Rutger Hauer’s passing was announced yesterday. He passed on July 19, at age 75:
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/rutger-hauer-dead-dies-blade-runner-co-star-1203278050/
He’s gone now, “like, tears, in the rain”.
Most folks will probably say they remember him best from “Blade Runner”, or “Nighthawks” (his first Hollywood role), but I’ll remember him also for the role in which I first saw him-as Albert Speer in the TV miniseries, “Inside the Third Reich”. I had never heard of him before. I also enjoyed him in “Soldier of Orange” and “Fatherland”.
Big fan of him in ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Ladyhawke’ which I have both on DVD/Blu-Ray.
R.I.P.
“…like tears in the rain.” Poignant words that I will always remember.
Such a shame…I liked all of his movies even the yearly “B” movies.
Blimey, had not heard of that. Last thing i saw him in was a BBC series The Last Kingdom.
Like “Surviving the Game”! So bad, it’s good, but he was good in that, too.
He will always be “The Hitcher” to me.
LOL absolutely Baron…it was a good movie.
Another guilty pleasure of the “so bad it’s good” type: Hobo With a Shotgun. He was awesome in it!
A fan of those two films also, sad news.
Anything with Rutger, Ice-T, F. Murray Abraham, Charles Dutton, and Gary Busey has got to be good!
He portrayed Fred Noonan in the TV movie Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight.