The Headline That Shook The World U.S. Army Lt. Walter Haut is dead at 83. Who is Walter Haut? – you may ask. While you may not know the name he certainly changed forever how mankind has viewed those strange unknown lights in the skies. Walter Haut is the man responsible for telling the world [...]
Kenneth Bulmer Remembered
Source: SciFi Wire Submitted by: Kyle Nin British SF writer Kenneth Bulmer, who published scores of books under at least 22 pseudonyms, died on Dec. 16 following an extended illness, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Web site reported. He was 84. Bulmer was one of science fiction’s most prolific writers, having published [...]
John Spencer Remembered
John Spencer was only 58 years old when he died of a heart attack this week in Los Angeles, yet he had a continuous successful acting career that spanned 42 years. Starting off in 1963 on the old Patty Duke Show, John quickly established himself as the kind of character actor that directors and producers [...]
Richard Pryor Remembered
Submitted by: Kyle Nin Comedic legend Richard Pryor is dead of a heart attack at the age of 65 after a nearly two decade battle with multiple sclerosis. Pryor was a one-man tour-d’-force in the entertainment industry, probably the one person most responsible for eliminating the color barrier within Hollywood. His comedy and acting talents [...]
Jack Colvin Remembered
Source: TV Guide Submitted by: Kyle Nin Incredible Hulk Star Dead Jack Colvin, best known for playing relentless tabloid reporter Jack McGee in the 1970s series The Incredible Hulk, died last Thursday of complications following a stroke. He was 71. Recalling his most memorable TV foray, Colvin once told the Los Angeles Times, “When they [...]
Marc Lawrence Remembered
Source: StarTrek.com “Volnoth” and “Zeemo” Marc Lawrence, a character actor who played two guest roles on Star Trek, died on Sunday of natural causes at the age of 95. With his piercing eyes, pockmarked face and brooding air, Lawrence was a go-to guy for gangster roles in Hollywood, from Edward G. Robinson’s henchman Ziggy in [...]
Pat Morita Remembered
Submitted by: Kyle Nin Pat Morita, most famous as Mr. Miyagi, the Oscar winning wise karate master in the Karate Kid films has died at the age of 73. His other notable and most recognizable character was Arnold, the cranky owner of Arnold’s Drive-In eatery in TV’s award winning Happy Days. While confining most of [...]
Harold J. Stone Remembered
Veteran actor Harold J. Stone has died of natural causes. He was 92. Stone was a much sought after character actor in both movies and television, whose face and voice were instantly recognizable. He played 150 different roles on television alone. He also was a mainstay in 30 theatrical features. He was one of Alfred [...]
Lloyd Bochner Remembered
Source: SciFi Wire Submitted by: Kyle Nin Twilight Zone’s Bochner Is Dead Lloyd Bochner, a veteran character actor best known to SF fans for his starring role in the classic Twilight Zone episode “To Serve Man,” died Oct. 29 at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., after battling cancer, the Associated Press reported. He was [...]
Michael Piller Succumbs to Cancer, Age 57
Source: StarTrek.com Michael Piller, best known to television viewers around the world as the executive producer/co-creator of more than 500 hours of Star Trek, lost his long battle with an aggressive form of head & neck cancer on Tuesday, November 1, 2005 at 4:51 AM at his home in Los Angeles. He was 57. He [...]
Hollywood Giant Dead at 91
Source: MSNBC News LOS ANGELES – Robert Wise, who won four Oscars as producer and director of the classic 1960s musicals “West Side Story” and “The Sound of Music,” has died. He was 91. Wise died Wednesday of heart failure after falling ill and being rushed to the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center, [...]
Herb Wright Remembered
Source: Star Trek.com Herb J. Wright, creator of the Ferengi, and one of the early pioneers with Gene Roddenberry in the launching of STAR TREK: The Next Generation, died in his sleep of natural causes on August 24th. He was only 58. Herb’s collaborations with Gene Roddenberry go back 32 years when Gene was working [...]
Michael Sheard Of Star Wars Dead of Cancer
Source: Yahoo News Michael Sheard, who played Adm. Ozzel in “The Empire Strikes Back” and Adolf Hitler five times, including in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” died Wednesday at the age of 65, his agent said. Sheard, who had been suffering from cancer, died at his home on the Isle of Wight off the [...]
Brock Peters Dead at 78
Written by: S.K. Sloan There is one name that always immediately comes to my mind whenever anyone mentions that 60′s classic movie “To Kill A Mockingbird,” and it is Brock Peters. I remember going to the theater in 1962 to see it. I was 13 years old and sat there mesmerized by Peters’ performance. I [...]
Character Actor Fiedler Dead at 80
Source: Star Trek.com Submitted by: S.K. Sloan John Fiedler, known to Star Trek fans as Hengist, the weasly administrator of Argellius II who was actually possessed by an evil entity known as Redjac, has died of cancer. He was 80. Fiedler was perhaps even more well known as the voice of Piglet in Disney’s “Winnie [...]
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