Blind Item #14 - Reader Blind Item - Kindness

This deceased foreign actor starred in a short lived but iconic cult TV show that was  highly influential.  He also starred several times on this very famous detective show where he played different adversaries of the protagonist.  He did act in movies as well sometimes as the villain.  The village not in America where he shot his iconic show (and also an episode of an earlier TV show he starred in) was helped by him throughout his life.  He worked to get them used as the location for other TV shows and films and financially helped individual families of this rural location.  An annual convention for the iconic TV show used to be held there which was also a boost for the local economy.  This was also arranged by the star.