Veteran and respected
Actor had a career stretching back to the 1950s, but won his Oscar for best supporting actor for Beginners in 2011Peter Bradshaw on Christopher PlummerChristopher Plummer, the dazzlingly versatile Canadian actor whose screen career straddled seven decades, including such high-profile films as The Sound of
music, The Man Who Would Be King and All the Money in the World, has died aged 91.
His family confirmed the news, saying he died peacefully at home in Connecticut with his wife of 53 years, Elaine Taylor, by his side.