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Roger Hill, who played gang leader Cyrus in Walter Hill’s 1979 cult classic “The Warriors,” died Thursday in New York. He was 65.
Hill spent nearly 20 years as an actor, working mostly in theater. He was an early participant in the Frank Silvera Writers’ Workshop and appeared in Off Broadway and touring productions of Charles Gordone’s “No Place to Be Somebody,” Ed Bullins’ “The Fabulous Miss Marie” and “Hamlet.”
But the role with which he made the biggest impression was the charismatic but doomed gang lord Cyrus in Paramount’s “The Warriors.” He also played Alec Lowndes on ABC’s “One Life to Live” from 1982-85.
In 2005 he filed a lawsuit of $250,000 against Rockstar Games for using his voice and depicting him in the videogame based on “The Warriors.”
Born and raised in New York City, Hill graduated from the City College of New York. In later years, he left acting and spent time working as a part=time librarian and writing poetry.
He is survived by his only son, film editor Chris W. Hill.
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One of my favorite movies of all time. Not for everyone.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1023205-warriors/ 94% on there.
I will say this. That speech he gives always resonated to me.
The idea of uniting gangs, and how much power they could wield.
He actually says a lot of good **** in his speech (his only scene in the film, and he's famous for it as you can see). .
Far fetched (you see in the flick from jump that it wouldn't have worked), but brilliant nonetheless.
Scene was actually filmed in a playground I used to play in as a shorty.
RIP.
Roger Hill, who played gang leader Cyrus in Walter Hill’s 1979 cult classic “The Warriors,” died Thursday in New York. He was 65.
Hill spent nearly 20 years as an actor, working mostly in theater. He was an early participant in the Frank Silvera Writers’ Workshop and appeared in Off Broadway and touring productions of Charles Gordone’s “No Place to Be Somebody,” Ed Bullins’ “The Fabulous Miss Marie” and “Hamlet.”
But the role with which he made the biggest impression was the charismatic but doomed gang lord Cyrus in Paramount’s “The Warriors.” He also played Alec Lowndes on ABC’s “One Life to Live” from 1982-85.
In 2005 he filed a lawsuit of $250,000 against Rockstar Games for using his voice and depicting him in the videogame based on “The Warriors.”
Born and raised in New York City, Hill graduated from the City College of New York. In later years, he left acting and spent time working as a part=time librarian and writing poetry.
He is survived by his only son, film editor Chris W. Hill.
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One of my favorite movies of all time. Not for everyone.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1023205-warriors/ 94% on there.
I will say this. That speech he gives always resonated to me.
The idea of uniting gangs, and how much power they could wield.
He actually says a lot of good **** in his speech (his only scene in the film, and he's famous for it as you can see). .
Far fetched (you see in the flick from jump that it wouldn't have worked), but brilliant nonetheless.
Scene was actually filmed in a playground I used to play in as a shorty.
RIP.
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Loved the Warriors game too, RIP.
