RIP Planet of the Apes’ Ron Harper
Ron Harper, who played astronaut Alan Virdon in the 1974 Planet of the Apes TV series, has died aged 91. As well as the apes show, which Harper said descended […]
RIP Kenneth Mitchell
Canadian actor Kenneth Mitchell, best known for his roles in Captain Marvel and Star Trek: Discovery, has died aged 49. His family posted the news on social media. Mitchell played […]
RIP Pamela Salem
British actress Pamela Salem, renowned for her work on Doctor Who and Into the Labyrinth, has died aged 80. Salem appeared in three Doctor Who stories – vocally in The […]
RIP Michael Jayston
British actor Michael Jayston, who played the Valeyard opposite Colin Baker’s Doctor and James Bond for Radio 4, has died aged 88. Jayston was a familiar face on British screens […]
RIP Carl Weathers
Actor and director Carl Weathers has died aged 76. Although perhaps best known generally for his role in the Rocky saga, he had a long genre resume, culminating in appearances […]
RIP Hinton Battle
Hinton Battle, who played the demon Sweet in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode Once More, With Feeling, has died aged 67. He also played Thames (the Evil Leaper’s […]
RIP Gary Graham
American actor Gary Graham, who starred in the Alien Nation TV series as well as Star Trek: Enterprise, has died aged 73. His former wife Susan Lavelle announced the news […]
RIP Norman Jewison
Canadian movie director Norman Jewison has died aged 97. Jewison’s directorial career saw him helm movies in many different genres, including musicals such as Jesus Christ Superstar and Fiddler on […]
RIP Laurie Johnson
Composer Laurie Johnson, who penned the themes and scores for The Avengers, Jason King, Thriller, The New Avengers and The Professionals among many other works, has died aged 96. Johnson’s […]
RIP Tracy Tormé
Star Trek: The Next Generation and Sliders’ Tracy Tormé has died, aged 64. Tormé was one of the key staff in the early years of the first Star Trek sequel, […]
RIP David Soul
David Soul, who starred in the first version of Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot opposite James Mason, has died aged 80. Although best known for his role as Ken “Hutch” Hutchinson […]
RIP Richard Franklin
Actor, writer, director and producer Richard Franklin – best known to genre fans as Captain Mike Yates in the Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who – died on Christmas Day […]
RIP David Elliott
Supermarionation supremo David Elliott – aka Dave the Director – has died aged 92. Elliott’s career included directing classic episodes of Thunderbirds, as well as the Andersons’ previous series Supercar, […]
RIP Stephen Kandel
Stephen Kandel, who contributed scripts to both the original Star Trek and its animated sequel, has died aged 96. Although perhaps best known to genre fans for his creation of […]
RIP Lara Parker
Dark Shadows star Lara Parker has died aged 84. Parker was renowned for playing the witch Angelique (and multiple variants of the character) in the horror soap opera, and also […]
RIP Piper Laurie
Carrie and Twin Peaks star Piper Laurie has died aged 91. Laurie was best known to genre fans initially for her role as Carrie’s religious obsessive mother in the Brian […]
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