Actor Robert Vaughn – best known as Napoleon Solo in the original TV series of The Man From UNCLE, as well as Coronation Street’s Milton Fanshaw – has died aged 83.
The actor’s manager Matthew Sullivan confirmed that he passed away on Friday after a brief battle against acute leukaemia.
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‘Mr. Vaughn passed away with him family around him,’ Sullivan told the website Deadline.
Robert, who was born in New York in 1932, had an acting career which spanned over seven decades, although he remains best known for his role as the original Napoleon Solo in 60s TV hit The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
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That show, which saw him play an American secret agent working for the titular organisation, alongside Soviet agent Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) ran for 105 episodes from 1964-1968.
It also spawned a movie reboot, starring Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer as Solo and Kuryakin, in 2015.
Vaughn notched up countless other movie and TV show appearances throughout his long career – and was notably the last surviving main cast member of 1960 classic The Magnificent Seven, in which he played gunman Lee.
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His other notable films included Bullitt, The Towering Inferno, Superman III and Battle Beyond The Stars – while on TV he appeared as Hustle’s Albert Stroller for the show’s entire eight-series run, from 2004-2012.
More recently, Coronation Street fans might also remember his 2012 role in the soap as Milton Fanshaw, who was love interest to Stephanie Cole’s character Sylvia Goodwin – with Robert appearing in 13 episodes of the soap.
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He is survived by his wife Linda Staab -whom he had been married to for 42 years – as well as son Cassidy and daughter Caitlin.
SOURCE : Metro news
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