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Christopher Plummer always refused to refer to his most famous film by its real title. To him, it was The Sound Of Mucus, or S&M — a sly reference to sado-masochism. Devoting a brief chapter of his 600-page autobiography to the perennial favourite — it won five Oscars in 1966, none of which was for him — he opened with a quote: ‘Watching The Sound Of Music is like being beaten to death by a Hallmark card.’ Plummer, who has died aged 91, played Captain Von Trapp, the widowed father of ...

Christopher Plummer, Sound of Music star and oldest actor to win an Oscar, dies aged 91 Andrew Pulver © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Vera Anderson/WireImage Christopher Plummer, the dazzlingly versatile Canadian actor whose screen career straddled seven decades, including such high-profile films as The Sound of Music, The Man Who Would Be King and All the Money in the World, has died aged 91. His family confirmed the news, saying he died peacefully at home in Connecti...