Variety does a good description of his career or you can go to IMDB for a full description of all the great movies he did . He got embedded in my brain for his role a Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff. Younger generations will remember him for his magnificent, yet low-key portrayal of General Garrison in Blackhawk Down.

We lost a great actor.

Here is one of my favorite scenes from The Right Stuff. You have to agree Phillip Kaufman created an iconic image (and so much so, it was copied merciless in the movie Independence Day) and only somebody with the sure-footed acting chops of Sam Shepard could deliver it.