Line #17 Creator/RobertVaughn


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2	[[caption-width-right:292:Bob's your [[Series/TheManFromUNCLE U.N.C.L.E.]], your [[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 MAGNIFICENT]] Uncle!]]
3	->''"I have always been adventurous and rather daring."''
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5	Robert Francis Vaughn (November 22, 1932 – November 11, 2016) was an American actor whose career stretched across more than half a century (he was literally an uncredited SpearCarrier in ''{{Film/The Ten Commandments\|1956}}''). He was also a published author and during the 1960s and '70s was a noted political activist.
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7	In terms of his acting roles, it's a toss up whether he is more famous for ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE'' or ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'', but with the latter he has certainly kept up a long term recurring association. In 1960, he played Lee (a professional gunslinger whose reputation has almost caught up with him) in the [[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 original Western film version]] (yes, it is a remake of a [[Film/SevenSamurai Japanese Samurai film]]). Then he played ''essentially the same character'' again, but with a different name in the 80s version of ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]] InSPACE'' aka ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars''. Not content with that, when Creator/{{CBS}} made a [[Series/TheMagnificentSeven TV series based on the Magnificent Seven film]] in the 90s, Robert Vaughn was again on board but this time playing a different character, CircuitJudge and CoolOldGuy Orrin Travis. Did he stop there? Well, no. Aside from a small but amusing ShoutOut in the final of episode of the BritishSeries ''Series/{{Hustle}}'', in 2013, Mr Vaughn again had a role in ''yet another'' version centered around a British amateur soccer team and Tandoori restaurant called ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1027873/ The Magnificent Eleven]]'' (No, I'm not kidding!).
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9	His other very fondly remembered role (also with recurring references in his career, but less often) is that of [[TheCasanova Napoleon]] [[BadassInANiceSuit Solo]] in ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE''. There was a ReunionShow in the 80's where he reprised the role and when he later had a regular recurring role in the final season of ''Series/TheATeam'', his [[StuntCasting U.N.C.L.E co-star]] [[Creator/DavidMcCallum David [=McCallum=]]] guest starred in an episode titled "The Say U.N.C.L.E. Affair" in direct reference to the episode titles of ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE'' series. Another somewhat similar role that he played in the early 70s was Harry Rule, lead agent for another international crime-fighting group in Creator/GerryAnderson's ''Series/TheProtectors''.
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11	But that's just the tip of the iceberg. Robert Vaughn's acting career stretches from roles in American films like ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053462/ The Young Philadelphians]]'' (he was nominated for Oscar and Golden Globe awards) in the 1950s, to acclaimed British TV series like ''Series/{{Hustle}}'' in the 2010s, with classic cop dramas like ''Film/{{Bullitt}}'' (he was nominated for a BAFTA) and [[DisasterMovie disaster movies]] like ''Film/TheToweringInferno'' in between. He even went [[BackToSchool back to school]] ''after'' [[Series/TheManFromUNCLE UNCLE]] ended to get a Ph.D. in communications -- his dissertation was on [[UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist blacklisting]] in the entertainment industry.
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13	Outside of that, Vaughn had the distinction of being the very first Hollywood celebrity to publicly speak out against the Vietnam War and was active in liberal and progressive politics. He once briefly considered running for Governor of California against Ronald Reagan, but stated that he lost his desire to run for public office after the assassination of Robert Kennedy.
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15	Was best friends with fellow ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960'' castmate Creator/JamesCoburn. Vaughn chose Coburn to give the speech inducting him into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998.
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17	On November 11, 2016, Robert Vaughn passed away at the age of 83 after a short battle with acute leukemia. Thank you, Mr. Solo.
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20	!!Selected Works:
21	* ''{{Film/The Ten Commandments\|1956}}'' (1956) - [[SpearCarrier Spearman]] / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
22	* ''Film/TeenageCaveman'' (1958) - Symbol Maker's Teenage Son
23	* ''Film/UnwedMother'' (1958) - Don Bigelow
24	* ''Series/{{Zorro\|1957}}'' (1959) - Miguel Roverto
25	* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053462/ The Young Philadelphians]]'' (1959) - Chester A. Gwynn
26	* ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'' (1960) - Lee
27	* ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE'' (1964-68) - [[TheHero Napoleon]] [[BadassInANiceSuit Solo]]
28	** also reprised the role for the ReunionShow ''The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair''
29	* ''Film/{{Bullitt}}'' (1968) - Walter Chalmers
30	* ''Film/TheBridgeAtRemagen'' (1969) - Maj. Paul Kreuger
31	* ''Film/{{Julius Caesar\|1970}}'' (1970) - Casca
32	* ''Series/TheProtectors'' (1972-74) - Harry Rule
33	* ''Film/TheToweringInferno'' (1974) - Senator Parker
34	* ''Series/{{Columbo}}'', episodes "[[Recap/ColumboS04E04 Troubled Waters]]" (1974) and "[[Recap/ColumboS05E06 Last Salute to the Commodore]]" (1976)
35	* ''Film/DemonSeed'' (1977) - voice of Proteus IV (uncredited)
36	* ''Film/BrassTarget'' (1978) - Colonel Donald Rogers
37	* ''Film/Virus1980'' (1980) - Senator Barkley
38	* ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'' (1980) - Gelt
39	** which as noted above is really ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]] InSPACE'' and Gelt is Lee Redux.
40	* ''Film/{{SOB}}'' (1981) - David Blackman
41	* ''Film/SupermanIII'' (1983) - Ross Webster
42	* ''Film/BlackMoonRising'' (1986) - Ed Ryland
43	* ''Film/TheDeltaForce'' (1986) - Gen. Woodbridge
44	* ''Series/TheATeam'' (1986-87) - Gen. Hunt Stockwell
45	* ''Film/JoesApartment'' (1996) - Senator Dougherty
46	* ''Film/BASEketball'' (1998) - Baxter Cain
47	* ''Series/TheMagnificentSeven'' (1998-2001) - Judge Orrin Travis
48	* ''Film/PootieTang'' (2001) - Dick Lecter
49	* ''Series/{{Hustle}}'' (2004-12) - [[ConMan Albert]] [[CoolOldGuy Stroller]]

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