RIP Ron Silver

outofplace · Mar 15, 2009

micropolitan guy said:

My bad. He was on Rhoda. Got my CBS single moms mixed up.
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Funny. I was wondering if that was what you meant when I saw the credit for being on Rhoda.

Jesus_Muscatel · Mar 15, 2009

Smallpotatoes said:

I remember Ron Silver mostly for playing the nutball bad guy in Blue Steel with Jamie Lee Curtis.
Darned good actor.
RIP.
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Yeah he was made for roles like that. RIP Mr. Silver.

HejiraHenry · Mar 15, 2009

May all of you see the light, as he did, before passing on.

D-Backs Hack · Mar 15, 2009

HejiraHenry said:

May all of you see the light, as he did, before passing on.
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Yes, indeed.

Silver's last public appearance came on "Larry King Live" in late October just before last year's presidential election.

The actor seemed to be swinging slightly back to the left, and took a moderate, down-the-line stance on then-Sen. Barack Obama's race with GOP rival John McCain.

Silver acknowledged the GOP's failings under President Bush and seemed resigned to an oncoming landslide.

"The Republican Party, if they are out of power for a while, needs to regroup and rethink who they are as a party," he said. "This deregulation, this whole Reagan Revolution did not seem to work in this crisis."
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Guy_Incognito · Mar 15, 2009

micropolitan guy said:

Wasn't he originally one of Ann Romano's boyfriends on ODAAT?
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Howard HEssman was first, but later was a guy who reminded me of Ron Silver.

Smallpotatoes · Mar 16, 2009

Guy_Incognito said:

micropolitan guy said:

Wasn't he originally one of Ann Romano's boyfriends on ODAAT?
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Howard HEssman was first, but later was a guy who reminded me of Ron Silver.
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Whatever happened to Howard Hessman?

dooley_womack1 · Mar 16, 2009

Killick said:

Wow. Didn't see that one coming. Funny, before West Wing, he was known (to me, at least) mostly for playing psychos and bad guys. RIP. Loved his turn as the uber-strategist on TWW. That's two gone from the cast already (three, if you count the gun nut from the Police Academy movies, who played a military advisor for a few eps).
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Tackleberry was on West Wing?

DemoChristian · Mar 16, 2009

Yes, Killick has it exactly right.

GBNF · Mar 16, 2009

Man. This is sad. I am not often starstruck, but I love Time Cop and The Arrival - two shit, shit movies - and I saw him at the All-Star game in Vegas and flipped. Had to get his attention and let him know how much I loved him.

Man, shit.

Starman · Mar 16, 2009

Guy_Incognito said:

micropolitan guy said:

Wasn't he originally one of Ann Romano's boyfriends on ODAAT?
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Howard HEssman was first, but later was a guy who reminded me of Ron Silver.
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You might be thinking of David Mazur. I wasn't paying much attention to Ann Romano's boyfriends, anyway.

Mizzougrad96 · Mar 16, 2009

DanOregon said:

Loved him in Semi-Tough as the kicker, as Dershowitz in Reversal of Fortune.
The guy was the Vinnie "Microwave" Johnson of any show he was on - instantly kicked it up a notch.
The definitive Gianelli quote: "Because I'm tired of working for candidates who make me think that I should be embarrassed to believe what I believe, Sam! I'm tired of getting them elected! We all need some therapy, because somebody came along and said, "'Liberal' means soft on crime, soft on drugs, soft on Communism, soft on defense, and we're gonna tax you back to the Stone Age because people shouldn't have to go to work if they don't want to!" And instead of saying, "Well, excuse me, you right-wing, reactionary, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-education, anti-choice, pro-gun, Leave It To Beaver trip back to the Fifties...!", we cowered in the corner, and said, "Please. Don't. Hurt. Me." No more. I really don't care who's right, who's wrong. We're both right. We're both wrong. Let's have two parties, huh? What do you say?
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Reeversal of Fortune was an amazing flick.

Simon_Cowbell · Mar 16, 2009

Mizzougrad96 said:

DanOregon said:

Loved him in Semi-Tough as the kicker, as Dershowitz in Reversal of Fortune.
The guy was the Vinnie "Microwave" Johnson of any show he was on - instantly kicked it up a notch.
The definitive Gianelli quote: "Because I'm tired of working for candidates who make me think that I should be embarrassed to believe what I believe, Sam! I'm tired of getting them elected! We all need some therapy, because somebody came along and said, "'Liberal' means soft on crime, soft on drugs, soft on Communism, soft on defense, and we're gonna tax you back to the Stone Age because people shouldn't have to go to work if they don't want to!" And instead of saying, "Well, excuse me, you right-wing, reactionary, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-education, anti-choice, pro-gun, Leave It To Beaver trip back to the Fifties...!", we cowered in the corner, and said, "Please. Don't. Hurt. Me." No more. I really don't care who's right, who's wrong. We're both right. We're both wrong. Let's have two parties, huh? What do you say?
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Reeversal of Fortune was an amazing flick.
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"Well, that's a start"

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