Some Interesting Sightings for Trek Actors...

[Joel_Kirk]

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It's interesting, looking at that Nimoy and Leonard clip, that Nimoy still is coming off of three years portraying Spock.

(This would be something that stays with him for years, as he tends to play majority of his non-Trek characters with a Spock-like attitude...i.e. his guest spot on TJ Hooker, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, etc...)

I haven't seen his latest work, outside Trek 2009, so I don't know if there were exceptions. However, before Trek, he showed some 'life' to his characters...i.e. his stints on 'The Outer Limits'...'The Twilight Zone'...and especially in this clip (with Majel Barrett and Gary Lockwood) from 'The Lieutenant.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fxJdxL3NJs&feature=related

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Here are some clips of Deforest Kelley from 'Science Fiction Theater'...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBg3kANyrhA&feature=related

(Note: There are other clips and full films and episodes featuring Mr. Kelley on Youtube).

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Here is a clip from Gary Lockwood about a year ago, telling people where to buy autographs and photos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cJ_5vshib8&feature=related

Here is a clip from Don Marshall (Lt. Boma from 'Galileo 7' and 'Land of the Giants'):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOC244SKeXY&feature=related

Sean Kenney, who portrayed Captain Pike from the 'The Menagerie' and another TOS episode I forget the name of. (He was a navigator):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS1dlG3ALnI&feature=related

Aside from the autograph/photograph pitches, I think it's really interesting seeing how these folks look today.

I remember reading a Starlog article (in the fairly recent years) on Deanna Lund. She talked about Don Marshall's feelings on his character on 'Land of the Giants;' and how it was special due to him being African-American.

I wonder if he thinks things have changed; if so, how much? If not, what would he thinks needs to be done?

In any event, pretty cool clips.
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[Joel_Kirk]

Just saw Kim Catrall in the Roman Polanski film, 'The Ghost Writer.'

She had blond hair, and was speaking in a somewhat English accent....which had me wondering if that was really her.

(The movie was 'meh'...but she didn't look too bad).

 

[DevilEyes]

Just saw Kim Catrall in the Roman Polanski film, 'The Ghost Writer.'

She had blond hair, and was speaking in a somewhat English accent....which had me wondering if that was really her.

I'm inclined to think it was, considering the facts that 1) she is British, 2) she's been blonde for years (including all the time she was on Sex and the City).

 

[Gul Re'jal]

(The movie was 'meh'...but she didn't look too bad).

The book is much better.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Just saw Kim Catrall in the Roman Polanski film, 'The Ghost Writer.'

She had blond hair, and was speaking in a somewhat English accent....which had me wondering if that was really her.

I'm inclined to think it was, considering the facts that 1) she is British

Actually the family moved to Canada when she was 3 months old. Later she lived in the UK again from ages 11 to 15 but that's not really long enough to develop a full-on accent.

Ah, but what about Mel Gibson, you may ask (who is actually from Peekskill, New York). The only Aussie accent he ever had was faked. He did it because his fellow schoolkids Down Under tended to beat up anyone who didn't talk like them.

 

[Joel_Kirk]

(The movie was 'meh'...but she didn't look too bad).

The book is much better.

I may have to check out the book, then...!

Just saw Kim Catrall in the Roman Polanski film, 'The Ghost Writer.'

She had blond hair, and was speaking in a somewhat English accent....which had me wondering if that was really her.

I'm inclined to think it was, considering the facts that 1) she is British, 2) she's been blonde for years (including all the time she was on Sex and the City).

Can you believe ever since Mannequin, I always thought that she was American...and a brunette?

(I think she just caught my eye in this particular film...)

Actually the family moved to Canada when she was 3 months old. Later she lived in the UK again from ages 11 to 15 but that's not really long enough to develop a full-on accent.

Ah, but what about Mel Gibson, you may ask (who is actually from Peekskill, New York). The only Aussie accent he ever had was faked. He did it because his fellow schoolkids Down Under tended to beat up anyone who didn't talk like them.

Or even the late Patrick McGoohan who was born American, from New York...but lived in the UK for much of his life, IIRC...where he picked up his 'unique' accent.

In one of the Lethal Weapon films, I recall hearing a minor slip into the Aussie accent...

 

[Joel_Kirk]

Marianna Hill

Watched a clip of a film I need to re-watch in it's entirety; it had Marianna Hill...i.e. Helen Noel....a woman who gets taken advantage of (actually, I think 'ravaged' is the best word) by Clint Eastwood's 'High Plains Drifter.'

I think that film became one of my favorite films...

Not because of that...but because (while watching that clip) I forgot how much of a badass that Eastwood is in that film, even though he is a sort of 'dark angel' type of character.

I watched saw another class, with actor Randolph Scott (yes, this is a western genre class, if you couldn't tell) and 'that actor'--I forget the name--who was the lover of the dancing girl who was murdered in 'Wolf in the Fold'...was a camel racer in the Old West. (Some western fans might know the film; it escapes me at the moment; and I'm too lazy to look it up on IMDB. It was directed by Sam Peckinpah).
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[M'Sharak]

Re: Marianna Hill

I watched saw another class, with actor Randolph Scott (yes, this is a western genre class, if you couldn't tell) and 'that actor'--I forget the name--who was the lover of the dancing girl who was murdered in 'Wolf in the Fold'...was a camel racer in the Old West. (Some western fans might know the film; it escapes me at the moment; and I'm too lazy to look it up on IMDB. It was directed by Sam Peckinpah).
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You may be thinking of the 1962 Ride the High Country, which starred Randolph Scott, was directed by Peckinpah and did feature a camel race, but if Charles Dierkop (Morla from "Wolf in the Fold") was in the movie, it's not even recorded as an uncredited appearance for him.

 

[FormerLurker]

Re: Marianna Hill

Watched a clip of a film I need to re-watch in it's entirety; it had Marianna Hill...i.e. Helen Noel....a woman who gets taken advantage of (actually, I think 'ravaged' is the best word) by Clint Eastwood's 'High Plains Drifter.'

The proper word is 'ravished.' I'm getting tired of people getting those two backward.

Mind you, I'm not harping on you personally, I'm being anal retentive about it.

 

[T'Girl]

^ From my memories of that movie, ravaged might actual be a better descriptive term of what happen, than ravished.

 

[Joel_Kirk]

I watched saw another class, with actor Randolph Scott (yes, this is a western genre class, if you couldn't tell) and 'that actor'--I forget the name--who was the lover of the dancing girl who was murdered in 'Wolf in the Fold'...was a camel racer in the Old West. (Some western fans might know the film; it escapes me at the moment; and I'm too lazy to look it up on IMDB. It was directed by Sam Peckinpah).
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You may be thinking of the 1962 Ride the High Country, which starred Randolph Scott, was directed by Peckinpah and did feature a camel race, but if Charles Dierkop (Morla from "Wolf in the Fold") was in the movie, it's not even recorded as an uncredited appearance for him.

Yes, I'm thinking of Ride the High Country; and yes, I am thinking of Morla from 'Wolf in the Fold.'

Watched a clip of a film I need to re-watch in it's entirety; it had Marianna Hill...i.e. Helen Noel....a woman who gets taken advantage of (actually, I think 'ravaged' is the best word) by Clint Eastwood's 'High Plains Drifter.'

The proper word is 'ravished.' I'm getting tired of people getting those two backward.

Mind you, I'm not harping on you personally, I'm being anal retentive about it.

^ From my memories of that movie, ravaged might actual be a better descriptive term of what happen, than ravished.

Actually, both terms (critically) can be used in regards of that scene...