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The wonderful Herbert Lom has died - 27/9/2012 1:00:04 PM

elab49

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There'll no doubt be constant refs to Pink Panther (in which he was as reliably superb as always as the insane Dreyfus) but he'd a fabuously long career, stealing scenes and owning the screen. Ladykillers, Hell Drivers, Chase a Crooked Shadow. On TV he had The Human Jungle.

Oddly I was just thinking of him the other day, meaning to look up he was taking his role in Gambit.

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RE: The wonderful Herbert Lom has died - 27/9/2012 1:08:27 PM

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Noooo, Commisioner Dreyfus!!

Actually, I always remember him best from The Dead Zone.

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RE: The wonderful Herbert Lom has died - 27/9/2012 1:19:44 PM

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I love him in The Ladykillers - particularly the way he tucks his violin case under his arm.

A sad loss - but I'll say it now, he's one of the people I had assumed had passed away some years ago, sorry to say...

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RE: The wonderful Herbert Lom has died - 28/9/2012 1:05:34 AM

Saltire

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Always liked Herbert Lom, a wonderful character actor that had great dramatic and comic timing. A very good innings though, and he went peacefully in his sleep, what more could you ask for.

Rest In Peace Herbert Lom.

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RE: The wonderful Herbert Lom has died - 28/9/2012 1:21:47 AM

Shifty Bench

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Actually, I always remember him best from The Dead Zone.

Yeah, me too, I think. Never really watched the Pink Panther films growing up. The adaptation of a Stephen King novel starring Chistopher Walken, however, was right up my street. And Lom was great in it.

Rest in peace, Mr. Lom.

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RE: The wonderful Herbert Lom has died - 28/9/2012 9:41:09 AM

Timon

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I always remember him from Spartacus.

"If you looked into a magic crystal, you saw your army destroyed and yourself dead. If you saw that in the future, as I'm sure you're seeing it now, would you continue to fight?"

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