# Robert Forster has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668 "2019-10-12T03:48:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [October 12, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/1 "2019-10-12T03:48:48Z")
Robert Forster, who appeared in over 100 films, has died after a brief battle with brain cancer. He was 78. > **[Robert Forster Dies: Academy Award Nominated ‘Jackie Brown’ Star Who Appeared...](https://deadline.com/2019/10/robert-forster-obituary-el-camino-film-1202758555/amp/?__twitter_impression=true)** > > Robert Forster, an Academy Award nominee for his work as Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown, died at his Los Angeles home today following a brief battle with brain cancer. His dea… He was so great in \*Jackie Brown \*. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/2 "2019-10-12T03:59:46Z")
It would appear that my first exposure to Forster was his first role in [Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062185/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_186) (Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)) and that was a memorable role for him. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/3 "2019-10-12T05:04:37Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > He was so great in \*Jackie Brown \*. ☹ My all-time favorite single film performance by an actor, ever; it was a masterpiece. RIP Mr. Forster; you done amazing. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2019, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/4 "2019-10-12T06:16:36Z")
That’s sad news. I liked him in many roles. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/5 "2019-10-12T13:52:54Z")
I know him from _Jackie Brown_ and _Breaking Bad_. He was great in both. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/6 "2019-10-12T14:24:27Z")
He was great in _Jackie Brown_ and I also like him a lot as Gumshoe in _Once a Hero._ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/7 "2019-10-12T14:34:30Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > He was so great in \*Jackie Brown \*. ☹ Yep. He owned the heck out of that role. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/8 "2019-10-12T14:38:41Z")
He first impressed me in a made-for-TV flick called “The Death Squad”, which suffered for being aired just after a similarly themed Dirty Harry movie came out. > **[The Death Squad (TV Movie 1974) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069954/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_174)** > > The Death Squad: Directed by Harry Falk. With Robert Forster, Michelle Phillips, Claude Akins, Mark Goddard. When petty criminals start turning up murdered, a detective discovers they are being killed by a group of his fellow officers who think the... RIP. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/9 "2019-10-12T14:41:46Z")
First thing I saw him in was the short-lived ONCE A HERO, where — well, look, if you’ve seen him in _anything,_ you can already picture him as a ‘40s-style private eye, right? So he’s probably wearing a trenchcoat, and he probably sounds unimpressed as he explains what’s probably going on, and he probably has a gun at the ready since long experience tells him that’s probably the answer? Even as a stock character, he was perfect. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/10 "2019-10-12T15:20:19Z")
Oh, that guy. He’s in one episode of _Breaking Bad_ and the new _BB_ movie. Same role if IMDb is right. He helped Walt hide out, IIRC. Played the older dad in several recent shows. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/11 "2019-10-12T16:49:37Z")
I forget he was in _Medium Cool_, another great role. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/12 "2019-10-12T16:59:23Z")
I remember him from many things, but Heroes on NBC was the first thing that popped in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/13 "2019-10-12T17:54:56Z")
When he showed up in \*Breaking Bad \* as the mysterious figure who we’d heard about but had never seen I literally yelled at the TV “HOLY SHIT IT’S ROBERT FORSTER!” (“Yes, dear. Sit down.”) RIP ---
**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:** [October 12, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/14 "2019-10-12T21:24:02Z")
Now I want _ **Jackie Brown** _ for Christmas. ☹ RIP, Robert. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/15 "2019-10-13T00:24:35Z")
Apparently he was a super genius, who knew. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/16 "2019-10-13T07:24:54Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Oh, that guy. > > He’s in one episode of _Breaking Bad_ and the new _BB_ movie. Same role if IMDb is right. He helped Walt hide out, IIRC. Yes, but surely it was more than one episode? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/17 "2019-10-13T08:20:22Z")
RIP, Bob. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/18 "2019-10-18T04:44:21Z")
I’m watching _Jackie Brown_ on Netflix, and damn, Mr. Forster is holding his own (in his stolid way) against Samuel L. Jackson’s more flamboyant/hip performance. Cool stuff. I’m getting the impression that Robert Forster is the kind of actor we probably should’ve seen more of. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/19 "2019-10-18T05:23:40Z")
He was the ultimate “I’m not acting” actor. He always seemed completely natural and unforced. What a loss this is. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-forster-has-died/841668/20 "2019-10-18T15:56:23Z")
RIP. He made every movie he was in better. Even in small parts, like **Lucky Number Slevin**.