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mahatmakanejeeves

(64,676 posts) Tue Sep 27, 2022, 12:01 PM Sep 2022

Actor William Sampson Jr. was #BornOnThisDay, Sept. 27, 1933.

Actor William Sampson Jr. was #BornOnThisDay, Sept. 27, 1933.Remembered for his film role as "Chief Bromden"in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). Suffering from scleroderma,a chronic degenerative condition he passed from kidney failure in 1987(age 53) #RIP #gonetoosoon #BOTD

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Actor William Sampson Jr. was #BornOnThisDay, Sept. 27, 1933. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 OP

Chief Bromden was a gentle giant in the film, and Will Sampson played him beautifully. Aristus Sep 2022 #1

Just caught a couple references to him in the latest ep of Reservation Dogs AZSkiffyGeek Sep 2022 #2

Aristus

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1. Chief Bromden was a gentle giant in the film, and Will Sampson played him beautifully.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Sep 27, 2022, 12:07 PM

Sep 2022

In the book, which he narrated (a little unreliably), Bromden was a vicious, dangerous psychopath.

AZSkiffyGeek

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2. Just caught a couple references to him in the latest ep of Reservation Dogs

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Sep 27, 2022, 12:10 PM

Sep 2022

His granddaughter played a spirit in the last episode. And Willie Jack's last name is Sampson.

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