Frak Me 2. Galactica's Male Guest Stars 40 Years Later.
by Ed_Jones_XLIX2 | created - 16 Sep 2018 | updated - 16 Sep 2018 | PublicToday is Galactica's 40th Birthday!
Glen A. Larson's Battlestar Galactica turns 40 on 17 September 2018. We fans of Star Wars ate this up for its 1 season. It had its share of accolades with several nominations and was a Winner of a People's Choice Award. Sadly the ratings were poor, and it was too expensive to make. Many Well known actors in Hollywood did a one or 2 episode appearance. Some not so well known later became so. Here is a list of the actors that were or became well known later. Who is your favorite?
After voting, please discuss here.
1. John Williams
Actor | Dial M for Murder
John Williams was a tall, urbane Anglo-American actor best known for his role as Chief Inspector Hubbard in Dial M for Murder (1954), a role he played on Broadway, in Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1954 film, and on television in 1958. Playing Hubbard on the Great White Way brought him the 1953 Tony ...
No not the Composer!
(1954) Sabrina's.... Chauffeur father Thomas Fairchild
Dial M for Murder (1954) Chief Inspector Hubbard
This was to be his final performance.
- War of the Gods: Part 2 (1979) ... Sire Montrose
- War of the Gods: Part 1 (1979) ... Sire Montrose
2. Lloyd Bridges
Actor | Hot Shots! Part Deux
The star of many land and underwater adventures, Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. was born on January 15, 1913 in San Leandro, California, to Harriet Evelyn (Brown) and Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Sr., who owned a movie theater and also worked in the hotel business. He grew up in various Northern California ...
- The Living Legend: Part 2 (1978) ... Commander Cain
- The Living Legend: Part 1 (1978) ... Commander Cain
3. Lloyd Bochner
Actor | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Lloyd Bochner had that wonderfully sonorous type of voice that was always tailor-made for radio or for the stage. Unsurprisingly then, by the time he was eleven, Lloyd was already employed as part-time voiceover artist and reader of drama serials by radio stations in Vancouver.
Lloyd Wolfe Bochner ...
Prolific Movie and TV Actor (214 credits)
- Baltar's Escape (1979) ... Commandant Leiter
- Greetings from Earth (1979) ... Commandant Leiter
4. Lew Ayres
Actor | Holiday
Lew Ayres was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in San Diego, California. A college dropout, he was found by a talent scout in the Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles and entered Hollywood as a bit player. He was leading man to Greta Garbo in The Kiss (1929), but it was the role of Paul ...
Saga of a Star World (1978) ... President Adar
5. Paul Fix
Actor | El Dorado
Paul Fix, the well-known movie and TV character actor who played "Marshal Micah Torrance" on the TV series The Rifleman (1958), was born Peter Paul Fix on March 13, 1901 in Dobbs Ferry, New York to brew-master Wilhelm Fix and his wife, the former Louise C. Walz. His mother and father were German ...
(337 credits)
Take the Celestra (1979) ... Commander Kronus
6. Brock Peters
Actor | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Born of African and West Indian ancestry on July 2, 1927 in New York City, Brock Peters set his sights on a show business career early on, at age ten. A product of NYC's famed Music and Arts High School, Peters initially fielded more odd jobs than acting jobs as he worked his way up from Harlem ...
Murder on the Rising Star (1979) ... Chief Opposer Solon
7. Red West
Actor | Road House
Robert Gene "Red" West was a close friend of Elvis Presley and a member of Presley's inner circle, known as "The Memphis Mafia". He first met Elvis in high school, where he was a year behind him. West played football for the Memphis Tigers high school football team, boxed in the Golden Gloves and ...
Robert "Red" Gene West was a close friend of Elvis Presley and a member of Presley's inner circle, known as "The Memphis Mafia". He first met Elvis in high school, where he was a year behind him.
The Lost Warrior (1978) ... Marco
8. John Hoyt
Actor | When Worlds Collide
John Hoyt was born on October 5, 1905 in Bronxville, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for When Worlds Collide (1951), Spartacus (1960) and Brute Force (1947). He was married to Dorothy Marion Oltman and Marion Virginia Burns. He died on September 15, 1991 in Santa Cruz, California, ...
(251 credits)
Spartacus....Caius (1960)
Cleopatra.....Cassius (1963)
Baltar's Escape (1979) ... Sire Domra
9. Edward Mulhare
Actor | Knight Rider
Suave Irish-born actor with resonant voice and a commanding presence, who made his theatrical debut in 'The First of Mrs.Fraser' (1942) at the age of 19 at the Cork Opera House. Nine years later, after spells with the Gate Theatre in Dublin and the Liverpool Repertory Company, Mulhare appeared in a ...
Experiment in Terra (1979) ... John
10. Ray Milland
Actor | The Lost Weekend
Ray Milland became one of Paramount's most bankable and durable stars, under contract from 1934 to 1948, yet little in his early life suggested a career as a motion picture actor.
Milland was born Alfred Reginald Jones in the Welsh town of Neath, Glamorgan, to Elizabeth Annie (Truscott) and Alfred ...
Saga of a Star World (1978) ... Sire Ur
11. Nehemiah Persoff
Actor | An American Tail
Born in 1919 in Jerusalem, Nehemiah Persoff emigrated with his family to America in 1929.
Following schooling at the Hebrew Technical Institute of New York, he found a job as a subway electrician doing signal maintenance until an interest in the theater altered the direction of his life.
He joined ...
Still with us @ 99 Years old.
Experiment in Terra (1979) ... Eastern Alliance Leader
12. Rick Springfield
Actor | Mission: Magic!
Rick Springfield was born Richard Lewis Springthorpe in Guildford, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, to Eileen Louise (Evennett) and Norman James Springthorpe, a Lt. Colonel in the Australian Army. His maternal grandparents were English, and his father was of English and some Scottish descent. ...
"Jessie's Girl" singer and musician.
Saga of a Star World (1978) ... Lieutenant Zac
13. Fred Astaire
Actor | The Towering Inferno
Fred Astaire was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Johanna (Geilus) and Fritz Austerlitz, a brewer. Fred entered show business at age 5. He was successful both in vaudeville and on Broadway in partnership with his sister, Adele Astaire. After Adele retired to marry in 1932, Astaire headed to Hollywood. ...
The Man with Nine Lives (1979) ... Chameleon / Captain Dimitri
14. Rance Howard
Actor | Nebraska
Rance Howard was born on November 17, 1928 in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Nebraska (2013), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) and Universal Soldier (1992). He was married to Judy Howard and Jean Speegle Howard. He died on November 25, 2017 in Los Angeles, ...
Father of Ron Howard
(282 credits)
The Magnificent Warriors (1978) ... Farnes
15. Dan O'Herlihy
Actor | RoboCop
Daniel Peter "Dan" O'Herlihy was born on 1 May 1919 at Odessa Cottage, Wexford Town, County Wexford (Ireland) to John Robert O'Herlihy, a civil servant from Cork who later worked in the Department of Industry and Commerce, and Ellen (née Hanton). Dan had at least two siblings, a sister and a ...
Distinctive voice!
Gun on Ice Planet Zero: Part 2 (1978) ... Dr. Ravashol
16. Ken Swofford
Actor | Annie
Ken Swofford was born on July 25, 1933 in Du Quoin, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Annie (1982), The Andromeda Strain (1971) and Black Roses (1988). He was married to Barbara Ann Biggs. He died on November 1, 2018 in Pacific Grove, California, USA.
He is an actor, known for Annie (1982), The Andromeda Strain (1971) and Thelma & Louise (1991).
Experiment in Terra (1979) ... General Maxwell
17. John de Lancie
Actor | Crank: High Voltage
John de Lancie was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Kent State University where he won a scholarship to Juilliard. John's father was a professional oboist with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. de Lancie is probably best known for his portrayal as Eugene Bradford on Days of Our ...
"Q" of Star Trek fame
(177 credits)
Experiment in Terra (1979) ... Officer
18. Ray Bolger
Actor | The Wizard of Oz
Ray Bolger was born Raymond Wallace Bolger on January 10, 1904 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, to Anne C. (Wallace) and James Edward Bolger, both Irish-Americans. Ray began his career in vaudeville. He was half of a team called "Sanford and Bolger" and also did numerous Broadway shows on his own. ...
The Scarecrow...Wiz of Oz (1939)
Greetings from Earth (1979) ... Vector
Tell Your Friends