RIP, René Auberjonois

[Tender Branson]

René Auberjonois, a ‘Deep Space Nine’ Star, Dies at 79

René Auberjonois, a sought-after character actor whose hundreds of roles included a governor’s officious assistant in “Benson,” an alien security officer on “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” a managing partner in “Boston Legal” and a con man who gets Huck Finn into hot water in the Broadway musical “Big River,” died on Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 79.



His son, the actor Rèmy-Luc Auberjonois, said the cause was metastatic lung cancer.

Mr. Auberjonois moved easily among television, film and the stage, and between comedy and drama, often playing scene-stealing characters who injected comic relief or snark or a plot wrinkle into the proceedings.

Major roles on long-running television shows in three decades — “Benson” in the 1980s, “Deep Space Nine” in the 1990s and “Boston Legal” in the 2000s — made him the kind of star whose face was familiar to millions, even if they might not immediately be able to put a name to it. Across almost 60 years as a professional actor, he was rarely not in demand.

“Some friends of mine will say, ‘Oh, they don’t use you enough!’” he told TV Guide in 2006, speaking about his “Boston Legal” role, one he thought of as a late-career surprise, “and I look at them like, ‘What, are you wishing me to work hard? I’m 65 years old! I thought I was going to retire when this thing came out of nowhere.’”

He amassed more than 40 additional acting and voice-over credits after that.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/08/obituaries/rene-auberjonois-dead.html

[fluffypanther19]

i loved Odo on DS9, such an interesting character. RIP Rene

[You are responsible]

Considering that I saw DS9 for the first time back in 1994, Auberjonois' death makes me feel kind of old.

Along with Colm Meany, I also considered Auberjonois the best actor on that show's main cast. RIP.

And I also just looked him up on Wikipedia and was surprised to find out that he was a direct descendent of Napoleon Bonaparte's younger sister.

[dead0man]

I knew him best from Benson.  RIP

[Chief Justice PiT]

     Oof, that one hits hard. I am a big DS9 fan.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I knew him best from Benson.  RIP

I also knew him from Benson.

[politicallefty]

I was sad to see this. He was one of the best actors on DS9 without a doubt. His memory and legacy will live on. May he RIP. LLAP.