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ClipperCon
Farpoint is an American science-fiction convention held since 1993 in Hunt Valley, Maryland. The convention is fan-run, differentiating it from larger, profit-making ventures. Typical programming includes panel discussions, a competitive masquerade, fan videos, an art show, filkingErik Davis, "True Believers", ''TV Guide's Star Trek Four Generations'', Spring, 1995 and celebrity guest appearances. It is a successor convention to ClipperCon(1984-1989) and OktoberTrek (1990-1992). The most recent Farpoint was held on February 8–10, 2019. Locations and Dates ''*Attendance does not include dealers and guest numbers'' ''**Convention was not held'' History From 1993 to 1997 the convention was held in the Hunt Valley Inn. In 1998 the convention was held in the Baltimore Omni. After 1998, the convention went back to the Hunt Valley Inn until 2008. Farpoint was created by Beverly Ott Volker in early 1993. This convention was successor to other Beverly Volker creations such as Clipp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OktoberTrek
OktoberTrek was an American science-fiction convention held from 1990-1992 by Sandy Zier-Teitler in Hunt Valley, Maryland. The convention was fan-run, not-for-profit, and had programming for various topics such as a competitive masquerade, an Art Show, filking, media, gaming, and celebrity guest appearances. The convention was the successor to ClipperCon(1984-1989) and was succeeded by Farpoint(1993–present). Locations and Dates {, class="wikitable" , - ! Dates !! Location !! Attendance* !! Notable Guests , - , October 12–14, 1990 , , Hunt Valley Inn , , 2000+ , , DeForest Kelley, Gates McFadden, David McDonnell , - , October 4–6, 1991 , , Hunt Valley Inn , , 2000+ , , Jonathan Frakes, Nichelle Nichols, LeVar Burton , - , October 9–11, 1992 , , Hunt Valley Inn , , 2000+ , , DeForest Kelley, Brent Spiner Brent Jay Spiner (; born February 2, 1949) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the android Data on the television series '' Star Trek: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Russ
Timothy Darrell Russ (born June 22, 1956) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and musician. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok on '' Star Trek: Voyager'', Robert Johnson in ''Crossroads'' (1986), Casey in '' East of Hope Street'' (1998), Frank on ''Samantha Who?'', Principal Franklin on the Nickelodeon sitcom ''iCarly'', and D. C. Montana on '' The Highwaymen'' (1987–1988). Most recently, he was in The Rookie: Feds (2022). Early life, family and education Russ was born in Washington, D.C. on June 22, 1956 to a government employee mother and a U.S. Air Force officer father. He spent part of his childhood in Turkey. He attended his senior year of high school at Rome Free Academy, from which he graduated in 1974. He graduated from St. Edward's University with a degree in theater arts. He additionally attended graduate school at Illinois State University where he was inducted into its Hall of Fame. During his early life, he owned many dogs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armin Shimerman
Armin Shimerman (born November 5, 1949) is an American actor and author. Early life Shimerman was born into a Jewish family in Lakewood, New Jersey, on November 5, 1949, the son of accountant Susan and house painter Herbert Shimerman. When he was 15, he moved with his family to Los Angeles, where his mother enrolled him in a drama group in an effort to expand his social circle. He attended Santa Monica High School and was active in drama. As a senior, he played leading roles in school productions of ''Hamlet'', ''The Crucible'', and ''The Skin of Our Teeth'' before graduating in 1967. After graduating from UCLA, he was selected to apprentice at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego. He began pursuing a career in theater and eventually moved to New York City, where he was a member of the Impossible Ragtime Theater. Returning to Los Angeles, he took roles in two CBS series to launch his television acting career. Career Acting Television Shimerman is known for his work as the Fere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Anglim
Philip Charles Anglim (born February 11, 1952) is an American actor. He is best known for his performance as Joseph Merrick in the stage and television versions of '' The Elephant Man'', a role for which he received a Best Actor nomination in the 1979 Tony Awards. Other notable roles include the title role in ''Macbeth'' on Broadway and Dane O'Neill, the ill-fated love child who grew up to follow in his unknown father's footsteps on the path to the priesthood in the television mini-series '' The Thorn Birds''. He also had a recurring guest role as the Bajoran priest Vedek Bareil on ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. Biography Anglim was born in San Francisco, California. His father, a Catholic of Irish descent, worked as a patent attorney, and his mother, Paule Anglim, was of French-Jewish descent and was a San Francisco art dealer. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Curtis
Robin Curtis (born in New York Mills, New York) is an American actress. She is best known for replacing Kirstie Alley in the role of Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik in the films '' Star Trek III: The Search for Spock'' and '' Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home''. Life and career Film and television work Although her first appearance as Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik in '' Star Trek III: The Search for Spock'' in 1984 was promoted as being her film debut, in fact, Curtis had already made several film and made-for-television movie appearances. Her performance in the film drew mixed reception from Trek fans and she reprised the role of Saavik for a brief appearance in '' Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home''. She co-starred in the 1983 episode " Short Notice" during the first season of the ''Knight Rider'' television series. In 1991, she portrayed Carol Pulaski on the soap opera '' General Hospital''. In 1993, Curtis portrayed an unrelated Vulcan character disguised as a Romulan (Tallera/T'Paal) in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Katsulas
Andrew Katsulas (May 18, 1946February 13, 2006), known professionally as Andreas Katsulas, was an American film and television actor, most recognized for portrayals of Narn Ambassador G'Kar on the American science fiction television series ''Babylon 5''. Life and career Born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a working-class Greek American family, Katsulas earned a master's degree in theatre from Indiana University. He started an acting career that took him from South American barrios to Lincoln Center. From 1971 to 1986, he toured with Peter Brook's International Theatre Company, performing improvisational and prepared theater pieces. In 1981 and 1982, he appeared on the CBS daytime drama (soap opera) ''Guiding Light'' as Lucien Goff. Katsulas appeared in various films, including ''The Sicilian'', ''Next of Kin'', '' Someone to Watch Over Me'', ''Sunset'', ''Hot Shots! Part Deux'', and ''Executive Decision''. He played the one-armed villain Fredrick Sykes in '' The Fugitive'' (1993). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Kay Adams
Mary Kay Adams (born September 12, 1962) is an American actress known for her roles in television. In a career that spanned from the mid-1980s to 2000, she had several roles on daytime television. Her most high profile role was as jet-setting India von Halkein on '' Guiding Light''. She also played Na'Toth in the second season of the science fiction television series ''Babylon 5''. Adams grew up in Middletown Township, New Jersey and graduated from Mater Dei High School in 1979. She attended Emerson College, where she was a sister of Sigma Pi Theta and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Other appearances include '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' as Grilka, in the episodes " The House of Quark" and " Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places". Theatrical credits include a seven-month run in the play '' Tamara'' and later appeared in the off-Broadway production ''Program for Murder''. Filmography Films *''The Muppets Take Manhattan'' (1984) (uncredited) *'' See No Ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Colbert
Robert Colbert is an American actor most noted for his leading role portraying Dr. Doug Phillips on the ABC television series ''The Time Tunnel'' and his two appearances as Brent Maverick, a third Maverick brother in the ABC/Warner Brothers western ''Maverick'' starring James Garner as Bret, Jack Kelly as Bart, Roger Moore as cousin Beau, and Colbert. His last name was pronounced, at least by the ''Maverick'' announcer, phonetically as opposed to the French pronunciation of Claudette Colbert and Stephen Colbert. Early years Colbert began acting when he was a soldier based on the Japanese island of Okinawa. He was a clerk typist with a Military Police unit and also worked as a disc jockey for radio station KSBK in the evenings. A woman in Air Force Special Services heard his voice and recruited him to act in a performance of '' The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial''. He gained acting experience with the Portland (Oregon) Repertory Theater. Film and television career Warner Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Darren
James William Ercolani (born June 8, 1936) known by his stage name James Darren, is an American television and film actor, television director, and singer. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had notable starring and supporting roles in films including '' Gidget'' (1959) and its sequels, '' The Gene Krupa Story'' (1959), '' All the Young Men'' (1960), '' The Guns of Navarone'' (1961), and '' Diamond Head'' (1962). As a teen pop singer, he achieved hit singles including " Goodbye Cruel World" in 1961. He later became more active in television, starring as Dr. Anthony Newman in the science fiction series ''The Time Tunnel'' (1966–1967). He appeared in the regular role of Officer III James Corrigan in the police drama '' T. J. Hooker'' (1983–1986) and in the recurring role of Vic Fontaine in ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1998–1999). Early life Darren was born in the Lower Moyamensing neighborhood of Philadelphia, on June 8, 1936. He is of Italian descent. He wan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Jurasik
Peter Jurasik ( ; born April 25, 1950) is an American actor known for his television roles as Londo Mollari in the 1990s science fiction series ''Babylon 5'' and Sid the Snitch on the 1980s series ''Hill Street Blues'' and its short-lived spinoff '' Beverly Hills Buntz''. Peter Jurasik also portrayed Oberon Geiger, Diana's boss, in the T.V. series ''Sliders''. Personal life Jurasik was born in Queens, New York. He is the third of four children. He attended the University of New Hampshire, where he appeared in several plays. He lives with his wife and son in Wilmington, North Carolina, and teaches acting for the camera in the Theatre Department and the Film Studies Department at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Career Acting Jurasik is best known for playing Londo Mollari on ''Babylon 5''. He has guest-starred as an ornithologist in one episode of ''MacGyver'', CID investigator Captain Triplett in two episodes of ''M*A*S*H'', and Dr. Oberon Geiger on three epis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert O'Reilly
Robert O'Reilly (born March 25, 1950) is an American film, stage, and television actor who has appeared in a variety of roles. He appeared in the ''Star Trek'' franchise for over ten years, primarily in his recurring role on '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' as Chancellor Gowron, the leader of the Klingon Empire. He has also appeared in over 100 films and television episodes, and has acted on Broadway and at Carnegie Hall. His links with the Colony Theatre Company resulted in his receiving a Drama-Logue Award in 1981 for directing the play ''Getting Out''. Career O'Reilly has appeared in over a hundred films and television episodes, primarily as either the antagonist or as a villain. The television series he has appeared in include ''Cheers'', ''Darkroom'', '' Knight Rider'', '' Sledge Hammer!'', ''MacGyver'', '' In the Heat of the Night'', ''NYPD Blue'', and twice in ''Dallas''. His film appearances include the Jim Carrey film ''The Mask''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
