Rio Hackford, ‘Swingers’ Actor and Club Owner, Dies at 51

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Instagram post on Friday, and Hackford’s stepmother Helen Mirren also posted an image tribute on Saturday. “Rio was more attuned to experience than anyone I’ve ever known.

He would stop what was happening to point it out, compel you to pay attention,” DiVincentis wrote. “He would order you a must-have experience from a beloved menu and hold your eye as you paid attention to what was happening in your mouth.”“Not simply obsessed with movies and how they mirrored and compelled, he was something more: a superfan of enumerable scenes, of particular gestures of unsung actors, weird career turns, roaring comebacks, cinema swan songs — all real experiences for you, when beheld consciously,” DiVincentis continued.His brother Alex Hackford told Variety that Hackford died Thursday, April 14 after battling an unspecified illnessHackford began his career in entertainment in 1990 with a role in “Pretty Woman.” Other minor roles in the ‘90s included “Safe” and ”Double Dragon.” In 1995’s “Strange Days,” he appeared as Bobby the bartender, then he landed the very memorable part of Skully in 1996’s “Swingers.”Hackford’s well-known roles include appearances in “Alive” (2006), “Déjà Vu” (2006), “Fred Claus” (2007), “Parker” (2013) and “Trumbo” (2015).

He also portrayed Grayden Nash in “Jonah Hex” (2010).More recently, he appeared in episodes of HBO’s “True Detective” and WGN’s “Underground.” He played Toby the Tower Records Clerk on HBO’s “Treme,” and he also appeared in FX’s 2016 series “American Crime Story: The People vs.