Passages

[Jean-Luc Garbo]

Librarians everywhere are freaking out.

[colinr0380]

I saw him as Frank-n-Furter in a stage revival of The Rocky Horror Show, where quite a bit of the heckling was coffee-related.

Head did have quite a surprisingly musical career as presumably the musical episode of Buffy, Once More WIth Feeling, proved that the cast could sing and he went on to play the "Repo Man" in Repo! The Genetic Opera, which Darren Lynn Bousman parlayed his clout after his run of Saw films to make (I have often wondered if Repo! The Genetic Opera was influenced by the Battle Angel: Alita manga at all. At very least they would play as an interesting double bill together!)

Plus he is in that interesting Jazz Age set Stephen Poliakoff mini-series Dancing on the Edge, with Chiwetel Ejiofor.

One of his more notable recent roles was the even worse than the recording studio invaders sleazy boss in Feedback. Which I had some issues with but Head is probably the best thing about it in his brief bookending appearances.

[hearthesilence]

Actor James Handy, murdered by his girlfriend's son who appears to be severely mentally ill.

A veteran character actor, the part I remember most is probably in The Verdict where he plays Kevin Doneghy, husband to the sister of the victim of criminal negligence.

Obituary that dives into his past as a Vietnam veteran, where he was involved in a lot of horrific combat and returned as a pacifist.

[jbeall]

Anthony Head, best known for playing Giles in the Buffy The Vampire TV series, but if you are into your TV commercials he was also one half of the Gold Blend couple, who had a developing coffee-focused love affair across a series of adverts.

He had quite the career playing characters named Rupert. In addition to playing Rupert Giles, he also played the villanous Rupert Mannion in Ted Lasso.

[DimitriL]

Head did have quite a surprisingly musical career as presumably the musical episode of Buffy, Once More WIth Feeling, proved that the cast could sing and he went on to play the "Repo Man" in Repo! The Genetic Opera, which Darren Lynn Bousman parlayed his clout after his run of Saw films to make (I have often wondered if Repo! The Genetic Opera was influenced by the Battle Angel: Alita manga at all. At very least they would play as an interesting double bill together!)

I was surprised that he had such a different voice from his brother Murray, yet just as distinctive.

[The Curious Sofa]

I never realised they were related. I suppose Murray was a musician first, with a more rock 'n' roll voice, whereas the classically trained actor Anthony, had more of more musical theatre singing style, which is where he started out.

[MichaelB]

There was a hefty age gap, so their careers weren’t in sync, a gap exaggerated by the fact that Murray Head became famous much faster. By the time he co-starred in Sunday Bloody Sunday Anthony was still in his teens, and wouldn’t become a household name until well into the 1980s.