# RIP Rene Auberjonois **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [December 9, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571 "2019-12-09T00:02:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/1 "2019-12-09T00:02:51Z")
I know he has been in dozens of movies and shows but he will always be Odo to me. Amazing how he could express himself in a mask that was designed to lack expression. I am glad I had a chance to see him at the 50th anniversary convention in New York a few years ago. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/2 "2019-12-09T00:15:51Z")
I’ll remember him as Odo first, but he was also memorable as Clayton Endicott III on _Benson_. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/3 "2019-12-09T00:19:08Z")
He did a lot of Shakespeare in his younger days. His Edgar in _King Lear_ was the one I’ve always remembered, above other Edgars. I saw him in person in a Ralph’s grocery store in Pacific Palisades, years ago (the friend I was visiting pointed him out). I didn’t speak to him or notice what he was buying so it’s a pretty boring story–but it’s stuck with me over the years for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/4 "2019-12-09T00:21:26Z")
First Big Bird, then Odo…this has been one shitty day. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/5 "2019-12-09T01:02:35Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I’ll remember him as Odo first, but he was also memorable as Clayton Endicott III on _Benson_. I wasn’t a huge watcher of the series, but I’ve always liked the one where Benson’s mother passed away, because it shows off Robert Guillaume’s talents so well. But Clayton gave us some much needed comic relief in that episode in a scene where he mistook the undertaker for the tailor who was supposed to come to measure him for a suit. Clayton’s reaction when he found out who the man really was (after the two talking past each other for a minute or so) was just priceless. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/6 "2019-12-09T01:09:43Z")
Nooooooooooooooo! ☹ ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/7 "2019-12-09T01:15:28Z")
Loved him in _Benson_ and _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/8 "2019-12-09T01:30:38Z")
An Altman regular, he was the first Father Mulcahy and also appeared in the 6th Star Trek film as a different character before becoming Odo. RIP. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/9 "2019-12-09T01:37:12Z")
I first noticed him in a 1971 TV movie called “Escape of the Birdmen”. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/10 "2019-12-09T02:07:02Z")
I loved him as Odo and Father Mulcahey. Also, as the proud bearer of a French surname, I’m glad he never changed his floridly French name. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/11 "2019-12-09T02:32:51Z")
I loved him as Clayton in _Benson_, and was excited to see him in anything else like _Warehouse 13_. What a wonderful comedic character actor. > [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > First Big Bird, then Odo…this has been one shitty day. A tangentially related note, [Marina Sirtis’s husband](https://twitter.com/Marina_Sirtis/status/1203843676184530944) died too. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/12 "2019-12-09T02:36:30Z")
I loved him as Odo. This has been a bad year for fans of Deep Space Nine. Aron Eisenberg, who played Nog, passed away in September. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/13 "2019-12-09T02:47:10Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I loved him as Odo. This has been a bad year for fans of Deep Space Nine. Aron Eisenberg, who played Nog, passed away in September. Yes, and D. C. Fontana earlier this week. In addition to helping get the franchise off the ground, she wrote the DS9 episode “Dax”. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/14 "2019-12-09T04:04:52Z")
Odo has shape shifted into dust. His bucket must be close by. Rene was a very skilled actor to make that character work. His best performance has to be the torture scene with Garak. Odo can’t change shape and it’s tearing him apart. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/15 "2019-12-09T04:36:56Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Yes, and D. C. Fontana earlier this week. And Robert Walker. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/16 "2019-12-09T05:06:06Z")
Nog dead too… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/17 "2019-12-09T05:30:32Z")
Checking his Wikipedia article, I discovered that he’s a direct descendant of Joachim Murat, Marshall of France and King of Naples, and a several g-great-nephew of Napoleon. I did not know that. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/18 "2019-12-09T06:41:09Z")
Yes, a sad day for this die-hard \*\*DS9 \*\*fan. I’ll point out that he also had a memorable guest shot on \*Frasier \*as Frasier’s mentor, who turns out to not be quite what Frasier thought he was. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/19 "2019-12-09T06:56:42Z")
**MAJ MARGARET “HOT LIPS” HOULIHAN:** (_Complaining about CPT BF “Hawkeye” Pierce_) How did a man like that rise to a position of responsibility in the United States Army?!? **FR FRANCIS MULCAHY:** (_Looking up from his rosary_) He was drafted. RIP, Rene. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571/20 "2019-12-09T07:00:19Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I first noticed him in a 1971 TV movie called “Escape of the Birdmen”. RIP. This is where I also first remember him. The song from the movie, _Die Gedanken sind frei_, played in another version on a music tape in my high school typing class. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571.md?page=2)