Actor Robert Vaughn dies at 83

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The actor Robert Vaughn, best known for playing the suave Napoleon Solo in 1960s television spy series, “The Man from U.N.C.L.E,” and the last surviving actor from the original “Magnificent Seven” movie, died on Friday from leukemia.

Vaughn’s manager Matthew Sullivan said the 83-year-old actor died in hospital surrounded by his wife Linda Staab and two children, Cassidy and Caitlin.

He had been receiving treatment for acute leukemia, Sullivan said.

What did he star in?

#NCIS' David McCallum Responds to #TheManFromUNCLE Co-Star's Death: “I Am Utterly Devastated” https://t.co/0hrIcg7D1rpic.twitter.com/xt9FaRvh33

— TVLine.com (@TVLine) November 11, 2016

New York-born Vaughn starred with David McCallum in “The Man from U.N.C.L.E,” a tongue-in-cheek drama about battling world evil that was inspired by the James Bond books and movies.

“Robert and I worked together for many years and losing him is like losing a part of me,” McCallum said in a statement to TVLine.com on Friday.

The 1964-68 series gave way to a number of spinoff movies including “One Spy Too Many” and “One of Our Spies is Missing” that also starred the two actors.

Film career

Vaughn appeared in more than 200 movies and TV shows over his 60-year career, including the 1960 movie “The Magnificent Seven”, alongside Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen. He was the last survivor of the movie’s original seven lead actors.

Other movies included “Bullitt” in 1968, again with McQueen, and “The Young Philadelphians” in 1959, for which he received a supporting actor Oscar nomination.

Television career

On television, Vaughn appeared in numerous shows, including “The A-Team,” a 1998 TV version of “The Magnificent Seven,” and, in 2012, as a character in the long-running British soap opera, “Coronation Street.”

Steve McQueen, 1980
Yul Brynner, 1985
James Coburn, 2002
Brad Dexter, 2002
Horst Buchholz, 2003
Charles Bronson, 2003
Robert Vaughn, 2016 pic.twitter.com/A7OaPeggYQ

— The Pixel Factor (@ThePixelFactor) 11 novembre 2016

Tributes

Sorry to hear the news about Robert Vaughn.

— Sir Roger Moore (@sirrogermoore) November 11, 2016

Former British James Bond actor Sir Roger Moore was among those mourning his passing, tweeting “Sorry to hear the news about Robert Vaughn.”

Oh no. Robert Vaughn, such a fine actor, one of the best Columbo villains (no higher praise than that) & an utterly charming man, has died.

— Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) November 11, 2016

British actor Stephen Fry said on Twitter that Vaughn was “such a fine actor, one of the best Columbo villains (no higher praise than that) and utterly charming man.”

Sad to hear The Man From UNCLE has died. #RobertVaughnpic.twitter.com/ShVDAERmP2

— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) 11 novembre 2016

In tweets

Steve McQueen, 1980
Yul Brynner, 1985
James Coburn, 2002
Brad Dexter, 2002
Horst Buchholz, 2003
Charles Bronson, 2003
Robert Vaughn, 2016 pic.twitter.com/A7OaPeggYQ

— The Pixel Factor (@ThePixelFactor) November 11, 2016

Oh no! Sad to hear Robert Vaughn has died. A fine talent and two-time #Columbo guest star. https://t.co/dj57Wgn58spic.twitter.com/Ql7TRuVIVo

— Lieutenant Columbo (@columbophile) November 11, 2016

BULLIT-1968-MI PELICULA-DIRIGIDA POR PETER YATES
STEVE MC QUEEN-JACQUELINE BISSET-ROBERT VAUGHN pic.twitter.com/tTd1JdVFq4

— ARTURO (@NovilloArturo) September 12, 2016

Sad news about the passing of Robert Vaughn. His death in Towering Inferno never fails to traumatise me each and every time I watch it. pic.twitter.com/HwxfzZDyko

— Paul Hamilton (@_PaulHamilton) November 11, 2016