Hail the Tripod Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Never liked his comedy roles, but he was truly compelling in Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting and Good Morning Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1929crash Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Thanks.. Another line I can add to the griefests on faceache!! More from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Milligan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shindigger Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Mork and Raquel Welch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0fghHpInB0 Not arf.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1929crash Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Thanks.. Another line I can add to the griefests on faceache!! More details from Wikipedia: Milligan was found dead in his flat in Black Lion Lane, Hammersmith, London, by his secretary Vera Taggart on 7 February 1994.[1][5] His corpse – naked except for a pair of stockings and suspenders, with a black bin liner tied over its head[6] – was discovered in what was presumed to be a state of autoerotic asphyxiation, combined with self-bondage. A detail of his death, which was the subject of much comment and speculation at the time, was that he was found to have had an orange segment in his mouth at the time of his death. The coroner concluded that he had died in the early hours of 7 February.[7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer466 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 More from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Milligan I recall the case well. Up until 1990 I used to work for LBHF and was often out and about in that part of Hammersmith down by the Thames, there were quite a few celebs, newsreaders and politico's lived down there. Couple of nice pubs down there as well, tucked away from everything you would have to know there were there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dances with sheeple Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 He was brilliant, obviously, although his working of the same old routines into every bit of "spontaneous" improv got tiresome for me at least (viz. "I'm mellltttinggg!"). One of the last things I saw him in was as a depressed comic in Louie (S03E06), reminiscing about another bitter and depressed comic... seemed close to the bone at the time and I did wonder if he was as depressed as he seemed (in half-character). Dead Poets Society was probably my favourite role of his. Oh Captain, my Captain! Favourite film of mine. Good Will Hunting is pretty powerful too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC1 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Not arf.... Nanoo nanoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 You would think that at 63 he would be past that but clearly the demons never go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuggets Mahoney Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 You would think that at 63 he would be past that but clearly the demons never go away. If you get to that age, some of the old demons start handing over to new ones. You've had more time to experience loss, bits of your body start packing up, the drives and ambitions that pre-occupied your youth don't seem quite so important any more. Off the top of my head I can think of a few celebs who voluntary checked-out in their early to mid 60s. George Sanders and Kenneth Williams (maybe) are the first that come to my mind. They both made it pretty clear they'd reached a point where they couldn't be bothered with their continued existence and, from their perspective, the b@ll ache it had become. Suicide is arguably an occupational hazard of being a good comedian. If you preoccupy yourself with observing fellow human beings and commenting on their absurdities it could easily take its toll. Though my vote will always go for characters like George Carlin who didn't deliberately off himself but was content with being a detached, jaded old f*ck instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Why this link between depression and comedians?....is it because they are forever trying to cover up what they are really feeling inside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Why this link between depression and comedians?....is it because they are forever trying to cover up what they are really feeling inside? Most comedians aren't as funny as The Pin! A bit like accountants that can't add up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Most comedians aren't as funny as The Pin! A bit like accountants that can't add up! ....and decorators don't decorate their own houses.....and car mechanics drive old bangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 He was an old-looking 63. A lot of miles on the clock by all accounts, heavy drink/cocaine use over many years and presumably not much in the way of exercise or healthy diet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 People expected him to be Robin Williams wherever he went - that must have been a toll and, I suspect, he was such a nice guy that he didn't want to disappoint. I listened to an interview he gave off the cuff at a baseball game in NY when a BBC presenter bumped into him. The BBC guy was clearly over the moon and RW was just too polite to turn him down... so he gave the interview but also quietly hinted that he was just there to watch the game... but the interviewer continued and RW was obviously too polite to say "Leave me alone!". That kind of thing must have been a burden after decades of it. There is a video on youtube with US servicemen somewhere in Iraq or Afghanistan having their photos taken with him. Some journo interrupts by asking a question and he politely answers the question. When he had finished he turns back to the soldiers to ask them if they got the photos they wanted with him. A lot of celebs would have forgotten about that - just too nice a guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Mr Williams was also "The Cadillac Man" in a film once, where he tried to sell a new hearse to people that had mechanical problems going to a funeral! I think jokes are funnier than my bank statement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Why this link between depression and comedians?....is it because they are forever trying to cover up what they are really feeling inside? Manic Depressives, like Tony Hancock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 Manic Depressives, like Tony Hancock. ...or Spike Milligan.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Favourite film of mine. Good Will Hunting is pretty powerful too. The Fisher King is one of my favourites. I actually cried, and that doesn't happen very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuggets Mahoney Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Milligan on Hancock... Very difficult man to get on with. He used to drink excessively. You felt sorry for him. He ended up on his own. I thought, he's got rid of everybody else, he's going to get rid of himself. And he did. He phoned me up from Australia the night before he died. He said, It's wonderful here. I could hear he was smashed out of his mind. He said, I've got a great series coming up, you must see it. The next morning he was dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 The Fisher King is one of my favourites. I actually cried, and that doesn't happen very often. You hurd blurke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 ...or Spike Milligan.. exactly, all now food for worms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 exactly, all now food for worms. That is all of us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 That is all of us! I've got instructions in my will to be turned into Halal oven ready meals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I've got instructions in my will to be turned into Halal oven ready meals. I'm looking forward to the kebab! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMark Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I recall his brilliant and particularly haunting performance in 'One Hour Photo'. A real talent. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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