RIP van U.N.C.L.E. (robert vaughn)

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RIP van U.N.C.L.E. (robert vaughn)

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only recently learned that the original "man from u.n.c.l.e." ('64-'68)
robert vaughn passed away, on nov. 11, 2016; at age 83.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001816/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1

and only recently learned he was a force against the vietnam war.
here, debating noted conservative, william f. buckley...
(firing line, ep065, recorded july 8, 1967)



some career highlights-
he went from schlock/exploitation/b-film impresario roger corman's Teenage Caveman (1958)...
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...to an oscar-nominated performance in The Young Philadelphians (1959)...
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...before becoming one of The Magnificent Seven (1960)...
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(3rd from right.)

...and then The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964-8) agent,
Napoleon Solo (NS name sourced from ian fleming)...
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began re-viewing these old shows again for the first time since the 60s,
thanks to the local library. it's like watching vinyl.

later, he'd re-join both roger corman, and the seven samurai/
magnificent seven storyline, in Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)...
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one of the early star wars knock-offs

latter years gave him an 8-season stretch on the BBC's Hu$tle (2004-12)
(a supposed influence on state-side's Leverage)...
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