Robert Forster - cool & charismatic actor - dies aged 78

[Scepticalscribe]

I just read today of the death of Robert Forster at the age of 78, a man who was an impressively understated yet accomplished actor.

While he enjoyed early success, his career stalled for the best part of two decades until Quentin Tarantino cast him in an unforgettable role as bail bondsman Max Cherry in the movie Jackie Brown (which is my own personal favourite movie from the Tarantino stable), which resurrected his career.

I have rarely seen the bitter-sweet yet warmth of middle-aged attraction - and romance (the pairing of Robert Forster, as Max Cherry, with Pam Grier, playing the eponymous Jackie Brown) depicted with such exquisite yet classy elegance on screen.

Forster had played many other roles, - and his career was revived by the success of Jackie Brown for which he received an Oscar nomination - but for this beautiful, bitter-sweet yet lovely role, he will be remembered.

 

[stephenschimpf]

I just saw him as Ed the vacuum cleaner guy from Breaking Bad in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, and also really liked him as Sheriff Frank Truman in Twin Peaks.

 

[yaxomoxay]

Very sad, he played a very important, beautiful role in my favorite show (Twin Peaks, in S3).
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Sheriff Frank Truman in Twin Peaks.

Yep. Mandatory quote: "May the road rise up to meet your wheels."

 

[Jar Jar Abrams]

Really sad, love this actor, have watched him and loved him as a little kid since the black hole and later through everything else he’s done including El Camino A Breaking Bad Story.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Really sad, love this actor, have watched him and loved him as a little kid since the black hole and later through everything else he’s done including El Camino A Breaking Bad Story.

His death prompted me to order the DVD of Jackie Brown (my favourite Tarantino movie); a wonderful actor, who was exceptionally able to portray a sensitive and thoughtful masculinity informed and shot through with a core of solid integrity.