Louis Gossett Jr. RIP

[Basil]

One of my favorites. He nailed his performance in An Office and a Gentleman (for which he won an Academy Award for best supporting actor).

‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ and ‘Roots’ star Louis Gossett Jr. dead at 87

Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87.

nypost.com

 

[NutmegCT]

RIP, Sgt Foley.

Louis Gossett Jr., Award-Winning Actor Who Portrayed Hard-Nosed Marine in 'An Officer and a Gentleman,' Has Died at 87

Over the course of more than 70 years as an actor, Louis Gossett Jr. contributed some of America's favorite military characters to our cultural lexicon, including Marine Corps Sgt. Emil Foley in "An Officer and a Gentleman."

www.military.com

 

[PAUL161]

I liked him also, he was a great actor.