RIP Maurice Roëves
Scottish actor Maurice Roëves has passed away, aged 83. The news was confirmed by his agency earlier today. Roëves was perhaps best known to genre fans for his appearance in […]
Scottish actor Maurice Roëves has passed away, aged 83. The news was confirmed by his agency earlier today. Roëves was perhaps best known to genre fans for his appearance in […]
Legendary film composer Ennio Morricone has died, aged 91. Renowned for his scores for mutliple genres, Morricone is perhaps best known to the general public for his work on Spagheti […]
Veteran actor Earl Cameron has passed away aged 102. In his long career, Cameron made various genre appearances, including William Hartnell’s final story, The Tenth Planet, in Doctor Who, and […]
Joel Schumacher, the director of The Lost Boys and two Batman movies, has died aged 80. In a career that covered multiple genres, Schumacher wrote the screenplays for two fantasy […]
Ian Holm, perhaps best known to genre fans for his roles in the original Alien and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, has died aged 88. The news was passed […]
The legendary comics writer and editor Dennis “Denny” O’Neil has passed away, aged 81. Famed for his work at both DC and Marvel, O’Neil’s work for DC on the Batman […]
RIchard Herd, best known to genre fans for his role in the original V and Star Trek: Voyager, has died aged 87. Herd played the Supreme Commander of the Visitor […]
Wally K Daly, whose many scripts included the unproduced Doctor Who season 23 story The Ultimate Evil, has died aged 79 Toby Hadoke reported the news. Daly was a prolific […]
American writer and director Stuart Gordon, who wrote and helmed cult classics including Re-Animator, has died aged 72. In addition to his horror work – which also included From Beyond […]
Lyle Waggoner, who played Colonel Steve Trevor (and his son, also conveniently named Steve) in the 1970s Wonder Woman series, has died aged 84. Waggoner appeared opposite Lynda Carter’s Wonder […]
Revered actor Max von Sydow has died, aged 90. In his long and varied career, the Swedish born French actor appeared in numerous films connected to the SF, fantasy and […]
Robert Conrad, star of The Wild Wild West and A Man Called Sloane, has died aged 84. Conrad was best known for playing James West opposite Ross Martin’s Artemis Gordon […]
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Saturn 3 star Kirk Douglas has died, aged 103. Although best known for his work outside the genre in films such as Spartacus, in […]
Alan Pattillo, writer, script editor and director for multiple Supermarionation series, has died at the age of 90. Pattillo directed the opening episode of Thunderbirds – Trapped in the Sky […]
Christopher Tolkien, who has been the guardian of his father JRR Tolkien’s legacy for decades, has died aged 95. His passing was reported in his local paper, Var-Martin. The third […]
Renowned visual futurist Syd Mead has died, aged 86. In addition to Blade Runner and Tron, for which he is best known, the visual concept artist had credits on multiple […]