Malcolm McDowell

Malcolm McDowell (born 13 June 1943) is an English actor with a career spanning over forty years.

McDowell is principally known for his roles in the controversial films If…., Caligula and A Clockwork Orange, as well as O Lucky Man!. His versatility as an actor has led to his presence in many films and television series of different genres, including Tank Girl, Star Trek Generations, the TV serial Our Friends in the North, Entourage, Heroes, Metalocalypse, animated film Bolt and the 2007 remake of Halloween and the 2009 sequel Halloween II.

Trivia

His first wife, Margot Bennett, was Keir Dullea’s ex wife. Keir was the main character in Stanley Kubrick’s “2001″, while McDowell was the main character in Kubrick’s next film, “A Clockwork Orange”.

Father of actress Lilly McDowell, born in 1981.

Uncle of Alexander Siddig (“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” (1993)).

Father of producer/director Charlie McDowell, born in 1983.

Along with Sir John Gielgud, he is one of only two actors to play both King Arthur and Merlin. He played King Arthur in Arthur the King (1985) (TV) and Merlin in Kids of the Round Table (1997).

13 of his films shown at retrospective tribute at NYC’s Walter Reade Theatre in May 2002, where he introduces the least known of these, The Connection.

Has said that his favorite actor of all time is James Cagney.

Received death threats from overzealous Star Trek fans after his character killed Captain Kirk in Star Trek: Generations (1994).

He and Wife, Kelley McDowell, had a son, Beckett Taylor McDowell (born January 29, 2004).

Claims Gangster No. 1 (2000) to be his best work since A Clockwork Orange (1971).

Was the first well-known actor to appear non-animated and in the flesh for “South Park” (1997) because he is one of Trey Parker’s favorite actors and he was specifically requested.

Has appeared in three different films involving time travel: Time After Time (1979), Star Trek: Generations (1994) and Just Visiting (2001).

His performance as Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange (1971) was ranked 100 on the list of the “100 Greatest Film Performances of All Time”.

His performance as Alex De Large in A Clockwork Orange (1971) is ranked #68 on Premiere Magazine’s “100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time”.

Lives in Santa Barbara, CA.

Owns another home in Britain and a summer retreat in Tuscany.

Good friends with Christine Noonan and David Sherwin.

Was captain of the rugby and cricket teams at his high school.

As he wanted to get into the SAG, he took his mother’s maiden name McDowell because there was another British actor called Malcolm Taylor.

Born to Charles Taylor, a pub owner, and his wife Edna McDowell, a hotelier, he grew up with an older (Gloria) and a younger sister.

He and Wife, Kelley McDowell, had a son, Finnian Anderson McDowell (born December 23, 2006).

His job as a coffee salesman provided inspiration for O Lucky Man! (1973).

In an interview he said that a magazine named him “King Of Punk” after his appearance in “A clockwork orange”. This is probably because of the punk references that appears in the movie, such as the droogies costume style.

Has been a friend of Aubrey Morris ever since they worked together in A Clockwork Orange (1971).

Announced that wife, Kelley, is expecting their third child, a boy, in January 2009. [September 8, 2008].

Third son, Seamus Hudson McDowell, was born on January 7, 2009.

When he went to meet with Stanley Kubrick for the first time, he had little knowledge of film and confused him with Stanley Kramer. In preparation, McDowell’s friend and mentor, Lindsay Anderson, showed him all of Kubrick’s films from Paths of Glory (1957) to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

The Horror of Party Beach (working title Invasion of the Zombies) is a 1964 horror film in the beach party genre, directed by B-movie maven Del Tenney, which Tenney himself describes as “a take-off on beach parties and musicals”.  A small U.S. East Coast beach town experiences a wave of attacks from water plants and dead human tissue mutated from radioactive waste. They coalesce into humanoid form by attaching themselves to skeletons in a shipwreck and immediately proceed to hunt down and kill mostly young women, as is common in the horror films of this era. Despite the murders committed by the monsters, young women in large numbers keep returning to the area and having, for instance, slumber parties, much to the monster’s convenience. Trying to stop the monsters are scientist Dr. Gavin, his young-adult daughter Elaine, and her boyfriend (and his employee) Hank Green, with some unexpected assistance from housekeeper Eulabelle and metallic sodium.

Movie-mocking television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 featured Horror in one of its season-8 episodes in 1997.

Trivia:

A promotional sign was posted at every theater showing this film which stated: “FOR YOUR PROTECTION! We will not permit you to see these shockers unless you agree to release the theatre of all responsibility for death by fright!” Moviegoers actually had to sign a “Fright Release” before they entered the theater.

Assistant director Wayne Tippit plays one of the two drunks killed by the monster.

Horror author Stephen King cites this as one of his favorite films.

Del Tenney shot this film back-to-back with his film The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964). It was released on double feature with The Horror of Party Beach.

Director Del Tenney was apprehensive about the films combination of the teen beach movie genre and the monster horror genre, not knowing how it would go over with an audience. Tenney said he was admittedly surprised by the films success.

The ‘underwater’ transformation scene of the monsters was actually shot on a stage with images of fish in an aquarium superimposed over the dissolving stage shots.

Most of the secondary characters in the film were locals of Stamford, Connecticut that were cast on location.

Director Del Tenney said he kept the monster suits from this film for years afterward and wore them at parties for laughs.

Chocolate syrup was used for blood during the monster attack scenes.

According to director Del Tenney, there were only two complete monster heads created for the film, which is why in most shots of multiple monsters you don’t see their heads clearly. For the climatic scene at Fingle’s Quarry the shot of the horde of monsters running through the woods was created by superimposing different takes of the complete monsters together.

Shot in three weeks.

Cinematographer/co-writer Richard Hilliard cameos as the father watching the news report of the monster attacks on TV. Del Tenney’s young son and daughter play the children in the same scene.

Alice Lyon’s voice is dubbed throughout the entire film.

Director Del Tenney played the monster that attempts to get the two girls that leave the drug store.

Because of the film’s low-budget, the ‘car crash’ between the two drunks was faked by sound effects and placing the cars at an angle to make them appear to be touching.

For a meeting in which Del Tenney was going to show the film to executives from Twentieth Century Fox to see if they would pick it up, Tenney brought in some folks to wear the monster suits for promotion. One of the monsters just happened to be in the restroom when an executive from Twentieth Century came in. The gentleman freaked out at the sight of the monster Tenney recalled. Everyone had a good laugh about it and Twentieth Century Fox released the film.

One of the films included in “The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)” by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996, produced by Best Brains, Inc., distributed by Gramercy Pictures) is a theatrical adaptation of the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000. The date of the movie’s production, between seasons 6 and 7 of MST3K, explains the absence of both TV’s Frank (Frank Conniff), who left the series in the finale of Season 6, and Pearl Forrester (Mary Jo Pehl), who arrived in the premiere of Season 7 (the final Comedy Central season), The Film is rated PG-13 by the MPAA.

MST3K: The Movie was filmed away from the Best Brains corporate headquarters and studio in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, at Energy Park Studios in St. Paul. Like the TV series, it starred Michael J. Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy, and Jim Mallon.

Trivia:

The “hard copy of the status report” that Mike is reading at the beginning of the film is actually a copy of “Satellite News” the official newsletter of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 information club.

The control panel for the robotic arms that Mike uses to grab the Hubble is marked “Manos.” Manos, along with being Spanish for “hands”, is also a reference to the movie Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) which is generally agreed to be the worst movie ever shown on Mystery Science Theater 3000.

A sculpture of the head of TV’s Frank appears on door #2 of the “theater tunnel.” TV’s Frank was a popular character played by Frank Conniff, who left the show after the sixth season.

The TV show’s usual density of gags was reduced for theatrical audiences, so that a larger number of people laughing wouldn’t cause too much dialogue to be missed.

At ninety minutes, each episode of the television series is actually longer than the movie runs (73 minutes).

The original DVD release had no special features and was withdrawn from circulation in 2000. However in 2003 on the 7th anniversary of the movie’s premiere (19 April 1996) an unknown Internet fan released a Special Edition DVD. This two disc set has the widescreen version of the film, the theatrical trailer, TV spots, a review from E!, a slideshow presentation from the 1996 MST3K convention and the cut host segment & alternate ending.

When Mike Nelson uses the manipulator arms to free the Hubble, not only does the panel say Manos (see above), but when he clicks the button we hear a subtle reworking of Torgo’s theme. Torgo was the central character of Manos, The Hands Of Fate and Mike Nelson would often make cameos spoofing Torgo throughout the shows’ existence prior to his taking over from Joel Hodgson (the show’s creator and star for 4 and a half seasons).

At one point, Crow quips, “Oh, PLEASE, let us get the Sci-Fi Channel, oh please, oh please, oh please!” At the time, the production company Best Brains was negotiating a deal to air on the Sci-Fi Channel.

Most of the puppeteering for Gypsy was actually done by Patrick Brantseg (who would later take over both the puppeteering and voice in the TV series) and the voice was dubbed in later by Jim Mallon. This was so Mallon could focus on directing the scene rather than operating the puppet.

When Universal originally released the movie, they thought that a limited release in a select group of “college towns” (where they believed MST3K was most appreciated) over a longer period of time would lead to a box office bonanza and keep it from having to compete with the early summer blockbusters like Twister (1996) and Mission: Impossible (1996). Instead, very few fans of the show were even aware that the movie had been released and the film languished in relative obscurity throughout the spring and early summer. This was the first (and last) time that Universal attempted such a plan.

The German version of MST3K was translated by the German TV comedian Oliver Kalkofe. Many jokes were changed to jokes about German tv shows and stars. Kalkofe even added some new jokes.

By many accounts, making the movie was not a happy experience for the filmmakers, due to frequent studio interference. Years later, at a cast reunion appearance in New York City, Trace Beaulieu was asked what the worst movie featured on MST3K was. His reply was, “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie”.

The makers of MST3K were so annoyed by their experiences having to work within a major studio on this film that they later parodied the experience on the TV series. In episode 704: “The Incredible Melting Man” the host segments are about Crow’s screenplay being purchased by a studio then ruined by the executives (Dr. Forrester and Mother Forrester) as they vainly try to shoot it and screen it for audiences. Series writer and star Mary Jo Pehl would later call the episode an “exercise in healing” after the ordeal of MST3K: The Movie.

Jesse McCartney

Jesse Arthur McCartney (born April 9, 1987) is a singer-songwriter actor, and voice actor. McCartney rose to fame in the early 2000s as member of the boy band Dream Street. He branched into a solo career, having appeared in the television series Summerland and as a recurring character in the ABC Family series Greek.

Trivia:

Has a little sister, Lea, and a little brother, Timmy.

Was the youngest member of Dream Street.

Played JV Baseball on his High School Baseball team

Parents are Scot & Ginger McCartney

did a duet with Anne Hatheway, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”, which is featured on the Ella Enchanted soundtrack [2004]

Very close to his little brother, Timmy

Friend of Leven Rambin.

Won the 2005 Fake ID TRL Award for artists under 21

Debut solo album went platinum in February 2005

Auditioned for the lead role in the Sixth Sense

Favorite song on his debut album was “Beautiful Soul”.

First overseas trip was to Australia

He owns two pet rats, called Mocha and Blanche

Best friend is former band mate Greg Raposo

He went bungee jumping when he was 13.

Favorite season is Fall

His favorite musicians are: Justin Timberlake, Usher Raymond, Maroon5, Sting, Ray Charles and Akon.

Graduated high school in New York, June 2005.

His favorite actors are: Jim Carrey, Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Will Smith (I), Robin Williams (I), Reese Witherspoon and Robert De Niro.

His favorite sports are: Baseball, water skiing, and ATVing.

Favorite city is San Diego, California

His favorite TV-show is “Friends” (1994)

Favorite type of music: Rock and Pop

When Jesse sat down to write the track, She’s No You, he was on a caffeine buzz, so he wrote a fast-paced beat for the song.

Is of Irish, English and Scottish heritage

Favorite book is The Great Gatsby

Started performing at age 7.

Was originally going to play Sebastion in She’s The Man, but had to pull out.

Friends with Joey Page.

Preformed at the Lion-Titans halftime show on Thanksgiving Day, 2008.

His favorite opener is Little Italy aka L.I.

Nominated for – Record of The Year (for “Bleeding Love”) 51st Grammy Awards 2009.

He has a rather extensive shoe collection.

Lucy Lawless

Lucy Lawless, MNZM (born Lucille Frances Ryan; 29 March 1968) is a New Zealand actress and singer. She is best known for playing the title character of the internationally successful television series Xena: Warrior Princess which ran from 1995 to 2001. She has also appeared on the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series. She currently appears on the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand as Lucretia – Batiatus’ wife.

Trivia:

Son, Julius Robert Bay Tapert, born in New Zealand. [16 October 1999]

Chosen by “People” magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1997]

fractured her pelvis after falling from a horse. She was practicing a scene for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” (1992) . [October 1996]

Daughter, with Garth Lawless, Daisy (born 1989).

Studied drama at the William Davis Center for Actors Study, under William B. Davis. [1991]

Gave birth to third child, Judah Miro Tapert, May 7, 2002 in New Zealand: weight 8 lbs, 8 ounces. It’s her second child with Robert Tapert.

Lucy suffered a miscarriage immediately following the filming of the last episode of Xena. She considered canceling the appearance she was to make with Xena partner ‘Renée O’Connor (I)’ (Gabrielle) at a fan convention. However, she decided to show up despite the tragic event just a few days earlier and even though Renee was 6 months pregnant with her first baby.

Sister-in-law of actress Mary Beth Tapert.

Wanted to be an opera singer until she was 16. Then she learned they have a strict diet and can’t stay out all night. After that she changed her mind but still sings.

Measurements: 35 1/2C-25-36 1/2 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Speaks German, French, some Italian.

Owns a holiday house at Taupo on the shores of Lake Taupo, New Zealand.

Was asked by Peter Jackson to audition for the role of “Galadriel” in “Lord of the Rings”, but declined because her pregnancy would stall production.

Is a natural ash blonde.

She said that her partner at Xena, Renée O’Connor, has been one of the few people who have joined her true friends from youth. As an example, she invited her to her wedding with Robert G. Tapert. They also act together on conventions stages.

She was offered the role of Ellen Tigh in Battlestar Galactica (2004), but she refused. That role was played by Kate Vernon and the scriptwriters created another role for her, the evil D’anna Biers.

Awarded the New Zealand Order Of Merit (NZOM), Queen’s Birthday Honours 2004, for services to NZ entertainment and the community.

Member of the Starship Foundation board of trustees since 2000. Starship is NZ’s main children’s hospital.

Is a distant relative of Tayla Cummings.

A vocal supporter of gay rights, Lawless is considered something of a gay icon. After the cancellation of “Xena: Warrior Princess” (1995), Lawless has said she considered her character a lesbian. Since that time the actress has also worked to support equal protections for gay and lesbian couples including protesting Proposition 8, which stripped gay and lesbian couples of the right to wed in California.

Michael Ironside

Michael Ironside (born February 12, 1950) is a Canadian actor. He has also worked as a voice actor, producer, film director, and screenwriter in movie and television series in various Canadian and American works. He is best known for playing villains and “tough guy” heroes, though he has also portrayed sympathetic characters. Ironside is a method actor, who stays in character between takes.

Trade Mark:

A low, yet gravelly commanding voice.

Trivia:

Came to notice in the Canadian sci-fi horror classic Scanners (1981) in which he played the mind-controlling, head-blowing megalomaniac Daryl Revok, which led to a dynamic, infamous career of out-and-out baddies or edgy anti-heroes.
Has a daughter Findlay (born 1998) by second wife Karen.
His brother is a high school shop teacher in his hometown of Toronto, Canada.
Father of Adrienne Ironside.
Said in an interview he is mostly recognized by the public from his voice over work in the Splinter Cell (2002) (VG) series.
His daughter Adrienne is from a previous marriage.
Moved to Los Angeles, California, USA in 1982.
Was for some time attached to play the title role in RoboCop (1987), but the crew had to give up on the idea when they realized that he would have to have a much smaller frame to fit into the costume envisaged.
At the age of fifteen he wrote a play called “The Shelter” which won first prize in a Canada-wide university contest. He used the prize money to mount his own production of said play.
Like Terence Stamp, he has played both a Superman foe and friend. The foe he played was Darkseid, one of Superman’s greatest enemies, in the animated show “Justice League” (2001). The friend he played was Gen. Sam Lane, father of Lois Lane (Clark Kent’s future bride) on the TV show “Smallville” (2001).
A talented arm wrestler in his youth, he ironically often loses an arm and / or other limb in his films: Total Recall (1990), Starship Troopers (1997), El maquinista (2004) and Guy X (2005). If he hadn’t been too bulky he also would have played Murphy in RoboCop (1987), who loses both his arms.
Good friends with WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler.
Huge fan of Professional Wrestling.
Is of Scottish, English and Irish heritage.
His father, Robert, was a streetlight maintenance man, his mother, Patricia, a housewife.
Has had a love of reading since childhood, with which he credits his father instilling in him: “My dad gave me and my brother this rule – as long as we were reading and doing nothing else, we could stay up until dawn or until we passed out…whichever came first. That’s why, to this day, I’m a sucker for a good book”.

Brent Spiner

Brent Jay Spiner (born February 2, 1949) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and four subsequent films. His portrayal of Data in Star Trek: First Contact and of Dr. Brackish Okun in Independence Day, both in 1996, earned him a Saturn Award and Saturn Award nomination respectively. He has also enjoyed a career in the theatre and as a musician.

Trivia:

Released an album titled “Ol’ Yellow Eyes is Back” (based on an old crooner song of the 1940s) with his male co-stars from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (1987) singing back-up vocals. Title of the album refers to Data, whom he played on the show.

Last name changed to Mintz at about age 6, re-adopted Spiner as a stage name at about age 20.

He was a groomsman at Marina Sirtis’s wedding, and served as Best Man at Patrick Stewart’s wedding.

Godfather of Gates McFadden’s son.

Graduated from Bellaire High School (Texas) in 1968

Has a son named Jackson born June 29, 2002.

In October 2004, began three guest appearances on “Enterprise” (2001) as Arik Soong, an ancestor of Noonian Soong, the creator of Data, his character from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (1987). He also played Noonian Soong in “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Brothers (#4.3)” (1990) and “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Inheritance (#7.10)” (1993).

Is the only Houstonian, and for that matter, the only Texan, who appears in The Aviator (2004), whose subject, Howard Hughes, was born in Houston.

Has appeared with Erick Avari in three different productions: “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (1987), Independence Day (1996), and The Master of Disguise (2002).

Has played five different members of the Soong family on “Star Trek”: Lieutenant Commander Data in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (1987), Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), and “Enterprise” (2001); Dr. Noonien Soong and Lore in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (1987); B-4 in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002); and Dr. Arik Soong in “Enterprise” (2001). Data, Lore, and B-4 were all androids made in Dr. Noonien Soong’s image and Dr. Arik Soong was his great-grandfather.

Along with Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn, Colm Meaney, and Jeffrey Combs, he is one of only six actors to appear in the series finales of two different “Star Trek” series (“Star Trek: The Next Generation” (1987) and “Enterprise” (2001)).

Has appeared in episodes of three different series with Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis: “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (1987), “Gargoyles” (1994), and “Enterprise” (2001).

Is the only “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (1987) regular to share scenes with all three original “Star Trek” (1966) cast members who appeared on that series: DeForest Kelley, Leonard Nimoy, and James Doohan.

Played a fictional character (James Campbell) in “Friends” (1994) and himself in the spin-off series “Joey” (2004).

His character, Lt. Commander Data’s “Intriguing!” line went down in Trek history as replacing Mr. Spock’s world-famous “Fascinating!” line.

Genre enthusiasts liken Spiner’s Data to another, intelligent, golden automaton: C3PO, of the “Star Wars” trilogies.

When added to the Broadway cast of “Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” he replaced another future Star Trek actor: Rene Auberjonois.

Parents: Jack and Sylvia Spiner.

Richard Dean Anderson

Richard Dean Anderson (born January 23, 1950) is an American television and film actor, producer and composer. He began his television career in 1976 as Dr. Jeff Webber in the American soap opera series General Hospital, then rose to prominence as the lead actor in the television series MacGyver (1985–1992). Anderson later appeared in films, including Through the Eyes of a Killer (1992), Pandora’s Clock (1996) and Firehouse (1997).

In 1997, Anderson returned to television as the lead actor of the series Stargate SG-1, a spin-off of the 1994 film Stargate, directed by Roland Emmerich. He played the lead from 1997–2005 and had a recurring role from 2005-07. He was also featured as a guest actor in the American animation show, The Simpsons in the episode “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore”. Since 1997, the only film Anderson has starred in is Stargate: Continuum released in 2008 as a spin-off film after Stargate SG-1 was cancelled in 2007. He also appears in the follow-up Stargate series Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate: Universe (as Lieutenant General Jack O’Neill).

Trivia:

Is on the board of directors of “Handgun Control, Inc”. In the TV show “MacGyver” (1985), his character always refused to use guns.

Daughter, with Apryl Prose, Wylie Quinn Annarose Anderson, born. [2 August 1998]

Had dreams of playing professional hockey until he broke both of his arms during separate games. He then turned to acting.

Performed as a mime before acting in television.

Had band called Ricky Dean and Dante during college years.

When he was 16, Richard Dean Anderson broke both of his arms in separate accidents on the ice. He broke his left arm first, and while skating 3 weeks later he broke his right arm so badly he was in the hospital for 3 months. His elbow snapped backwards and he’s still got pins in there.

When he was 17, he rode his bike 5,641 miles from Minnesota to Alaska. He started out with some friends but travelled the last 33 days alone.

Has appeared in two different productions which featured the word “Atlantis” in the title: the TV-movie MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis (1994) (TV) and the TV series “Stargate: Atlantis” (2004).

Along with Michael Shanks, he is one of only two actors to appear in the pilots of “Stargate SG-1″ (1997) and the spin-offs “Stargate: Atlantis” (2004)_ “Stargate Universe” (2009)_.

Is good friends with John de Lancie (who is best known for playing the character of Q in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (1987), “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” (1993) and “Star Trek: Voyager” (1995)). They have appeared in three different series together: “MacGyver” (1985), “Legend” (1995) and “Stargate SG-1″ (1997).

Although he has never appeared on any “Star Trek” series, he has shared scenes with regulars from all five “Star Trek” series.

Has appeared in episodes of three different series with Garwin Sanford: “MacGyver” (1985), “Stargate SG-1″ (1997) and “Stargate: Atlantis” (2004).

Has appeared in the pilots of six different series: “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” (1982), “Emerald Point N.A.S.” (1983), “MacGyver” (1985), “Legend” (1995), “Stargate SG-1″ (1997) and “Stargate: Atlantis” (2004). The latter is the only one on which he was not a regular.

Has been a regular on six different series: “General Hospital” (1963), “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” (1982), “Emerald Point N.A.S.” (1983), “MacGyver” (1985), “Legend” (1995) and “Stargate SG-1″ (1997).

His favourite TV show is “The Simpsons” (1989).

Has appeared in episodes of three different series with Dan Shea: “MacGyver” (1985), “Stargate SG-1″ (1997) and “Stargate: Atlantis” (2004).

Played his most famous character, Angus MacGyver, a total of 142 times: in all 139 episodes of “MacGyver” (1985) and in two TV-movies, MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis (1994) (TV) and MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994) (TV). The only characters he has played more times are Dr. Jeff Webber in “General Hospital” (1963) and Colonel/Brigadier General Jack O’Neill in “Stargate SG-1″ (1997). He briefly reprised the role in a 2006 Superbowl TV ad for Mastercard.

Was presented with an award and made an honorary brigadier general at the Air Force Association’s 57th Annual Air Force Anniversary Dinner in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, 14 September 2004, because of his role as star and executive producer of “Stargate SG-1″ (1997), a series which has portrayed the Air Force in a positive light since it first premiered. It was presented by the Air Force Chief of Staff, General John P. Jumper. The last recipient of the award was James Stewart in 1987.

Went to Alexander Ramsey High School in Roseville, Minnesota.

Was considered for the role of Commander Benjamin Sisko on “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” (1993).

His “Stargate SG-1″ (1997) character Colonel/Brigadier General Jack O’Neill was ranked #10 in TV Guide’s list of the “25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends” (1 August 2004 issue).

Has starred in two different series in which his character’s main adversary (seemingly) dies multiple times: Murdoc (Michael Des Barres) in “MacGyver” (1985) and Apophis (Peter Williams) in “Stargate SG-1″ (1997).

Has appeared in episodes of two different series entitled “The Enemy Within” and “Last Stand”: “MacGyver” (1985) and “Stargate SG-1″ (1997).

Like his two most famous characters, Angus MacGyver of “MacGyver” (1985) and Colonel/Brigadier General Jack O’Neill of “Stargate SG-1″ (1997), he was raised in Minnesota. MacGyver was born in Minnesota, Jack in Chicago.

At the Spacey Awards 2005, he won the Favourite Male TV Character award for his portrayal of Colonel/Brigadier General Jack O’Neill on “Stargate SG-1″ (1997). The other nominees were Scott Bakula (Captain Jonathan Archer of “Enterprise” (2001)), Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor of “Smallville” (2001), Edward James Olmos (Commander William Adama of “Battlestar Galactica” (2004)) and Chris Kramer (Morgan Pym of “The Collector” (2004)).

Played a firefighter in two different productions: Firehouse (1997) (TV) and the “Stargate SG-1″ (1997) episode “The Changeling”.

From the time he first appeared on television in 1976 until his “retirement” in 2005, he was a regular on one series or another every year except for 1984, 1993, 1994 and 1996: “General Hospital” (1963) from 1976 to 1981, “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” (1982) in 1982, “Emerald Point N.A.S.” (1983) in 1983, “MacGyver” (1985) from 1985 to 1992, “Legend” (1995) in 1995 and “Stargate SG-1″ (1997) from 1997 to 2005.

Has appeared in two different productions entitled “Fallout” which featured scenes at the Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA: Fallout: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1997) (VG) and the “Stargate SG-1″ (1997) episode “Fallout.”

He has appeared in episodes of four different series based in Colorado, USA: “MacGyver” (1985), “Legend” (1995), “Stargate SG-1″ (1997) and “Stargate: Atlantis” (2004).

Shares his birthday with Charles Correll, who directed him in 19 episodes of “MacGyver” (1985), MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994) (TV), four episodes of “Legend” (1995) and two episodes of “Stargate SG-1″ (1997).

Has three younger brothers: Jeffrey, Thomas and James.

His father, Stuart Anderson, who died in 2003, taught English, drama and humanities at a high school in his hometown, Roseville, Minnesota, USA.

In 1985 was voted Sexiest Survivalist by People Magazine.

Reprised his role of MacGyver for a Mastercard commercial. The commercial debuted during Superbowl XL (2006), nearly 14 years after the series ended.

Reprised his role of MacGyver in The Simpsons in April 2006. He played himself, Richard Dean Anderson, who is desperately fanned by Patty and Selma (who have been obsessive MacGyver fans throughout The Simpsons series). Anderson disappoints the women by saying that he only did MacGyver for money and is more interested in Stargate SG-1, after which Patty and Selma kidnap him and force him to play MacGyver again and to escape from traps. After a while Anderson gets so keen about actually trying to be MacGyver that he starts to harass Patty and Selma. Finally Patty and Selma get sick of “that nut-case” and get rid of him by boring him with their holiday slide shows.

Birthday is January 23, 1950, while his TV character “Angus MacGyver”‘s birthday is January 23, 1951. MacGyver’s birthday can clearly be seen on his passport in episode 1-15, “Everytime She Smiles”, the first episode that introduced us to “Penny Parker”, who was played by Teri Hatcher.

He was considered for the part of John McClane in Die Hard (1988).

He was considered for the part of Sonny Crockett on “Miami Vice” (1984).

He has played the same character, Colonel/General Jack O’Neill, in three different television series: “Stargate SG-1″ (1997), “Stargate: Atlantis” (2004) and “SGU Stargate Universe” (2009).

Gil Gerard

Gilbert C. “Gil” Gerard (born January 23, 1943) is an American actor. He is most famous for his role as Captain William “Buck” Rogers in the 1979-1981 television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

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Is good friends with fellow Arkansas native and former US President Bill Clinton. They’ve known each other for nearly 30 years.

Had been battling obesity his entire life and in his later years had maxed out at over 350 pounds, resulting in him suffering from a number of life threatening complications including diabetes and congestive heart failure. However he has recently undergone a form of weight loss surgery known as a mini-gastric bypass, and has since lost over 150 pounds and improved his health dramatically.

Thunderbirds Are Go is a British science fiction-adventure motion picture released in 1966. It was the first film based on Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s popular Supermarionation television series Thunderbirds, and followed the first manned mission to Mars.

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