10/05/2011
As the press and everyone else was reporting about Steve Jobs jobbing out to death. One of the worlds most talented actors passed away as well. Such a shame as he was one of my favorties. Eat all the corn on the cob you want fine sir. Character actor Charles Napier, whose granite jaw and toothy grin earned him tough-guy roles in movies like "The Blues Brothers" has died in California at 75.
Longtime friend Dennis Wilson tells
the Bakersfield Californian that Napier died Wednesday at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital. The AP says no other details are being released, but according to
the Hollywood Reporter, the actor collapsed at his home and was placed on life support at the hospital.
Napier may be best known as Good Ole Boys front man Tucker McElroy in John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd's 1980 musical comedy film "The Blues Brothers."
He also was the scheming intelligence officer facing Sylvester Stallone in the 1985 "Rambo" sequel.
A divorced father of three, Napier was the judge in 1993's "Philadelphia," and he was Lt. Bill Boyle in 1991's "Silence of the Lambs." He also provided voices for many animated characters and appeared opposite Jeremy Piven in "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard."
