The John Hillerman Thread

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No need to know! · Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:56 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A1WFqnv ... re=related

Nice one John!

mandolabar · #197 Post by **mandolabar** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:47 pm

Hi--I'm new to the site, great to find you all!

I found a youtube posting of a scene with John Hillerman and Eileen Brennan, singing a Cole Porter song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-TIquf6qH4

I couldn't pass that up...I hunted around and found it's from "At Long Last Love," from 1975. Which seems to be very hard to find, but I did...so for those who are interested, you can download it from extafilm (http://www.extafilm.com/). For a modest fee

(or for those who know where it can be found in better quality, please share...)

At any rate--the movie didn't get great ratings, but I for one found it delightful. Fluffy romantic comedy, and Mr. Hillerman's delivery is superb. Warning: the songs are catchy, you'll end up humming them...

~Amanda

JT · #198 Post by JT » Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:46 pm

Hi mandolabar, welcome to Magnum Mania.
Thanks for sharing the clip.

Louise · #199 Post by **Louise** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 12:20 pm

The film "Hands of a Murderer" was shown on TV last night (in the UK) in which John Hillerman played Dr Watson to Edward Woodward's Sherlock Holmes. I was going to stay up and watch the whole thing, but it didn't finish till 1am and, to be honest, the film wasn't very good so I only watched the first twenty minutes or so (sorry John

)

John was doing his British accent so it was a bit like watching Higgins's great grandfather!

N1095A · #200 Post by **N1095A** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:13 pm

Louise wrote:The film "Hands of a Murderer" was shown on TV last night (in the UK) in which John Hillerman played Dr Watson to Edward Woodward's Sherlock Holmes. I was going to stay up and watch the whole thing, but it didn't finish till 1am and, to be honest, the film wasn't very good so I only watched the first twenty minutes or so (sorry John )

John was doing his British accent so it was a bit like watching Higgins's great grandfather!

I wonder if that film was the inspiration for "Holmes Is Where The Heart Is"?

mandolabar · #201 Post by **mandolabar** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:43 pm

Happy 79th to the multitalented John Hillerman! Here's hoping he's having a wonderful, laid-back day, staying inside from the (finally!) rain!

~Amanda

Brant · #202 Post by **Brant** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:56 pm

Sam wrote:Here is a picture of Hillerman that was posted about two weeks ago..

http://www.mobilityplustx.com/

Tick on Blog.

Now only available here.

Sam · #203 Post by **Sam** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:39 pm

Hi Brant..welcome aboard.It was a good thing JJ saved it because it was removed six months later.

Little Garwood · #204 Post by **Little Garwood** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:54 pm

Sam wrote:Hi Brant..welcome aboard.It was a good thing JJ saved it because it was removed six months later.

I thought everyone here must have saved a copy; I did!

Brant · #205 Post by **Brant** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:34 pm

Like many of you I have been a fan since seeing Magnum aired in the 80s. If not for the general belief that John is extremely private and does not want to be disturbed, I would make the 10 hour round trip this weekend just to shake his hand. For me Hillerman really puts the show over the top and I agree with others that without him it wouldn't have had near the same level of success. I have almost finished watching Ellery Queen as well - available on DVD from Netflix if you are interested.

It is really my hope that John is surrounded by a strong group of close friends; that his need for privacy hasn't led to a lonely life. And I do wish he would write his memoirs, or at least some short articles (blog) so we could keep up with him. I always thought he would be a great audio book narrator - like Edward Herrman.

I hope you all had a great Christmas and are already enjoying a good new year. Thanks for the welcome Sam!

#206 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:02 am

Greetings Brant! Welcome!

Brant · #207 Post by **Brant** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:58 am

Thanks JJ!
I used to spend time on the David Roma's site but then got busy for a while and lost track. Went looking for MPI info recently and this seems like the place to be. Lots of fantastic information here.

It's funny because it started with watching a Christmas episode recently. Now I've watched all of season 1 again and started on season 2, all of which leads me back here.

Glad I found you!

mandolabar · #208 Post by **mandolabar** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:49 am

I just watched "Hands of a Murderer" this afternoon with the family, and I was expecting it to be truly awful, given the comments I've seen here. But while it's not the greatest movie I've ever seen, it wasn't *that* bad. The acting seemed to be well done, if the story was a bit telegraphed. My biggest problem with it was that after the newest Robert Downey, Jr., Holmes movie, Mycroft will for me forever and always be Stephen Fry, so I kept getting distracted. But John Hillerman did well with Watson, I thought.

I'm probably biased. Just a teensy.

~Amanda

Wed May 02, 2012 8:37 am

Just noticed this short clip of John Hillerman telling a classic Winston Churchill joke. Not sure what program this is from.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fv ... A1WFqnvi4k

ThomasMagnum · #210 Post by **ThomasMagnum** » Sun May 20, 2012 12:26 pm

This might have been posted already but here it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9blfc9c2uFU

The John Hillerman Thread

At Long Last Love

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