October 4, 1996<\/p>\n
Theatrical colleagues pay tribute to Mark Frankel<\/i><\/p>\n
LEON THE PIG FARMER’ STAR DIES IN ROAD ACCIDENT<\/b><\/p>\n
Tributes are pouring in from the theatrical world for Mark Frankel – star of the hit movie ‘Leon the Pig Farmer’ – who was killed in a road crash last week. The 34-year-old actor died in a hospital from injuries sustained when his Harley Davidson collided with a lorry in Chiswick, West London.<\/p>\n
His funeral service at Kingston Liberal Synagogue was attended by many of his co-stars and professional colleagues with whom he had become firm friends. Among the mourners were Gina Bellman, Jason Isaacs and Gary Sinyor, who directed two of the actor’s films.<\/p>\n
To British audiences, Mark Frankel was probably best known for his lead role as Leon in Vadim Jean’s and Mr. Sinyor’s award-winning comedy, in which he portrayed a Jewish North-West London estate agent who discovers he’s really the son of a Yorkshire pig farmer. He went on to star in Gary Sinyor’s second comedy film “Solitaire for Two” in which the romantic lead of a suave, smooth-talker was written specially for him.<\/p>\n
Brought up in Long Ditton, Surrey, his “Englishness” also made him an actor in demand in the US. There he was known to viewers as a rich recluse in the popular NBC series “Sisters” and an action hero in “Fortune Hunter” on cable channel TNT. He also co-starred in another hit American TV series “The Kindred,” produced by 20th Century Fox. He had completed another movie, “Roseanna’s Grave,” on location in Italy earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Paying tribute for the actor, Mr. Sinyor told the JC, “We worked closely professionally and were very good friends. I expected to continue seeing him on a regular basis for the rest of my life. I can’t remember a time in his company when I wasn’t feeling happy.”<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the star’s agent added, “He was on the verge of becoming a massive star. We’ve never met anyone with so much life and energy. He will be very much missed”.<\/p>\n
Mr. Frankel leaves a wife, Caroline, who is expecting their second child, and a two-year-old son, Fabian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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