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Patrick Stewart Was Regal, Stately and Quite Hilarious
The actor used his booming voice and Shakespearean pedigree in the service of absurd (and often lewd) comedy.
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Patrick Stewart: A Life in Pictures
The motley mix of roles that won the British actor acclaim includes a Shakespearean hero, a “Star Trek” captain and an “X-Men” mutant.
Patrick Stewart’s Many Roles, From ‘Star Trek’ to ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
The actor’s long and varied career included Shakespearean roles, “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” comedy and a stint in the Marvel Universe.
Patrick Stewart has played many memorable roles.
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Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ Captain and Professor X on ‘X-Men,’ Dies at 86
The British actor was 86. He achieved pop-culture stardom as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
Patrick Stewart was Professor X in five “X-Men” movies, Macbeth on Broadway and, recently, the voice of a wise ram in “The Sheep Detectives.”
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Susan Saint James, Emmy Winner Who Starred in ‘Kate & Allie,’ Dies at 80
In a long career, she was best known for starring opposite Jane Curtin in “Kate & Allie,” a 1980s sitcom about two divorced women raising three children in New York City.
Susan Saint James in 2025. Kate McArdle, her character on “Kate & Allie,” was “a free spirit caught up in the radical movement” of the 1960s, a publicist said, while Allie (Jane Curtin) was a “traditionalist.”
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‘Event Horizon’: The Cosmic Horror Flop That Rose From the Void
Paul W.S. Anderson’s nightmarish 1997 space film starring Sam Neill became a pulpy horror classic after shocking viewers expecting a simple space adventure.
Walter Koenig, Chekov From ‘Star Trek,’ Has Died
As the baby-faced Russian navigator of the U.S.S. Enterprise, he was a mainstay of the original television series and seven films. He was 90.
Walter Koenig as Pavel Chekov in a 1968 episode of “Star Trek.”
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