Figured it was time to have a place where we can honor those actors, actresses and the many people behind the camera that haved passed away.
November 29th – David Prowse
| MovieYear | MovieScorePct |
|---|---|
| Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) | 99.91 |
| Clockwork Orange, A (1971) | 99.36 |
| Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 98.87 |
| Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) | 97.32 |
| People That Time Forgot, The (1977) | 47.85 |
| Jabberwocky (1977) | 37.26 |
| Kindness of Strangers, The (2019) | 13.03 |
October 31st – Sean Connery (1930-2020)
October 14th – Rhonda Fleming (1923-2020)
August 28th – Chadwick Boseman (1977-2020)
August 18th – Ben Cross (1947-2020)
Movie (Year) — UMR Score
Chariots of Fire (1981) 99.48
Star Trek (2009) 98.60
A Bridge Too Far (1977) 94.86
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) 68.85
First Knight (1995) 57.35
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) 30.71
The Assissi Underground (1985) 19.27
Turbulence (1997) 18.08
The Unholy (1988) 15.21
The Hurricane Heist (2018) 6.13
War, Inc. (2008) 5.12
August 11th – Trini López (1937-2020)
4 have four Trini Lopez movies in our UMR database
Movie (Year)
#1 The Dirty Dozen (1967)
#2 Marriage on the Rocks (1965)
#3 The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966)
#4 The Phynx (1970)
August 1st – Wilford Brimley (1934-2020)
July 31st – Alan Parker (1944-2020)
July 25th – Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020)
July 25th – John Saxon (1935-2020)
July 12th – Kelly Preston (1962-2020)
July 6th – Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
June 30th – Carl Reiner (1922-2020)
June 22nd – Joel Schumacher (1939-2020)
June 19th – Ian Holm (1931-2020)
May 16th – Fred Willard (1933-2020)
Top Fred Willard UMR Movies in our Database
- WALL·E (2008)
- Silver Streak (1976)
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
- Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
- Chicken Little (2005)
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
- Fun With Dick and Jane (1977)
- Hustle (1975)
- American Wedding (2003)
- Roxanne (1987)
- Monster House (2006)
- This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
- Best in Show (2000)
- Mighty Wind, A (2003)
- Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
- Waiting for Guffman (1996)
- Youth in Revolt (2009)
- Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
- For Your Consideration (2006)
- Ira & Abby (2006)
- Wedding Planner, The (2001)
- How High (2001)
- High Strung (1992)
- How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980)
- Permanent Midnight (1998)
- Jenny (1970)
- I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)
- I’ll Believe You (2007)
- Idle Hands (1999)
- Moving Violations (1985)
- First Family (1980)
- Magic of Belle Isle, The (2012)
- Americathon (1979)
- Date Movie (2006)
- Epic Movie (2007)
- Fifty Shades of Black (2016)
- Movie Madness (1982)
May 11th – Jerry Stiller (1927-2020)
Movie/Year
Hairspray (2007)
Airport 1975 (1974)
Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Zoolander (2001)
Hairspray (1988)
Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
The Ritz (1976)
The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
Heavyweights (1995)
Zoolander 2 (2016)
Nadine (1987)
Hot Pursuit (1987)
On the Line (2001)
Serving Sara (2002)
The Suburbans (1999)
April 29th – Irrfan Khan (1967-2020)
Top Irrfan Khan Movies In Our Database
- Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
- Life of Pi (2012)
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
- Jurassic World (2015)
- The Namesake (2006)
- Paan Singh Tomar (2012)
- A Mighty Heart (2007)
- Mumbai Meri Jaan (2008)
- Puzzle (2018)
- Inferno (2016)
- New York, I Love You (2008)
- Krazzy 4 (2008)
April 22nd – Shirley Knight (1936-2020)
Her Movies In Our Database
- As Good as It Gets (1997) 96.82
- Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) 85.38
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) 84.26
- Ice Palace (1960) 72.90
- Petulia (1968) 71.42
- Group, The (1966) 66.49
- Dark at Top of the Stairs(1960) 66.09
- Our Idiot Brother (2011) 55.68
- Rain People, The (1969) 50.84
- Flight from Ashiya (1964) 44.03
- Endless Love (1981) 38.48
- Not Fade Away (2012) 37.95
- Grandma’s Boy (2006) 35.02
- Diabolique (1996) 32.85
- House on a Hill, A (2003) 31.66
- Juggernaut (1974) 31.42
- Sender, The (1982) 29.58
- Angel Eyes (2001) 29.38
- The Salton Sea (2002) 24.19
- Counterfeit Killer, The (1968) 10.15
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015) 6.96
- Stuart Saves His Family (1995) 3.68
April 16th – Brian Dennehy (1938-2020)
April 7th – Alan Garfield (1939-2020)
Alan Garfield Top UMR Movies
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- Nashville (1975)
- Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
- The Conversation (1974)
- The Front Page (1974)
- The Candidate (1972)
April 5th – Honor Blackman (1925-2020)
Honor Blackman Top UMR Movies
- Goldfinger (1964)
- Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001)
- Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
- A Night To Remember (1958)
great page. I wonder if any one will notice my death. only one matters. my risen Lord and Savior, Jesus The Christ. I pray he knows me and makes me clean.
Of course you will be noticed….you are after all an UMR Hall of Famer. Thanks for checking out our mini tribute to Mr. Khan.
Don’t recognize the name but I recognize the face. My first thought it was the coronavirus, but appears he had other issues. Rest in peace.
Hey Taylor. I was in the same boat as you. I knew his face but did not know his name. Sad news! Rest In Peace.
The only production of any kind in which I have seen Irrfan has been the US television series “In Treatment” top-starring Gabriel Byrne and Diane Wiest. It ran for 106 episodes showing 5 evenings per week from 2008 – 2010 initially and I watched all of them over here in 2014. Here’s what Wikipedia says about it-
“In Treatment is an American HBO drama, produced and developed by Rodrigo Garcia, about a psychotherapist 50-something Paul Weston, and his weekly sessions with patients, as well as those with his own therapist at the end of the week.”
Irrfan played Sunil Sanyal a patient of Paul Weston in 7 episodes which were first aired in 2010 and here’s how Wiki describes Sunil’s involvement:
“After his wife’s death, 52-year-old Sunil emigrated to the United States from Calcutta, to live with his son and daughter-in-law. He is deeply depressed over his wife’s death and angry at what he sees as his daughter-in-law’s insensitivity. Sunil talks to Paul even though psychotherapy is stigmatized in his culture.”
It will be seen that in these episodes Irrfan was a kind of ‘Al Leach in reverse”: Irrfan was just 43 at the time so like Brando in Godpop Irrfan played a character much older than his own real age in “In Treatment”. However like Marlon Irrfan acquitted himself well as an older man and I found him fascinating to watch – again as I did Brando! [Mark Wahlberg was one of the “In Treatment” executive producers.]
Also like The Great Mumbler Irrfan seems to have had a fine acting range because in 2004 he won an award for “Best performance by an actor in a villainous role”. The movie was the 2003 Indian film Hassil [like Godpop a crime drama]and as it ran for 161 minutes Irrfan obviously did well to sustain throughout an award-winning performance. [And continuing those Brando-type comparisons Godpop too had a mammoth running time of 175 minutes]. Clearly Irrfan is a great loss to the Hindi cinema and to filmaking generally
Hey Bob. Good information on his television career. I did not include In Treatment in my massive tv show page. I like Gabriel Byrne, but I never got around to watching that show. Heck if I like Bryne so much, how come he does not have an UMR Page. Just re-watched Miller’s Crossing….my favorite Byrne movie. Interesting comparison between Khan, Brando and Grant. Good stuff. RIP
HI BIG BOY: Thanks for the feedback. It was a very good idea of yours [as I think Flora has already said] to create this In Memoriam page as it gives us the opportunity to record on a central page our respects upon the passing of a personal idol/favourite or of just someone whose work we have enjoyed like Irrfan in my case.
I suppose it’s the academic in you but you do have a knack of aptly naming and describing your pages. For example you referred to Joel’s new page when you introduced it as containing sections of “part drivel” though as you usually try to avoid over-emotion in conveying your opinions you have become a master of the understatement. You will see that I have written to Bob Cox today to chastise him for his role in the matter.
I think that your being an academic you would immensely enjoy In Treatment and the beauty of it is that it can be easily fitted into one’s daily viewing schedule as each episode lasts just 22-30 mins though they always grip. Many good thespians as well as Iffran weigh in as very-interesting case studies for Gabriel’s Dr Weston and each has several episodes where he/she takes central stage as Weston’s patient.
For example Debra Winger is among those who surface as is John Mahoney [Frasier’s dad in THAT TV sitcom] and indeed Mahoney’s CEO Walter Barnett who is in 7 episodes could be a cautionary character for YOU as he is a workaholic and Weston tells him to slow down – “Walter is self-confident CEO with a history of panic attacks, who finds his life is becoming overwhelming.” [Wikipedia].
The show won several awards/noms including a Golden Globe for Gabe as Weston. A Gabriel Byrne page sounds a good idea. I can probably live with Joel posts for a while longer if I get the odd Irishman thrown at me!! Anyway take care and be safe.
BRUCE:
You will see that in the 3rd para of my previous post I with a slip of the pen spelt Irrfan’s name wrong. I just missed the boat for correction when the button closed down on me so I’d be grateful if you would do the needful.
When paying our respects on this page it is doubly important that we are precise in our spelling of names though your site does have a good record in that respect. Apologies and thanks.
BOB
As the Work Horse indicates in his own post today Irrfan is mainly known for his work in the Hindi cinema and when his American and British films have been taken into account he has a massive overall filmography of 87 movies made between 1988 and this year. His final one was Angrezi Medium which was released in March this year.
According to Wikipedia his movies overall have grossed an ACTUAL 3.65 billion worldwide in US dollars most of it coming from Slumdog Millionaire and the blockbusters to which Bruce refers in his post
Irrfan made 2 videos in 2015 [Lego Dimensions and Lego Jurassic World] and appeared in 22 television productions between 1985 and 2016 and like his movies these TV projects seem to have been mostly Hindi ones.
Irrfan had been signed for a US film The Wicked Path which deals with the controversial US Gun Laws and in it he was to play -wait for it Work Horse! – Mr Norton a school principal. Two minutes ago as I write IMDB sadly removed his name from its cast list for the film.
Irrfan’s premature death at 53 is particularly sad when one considers how much he had to live for: a reported net fortune of $50 million [as at 2015] normally a massive sum for a thespian whose roots are not in what we regard as the mainstream cinema; and IMDB credits him with 32 acting awards and 28 noms. Undoubtedly therefore he richly deserves to be honored on this In Memoriam page and thanks to WH for setting the ball rolling. SEE ADDITIONAL TRIVIA in PART 2
Hey Bob. Thanks for the additional information on Khan. All good facts to know. Sad that IMDb changed his movies so fast. In India this is big big news. Here, it got a few mentions, but it is already fading in the news circle.
Rest in Peace Irrfan Khan. A very good actor. He appeared in some American blockbusters and a ton of movies in India. I just recently watched his little known Puzzle. A nice drama about two people from different cultures. Thoughts and prayers.