Christopher Plummer, distinguished Canadian actor best known for his role as ‘Captain Von Trapp’ in the classic movie, ‘The Sound of Music’, has died at 91.
According to BBC, Plummer passed away peacefully at his home in Connecticut with his wife Elaine Taylor at his side.
He won an Oscar in 2012 for the film Beginners and was also nominated for The Last Station in 2010 and All the Money in the World in 2018.
Along with becoming the oldest person to win an Oscar, Plummer also won a pair of Emmys and two Tonys during a nearly 70-year career.
Lou Pitt, his longtime friend and manager of 46 years, said;
Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his profession with great old fashion manners, self deprecating humor and the music of words. He was a National Treasure who deeply relished his Canadian roots. Through his art and humanity, he touched all of our hearts and his legendary life will endure for all generations to come. He will forever be with us.
His many other films included The Man Who Would Be King and Knives Out.
Plummer had a varied career across film, television and theatre, starring in productions on Broadway and with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Yet he will be forever known and loved for The Sound of Music, adapted from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, in which he appeared alongside Dame Julie Andrews.
Plummer had ambivalent feelings towards his best-known film, which he famously renamed The Sound of Mucus during interviews.
He also likened working with Andrews to “being hit over the head with a big Valentine’s Day card, every day“, though they later became great friends.
More recent films include The Insider as Mike Wallace — for which he won a National Film Critics Award — the acclaimed A Beautiful Mind, Man in the Chair, Must Love Dogs, National Treasure, Syriana and Inside Man.
His TV appearances, which number close to 100, include the Emmy-winning BBC Hamlet at Elsinore playing the title role; the Emmy-winning productions The Thornbirds, Nuremberg, Little Moon of Alban and HBO’s Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight earning him seven Emmy nominations and taking home two Emmys. He was last seen in the Canadian series, Departures.
May his soul rest in peace.
