# RIP Rutger Hauer at 75 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [July 24, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554 "2019-07-24T17:18:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/21 "2019-07-24T19:39:01Z")
I, too, enjoyed “Flesh and Blood”, which might as well have been entitled “Sex and Violence”. Unlike a lot of “period” movies, you can watch it and not know when it was filmed. The only downside is the inability of the late Bruno Kirby to suppress his NY accent. “Ya morons. Ya let the plague in here.” RIP, Mr. Hauer. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/22 "2019-07-24T19:54:19Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > As much as I like Rutger Hauer, my appreciation for **Flesh+Blood** is directionally proportional to the copious amounts of full frontal nudity exhibited by Jennifer Jason Leigh. Miss Goldenbush, mmmmmmmmmmmmm! :o Great movie, too! 🆒 As was _ **Wanted, Dead or Alive** _, in which his character was a direct descendant of Steve McQueen’s in the TV series of the same name. RIP, Rutger! ---
**Author:** ![Royal\_Nonesutch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Royal\_Nonesutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Nonesutch)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/23 "2019-07-24T20:00:22Z")
Until right now, I had no idea that Rutger Hauer was in “Blade Runner”. (actually, all I know about Blade Runner is that it has a cult following among some Science Fiction fans) ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/24 "2019-07-24T20:02:31Z")
He was always worth watching, even if the the movies were sometimes not. One of my favorites that hasn’t been mentioned is **Escape From Sobibor** , about the largest insurrection in any of the Nazi extermination camps. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/25 "2019-07-24T20:09:48Z")
He was in a lot of films, but I’ll remember him best from Ladyhawke. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/26 "2019-07-24T20:11:10Z")
The original big bad from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/27 "2019-07-24T20:12:01Z")
RIP, he was a great actor and always fun to watch. Worth noting that he died in the same year as Roy Batty. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/28 "2019-07-24T20:16:29Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > . . . he was top-billed in _Soldier of Orange_, a story of the WWII Dutch resistance that sustains interest despite its length and unpleasant scenes. A fantastic but sadly now seldom seen movie. Along with Blade Runner, my favourite Rutger Hauer flick. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/29 "2019-07-24T20:32:37Z")
_Blind Fury_ is among the handful of Western movies inspired by Asian movies (_Zatoichi_) that I don’t hate. Rest well Rutger, you brought joy to so many. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/30 "2019-07-24T20:36:08Z")
So many good/weird/interesting lesser films. I’ve always considered _Omega Doom_ a prequel to _The Matrix_. _Split Second_ is really fun. Sort of a futuristic buddy cop film but with Rutger the knob is turned up to 11. And who can forget _Hobo with a Shotgun_? (And if you can forget it, tell me how to do that.) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/31 "2019-07-24T20:41:37Z")
Tonight I’m watching a double feature in his memory: _Ladyhawke_ and _Hobo With A Shotgun_. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/32 "2019-07-24T22:29:58Z")
Loved him as the melancholy knight in _Ladyhawke_. Particularly enjoyed his conversations with Matthew Broderick. RIP, Rutger. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/33 "2019-07-24T23:25:51Z")
Man, I just looked him up the other day to see if he was still active. I sure enjoyed a lot of his movies. He was a favorite of mine, for sure. RIP Rutger. :Very sad face: ---
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/34 "2019-07-24T23:29:44Z")
Seventy-five is a pretty good run for a Nexus-6. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/35 "2019-07-24T23:49:06Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > RIP, he was a great actor and always fun to watch. > > Worth noting that he died in the same year as Roy Batty. Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/36 "2019-07-24T23:50:08Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Seventy-five is a pretty good run for a Nexus-6. 😃 ---
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/37 "2019-07-24T23:57:39Z")
> [@TPWombat](#): > > Seriously? Yes, _Blade Runner_ was set in 2019. That used to sound like the future! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/38 "2019-07-25T01:18:35Z")
He’d’a been a great Batman, I’ll always maintain. ---
**Author:** ![pmwgreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@pmwgreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmwgreen)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/39 "2019-07-25T01:23:40Z")
I’m sorry he’s dead. I’m happy that this thread has a lot of his performances mentioned besides “attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion” (what does that even mean?) I’m embarrassed my favorite Rutger Hauer movie is Split Second (available free on Amazon Prime). ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/40 "2019-07-25T01:58:20Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > RIP, he was a great actor and always fun to watch. > > Worth noting that he died in the same year as Roy Batty. That alone made it OK. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554.md?page=3)