robert wallace forster jr. (july 13, 1941 – october 11, 2019) was an american actor, known for his roles as john cassellis in haskell wexler's "medium cool" (1969), lebanese terrorist abdul rafai in "the delta force" (1986), and max cherry in quentin tarantino's "jackie brown" (1997), for which he was nominated for the academy award for best supporting actor.