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Kage Baker was a science fiction and fantasy writer best known for her time-travelling tales of The Company. Baker was born in Hollywood, California, on June 10, 1952. She was active in local theater before becoming a professional writer in the pages of Asimov’s Science Fiction in 1997. Her first novel, In the Garden of… [Continue Reading]
Actor Pernell Roberts was best known for his role as Adam, the eldest Cartwright son, on the television western Bonanza from 1959 to 1965. He later starred in the medical drama Trapper John, M.D. from 1979 to 1986. Roberts was born in Waycross, Georgia, on May 18, 1928, and began his career on stage in… [Continue Reading]
Japanese actor Tetsuo Narikawa starred in the Spectreman television series in the 1970s. He portrayed Jouji Gamou, the alter-ego of the golden-hued cybernetic super-hero Spectreman. Narikawa was born in Tokyo on April 15, 1944, and began his acting career in the late 1960s. He was also a karate and judo expert, and was founder and… [Continue Reading]
New Zealand actress Elizabeth Moody starred as Mum in Peter Jackson’s 1992 horror-comedy Dead Alive. She was Vera Cosgrave, Lionel’s domineering mother, who became a flesh-eating fiend after being bitten by a rabid Sumatran Rat-Monkey in the film known as Braindead in the United States. She was daughter of Yvette Bromley, a founder of the… [Continue Reading]
Italian actor Peter Martell was featured in numerous Spaghetti Westerns and Euro-thrillers in the 1960s and 1970s. His films include Antonio Margheriti’s 1966 sci-fi film War Between the Planets (aka Planet on the Prowl), and Jess Franco’s 1970 witch-hunting horror film Night of the Blood Monster (1970) with Christopher Lee. He was born Pietro Martellanza… [Continue Reading]
British actor Mark Jones appeared frequently on films and television from the 1960s. He was featured as Arnold Keeler in the 1976 Doctor Who serial The Seeds of Doom, and was an Imperial Officer in the 1980 Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back. Jones was born in England on April 22, 1939. He made… [Continue Reading]
British stuntman Martin Grace was Roger Moore’s stunt double throughout his run as Ian Fleming’s British superspy James Bond. He also doubled the actor in many of his non-Bond film outings. Grace was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1942. He began working in films in the mid-1960s, playing a Thal in the 1965 feature Dr…. [Continue Reading]
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