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Cassiopeia (Battlestar Galactica)
'' Battlestar Galactica'' and ''Galactica 1980'' are American science fiction television series, produced in 1978 and 1980 by Glen A. Larson and starring Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict. Original 1978 movie and series ;People from the ''Galactica'': * Commander Adama - played by Lorne Greene * Commander Cain - played by Lloyd Bridges * Captain Apollo - played by Richard Hatch * Lieutenant Starbuck - played by Dirk Benedict * Lieutenant Boomer - played by Herbert Jefferson Jr. * Lieutenant Athena - played by Maren Jensen * Colonel Tigh - played by Terry Carter * Serina - played by Jane Seymour * Boxey - played by Noah Hathaway * Muffit II (the robot daggit) - played by Evolution ("Evie") the chimpanzee * Flight Sergeant Jolly - played by Tony Swartz * Flight Officer Omega - played by David Greenan * Flight Corporal Rigel - played by Sarah Rush * Corporal Giles - played by Larry Manetti * Ensign (later Flight Sergeant) Greenbean - played by Ed Begley, Jr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV Series)
''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction television series created by Glen A. Larson and starring Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, and Dirk Benedict. The series follows the surviving humans as they flee in the fictional spacecraft of the same name in search for a new home while they are being pursued by the Cylons. The series ran for the 1978–1979 season before being canceled after 24 episodes. It also spawned into a media franchise, which includes a spin-off show, comics, a reimagined miniseries and weekly series, theme park attractions, and games. Plot summary In a distant star system, the Twelve Colonies of Mankind were reaching the end of a thousand-year war with the Cylons, warrior robots created by a reptilian race which expired long ago, presumably destroyed by their own creations. Humanity was ultimately defeated in a sneak attack on their homeworlds by the Cylons, carried out with the help of a human traitor, Baltar (John Colicos). Protected by the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Rush
Sarah Rush is an American actress, best known in television for her work in the original Battlestar Galactica. She narrated and starred in the 2005 documentary The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania produced by Patricia Heaton and directed by David Hunt, which won the 2006 Heartland Film Festival Award. Rush was herself crowned Coal Queen in 1972. Sarah Kathleen Rush was born on September 20, 1955 in Waynesburg, PA and graduated from Waynesburg Central High School in Waynesburg, PA in 1973. She is a member of the Actors Studio, an acting student of Uta Hagen and Milton Katselas, and is a BFA in Theatre summa cum laude graduate from the Pennsylvania State University. She was married to Fred Bova and has one daughter, Amanda Grace from her previous marriage. Theatre *''Our Town'' directed by Gower Champion and also starring Eddie Albert, *As You Like It directed by Sir Tony Richardson and also starring Stockard Channing, *The Glass Menagerie directed by Lee Shallot, *''Toyer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance LeGault
William Lance LeGault (May 2, 1935 – September 10, 2012) was an American actor. He was best known as U.S. Army Colonel Roderick Decker in the 1980s American television series ''The A-Team''. Early and personal life LeGault was born May 2, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Mary Jean (née Kovachevich; died December 21, 1980) and Ernest Legault (1906–1941). LeGault's father, Ernest, was French-Canadian from Moose Creek, Ontario, Canada. LeGault's mother, Mary, was born in Illinois, the daughter of immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The family was poor. He lived in an orphanage for a time between his father's death in 1941 and when his mother remarried in 1943. He started working at 11, and was fired from the railroad at 13 when they discovered he was not 18 as he had claimed. He grew up in Chillicothe, Illinois and graduated from Chillicothe Township High School in 1955. He received a full football scholarship to the Municipal University of Wichita, where he m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dullaghan
John Joseph Dullaghan III (November 27, 1930 – January 18, 2009) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was known for playing the role of Dr. Wilker in the American science fiction television series ''Battlestar Galactica''. Dullaghan was born in Brooklyn, New York. He guest-starred in television programs including ''Gunsmoke'', ''The Rockford Files'', ''Barnaby Jones'', ''B. J. and the Bear'' (9 episodes), ''Night Court'', ''The King of Queens'' and ''Cannon'', and played the recurring role of Ray Brewer in ''Barney Miller''. His film appearances included ''Garden of the Dead'', ''Kalifornia'', ''The Thing with Two Heads'', ''Apollo 13'' and ''Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song''. On stage he appeared in repertory theatre as Pablo in the play ''Get To the Heart''. Dullaghan died in January 2009 of lung cancer in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Ashmore
Frank Ashmore (born June 17, 1945) is an American actor. Career He is perhaps best known for his role as "Martin" in the 1983 NBC miniseries '' V'' and its 1984 sequel '' V: The Final Battle''. He reprised his role in the pilot episode of '' V: The Series'' -- and as Martin's brother "Philip" (A Supreme Commander appointed to investigate the murder of Supreme Commander "Charles", who had married V villainess "Diana" and died on the wedding night from a poisoned drink; he later became a "Fifth Columnist" like Martin). Ashmore appeared in the 1980 hit comedy film ''Airplane!'', '' Airplane II: The Sequel'' and films such as ''Gable and Lombard'' (1976), ''Invisible Strangler'' (1978), '' Parts: The Clonus Horror'' (1979), '' Monster in the Closet'' (1986) and '' Extracted'' (2012). In 1981, he appeared on both ''Days of Our Lives'' as a hit man out to kill Julie Williams and ''General Hospital'' as Monica Quartermaine's private investigator. He also had a supporting role in the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Louise Johnson
Janet Lansbury (born Janet Louise Johnson; July 10, 1959) is an American educator who was an actress in film and television, credited as Janet Julian for much of her career. Early life Janet graduated from North Hollywood High School in North Hollywood, California in 1976. She was elected a homecoming princess. Biography Janet Louise Johnson was born on July 10, 1959, in Evanston, Illinois. Lansbury got her big break when she won the role of Nancy Drew in the 1970s television series ''The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries'' when Pamela Sue Martin left the show in 1978. Her other well-known TV role came a year later on the Cult TV series ''B. J. and the Bear'' as Tommy. She starred on the evening soap opera ''Falcon Crest'' in 1989 as Cookie Nash. Lansbury made guest appearances on several TV shows, among them ''Battlestar Galactica'', ''The Fall Guy'', ''Knight Rider'', ''Fudge'', ''Columbo'', '' Swamp Thing'', '' 240 Robert'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', and '' Diagnosis: Murder' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila DeWindt
Sheila Wills (born August 11, 1947) is an American actress, also known as Sheila DeWindt. She is known for her regular role on the television series ''B.J. and the Bear'', and recurring roles on series including ''Days of Our Lives'', ''Battlestar Galactica'', and '' Generations''. Early life and education Wills was born in Louisiana and raised in Los Angeles, California. She started working at a young age, stating in 1982, "I've had a job since I was 11 - it might have been waiting tables or cleaning houses... but it helped me attain a goal". Wills graduated from Occidental College, where she later became an assistant dean of admissions. She had always wanted to be an actress, and quit her job in education shortly after attending an actor's workshop in Los Angeles in 1975. Career Before landing the role of Angie on ''B.J. and the Bear'', Wills made guest appearances on a number of television series, including ''Baretta'', ''Kojak'', '' Quincy'', and ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff MacKay
Jeffery Neill MacKay (October 20, 1948 – August 22, 2008)Obituary Variety.com; accessed August 27, 2008. was an American . MacKay was born in , . Career MacKay played Gordie Masterson, one of the shrunken protagonists, on the fantasy adventure series '' Dr. Shrinker'', a segment of the Saturday morning children's TV show '' |
Anne Lockhart (actress)
Anne Lockhart (born Anne Kathleen Maloney; September 6, 1953) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Lieutenant Sheba in the television series ''Battlestar Galactica'' (1978–1979). Early life Lockhart is the elder of two daughters of actress June Lockhart and the granddaughter of actors Gene and Kathleen Lockhart. Lockhart attended Verde Valley School in Sedona, Arizona, appearing in her first school play as a senior there. Career Television Lockhart began her career at the age of four, starring as Annie in the short film "T Is for Tumbleweed", which was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Live Action Short Film. She frequently accompanied her mother to the set of '' Lassie'', where she made five uncredited appearances between 1959 and 1962. She began making credited guest appearances in 1965 starting with the ''Death Valley Days'' episode "Magic Locket". She has since made over 60 guest appearances in network television shows, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurette Spang-McCook
Laurette Spang-McCook (born May 16, 1951), credited as Laurette Spang, is an American television actress. She is best known for playing the character Cassiopeia on the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' (1978). Early life/family Spang was born in Buffalo, New York, and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Speech courses during her high school years sparked her interest in acting. During her youth, she was an active letter-writer, penning letters to actors. She was also a huge fan of the gothic soap opera, ''Dark Shadows'' and of the television Western, ''Bonanza''. She is related to Bollywood producer-actor Stegath Dorr. At age 16, she accompanied her father on a business trip to New York City, where she waited at the stage door of ''Dark Shadows''. The stage guard allowed her to walk in, leading her to actress Kathryn Leigh Scott. After their meeting, Spang would answer Scott's fan mail through high-school. The summer of her junior year, Spang worked with the Williamstown Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fink
John Fink (born February 11, 1940) is an American film and television actor. In the 1970–1971 the NBC sitcom '' Nancy'', Fink was cast as an Iowa veterinarian, Dr. Adam Hudson, who marries the daughter of the President of the United States. The short-lived series starred Renne Jarrett (born 1946) as the title character and Celeste Holm and Robert F. Simon in supporting roles. He is known for his roles in two ''Batman'' movies, ''Batman Forever'' (1995) and '' Batman & Robin'' (1997), and his other film credits include '' Loving'' (1970), ''The Carey Treatment'' (1972), '' Home for the Holidays'' (1972), ''The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case'' (1976), ''Flatliners'' (1990), ''What's Love Got to Do with It'' (1993) and ''The Client'' (1994). He has also had minor roles in ''Saved by the Bell'', '' Ally McBeal'', ''McMillan & Wife'', ''Columbo'', and various other series since the 1970s. While he was billed as a supporting actor in the 1978 ''Battlestar Galactica'' pilot, a majority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Springfield
Richard Lewis Springthorpe (born 23 August 1949), known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian-American musician and actor. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his debut single, "Speak to the Sky", which reached the top 10 in Australia in mid-1972. When he moved to the United States, he had a No. 1 hit with "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 in both Australia and the US, for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. He followed with four more top 10 US hits: "I've Done Everything for You", " Don't Talk to Strangers", "Affair of the Heart" and " Love Somebody". Springfield's two US top 10 albums are '' Working Class Dog'' (1981) and ''Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet'' (1982). As an actor, Springfield starred in the movie ''Hard to Hold'' in 1984 and the television series ''High Tide'' from 1994 to 1997. He appeared in supporting roles in ''Ricki and the Flash'' and ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
