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Battlestar Galactica Actors Other Roles ListFirst created: January 1, 1997Last revised: August 15, 2000 Maintained by: John Larocque This document is © 2000, John Larocque. All rights reserved. This document is copyrighted material. Placing a copy of this document on your site, in part or in full, is expressly forbidden. If you wish to provide a link to this document from your site, please contact the author in advance for permission. I. Regular CastLorne Greene (Adama) - During World War II, Lorne Greene was known as the "Voice of Doom, the chief broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Network, nightly intoning the latest news and casualties. After the war he founded founding a radio academy and a theater, before pursuing an acting career in the United States. In 1959 he landed the role of Ben Cartwright, the patriarch of the long-running Western, Bonanza. In 1978 he was introduced to a whole new generation as the Commander of the Battlestar Galactica. Lorne Greene died on September 11, 1987.Born: February 12, 1915, Ottawa, Ontario
Richard Hatch (Apollo) - A veteran of soap operas and television movies, Richard Hatch joined Karl Malden and the cast of The Streets Of San Francisco in its last season, replacing star Michael Douglas. Both he and future Galactica costar Jack Stauffer were cast members of All My Children between 1970-1972. Hatch recently launched his own Web page on the Internet.
Dirk Benedict (Starbuck) - Dirk Benedict is best known for his role as Starbuck on Galactica, and Templeton "Faceman" Peck on the A-Team. Benedict played an ace-pilot on Aaron Spelling's Chopper One in 1974, once described by Benedict as Spelling's only television failure. One of his early films, Sssssss, paired him with Felix Silla (Lucifer and Buck Rogers's Twiki) and Tim O'Connor (Buck Rogers' Dr. Huer). Benedict recently launched his own Web page on the Internet.
Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Boomer)
Terry Carter (Tigh) - Actor/director Terry Carter is a Hollywood pioneer. He played a leading role on The Story Of Ruby Valentine, radio's first all-black soap opera, and was a regular on Sgt Bilko. In the mid-1960's he became New England's first African-American television broadcaster. He is best known for his roles on McCleod and Battlestar Galactica.
Maren Jensen (Athena) - Prior to her big break on Battlestar Galactica, this model-actress starred in an episode of Glen Larson's Hardy Boy Mysteries.
Noah Hathaway (Boxey) - Noah's father, and fellow actor, Robert Hathaway, starred in the episode "The Long Patrol".
Laurette Spang (Cassiopeia)
Anne Lockhart (Sheba) - Anne has also lent her voice to many movies, including The Little Mermaid, Scenes From A Mall, and Total Recall. Her mother, June Lockhart, was a cast member of Lost in Space and Lassie, and her grandfather, Gene, has dozens of films to his credit. One of her more recent appearances is in Dirk Benedict's "Cahoots" project.
Sarah Rush (Rigel) George Murdock (Dr. Salik) - George Murdock has starred in many television and Hollywood movies, including Earthquake (1975) and A Time For Miracles (1980) (both with costar Lorne Greene). He provided the voice of "God" in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989).
Ed Begley, Jr. (Greenbean) - The son of television actor Ed Begley, this prolific TV and screen actor got his start in a guest spot on My Three Sons at the age of 17. Ed played a recurring role as a baskeball player in the series Room 222 (1972-76). In 1996 he guest-starred in the Star Trek: Voyager two-parter "Future's End". II. Semi-Regular Cast and Special Guest StarsJane Seymour (Serina) -Jane Seymour has starred in numerous miniseries and television movies and enjoyed wide success as the lead star of Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman. One of her earliest roles was in the James Bond film Live And Let Die.Born: February 15, 1951, Middlesex, England [as Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg]
Rick Springfield (Zac) - This Australian-born singer and television actor starred as Apollo's younger brother Zac in the Battlestar Galactica pilot. He held the lead role in the 1982 star vehicle Hard To Hold.
Larry Manetti (Giles)
Jeff Mackay (Komma)
Lloyd Bridges (Cain) - Lloyd Bridge's first foray into science fiction was Rocketship X-M, AIP's answer to George Pal's Destination Moon, and the first post-war science fiction outer space adventure. This legendary actor of both big and small screen was once considered for the role of Star Trek's Captain Kirk. He would have to wait a full generation before helming a ship of his own, as the legendary Commander Cain of the Battlestar Pegasus in "The Living Legend". After years of dramatic work, in the 1980's and 90's he has emerged as a comedic actor, in such films as Airplane and Hot Shots! Both of his sons, Jeff and Beau, are actors in their own right. Lloyd Bridges died on March 10, 1998.
Fred Astaire (Chameleon) - Fred Astaire, legendary dancing star, had a career that spanned six decades. He played Starbuck's father Chameleon in the Galactica episode "The Man With Nine Lives". Fred Astaire died in Los Angeles on June 22, 1987.
Paul Fix (Kronus) - In a career spanning five decades, Paul Fix starred in several hundred motion pictures, of which a great number are Westerns (including many classics of the genre). A friend of John Wayne (with whom he starred with in a dozen pictures), he is purported to to have taught the Duke his trademark rolling gait. He played Commander Kronus in the Galactica episode "Take The Celestra". Paul Fix died in Los Angeles on October 14, 1983. III. The VillainsJohn Colicos (Baltar) - In addition to his role as Baltar, John Colicos is universally recognized by Star Trek fans as the original Klingon, Commander Kor, in the classic Star Trek episode "Errand of Mercy". Colicos reprised the same role in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's "Blood Oath", reunited with Weinrich Koble, director of "Baltar's Escape". Along with Lorne Greene and Herb Jefferson Jr., Colicos starred in the miniseries The Bastard. He played the role of Allan Quartermain in the British movie King Solomon's Treasure, which also costarred Galactica veterans Patrick Macnee, Britt Ekland and Wilfrid Hyde-White. John Colicos died on March 6, 2000.Born: December 10, 1928, Toronto, Ontario
Patrick Macnee (voice of Imperious Leader, Iblis) - This veteran British horror actor is perhaps best known for his contributions to the spy genre, which began with his lead role in British series The Avengers, and its 1976 revival. He has been in four Sherlock Holmes productions - three times as Dr. Watson, and once as Sherlock Holmes. One of his first films is the 1951 holiday favorite, A Christmas Carol, as young Jacob Marley.
Jonathan Harris (voice of Lucifer) - Jonathan Harris is best known as the villainous Dr. Zachary Smith of Lost In Space fame. He has lent his voice to several animated series and movies.
Lance LeGault (Maga) - One of the little known facts about Lance LeGault is that he was a stunt double for the King in several Elvis Presley movies. He played the villanous Nomen, Maga, in the Galactica episodes "The Man With Nine Lives" and "Baltar's Escape". In a different role, he starred in the episode "The Lost Warrior", along with Red West, member of Elvis' famous Memphis mafia.
Lloyd Bochner (Leiter) - Lloyd Bochner played Commandant Leiter in the episodes "Greetings from Earth" and "Baltar's Escape". |
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