Topic: Herbert Lom, 95, "Inspector Dreyfus"

[BeAStooge]

British/Czech stage and film actor Herbert Lom has died at age 95.  A long list of credits, but he'll always be recognized as the mentally deteriorating 'Inspector Dreyfus' in Blake Edwards' "The Pink Panther" series.

New York Times obituary

THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN (1976)

THE LADYKILLERS (1955)

MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (1961)

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1962)

COUNT DRACULA (1970)

THE DEAD ZONE (1983)

As Inspector Dreyfus...

[Dunrobin]

I just watched The Pink Panther Strikes Back yesterday.  It's not one of my favorites, but it was just starting and Herbert Lom is so funny in it that I left it on.  (My favorite Pink Panther movie is A Shot in the Dark, thanks mainly to Lom's performance.  His descent into madness over Inspector Clouseau's bungling just cracks me up.)

[metaldams]

I know him best from the Hammer PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, he was quite good in it.  I think I need to see that COUNT DRACULA movie Brent posted!  He lived a good long life, but may he rest in peace.