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veteran actor Charles Napier dies at 75
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wazzzy
Oct 5, 2011, 8:40:28 PM10/5/11
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Actor Charles Napier, a Kern County resident who appeared in hundreds
of movies and television shows, died Wednesday in a Bakersfield
hospital. He was 75.
Charles Napier, a movie and television actor who had a face you knew
even if you didn’t know his name, died Wednesday in Memorial Hospital,
Greenlawn Funeral Directors confirmed late Wednesday afternoon.
Napier, 75, had health problems in recent months and reportedly
collapsed in his home Monday and was admitted to the hospital. He died
about 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Napier was in some of the biggest movies in the last 30 years, usually
in a tough-guy role.
He played the Memphis police lieutenant crucified by Hannibal Lecter
in Silence of the Lambs. He was the judge that heard Tom Hanks' case
in Philadelphia. He was Sylvester Stallone’s nemesis Murdock in Rambo:
First Blood. He was a general in Austin Powers and a country singer in
The Blues Brothers.
He was a hippie on a faraway planet on the original Star Trek, and had
several parts in The Simpsons.
Actor Charles Napier, a Kern County resident who appeared in hundreds
of movies and television shows, died Wednesday in a Bakersfield
hospital. He was 75.
Charles Napier, a movie and television actor who had a face you knew
even if you didn’t know his name, died Wednesday in Memorial Hospital,
Greenlawn Funeral Directors confirmed late Wednesday afternoon.
Napier, 75, had health problems in recent months and reportedly
collapsed in his home Monday and was admitted to the hospital. He died
about 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Napier was in some of the biggest movies in the last 30 years, usually
in a tough-guy role.
He played the Memphis police lieutenant crucified by Hannibal Lecter
in Silence of the Lambs. He was the judge that heard Tom Hanks' case
in Philadelphia. He was Sylvester Stallone’s nemesis Murdock in Rambo:
First Blood. He was a general in Austin Powers and a country singer in
The Blues Brothers.
He was a hippie on a faraway planet on the original Star Trek, and had
several parts in The Simpsons.
Matthew Kruk
Oct 5, 2011, 8:53:13 PM10/5/11
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Michael OConnor
Oct 5, 2011, 9:43:50 PM10/5/11
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Very recognizable actor who played secondary and tertiary roles in
just about every TV show and scores of movies over the last four plus
decades. The first role of his I thought of was from Silence of the
Lambs where he was one of the guards who Lechter subdued when he made
his mistake, he was the one who was handcuffed to the bars and batoned
in the clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3nIw30hn4U
just about every TV show and scores of movies over the last four plus
decades. The first role of his I thought of was from Silence of the
Lambs where he was one of the guards who Lechter subdued when he made
his mistake, he was the one who was handcuffed to the bars and batoned
in the clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3nIw30hn4U
David Carson
Oct 5, 2011, 9:54:25 PM10/5/11
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>He was a hippie on a faraway planet on the original Star Trek, and had
>several parts in The Simpsons.
Most memorably as the warden of Springfield Penitentiary.
>several parts in The Simpsons.
David Carson
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tr...@iwvisp.com
Oct 5, 2011, 10:14:23 PM10/5/11
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On Oct 5, 5:40 pm, wazzzy <enter23...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/Actor-Kern-resident-Charles-Napi...
He was a great character actor and a really nice guy. No Hollywood
affectations.
Ray Arthur
> http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/Actor-Kern-resident-Charles-Napi...
affectations.
Ray Arthur
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J.D. Baldwin
Oct 6, 2011, 1:07:19 AM10/6/11
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In the previous article, wazzzy <enter...@gmail.com> wrote:
> He played the Memphis police lieutenant crucified by Hannibal Lecter
> in Silence of the Lambs. He was the judge that heard Tom Hanks' case
> Rambo: First Blood. He was a general in Austin Powers and a country
> singer in The Blues Brothers.
He was the leader of the "Good Old Boys," the band whose gig the Blues
> singer in The Blues Brothers.
Brothers steal, provoking a revenge attempt (along with Nazis, the
Illinois State Police, and Carrie Fisher). He was the voice of the
Ted Turner character in the unjustly short-lived animated series "The
Critic." He was a hairdresser (and playing it straight!) in "Married
to the Mob," the first hilarious joke in that very funny movie. And
lots of other memorable stuff. One of my favorites.
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The Kentucky Wizard
Oct 7, 2011, 1:31:02 AM10/7/11
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"wazzzy" <enter...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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He was a "Kentucky boy" from Scottsville. Been down there on a few
occasions, not too far south of where my dad was born and raised.
news:83ed6b73-b8a1-4613...@i9g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
occasions, not too far south of where my dad was born and raised.
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