8 thoughts on “MCM: The Men We Lost in 2016

  1. I chose Colonel Brandon over Wlloughby from the first. Mr. Rickman will always be an actor whose portrayals were spot on. His Severus Snape gave my heart ? sighs.
    My favourite of his many roles were, in no particular order, Col. Brandon, Snape, Louis IV, The Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood Dances with Trees (Kevin Costner ergo Dances w/Trees), and Reverend Slope in Barchester Chronicles.

    The Elf King, Bowie, I would have ditched the baby for him.

  2. Peter Vaughn, who played the adorable Mr Boffin in “Our Mutual Friend “. He was also in “Lorna Doone”, “The Pallisers” and played Tulkinghorn in “Bleak House” to ne a few.

  3. Last year sucked.

    I’d just started to recover from Bowie when Rickman died.

    S&S was only my second foray into Austen — I’d run across “Emma” (Northam / Paltrow) on pay-per-view as an innocent teenager and absolutely loved it, so I tried out S&S only to have Colonel Brandon win over my heart. I sat there enraptured from the start, agonizing that Marianne was such a mindless twit not to notice the perfect man standing next to her. Sure, he was much older — I didn’t care. =P

    My aunt had the gall, when I showed her S&S years later, to go, at the end, “Eww, I don’t want Marianne with Brandon! He’s OLD!”

    This was a decade ago. I’ve never forgiven her. Nor given up my love for Alan Rickman.

    Ah, Bowie. Thank you for the music. And for the Goblin King.

    1. (Of course, I should have said 2016 instead of last year. Apparently, my brain has decided to leap forward in time in Doctor Who’s TARDIS. LOL)

  4. There is Bernard Fox who appeared in two versions of the Titanic sinking – 1958’s “A Night to Remember” and 1997’s “Titanic”. He also appeared in the adventure-thriller set in the 1920’s, “The Mummy”.

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