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Oct 10, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Sad news tonight—character actor Kumar Pallana has died at the age of 94. He was best known for a series of roles in Wes Anderson films, perhaps most notably Pagoda in The Royal Tenenbaums. He also stole scenes in Bottle Rocket and Rushmore. Outside of Anderson’s pastel universe, Pallana also appeared in a string of other Hollywood films, included The Terminal and Another Earth.

Born in colonial India, Pallana’s life could have easily been the subject of one of Anderson’s films—from making a living as a plate-spinning, magic, balancing, swordplay, and juggling entertainer in America in the 1950s (he was known as Kumar of India) to appearing on The Mickey Mouse Club in 1956 and Captain Kangaroo in 1961.

As a tribute, watch the video below, where some industrious soul pieced together every single one of his lines from The Royal Tenenbaums.