Thayer David--The Eiger Sanction (1975)

[Gothick]

There are some cool clips of Thayer David's scenes as the insidious spymaster Dragon in the 1975 Clint Eastwood thriller, The Eiger Sanction, included in this trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEc1aEYmiA8

Cool to see! Thayer really left us way too early...

G.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

When I saw The Eiger Sanction back in the day, I thought that was a wild character for Thayer David - especially the pink eyes. But the man was definitely nothing if not versatile, and he pulled it off perfectly. 

Of course, that was also back in the day when it seemed like between his films and TV guest spots, he was on view every other week - not that I was complaining.    His passing at such a young age was certainly a loss to us as well as the film/TV industry itself.

[Bob_the_Bartender]

Many years ago, one of my friends introduced me to Warren Murphy, author of "The Eiger Sanction."  We all grew up in the same town in the Garden State, and spent one day enjoying some especially fine St. Pauli Girl brews at Warren's apartment, as I recall today.

I mentioned to Warren, that the apparent CIA honcho in the film was portrayed by the great Thayer David, Prof. T. Elliott Stokes of "Dark Shadows" fame.  Warren said that he was aware of Mr. David's appearances on "Dark Shadows" and that he thought very highly of him as an actor.  I could not agree more with Warren in his regard for Thayer David.