Tag: actor

Sid Haig – actor

Sid Haig – born Sidney Eddy Mosesian, July 14th, 1939 to September 21st 2019 – was a California-born actor of American and Armenian heritage. His roles included acting in Jack …

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Freddie Jones – actor

British character actor Freddie Jones has passed away. He had a lengthy career in theatre, television, and cinema productions over almost sixty years. Born Frederick Charles Jones on 12 September …

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Rip Torn – actor

American actor Rip Torn has passed away peacefully in his home, aged 88 years-old, his representatives have confirmed. Born in Temple, Texas in 1931, Torn made the move to Hollywood …

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Billy Drago – actor

Actor Billy Drago, who appeared in over a hundred movies and numerous TV shows over four decades, has died. He was best known for portraying real-life gangster Frank Nitti in …

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Bingo O’Malley – actor

American actor Bingo O’Malley has passed away in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, where he had been in hospice care, aged 86 years-old. O’Malley first appeared in George A. Romero’s Knightriders (1981) …

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Joseph Pilato – actor

Actor Joseph Pilato has died at the age of seventy. Also known as Joe Pilato, he will probably be best remembered as the villainous Captain Rhodes who gets his comeuppance …

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Julie Adams – actress

Actress Julie Adams has died aged ninety-two. She is best known to horror fans as the love interest of the Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). Confirmation of her demise …

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Donald Moffat – actor

Donald Moffat was a British born actor, best known for his roles in The Thing (1982), The Right Stuff (1983), The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) and Clear and Present Danger (1994). Born December 26, …

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Steve Dash – actor

Steve Dash – aka Steve Daskaiwisz – was an American actor and stunt person (March 14, 1944 – December 18, 2018). He is best known for playing Jason Voorhees in Friday …

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James Karen – actor

James Karen – November 28, 1923 to October 23, 2018 – was an American character actor. He was best known by horror/fantasy fans, and probably by the wider public too, …

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Katie Cassidy – actress

Katherine Evelyn Anita Cassidy, aka Katie Cassidy, is an American actress born on 25th November, 1986. She’s most known for playing the character of Laurel Lance/Black Canary in the television …

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George ‘Buck’ Flower – Actor

George ‘Buck’ Flower – October 28, 1937 – June 18, 2004 – was an American actor, writer, producer, assistant director, production manager, and casting director. Born in the Blue Mountains of …

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Haruo Nakajima – actor

Haruo Nakajima (中島 春雄 Nakajima Haruo) (January 1, 1929 – August 7, 2017) was a Japanese actor, best known for portraying Godzilla in twelve consecutive films, from Godzilla (1954) to Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972). Nakajima was born in Yamagata, Japan. He was considered …

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John Heard – actor

John Heard (March 7, 1945 – July 21, 2017) was an American film and television actor. He was best known for his roles in films such as Cutter’s Way, After Hours, Big, Beaches, Awakenings, Rambling Rose, The Pelican …

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Martin Landau – actor

Martin Landau (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American film and television actor. His career took off in the 1950s, with appearances that included a supporting role in Alfred …

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Adam West – actor

Adam West (September 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017), born as William West Anderson, was an American actor whose career spanned seven decades. He is best known for portraying Batman in the …

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Peter Sallis – actor

Peter Sallis (1 February 1921 – 2 June 2017) was an English character actor, mainly known for his work on British television. He gained worldwide fame as the voice of inventor …

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John Hurt – actor

John Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned six decades. He came to prominence for his sympathetic role as Timothy Evans, who was hanged in …

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Robert Vaughn – actor

Robert Francis Vaughn (November 22, 1932 – November 11, 2016) was an American actor. His best-known TV roles include suave spy Napoleon Solo in the 1960s series The Man from …

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Tor Johnson – actor

Tore Johansson (19 October 1903 – 12 May 1971), better known by the stage name Tor Johnson, was a Swedish professional wrestler (billed as The Super Swedish Angel) and actor. He …

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Martin Kosleck – actor

Martin Kosleck (March 24, 1904 – January 15, 1994) was a German film actor, born Nicolaie Yoshkin in Barkotzen in Pomerania. He soon gained a foothold in German cinema and landed a …

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Larry Drake – actor

Larry Drake (February 21, 1950 – March 17, 2016) was an American actor and best known to horror fans as the titular Doctor Giggles in the 1992 film of the …

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George Kennedy – actor

George Harris Kennedy, Jr. (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than two hundred film and television productions. He is best known for …

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Angus Scrimm – actor

Angus Scrimm (born Lawrence Rory Guy; August 19, 1926 – January 9, 2016) was an American actor and author, best known for playing the Tall Man in the 1979 horror …

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Christopher Lee – actor

Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor, singer, and author. With a career spanning nearly seventy years, Lee initially portrayed villains and became …

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Karen Black – actress

Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her appearances in such films …

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