Christopher Plummer obituary: farewell to an acting great
Christopher Plummer has died aged 91. Credit: Getty Of the faces which have seemed ever-present on our screens for the past 60 years, Christopher Plummer’s was amongst the most fondly regarded. Though he considered the role “awful and sentimental and gooey”, his performance as Captain Von Trapp in 1965’s The Sound Of Music – his big screen breakthrough – made him a paternal presence at countless family Christmases, and his quiet dominance of any screen made him a master of the cinematic authority figure. Be it Oedipus ( Oedipus The King, 1967), Sherlock Holmes ( Murder By Decree,...
Source: nme.com