OldBoy

I always thought, as a heterosexual male, Robert Forster, was one, damn fine, rugged looking man. I could see him as the Marlboro man, which unfortunately that could have killed him.

asianxcore

R.I.P.

About 2 years ago, I met Robert Foster after a local screening of Jackie Brown (1997). Such a nice person!

A few years before that, during a Q&A for Maniac (1980) & Vigilante (1982), Director William Lustig called up Robert Forster on his phone at around 11pm. Forster answered the phone and apologized to everyone for not being able to make the screening. He even stayed on the phone for a short time after that to answer some audience questions!

GoldenJCJ

mwbmis

Yep.

One of things I was looking forward to on the new Disney service was watching the Black Hole again. it's been decades since I've seen it, and I'm sure its awful, but I also knew Robert Forster was the lead so I was still a little excited about it.

LiquidSky

Medium Cool and Jackie Brown are two of my favorite films.

The Antipodean

I watched him in "Alligator" (1980) on YouTube the other night in tribute, as it's one of those goofy Jaws rip-offs of the late '70s I've always been curious to see. It's a goofy fun movie, and Forster is terrific in it. He holds you on the screen no matter how silly the story gets. I'm kind of glad he went out on a high with El Camino just having come out, and so many people having him fresh in their minds.

davidlynchfan

inri222

Marlon Brando thought the same of him in John Houston's Reflections in a Golden Eye.

JeffTheAlpaca

Don't say that. I think my dad is in that age range

Shannon Nutt

Did anyone know he had brain cancer, or was this a private thing only those close to him knew?

Wow, Peggy Lipton, Catherine Coulson, Miguel Ferrer, and Robert Forster. Cancer SUCKS.

dex14

David Bowie!!

inri222

Peter Fonda

Aging makes you more susceptible to cancer, even if you live a healthy lifestyle.

dex14

He was listing actors who were on Twin Peaks who've all recently died of cancer.

DJariya

It was kept private as far as most know. One of my coworkers met him several times and noticed he stopped making public appearances recently.

As far as Miguel Ferrer goes, he was a heavy smoker when he was younger, that’s probably how he got the throat cancer.

Paff

It's gonna be far worse in the music world, where a lot of heroes from classic rock are now in their 70s.

Josh-da-man

Actors prefer to keep those diagnoses quiet because it impacts their ability to find work.

Shannon Nutt

I was just wondering if David Lynch knew. He certainly knew about Ferrer, which is why he had such a huge part in Twin Peaks: The Return. David had the crew come in on weekends to film Ferrer's scenes which upset a lot of people because they thought they were placating an actor's schedule - but it was because Ferrer was getting chemo on weekdays - no one knew but Lynch, Sabrina Sutherland, and a couple Showtime execs. The cast didn't even know.

DJariya

Miguel Ferrer literally worked until weeks before his death on NCIS Los Angeles. I watch the show and he was in horrible shape. Lost a ton of weight and had almost no voice. But, he chose to keep working at the expense of his poor health.

melasnus

That's sad.
You would think that would be a time to spend with family rather than work...

Michael T Hudson

He was good on Karen Sisco as well. Jackie Brown is so amazing.