Peter Fonda dead at 79

[Common]

Peter Fonda, who became a counterculture icon when he co-wrote, produced and starred in the seminal 1969 road movie “Easy Rider,” then showed Hollywood he could act about three decades later in “Ulee’s Gold,” for which he was Oscar-nominated, died on Monday. He was 79.

Most recently, Fonda played Mephistopheles in the Nicolas Cage vehicle “Ghost Rider,” and a biker, for the umpteenth time in his career, in the John Travolta-Tim Allen comedy “Wild Hogs”; had a nice supporting role as a bounty hunter in the 2007 remake “3:10 to Yuma”; and reunited with Cage in the 2015 Louisiana political drama “The Runner,” in which Fonda played the younger actor’s father.


The first significant step Fonda took on the path toward the success he would achieve through “Easy Rider” was a starring role, with Nancy Sinatra and Bruce Dern, in Roger Corman’s 1966 Hells Angels drama “The Wild Angels.” It was the first of a series of successful biker pictures produced by American International Pictures that screened at drive-ins across the country.


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[DGUtley]

[Dr. Who]

Peter Fonda, who became a counterculture icon when he co-wrote, produced and starred in the seminal 1969 road movie “Easy Rider,” then showed Hollywood he could act about three decades later in “Ulee’s Gold,” for which he was Oscar-nominated, died on Monday. He was 79.

Most recently, Fonda played Mephistopheles in the Nicolas Cage vehicle “Ghost Rider,” and a biker, for the umpteenth time in his career, in the John Travolta-Tim Allen comedy “Wild Hogs”; had a nice supporting role as a bounty hunter in the 2007 remake “3:10 to Yuma”; and reunited with Cage in the 2015 Louisiana political drama “The Runner,” in which Fonda played the younger actor’s father.


The first significant step Fonda took on the path toward the success he would achieve through “Easy Rider” was a starring role, with Nancy Sinatra and Bruce Dern, in Roger Corman’s 1966 Hells Angels drama “The Wild Angels.” It was the first of a series of successful biker pictures produced by American International Pictures that screened at drive-ins across the country.

https://pagesix.com/2019/08/16/easy-...da-dead-at-79/

May he rest in peace. However, not to speak ill of the dead, but he didn't really have the acting gene.

[Cotton1]

The sad news is Mr Fonda has left the premises. " you say goodbye...and I say hello..hello hello..i Don't know why you say goodbye I say hello...

Hellllo gwlllll-" streey fighting man

[MMC]

May he rest in peace. However, not to speak ill of the dead, but he didn't really have the acting gene.

Neither did his sister.

[Standing Wolf]

Neither did his sister.

I don't know. She was fine in On Golden Pond, for one.

[Captdon]

I don't know. She was fine in On Golden Pond, for one.

And only.

[Common]

May he rest in peace. However, not to speak ill of the dead, but he didn't really have the acting gene.

I read they gave him what they did out of respect for his Dad, he was quite difficult to work with because he was always stoned on drugs on the set. Everyone disliked him that worked with him.

[Cletus]

When I read that he had died, I said to my wife "Didn't we just see him not long ago? He looked okay to me." She reminded me that it was at Dennis Hopper's funeral in 2010.

Time slips by.

[Dr. Who]

I read they gave him what they did out of respect for his Dad, he was quite difficult to work with because he was always stoned on drugs on the set. Everyone disliked him that worked with him.

Perhaps it wasn't his fault. Henry Fonda was more able to communicate when he was acting than in real life. It was difficult for his kids.