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Agreed, he was great. If you get a chance to see him in a film called "The Sweet Hereafter", don't miss it. For someone who doesn't appear to be doing much, he's totally compelling.
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Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 13:49 - Jun 19 with 4884 views
Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 13:33 - Jun 19 by MrSheen
Agreed, he was great. If you get a chance to see him in a film called "The Sweet Hereafter", don't miss it. For someone who doesn't appear to be doing much, he's totally compelling.
I always remember his performance in Alien, compelling while it lasted
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Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 14:53 - Jun 19 with 4808 views
A truly great actor. My favourite memory of him was playing King Lear at the NT, along with Anne Marie Duff, Timothy West, Amanda Redman and a stellar cast. Memorable especially for me, it was the day after Diana's funeral and I was sitting near Whoopi Goldberg and Patrick Stewart in the audience. RIP Ian
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Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 14:56 - Jun 19 with 4804 views
Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 15:05 - Jun 19 by DavieQPR
He appeared in the film 'The fifth Element' with Bruce Willis. Anyone know the future QPR player who featured in this film?
I believe it was a very young Fitz Hall who appeared briefly in the opening scene of Fifth Element, as a young boy looking into the sky as an alien spacecraft lands in Egypt.
Ian Holm was a fantastic actor, found him really menacing in From Hell. RIP.
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Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 19:21 - Jun 19 with 4601 views
Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 18:55 - Jun 19 by finnranger
I believe it was a very young Fitz Hall who appeared briefly in the opening scene of Fifth Element, as a young boy looking into the sky as an alien spacecraft lands in Egypt.
Ian Holm was a fantastic actor, found him really menacing in From Hell. RIP.
It was indeed One Size. Still the best nickname ever.
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Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 20:19 - Jun 19 with 4569 views
For me he will always be Bernard Samson from the TV production of Len Deighton's magnificent Game, Set and Match trilogy. It was not his best work, nor a great adaptation of outstanding books, but I loved it. Thanks to the lockdown, I had watched the whole series again a few weeks ago on YouTube and am currently re-reading the books for the umpteenth time. Godspeed.
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Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 22:27 - Jun 19 with 4489 views
Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 20:54 - Jun 19 by Roller
For me he will always be Bernard Samson from the TV production of Len Deighton's magnificent Game, Set and Match trilogy. It was not his best work, nor a great adaptation of outstanding books, but I loved it. Thanks to the lockdown, I had watched the whole series again a few weeks ago on YouTube and am currently re-reading the books for the umpteenth time. Godspeed.
Glad you mention that, I thought he was terrific in it - actually came over as more scary than I thought Deighton had written him, more intense somehow. (Or more that you could see the scariness that Deighton had given the character but which, Samson, as narrator of the books, didn't stress to the reader.)
Will have to search it out on youtube, didn't know it was there - I don't believe it's ever been repeated on terrestrial TV and I read an interview with Deighton where he said he'd blocked it as he had serious problems with it, I can't remember what.
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Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 22:29 - Jun 19 with 4485 views
Incidentally I first noticed him as Frodo in the BBC radio Lord Of The Rings (John Le Mesurier was Bilbo; Sir Michael Hordern terrific as Gandalf) - years later I listened to it again and was amazed to notice that Samwise Gamgee was played by a certain William Nighy
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Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 22:57 - Jun 19 with 4447 views
Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 15:09 - Jun 19 by BrianMcCarthy
Made anything he appeared in better. Loved him in things as diverse as Night Falls on Manhattan and Time Bandits.
RIP.
I had forgotten about Time Bandits, the best Napoleon ever
looked for the clip where he is talking about all the great short men in history that he was taller than but it doesnt seem to be on youtube at least i couldnt find in in English.
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Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 05:49 - Jun 20 with 4380 views
Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 22:27 - Jun 19 by CiderwithRsie
Glad you mention that, I thought he was terrific in it - actually came over as more scary than I thought Deighton had written him, more intense somehow. (Or more that you could see the scariness that Deighton had given the character but which, Samson, as narrator of the books, didn't stress to the reader.)
Will have to search it out on youtube, didn't know it was there - I don't believe it's ever been repeated on terrestrial TV and I read an interview with Deighton where he said he'd blocked it as he had serious problems with it, I can't remember what.
Like you I was a huge fan of Game Set and Match back in the eighties, both the books and the TV series, which I thought was an excellent adaption. The news of Sir Ian Holm’s death made me think of it again and why it had never been repeated on TV. Looking at some stuff I found yesterday evening it was apparently because Len Deighton hated the casting of Ian Holm himself, who I thought was remarkable in the role but Deighton just felt that his lack of height and physicality made him unsuitable for the role of Bernie Samson, who could be physically intimidating and resort to the rough stuff when the occasion demanded.
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Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 12:30 - Jun 20 with 4288 views
Sir Ian Holm has passed away on 22:33 - Jun 19 by CiderwithRsie
Incidentally I first noticed him as Frodo in the BBC radio Lord Of The Rings (John Le Mesurier was Bilbo; Sir Michael Hordern terrific as Gandalf) - years later I listened to it again and was amazed to notice that Samwise Gamgee was played by a certain William Nighy
I loved that too as a kid, listened from start to finish. Was Michael Hordern lampooning himself in the Hitch-hikers Guide, or did that come first?
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