Douglas Wilmer
Sad to report that Sherlock Holmes actor Douglas Wilmer has died today aged 96. Also familiar as Nayland Smith (and the best of them) in Brides / Vengeance of Fu Manchu. Other credits include UFO,...
View ArticleAndy ‘Thunderclap’ Newman
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/andy-thunderclap-newman-dies/Had a couple albums in 1969/1970."Something In The Air" was a classic.I liked the long version of "Accidents":
View ArticleHOWARD BERK
Scriptwriter Berk died at age 91 on March 27th. He does not seem to have had any genre credits, but he did write scripts for a number of television programs which I'm sure many of us here recall such...
View ArticleE.W.T.N's Mother Angelica
http://www.ewtn.com/motherangelica/Even though I am no longer Catholic ..I still watched Mother and some of her many Sermons, she was quite an individual and had some rough times in her life, she died...
View ArticleFrank De Felitta
One of the giants. Author & screenwriter for THE ENTITY, AUDREY ROSE, Z.P.G., STATELY GHOSTS OF ENGLAND, SAVAGE IS LOOSE etc. etc.Thank you very much, sir.
View ArticleErik Bauersfeld - Voice Actor in Star Wars Films - Dies at 93
Erik Bauersfeld, who memorably voiced the Rebellion's Admiral Ackbar in Return of the Jediand Star Wars: The Force Awakens, has died. He was 93.The voice actor and radio drama producer passed away on...
View ArticleRichard Bradford
surprised no mention on this forum of the great character actor Richard Bradford's passing. He was the lead on the UK show MAN IN A SUITCASE and was the original lead in MEDICAL CENTER until Chad...
View ArticleDON FRANCKS aka DON FRANCIS
Canadian actor and singer Don Francks died April 3, 2016 at 84 it is being reported. Francks had many voice-acting credits often in the sf/horror genres such as Swamp Thing and X-Men amongst many...
View ArticleROBERT CARRICKFORD
Irish actor Robert Carrickford died on March 15, 2016 @ age 88. He seems to have been best-known for the Irish TV series Glenroe (1983 - 2001), and a good deal of stage work. He did appear in The Pink...
View ArticleBarbara Turner
A distinguished actress and screenwriter in her own right, although best known probably as the mother of Jennifer Jason Leigh, one of our finest actresses (and criminally underused as of late), from...
View ArticleCATHERINE LORRE (1953-1985) PETER LORRE'S DAUGHTER (recollections anyone?)
Any personal remembrances? She was a guest at the 1975 Famous Monsters Convention in New York I attended. I recall her being pregnant, but I think she ultimately miscarried. (I've seen a photo of her...
View ArticleMERLE HAGGARD
One of the best.He will be missed.http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/merle-haggard-country-legend-died-at-79-20160406
View ArticleBILL HENDERSON
Actor and singer Bill Henderson (b. 1926) died on April 3, 2016. Henderson had close to two hundred film and television credits, although only a few fell into "our' genre. These credits onclude...
View ArticleBLACKJACK MULLIGAN
Professional wrestling great Mulligan (Robert J. Windham) died @ age 73 on April 7th, 2016 after suffering health issues in recent years, and a heart attack this past February. Mulligan entered...
View ArticleKIM SPALDING
This item is hardly a newsflash as actor Spalding died back in 2000 @ age 84. Having viewed IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE (1958) again recently, I checked the cast listings, and found notice of...
View ArticleE.M. Nathanson author of THE DIRTY DOZEN
I got the paperback and never read it. It sure made a terrific movie.http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/em-nathanson-dead-dirty-dozen-881401
View ArticleStar of Republic's first serial
Manuel King, who played the chubby jungle boy in DARKEST AFRICA (1936). I guess it was his only...
View ArticleTRIFFIDS star Nicole Maurey -- mort
http://www.charlton-heston.net/nicole-maurey-est-decedee-le-11-mars-2016-a125560164
View ArticleShannon Bolin Kaye, the Original Meg in 'Damn Yankees,' Dies at 99
She died last week. I don't think she was in much else that most of us would know, but she did reprise her role in the 1958 movie and I do remember her very well from that.
View ArticleArthur Anderson, Mercury Player ...
... and a nice ol' guy I once got to talk to, thanks to CHFBer Wich2. R.I.P.ARTHUR ANDERSON, 93, died peacefully on Saturday, April 9th, 2016 at his West 13th Street apartment in New York City of...
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