Hey Big-G!
Yes, that era is drawing to its close. Still, there are a few remaining actors from those films. You're right, I can't think of any leads still with us, but a few second leads are around: Hugh O'Brian (Rocketship X-M), Dewey Martin (The Thing From Another World), Peter Hansen (When Worlds Collide), William Schallert (Mighty Joe Young, The Man From Planet X, Captive Women, Invasion U.S.A.), William Phipps (Five, Cat-Women of the Moon, The War of the Worlds), Mike Connors (Day the World Ended), Richard Anderson (Forbidden Planet, Curse of the Faceless Man), Earl Holliman (Forbidden Planet), Brett Halsey (The Atomic Submarine), and the inestimable Dick Miller (Not of This Earth, War of the Satellites). And several sci-fi leading ladies are with us still: Barbara Rush (When Worlds Collide, It Came From Outer Space), Ann Robinson (The War of the Worlds), Joan Weldon (Them!), Julie Adams (Creature From the Black Lagoon), Mara Corday (Tarantula, The Giant Claw), Lori Nelson (Revenge of the Creature, Day the World Ended) and Debra Paget (From the Earth to the Moon). Probably some others.
So all is not lost...not quite, not yet.
You did forget to mention a bunch of late American leading men in 50s British sci-fi: Howard Duff (Spaceways), Brian Donlevy (The Quatermass Xperiment, Quatermass 2), Dean Jagger (X the Unknown), Forest Tucker (The Abominable Snowman, The Trollenberg Terror, The Strange World of Planet X), Gene Evans (Behemoth, the Sea Monster), and both Patricia Neal and Helmut Dantine in Stranger From Venus...using the original British titles, of course!
And, what the heck, if we're going to go abroad, on our still-alive-and-kicking list are Akira Takarada (Gojira), Kenji Sawara (Sora no daikaiju Radon/Rodan), Yumi Shirakawa (Rodan, Bijo to ekitainigen/The H-Man) and of course the original Gojira himself, Haruo Nakajima.
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Big G-2
8 years ago
Hey Hobnob. Since you mentioned WAR OF THE WORLDS, I should have added Gene Barry (The 27th DAY) into the mix of 1950s leading sci-fi actors. But it is amazing that many of the leading ladies are still with us, including my favorite Julie Adams, who turns 90 in January!
Rex Reason's co-star in THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US, Gregg Palmer, himself passed away a few weeks ago, and so, if one does not count Ricou Browning, Reason and Palmer were the last two surviving "human" cast members of that movie.
Still upset that I did not hear anything of Rex's passing from the papers (I always frequent the LA Times obituaries section), or even IMDB. I am sure TCM will include him in their annual "In Memoriam" featurette.
And if we are going to Japan, for surviving sci-fi actors, I might add Yoshio Tsuchiya, who had supporting roles in GIGANTIS THE FIRE MONSTER, THE H-MAN and THE MYSTERIANS before having the lead role in THE HUMAN VAPOR.
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hobnob53
8 years ago
The poster telegonus mentioned Stuart Whitman on another thread in another context, and it struck me that he too -- whose earliest films include When Worlds Collide and (somewhere; I've never spotted him) The Day the Earth Stood Still -- is still alive at 87. Also actress Nancy Gates (World Without End), who will turn 90 this coming February 1...a birthday she shares with both Stuart Whitman and yours truly! (Actress Lisa Montell, also of WWE, is still alive at 82.)
And this was bugging me last night, so I checked to make sure, and sure enough -- William Reynolds, from The Land Unknown, is still with us; he'll turn 84 on December 9. (Dewey Martin, whom I mentioned yesterday, will turn 92 on December 8.)
Don't fret yourself about not having seen anything about Rex Reason's passing. I only found out about it on the Classic Film Board's obituary thread. (That's also where I found out about Gregg Palmer. That thread is a great resource; people keep adding to it throughout the year and there are well over 500 posts so far, though many are comments about someone's death, not notifications of yet another passing.) In fact, it was only in reading a link to Rex's obit in some paper that I learned that his brother Rhodes had died last December.
You still call it Gigantis the Fire Monster?! Shame! Shame! Godzilla Raids Again, if you please! (Or Gojira no gyakushu, if you must.) The American distributor who tried to pass off the second Godzilla movie as a "new" monster in 1959 later admitted that that was an incredibly stupid thing to have done, a classic if inexplicable case of "It seemed like a good idea at the time."
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Big G-2
8 years ago
I guess I better frequent the Classic Film Board's obit thread. Thanks Hobnob!
And since you mentioned Nancy Gates and WORLD WITHOUT END, I should have mentioned Hugh Marlow as another leading man of 1950s sci-fi. Now would we count someone like Clint Eastwood? . I know his weren't even supporting roles, but rather bit parts, but quite a significant one in TARANTULA.
GIGANTIS is the name I grew up with, so I tend to stick with that (much like I prefer something like of MONSTER ZERO, rather than INVASION OF ASTRO-MONSTER).
I went to Rex Reason's website, and while they have mentioned his passing, there are still a limited number of per-signed photos available (of course, none of them can be personalized anymore). I am probably aiming to buy one THIS ISLAND EARTH photo.
http://www.rexreason.com/
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hobnob53
8 years ago
Oh, yes, indeed, the late Hugh Marlowe -- World Without End, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Good idea to get that Rex Reason photo while you can. Certainly his most famous role.
Now that most movies are seen under their original titles I've trained myself to move away from the alternate titles slapped on them when they wended their way across the oceans. Of course it's easier to use an English-language title when you're dealing with a foreign-language film, Japanese or whatever, but even so, Godzilla Raids Again really has superseded Gigantis the Fire Monster.
It's the Brit films where I've mainly moved to using the original titles, since that's how they've shown up on DVD. For instance, many of the titles I used a couple of posts back were known differently here in the US:
Our two Brian Donlevy films:
The Quatermass Xperiment = The Creeping Unknown
Quatermass 2 = Enemy From Space
And the Neal-Dantine opus:
Stranger From Venus = Immediate Disaster
Not to forget the Forrest Tucker trio:
The Abominable Snowman = The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas
The Strange World of Planet X = The Cosmic Monster or Cosmic Monsters
The Trollenberg Terror = The Crawling Eye
They used to change the titles of so many movies between the UK and US (in both directions) that I sometimes have to tell my English wife which film I'm talking about because she doesn't recognize the original American title. For example, she likes the Cary Grant movie The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer but only ever saw it under its British title, Bachelor Knight, because no self-respecting Brit knew what a bobby-soxer was. Similarly, several Abbott and Costello movies had different titles over there: Buck Privates was called Rookies because there is no rank of Buck Private in the British Army (the sequel was Rookies Come Home); It Ain't Hay was called Money for Jam, which actually makes no sense whatever; and for some weird reason, A&C Meet Frankenstein became Abbott and Costello Meet the Ghosts, which is as inaccurate as it is pointless.
There are hundreds more, of course. Perhaps the most ironic was the UK re-title of the 1956 film Meet Me in Las Vegas, with Dan Dailey (my cousin). In that era British titles usually were fairly staid or static, but for some reason they jazzed this one up and renamed it -- Viva Las Vegas! Eight years later, when Elvis made a film by that name -- complete with title song -- they found they had no choice but to backtrack and re-re-title the '56 film by its proper name.
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Big G-2
8 years ago
Of course, you had CURSE OF THE DEMON and NIGHT OF THE DEMON, though either title works well. The most famous title change (I think) was STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN, and A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. I prefer the former.
Dan Dailey was really your cousin?! Pretty neat! I don't have any relatives who were in motion pictures.
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hobnob53
8 years ago
I almost mentioned Curse/Night of the Demon. "Night" was the original title and as I indicated, is a somewhat less sensational name than the more alarming "Curse". (Of course, the American release also had 9 minutes cut from the original version, so for both reasons I prefer the latter!)
Stairway to Heaven is more poetic and ethereal and I understand your preference for it. But I also like the more prosaic but still subtly complex original, A Matter of Life and Death, and since that's Michael Powell's preferred title, I go with that.
Speaking of whom, I once had dinner with Mr. Powell, in 1978, courtesy of mutual friends. Dan Dailey was my cousin (maternal side of the family) but I never met him; however, my mother and all her family knew him quite well, and her parents and brother always stayed with him when they went to California in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Oh, and I once spoke to Gregory Peck on the phone but didn't realize it until I got his son (whom I knew; this was at college, and I had answered the hall phone) and heard him say when he got on, "Oh, hi, dad." D'oh!
Okay, and Stanley Tucci used to attend my classic movie series during the summer when he rented in my town several years ago. We talked several times, and the first time he eventually held out his hand and said, "By the way, I'm Stan," and insisted I call him that. Really nice, down-to-Earth guy. And frequent attendees at my movie series each summer today are director Howard Deutsch and his wife, Lea Thompson, who own a house here. I've never actually spoken with her but he's also a really nice guy. I once met her cousin, actor Robert Walden (Donald Segretti in All the President's Men, and on the TV series Lou Grant), when he was here a few years back, and we talked for a little while.
That's the extent of my celebrity encounters. Hardly noteworthy, but interesting little experiences in their very minor way.
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Big G-2
8 years ago
Wow Hobnob, you should write an autobiography!
Being in Southern California, I've met my fair share of celebrates in autograph shows - Julie Adams, Barbara Eden, Nancy Allen, Caroline Munro, Akira Takarada, Kenji Sahara, Haruo Nakajima, Ray Harryhausen, Forry Ackerman and Martin Landau, among others. But unlike you, I never really conversed with anyone at length, or of course be related to a celebrity. Anthony Quinn was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and same as my grandparents and many other relatives on my father's side, so if I dig deeper, perhaps I can find some kind of relation! My great uncle Anthony Quinn!
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hobnob53
8 years ago
Oh, right! My fascinating life! Besides, G, I knew you'd met a lot of celebs in SoCal. My brief brushes with the famous were mostly one-shot deals just because I happen to be, or have been, in a spot where chance allowed me to encounter a few folks. But I've always been too shy to seek out such people. These were just happy accidents.
By all means, go digging for links to Tony Quinn. This year is his centennial (just to make time fly even more) so it's a good time to do it...but you've only got one month left!
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Big G-2
8 years ago
Oops, I just realized that Anthony Quinn is from Chihuahua in northern Mexico and not Guadalajara which is in the central! It is Guillermo Del Toro who hails from Guadalajara, so I will be checking on him and see if he is any relation (and why not, as we seem to like some of the same movie genres! ).
Just bought myself a Rex Reason / THIS ISLAND EARTH autographed photo. I would urge anyone who is a fan of this movie, to do the same as they are now in limited supply. I had always wanted an Yvonne Craig autographed picture, but since her passing earlier this year, her website still sells photos, but alas no longer autographed. Was determined not to do the same here.
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hobnob53
8 years ago
Well, Guillermo, Guadalajara, Big-G...three G's. Hey, it's so obvious there must be some relation. Gee, man. Can you withstand 3 Gs?
Good for you getting that RR autographed photo, though in truth Yvonne Craig was much sexier.
How many Gs did it cost you?
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Big G-2
8 years ago
Yes, it is all obvious. My cousin Guillermo!
Photo was a little pricey. All of the THIS ISLAND EARTH merchandise is $30 dollars each. Anything from Rex's other movies like CREATURE, is $27 dollars.
http://www.rexreason.com/
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hobnob53
8 years ago
Goes to show you that TIE was the Gone With the Wind of Rex Reason's career!
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Big G-2
8 years ago
Indeed it was! Fans of the movie, get your autograph pics, before they are gone forever.
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hobnob53
8 years ago
It was even more so the GWTW of Jeff Morrow's career, but, to paraphrase what the Roman guard says in the forced-march scene in Ben-Hur -- "No website for him!"
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Big G-2
8 years ago
Ha! Yeah, I probably would not deem THE GIANT CLAW as the GWTW of Jeff Morrow's sci-fi career!
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hobnob53
8 years ago
Nah, I'd say The Giant Claw was the Plan 9 of Morrow's career.
Actually, that was a cheap shot. I happen to like that movie, and for a film of its budget, it's actually not so bad. Everybody hates the picture and says how lousy it is but when they're asked why it's always because the puppet looks silly. Yet that aside, the script isn't at all bad, there's some decent dialogue, good acting and an interesting plot idea. If Ray Harryhausen had done the effects, as originally intended, the film would doubtless have a good reputation. Besides, apostasy of apostasies, the big bird actually doesn't bother me so much. It's goofy, but I got used to it pretty quickly and his attacks are actually pretty scary.
Still, Jeff was better served in Kronos, also an excellent feature.
Apologies to Rex for hijacking his memorial thread!
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Big G-2
8 years ago
Take away that marionette, and THE GIANT CLAW is really not that bad. Both Jeff Morrow and Mara Corday were told to react to what was going to be a most frightful thing. But, of course, things changed, LOL! KRONOS, I always feel is a very underrated sci-fi, with a dash of espionage (alien, that is) added to the mix (and of course, with good ole Morris Ankrum is featured in both!).
But you are correct Hobnob. Back to Rex Reason!
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hobnob53
8 years ago
Kronos got good reviews in 1957 and its reputation has risen ever since. It's a shame its budget was too small for its ambitious and prescient themes.
I may start a defense of The Giant Claw on its site. Even the marionette was pretty creepy looking, I thought. With some indulgence it looks frightening -- with those bulging eyes and sinister beak -- and while not convincing it's unsettling enough if you let it be. The scene where it attacks the transport plane and then eats the men who've bailed out as they drift helplessly in midair is actually very scary.
Anyway, back to This Island Earth and Rex Reason....
I ran TIE last night for my wife, who had never seen it. She really liked it a lot, and thought Rex Reason was very good, and good-looking. But she agreed that it was Jeff Morrow who took the acting honors.
She was also impressed by the effects and especially the superb Technicolor, which she couldn't stop talking about afterward. Only the dodgy science, on which she remarked, failed to impress. But she's indulgent about such things!
She was sorry to hear that Rex abandoned acting in the early 60s. I did tell her about his brother Rhodes, whom Universal briefly renamed Bart Roberts for a year or two before he balked and reverted to his real name. It must have been confusing having two look-alike brothers under contract to the same studio!
Now, if they had only renamed him Rhodes Rhyme the studio could have co-starred the two of them as the fraternal duo of Rhyme and Reason.
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Big G-2
8 years ago
There will never be rhyme and reason in this world!
My boss actually did see THIS ISLAND EARTH as a young child in the theaters in the 1950s and he told me it frightened him! (but loved it at the same time). And I believe it was Universal's only 1950s sci-fi shot in Technicolor. Because of that, for me, it felt more like a George Pal movie than a Universal feature.
And in regards to Rhodes Reason, not only was he a look-alike, but he was also a sound-alike to his brother Rex. If I could go back in time and be producer John Beck, I would have hired Rex to play the part of newsman Eric Carter in KING KONG VS. GODZILLA, to fit in with Rhodes' later part in KING KONG ESCAPES!
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hobnob53
8 years ago
TIE was indeed Universal's only color sci-fi film of the 50s. They had planned to film The Land Unknown (1957) in color but the escalating cost of the special effects led them to revert to b&w, though it was still shot in CinemaScope (Universal's only sci-fi film in 'Scope). But This Island Earth never looked like a Pal movie to me. Pal's effects were of better quality.
Rhodes in KKVG? Sounds a likely idea. Maybe if Rex had still been under contract he'd have gotten the part in the Americanized version, since it was released by good old Universal.
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Big G-2
8 years ago
Well, when I was young, I always thought that the actor in KKvG who played Eric Carter (Michael Keith), was in fact John Agar! Hey, they looked somewhat similar and even sounded alike (much like the Reason brothers). Rex Reason or John Agar in KKvG, would have been cool!
Sadly, both Reason brothers are now gone. Heck, I still have a hard time picturing them as old men, a result of seeing their movies for all of those years, when they were young and vibrant.
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hobnob53
8 years ago
That's funny, because I once thought the star of the Americanized KKVG was one of the Reasons! Don't know what my reason was for thinking that. But it sounded reasonable at the time, and I was in a rush to watch the news with Harry Reasoner.
Fear not, John Agar made it into the 1976 remake of King Kong, where his presence was on a par with the film's overall quality.
Yeah, when I watched This Island Earth the other night I found myself wondering how Rex (and Rhodes) looked in their later years. They were such ultra-masculine hunks that one would hope they remained sturdy older men, in decent shape physically and mentally. Since they looked so much alike, I also wonder if they aged similarly (assuming no catastrophic illness that would materially affect their appearance).
What was that about one of them using a vibrator now?
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Big G-2
8 years ago
Fear not, John Agar made it into the 1976 remake of King Kong, where his presence was on a par with the film's overall quality.
Rhodes did attend a G-Fest several years ago to talk to fans about KKE, and though he was now older
and bald, he did look good. I went online to see if there were any older pics of Rex and a few showed up. The latest ones I found were from 2010. He looked pretty good for a man in his early 80s.
http://www.spokeo.com/Rex+Reason+1
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hobnob53
8 years ago
Rhodes bald! Well, I could see that. But what about those 2010 pics of Rex? Hair? Hairpiece? As bald as a Metalunan mutant, or with a shock of thick, snow-white Exeterean hair?
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Big G-2
8 years ago
Can't really tell if Rex was wearing a piece. Perhaps his hair was a lot thicker than Rhodes.
And the "TCM Remembers 2015" has come out. Believe it or not, they skipped Rex Reason! Martin Milner was another big name missing. I did write to them and told them about these omissions. Hopefully, they can rectify this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRvDQvT5MuM
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hobnob53
8 years ago
I haven't seen the 2015 TCM Remembers yet -- been looking for it. I'm absolutely not surprised they skipped Rex Reason, but a little surprised they omitted Martin Milner. Last year's edition was actually pretty exhaustive, and I also remember that in 2013 they went back and redid it when three major stars died in mid-December -- Peter O'Toole, Eleanor Parker and, well, someone else who escapes me at present.
The "In Memorial" [sic] thread on the Classic Film Board has hundreds of deaths from 2015 posted by contributors, and it's a very good reference. Many of those persons are minor or obscure but there are scores of important enough actors, writers, directors, etc., who would deserve to be included by TCM. It'll be interesting to check TCM's list against this one and see which "names" have been left off that should be on.
If the 2015 list is indeed comparatively skimpy, it would be one more sign of the declining competence of TCM's staff and management. Good luck with notifying them about Rex and Marty; I've been told often that they don't cotton much to outside criticism.
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Big G-2
8 years ago
Well, several days later, I see no change, and it looks like what they debuted last weekend will stay, unless of course, a major, major star passes away in mid-December like in 2013. And it was Joan Fontaine who was that third celebrity who died in late 2013.
Fingers crossed, that they needed a week to make that course correction and we will eventually see Rex and Marty and others on the list.
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hobnob53
8 years ago
I have yet to even see it! But my wife has. I mentioned your lament and she agreed. For now I just have to keep looking and see who I come up with among the missing.
PS: Marjorie Lord and Beth Rogan (the sexy girl in Mysterious Island) both died near the end of November at 97 and 84 respectively. But neither would merit a TCM mention, I suspect.
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Big G-2
8 years ago
Well, I haven't seen any updated version on TCM as of yet. And yes, I heard about Marjorie Lord and Beth Rogan. Beth was much older than I thought, plus I learned more about her reading her obit, than anything I had seen previously. Another name that was missing, but not really surprised was Hiroshi Koizumi. Yes, they had Setsuko Hara listed but she was essentially the Maureen O'Hara or Olivia de Havilland of Japan. But seeing as TCM now shows kaiju features on a semi-regular basis (including MOTHRA), I had wished Mr. Koizumi would have been included.
Will check TCM this weekend and see if they tweeked their "TCM Remembers".
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hobnob53
8 years ago
I finally saw their obit gala a little while ago. It really was an amazing bunch of major stars who died this past year (although Luise Rainer actually died on December 30, 2014, not in 2015). But one thing that struck me was that the tribute was a great deal shorter than last year's (by over 2 minutes, by actual count -- I checked the 2014 version), and most other recent years' tributes as well. I wonder why that is. Not for want of deceased movie people. Anyway, they won't be changing anything. But if it had been last year more of these names would have gotten in. Another indication of TCM's growing disinterest?
Another reason this shorter tribute is unfortunate this year is that Rhodes Reason died late last December, too late to be included in the 2014 obits. Wouldn't it have been something if they had done a more expansive list this year and had included both Rex and Rhodes? Two brothers in one year?! Yep, TCM missed yet another unique opportunity, one that's unlikely to come again.
Hiroshi Koizumi died? I don't recall having read that, though it may be lodged in that CFB thread, which is close to 600 posts by now (many multiple ones for one individual). Of course they'd never include him unless they had a really extensive TCM Remembers!
It would be neat if, when Haruo Nakajima dies, they showed a photo of him coupled with a shot of the original Gojira. Any bets they'd even name him?
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Big G-2
8 years ago
God willing, Mr. Nakajima will still be with us for a long, long time! But when it does happen, I do hope his name will be included since TCM now plays GKOTM on more regular basis. However, here is another name they missed - Richard Johnson. And this channel plays THE HAUNTING, every damn Halloween!
On their Facebook, TCM did admit that they spelled Movita Castaneda's name wrong and regret the error, BUT, did not say they were going to change it, so I think you are correct Hobnob, that they will leave this tribute as is. And I don't recall, but this year, they added a song in their "TCM Remembers" and perhaps that is the reason why it is shorter than previous versions. Come on TCM. We don't need you to be like the Oscars when it comes to these tributes.
I might as well do it for them: TCM Remembers (sad song playing), Rex Reason (1928-2015), Rhodes Reason (1930-2014), Richard Johnson (1927-2015), Marjorie Lord (1918-2015), Beth Rogan (1931-2015), Yvonne Craig (1937-2015), Grace Lee Whitney (1930-2015), Hirohsi Koizumi (1926-2015), Gregg Palmer (1927-2015), Charles Herbert (1948-2015), and Martin Milner (1931-2015).
And I will add stop-motion technician Steven Archer (1957-2015), who worked with Ray Harryhausen on CLASH OF THE TITANS, then later doing his own projects, KRULL and THE NEVER ENDING STORY (not to mention writing a great book on Willis O'Brien back in the 90s).
Heck, I may take this list and slap it on TCM's Facebook! If there are any other names I missed I welcome them in!
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hobnob53
8 years ago
Acknowledging they can't include everyone (and some, like Marjorie Lord, Grace Lee Whitney and Yvonne Craig, are really more TV than movie stars), you're right, they forgot some big ones -- Richard Johnson (The Haunting, Of Human Bondage, Operation Crossbow); Gregg Palmer (Magnificent Obsession, All That Heaven Allows, Big Jake); Charles Herbert (The Monster That Challenged the World, 13 Ghosts, The Boy and the Pirates); Martin Milner (I Want You, Sweet Smell of Success, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral -- Charles Herbert was in that one too). Really no excuse for those omissions.
Go to the Classic Film Board and look up the thread titled "In Memorial 2015". (Yes, it should have been "Memoriam", but there it is.) It's got reams of names of people who've passed this year. Some really obscure, but I'm sure there are many major names that you could post on the TCM Board. Good luck -- let 'em have it!
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Big G-2
8 years ago
Thanks for directing me to that thread Hobnob. I rummaged through it and there were some that I did not realize or had forgotten that they passed way. I think the staff at TCM, should have rummaged through this as well! It is impossible to put everyone from the entertainment industry on a tribute list, BUT I think the staff at TCM, could have done a better job this year.
I am going to keep Marjorie Lord, Grace Lee Whitney and Yvonne Craig on the list, because they had done movies as well. Heck, both Dick Van Patten and Marty Ingels, were on the TCM tribute, but I knew both of them better for their television work.
Others names like Judy Carne I will leave out, because she was mainly T.V. There are others that were quite obscure, that I did not even know what they even starred in.
Here are the ones that I am going to include, in addition to those names I've already mentioned:
Takao Saito, cinematographer
Brian Clemens, producer
Rod McKuen, composer
Richard Bakalyan, actor
Gregory Walcott, actor
Julie Harris, costume designer
Mary Ellen Trainor, actress
Patrick Macnee, actor
George Cole, actor
Jayne Meadows, actress
Jacques Sernas, actor
Any others, I welcome!
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hobnob53
8 years ago
Right, I forgot they had Marty Ingels -- Marty Ingels?! Almost no movies, and a minor presence by any standards. My guess is they stuck him in because his widow is TCM's "good friend" Shirley Jones. No other reason makes sense. He was also by all accounts an obsessive, obnoxious prick.
Most of your names make sense, though honestly I wouldn't bother with Saito and possibly Clemens. I haven't revisited the CFB list but you have a good start.
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Big G-2
8 years ago
Since TCM also honors cinematographers, I had to add Saito since he was Kurosawa's cinematographer from SANJURO to RAN and ending with Madadayo. I will think about Clemens.
I will post these names on their FB site. They would probably think I am trying to mock them, but then again, as you stated, there is no excuse to leave out the likes of Richard Johnson and Martin Milner (as well as Rex Reason, imo). TCM isn't the awards shows where those guys always factor in time as an excuse to leave out some celebrates. TCM has all the time in the world!
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hobnob53
8 years ago
You know, since it's only on their website -- and they have all the web space in the world -- I've changed my opinion: I think you should post all the relevant names you can. It's a way at least of showing that a lot of names have been omitted this year, some of which would surely have been worthy of TCM's vaunted Remembers.
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Big G-2
8 years ago
I will include everyone I've mentioned (and perhaps add a few more from that "In Memoriam" list). I won't try to sound like I am mocking them either, though hopefully they can take it as a sign that perhaps they can do a little better for next year!
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