Remembering Christopher Plummer on his birthday 🎂
📷 Hank Walker, 1961
"He had immense & myriad natural gifts: a leading man’s face & figure; a slightly aloof mien that betrayed supreme confidence; a sonorous (not to say plummy) speaking voice; & exquisite diction."
~Bruce Weber
Ralph Morse
Christopher Plummer & David Carradine in Peter Shaffer's Royal Hunt of the Sun, 1964
Plummer switched roles to play Atahualpa in the 1969 film; Robert Shaw took over the Francisco Pizarro role.
Christopher Plummer with E.L. Doctorow & Mike Nichols for the NY Shakespeare Festival's production of Drinks Before Dinner
📷 Martha Swope, 1978
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Martha Swope
James Earl Jones & Christopher Plummer in Othello, 1981
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Christopher Plummer with Jonathan Miller in a wonderful portrait by Richard Avedon
This is from the 2002 Broadway production of King Lear.
Plummer on Miller's Lear:
Christopher Plummer
A fine portrait by Christian Anwander
"He could underplay on film because he knew how to play big onstage; he had long since mastered his register and was not afraid of extremes."
- Jesse Green
Christopher Plummer by Yousuf Karsh, 1959
Karsh also took a 1982 photo of Plummer as Iago & James Earl Jones as Othello, but I've never seen it.
The 1994 Broadway production of Pinter's No Man's Land, with Jason Robards & Christopher Plummer
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📷 Martha Swope
A fabulous bad guy performance by Christopher Plummer in Darryl Duke's cult classic Silent Partner. If you're looking for a great Xmas movie that isn't It's a Wonderful Life or Die Hard, search out this 1978 film.
The still photographer on the set was Laszlo Szilvassy
#stillonset
Christopher Plummer, Angie Dickinson, Anthony Quayle?
Count me in! I'd love to see this made-for-tv version of Dial M For Murder, shown on NBC in 1981.
Great chemistry between Christopher Plummer (Holmes) and James Mason (Watson), in one of my favourite Sherlock films, Murder By Decree.
📷 Kent Gavin, 1978
A candid moment between Holmes, Christopher Plummer, & Watson, James Mason, in the very fine Murder By Decree, released in 1979.
📷 Peter Marlow, London, 1978
Jill Dixon & Christopher Plummer in Richard III.
📷 Hank Walker, 1961
Julie Andrews & Christopher Plummer in The Sound of Music, 1965
📷 Douglas Kirkland
Pauline Kael noted the "archly decadent performance by Christopher Plummer - he of the thin, twisted smile; he seems to be in a different movie altogether."
The Sound of Music by Al Hirschfeld, 1964
He captures Christopher Plummer as the Baron perfectly! He also takes the time to make each child a proper portrait. I love Julie Andrews's outfit & haircut. And the kids!
Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer in a marvellous 2015 photograph by Annie Leibovitz
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