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King Bushwich the 33rd
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From: Ling Cod Beach, CA 90803
|  Posted: 2009-01-11 8:49 pm Permalink
A bad week for people associated with bad movies
Bob Wilkins
Host of the TV show "Creature Features" which took great pleasure in showing really bad horror movies.
4/11/1932-1/7/2009
Bob Wilkins Official Webpage
Bob Wilkins Myspace page
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Jason Wickedly
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Posts: 701
From: LBCTIKI
| Posted: 2009-01-14 12:24 pm Permalink
Patrick McGoohan, TV's 'Secret Agent' and 'Prisoner,' dies
CBS
Patrick McGoohan in "Danger Man" on CBS in 1961.
The British actor, 80, often played villains on TV and in movies. But he gained his greatest fame as the TV spy John Drake. He also won two Emmys for 'Columbo.'
By Dennis McLellan
9:57 AM PST, January 14, 2009
Patrick McGoohan, an Emmy Award-winning actor who starred as a British spy in the 1960s TV series "Secret Agent" and "The Prisoner" and was known for playing various villainous roles in films and on television, has died. He was 80.
McGoohan died peacefully Tuesday in St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica after a short illness, said Cleve Landsberg, McGoohan's son-in-law. The family did not provide further details.
It was the height of James Bond mania in 1965 when McGoohan showed up on American TV screens in "Secret Agent," a British-produced series in which he played John Drake, a special security agent working as a spy for the British government.
The hour-long series, which ran on CBS until 1966, was an expanded version of “Danger Man,” a short-lived, half-hour series on CBS in 1961 in which McGoohan played the same character.
But it was McGoohan's next British-produced series, “The Prisoner,” on CBS in 1968 and 1969, that became a cult classic.
Once described in The Times as an "espionage tale as crafted by Kafka," "The Prisoner" starred McGoohan as a British agent who, after resigning his post, is abducted and held captive by unknown powers in a mysterious village, where he known only as No. 6.
McGoohan created and executive-produced the series, which ran for only 17 episodes. He also wrote and directed several episodes.
Among the memorable villains he played on screen was England's sadistic King Edward I in Mel Gibson's 1995 film "Braveheart."
As a guest star on TV's "Columbo, McGoohan won Emmys in 1975 and 1990.
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aquaorama
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From: Downtown LBC
| Posted: 2009-01-14 1:34 pm Permalink
Damn!
LOS ANGELES – Ricardo Montalban, the Mexican-born actor who became a star in splashy MGM musicals and later as the wish-fulfilling Mr. Roarke in TV's "Fantasy Island," died Wednesday morning at his home, a city councilman said. He was 88.
Montalban's death was announced at a meeting of the city council by president Eric Garcetti, who represents the district where the actor lived. Garcetti did not give a cause of death.
"The Ricardo Montalban Theatre in my Council District — where the next generations of performers participate in plays, musicals, and concerts — stands as a fitting tribute to this consummate performer," Garcetti said later in a written statement.
Montalban had been a star in Mexican movies when MGM brought him to Hollywood in 1946. He was cast in the leading role opposite Esther Williams in "Fiesta." He also starred with the swimming beauty in "On an Island with You" and "Neptune's Daughter."
A later generation knew Montalban as the faintly mysterious, white-suited Mr. Roarke, who presided over an island resort where visitors were able to fulfill their lifelong dreams. "Fantasy Island" received high ratings for most of its 1978-1984 span on ABC television and still appears in reruns.
In a 1978 interview, he analyzed the series' success:
"What is appealing is the idea of attaining the unattainable and learning from it. Once you obtain a fantasy it becomes a reality, and that reality is not as exciting as your fantasy. Through the fantasies you learn to appreciate your own realities."
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King Bushwich the 33rd
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From: Ling Cod Beach, CA 90803
| Posted: 2009-01-19 10:13 am Permalink
Actor Bob May passed away on Sunday, 1/18/2009, at the age of 69 years old.
He played the Robot in the 60's TV series "Lost in Space"
BBC News: Bob May, Lost in Space Robot
Bob May: Lost in Space Robot official page
Lost in Space Memories
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Unkle John
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From: Middle-of-the-Ocean, TX
| Posted: 2009-01-20 07:38 am Permalink
Also on Bob May:
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| ...He went on to appear in numerous films with Jerry Lewis and in such
TV shows as "The Time Tunnel," "McHale's Navy and "The Red Skelton
Show." He was also a stuntman in such 1950s and '60s TV shows
as "Cheyenne," "Surfside 6," "Hawaiian Eye," "The Roaring 20s"
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King Bushwich the 33rd
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From: Ling Cod Beach, CA 90803
| Posted: 2009-01-27 3:34 pm Permalink
Ai Iijima - Famous Japanese porn actress turned successful author and TV show host.
October 31, 1972 - c. December 24, 2008
On December 24, 2008, Iijima was found dead in her 21st floor Tokyo apartment. She had been dead for about 7 days, police said. Police are currently investigating her death.
Japan Zone: Entertainment News - Ai Iijima
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RevBambooBen
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From: Huntikington Beach
| Posted: 2009-02-04 8:01 pm Permalink
RIP LUX INTERIOR!
Sad day...
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Unga Bunga
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From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2009-02-04 10:34 pm Permalink
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On 2009-02-04 20:01, RevBambooBen wrote:
RIP LUX INTERIOR!
Sad day...
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http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/cramps-lux-interior-rip/
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King Bushwich the 33rd
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From: Ling Cod Beach, CA 90803
| Posted: 2009-02-05 9:55 pm Permalink
Dewey Martin, drummer for Buffalo Springfield
Sept. 30, 1940 - Feb. 1, 2009
Los Angeles Times: Dewey Martin
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drgoat456
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From: Tucson
| Posted: 2009-02-06 07:55 am Permalink
Another Idol from my teens...Dewey Martin, Mitch Mitchell, RIP
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Shipwreckjoey
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From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2009-02-10 7:38 pm Permalink
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On 2009-02-04 20:01, RevBambooBen wrote:
RIP LUX INTERIOR!
Sad day...
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"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
but alas...he did
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Mr. NoNaMe
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Posts: 1866 | Posted: 2009-02-13 4:04 pm Permalink
George "King" Stahlman.
"George "KING" STAHLMAN, a Purple Heart Veteran of WWII, started his bail bond career Sept. 4, 1947. He has been at his present location for 40 years. His agency has achieved the position of being the most successful bail bond operation in the State of California."
You had to earn the shirt.
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Shipwreckjoey
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From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2009-02-14 7:25 pm Permalink
I liked King Stahlman. His motto was "early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise". You can't drive down a major blvd in San Diego without seeing a King Stahlman ad on at least one bus bench. I thought it was weird that he got his purple heart when his ship was torpedoed on a Friday the 13th and he died on a Friday the 13th. I guess for him, it really was an unlucky day.
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Big Kahuna
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From: SoMass
| Posted: 2009-02-15 5:57 pm Permalink
I'm surprised we missed this. Jazz & Lounge chanteuse Blossom Dearie died at 82 on February 7. Another great lounge voice silenced!
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King Bushwich the 33rd
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From: Ling Cod Beach, CA 90803
| Posted: 2009-03-04 12:32 pm Permalink
Actor Robert Quarry November 3, 1925 - February 20, 2009
Fangoria: Robert Quarry
He was COUNT YORGA, VAMPIRE (AIP 1970) who Returned (1971) before he found that DR PHIBES RISES AGAIN that same year, became a DEATHMASTER in 1972, met SUGAR HILL and went to the MADHOUSE in 1974.
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