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Adam Lenhardt

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It's hard to know where to begin for this great actor. His career started in 1967, acting alongside Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor in John Huston's Reflections in a Golden Eye. His final performance debuted today in both theaters and on Netflix: El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.

He was one of the best supporting actors in the business. There's too many great roles to name. A few that particularly stood out to me personally: Max Cherry, the bail bondsman in Jackie Brown; the title character's father in another Elmore Leonard adaptation, " Karen Sisco"; George Clooney's father-in-law, whose placid surface masks the fury simmering just underneath, in The Descendants; and Frank Truman, brother of Harry Truman, on the recent revival of "Twin Peaks".

The cause of death was brain cancer.
 

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Very sad news. Always liked Robert Forster in everything I've seen him in, just a rock-solid presence. Remember him also in such genre fare as Goliath Awaits and Alligator. Great that he had a late career resurgence thanks to Quentin Tarantino casting him in Jackie Brown.
 

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Sorry to hear this. Anyone who knew his work respected him for it.
 

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Robert Forster was a great actor, and I'm sorry to hear of his passing.
 

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Really sad to hear this, one of my favorite actors. Grew up with him watching the Black Hole and was glad he got a career resurgence in Jackie Brown.
 
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His performance in Jackie Brown is one of the all-time greats. Such a powerful presence in the most understated way. He was a true master in the less-is-more method of acting. He will be missed and remembered.
 

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The object of Taylor's and Brando's lust as he rides bareback and buck naked in Reflections: what a debut!
And of course, Jackie Brown, T's best film!
RIP.
 

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