LONDON — Francis Matthews, a veteran stage and screen actor who appeared in several acclaimed Hammer horror films, including “Dracula: Prince of Darkness” and “The Revenge of Frankenstein,” has died after a short illness. He was 86. He also starred as a mystery-solving crime novelist in 1969 TV series “Paul Temple.” And […]
PARIS — French character actor Jacques Herlin, who had more than 100 roles in a busy career, died in a hospital here on June 7. He was 86. MSTies will remember him as Ross in the movie in episode 504- SECRET AGENT SUPER DRAGON.
His obit is here, but, um, it’s in […] Actress Jane Adams, perhaps best known for her role as the sympathetic hunchbacked nurse in “House of Dracula” has died. MSTies will remember her as the blind heroine Helen Paige in the movie in episode 702- THE BRUTE MAN. She was 92. An appreciation is here. Thanks to Paul for the heads […] Duarte, CALIF.–Actress, director and Emmy-winning producer Nancy Malone, who co-founded Women in Film and was a trailblazing female executive at 20th Century Fox in the 1970s, died in a hospital here May 8 of pneumonia that arose from complications attributed to a recent battle with leukemia. She was 79. MSTies will remember […]
Salisbury, Conn.–Gail Gerber, a perky blond actress who starred opposite Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys and Edd “Kookie” Byrnes in several fun films of the 1960s, died here Saturday of complications from lung cancer. MSTies will remember her (using the stage name Gail Gilmore) as Elsa in the movie in episode 523- […]
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