Derrick O'Connor (3 January 1941 â€" 29 June 2018) was an Irish
theatre and character actor.O'Connor was best known for his
performance as South African mercenary Pieter Vorstedt in Lethal
Weapon 2 and for his roles in three Terry Gilliam films. He starred as
Jack Stone in The Professionals episode "You'll be Alright". He was a
member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.Gilliam, who directed O'Connor
in three films, had noted in his audio commentaries that O'Connor
seemed to have a habit of relinquishing most of his dialogue in favour
of physical character humour. Notable examples include Time Bandits,
in which his character's dialogue was resorted to simple grunts while
the Maid Marian character "translated" for him and in Brazil, in which
O'Connor scrapped all of his character's dialogue and simply repeated
the dialogue of Bob Hoskins' character.
theatre and character actor.O'Connor was best known for his
performance as South African mercenary Pieter Vorstedt in Lethal
Weapon 2 and for his roles in three Terry Gilliam films. He starred as
Jack Stone in The Professionals episode "You'll be Alright". He was a
member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.Gilliam, who directed O'Connor
in three films, had noted in his audio commentaries that O'Connor
seemed to have a habit of relinquishing most of his dialogue in favour
of physical character humour. Notable examples include Time Bandits,
in which his character's dialogue was resorted to simple grunts while
the Maid Marian character "translated" for him and in Brazil, in which
O'Connor scrapped all of his character's dialogue and simply repeated
the dialogue of Bob Hoskins' character.
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