Actor Bill Paxton, Dead at 61

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Frailty (creepy supreme)
Indian Summer (heart of the film)
Slipstream(Sci-Fi with Mark Hamill)

 

This makes me really sad. A terrific actor. Even in crap films, he made it something more elevating the material and the great stuff would be less without him. All the signs of a great actor but, more importantly, he reportedly treated his co-stars well a rarity in this ego driven business.

 

Damn. I've enjoyed his acting for as long as I can remember. He was unique. And he was memorable. I can say he made a very clear and important impression on me.

 

A lot of people are going to be upset that he's not going to be in this year's In Memoriam montage, but the cut-off date was December 31, 2016.

 

I'm really sorry to hear this, Bill has been a favourite of mine ever since I saw him on the big screen in Aliens. RIP.

 

hopefully they do the right thing and give him a moment of remembrance

 

Soooooooo, he directed the "Fish Heads" video, right?

 

Don't forget he played the used car salesman in True Lies.

 

Sad. I really enjoyed his work. 'Frailty' is an amazing movie.

 

I'm sure one or more of his peers will mention him.

 

Very sad news. So young!
RIP Bill.

 

RIP Bill, enjoyed much of his work!

Oscar night too...

Earliest comedy i recall, was as older brother Chet in Weird Science, wonderful actor in Apollo 13, Twister and many many others!

 

Damn... always enjoyed seeing him on screen.... great actor and the source of countless classic film quotes. RIP


Just from my personal movie collection alone:

2 Guns
Aliens
Apollo 13
Boxing Helena
The Colony
Commando
Edge of Tomorrow
Frailty
Ghosts of the Abyss
Haywire
Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Navy Seals
Near Dark
Next of Kin
Predator 2
A Simple Plan
Stripes
The Terminator
Titanic
Tombstone
True Lies
Twister
U-571
Vertical Limit
Weird Science

 

Nice but it misses my favourite quote: when Ripley proposes to go up to the mothership and nuke all the aliens from there - Hudson: "F***in' A!"

 

Very sad news. I can't believe it. He was always so full of life. My condolences to his friends and family. We love you, Bill. RIP.

 

The standard protocol is for the anesthesiologist to give anti-coagulants to anyone at risk of stroking during surgery, but I figure he was one sick puppy to die during surgery. RIP. Seemed like a really fun guy. Not stuck on himself.

He was terrific, as was the rest of the cast, in the "B grade movie" One False Move. Rottentomatoes gives it 98%, and it was one taunt, tense well-written thriller:
One False Move

 

No, they go from the last Oscars to now. They don't do the in memoriam segment by calendar year. Every year people get upset because they think someone was left out who died last year, but they died before the previous Oscars (this year it will be Alan Rickman).

 

His name sounds very familiar, but I have never seen any of the films he was in. Still, very unexpected news.

 

You've never seen ANY of these?
Bill Paxton

 

Nope. My parents may have though.

 

Vampire, polygamist, deep sea explorer...He was having fun and so were we.

 

RIP Chet.

 

This was an incredible film.

Dan

 

He played this part perfectly- sleazy!