He was the ultimate badass sheriff, Will Teasle, trying to mess with Rambo...in FIRST BLOOD (1982), the First film, where John Rambo was supposed to die and then we would not get ...Rambo V... well now...
But then on the golden age of video (read-the 80's;) I saw him on Cocoon, Legal Eagles, Gorky Park, F/X-Murder By Illusion and the sequel, Silverado, Best Seller, Miles from Home, so on...
Wherever he showed up he filled the screen, massive big man with a great grand smile, but he could be evil too. Big was also an understatement, he was six foot 3 (1.90 m) tall and massive. For me he was like a father figure, sever or suave, smart and wise.
He was a great theater actor, won two Tony awards, won a Golden Globe for The Death of a Salesman TV movie in 2000, did a lot of TV.
One odd, strange choice brought him one of the best parts of his career, Peter Greenaway's The Belly of an Architect (1987). He was Ted Montague in Baz Luhrman's 1996 reinvention of Romeo + Juliet.
Last time I saw him on the Hap and Leonard TV series, season two (2017), as a redneckish sheriff, not that far from the one from First Blood and many other tough characters that he played so well...
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