Alexander John Rebar (July 9, 1940 – November 19, 2021) was an American producer, writer and actor. He was most known for starring in the cult film ''

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'' as well as writing and producing films such as '' Beyond the Door'', '' Demented'', ''

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'', and '' Nowhere to Hide''.

Life and career

He was born in

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on a farm where he rode horses. He attended

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and

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before enlisting in the

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as a

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. After serving in the

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he moved to

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where he co-founded and acted with the Studio Theater of Paris and managed a jazz club. In Rome, Rebar worked for Production Cinitalia Edizone doing voice dubbing for

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and the Italian

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. One of his first appearances on-screen was the psychedelic Microscopic Liquid Subway to Oblivion with

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as a professor who is abducted by drug-addled hippies. He went on to write

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, a

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meets

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knock-off before returning to Hollywood and making his star turn as the infamous (and aqueous)

. Rebar says he enjoyed the "bad guy" role as the monster because "When else do you get to ham it up like that?" Through the 1980s Rebar went on to numerous television appearances in

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and Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes while simultaneously writing and producing infamous cult films such

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, Santa Claus killer

, horror/rock documentary Terror on Tour, and Thanksgiving slasher film,

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. In the early 2000s he briefly came out of retirement to begin producing videos for the internet including a series called "Sex,Pain and Murder" for

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Death

Rebar died at his home in

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, on November 19, 2021, at the age of 81. His final wishes were for no memorial but that "Everyone should just go home, crack open a bottle of wine, and listen to 'Got My Mojo Workin' by Muddy Waters."

Filmography

As actor

* ''Microscopic Liquid Subway to Oblivion'' (1970) * ''Tales of Canterbury'' (1973) * ''

'' (as Vince Holliday, 1973) * ''

'' (1977) * ''The Incredible Hulk (TV Series)'' (1977) * ''

(1981) * ''

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'' (1982) * ''

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'' (1983) * '' Berengers'' (1985) * ''

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'' (1984–1985) * '' Number One with a Bullet'' (1987) * '' Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes'' (1989)

As writer/producer

* ''

'' (1974) (as collaborating writer) * ''

'' (1980) * ''

'' (1980) * ''Terror on Tour'' (1980) (as writer and executive producer) * ''Home Sweet Home'' (1980) (as executive producer?\) * ''

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'' (1987) * ''Sex, Pain and Murder'' (2000, web series)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rebar, Alex 1940 births 2021 deaths American male actors People from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania