RIP Robert Vaughn

[Arthur]

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15579361

 

With his suave good looks and impeccable dress sense Robert Vaughn was an elegant presence in film and television for more than 50 years.

 

His best known role, and the one that made him an international name, was as Napoleon Solo in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

 

The somewhat implausible, but extremely popular CBS series originally ran between 1964 and 1968.

 

He starred in more than 150 films many of which have been completely forgotten both by audiences and as he once candidly admitted, by Vaughn himself.

 

 

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Edited November 11, 2016 by Arthur

[elsiegee40]

What?! Not another

[Arthur]

Unfortunately so.

[LeMarchand]

 

He'll always be Napoleon Solo to me.

[witch]

Me too. I remember watching it as a kid.

[sparkeh]

Oh no. What a day, what a year!

[LeMarchand]

One obit pointed out that this means all the (original) Magnificent Seven* are gone.

 

*As in the Western re-imagining of The Seven Samurai, to head off any pedants!