[News] Sir Michael Gambon - RIP

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Will always take me back to The Singing Detective

 

[Guinness Boy]

Will always take me back to The Singing Detective

Absolutely! RIP.

 

[Boroseagull]

A wonderful actor who will be sorely missed. RIP

 

[Dr Q]

RIP. A top actor. Never seen a Harry Potter fil, so it'll always be The Singing Detective for me, as well as the posh gangster in Layer Cake.

 

[pearl]

The Singing Detective was brilliant.

He was great as Maigret too

Another one gone ... rest in peace

 

[Farehamseagull]

We see a lot of RIP threads on here for some quite niche and obscure entertainers and celebrities but this is genuinely a giant of the acting world. His stage, film and TV credits are remarkable. Such a talent. RIP.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

We see a lot of RIP threads on here for some quite niche and obscure entertainers and celebrities but this is genuinely a giant of the acting world. His stage, film and TV credits are remarkable. Such a talent. RIP.

Agreed, R.I.P.

 

[Gwylan]

I was lucky enough to see him on stage several times - he could do it all. He was a menacing Eddie in View from the Bridge, a wonderful dissolute Falstaff, a wheedling Volpone (with a brilliant Mosca from Simon Russell Beale) and the father with his multitude of clones, all played by Daniel Craig.

I shared the same table with him at Glyndebourne once - he had a look on his face that said "please leave me alone": so I did. But what an actor- at home on stage, on TV, on film - a real loss.

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Outstanding actor. Like many others have said The Singing Detective was brilliant but genuinely he always was in everything I saw him in. Never came across badly in interviews either - a gem. RIP

 

[Milano]

Brilliant actor. The BBC don’t even mention layer cake in his obituary, where he brought to life one of the best gangster characters I’ve ever seen in film. Useless research.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I was lucky enough to see him on stage several times - he could do it all. He was a menacing Eddie in View from the Bridge, a wonderful dissolute Falstaff, a wheedling Volpone (with a brilliant Mosca from Simon Russell Beale) and the father with his multitude of clones, all played by Daniel Craig.

I shared the same table with him at Glyndebourne once - he had a look on his face that said "please leave me alone": so I did. But what an actor- at home on stage, on TV, on film - a real loss.

I do hope you're not suggesting that the late actor had a career beyond The Singing Detective, Layer Cake and Harry f*cking Potter?

RIP Michael Gambon

 

[faoileán]

A very fine Irish actor...

 

[The Mole]

A wonderful actor. I was lucky enough to see him play King Lear at Stratford over 40 years ago.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Will always take me back to The Singing Detective

me too. Wonderful stuff from Dennis Potter.

 

[METALMICKY]

Brilliant actor. The BBC don’t even mention layer cake in his obituary, where he brought to life one of the best gangster characters I’ve ever seen in film. Useless research.

Indeed. Brilliant film.

 

[Live by the sea]

Great actor rip

 

[Durlston]

Layer Cake is one of the best gangster films of all time with Daniel Craig.

"How d'ya think these fackers earn a living, hmm?" "Mister Troop made a copy (of a recording)."

RIP Sir Michael Gambon.

 

[Weststander]

A brilliant actor, thank you Sir, RIP.

I loved his work before, then as Harry Potter fans, Dumbledore was an unexpected icing on his career cake.

 

[Boys 9d]

My greatest memory of him was for what was his first leading TV role "The Borderers".from the time when England and Scotland were different kingdoms.

 

[CP 0 3 BHA]

Like so many I remember him for The Singing Detective in my relatively formative years - what a performance that was, and who could forget Joanna Whalley as his nurse!

I was privileged to see him in David Hare’s Skylight at the National - incredible play, presence and performance.