#maigret

[mariocki]

RIP Michael Gambon (19.10.1940 - 28.9.2023)

"Paul Schofield said something like, 'If I'm not acting in a play, I don't really exist.' Those weren't the exact words, but he meant it's only when I'm acting in a play that I've got something to say about the world. And then why should I talk, when people can come to see it?"

"Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me."

#michael gambon #rip #death ment tw #character actors #theatre #the singing detective #maigret #the borderers #fraud squad #the cook the thief his wife and her lover #softly softly: task force #nothing but the night #the beast must die #special branch #zodiac #mountain language #tales of the unexpected #absurd person singular #gosford park #doctor who #new who #the hollow crown #a genuine acting icon and a legendary screen presence. his journey to stardom and household name status was actually fairly slow but he #caught the attention of significant and influential figures within the theatre from the very beginning; Olivier was quick to see his #potential‚ he became a latterday muse of Ayckbourn and Pinter‚ and directors Peter Hall and Eric Thompson were instrumental in castings him #in big roles. i feel like his screen career never quite matched his enormous success onstage (and his later career was certainly a touch #quantity over quality in terms of projects chosen) but there were some diamonds in there; The Singing Detective high among them of course #as always a recommendation of a lesser known work: the tv broadcast of Pinter's Mountain Language‚ a short but devastating piece about #suppression via the prohibition of a native language. Gambon's sadistic soldier is very nearly a caricature of needless evil but he keeps #it just the right side of believability‚ resulting in one of the most disturbing + unsettling perfs of its type. rip to a very fine actor

[smokygluvs]

Gabin as Maigret

Maybe not at the top, but Gabin is high on my list of Maigret interpretations, not least as he looks stunning smoking a pipe.

Especially as he got older, his face perfectly suited a briar.

I like to imagine here that he's got me helplessly bound and gagged, wondering what perversions he's going to inflict...

He appeared in three Maigret films: Maigret tend un piège (1957), L'Affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959) and Maigret voit rouge (1963), small beer compared to Jean Richard, who made more than 90 (albeit TV) appearances, and Rupert Davies, with more than 50.

Even so, he made his mark. I put him on my third place of favourite Maigrets, after Davies (always the best) and Richard. What commends him, in this order: that wonderful, deep, gravelly voice of his, his pipe-handling technique, that square, solid build.

And, of course, it should not be forgotten: the man knew how to wear a hat.

Finally, a shot with Georges Simenon. Am I alone in finding one pipe smoker lighting another's pipe erotic? Probably not.

#pipe smoker #Maigret #Jean Gabin

[scum-belina]

She's got her very own man who is NFWMB by Hozier personified reading her scripture on her bed who loves her to a fault and is so devoted and dedicated to protecting her and she's rly just gonna stare longingly out the window at some basic ass detective dudes outside I literally cannot stand this woman and her lack of appreciation. Got her own phantom of the Opera with a lot less bpd than the original one and she don't even appreciate him. I'm pissed off.

#do u have any idea what I'd do to be in her place. do u. #there's so much more it's way worse than this but in case u ever watch it i don't want to spoil it all for u #Maigret #Maigret 2017 #Tom Wlaschiha

[dadsinsuits]

Rowan Atkinson

#suitdaddy #suiteddaddy #suit and tie #suited daddy #men in suits #suitfetish #three piece suit #waistcoat #suited men #suited grandpa #suitedman #suit daddy #suited man #buisness suit #suits #british man #british men #actors #Maigret #Rowan Atkinson

[all-action-all-picture]

Realistic Backdrops!

Curtained Entrance!

Moulded Seat-Banks!

Mobile Booking Office!

March 1979 ad for Corgi's Jean Richard Circus! As well as running a circus Jean Richard had also been an actor and played Maigret in a long-running French TV series.

As was common in Corgi ads of this era the art is by Frank Langford.

#21mar #1979 #corgi #jean richard #maigret #corgi's jean richard circus #circus #frank langford

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#out of these obv #sherlock holmes #dr. john watson #arthur hastings #poirot #agatha christie #miss lemon #felicity lemon #ariadne oliver #maigret #lapointe #albert janvier #doug sawyer #Brandstetter #dave brandstetter mysteries #john rebus #siobhan clarke #john watson #detective novels #sir arthur conan doyle #simenon

[card-queen]

I miss deviantArt some day. Truly, I do. I used to be able to post art, post ideas, share stories, characters and really connect with people. It was easy to see their art, characters, stories, and leave comments that would spiral out of control into big discussions that would last weeks.

So, this is my attempt to restore what I loved about deviantArt in my Tumblr. I’ll probably add links, snippets and resources about the stuff I’ve learned about stories, characters, world building & game design later. I’ll leave this opening post as this: I love creating, I love my characters, I love the challenges that comes with it all. I’m happy to share my thoughts and happier to share my knowledge to help others.

I love fantasy, I love strategy RPGs, I love detective fiction, I love spy fiction and thrillers. I want to create more and I want to help others create more too.

#i just love stories dammit #witcher #suikoden #fire emblem #stormlight archives #dresden files #brother cadfael #sherlock holmes #maigret #I LOVE IT ALL

[kwebtv]

Sir Michael John Gambon CBE (/ˈɡæmbɒn/; October 19, 1940 – September 27, 2023) Film, stage and television actor. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the original members of the Royal National Theatre. Over his six-decade-long career, he received three Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and four BAFTA Awards. In 1998, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama. Gambon enhanced his stardom through his role of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series from 2004 to 2011, replacing Richard Harris following his death in 2002.

For his work on television, he received four BAFTA Awards for The Singing Detective (1986), Wives and Daughters (1999), Longitude (2000), and Perfect Strangers (2001). He also received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Path to War (2002) and Emma (2009). Other notable projects include Cranford (2007) and The Casual Vacancy (2015). In 2017, he received the Irish Film & Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.

In 1967, he made his television debut in the BBC television adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing as Watchman No. 4. He also appeared in British programmes such as Softly, Softly (1967), and Public Eye (1968). From 1968 to 1970, he featured in the BBC historical series The Borderers as Gavin Kerr. He also had a recurring role in the Canadian series The Challengers (1972). He also appeared in drama anthology series including Play for Today, Play of the Month, and ITV Playhouse.

His craggy looks soon made him into a character actor. For his lead role in Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective (1986) he won his first British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. He starred as detective Inspector Jules Maigret in an ITV adaptation of twelve of Georges Simenon's books. In 1990, he played Jerry in Harold Pinter's Betrayal for BBC Radio 3. In 1991, he starred as Tommy Hanbury in an episode of the ITV series Minder called "Look Who's Coming To Pinner". He also appeared in the BBC serial Wives and Daughters (1999) based on the Victorian novel by the same name by Elizabeth Gaskell. He portrayed Squire Hamley and received his second BAFTA Award nomination and win for Best Actor. (Wikipedia)

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#Sir Michael Gambon #TV #Obit #Obituary #O2023 #The Singing Detective #Wives and Daughters #Longitude #Emma #Cranford #Path to War #Maigret

[vavandeveresfan]

Pet peeves: category: TV detectives.

OK OK what rEALLY cheeses me off is when a TV detective carries around a backpack all the time and never fucking takes anything out of it or puts anything in it.

When it's just a fucking prop, like, for what reason?

My backpack has a brush, moisturizer, pen, notepad, measuring tape, penknife, leash (for when I come across a stray dog), bus pass, keys, wallet, sunglasses (on sunny days), phone, band-aids, aspirin, binoculars, compass, breath mints, fruit bars, a book.

And believe it or not all of those things have come in handy at one time or another.

And it can expand to hold a goddamn baby elephant.

So what's the point of a detective who never puts anything in his backpack and never takes anything out? He just lugs it around, to show, what? How proletariat he is? Pockets aren't enough for this sleuth, he needs a Hershel pack for all the shit he doesn't have.

Columbo kept all kinds of stuff in his raincoat. Cigars, matches, hard-boiled eggs, salt shaker, gumdrops, dog treats, once an entire fucking Thermos. Miss Marple had lots of handy things in her purse, from hankies to knitting. Father Brown had a purple stole and lock picks in his cassock. Maigret had a tobacco pouch, matches, and pipe in his coat.

But Backpack Detectives don't have so much as a sandwich in a paper bag.

It just irks me. Couldn't the writers come up with something the characters actually used?

(I admit I haven't seen all episodes of Unforgotten and Death in Paradise, so it's possible they used their backpacks and I didn't see it, but in all the episodes I have seen they've never zipped open those suckers even once.)

The other thing that irks me is that Backpack Detectives always carry their pack only over one shoulder.

If you're kneeling down to examine the body or footprints or blood smears, or bending over to squint at the shattered vase or bullet in the coffee table, that pack will slip right off your shoulder. So you have to hold it in place with your other hand. Which means you only have one free hand.

If you do the sensible thing, the thing backpacks are designed for, you have both your arms through the straps, which leaves you with both hands free.

A detective wants both hands free. What if the murdered person's spouse offers a cup of tea while Backpack Detective is picking shards of bone out of the carpet? He doesn't have a free hand.

Screenwriters need to think about this shit more.

#tv detectives #detectives #Unforgotten #Death in Paradise #backpacks #mysteries #murder mysteries #sleuths #pet peeves #Sunny Khan #Neville Parker #Columbo #Miss Marple #Father Brown #Maigret #queue

[dirtyriver]

Simenon - Tout Maigret 7, cover by Jacques de Loustal

#Noir #Illustration #Georges Simenon #Maigret #Jacques de Loustal

[mariocki]

#john nettleton #rip #death ment tw #yes minister #yes prime minister #character actors #ok to be entirely honest i was kind of shocked to find out he'd still been alive #idk i sort of assumed he was fairly long dead idk why #but yes a great character actor who found some sitcom immortality but was just as capable of dramatic work and had some superb guest spots #including things like #a for andromeda #maigret #the fellows #armchair theatre #the champions #gazette #the avengers #fraud squad #department s #elizabeth r #and soon the darkness #a man for all seasons #out of the unknown #the organization #the rivals of sherlock holmes #and many more. i mean just look at those credits‚ what a career. #do wish the guardian might have sprung for a better pic for their article (like it's just so low res??) #oh and doctor who! #how did i forget #ghost light

[smokygluvs]

Jean Richard - 1921-2001

Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret ran for 88 episodes from 1967 to 1990 on French television, with Jean Richard in the title role.

When he filmed his first episode "Cécile eat more", he was already 46 years old. For many of Simenon's stories, this would be about right.

By the time of his last episode, "Maigret à New York", he was 69. Maigret (according to Simenon) retired in his 50's (to Meung-sur Loire).

Of course, in this last episode, Maigret was already retired and carried out the case on his own account. Even so, 69 is pushing it a bit.

Richard claimed that Simenon gave him one piece of advice. He asked: "When Maigret leaves home in the morning, how does he say goodbye to Mme Maigret?" Richard replied: "With a peck on the cheek?" "No, with a slap on the arse" (Une claque sur les fesses).

He also claimed that "uncharitable people" (les mauvaises langues) said he only got the role because he knew how to smoke a pipe.

Unfair, yes, but he did know how to smoke a pipe, and he stated that a proper pipe smoker was required to play the role (which is true, but then all men should know how to smoke a pipe).

Not my favourite Maigret (Rupert Davies, another dedicated pipe smoker, takes top billing), but a handsome pipe man all the same and a worthy second place (with Gabin a close third).

For one episode, he started filming at 9am. By 10, he was filling his 23rd pipe. That's what I call a dedicated pipe smoker. What a hero!

#pipe smoker #Maigret #Jean Richard

[cinephiliaisnotadisease]

#maigret #maigret sets a trap #tintin #I assumed the author was french so I loved the little belgium hint

[nathancone]

Are you there, God? It's me, Maigret.

#jean gabin #maigret

[zippocreed501]

AUTHOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

'I'm a bit like a sponge. When I'm not writing I absorb life like water. When I write I squeeze the sponge a little - and out comes, not water but ink.'

'I have always tried to write in a simple way, using down-to-earth and not abstract words.'

'We are all potentially characters in a novel--with the difference that characters in a novel really get to live their lives to the full.'

'I would like to carve my novel in a piece of wood. My characters—I would like to have them heavier, more three-dimensional ... My characters have a profession, have characteristics; you know their age, their family situation, and everything. But I try to make each one of those characters heavy, like a statue, and to be the brother of everybody in the world.'

Author Extraordinaire Georges Simenon

#georges simenon #maigret #writing advice #writing inspiration #writblr #detective #fiction #crime #books #literature

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#this time with archie goodwin 😔 #sorry people #arthur hastings #byomkesh bakshy #albert janvier #maigret #lapointe #felicity lemon #hercule poirot #ariadne oliver #siobhan clarke #doug sawyer #dave brandstetter mysteries #dr. anukul Guha #rebus #agatha christie