R.I.P Herbert Lom - the last of the Ladykillers has died.

[Balbi]

 

[editor]

He had a great face. Top actor.

 

[editor]

 

[QueenOfGoths]

A fine actor - he made a very good King in "The King and I" as well.

 

[Sirena]

I (just) remember him from 'The Human Jungle' a television series about a psychiatrist. I have no idea if it was a good series or not. I think a lot of it went over my young head...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Jungle

I just found a clip of the theme music. It's quite spooky hearing something from that far back in your memory....

 

[quimcunx]

Not so dark and brooding.

RIP.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

A fine actor - he made a very good King in "The King and I" as well.

Nobody can beat Yul though

Did have a great name though, Herbert Karel Angelo Kuchacevič ze Schluderpacheru

 

[youngian]

According to imdb he was on screen for 67 yrs.

A staple of sunday afternoon childhood. Like Alf Molina is was a great all purpose villian that could come from any country.

Some of my favourite Lom;
Gambit-as a sharp business pandering as an eccentric to foil Michael Caine's swinging sixties jewell heist.

Northwest Frontier- rip roaring pro-imperialist yarn in which he plays a train passenger so dodgy, he is not only mixed race and a journalist but a Socialist and Muslim.

The Ladykillers- Ever ready to cut old ladies' throats.

 

[weltweit]

He had a great face. Top actor.

Looks a bit like :

 

[elbows]

He was great. I think it was only last week I was telling my mum that he was still alive. RIP, a good innings!

 

[Maggot]

Loved him in the Pink Panther films.


RIP

 

[danny la rouge]

He was in so many films! He popped up everywhere, from Spartacus to Hammer Horrors. An all round character actor.

 

[elbows]

I (just) remember him from 'The Human Jungle' a television series about a psychiatrist. I have no idea if it was a good series or not. I think a lot of it went over my young head...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Jungle

Theres at least one whole episode on youtube if you want to find out. I've only watched ten minutes so far, seems to feature psychiatry that seems impossibly dated now.

 

[malatesta32]

'all purrpose villain' indeed. he was a cypriot thug (?) in the ladykillers, a 'muslim' in NW frontier, french in pink panther etc. like mark strong who has played a geordie, an 'arab' and a gay cockney to name but a few!

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

Its a bad lot when Herbert Lom and Andy Williams buy the farm in successive days

 

[shagnasty]

A great actor ,my favourite was Hell Drivers which was packed with stars inc Stanley Baker,sean connery,patrick macghoan.R.I.P Herbert

 

[gosub]

one of those I thought all was dead. RIP a good actor

 

[Nanker Phelge]

A great actor ,my favourite was Hell Drivers which was packed with stars inc Stanley Baker,sean connery,patrick macghoan.R.I.P Herbert

Great film.

 

[elbows]

Great film.

I shall have to watch it later then

 

[davesgcr]

North West Frontier - great film (one of my dad's favourites) - he was great as the Mr Van Leiden !

 

[shagnasty]

North West Frontier - great film (one of my dad's favourites) - he was great as the Mr Van Leiden !

I'll have to catch up on that a must have seen it but can't remember doing so,watching will be a tribute to him

 

[Gingerman]

A great actor ,my favourite was Hell Drivers which was packed with stars inc Stanley Baker,sean connery,patrick macghoan.R.I.P Herbert

Brilliant filum,pops up now and again on afternoon telly,well worth catching

 

[Balham]

A great actor ,my favourite was Hell Drivers which was packed with stars inc Stanley Baker,sean connery,patrick macghoan.R.I.P Herbert

Excellent film.
Even though initially I watched it by mistake as I thought it had Stanley Baxter in it (I was young at the time).

 

[danny la rouge]

I (just) remember him from 'The Human Jungle' a television series about a psychiatrist. I have no idea if it was a good series or not. I think a lot of it went over my young head...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Jungle

I just found a clip of the theme music. It's quite spooky hearing something from that far back in your memory....

I remember that. Obviously from re-runs, since I was born a year after that clip is dated.

 

[nino_savatte]

RIP Herbert Lom

 

[Shirl]

I remember him as a serious film actor from the early days and also the Human Jungle. He used to be in my film star books as well. I liked him a lot.

 

[Hollis]

Dreyfus was a brilliant character. RIP

 

[gosub]

Don't think any of them ever escaped the pink panther

 

[weltweit]

Since his death I have been watching a few pink panther clips on youtube.. it was so good.. I feel it is almost a crime that they remade it with Steve Martin. The original is so good.

 

[elbows]

Just got done watching Hell Drivers. McGoohans face at the end was quite a picture. Poor Gino, what a doomed sucker complete with classic death scene cliches.