RIP Maury Chaykin

[Patrick Murtha]

Maury Chaykin, who starred as the detective Nero Wolfe in A Nero Wolfe Mystery on A&E, has died on his 61st birthday:

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2010/07/28/chaykin-maury-tributes.html

The series, co-starring Timothy Hutton as the dapper Archie Goodwin, has got to be one of the most stylish television shows ever. The two stars were definitive in their roles.

 

[Nathan Dodge]

Chaykin had a bizarre, but brilliant bit part as an army officer in Dances with Wolves. Anyone who's seen the movie knows which scene I'm talking about...Chaykin was a fine actor...a fantastic actor, actually.

R.I.P.

 

[MisterCairo]

I recall that scene. He will be missed.

 

[AmateisGal]

I loved him in Mystery, Alaska and Mousehunt, too.

 

[Nathan Dodge]

I've only seen bits and pieces of A&E's Nero Wolfe series and need to check it out.

Hard to believe that A&E doesn't remotely resemble the channel it was ten years ago.

 

[Talbot]

RIP Maury.

One of the things that attracted me to the A&E Nero Wolfe series was the rapport between Nero, Archie and Fritz.

The whole cast come to think of it.

T

 

[Wally_Hood]

I think he had a small, semi-recurring role on Remember WENN, sort of like an accountant.

 

[59 Blue Bomber]

He was a fine actor an quite the gentleman as well. I had the privilege of meeting him in Portland, Or during filming of 'Breaking In' in 1988. He played an attorney in the film which also starred Burt Reynolds and Casey Siemasko. Maury was the quintessential gentleman. I have and always will be fan of his work since that sunny June day 22 years ago. We have lost another great actor, but we are lucky enough to have their fine talents forever saved on celluloid.

 

[Fletch]

Maury was the quintessential gentleman.

Too bad he never seemed to play one. His appearance and delivery meant he was always cast as a crank. But what a magnificent crank he made.

Mr. Wolfe