2023-06-27 18:10:00
Romain Rouillard / Photo credit: Youtube screenshot – extract from the film “Titanic” 8:10 p.m., June 27, 2023
American actor Lew Palter died of cancer on May 21. A theater teacher and film actor, he notably appeared in the film “Titanic” where he played the role of Isidor Straus, this rich first-class passenger who takes his wife in his arms as the ship prepares to leave. sink.
He’s not the most iconic face of Titanic but he appears in one of his most upsetting scenes. American actor Lew Palter died of cancer at the age of 94 on May 21, his daughter Catherine Palter told the Hollywood Reporter
. In James Cameron’s feature film, he played Isidor Straus, a wealthy businessman, owner of Macy’s department stores.
In the film, he is seen hugging his wife Isa in his cabin as the liner is regarding to sink. He had decided to leave his place on the lifeboats. To which his wife replied: “We have lived forty wonderful years together, if you do not want to climb in this canoe, then neither do I”. This exchange had been left out of the final version of the film and was revealed on the occasion of the documentary Titanic, 20 years lateraired last May on National Geographic.
A career as an actor and teacher
Beyond the fiction, Isidor Straus and his wife really existed and made their fortune in the United States following leaving their native Germany. Isidor was even briefly elected to the United States Congress between 1894 and 1895. The couple had boarded the Titanic in 1912 following the liner which was originally supposed to take them back to Europe was delayed. Isidor Straus is also the great-great-grandfather of Wendy Rush, the widow of Stockton Rush, boss of OceanGate, who died last week in the implosion of Titan, this submarine left to explore the wreck of the Titanic.
As for Lew Palter, he appeared in many American series. We see it, among other things, in Iron man, Columbo, Charlie’s Angels or The All Risks Agency. He also plays the role of a Supreme Court judge in First Monday in October. But the actor’s career was essentially devoted to his teaching profession. A recognized theater teacher, he shaped certain stars of the stage such as Ed Harris, Don Cheadle and Cecily Strong. “His legacy lives on in the many careers, lives and histories he touched,” said Travis Preston, dean of the CalArts School of Theater, where Lew Palter taught, in a statement. He had also served in the US Army.
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