Actor Robert F. Chew ("The Wire") dead at 52

[Magnificent Mr. Hole]

http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/robe...-actor-was-52/





R.I.P. Robert F. Chew
By THE DEADLINE TEAM

Actor Robert F. Chew, best known for the character Proposition Joe he
played on HBO’s The Wire, has died. Chew died Thursday at his home in
Baltimore of apparent heart failure. He was 52.

Chew broke into TV with a role in Homicide: Life on the Street and
appeared in the miniseries The Corner and the TV movie Something The
Lord Made. He also taught and mentored young actors at Baltimore’s
Arena Players, and he maintained his relationship with the troupe
after his career took off with David Simon’s HBO series. He introduced
new talent from the group to casting directors and coached young
actors who played students in the Baltimore City School system in
Season 4 of The Wire. Chew continued to teach in the Arena Players
Youth Theatre after The Wire ended production in 2007.

”Robert was not only an exceptional actor, he was an essential part of
the film and theater community in Baltimore,” Simon said today in an
email to The Baltimore Sun. “He could have gone to New York or Los
Angeles and commanded a lot more work, but he loved the city as his
home and chose to remain here working”. Simon added, “Robert’s
depiction of Proposition Joe was so fixed and complete — from the very
earliest scenes — that the writers took for granted that anything we
sent him would be finely executed.”

[Reggae Mistress]

Wrong pic, dude! That isn't Prop Joe, that's Bunk!

[Magnificent Mr. Hole]

Wrong pic, dude! That isn't Prop Joe, that's Bunk!

I wanted to insure at least one reply.

[Gitfiddle]

I wanted to insure at least one reply.

I ensure that all of my threads are insured.

[Magnificent Mr. Hole]

I ensure that all of my threads are insured.

Won time I got the artist that was drawing Doctor Strange to autograph an issue but I think I lost it later.

[FlaFlaFlunkie]

Won time I got the artist that was drawing Doctor Strange to autograph an issue but I think I lost it later.

"One time...in band camp..."

[DarkFriday]

That's Bunk not Prop Joe

[Reggae Mistress]

That's Bunk not Prop Joe

[DarkFriday]

[newcastlefan]

going at 52 sux big time. you've just about figured out who you are and got others to accept you, and you can still pull 20 yr olds (if that's what you want). i feel bad for him.

[ChuckZ]

Prop. Joe didn't look too healthy, one of those police guys was a real fat fuck too.

[VAsiCkBoy]

Shocking!

[DarkFriday]

Shocking!

The male bleaks seem to like long finger nails

[Gitfiddle]

Good night funnyman.

[Ron Decline]

"Listen, I'm Austrian. I don't give a shit."

[FatKidSullivan]

I already knew he was dead. Cheese set him up. Ungrateful fuck-up nephew. Prop Joe was the only honest heroin dealer in town!

[jaw_belize]

Oh no

Bunk is dead

How sad

[GHP]

I thought for sure Robert Chew would be a gook