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  • death of Michael Madsen

    From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 3 23:26:36 2025
    Michael Madsen was an actor I always liked, even though he'd often chew
    the scenery.

    He did some television. Very early he was in the pilot for the
    television adaptation of Diner but that was never picked up for series.

    I first recall him as the egotistical ball player, little more than a
    plot device, who had to die so Robert Redford could join the team in The Natural.

    His first tv series, which I never saw, was the Romeo and Juliet themed
    Our Family Honor, about a family of cops fighting a mob family, with a
    romance thrown in.

    He usually played a heavy, but played the father in Free Willy.

    His most memorable role was the sadistic Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs,
    and then another half dozen roles for Quentin Terantino.

    IMDb lists 17 credits either completed or in post production, plus one
    in pre production.

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  • From shawn@21:1/5 to ahk@chinet.com on Thu Jul 3 20:23:36 2025
    On Thu, 3 Jul 2025 23:26:36 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    Michael Madsen was an actor I always liked, even though he'd often chew
    the scenery.
    Agreed.

    He did some television. Very early he was in the pilot for the
    television adaptation of Diner but that was never picked up for series.

    Oddly enough I ran across the news on a gaming site as he had played
    quite a few characters in various video games.

    I first recall him as the egotistical ball player, little more than a
    plot device, who had to die so Robert Redford could join the team in The >Natural.

    His first tv series, which I never saw, was the Romeo and Juliet themed
    Our Family Honor, about a family of cops fighting a mob family, with a >romance thrown in.

    He usually played a heavy, but played the father in Free Willy.

    His most memorable role was the sadistic Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs,
    and then another half dozen roles for Quentin Terantino.

    IMDb lists 17 credits either completed or in post production, plus one
    in pre production.

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  • From Ian J. Ball@21:1/5 to Adam H. Kerman on Thu Jul 3 18:32:19 2025
    On 7/3/25 4:26 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    Michael Madsen was an actor I always liked, even though he'd often chew
    the scenery.

    He did some television. Very early he was in the pilot for the
    television adaptation of Diner but that was never picked up for series.

    I first recall him as the egotistical ball player, little more than a
    plot device, who had to die so Robert Redford could join the team in The Natural.

    His first tv series, which I never saw, was the Romeo and Juliet themed
    Our Family Honor, about a family of cops fighting a mob family, with a romance thrown in.

    I can't believe you forgot "Vengeance Unlimited".

    YOU HAVE FAILED THIS NEWSGROUP!!

    He usually played a heavy, but played the father in Free Willy.

    His most memorable role was the sadistic Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs,
    and then another half dozen roles for Quentin Terantino.

    IMDb lists 17 credits either completed or in post production, plus one
    in pre production.

    He's been doing <s>B</s> C movies, including some Lifetime(-type)
    flicks, for years now, and has seemed frail for a while.

    As my brother said - too many hard miles on Madsen. :(

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