He was a reliable character actor with plenty of distinct personalities and talents to bring to the film world, and he was apparently known for cutting his own lines to let his non-verbal performance carry scenes.
Of course, while Derrick O’Connor arguably made his most famous on-screen appearance as Pieter Vorstedt in Lethal Weapon 2, he had plenty of other impressive screen credits worth pointing out.
His absence will most certainly be felt by those with a particular love of 1980s popcorn movies.
In addition to his turn as the South African assassin in the 1989 action thriller, O’Connor also played roles in films like Daredevil, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and End of Days.