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The Doctor is a 1991 American drama film directed by Randa Haines.It is loosely based on Dr. Edward Rosenbaum's 1988 memoir A Taste Of My Own Medicine. [1] The film stars William Hurt as Jack McKee, a doctor who undergoes a transformation in his views about life, illness and human relationships.
William McChord Hurt[1][2] (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American actor. He is widely known for his performances on stage and screen, he received various awards including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. Hurt studied at the Juilliard School and began acting on stage in the 1970s.
Edward E Rosenbaum (May 14, 1915 – May 31, 2009), was an American physician and author. [1] [2] He is best known for the autobiographical chronicle of his experience with throat cancer, The Doctor, [3] (initially published as A Taste of My Own Medicine [4]), which was the basis of the movie The Doctor, starring William Hurt as a physician modeled on Dr. Rosenbaum.
William Hurt, who became a top leading man in the 1980s, winning an Oscar for 1985’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman” and starring in “The Big Chill” and “Body Heat,” died Sunday of ...
The end of "The Name of the Doctor" closes with text superimposed over footage of Hurt introducing him, pictured to the left, which was unprecedented for the show. In "The Day of the Doctor", Hurt appears in a "multi-Doctor" special alongside Matt Smith and David Tennant as the Eleventh and Tenth Doctors, respectively.
Updated March 14, 2022 at 12:50 AM. Marvel has led tributes to William Hurt as “an amazing talent” following the Academy Award-winning actor’s death aged 71. The actor died a week before his ...
The War Doctor[n 1] is an incarnation of the Doctor, [6] the protagonist of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the English actor John Hurt. [6] Although he precedes Christopher Eccleston 's Ninth Doctor in the show's fictional chronology, [6] his first onscreen appearance came eight years after ...
From Body Heat to Broadcast News, William Hurt was one of the defining faces of '80s-era Hollywood hits. But the late actor, who died on Mar. 13 at age 71, played an equally important role in that ...