tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post1825725172794679256..comments2024-03-29T00:32:33.920-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: RIP Yaphet Kotto (1939–2021)James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-10390545819662627282021-03-19T12:25:48.215-04:002021-03-19T12:25:48.215-04:00Yes! I remember thinking halfway through the movie...Yes! I remember thinking halfway through the movie that this was the guy from Alien. It gets slagged off as a movie but I always found that it had a bit of charm about it.Jacob72https://www.blogger.com/profile/17268402292420473229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-29568050888817186682021-03-16T20:02:22.202-04:002021-03-16T20:02:22.202-04:00Yes, we're not getting any younger. Many of th...Yes, we're not getting any younger. Many of the people who formed our take on the world in the 70s and 80s are passing. It is sad. ThrorIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10576112896575184085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-60302153535663767212021-03-16T13:56:12.884-04:002021-03-16T13:56:12.884-04:00I really liked him as special agent Alonzo Mosely ...I really liked him as special agent Alonzo Mosely in Midnight Run with Robert De Nirofantasygamebookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05240994072742026340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-36578898370198317882021-03-16T12:58:39.237-04:002021-03-16T12:58:39.237-04:00Kotto is one of those towering character actors fr...Kotto is one of those towering character actors from the 70s and 80s who just keeps turning up in one uncut gem after another, his performances always understated, always rock-solid. In addition to Alien and Live and Let Die I remember him from Across 110th Street (primarily remembered, perhaps, for its incredible title track), Brubaker, The Running Man... I even vaguely remember catching him with Tommy Lee Jones in The Park Is Mine on TV at some point in my teenage years.<br /><br />RIP Mr. Kotto. You were always a pleasure to watch and to hear. Picadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01244353406711565712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-64961206344071776442021-03-16T12:56:06.560-04:002021-03-16T12:56:06.560-04:00Sorry to hear this. He was in quite a lot of the ...Sorry to hear this. He was in quite a lot of the films and television shows I grew up with and had along and very busy career. Particularly liked him as Lt. Giardello on Homicide, which might have been his longest-running role.Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.com