still working](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001283/) as recently as 2023, amazing. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/4 "2024-03-29T14:44:47Z")
I enjoyed a lot of movies with him in them. RIP, Mr. Gossett. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/5 "2024-03-29T14:48:53Z")
I really liked him in “Enemy Mine.” ---
**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:** [March 29, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/6 "2024-03-29T14:51:19Z")
^ Definitely! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/7 "2024-03-29T14:55:16Z")
Loved him in all of his roles. I still occasionally think, ‘I don’t see no horns.’ > [@What\_Exit](#): > > Or those terrible Iron Eagle movies. _Iron Eagle_? Yeah, a preposterous film… starting with the motorcycle vs. airplane race. But it was made before General Aviation’s death blow took full effect, and GA was still a thing. I do like seeing the aircraft the club members were flying. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/8 "2024-03-29T14:58:13Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Or those terrible Iron Eagle movies. > > [He was still working](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001283/) as recently as 2023, amazing… The first one was only mildly terrible. Then they went downhill. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/9 "2024-03-29T15:02:02Z")
Agreed, and downhill at jet speed. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/10 "2024-03-29T16:15:34Z")
Boy it sure did. I forgot that he played the role of Fiddler, in the Roots miniseries (1977). Not a great picture. [![](https://i.imgur.com/S8WQ122.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/S8WQ122.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/11 "2024-03-29T16:57:57Z")
He could take even a minor part and make you notice him. The first thing I remember him from is an episode of the old SF series “The Invaders”. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/12 "2024-03-29T16:59:12Z")
I remember him being in some bad movies. I don’t remember ever being bad in a movie. I too love Enemy Mine. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/13 "2024-03-29T17:08:27Z")
According to Wikipedia, he was almost a victim of the Manson family back in 1969. He had been invited to go to Sharon Tate’s house that evening but was delayed. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/14 "2024-03-29T18:52:05Z")
he and Chuck Norris made the awful movie **Firewalker** watchable ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/15 "2024-03-29T20:02:22Z")
Not only did he make a great Marine DI, I loved him as PI Marcus Aurelius Hayes on _ **The Rockford Files** _. [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.biYu8i9AW8P9UXzmd5gquQHaEK?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.biYu8i9AW8P9UXzmd5gquQHaEK?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain) _“Mr Hayes, we were wondering when you plan on returning our limousine.”_ _“Sir, I’d like to keep this limo for a few more days. You see, I’m thinking of buying a whole **fleet** of limousines.”_ _“Go right ahead, Mr Hayes. Keep it as long as you like!”_ RIP, Louis. You were hilarious in this role! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/16 "2024-03-30T03:06:17Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Improved even sub-par films (The Deep) with just his presence. He was fuckin’ great in that, right up till he got Eeled. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/17 "2024-03-30T04:06:07Z")
Guess what I first saw him in. Go on, guess. Go on. Go on. Give up? **The Powers Of Matthew Star**. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/18 "2024-03-30T05:18:38Z")
It’s [Diggstown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diggstown) that sticks in my head. Just entertaining all the way around. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/19 "2024-03-30T07:07:39Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Not only did he make a great Marine DI, I loved him as PI Marcus Aurelius Hayes on _ **The Rockford Files** _. You have to have some pretty good acting chops to be in a show with James Garner and Isaac Hayes and not get blown off the screen. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563/20 "2024-03-30T17:15:56Z")
Fiddler’s death scene in “Roots”. Oh my God… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563.md?page=2)