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RIP Robert, just saw this on the news. He had some good roles.



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I didn't know Forster was in that movie. I had crush on Pam Grier.


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That is sad, I liked him as an actor. He seemed to act like himself in the movies he was in,very down to Earth.
 
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Very sad news. Have watched him since I was a kid and the Black Hole came out. I liked him a lot.



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Sad news, RIP.



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I last saw him in Twin Peaks: The Return
 
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Just finished watching El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. According to IMDB, it was his second to last completed role.



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The earliest work I know of him was Jackie Brown, and was very impressed by his speaking style. He spoke with such calm, clarity, and authority, I thought I can understand anything if he was doing the explaining. When he showed up on Breaking Bad, it was a very pleasant surprise. He spoke his lines just as well as he did in Jackie Brown.

RIP sir, you did fine work.
 
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What a loss! I just watched him Friday on the NetFlix sequel (movie) to Breaking Bad: "El Camino-The Return of Jessie Pinkman". As usual, Mr. Forster gave an excellent performance. Frown


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He was a regular on Tim Allen's "Last Man Standing".
 
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He was a regular on Tim Allen's "Last Man Standing".

He played Tim Allen's dad.
I always enjoyed his work.
 
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I found this short interview with Robert Forster:


Link to original video: https://youtu.be/2tpyV1tjwQM



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He played the bad guy battling Chuck Norris in Delta Force, but I didn't hold that against him.

I liked him as Tim Allen's dad in Last Man Standing, bringing some good laughs to the show.
 
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Sorry to hear that. The first time ever saw him he played an Indian scout named Nick Tana along with Greg Peck and a crazed Apache Salvaje.
 
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