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RIP Robert Blake

Los Angeles — Actor Robert Blake, whose career stretched from child actor to Emmy-winning role as the cockatoo-owning undercover cop in the popular 1970s TV series “Baretta,” died of heart disease at his home here March 9. He was 89.

Blake was perhaps best known for his trial following the 2001 […]

RIP Topol

Tel Aviv, Israel — Chaim Topol, who became professionally known solely by his last name in a career that included starring in “Fiddler on the Roof” on stage and screen, died here after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 87.

MSTies may recall that he was mentioned (by “Jack Perkins”) in a […]

RIP Bert I. Gordon

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Bert I. Gordon, the sci-fi director who, in the 1950s and ’60s, created numerous low-budget films featuring colossal creatures, shrinking humans and radioactive monsters, died at his home here March 8, of complications from a fall. He was 100.

Gordon loomed large over MST3K for several seasons. He […]

RIP Ted Thomas

THAILAND — Ted Thomas, the legendary voice actor who lent his voice to dozens of film productions in the 1960s and ’70s, died here in November. He was 93.

He did voices for such movies as “Dogora the Space Monster” (1964), “Godzilla vs. Gigan” “Gamera Super Monster” (1980) and “Mighty Peking […]

RIP Ricou Browning

Southwest Ranches, Florida — Ricou Browning, who famously played the menacing Gill-Man in “Creature From the Black Lagoon” and as the creative force behind the original Flipper movie and TV show, died at his home here Feb. 27. He was 93.

MSTies will recall that he played the Gill Man (in underwater scenes) […]