Amerikaanse acteur Robert Vaughn overleden

RDJ134 12 november 2016 om 02:28 uur

Gisteren is bekend geworden dat de Amerikaanse Acteur Robert Vaughn is overleden en deze man was te zien in veel klassieke films en TV series. Zo ken het publiek hem van The Men From U.N.C.L.E. en was hij ook te zien in The Ateam als General Hunt Stockwell en in Superman III die niet zo heel erg geliefd is, maar waar deze acteur een goed gezicht van was. Het is niet bekend waar aan Rober Vaughn op 83 jarige leeftijd is overleden.


"Mr. Vaughn passed away with his family around him," Sullivan said.

Vaughn's lengthy list of credits includes everything from an uncreditedrole in The Ten Commandments to his angry, shouting audience member on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, but he will no doubt be remembered for Napoleon Solo, television's answer to James Bond. U.N.C.L.E. aired from 1964-68, and paired Vaughn's elegant, dark-haired Solo with David McCallum's blond Russian Illya Kuryakin, an early example of Cold War detente in the battle against global evildoers.

Although the series was not a huge stateside hit - it finished in the primetime top 25 only once - it spawned a short-lived spinoff, The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. starring Stephanie Powers and contributed mightily to the Secret Agent Man craze of the mid-late '60s. It's international popularity led to back-to-back of Golden Globe noms for Vaughn as Best TV Star in 1965-66.

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