Thursday, May 6, 2021

FAREWELL, FRANK MCRAE

You were a big man whose football prowess filtered into cinematic dreams

Your vast and varied queue includes License to Kill; Hard Times; the Last Action Hero; Red Dawn '84; *batteries not included; Rocky II; Lock Up; Paradise Alley; F.I.S.T.; Norma RaeCool Breeze; Shaft in Africa; Dr. Hoof and Mouth; the Wizard '89; 1941; National Lampoon's Vacation; City in Fear; 48 Hours; Another 48 Hours; Cannery Row; Farewell to the King; G-Men From Hell; Lightning Jack; Loaded Weapon 1; the End; the 500 Foot Sister; Used Cars; Pipe Dreams; Tracks; Big Wednesday; Love's Abiding Joy; Love's Long Journey; the Bank Shot; and Dillinger '73

You sported a contagious charm, Mr. McRae and managed to bring toughness and sweetness to any role you took. Few could hope to pull that off, but you did so with an effortless buoyancy, fated to endure. 

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