A-Team Star of ‘Man From UNCLE’ Dies Aged 83 Years

Many adults today remember growing up watching actors Robert Vaughn and David McCallum star in the spy drama series, ‘The Man From UNCLE’.  Sadly a link with that time is severed with the death this weekend of Robert Vaughn, who played Napoleon Solo for the four years the hit series was on the air.
‘The Man From UNCLE’ was a major drama series, and at the time in the mid 1960s, many children were encouraged to write away to join the UNCLE club and received a wallet with secret agent messages in return.
Robert Vaughn was nominated for three Golden Globe acting awards for ‘The Man from UNCLE’.
Vaughn was also the star of many movies, including the seminal western, ‘The Magnificent Seven’.
He won an Emmy Award for playing in the 1970s political miniseries, ‘Washington Behind Closed Doors’.
In 1986, producers of the tv series, ‘The A-Team’ brought him onto their series, for its fifth season.
Veteran actor, Robert Vaughn from ‘The Man from UNCLE’ was cast as General Hunt Stockwell.  Stockwell promised the A-Team a pardon for taking part in dangerous missions, much different than they had done in the previous seasons.  While there had always been comedic elements in the series, this fifth season was the darkest, with nobody really knowing Stockwell’s real motives.
In recent years, he played a comedic role on the No. 1 British soap opera, ‘Coronation Street’.
Those are just a few examples of the screen time served by the suave Robert Vaughn, writes David Flynn.
Three generations of moviegoers and television watchers experienced the work of this actor.
He passed away on 11^th, November, 2016, aged 83 years.  Deepest sympathy is extended to his wife, Linda, son Cassidy, and daughter, Caitlin.  May he rest in peace.