pic courtesy of www.unificationfrance.comSadness mixed with gratitude at Stately Difbrook Towers this evening, as we wave farewell to Don S. Davis - one of my very favourite actors and an utter gentleman to boot. Don died on the 29th of June, felled by a massive heart attack.
If you watched Stargate, or Twin Peaks, or the X-Files, or any number of films and shows, you probably ran into him at least once. He was that sort of an actor. Always busy, always in demand even if fame on the grand scale seemed to elude him.
Television SF fans know what it is to suffer - that horrible feeling when one of your favourite shows seems stuck in a rut, or seems to be heading off up a blind alley (or more usually, up its own backside). SG-1 in particular has been somewhat... punishing... to be a fan of, but you take the rough with the smooth. The smooth was almost always provided by Don, who could lift just about any episode out of the doldrums. I've felt his absence keenly over the last few seasons. I'll feel it a lot more in more or less every American SF show I watch from now on.
I kinda hoped that Russell T. Davies or Stephen Moffat might grab him at some point for a guest shot on Doctor Who. After all, they got Anna Louise Plowman, so why not her SG1 castmate?
Not to be now, alas.Bye, Don. Thanks for a lifetime of great work.
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