Happy Birthday Christopher Plummer!

ABOUTHis prominent roles included Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music. His other notable films include The Return of the Pink Panther, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and The Man Who Would Be King.

BEFORE FAMEHis role as Mr. Darcy in his high school production of Pride and Prejudice garnered the attention of theater critic Herbert Whittaker. He made his film debut in the 1858 movie, Stage Struck.

TRIVIAHe was also in The Insider and The Pink Panther.

FAMILY LIFEHis great-grandfather was former Canadian prime minister, Sir John Abbott. He had a daughter named Amanda Plummer in 1957 with Patricia Lewis.

ASSOCIATED WITHHe starred in The Return of the Pink Panther with Peter Sellers

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